I'm pretty sure you can play them without steam. Just go the <steam install dir>\steamapps\common\ find half life and try launching it from there.
Steam is more then just a messenger service. It's a means of getting the games and updates as well.
http://store.steampowered.com/about/
It's the equivalent of xbox live for the computer.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/omnimaga
Just created a steam group for Omnimaga members Feel free to join and hopefully this will make it easier for people to game together

Not clear enough yet - I assume "illegal content" refers to "content illegal in Canada"?
Probably better to explicitly state that.
But even if that's what it means, I (and I assume many others) have no clue what's illegal in Canada.

- is direct linking to copyrighted material allowed?
- is indirect linking to copyrighted material allowed?
- is describing how to find a specific piece of copyrighted material allowed?
- are movies & music exempt from those rules?
- will there be a black unmarked van parked in my street if I do it anyway?

I think it's more what is illegal for the country for which the server is on. So basically what is illegal in the US. I would say Canada, but some things are legal in Canada that aren't in the US.
What DJ has said has all been applicable btw. Maybe we should add a subsection on some specifics but mention that it is not limited to those.

Thanks for pointing that out to us

Thanks

Trying to run it just gives me a tiny window that I can't do anything with. I'm using Java 7 on windows 7 64bit.

Alright so it's been more then a week since the contest started and I'm proud to announce that we have a winner!
Congratulations to jsj795 for his winning entry. Unfortunately there were only two entries and I could only pick one winner. I will show both pictures though and allow them both to plug their site ( if they have one ) in this news article ( when they let me know what they want plugged ).
jsj795's image I felt encompassed Omnimaga the most out of the two images and it just felt right to me. So without further ado, here is the winning image:

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Our runner up, ruler501's image was good and it defiantly encompassed a bunch of our memes, so thanks for the effort! Here is his entry:

Alright the contest is over and there were only two entries. I wish I could give you both the prize but I can't since I only have one copy. I'll post a news article in the morning with the winner and then contact them so they can get their prize

Hmm, I will give this a try. I am 15 years old but my birthday is on the 10th of December, can I participate?

I guess, just make sure you redeem the code when you actually are 16 though