OH! THE! IRONY!
Got visited by friends today, we planned to meet during the days between christmas and new years eve, but their little kid became ill, and so it was delayed until today. I gave them my present, and when I unpacked mine, it was - Skyrim.
I comfort myself with that I did not pay money to once again need to try Steam, and hope the experience works better this time than it did with Shogun 2. If it works, I have no doubt I will enjoy Skyrim a lot.
I also hope it installs without a 5 hours download first that installs right over the just installed program that came with the DVD, and then every couple of days again - just to finally break down anyway. Also, Shogun 2 messed up frequently when I ran Steam in offlinemode via Steam, or in desperation then blocked it via firewall -
does offline mode work in Skyrim, or am I once again forced to stay online all the time??