Quote Originally Posted by Psychonaut View Post
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.
Seems like you had no bad experiences for L4D.

If it is because of E:TW, then blame CA for releasing a bad game, not Steam.