Comment on Is it possible to safely "give away" a Steam account to a stranger?
dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I bought a Steam account back in 2007-ish. I wanted to play HL2 but didn’t want to create a Steam account. I thought then, and still think now, that I shouldn’t need to create an online account just to play an offline game.
The guy gave me his login information, and then I went in to change the email and all other info to generic info. I’ve been using that account for 17 years, but I did eventually have to give them real info to buy new games.
atocci@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You bought someone else’s Steam account because you didn’t want to make your own? As a form of protest?
dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Not as a protest. I just didn’t feel the need to create an account for a game, so I bought an account that was already created.
atocci@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Did HL2 come with the account or did you just buy an empty pre-made Steam profile?
dogslayeggs@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The game came with the account. I ostensibly bought the game, but the guy gave me control of the account the game was locked to.