Quote Originally Posted by Vivi22 View Post
Um, no I'm not wrong. There must be something wrong with your copy or your computer, because I have played many Valve games I bought on Steam while running it in offline mode, or without an internet connection. Maybe instead of whining about how Steam is a bad service (when it's not) you contact Valve and try to get the issue worked out.
I got it fixed. For some reason my copy was refusing to be played in offline mode, but it's all better now.

While I still have several objections to this system, it has gone to being more of a nuisance than a game ruining experience. Thanks for the help.