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Handruin

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I'm not excusing them for this crap but my guess is they've made it more and more challenging to get new accounts created over time because banned cheaters used it as a way to circumvent some of the banning behavior. I'm guessing you may be stuck in whatever quagmire their process adds to remediating those people and it's definitely broken like you're observing. Maybe you're on accidentally on banned IP list?
 

Mercutio

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I did finally complete a Steam account setup.
Something else I found out is that Adults who are members of the same Steam Family can also share each other's game libraries. I was assuming it was a one-way thing with the person making the invitation being the one sharing the games, but since my partner's roommates are also gamers, kiddo sees all their games too.
 

sedrosken

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I've been using library sharing to share my own (not insignificant, ~490 titles now) library with my sister for years now. One thing I like to do is buy old games when they get cheap on Steam or GoG, and then grab more appropriate install media for the target platforms where appropriate and use the CD keys the Steam versions usually come with. Legally questionable at a minimum I'm sure, but it's a lot better than just outright pirating everything, which I could still do.
 
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