Valve working to make Offline Mode indefinite

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As great as Steam is for browsing games and saving money with sales, there's always been one really irritating thorn in the distribution portal's paw: it require players to go online every two weeks or so to verify their account.
Some have considered this a draconian precaution against piracy, but as it turns out, this is actually just a bug. A bug Valve is actively trying to fix.
"Offline Mode is designed to be indefinite," wrote Valve staffer HenryG on the Steam user forums in response to the accusation that Offline Mode was designed to fail every fortnight. "You can't access any of Steam's online features such as friends lists or saved game synchronisation, of course, but the client should allow you to run in Offline Mode for as long as you like."
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