SteveWinwood
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There is too much in the base game I'm still working through!
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STEAM announcements & updates 2013 - Year of the SteamBox
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Jase plays games?
Glass Rebel
Member
New news, new thread!
Madrugador
Member
I was surprised too. The other 15 people should feel ashamed.
I just sent you a friend invite, I like comparing Sleeping Dogs stats
The Wizard
Member
Episode 3 ARG, obviously.
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
I will give Garry a reach-around if it's achievements.
It was too little and too late, I had already moved on from the game and it will probably be a while before crack it open again.
BoosterDuck
Banned
Nude Alyx textures
Jables Swan
Member
I've played it but I'm not on your friends list. Cool story me.
Love Sleeping Dogs.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Madrugador
Member
Add me on Steam if you want (and everyone else who would like to).
SteamID: MadrugadorDG
Lasthope106
Member
Mine started downloading for a few seconds and then hanged.
Hey guys, I have a question for all of you using not the main Steam stores.
Recently Steam has opened a store in my country, meaning I can purchase and add funds to my wallet in my local currency. However, when I add funds to my wallet (say, 50), my credit card gets billed in dollars (utilizing the market exchange rate for currencies at the day). Say, if 1 dollar = 2 local currency, then I get charged 25 dollars instead of 50 local currency. This is an international transaction and therefore subjected to additional fees. So in the end I'm paying more than 50 to get 50 injected in my wallet.
It sounds really fishy to me, in a false advertising type of way. What's the point of making a big deal about opening a store in my country and being able to utilize local currency if I'll just get charged in dollars anyway? I keep paying other fees that I used to pay when there wasn't a store here, so it effectively changes nothing.
Not to mention that the banks usually utilize a commercial exchange rate which is significantly higher than the market one, furthermore boosting up my cost of adding funds. Of course this is something intrinsically from the banking system and outside of Steam's control to the point that when I only bought from the US store I knew this was an issue that I had to deal with. However, this should not happen if they advertise a local store with local currency.
Basically, I should be able to click "add 50 to your wallet" and know that I get 50 charged to my credit card. This is what happens when I buy something at a local supermarket. No transaction fees or nothing, I buy 50 there, I get charged 50. But the way it is, I have no idea how much I will be charged because of international transaction fees and I also have to worry about the exchange rate spread that my bank is charging at the moment. Which is ridiculous, considering Steam is advertising a local currency store.
What gives? Is that the same for other non-main Steam stores? Doesn't it smell like false advertising? They say local store but charge in dollars as international transactions. I'm not saying that they do this to get more money, but it sounds like ingenuity that they think, that just by utilizing the exchange rate of the day, they can simulate a local store with currency transactions.
Edit: for example's sake, I added 50 to my funds and ended up having to pay 64. That's 28% more.
Recently Steam has opened a store in my country, meaning I can purchase and add funds to my wallet in my local currency. However, when I add funds to my wallet (say, 50), my credit card gets billed in dollars (utilizing the market exchange rate for currencies at the day). Say, if 1 dollar = 2 local currency, then I get charged 25 dollars instead of 50 local currency. This is an international transaction and therefore subjected to additional fees. So in the end I'm paying more than 50 to get 50 injected in my wallet.
It sounds really fishy to me, in a false advertising type of way. What's the point of making a big deal about opening a store in my country and being able to utilize local currency if I'll just get charged in dollars anyway? I keep paying other fees that I used to pay when there wasn't a store here, so it effectively changes nothing.
Not to mention that the banks usually utilize a commercial exchange rate which is significantly higher than the market one, furthermore boosting up my cost of adding funds. Of course this is something intrinsically from the banking system and outside of Steam's control to the point that when I only bought from the US store I knew this was an issue that I had to deal with. However, this should not happen if they advertise a local store with local currency.
Basically, I should be able to click "add 50 to your wallet" and know that I get 50 charged to my credit card. This is what happens when I buy something at a local supermarket. No transaction fees or nothing, I buy 50 there, I get charged 50. But the way it is, I have no idea how much I will be charged because of international transaction fees and I also have to worry about the exchange rate spread that my bank is charging at the moment. Which is ridiculous, considering Steam is advertising a local currency store.
What gives? Is that the same for other non-main Steam stores? Doesn't it smell like false advertising? They say local store but charge in dollars as international transactions. I'm not saying that they do this to get more money, but it sounds like ingenuity that they think, that just by utilizing the exchange rate of the day, they can simulate a local store with currency transactions.
Edit: for example's sake, I added 50 to my funds and ended up having to pay 64. That's 28% more.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I played it.
Jables Swan
Member
Done.
Madrugador
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Buttonbasher
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You've been chosen.
Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
I could be if you accept the request.But you're not on my friend list
I can't/won't be more competitive since I got kind of sick of the game and uninstalled it after I got 100%, however some of my scores/times should be fun to go after. Anyone who wants to top my civilian kill streak is definitely in for some sadistic fun when they scout out how to actually do it.
Madrugador
Member
I added you too, I need more friends.
Aceptado.
Done.
And done.
I got a lot of new Steam friends out of this. Thank you Sleeping Dogs.
Glass Rebel
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Glass Rebel
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Don't forget, guys. And the price is hilarious.
edit: oh shit, this is the last GFWL title
*pours stale beer*
tracert completes fine for steampowered.com, store.steampowered.com, cdn.steampowered.com, and cdn.store.steampowered.com if not a little a slow.
I also tried flushing the dns.
I have not had any trouble accessing any other site other than steam. It's weird, and a little annoying cause I tried to delete and then reinstall steam, but reinstall isn't happening when I can't access the website.
XANDER CAGE
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You're not obligated to read either, so sorry.
Anywho, on Twitter the devs have confirmed that they're going to update the album with the missing song and proper tags, so it's probably alright to buy the soundtrack now.
oipic
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Added you too, mate - I'm currently playing through Sleeping Dogs, and seem to be, rather embarrassingly, in last place on almost all leaderboards amongst my friends... so yes, this is a kindness I can perform for you, too.
I've received 'updates' for DoW Winter Assault, Fallout: New Vegas and Plants vs Zombies today, for whatever reason - shenanigans related to the new beta client, or something? Conversions to the 'new' format, perhaps, showing themselves as updates now? Dunno.
Refreshment.01
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Not been able to change the button layout on the 360 controller for Chivalry is getting to me. What a poor thought out control scheme.
SteveWinwood
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I think I had highest or longest bike jump for a while of anyone in my friends list.I was surprised too. The other 15 people should feel ashamed.
I just sent you a friend invite, I like comparing Sleeping Dogs stats
Then I was last for everything else.
Cuban Legend
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GIVE ME ACE COMBAT 5 (PC) OR GIVE ME DEATH
wait is this going to be released or is it out already? Stealth release wtf? BOUGHT.
XANDER CAGE
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Man, that's actually sort of tempting. Not the best Ace Combat game, but for that price it's totally worth it.
Yeah, I want to say a few weeks ago maybe? I forget.
It was announced a few weeks back, slated to come out about now .
Cuban Legend
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fuck that i never heard of it and I'm usually always up to date on PC port releases. That news must've been swept under the rug for obvious reasons....
No ACE COMBAT 5 PC am cry
jediyoshi
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http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/...e-combat-assault-horizon-enhanced-edition-na/
Steam redeemable
$28
GMG20-PJFEW-Y16HK
zerokoolpsx
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Holy shit. Max Payne 3 is 30GB? Wtf?!?!
Stallion Free
Cock Encumbered
Yes, combine 1080p pre-rendered cutscenes with a fuckton of unique assets.
Ideally pre-rendered cutscenes will die off, but you should get used to 30 gb+ downloads soon.
derExperte
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Square-Enix weekend sale suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
BoosterDuck
Banned
It should be called the Eidos Weekend Sale. lol
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Honestly, you're handicapping yourself something serious trying to play Chivalry with a game-pad.
M+K is definitely the way to go.
Half the game is cutscenes so yeah.
toddhunter
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