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STEAM- Announcements & Updates 2011 Edition |OT2|
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jaundicejuice
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50 fucking times now.
Saren is Bad
Member
Soooooo should I buy Rage on intkeys.com? Never heard of this place before
ClovingWestbrook
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Big Chungus
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So if I buy a russian key from intkeys and redeem it in steam, will it show up as a NA purchase or a russian purchase?
jaundicejuice
Member
70 updates in 60 minutes, I give up for the night, gonna play some Civ 5 and do another Immortal run.
The_Player
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You need Russian IP to activate it.fna84 said:
ClovingWestbrook
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ReconYoda said:
Bought my Deus Ex key off there yesterday and it worked without a hitch.
IntKeys are legit. I've purchased from them a few times (FEAR 3, The Witcher 2, Red Orchestra 2). As are CJS (Deus Ex: HR) and CDKeysHere (Space Marine). The latter offer a guide to using a free (trial) Russian VPN for the purpose of activating region-locked keys. To be on the safe side I'd fire up some firewall and AV software beforehand.
Not all Eastern European keys are region-locked.
The_Player said:
Not all Eastern European keys are region-locked.
ClovingWestbrook
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Flunkie said:
Certain games like MW3 will have a Russian key and a rest of the world key. The Russian key is the cheapest obviously but you need to have the store log in to your account to register it or have someone you trust in Russia or what have you. For other games there is only one version that is region free. Personally I will avoid the Russian keys but the rest of the keys are a steal.
ClovingWestbrook
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Flunkie said:
Most are region free but for MW3 there are two versions. Regions outside of Russia and Russia. Russia is cheaper obviously and needs VPN.
Has anyone heard of Bloodline Champions showing up on Steam? I read that the devs were trying to get the game on Steam's F2P section with their 2.0 patch (which has came and gone). I know it is stupid, but I'd rather download it on Steam so it tracks my play time (and so I can have that sexy icon on grid view). :x
I almost used one of those cheap key sites recently, but I backed off when it asked for my Steam log-in information. Even if they're a "trusted" seller, I'm not comfortable with that. I'd be more comfortable with giving them my bank information.
I'd rather play it safe and wait for a price drop.
I'd rather play it safe and wait for a price drop.
ClovingWestbrook
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Snuggler said:
Um they only ask for that if you're buying an out of region key. I bought Deus Ex and they never asked for my Steam log in since it wasn't needed.
I don't do the obscure website key thing, I wait for prices to drop. I dunno, just seems shady to me. I could 100% be wrong, but I'll live with the consequences. I'm okay with stuff like Clash of Heroes or other Steamworks for x dollars less from some reputable direct download sites though.
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
What's up with steam today?, I haven't been able access the store via the client or browser all day?
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
Can someone do me a favour and give me the steam support email address, I can't even access the support forums from my systems or the support link in the OP.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Thanks to Salsa I pointing out ebay for Arkham City, I was able to pick up a Steam code for $25. I'd definitely suggest folks who are interested in the game to look on Ebay for a code. You should easily find one for $25-30.
archnemesis
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I don't think there is one. You'll have to make a separate Steam Support account and make a new ticket about your issue. Note that you can't login to support with your regular account.lowrider007 said:
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
archnemesis said:
cheers, I managed to access the steam support page using the 'hide my ass' proxy server, I feels like my isp has blocked steam or something, I can access every website fine just not steam.
jaundicejuice
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I just beat Civ V on Immortal with India through a science victory with just two cities. Fuck yeah.
Thankfully all of the bloodthirsty assholes that surrounded me the entire game were very keen on murdering each other all the while putting on a farce declaring friendship to me and entering research agreements to gain my trust and to get me to lower my guard. I never opened my borders to anyone except Darius because Persia was science focused like me, busy fending off Siam and Mongolia and they just happened to be a fair distance away from me. Whenever other civs started circling my borders I just ramped up production of indirect fire and naval units. If anyone tried to take a bite out of India, I would've been pretty unappetizing. They would've lost a lot of their army in the open seas and more on my tiny island before they took either Dehli or Mumbai. Towards the end the Siamese, the Romans or the Danes probably could've wiped me out if they tried hard enough. Their armies were easily ten times larger than my own but they were busy murdering each other.
It was kind of tense near the end, waiting for research agreements to come through or for great scientists to spawn to help leap frog me through the technology trees. Especially when the other Civs were making greater progress with their own space programs. I had the Apollo Program and the ability to make the SS cockpit but was three tech branches behind on being able to make robotics/SS Boosters and open up the two later branches, particle physics/SS Engine and nanotechnology/SS Stasis Chamber. Each branch I researched I saw another Civ making that component of the spaceship. It's just that none of them happened to make all of the parts. Caesar was one SS Booster away from beating me while I waited the last five turns for my Stasis Chamber to be produced. It was so painful clicking the Next Turn button near the end, I kept expecting to lose, especially on that final turn.
I think I'll use India for the Deity run. Having a consistently happy populace with just one or two cities makes such a huge difference. It's bad enough trying to deal with the other Civ's advantages in the higher difficulty levels, when you compound the problem with an unhappy populace that slows your growth, lessens your productivity and decreases your armies ability to fight/repel enemies, it's almost impossible. Instead of climbing just the tech trees, creating the buildings and Wonders you need, you're diverting productivity away to unlock more superfluous things or getting beaten to your goals. With India this is less of a problem.
I love this game.
Thankfully all of the bloodthirsty assholes that surrounded me the entire game were very keen on murdering each other all the while putting on a farce declaring friendship to me and entering research agreements to gain my trust and to get me to lower my guard. I never opened my borders to anyone except Darius because Persia was science focused like me, busy fending off Siam and Mongolia and they just happened to be a fair distance away from me. Whenever other civs started circling my borders I just ramped up production of indirect fire and naval units. If anyone tried to take a bite out of India, I would've been pretty unappetizing. They would've lost a lot of their army in the open seas and more on my tiny island before they took either Dehli or Mumbai. Towards the end the Siamese, the Romans or the Danes probably could've wiped me out if they tried hard enough. Their armies were easily ten times larger than my own but they were busy murdering each other.
It was kind of tense near the end, waiting for research agreements to come through or for great scientists to spawn to help leap frog me through the technology trees. Especially when the other Civs were making greater progress with their own space programs. I had the Apollo Program and the ability to make the SS cockpit but was three tech branches behind on being able to make robotics/SS Boosters and open up the two later branches, particle physics/SS Engine and nanotechnology/SS Stasis Chamber. Each branch I researched I saw another Civ making that component of the spaceship. It's just that none of them happened to make all of the parts. Caesar was one SS Booster away from beating me while I waited the last five turns for my Stasis Chamber to be produced. It was so painful clicking the Next Turn button near the end, I kept expecting to lose, especially on that final turn.
I think I'll use India for the Deity run. Having a consistently happy populace with just one or two cities makes such a huge difference. It's bad enough trying to deal with the other Civ's advantages in the higher difficulty levels, when you compound the problem with an unhappy populace that slows your growth, lessens your productivity and decreases your armies ability to fight/repel enemies, it's almost impossible. Instead of climbing just the tech trees, creating the buildings and Wonders you need, you're diverting productivity away to unlock more superfluous things or getting beaten to your goals. With India this is less of a problem.
I love this game.
Dog Problems
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jaundicejuice, did you ever get The Club working?
jaundicejuice
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LastWindow said:
No, I gave up after an hour and 67 GFWL updates to try this Immortal run in Civ V. I'll try to get The Club running tomorrow night. My GFWL client can't be this out of date and there cannot seriously be this many updates for The Club, the game bombed. I'll look around later.
Dog Problems
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I saw some posts on board for the game on Steam's forums about how to update it. Maybe it'll help.
jaundicejuice
Member
LastWindow said:
Awesome, thanks, I didn't notice that thread when I last looked and it totally did the trick. My AppData folder was hidden, but I found and navigated to it pretty easily with search program and files.
I probably should've clued in to the fact that something was off, but Kane & Lynch: Dead Men had an absurd number of updates before it would start as well.
The U.I. is only designed for a 360 controller, all of the button icons are for the 360 pad, but there's mouse and keyboard functionality. The mouse sensitivity just feels off though.
Nabs said:
I just beat it yesterday, took me about 4 hours since i took my time with it cause its the first time playing it with my new rig and the possbility to enjoy Physx at its fullest. Sogood. I remember back when it came out and beat it that i had to actually take some graphical options down during heavy shooting parts cause the framerate would turn to shit with all the broken glass and whatnot, ha.
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