Palette Swap
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Isn't it region locked or some old shit though?
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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 2 - Bad Rats Daily Deal for next 6 months
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Nabs
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Check the dip
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
IblisGinjo
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Tony banned from Steam Forums, from his CAG post
Already posted didn't notice that....sorry
Already posted didn't notice that....sorry
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derExperte
Member
Guys, guys, totally wrong approach. We should tell him he has to pay us with Amazon-gift codes for being allowed to post in here. It's the law!
jaundicejuice
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Mass log-off protest engineered by reddit?
sazzy
Member
something's up! or down!
Damn.
I presume he's buying it from his region's store but yeah it is region locked.
Rawket Lawnchair
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I will laugh maniacally when Gabe opens the gates and ultimate -75% discounts flood the Steam store, drowning all of the Amazonaysayers, while they cry themselves dry for believing in a false god of discounts.
iSurvivedTheOutage
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lol I havent been able to activate any games for hours now...Bought BC2 and BF2 from Amazon and now it they wont activate.
edit: that dip is tremendous
Joe Molotov
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Valve's testing the new Involuntary Offline Mode.
lol I havent been able to activate any games for hours now...Bought BC2 and BF2 from Amazon and now it they wont activate.
that's because they are not steamworks dude
FALSE ALARM
Mackenzie 92
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Glass Rebel
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lol I havent been able to activate any games for hours now...Bought BC2 and BF2 from Amazon and now it they wont activate.
...where exactly are you trying to activate these?
Clearly Everyone is uninstalling steam due to the lack sales.
fluffydelusions
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BC2 was steam before EA opened origin. I have BC2 on Steam myself.
Joe Molotov
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I bought Mass Effect 3 and it won't register on Steam, summer sale has to be coming!
dave is ok
aztek is ok
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ClosingADoor
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But are they also Steamworks? Any game can be on Steam, but only some are Steamworks.
It was (and is) ON Steam, but it was never steamworks (as in, you activate it with a cd key)
Ah my internet went down on my gaming PC. I don't want to be part of a protest! Remember me Gaben!
derExperte
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But you bought it directly through Steam, right? I don't think you could ever activate it if you got it elsewhere.
Glass Rebel
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fluffydelusions
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Yeah, purchased on Steam
Nabs
Member
lol I havent been able to activate any games for hours now...Bought BC2 and BF2 from Amazon and now it they wont activate.
edit: that dip is tremendous
lol
Joe Molotov
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balladofwindfishes
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Talking to my SPUF Mod buddy, let's see what I can do for poor Tony
I H8 Memes
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Not surprised. Tony haunting this thread so much comes off as kind of shady. Going into Steams own forums is downright desperate.
Not that I mind Tony or Amazons PC sales at all. When people say they want competition for Steam I hoped they were talking about companies like Amazon or GMG. Turned out they actually were actually hoping that Origin would be successful : /
sazzy
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dude just stop
Glass Rebel
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Eh, I get how people could be bothered by it, even though im not
Tony is, after all, here for PR reasons. I dont care cause he's a cool dude with a sense of humor, but some people are touchy about that stuff for whatever reason.
The more deals we find out about the better, and it's not like Amazon is a directly competing business to Steam.
Tony is, after all, here for PR reasons. I dont care cause he's a cool dude with a sense of humor, but some people are touchy about that stuff for whatever reason.
The more deals we find out about the better, and it's not like Amazon is a directly competing business to Steam.
Not even Joe can come up with a reason to buy it. Abandon all hope.
Palette Swap
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lol I havent been able to activate any games for hours now...Bought BC2 and BF2 from Amazon and now it they wont activate.
edit: that dip is tremendous
Are there drugs in the water I'm not aware of or is my sarcasm detector broken?
I'm weighing it, have to look at the achievement descriptions and the grid view icon.
edit: yeah, no, that zebra is awful. Deal broken.
ClosingADoor
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They have a good sale at Amazon and he keeps people updated. And Amazon's digital store is a little unclear on some fronts, so he is actually needed to clear some stuff up it seems (what are Steam activatable games, did they run out of keys, when is everything going on sale, etc).
If he would enter every thread and go "buy it from Amazon instead of store X" I would get your point. But with this sale going on and him just answering questions people ask him directly, I don't see a problem at all.
balladofwindfishes
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Alright Tony, SPUF mod buddy says there may have been a misunderstanding about you, they might have banned you not knowing your intentions as a community manager for Amazon. They auto-ban anyone they suspect is an adbot, and they thought your were an adbot.
He can't unban you though, you'll need to go to Valve to get permission.
You'll want to contact Burton Johnsey from Valve, as he handles SPUF moderation. You should be able to get permission from him to post about Amazon sales (on Steam registerable games) on SPUF.
He can't unban you though, you'll need to go to Valve to get permission.
You'll want to contact Burton Johnsey from Valve, as he handles SPUF moderation. You should be able to get permission from him to post about Amazon sales (on Steam registerable games) on SPUF.
sazzy
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yeah i mean..
he's a nice guy + asks people for suggestions etc on deals + prob negotiates real hard to get steam keys/good deals + lets us know directly whats coming BEFORE THEY ARE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE
i mean, do the haters want him to buy them the games as well or something?
Not to mention he explicitly states he's Amazon's Marketing Manager. Either way failed attempt at a troll.
Family Fry
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Space Ark is a mixture of Arkanoid and....er a platformer.
Think of it as Bat and Ball but as well as moving the bat you can also move the ball around to collect power ups and combo items to collect.
Pretty simple game to play so far, don't know if it will become harder later on.
I H8 Memes
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He has an Amazon sale thread. He has now posted in this thread more than half as much as the Amazon sale thread, and he's closing fast on a 1:1 post ratio.
ClosingADoor
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That also. If people are bothered by it, they should just put them on the ignore list and they won't see his posts. But they'd be missing out on good deals
Then just add him to your ignore list.
Amazon Video Gamer
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Just to be 100% clear about this guys. I REALLY like hanging out in these forums and answering questions, joking with you guys, and building a community, but I do it because I find it enjoyable and because it helps me get feedback on what kind of sales to build.
To give you some context, I'm a 27 year old guy who has been playing video games with his older brother since he was 7 years old and I ALWAYS wanted more insight into the video game industry when I was growing up/in school.
It always baffles me when I get the "We don't want to hear from you" message from a lot of the same folks who say "IF ONLY X COMPANY WOULD DO Y THEY WOULD BE SO MUCH BETTER!".
My favorite go-to example is Tages on Risen...it doesn't exist anymore. After it had an issue during one of our major sales we pulled it and refused to put it back up as a function of customer feedback.
Just food for thought, I love interacting with this community, because I love video games, and having passionate gamers talking about our sales being awesome...but I'm not here trying to sell you used cars lol.
Cheers,
Tony
iSurvivedTheOutage
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FUCK, SORRY!
I don't see anything wrong with that since they also sell Steam games.
iSurvivedTheOutage
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lol
Dude they wont even activate on Origin. Im in live chat right now...-_-
Nabs
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sazzy
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Because most of the sales are Steam related as well and other reasons he gave above ^
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