Steam Family Sharing hates me

[Mysteroo]

So I hear that there's a way to give someone else all your games and vice versa. And I think: "Great! I can finally play some of these games with my friends!" So I take about 5 hours to turn on Family sharing, install, and transfer 20 gigs worth of Gmod game files over to another computer so that my sister can play with me. I get it up and running and...

She gets a notification telling her that she will be kicked off Gmod in 5 minutes because I'm playing it at the same time.
HNGGGGGGG

I realized that I can still host a LAN server if I go into offline mode. But it's nowhere near as fun as playing online. Steam, u suk

Is there any possible way around this other than buying another copy with $10 I don't have? I mean geez.. this is like my first Minecraft experiences all over again

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[AcornCake]

steam family share allows someone else to try a game on another person's steam profile, but on their own profile.
i don't think you can play with someone else who is using a game you have over family share.

i use this family share mumbo jumbo with my brother.

[The Magical Dunes]

ya prob shoulda read up about how family share works before you wasted your time messin' with it. It's right here in the FAQ.

[Trogtor]

holy moly didn't notice this. now i can download all my sisters bf games without logging on to his account.

[Nickelob Ultra]

lol why would steam ever allow two people to play the same copy of a game at once.  that literally opens the floodgates wide open for people to just share games infinitely.

[Jairo]

lol why would steam ever allow two people to play the same copy of a game at once.  that literally opens the floodgates wide open for people to just share games infinitely.

I thought you had to be offline for the other person to play the game

[Badger]

I thought you had to be offline for the other person to play the game

the person can be online but its if they are using the library

[The Magical Dunes]

lol why would steam ever allow two people to play the same copy of a game at once.  that literally opens the floodgates wide open for people to just share games infinitely.

i dunno, it would make sense if they limited it to a few other people who can play only when you're playing. Kinda like a modern version of spawn copies.