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Hey Sharpe! No. I may remove all of the XI mod files and and profile and see wat happens or try re-installing the game. But I dont think that will help. The only other thing I can think of is something with my network like DNS or something along those lines...but that doesn't explain why I'm connecting to other non XI servers. Maybe a Punkbuster issue?

Thanks for all the suggestions. The issue was resolved by 1) Opening the game in Milti-Player and going to MP Options and verifying the game key. 2) Using the console (~ tild) and then using the connect command with the IP and port of an XI server to connect to an XI game directly instead of using my HLSW game manager. Once the game connected I was able to continue accessing XI servers from my game manager without encountering the dreaded Waiting for Key Authorization. UPDATE - I lied...game worked for a few hours and crashed and of course, back to waiting for key auth again. I tried all that I did last time but no go. I also tried all the XI suggestions and Google suggestions. I guess I'm not supposed to play anymore Update, update - I can get on and play on other non XI servers without Keycode Auth message... Hmmm...

Thanks Loco and Loader, I'll give those suggestions a try. The odd thing is that in the past, even though my tag was still showing in the game I was able to join without any issues. I'll post if I resolve in case someone else has this issue.

After a game ended and started loading a new map my game closed (I guess you can consider a crash). I tried to reopen and saw the infamous "key in use" message. I could see my tag in the game roster so I waited about half an hour. After trying again I started getting the "awaiting key authorization" countdown. Now this is constant after a couple hours of waiting, either key in use or waiting to authorize and then disconnection. Any ideas outside of a reinstall? I think this is a technical issue and I can't imagine someone has my key after all these years. I guess I'll try again in the morning.

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