I don't know about you but optimizing production queues is my jam.
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 II - The Definitive Edition
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I don't know about you but optimizing production queues is my jam.
Looks like no one believed it was truly him. And besides, we all know what he will reply to THE question.
And you know what I mean.
Necromanti
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Interesting. My only concern would be the electricity bill increasing to the point where I'm either losing money or not making a profit.
The Dear Leader
Banned
The feeling when you have reached 101,69 so far in your wallet ONLY based on selling cards.
Teach me your ways sensei.
Jesus, how many games have you played?
Noone. Im using Steam Achievements Manager which let's me idle for cards.
Last time I turned off my PC was around last month. And only for an hour to air dust it. I never really cared about the power cost.
Traders are selling copies for about $18/$19 at the moment, but I'd wait for it to hit Eastern Europe officially as $30 should translate to 499 Russiabucks (~$14.35 before profit margins).
It's only 7:43pm.
Edit: Err, well, 7:47 when I made this post. Looking into Lego Movie chewed up a few and I forgot to account for this, haha.
AHA-Lambda
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yeah wth, people are willing to pay for early access but not on news for half life 3?
Traders are selling copies for about $18/$19 at the moment, but I'd wait for it to hit Eastern Europe officially as $30 should translate to 499 Russiabucks (~$14.35 before profit margins).
It's only 7:43pm.
Wut. Where in aus do you love JaseC? You follow GMT+8? Perth?
It's only 7:43pm.
Just to relieve Fantomena's pains:
7:43
7 + 4 + 3 = 14
1 - 4 = -3
HL-3 confirmed!
Yeah, I'm one of the two or three AusGAFers who live on the other side of the country.
I don't live in Perth proper and, contrary to what my Steam profile says, I also don't live in Mandurah (it was just the closest option). I'm about 45 minutes south of the city (on a good day, and excluding the train).Yeah, I'm one of the two or three AusGAFers who live on the other side of the country.
Yay. My geography + 1. I have no idea why Perth shares a timezone with Singapore though.
Chance Hale
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How does this work?
Tesseract
Banned
WTF is that plz tell me I cannot stop laughing I want one of these things so bad I'll trade for my cat
You simply input the app id of the game you want to idle in and then double-click it; an achievement window will pop-up and Steam will consider you in-game. If you're wary about using a third-party program, though, you can just use the steam_appid.txt trick:
Edit: The neat thing about using the above rather than SAM is that you can be playing one game while idling in another, although the trick breaks Steam integration in the executable Steam is tied to -- you'll still get the overlay and if the game uses your friends list for whatever reason, that will still be generated, but everything else, from the overlay's screenshot function to multiplayer (if it uses Steamworks), won't work. For instance, to continue with the Age 2 HD example, I couldn't view the leaderboards and I didn't earn the achievement for completing the William Wallace campaign.
Edit edit: Also, I should note that launching the game through Steam itself overrides the text file, so you must launch the executable from the game's installation folder.
Spring-Loaded
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Is Love's entire soundtrack like what's played in its store page trailer? Who's the artist?
Spring-Loaded
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thank you
davonaytor
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I just finished Jazzpunk, the game is awesome. It reminds me a lot of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and even has a character basically ripped from the movie. Exploring everything is really rewarding, because there's so much dialogue and hidden animations.
It's a proboscis monkey.
It's a proboscis monkey.
Could somebody educate me on what this "cards" thing is?
I have some cards in my Steam inventory, which appear to be literally just pictures or icons. Do they do anything? What's the point of them? What causes them to appear there in the first place? Why is there a sell button?
I have some cards in my Steam inventory, which appear to be literally just pictures or icons. Do they do anything? What's the point of them? What causes them to appear there in the first place? Why is there a sell button?
Peruse this page.
Edit: One thing the FAQ neglects to mention is that each card has its own high-res image attached to it. For example, here's the image you see if you click on the TF2's Spy card:
Although you can't opt to use these images as Steam Community profile backgrounds, they're perfect for desktop use.
To make a long description short, the cards can be used to craft game badges. Crafting game badges will give you random game related steam profile items such as backgrounds or emotes that you can use in chat. Additionally, crafting the badge will increase your steam exp and eventually result in gaining a higher steam level. Steam levels unlock larger friend lists, and other steam profile perks.
It should be noted that not all games have trading cards and in turn, badges.
derExperte
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Not going to lie, after the first mission I'm not sure it's my kind of humor but I like what they're trying to do.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
It's incredibly refreshing. We need more like it.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
8D...
Actually... I didn't know that until just right now, and I've been earning cards, making badges, and selling cards for a while.
Holy hell, that makes some of these so much cooler!
Like THIS card:
Turns into THIS:
Or THIS card:
Turns into THIS:
That's pretty cool.
Nabs
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derExperte
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Eversion needs another sale, I want the badge but the cards are too expensive. On top of that it's a cool game.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
I have a similar story. I sold a rare background I got when I made my Level 5 Eversion badge (of the World 8 background) for like, $8. But I will say the Platinum Badge for the game is pretty dorkingly cool.
Nabs
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Welcome to my PixelJunk hell. My Ultimate foil will never sell.
I got it on Friday, but I'm waiting for patches before I play it. Every time I tried to get through the first level, I hit something new to make the game unplayable. First it was slowdowns through the area, alt tabbed out to see if that would sort it, and couldn't get it back up so had to alt + f4. Second time I got further, but was ejected from the game world when I picked up the pigeon pheromone lol. Ended up under the city and was unable to move.
ussjtrunks
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For anyone who wants a banner saga cheap I can get a four pack it would work out at roughly 6 TF2 Keys ~ 10.44 in steam credit each I'll be AFK most of the day but I'll be back later pm me if your interested
Atraveller
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Go to the B/S/T thread.
little something in return
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intheinbetween
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uhm I'm having issues trying to add my mp3 collection from a drive, Steam Music doesn't scan the existing folders in that drive, any clue?
cardinalmind
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SteamGAF are the paradox games good?I seen that bundle and it seems good. I haven't played a single game from them. I only played Civ, Sim City, C&C before so will I like them? Are they taxing to your computer? My main gaming pc died on me (thanks short circuit!) so I am playing from a 2009 level pc.
look at the bright sight, at least you are getting foils. You know how many cards I have atm? around 500... with 0 foils dropped (><)
I have a similar issue -- Steam appeared to detect most of my music, but I had to add my film OST folder manually and no matter what I try I can't add the Hanna OST to my library. I just decided to wait for playlist support.
Haha, that's rough. I've had my fair share of luck with foil drops in general.
In case someone was wondering, Puzzler world is not a bad game for kids, all puzzles are fairly easy and somewhat even educational, good for younger kids even, especially math ones, these are really easy. Only exception would be crosswords, these had a few words I'm fairy sure are not in english language and can't be (><)
Paradox Interactive games are good, only it kinda takes time to get into them, to learn to play, I mean. Some are more demanding on PC than others, and you don't really describe your PC, but I think you should be fine.
Paradox Interactive games are good, only it kinda takes time to get into them, to learn to play, I mean. Some are more demanding on PC than others, and you don't really describe your PC, but I think you should be fine.
I just finished Dead Space 2, what a disappointment that was compared to the first game which I really enjoyed during my first playthrough half a year ago. I beat the game in under 9 hours, less than half of the time I needed for the original. The lack of proper bossfights until the end was sad (not that "shoot the yellow spot" in DS1 was THE innovation but the scope of the bosses made it fun). The game completely misses the atmosphere and the angst of being trapped alone in space and trades that in for a few more explosions and bigger set pieces.
And don't get me started on the story...
And don't get me started on the story...
Avoid DS3 like head crabs.
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