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[evil solrac v3.0]

if I have to buy a bunch of indie games just to gather tickets to redeem I don't think I'll have a s big a haul as I had last year.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I wonder if the Valve Holiday 2011 acheevs are different from the regular holiday acheevs.

From what Feep implied, they are not. But who knows.

 

[Castor Krieg]

What's the deal with Christmas cheevos? They will count them when sale starts and you get stuff for it?

 

[Nabs]

Just got the Spacechem achievement. You just have to beat "There's something in the Fishcake" (World 2). I already had it beat, so all I had to do was hit play.

So I've got: Audiosurf, Beat Hazard (1/4), Spacechem, DoDS, CSS, TF2, L4D2, SMB (1/2), Frozen Synapse, E.Y.E (1/2), Worms, Orcs, B.T.Runner (2/3), Jamestown, Sequence, Trine, Flight Control HD and Greed Corp.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

What's the deal with Christmas cheevos? They will count them when sale starts and you get stuff for it?

Nobody knows yet.

 

[xenoflux2113]

Sequence is currently unavailable?

 

[spk]

So what's the consensus on Nuclear Dawn? I see it has a decent amount of players on the Steam Stats page. Worth the price? Will the community last beyond the free weekend/sale? I might be down for a 4pack if the population won't go back to where it was a month ago

See BRINK for example, haha

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Sequence is currently unavailable?

See if you have Auto Update turned off. That's what the problem was for me.

 

[Semblance]

So what's the consensus on Nuclear Dawn? I see it has a decent amount of players on the Steam Stats page. Worth the price? Will the community last beyond the free weekend/sale? I might be down for a 4pack if the population won't go back to where it was a month ago

See BRINK for example, haha

I don't think these ghost town games ever last beyond free weekends.

 

[Dascu]

The Atom Zombie Smasher achievement is a pain. Almost made it to wave 6.

 

[Zzoram]

How the heck do I select spells in spellset in Sequence? I'm stuck on the screen. All I can do is practice casting, it won't let me exit the screen UGH

 

[didamangi]

The Atom Zombie Smasher achievement is a pain. Almost made it to wave 6.

press the - key to slow the game speed.

 

[Dascu]

press the - key to slow the game speed.

I know. Still difficult.


Edit: Made it.

 

[Conceptor]

Well it looks like I know what I'll be doing most of this week.

Spoiler

Installing more games

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

How the heck do I select spells in spellset in Sequence? I'm stuck on the screen. All I can do is practice casting, it won't let me exit the screen UGH

Happened to me, too. Might want to bring it up in the Sequence thread. I just skipped the tutorial.

 

[xenoflux2113]

See if you have Auto Update turned off. That's what the problem was for me.

Thanks, had to turn it off then turn it on again.

 

[spindoctor]

I can't seem to get the Bastion achievement. I started a new game and made it to the Bastion and it didn't show up. Is there some specific condition which needs to be met to get it?

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I can't seem to get the Bastion achievement. I started a new game and made it to the Bastion and it didn't show up. Is there some specific condition which needs to be met to get it?

Did you fall off the crumbling bridge before you got to the Skyway?

 

[JADS]

I am not looking forward to the second Meatboy achievement, but I am glad Poker Night has been tackled.

 

[StoppedInTracks]

Hope they fix whatever is going on before the sale (or the TF2 update)

I wonder if Steam will break 5M conc. users this Xmas sale?

 

[spindoctor]

Did you fall off the crumbling bridge before you got to the Skyway?

Yup that was it. To get the achievement, you need to run on the path all the way from when you pick up the first core to the point where you reach the skyway. If you fall off the path, you'll still reach Bastion but the achievement will not unlock.

 

[wilflare]

suddenly the whole GAF is playing their games..

 

[Zzoram]

Can someone help me farm the L4D2 holiday achievement?

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

.... that is some horrible animation on Tycho. I'm not just talking about the eyes.

The whole damn thing is icky.

 

[Artofwar420]

Fuck me and my dead video card. I'm stuck with a crappy 7600GS. I'll try to resurrect my dead one in hopes of playing most of the games.

.... that is some horrible animation on Tycho. I'm not just talking about the eyes.

The whole damn thing is icky.

You mean modeling.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Can someone help me farm the L4D2 holiday achievement?

Maybe tomorrow night, we could help each other out.

Steam name is HP_WUVCRAFT.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/bryy

 

[Card Boy]

I'd bet they would have 10 times the sales on Poker Night if they added online multiplayer. Really missed opportunity there.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

You mean modeling.

Yes, yes. The modeling. If we must use proper terms at 3am.

 

[Fare Godmace]

Does anyone know if you can get the AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! achievement in the normal game, or just in For The Awesome? Damn, I wish they released an upgrade for existing customers like Fate of The World does...

Also, I played the Killing Floor free weekend but I didn't get the achievement, I just got some of the other Winter-related ones. Damn

 

[vazel]

Can someone help me farm the L4D2 holiday achievement?

It's not hard to get. From my experience the gift boxes mostly spawn in the first two maps of the campaigns; I've only rarely seen them spawn in the 3rd map of a campaign. Took me under half an hour to get.

 

[Dice]

I'd bet they would have 10 times the sales on Poker Night if they added online multiplayer. Really missed opportunity there.

With the ability to bet anything in your inventory, including gift games.

 

[Kabouter]

With the ability to bet anything in your inventory, including gift games.

I don't think they'd want to get into the whole gambling thing, if they do, might be a nice time to expand the 'ol legal department.

 

[Silex]

Yea, that's a very slippery slope for them. They'll never do something like this.

 

[jediyoshi]

I don't think they'd want to get into the whole gambling thing, if they do, might be a nice time to expand the 'ol legal department.

Seeing as gifts are never turning back into money at some point, it doesn't sound much off from what zynga poker already does in allowing people to buy extra chips, and that's already on pretty much every social networking site.

 

[Dice]

Yeah, man. Gift games were purchased with money, but they aren't even really property. They are licenses to a digital subscription service which can only be given for the purpose of accessing the game content. You can't even use them and then trade them. Their value until claimed by an account is purely a state of mind.

 

[Palette Swap]

Well, I did the Cities in Motion chievo. Which is nice because, you know, you have to actually play the game to earn it and I had never launched the game before. I obviously kept playing it afterwards because it's actually a good game.

I came for the Christmas achievement and I stayed for the game.

Spoiler

UNTIL I MOVED ON TO THE NEXT FUCKING XMAS ACHIEVEMENT

 

[Bliddo]

6 hours later: still no 3Ks. Fuck you telltale.

 

[Big-E]

How do you do the Magicka one without buying the DLC? Tried freezing some dudes but they didn't shatter when they died.

 

[jediyoshi]

Saints Row 3 $30 (Steamworks)
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005OMM66A

THQ Bundle $60
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B006LSUYTW

Homefront + Maps and Shotgun DLC Pack (Steam redeemable)
Metro 2033 (Steam redeemable)
Saints Row 2 (Steam redeemable)
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (Steam redeemable)
Red Faction Guerrilla
Red Faction: Armageddon + Path to War DLC Bundle
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl

 

[Corky]

What were the start/end dates for the christmas sales of 2010`?

 

[Ikuu]

Tried the Beat Hazard achievement and they've managed to find the worst Christmas radio station ever, never heard any of the songs before and they're all terrible.

 

[spk]

What were the start/end dates for the christmas sales of 2010`?

Dec 20-Jan 2 iirc? I'm expecting a Dec 19 start this year

 

[Fare Godmace]

Does anyone want Sanctum to get an extra achievement? I didn't use the code I got in the Indie Royale. Quote to see it.



Also, if someone is willing to give a Killing Floor guest pass, I'd really appreciate it.

 

[Kweh]

Where are these Xmas achievements listed?

 

[spk]

^^ here

http://steamtreasurehunt.wikia.com/wiki/Winter_Objectives

http://cae.servut.us/steam/

 

[iSimon]

Where are these Xmas achievements listed?

http://steamtreasurehunt.wikia.com/wiki/Winter_Objectives

 

[Glass Rebel]

Hey guys, haven't been in this thread for a while, what's u-

*sees achievement talk*

mother of god.

Valve can't do this to me, I've got finals coming up!

 

[1-D_FTW]

Seemingly solved. Although I still don't know how everything got switched to "don't update."

 

[svegis]

Above post.

Have you tried the option to verify your games? It might notice that there's a new version on the content servers to fetch.

 

[1-D_FTW]

Have you tried the option to verify your games? It might notice that there's a new version on the content servers to fetch.

Yeah. I just did that. 2 bad files and now it works.