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[Lomax]

Starting up these old school Star Wars games and having to tinker endlessly just to get them to run for a few minutes was amusing and brought back memories of the early days of PC gaming. I sure am glad I don't have to do that stuff nearly as much now though.

Edit: It's currently impossible to play Battlefront II or Empire at War unless you bought them and installed early in the sale, they are out of keys and the games won't boot at all. I even tried using the key I have from my boxed copy, but it won't run from steam at all.

I'm new in the playfire beta, they just started some new rewards for Darksiders 2, I finished this game a while ago, I guess several achievements are already done(20hrs with 32/50 achivements)​​. I need to reinstall it?

While you can't get rewards for what you've already done, you're probably in a much better position now to get some of the highest level rewards that are essentially out of reach for those of us who are just starting the game.

 

[Tizoc]

Current plan:
Play each of those Star Wars games for at least 10 minutes to qualify
Get the last 2 rewards in Gunhound EX
Play Space Marine for a bit (I love this game and have it on PS3)
Get as many cheevos off of Darksiders 2 as possible

 

[Last Baron]

Interesting, my Playfire balance is updating properly but sadly it's not transferring into my GMG account so I can actually use it. I'll give it a day before I write yet another ticket.

 

[Lomax]

Interesting, my Playfire balance is updating properly but sadly it's not transferring into my GMG account so I can actually use it. I'll give it a day before I write yet another ticket.

It's a longstanding bug, if you make a purchase it will sync, if you've never bought the Eve Online free trial you can use that.

 

[Tizoc]

It's a longstanding bug, if you make a purchase it will sync, if you've never bought the Eve Online free trial you can use that.

...and even if you already did buy that free trial, there's another method involving it.
Log out of your GMG account, then attempt to purchase the free online trial, during the final steps log into your account and it should process it and update your GMG credit.

 

[Last Baron]

Even logged out it sees that I've already bought the trial before :/

 

[Tizoc]

Even logged out it sees that I've already bought the trial before :/

Can you try and Gift it at least?
Maybe erase your cookies and history cache and try again? That's what I was recommended at the Steam thread =/

 

[Creamium]

Interesting, my Playfire balance is updating properly but sadly it's not transferring into my GMG account so I can actually use it. I'll give it a day before I write yet another ticket.

Yeah this is happening for me as well. I've had a bunch of extra credit for days, and it's not transferring to gmg.

 

[Sub Zero]

Even logged out it sees that I've already bought the trial before :/

Try a different IP and it will work

 

[Last Baron]

Available until Monday 12 May, 2014 @ 23:59 UTC:

• 8BitBoy - play for the first time - £0.10
• Back To Life 2 - play for the first time - £0.10
• Famaze - play for the first time - £0.10
• Flockers - play for the first time - £0.10
• Planet Stronghold - play for the first time - £0.10
• Planet Stronghold - unlock The Truth About Me - £0.10
• Planet Stronghold - unlock Little Secret - £0.25
• Planet Stronghold - unlock Kiss Me - £0.50
• Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon - play for the first time - £0.10
• Sweezy Gunner - play for the first time - £0.10
• The Desolate Hope - play for the first time - £0.10
• The Whispered World Special Edition - play for the first time - £0.10
• Warrior Kings: Battles - play for the first time - £0.10
• You Have to Win the Game - play for the first time - £0.10 - Free to Play

 

[MMBosstones86]

Whats theb est way to get the sync between Playfire and GMG....open ticket or do the EVE trial thing?

 

[Nabs]

It looks like the Head-2-Head this week is Spelunky vs Strike Suit Zero

http://blog.playfire.com/2014/05/playfire-rewards-spelunky-vs-strike.html

Whats theb est way to get the sync between Playfire and GMG....open ticket or do the EVE trial thing?

I usually just log out/log in to GMG/PF and wait a day or so, but it all depends on your account I guess. I'm going to save that EVE thing for when I really need my credit.

 

[YianGaruga]

It looks like the Head-2-Head this week is Spelunky vs Strike Suit Zero

http://blog.playfire.com/2014/05/playfire-rewards-spelunky-vs-strike.html

Got all the Spelunky trophies on Vita, time to do it again!

 

[-MD-]

It looks like the Head-2-Head this week is Spelunky vs Strike Suit Zero

Vote Spelunky =)

 

[Fantastapotamus]

All the Spelunky Achievments I don't have yet are impossible

 

[dex3108]

I think that this is 10th day that i don't have any game from list XD

 

[Nabs]

I have two total Spelunky achievements and it's going to stay that way.

 

[Relax.MX]

Well i just out of this. To much time waste for a couple of cents(and even dont work).

 

[Vuze]

I hope Strike Suit Zero wins, got it from... somewhere I don't remember lol.

 

[MMBosstones86]

Well i just out of this. To much time waste for a couple of cents(and even dont work).

wot?

I hope Strike Suit Zero wins, got it from... somewhere I don't remember lol.

Probably a bundle. I think that's where I picked it up.

 

[YianGaruga]

Strike Suit Zero is winning

 

[mannerbot]

Strike Suit Zero is winning

While I wish Spelunky would win, Strike Suit Zero is better for me since I 100%ed Spelunky a long time ago.

 

[Arthea]

I don't understand... why would they give reward for a free game? Is it one of those pay to play games and even then it doesn't make sense.

 

[Vuze]

I don't understand... why would they give reward for a free game? Is it one of those pay to play games and even then it doesn't make sense.

Maybe they want to bring some attention to it because they personally like it/dev contacted them...?

 

[Lomax]

I don't understand... why would they give reward for a free game? Is it one of those pay to play games and even then it doesn't make sense.

Honestly, none of the rewards make any sense. They give rewards for games they don't sell, games other sites have on sale (or in bundles), and other games seemingly randomly. I just think at this point they give whatever rewards strikes their mood so they can continue to iron out the bugs and eventually there will be more logic to it. But hey, I'll take 15 cents to try out free games any day.


Unrelated edit: CD keys for Battlefront II and Empire at War are up on steam so both can be played now for the rewards if you couldn't previously.

 

[-MD-]

I don't understand... why would they give reward for a free game? Is it one of those pay to play games and even then it doesn't make sense.

What free game?

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

So I got an email stating I have $4.47 in Playfire rewards, but GMG says I only have $2.87. Seems weird to me.

 

[PandaPedinte]

What free game?

You Have to Win the Game

 

[Lomax]

Apparently the "Kiss Me" achievement for Planet Stronghold is bugged and not unlocking properly (thus the low unlock rate on Steam even though it should happen with any romance). Hopefully it will get corrected quickly.

This has now been corrected (always nice to get rapid Dev response and patching) and so if you get either of the lower playfire achievements you should get the Kiss Me achievement at the same time. You do have to play through quite a bit of the game in order to be able to complete the romance, probably 4-5 hours minimum. You don't need to be nearly as high a level as the strategy guide says so long as you bring plenty of potions to heal between fights.

 

[YianGaruga]

While I wish Spelunky would win, Strike Suit Zero is better for me since I 100%ed Spelunky a long time ago.

I haven't played either on PC, but I know I could probably knock out most of Spelunky's again in a day or two and it would be a lot of fun.

SSZ seems to be very mediocre.

 

[Ampersands]

I hope Spelunky wins. The fact that I'm horrible at it means I've only unlocked a few achievements for it.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Quite literally a fort night has passed since my rewards where updated on GMG, I really should send a support ticket.

 

[blainethemono]

I don't understand... why would they give reward for a free game? Is it one of those pay to play games and even then it doesn't make sense.

It's actually just a game that's been available for free for a while now but it's just now being released on steam

http://www.piratehearts.com/blog/games/you-have-to-win-the-game/

 

[Sub Zero]

I guess they are referring to the original SSZ in the H2H and not the Directors Cut version. So my achievements won't be tracked since I own the DC, right?

 

[Last Baron]

Available until Tuesday 13 May, 2014 @ 23:59 UTC:

• Serious Sam 2 - play for the first time - £0.10
• Serious Sam 3: BFE - play for the first time - £0.10
• Serious Sam 3: BFE - unlock Chain Explosion - £0.10
• Serious Sam 3: BFE - unlock Trick Shot - £0.25
• Serious Sam 3: BFE - unlock Headsman - £0.50
• Serious Sam Classic: The First Encounter - play for the first time - £0.10
• Serious Sam Classic: The Second Encounter - play for the first time - £0.10
• Serious Sam Classics: Revolution - play for the first time - £0.10
• Serious Sam Classics: Revolution - unlock There can be only one! - £0.10
• Serious Sam Classics: Revolution - unlock Once Upon a Time in Babylon - £0.25
• Serious Sam Classics: Revolution - unlock Fireworks - £0.50
• Serious Sam Double D XXL - play for the first time - £0.10
• Serious Sam Double D XXL - unlock Gnaar-body's Fool - £0.10
• Serious Sam Double D XXL - unlock Dino's Best Friend - £0.25
• Serious Sam Double D XXL - unlock Untouchable Sam - £0.50
• Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - play for the first time - £0.10
• Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - unlock Swimming Instructor - £0.10
• Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - unlock Look, it's a secret - £0.25
• Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - unlock Royal Frag Combo - £0.50
• Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter - play for the first time - £0.10
• Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter - unlock Treasure Diving - £0.10
• Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter - unlock Backstabber - £0.25
• Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter - unlock Capture The Flag Master - £0.50
• Serious Sam: The Random Encounter - play for the first time - £0.10
• Subject 9 - play for the first time - £0.10
• Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure - play for the first time - £0.10
• Warrior Kings: Battles - play for the first time - £0.10

These have been backdated from the 5th of May with Revolutions backdated to the 30th of April.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

My playfire profile shows £2.50 but my GMG profile shows £1.65, how long should it take for them to equalise?

 

[Tizoc]

My playfire profile shows £2.50 but my GMG profile shows £1.65, how long should it take for them to equalise?

That sadly is a glitch but there's a way to fix it.
Buy a Free EVE Online trial and checkout. Your GMG credit should match Playfire's.

Ugh wish Playfire spread out the SS games so it's one game per week. All in one week seems like overkill.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

That sadly is a glitch but there's a way to fix it.
Buy a Free EVE Online trial and checkout. Your GMG credit should match Playfire's.

Ugh wish Playfire spread out the SS games so it's one game per week. All in one week seems like overkill.

Shit, I've already "bought" that, any other ways?

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

If I use SAM now will I get money for the last couple of Dark Souls II achievements I need? I almost made it to the end but money's money.

edit: nvm lol, I see the disclaimer at the bottom. TIME TO GRIND DkS2 TODAY. And also, someone should save Alo before he does it.

 

[Nabs]

smh.

 

[Levyne]

Seems like my play fire account is going to be "refreshed" . Hope that fixes things

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Seems like my play fire account is going to be "refreshed" . Hope that fixes things

Are you doing the EVE trial thing? I haven't done it yet but I also wouldn't want to use the trial up.

Or are there other ways to refresh it?

 

[YianGaruga]

Didn't we have a playfire rep posting in this thread? Did he just disappear?

Because my GMG balance isn't updating either and I don't think buying a free trial is the intended way to do it.

 

[AHA-Lambda]

Just took a look at the playfire reward forum and yeah it's a mess, loads of people are having problems =/

PS: For the "Play for first time" rewards, is there a time limit to that? Couldn't I just boot the game up and then just quit?

 

[RazorbackDB]

Just took a look at the playfire reward forum and yeah it's a mess, loads of people are having problems =/

PS: For the "Play for first time" rewards, is there a time limit to that? Couldn't I just boot the game up and then just quit?

The system is weird and don't always work, but with the star wars games i just booted for a minute an it worked.

 

[X05]

Seems like my play fire account is going to be "refreshed" . Hope that fixes things

Just got an email and so is mine (after a month I opened the ticket), although it does say it'll take about 24 hours for it to be refreshed.

Didn't we have a playfire rep posting in this thread? Did he just disappear?

Be4cause my GMG balance isn't updating either and I don't think buying a free trial is the intended way to do it.

radMonkey is, but he hasn't posted in this or the Steam thread(s) for a while.

 

[Levyne]

Yeah, it says 24 hours but things only seem to look a little better. My recent activity now shows some "Mirror of Fate" achievement that I acquired in mid April. However, it still does not show me having acquired the achievements for rewards in Papers, Please (2 of them) and Dark Souls 2 (all of them).

For the Dark Souls 2 ones, they do not show up in recent history, but it does show that I have all of the achievements in my Games tab..

Of course, I will give it 24 hours to see how things refresh

argh, this system!

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

I beat Dark Souls 2, and killed V

Spoiler

endrick

about 30 minutes ago. The rewards should still unlock, right?

 

[Panda Rin]

I beat Dark Souls 2, and killed V

Spoiler

endrick

about 30 minutes ago. The rewards should still unlock, right?

I just killed him as well...about 5 hours ago. we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

I just killed him as well...about 5 hours ago. we'll just have to wait and see.

My account is still way out of balance. $2.87 on GMG, $4.47 as per an email from Playfire. But that was before my other achievements today.