Can I "lend" my account to my friend, so he could download games for me?

[Alar]

Okay so I'm planning on playing The Witcher 2 soon, but my internet is capped and pretty slow so I figured I might let my friend do the honors of downloading it. Is this allowed? Or better yet, would this work? I assume I'd have to just give him the log-in info and the 5-digit code from my mobile authenticator, but for some reason I think it wouldn't be that simple. After the download he'll give me the game (on a USB stick) and I'll let Steam verify the files. Is this going to work out or will I have to spend 2+ months to download it by myself?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

do you absolutely trust that friend 100% to not have cheats on his pc?

i would suggest you do not.

that is just my opinion.

[HEART]

Not a good idea

[Spawn of Totoro]

No. Doing so is also a violatin of the SSA.

Either take you computer over to his/her house or go over and copy it yourself.

[Red Shift]

If you link your Steam to a Gog account then you can get a DRM free version added to your Gog - might be simpler to let him access that account rather than your Steam.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by moistly harmless:

If you link your Steam to a Gog account then you can get a DRM free version added to your Gog - might be simpler to let him access that account rather than your Steam.

No, as GOG also does not allow sharing of accounts either.

[Mr. Mumpitz]

You don't need to share your account. Simply find someone who has Witcher 2 installed and copy the game folder.

[Alar]

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

do you absolutely trust that friend 100% to not have cheats on his pc?

i would suggest you do not.

that is just my opinion.

:qr:

The guy rarely plays Steam games besides Portal or Binding of Isaac and such. So no, he won't have cheats and no, he's not gonna try to steal my stuff. All I'm worried about is - will Steam allow this to work out? To log in from a different PC, different IP address and get access?

[Alar]

Originally posted by hertzschrittmacher:

You don't need to share your account. Simply find someone who has Witcher 2 installed and copy the game folder.

I won't find anyone like that. Most of my friends play either LoL or CS:GO. This really is my last resort, I don't want to have to download all this myself.

[Spambot71 (main character)]

Originally posted by Spawn Of Totoro:

No. Doing so is also a violatin of the SSA.

Either take you computer over to his/her house or go over and copy it yourself.

You could do it perfectly legitly using family share.

[Alar]

Originally posted by Spawn Of Totoro:

No. Doing so is also a violatin of the SSA.

Either take you computer over to his/her house or go over and copy it yourself.

So what exactly might happen? Would my account be banned somehow? Or is this purely a moral problem, to break the rules or not to break them?

[Snapjak]

Originally posted by Kovalentne aanus:

Originally posted by Spawn Of Totoro:

No. Doing so is also a violatin of the SSA.

Either take you computer over to his/her house or go over and copy it yourself.

So what exactly might happen? Would my account be banned somehow? Or is this purely a moral problem, to break the rules or not to break them?

Your account could be locked. Valve can and does lock accounts for sharing.

[Spambot71 (main character)]

Go over to his house, use steam family share. He can then download (and even play) your games (so long as you arent at the time)

He can back them up for you and they can be moved via solid media.

No muss, no fuss, and does not violate the SSA