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[quote=Noctis]I'm not going to read this entire thread, so sorry if this was posted, but:

[quote="Doug Lombardi":7a5e4]
[b]For Immediate Release - 08/09/04[/b]

Counter-Strike: Source Beta Pre-Loading to Cyber Cafés

Pre-loading of the Counter-Strike: Source Beta to cyber cafés begins today. On Wednesday, this first phase of the beta will open and the game will be playable at all cyber cafes that subscribe to the Valve Cyber Café Program. Later this month, the beta will be extended to owners of Counter-Strike™: Condition Zero™ and ATI Fulfillment Coupon holders.

This beta serves as a compatibility test of the Source engine as we near completion of development on Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source. During this limited-time beta, issues can be reported using the in-game bug-reporting tool. In addition any crashes will automatically generate a report back to Valve’s bug database. We thank everyone for their participation, and we hope Half-Life 2 and Counter-Strike: Source live up to your expectations.[/quote]


[quote="Doug Lombardi":7a5e4]
[b]For Immediate Release - 08/11/04[/b]

Valve Opens Counter-Strike Source Beta

Phase 1 of the Counter-Strike: Source beta has opened at cyber cafes that subscribe to the Valve Cyber Café Program. A full listing of those venues can be found here: [url="http://www.steampowered.com/?area=cafe_directory"]http://www.steampowered.com/?area=cafe_directory[/url]

Later this month, the beta will be extended to owners of Counter-Strike: Condition Zero and ATI\Half-Life 2 video card bundle owners.[/quote:7a5e4]

This is just for Cyber Cafés - and it's only CS. The only element of HL2 being uploaded is the Source engine itself, needed to run CS. So.. yeah. kthx.[/quote:7a5e4]

No, sounds and textures for hl2 are being preloaded on steam as well, obviously to decrease the download time when halflife 2 is meant to be available.