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[morningbus]

You gotta be nice to new PC gamers, it's not their fault.

To be clear, I'm not arguing for elitism with this information. The info is disseminated on literally every page of a Summer Sale in bold red letters.

I think it just might be time to let these earthlings figure it out themselves; to stumble, to fail, and one day join us in the sun.

 

[RionaaM]

You dodged a bullet there junior.

But have you seen Titanfall 3D?

 

[GAMERG0D]

Going to school

Card pop ups in ten seconds.

So uh, where are dem cards? :/

I've been waiting for this all day lol

 

[The_Monk]

who do you think was modbot's previous human form

PLOT TWIST.

Also, is there a Timer App/thing for the Sale-starting fellow GAFfers? I know it's starting soon I just like to refresh it and see that countdown. What a RUSH.

 

[Salsa]

to stumble, to fail, and one day join us in the sun.

dont

it still hurts

 

[sibarraz]

right now no but I plan to have a system for modbot broadcasting unused codes after a period of time.

There was a recent giveaway where the creator put the restriction of one ga for week, I guess that I will wait if nobody picks it up

 

[Razorskin]

who do you think was modbot's previous human form

Opiate?

 

[kafiend]

To be clear, I'm not arguing for elitism with this information. The info is disseminated on literally every page of a Summer Sale in bold red letters.

I think it just might be time to let these earthlings figure it out themselves; to stumble, to fail, and one day join us in the sun.

Yeah there needs to be a standard non-engage mode, Maybe a standard response of "Read the FUCKING OP you useless shit brained waste of skin"?

Or maybe something harsher what do you think? Too soft?

 

[morningbus]

dont

it still hurts

We don't owe these people anymore.

We given them everything.

 

[therapist]

FYI

Lol prety much.

Hoping for far cry 3 < 20$ and Arma 3 to go on sale , i doubt it for arma but never know.

 

[Copons]

Congratulations! Your old enough to receive *absolutely nothing*!

This was like the worst birthday ever, I feel like Gaben don't care about me anymore.
You know he didn't even send me a greeting card? Not even an untradable one.

 

[alr1ght]

Opiate?

Speaking of, no summer BINGO this year?

 

[Volotaire]

To be clear, I'm not arguing for elitism with this information. The info is disseminated on literally every page of a Summer Sale in bold red letters.

I think it just might be time to let these earthlings figure it out themselves; to stumble, to fail, and one day join us in the sun.

Gotta admit, they are big bold letters. Hard to miss!

 

[Dawg]

Where da trading cards at

 

[More_Badass]

FYI

What are Flash Sales and Community Choice?

 

[GAMERG0D]

Where da trading cards at

They're probably holding them back for the Summer Sale.

 

[javadots]

What are Flash Sales and Community Choice?

Flash Sales are sales for a selection of games for a certain amount of time. Community Choice is the game of two that the community votes to be on sale as a flash sale.

 

[ht01]

Keep it simple

Sorry for the size. I've gone through one steam sale and I picked this up quick.
I sent this to the two people I've converted to pc gaming just to make sure they know the rules.



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[javadots]

Keep it simple

Sorry for the size. I've gone through one steam sale and I picked this up quick.
I sent this to the two people I've converted to pc gaming just to make sure they know the rules.



Shamelessly nicked from reddit.

Good flow chart.

 

[Glass Rebel]

Scorcese Romulan Edition

 

[More_Badass]

Flash Sales are sales for a selection of games for a certain amount of time. Community Choice is the game of two that the community votes to be on sale as a flash sale.

Certain amount of time? Flash Sale doesn't mean like 5, 10 minutes right?

And where do we vote?

 

[Copons]

Certain amount of time? Flash Sale doesn't mean like 5, 10 minutes right?

And where do we vote?

Flash means 6 or 8 hours IIRC.

You vote on the homepage of the store.

 

[YianGaruga]

No cards this week? If they release them now it would be a dick move for EU folks.

 

[DTKT]

Certain amount of time? Flash Sale doesn't mean like 5, 10 minutes right?

And where do we vote?

Usually the store page and flash deals last a few hours at most.

 

[Turfster]

Certain amount of time? Flash Sale doesn't mean like 5, 10 minutes right?

And where do we vote?

All will become clear in a day.
It's not even a given they're going to do flash sales again.
I sincerely hope they're not, because the offers were always the same.

 

[Slyjss]

Certain amount of time? Flash Sale doesn't mean like 5, 10 minutes right?

And where do we vote?

More like 8 hours or so. Every six hours there are new Flash Deals, but the old ones stay for two more hours. Connecting 2 or 3 times a day will let you see all the deals.

 

[Grief.exe]

No cards this week? If they release them now it would be a dick move for EU folks.

I think they released them at 2 or 3 Pacific last week so it would be around this time.

 

[frozzted]

Certain amount of time? Flash Sale doesn't mean like 5, 10 minutes right?

And where do we vote?

No, flash sales last for a few hours. Voting is done in the steam client, website, and I think you can do it on the mobile clients.

 

[Deliverance]

Certain amount of time? Flash Sale doesn't mean like 5, 10 minutes right?

And where do we vote?

Usually the flash deals last 6-8-12 hours or something like that.

 

[Grief.exe]

No, flash sales last for a few hours. Voting is done in the steam client, website, and I think you can do it on the mobile clients.

You can vote with the mobile app.

Which is going to be key since I will be away at a wedding Fri-Sun.

 

[goober]

Certain amount of time? Flash Sale doesn't mean like 5, 10 minutes right?

And where do we vote?

The community has a choice between 3 games they want on sale. Most votes wins.

Voting lasts a couple hours.

 

[Ogedai_Khan]

the mobile app.

A steam mobile app...I didn`t know this! Thanks for this piece of information.

 

[Slyjss]

No, flash sales last for a few hours. Voting is done in the steam client, website, and I think you can do it on the mobile clients.

Yes, you can on the mobile client. I remember voting on the bus station in the last sales.

 

[More_Badass]

Usually the flash deals last 6-8-12 hours or something like that.

You can vote with the mobile app.

Which is going to be key since I will be away at a wedding Fri-Sun.

Oh great. I'm going to be on the road Saturday to Monday and then be on vacation for two weeks. So at least the Flash Sales last a few hours, not minutes

Is it even going to be possible to buy anything in the few first hours tomorrow? So many people on the page at the same time, I can see the store crashing a few times.

That's what happened when The Last of Us demo was released on PSN. Network crashed cause so many people were trying to download at the same time

 

[RionaaM]

Keep it simple

Sorry for the size. I've gone through one steam sale and I picked this up quick.
I sent this to the two people I've converted to pc gaming just to make sure they know the rules.



Shamelessly nicked from reddit.

I laughed. So true.

Scorcese Romulan Edition

I laughed even more. Also so true.

 

[Slyjss]

Oh great. I'm going to be on the road Saturday to Monday and then be on vacation for two weeks. So at least the Flash Sales last a few hours, not minutes

Is it even going to be possible to buy anything in the few first hours tomorrow? So many people on the page at the same time, I can see the store crashing a few times.

That's what happened when The Last of Us demo was released on PSN. Network crashed cause so many people were trying to download at the same time

YOU MUST HAVE FAITH IN GABEN

 

[RionaaM]

The community has a choice between 3 games they want on sale. Most votes wins.

Voting lasts a couple hours.

Golden rule: the game you want NEVER wins. And if by chance it does, it's because you already owned it and voted for it anyway because why not.

So yeah, you may complain here all you want, cry and threaten Gabe with deleting Steam and moving to Origin. The game you want will still keep not winning.

 

[MikeDown]

I want to buy some stuff, but I don't know what. PoP 2008 is something i'm eyeballing, along w/ Sanctum 2 DLC though don't know what else to get. Someone help me please

 

[Caerith]

Having a DS is hard right now. Good games are so rare and hard to find its crazy.

It makes no sense that one of the most popular handhelds of all time is so difficult to find games for.

Yeah, with DS games you pretty much need to buy them day one or not at all. Atlus even lampshaded this in one of their newsletters a while back:

I haven't gotten a 3DS yet-- I'm still working on the best Alice game-- but I'm glad Nintendo has finally heard of this digital download thing.

right now no but I plan to have a system for modbot broadcasting unused codes after a period of time.

Stump, could ModBot get a hybrid "karma" flag to restrict people who have won previous entries unless they are previous givers? I figure the NOWINNERS flag is mostly there to prevent moochers (ie, lurkers with 5+ posts) from walking away with everything, but previous givers are at least giving back so it'd be nice to make a way for them to be exempt from that restriction.

 

[scorpscarx]

He added that Caerith if this is what you're talking about:

GIVERSONLY
This will restrict the giveaway to previous givers only. After beta testing, there may be a recency check to prevent someone from giving away one useless thing and moving on

After carefully reading your post again, it doesn't seem like you are, move along.

 

[javadots]

My 8GB RAM came in the mail! Just installed it. Just in time for Steam sale! Haha XD

 

[Caerith]

He added that Caerith if this is what you're talking about:

GIVERSONLY
This will restrict the giveaway to previous givers only. After beta testing, there may be a recency check to prevent someone from giving away one useless thing and moving on

I mean a hybrid of GIVERSONLY and NOWINNERS. Like, NOWINNERSunlesstheyarealsoGIVERS.

After carefully rereading your post, moving along ^^

 

[DeadlyVirus]

My 8GB RAM came in the mail! Just installed it. Just in time for Steam sale! Haha XD

OMGZ, you gonna payz with ramz? xD

 

[scorpscarx]

I mean a hybrid of GIVERSONLY and NOWINNERS. Like, NOWINNERSunlesstheyarealsoGIVERS.

For people who just wanna throw down keys, good idea but it seems like a pretty small amount of people.

 

[dex3108]

I have interesting question:

Did Steam become a new Valve game? We have gameplay (collecting cards and items, crafting badges), economy (Steam Market), perks (backgrounds and emoticons), only thing that missing is real story.

 

[Corronchilejano]

I got a booster for Anodyne yesterday... out of 6, only 1 in like what... ¿two months or so?

 

[wetflame]

I got a booster for Anodyne yesterday... out of 6, only 1 in like what... ¿two months or so?

I have a bunch of eligable games and have only had one booster.

 

[Copons]

I have interesting question:

Is Steam become a new Valve game? We have gameplay (collecting cards and items, crafting badges), economy (Steam Market), perks (backgrounds and emoticons), only thing that missing is real story.

Missing a story?

Just try to read the last 150 pages of this thread (the last couple of days), and you'll find a more compelling story than any other Valve game.

 

[Salsa]

this is how this year's sales end

 

[Slyjss]

I have interesting question:

Did Steam become a new Valve game? We have gameplay (collecting cards and items, crafting badges), economy (Steam Market), perks (backgrounds and emoticons), only thing that missing is real story.

If we consider ARGs the "story"...