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[smr00]

Any chance of a steam sale on these things?

If origin doesn't bother you, Amazon is selling most of their Sims 3 stuff at 50% off.

Origin isn't that bad.

 

[toddhunter]

I just watched 4 people fail the lurker requirement but try to claim the key and separately one person get there just seconds too late

Heh, the system works!

 

[Nabs]

If origin doesn't bother you, Amazon is selling most of their Sims 3 stuff at 50% off.

Origin isn't that bad.

It'll probably be cheaper in a week on Steam.

 

[Ezra2680]

Would it be possible for you to post the source code for your bot after you're down working on it? I've never written a bot and would be interested in seeing how you set it up. Or would this compromise its integrity?

Sorry if this was intentionally ignored, but it was at the bottom of the page, so it could have been missed.

 

[Cydonian__Knight]

Awesome job on the ModBot. I didn't even know something like that was possible.

 

[Joe Molotov]

Any chance of a steam sale on these things?

They're on sale every time there's a sale, so yeah. Look for 50% off.

 

[73V3N]

Am I missing something if I only get L4D2 instead of the bundle that includes both?

 

[jshackles]

Am I missing something if I only get L4D2 instead of the bundle that includes both?

Not much. They've patched in most of the L4D content into L4D2.

 

[73V3N]

Not much. They've patched in most of the L4D content into L4D2.

OK Thanks for the answer.

 

[brandonh83]

My girlfriend is watching The Host... I started to watch it but it's basically JaseC: The Movie

 

[v0rtikal]

don't you think it's just plain wrong to get 100 XP for crafting a 15 card badge as well as a 5 card one?

 

[AngryChinchilla]

With the Summer sale soon upon us, many games will of course be getting deep discounts. The fun for the steam vets and newcomers a like is buying up games that are cheaper than they have ever been before. More often than not, these discounts will be 33%, 50%, 66%, or 75%. Now price-wise, these discounts are really only half of the story. The base prices, or sticker prices actually dictate the final price. Of course this is all common knowledge but I wanted to give a rundown of why the following is important.
So every once in a while between sale periods, publishers will lower the base prices permanently. Then when we get our percentage discounts, the price will be even lower. So what I have done is collected the most notable discounts in the last few months. Now of course we don't know if these will be on sale or for what percentage off if they are, but it does give us a glimpse into which ones will be cheaper than the last sale even if they are at the same percentage off as the last sale. A lot of people on budgets or with huge backlogs like myself consider $5 to be the holy grail for AAA games. That would take 75% off of a 19.99 game. 19.99 seems to be the place where a lot of big games sit for the longest stent before falling after becoming very old. 75% seems to be the most common large discount. So if the game is more than a year old, there is a good chance of it hitting that 75% sweet spot.

Enough rambling. Here is the list of notable games that are now cheaper and therefore will be even cheaper this sale even at the same as last sale. These are US prices, sorry everyone else.
Basically: These are the games to watch for cheaper than ever prices (on steam)

I highlighted in RED the games that I thought were most noteworthy

• Don't Starve: Was $22.49 --> Now $14.99 as of July 6

• Roller Coaster Tycoon 3: Was $29.99 --> Now $19.99 as of July 3

• Postal III: Was $29.99 --> Now $19.99 as of July 3

• Postal 2 Complete: Was $14.99 --> Now $9.99 as of July 3

• Postal: Was $6.99 --> Now $4.99 as of July 3

• Saints Row: The Third- The Full Package: Was $49.99 --> Now $29.99 as of July 3

• Saints Row: The Third: Was $39.99 --> Now $19.99 as of July 3

• Lost Planet 2: Was $29.99 --> Now $19.99 as of July 3

• London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games: Was $44.99 -- Now $19.99 as of July 3

• The Sims Medieval: Was $29.99 --> Now $19.99 as of July 3

• Crysis 2 Maximum Edition: Was $39.99 --> Now $29.99 as of July 3

• Tower Wars: Was $7.99 --> Now $4.99 as of July 3

• Scribblenauts Unlimited: Was $29.99 --> Now $19.99 as of July 3

• Star Trek: Was $49.99 --> Now $29.99 as of June 28

• Defiance: Was $59.99 --> Now $39.99 as of June 21

• Risen: Was $19.99 --> Now $9.99 as of June 20

• Risen 2: Dark Waters: Was $29.99 --> Now $19.99 as of June 20

• Borderlands 2: Was $39.99 --> Now $29.99 as of June 18

• Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition: Was $39.99 --> Now $29.99 as of June 18

• Street Figher X Tekken: Was $39.99 --> Now $29.99 as of June 18

• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier: Was $29.99 --> Now $19.99 as of June 3

• Magical Drop V: Was $9.99 --> Now $4.99 as of May 21

• Fortix 2: Was $9.99 --> Now $1.99 as of May 15

• Might and Magic Heroes VI Gold: Was $39.99 --> Now $29.99 as of May 10

• Assassin's Creed Revelations: Was $29.99 --> Now $19.99 as of May 10

• Assassin's Creed III: Was $49.99 --> Now $39.99 as of May 10

 

[JaseC]

So thanks to xelios for the idea - the next version of Enhanced Steam will have an option you can select that will let you hide games on Steam you already own. They will still show up on the homepage carousel, but will be hidden most other places. This will also hide DLC you own on that game's app page and hide games/DLC you own from bundle pages.

You can read about it here.

Just in time for the Summer Sale, too. Great work.

More GMG 666 deals

Reus $5.35

Prices are not amazingly amazing (Make sure to use GMG20-XLQ7U-EMMBV for 20%), but the games are good (except for Pressure)

Am I dreaming?

What's this ModBot I've been reading about the last few pages?

It's essentially an automated system for giving away unwanted keys. Basically, a user PM's the bot with an unwanted key (or keys) and receives a response that they post in the thread; a person interested in a key on offer follows the instructions and receives it from ModBot. Additionally, there are some restrictions one can impose (e.g. no lurkers).

 

[Emerson]

Well I've got 4 Mystery Cards now, I think I'm satisfied with that going into the sale.

 

[Echoplx]

Dust is really great, beautiful visuals and satisfying combat (them combo sounds) glad I picked it up

 

[RionaaM]

I was looking at the last few pages and saw that everyone was talking about Stump's giveaway bot. So is it true then? Did he do it, and is it working?

 

[Ezra2680]

I was looking at the last few pages and saw that everyone was talking about Stump's giveaway bot. So is it true then? Did he do it, and is it working?

Not really. He's just monitoring the account he made and replying to people. Its all a hoax, calling it now.

 

[bobnowhere]

So did they make it so you can't idle multiple games for cards anymore? I had about 8 games open and left for a couple hours (to watch Dark Shadows, I don't recommend the movie) and expected a mountain of cards when I returned. I came back to 1.

The only time I idled 2 at once, it seemed to take twice as long. 4 hours to get all the cards from 2 games, instead of about 2 hours when running one at a time.

 

[JaseC]

My girlfriend is watching The Host... I started to watch it but it's basically JaseC: The Movie

If it weren't for Saoirse's involvement and the fact that it was her first theatrical release in two years, I would have regretted seeing the film at all, let alone paying to see it at the cinemas (I caught the lucky last local screening). Byzantium was supposed to release here in just a few weeks, but the distributor had a change of heart and will be releasing it on DVD/BD in October instead. I'm so annoyed.

Anywho, here's an Automaton-assisted giveaway. I didn't bother imposing any rules as Two Tribes is no stranger to indie bundles:

I am giving away 3 Steam keys.To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the line below that corresponds to the key you want (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering).

Rules for this Giveaway:
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:

Toki Tori -- MB-BFEE279465E674EE - Taken by v0rtikal
Rush -- MB-199C2A54000B80F8 - Taken by BorntoPlay
Edge -- MB-3D4AA84154F7CC27 - Taken by Cth

 

[Danj]

Well I've got 4 Mystery Cards now, I think I'm satisfied with that going into the sale.

You know there's a set of 10, right?

 

[MikeDown]

I don't think it was a virus either. I actually came to the (now wrong) conclusion at the time that it was a skype problem, at the time I was shutting down all the processes I could, I spotted Skype p2p and steam right next to each other. I never actively used skype, but I had it installed for testing around the time windows live messenger was shutting down, but I didn't like it so I never used it.
Since the sound died out around the time I closed both of these I actually attributed it to skype, because it made the most sense. I never discerned how it would happen, I just uninstalled it completely and since it never happened again I assumed I was correct Because of that assumption it never occured to me of other people encountering the same situation via steam so it's pretty interesting to realise that. I'll have to keep an eye on it now to see where it goes.

I've had this issue a few times. W/ me though it was always caused by Steam randomly playing a trailer of some sort, navigating to a different store page always solved the issue. Although I never have dropped in on people's conversations, but then again I don't have Skype installed.

 

[charlequin]

Yeah I'm looking into it. There is code to prevent it but obviously it's possible to sneak through; I think it might be an ambiguity in the timing window.

race conditions

 

[toddhunter]

Not really. He's just monitoring the account he made and replying to people. Its all a hoax, calling it now.

Spoiler

It works amazingly well

 

[v0rtikal]

Thanks JaseC

 

[Megasoum]

If it weren't for Saoirse's involvement and the fact that it was her first theatrical release in two years, I would have regretted seeing the film at all, let alone paying to see it at the cinemas (I caught the lucky last local screening). Byzantium was supposed to release here in just a few weeks, but the distributor had a change of heart and will be releasing it on DVD/BD in October instead. I'm so annoyed.

I had my first Saoirse experience tonight and it was great...

Spoiler

And Hanna was all right

 

[BorntoPlay]

Thanks JaseC

 

[Tremis]

Just checked my mystery ids, I have a duplicate of 23 for trade. If anyone has anything other than 20, 24, or 30 I'll trade for it.

 

[More_Badass]

Is Postal 3 any good? All I remember about it from previews was a weaponized badger harness and that it was the sequel to Postal 2 aka that crazy game where you could urinate on corpses

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

Just checked my mystery ids, I have a duplicate of 23 for trade. If anyone has anything other than 20, 24, or 30 I'll trade for it.

How do you check the mystery IDs?

 

[Tremis]

I found a chrome plugin that does it. Hopefully it's okay to use.

edit: it's called steam database integration. http://steamdb.info/userscript/

 

[JaseC]

I had my first Saoirse experience tonight and it was great...

Spoiler

And Hanna was all right

I remember reading that Wright filmed a scene, I think around the midpoint of the film, where Hanna and Marissa bump into each other in a public place, and since they're in no position to do something about one another, they have a bit of a back-and-forth instead. Apparently Saoirse and Cate played off each other very well but the scene was ultimately cut. I assumed it'd be on the BD, but I dug through the deleted scenes and it was nowhere to be found.

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

I found a chrome plugin that does it. Hopefully it's okay to use.

Ah ok. I have 6 mystery cards no Idea which ones they are.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Is Postal 3 any good? All I remember about it from previews was a weaponized badger harness and that it was the sequel to Postal 2 aka that crazy game where you could urinate on corpses

Postal 3 is considered to be one of the worst games on Steam.

But who knows, give it a shot.

 

[jediyoshi]

Is Postal 3 any good? All I remember about it from previews was a weaponized badger harness and that it was the sequel to Postal 2 aka that crazy game where you could urinate on corpses

It's all kinds of bad, and not in any way that you can actually have fun with or appreciate. Just watching a playthrough of it on YouTube instead might be an improvement on the experience.

 

[Turfster]

Is Postal 3 any good? All I remember about it from previews was a weaponized badger harness and that it was the sequel to Postal 2 aka that crazy game where you could urinate on corpses

None of the Postal games were actually any good. You spent like 5 minutes going 'haha, this game is outrageous' and then spent the next hour going 'why the hell did I waste my money on this.'

 

[ModBot]

Thanks to an anonymous benefactor, I am giving away 23 Steam keys.To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the line below that corresponds to the key you want (if you include more than one game, you will be blocked from entering).

Rules for this Giveaway:
- If you are a lurker--five or fewer posts in the Steam thread--you are not eligible for this giveaway.
- If you won a game from ModBot recently, you are not eligible for this giveaway.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:

Capsized -- MB-2C876A6A570E35FF
XCOM Enemy Unknown -- MB-9445B9BBBD79F3BE - Taken by Servizio
Tiny and Big -- MB-69F5CF29E2626254
Oil Rush -- MB-65AC414F8BFF3672
Offspring Fling -- MB-FEBE0A6277B41317 - Taken by Exuro
Crusader Kings Complete -- MB-2A91CEA629FD8CB3 - Taken by deejay
Lucid -- MB-085769B2E82B3BB1
Fractal -- MB-0A9E3D39B2993A97
NightSky -- MB-C1D7862A0F5C54FC
Waking Mars -- MB-7C98D49381C30EDD - Taken by Milamber
Titan Quest -- MB-FBB70B6C0C6A4C33 - Taken by reddmyst
Cogs -- MB-BAF0DD9A110E4B39
Painkiller Overdose -- MB-D8DD8A5D599AED24
Reign Conflict of Nations -- MB-C237737E1FE1EDFD
Frozen Synapse -- MB-26DE845C5DFE11ED
Intrusion 2 -- MB-56F15D4C9D3D0BD9
Aquaria -- MB-D300F7E2CD7DACDE
Red Faction Armageddon Path to War DLC -- MB-D51024433E09EDE4 - Taken by Stumpokapow
Dear Esther -- MB-2D7BD245F58A187E
English Country Tune -- MB-E55EB64ABD3EF7A9 - Taken by More Badass
Broken Sword Director's Cut -- MB-8CABB32F1D9389A9 - Taken by nogoodnamesleft
McPixel -- MB-FE52AF2CDBAD62C8 - Taken by ~Kinggi~
Vessel -- MB-1033CD7076BBB1D9

 

[jshackles]

Is Postal 3 any good?

Pretty much sums it up:

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

Pretty much sums it up:

I bet that Chase has it though.

 

[JaseC]

I'm surprised Postal 3 actually released after all this time: it was among the earliest of announced third-party Source titles.

Thanks JaseC

Thanks JaseC

No worries.

 

[Facism]

mmm modbot

 

[Vecks]

Wow, the giveaways just keep on piling up. Thanks anonymous benefactor!

 

[Milamber]

Thanks StumpBot for the Waking Mars.

 

[yellow submarine]

Wow, now there's a bot for giving away Steam keys. Is this an evolution of the "I've bought too many games and I can't play them" screenshot game?

 

[Storm360]

RWS Trash Postal 3 on the hub, and are even apparently using money from 1 and 2s steam release to fund 3

 

[charlequin]

Not really. He's just monitoring the account he made and replying to people. Its all a hoax, calling it now.

This is what we said about his IRC bot too, actually.

 

[Facism]

just realised the 5 post restriction. Thread is so long i don't remember if i ever posted here.

[edit]just checked, the last 2 posts are my only posts. Bugger.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

tyvm for broken sword annon!

 

[Milamber]

This is what we said about his IRC bot too, actually.

And? What happened after that?

 

[I am Michael Bolton]

And? What happened after that?

Skynet

 

[jediyoshi]

And? What happened after that?

Stump sent the bot to deal with all unbelievers.