Steam News
(thanks Frans) follows up on the story below this one announcing that Half-Life
2 authentication issues have been solved:
We have resolved the issues that
caused some to experience delays with Half-Life 2 authentication earlier today.
We appreciate your patience and hope everyone enjoys the game.
I just installed the five-CD game, and now it seems to be downloading MORE stuff, telling me: "Updating Half-Life 2: Ready to play in approximately: 130 minutes 54 seconds." (it's coming in VERY slowly, sometimes it'll jump up to 131 minutes)
is this normal?? i'm sure the game is great, but i'm not happy about this wait. (or apparent problem)