Re:No net connection (Score 1)

My biggest problem isn't so much activation, but the fact that you're basically renting the software. If in 20 years I want to let my kid play one of the greatest games ever, load up the CDs, and suddenly discover I've got coasters because Valve no longer exists after the Team Fortress 4 debacle. That just sucks. You're basically renting the game for the life of the Auth servers, once they go down nobody gets to play anymore.