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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition |OT2|
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You would have to message it to them and risk getting scammed. This whole system is implemented to avoid scammers in TF2 and other games.Exuro said:
balladofwindfishes
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Money for items and games seems dangerous.
Selling gifts is generally frowned upon (I believe), so this seems to just be a way for Valve to control that.
But it seems like it would deflate the prices of a lot of common, bundled games. People who bought the potato pack, for example, could collect their extra games and pawn them off later. Or they could just buy the bundle as a gift and sell each game later when the price goes up again.
Selling gifts is generally frowned upon (I believe), so this seems to just be a way for Valve to control that.
But it seems like it would deflate the prices of a lot of common, bundled games. People who bought the potato pack, for example, could collect their extra games and pawn them off later. Or they could just buy the bundle as a gift and sell each game later when the price goes up again.
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Once money is in the Steam wallet, there is no way to get it out. It has to be used on Steam products. Valve doesn't mind it here because it stays in the economy.balladofwindfishes said:
balladofwindfishes
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A legend has died today
I was going to ask if Steam has been a little wonky the last few days for anyone else. Usually about once a day I get randomly logged off, like the store will load up but it will ask me to sign in on the right (and I just had to do it now) and it says this one friend I have was last on 16 hours ago even though I saw him on about 4 hours ago. It's also been loading a little slow too.
Seems like it's probably update hiccups I guess.
Seems like it's probably update hiccups I guess.
crimsonheadGCN
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Wargame: European Escalation's store page is availabe: http://store.steampowered.com/app/58610/?snr=1_4_4__105_2
Developed by Eugen Systems (R.U.S.E. and Act of War series)
Developed by Eugen Systems (R.U.S.E. and Act of War series)
crimsonheadGCN
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A new website has been developed for calculating the worth of a Steam account: http://steamapi.techieanalyst.net/
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
what have you done.
lastplayed
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crimsonheadGCN said:
So it's like World in Conflict built on the RUSE engine? Holy shit, count me in.
crimsonheadGCN
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Regarding CD Keys for Steamworks titles and Unauthorized Resellers:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=24901282&postcount=60
Not sure if this was posted already.
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=24901282&postcount=60
Not sure if this was posted already.
The Game of Thrones RTS is a Steam game apparently.
http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/strategy/a-game-of-thrones-genesis-international/
http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/strategy/a-game-of-thrones-genesis-international/
goldsoundz
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Anyone have a four pack started for Dead Island?
EDIT: Nevermind. Didn't know PayPal bank transfers took 3-5 days. I'll ask again when the money has made it through.
EDIT: Nevermind. Didn't know PayPal bank transfers took 3-5 days. I'll ask again when the money has made it through.
Glass Rebel
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goldsoundz said:
Can't you get it cheaper on Green Man Gaming using this code? READY-UPDEA-ISLAN
It's 34 for me instead of the 37.5 you'd pay in a 4pack on Steam. PM me if you need a referral.
Refreshment.01
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This seems like a very good solution to implement a game score in Steam, i like it a lot. Valve should go for it, it could spice achievements a whole lot.EternalGamer said:
snoopeasystreet
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I don't think it has controller support.You could probably use joy2key and find a custom config.Greyvvolf said:
SmokyDave said:
Agreed, although I wouldn't mind if Valve moved them to the main page of Steam Community profiles for the purposes of ease of access and, as many so wish, comparison. They could simply retool the small section they had for the Summer Sale achievements.
coopolon said:
Is this a big problem on the consoles? I only play Halo or whatever with my friends every now and then, but it generally doesn't seem like people are simply trying to get achievements.
I mean, I could see an increase in achievement servers or something, but I can't honestly see it ruining multiplayer for those that really just want to play.
weekendCONFIRMED
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Anyone else trying to find things to do (my day off..) until Rock of Ages unlocks?! Can't wait to play it.
Because you get people 'boosting' their score by totally fucking up online games. It changes the way that people play the games, they chase the small objective that they personally need for that one achievement rather than focusing on the bigger picture.loblaw said:
That was my experience playing XBL anyway. People always doing stupid shit in races or matches because they need the achievement for '1000 pistol kills from behind a wall' or something. People desperately trying to find ways to cheat the system.
Ever run round a map on Halo for ages and find nobody to kill?loblaw said:
Yeah, that's because they're lining up neatly somewhere else on the map to get the 'Spartan Laser' achievement.
Maybe I've been unlucky but it put me off playing on XBL completely. Even Borderlands had some goon lead our group miles out of our way to 'see something really cool'. When we got there, it was an achievement for standing on a fucking boat. Great.
PuppetSlave
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I just realized something. If it's DLC, steam will mark it with the purple sash thing but there is nothing if it's something that is considered an expansion.
Not a hug problem but they should show you if something is an expansion without having to click the link.
Not a hug problem but they should show you if something is an expansion without having to click the link.
SmokyDave said:
There shouldn't be online achievements anyway, that's just 1 of the reasons why. It should just be campaign and I guess co-op, though I would prefer single player. It sucks that I won't get all of Dead Island's because I don't want to play co-op.
I know what you're talking about with Halo, as me and a few friends achievement whored quite a bit in Reach
. Though we usually had it set up so no random person could join, like we would have our Rock Band instruments plugged in so they'd register as a guest and we would do what we had to on them to get achievements.spindoctor
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SmokyDave said:
Actually, the moment you attach achievements to a game is when people go crazy. Having a score attached to them is not what makes the difference.
I remember back when the Heavy update for TF2 came out... there's an achievement to eat 100 sandviches. During a game, I saw 3 people standing in spawn eating sandviches for the achievement instead of actually helping the team.
Multiplayer games should not have achievements. Or if they must, they should be designed very carefully so that none of them can disrupt gameplay.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Isn't there already a website (Steam calculator if I am correct) that calculates how much your account is worth?PaulLFC said:Yeah it does, I just tried registering. Doesn't let you in without an invite code. If you enter an incorrect invite code (I just put 'dontknow' to test it), you just get a page saying "nice try"
Rodney McKay
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No, it's not like it happens every other game. Of course it happens, but if you play dozens, hundreds, or thousands of matches there will always find people doing stupid stuff whether because of achievements or not.loblaw said:
Edit: That was my experience back in the Halo 3 days, anyways. I've pretty much stopped playing multiplayer games after that one.
Was that back when achievements unlocked weapons? Because it is only expected that some people are going to try to unlock new weapons when they come out.spindoctor said:
I mean it would be nice if Valve gave everyone all items, and it would be nice if games like BC2 let medics heal people to start with instead of grinding to max level, but I suppose games aren't usually set up that way.
morningbus
Serious Sam is a wicked gahbidge series for chowdaheads.
The fact that people buy/rent shitty games just to boost their points should be reason enough to never want to go down that road. I mean, I'm surprised that publishers haven't pushed for a achievement-tied point system ala Xbox Live, as it would certainly boost sales of their crappy games, but I don't see the benefit as a consumer.
I've already got one person on my friend list that owns Bad Rats. Imagine if it grew your digital wang, too? It'd be madness.
I've already got one person on my friend list that owns Bad Rats. Imagine if it grew your digital wang, too? It'd be madness.
morningbus said:
Don't you have to be a steamworks game to get achievements anyway? I think some older games may break that rule but I can't think of anything in the last 2 years or so that wasn't steamworks but had achievements.
If a better achievement system boosted steamworks use because of all of us cheevo whores, I'd say everyone wins there.
If there is a point system doesn't that limit the number of achievements developers can add to a game? How would they go about adding new chieves for things like the summer sale? I say keep points out. Couldn't tell you what my gamer score is on 360 right now, nor could I tell you any of the scores on my friends list.
I do think Valve should make chievos easier to access than going to the steam overlay when in game.
I do think Valve should make chievos easier to access than going to the steam overlay when in game.
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