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2010 Steam Holiday Sale Thread: of GAF collectively handing over wallet to Based Gabe
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pauljeremiah
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Smash88 said:
I prefer to call it "steam spotting" (a la train spotting)
Johnlenham
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Do I need Titan quest installed to play Immortal throne? otherwise ive just downloaded it for nothing:lol
I <3 Memes
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pauljeremiah said:
Why? They weren't going to go up in price between now and the 3rd of January and will probably be on sale in the next few days.
I did pretty good day 1 and only bought Bad Company 2 for myself. Then I started gifting. Blew my whole carefully planned budget.
So, after an age of having NO MONEY, I finally have the Deus Ex pack. Here's hoping that Invisible War isn't as bad as I've heard, even though I'll be playing the original first 
I'd get more, but the perennial NO MONEY situation continues until at least tomorrow, so no Super Meat Boy @ 75% off for me :lol
I'd get more, but the perennial NO MONEY situation continues until at least tomorrow, so no Super Meat Boy @ 75% off for me :lol
AFAIK, you do, yes.Johnlenham said:
balladofwindfishes
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I think I'm going to stay mostly with dollar and 50 cent games, unless one really sticks out.
Hopefully Valve does one or two fifty cent indie games every day.
Hopefully Valve does one or two fifty cent indie games every day.
Minsc
Gold Member
FYI, there is an unofficial patch for Titan Quest: Immortal Throne (v1.17a) that supports the Steam version, and fixes a bunch of bugs/other things. Probably a good idea to use it. Notes here.
Mr. Luchador
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Minsc said:
Cheers, Minsc.
Minsc
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Chriswok said:
No problem, I played TQ:IT like 2 years ago with this patch, which is why I wanted to mention it.
Just wanted to note I've updated my earlier post's link to the original source of the patch, sorry you quoted it before the change, that was just some site from googling, and I decided I didn't like their banner/ads.
pauljeremiah
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kennah said:
as was I
I have a great tactic for resisting Steam deals. I ask myself this question:
If I saw this game for the same price in a retail store, would I buy it?
If the answer is no (which it often is), I realize that the only reason I'm ready to buy it now is that I like having games on Steam and I'm caught up in the sale craze, not because I actually want to play it. So I don't buy it. I didn't buy anything today Unfortunately I thought of this tactic a little late as I already have 100+ games on my account from previous sales I actually wanted to buy Stranger's Wrath today but the crappy port job they did is making me wait until next year when it's hopefully fixed.
If I saw this game for the same price in a retail store, would I buy it?
If the answer is no (which it often is), I realize that the only reason I'm ready to buy it now is that I like having games on Steam and I'm caught up in the sale craze, not because I actually want to play it. So I don't buy it. I didn't buy anything today
Unfortunately I thought of this tactic a little late as I already have 100+ games on my account from previous sales I actually wanted to buy Stranger's Wrath today but the crappy port job they did is making me wait until next year when it's hopefully fixed.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
To be honest, usually, I can't really afford to spend money on random games. So either I really really want the title or it's a no-go!
There are exceptions, of course. Nobody's perfect. But something like SMG, for instance, just isn't my style. I'd never ever put money down for it, although I acknowledge its objective greatness, of course.
There are exceptions, of course. Nobody's perfect. But something like SMG, for instance, just isn't my style. I'd never ever put money down for it, although I acknowledge its objective greatness, of course.
I'm very close to buying BC2+V but I just have a few questions before I do.
1. Is the player base more active on console or PC?
2. Is there any point buying this when BF3 will be out next year?
Right now I'm thinking this will be a filler for me until BF3, but at the reduced price it seems like an ok deal.
1. Is the player base more active on console or PC?
2. Is there any point buying this when BF3 will be out next year?
Right now I'm thinking this will be a filler for me until BF3, but at the reduced price it seems like an ok deal.
during the summer sale, I came very close to buying multiple publisher mega packs but held off since I knew it would be silly to spend over 150 bucks for around 2 or 3 games that I'd want to play.
and then I'd have this huge list of uninstalled games cluttering up my Steam game list.
so for both that sale and now this one, I am sticking to daily game sales and stuff that I'd actually want to play (even if not right now). not just stuff that seems like a novelty to have in a list of old games.
and then I'd have this huge list of uninstalled games cluttering up my Steam game list.
so for both that sale and now this one, I am sticking to daily game sales and stuff that I'd actually want to play (even if not right now). not just stuff that seems like a novelty to have in a list of old games.
Fuck I might be in trouble this year. Girlfriend is gone for a week and I am going to be bored. Gabe and his evil sale know how to exploit money from bored people like me. Must resist games I will never play.
As an aside, why don't we see the console spaces do sales like these? With the success Steam has had with these holiday sales, you think that Sony and MS could benefit from a large slashing of first party titles at least.
As an aside, why don't we see the console spaces do sales like these? With the success Steam has had with these holiday sales, you think that Sony and MS could benefit from a large slashing of first party titles at least.
AwakenedCloud
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$17 in games and my current laptop won't play 80% of them, Steam does bad things to people.
Indie 2D
Indie Smarts
Meat Boy
Winterbottom
FEAR 1
Indie 2D
Indie Smarts
Meat Boy
Winterbottom
FEAR 1
archnemesis
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I don't play it myself, but here are the stats for Steam.Rubezh said:
Current players: 4,597
Peak today: 8,848
3 days now and nothing but this:
"There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."
!!! nooooo! i have about 10 items in my cart im desperate to get (3 of them will expire when the sale ends for today). Im not sure what is causing this problem, i set my account up in the UK and am currently staying in Italy (which for some reason has caused all the prices on the steam site to show up as dollars!?). Surely this wont prevent me from completing a purchase. Im trying to use paypal btw (also tried visa but no success there).
Valve do you not want my money?? heeeeelp : (
If i cant get this fixed i would be very grateful if someone could get the oddboxx and super meat boy for me and i would pay them back. Sending money and such through paypal seems to be working fine (which makes this problem all the stranger).
"There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance."
!!! nooooo! i have about 10 items in my cart im desperate to get (3 of them will expire when the sale ends for today). Im not sure what is causing this problem, i set my account up in the UK and am currently staying in Italy (which for some reason has caused all the prices on the steam site to show up as dollars!?). Surely this wont prevent me from completing a purchase. Im trying to use paypal btw (also tried visa but no success there).
Valve do you not want my money?? heeeeelp : (
If i cant get this fixed i would be very grateful if someone could get the oddboxx and super meat boy for me and i would pay them back. Sending money and such through paypal seems to be working fine (which makes this problem all the stranger).
gregor7777
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esc said:
That's kind of what I was thinking. It's $3.75, but I want to keep my spending under control. I could use that $3.75 on a genre I'm more comfortable with. Thanks.
Mr. Luchador
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I'd only be spending my student loan on crack, hookers and reference books about Sports Psychology.
You're in Italy, thus, your IP is from Italy. However, your CC information is from the UK and your Steam profile says you are in the UK.Fireflu said:
You can only buy things on Steam if your IP is from the country your Credit Card (or PayPal) info says you're from.
You can either use a .UK VPN to buy your shit or ask somebody on GAF to buy games for you. I'd recommend you send the money first, through paypal. There's a thread for such things. If you have an Italian Credit Card, you can change your information on your Steam account to match the CC's info and use it instead.
Alternatively, you can ask somebody to turn your computer at home on, remotely access it and buy it there.
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