Seems like you had no bad experiences for L4D.I've had nothing but bad experiences with Steam in the past and as such I make sure I do not use their "services" whenever possible.
The only time I use Steam is when borrowing my brother's PC to play L4D and probably L4D2 when that comes out.
As much as I want to play games like CoD:4:2 and TF2 I do not like Steam and I'd rather not bother with the potential hassle.
If it is because of E:TW, then blame CA for releasing a bad game, not Steam.
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