Nevermind, issue is solved, patch sucessfully added. Now apparently I need to figure out why my ping is 200(kicked 20-30secs after joining servers) with no anti virus or firewall up. Im plugged in directly to my router(Comcast 100mbs cable internet)  running on Windows7; AMD Athion II X2 Processor P340 2.2GHZ(dual core), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250; 3GB DDR3 Mem. All I can say is wtf?

The only error msg that was in my console was "ConVarRef sb_dontshow_maxplayer_warning doesn't point to an existing ConVar" which as I understand is to be  ignored anyways. It seems that I did install patch incorrectly, so I deleted all files, reextracted the main CSS, then I extracted the patch into the same folder with the hl2.exe, "place_shortcut_on_desktop", and so on . At that moment I was asked whether or not to copy or copy and replace files with same names? I had the similar files overridden with the patch files and once done I placed shortcut on desktop(Yes the new icon on desktop was different from the older one).
Now my issue is that the game will not open at all. I received the error box "unable to load manifest file 'scripts/surfaceproperties_manifest.txt'" and crash.

Starting to realize I am moron and will quite possibly be paying moron tax as it is called if I do not figure this one out lol

Here's what my console looks like if it'll help:


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Protocol version 15
Exe version 1.0.0.41 (cstrike)
Exe build: 20:34:24 Jul  7 2010 (4260) (240)


ConVarRef sb_dontshow_maxplayer_warning doesn't point to an existing ConVar
Network: IP 192.168.0.102, mode MP, dedicated No, ports 27015 SV / 27005 CL
Connecting to 78.46.42.232:27015...

Host_Error: Unexepected authentication protocol -2056669617!


Connecting to 78.46.42.232:27015...

Host_Error: Unexepected authentication protocol -2056669617!


Connecting to 78.46.42.232:27015...

Host_Error: Unexepected authentication protocol -2056669617!


Connecting to 78.46.42.232:27015...

Host_Error: Unexepected authentication protocol -2056669617!