Using the CRPG launcher seems to load M&B without Steam.
To make matters worse, I can't seem to play multiplayer; I try to join servers only to be told I can't connect to the server.
Originally it asked for my serial key, but my Steam serial key doesn't seem to work (possibly because CRPG launcher launches M&B without Steam?) and now it won't let me try to input the key again to see if I've mistyped something, instead simply saying "can't connect to server..."

...anyone else know how to fix this? :/