I\'ve done everything... for some god damn reason whenever I log into steam it has a poor connection and then just dies completely.  I\'ve had my firewall learn steam, and at one point I turned off my firewall and all internet security completely, and still steam refuses to function properly.  I hate steam, it was a stupid idea anyway, why not sell products like the rest of the world.  And is a launcher really neccesary to play games?  Give me a break, I\'ve had it with Valve.