MrTeachwell
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Cool giveaway Teppic, I have a strong memory of visiting a friend who had a computer when I was about 10 and he was playing this game. At the time it looked like the most amazing thing ever.
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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 - To Next-Gen and Beyond!
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Alien8
Member
Have fun!
Modbot is doing strange things with the time counter, as can be seen on Teppic's giveaway a few post above.
You mean Original Sin? That's a turn-based RPG with dialogue/decision branches. It's in Early Access right now though, so you may want to wait on it for a while.
Yeah, this could be the root of the problem.
Did you install the SCP drivers before upgrading to .1, or after?
If nothing else, I'd try removing all the drivers you might have used and reinstalling only those.
Chance Hale
Member
I should really grab one of those at some point, just haven't bothered yet as I've used either a wiimote or the tablet for wii u games so far. Wonder how they get it to last so long.
Metalmurphy
Member
Group officers are there to kick russian spammers, nothing more. No one has more power then anyone else, that's the whole point. I don't really like the accusation tone your going with that post really. Only "me" blablabla. What exactly is your problem? If I could remove that ability from my account I would.
Also any GAF mod has instant full officer status, it's been like that from the start, they can dictate the channel how they want.
Sooo, after drinking a bottle of wine, red, I found some humblebundle gamekeys! Wohoo! Doing a short raffle so all the slowpokes can get in on the action too.
For some reason it's showing the picture of Sanctum 2, do not be fooled it's the first.
For some reason it's showing the picture of Sanctum 2, do not be fooled it's the first.
ModBot said:Instructions for participants:
I am giving away 6 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire 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 you are not eligible for this giveaway. You need five or more posts in either the current Steam thread or the previous one to be eligible
- This giveaway is a LIGHTNING raffle. The winners will be selected by random draw 15 minutes after the draw was created. Any games not claimed after that point will be given away first come first serve.
- This giveaway has a manual blocklist. The giver has identified members who abuse giveaways and restricted them from participating.
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself. Don't try to claim games you have no interest in collecting or playing. Don't claim games to give them to friends off-site.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:
Sanctum --MB-7BD7542733825A9E- Taken by Luap. 3 entrants total.
Orcs Must Die GOTY --MB-555137E0B8D8DBA4- Taken by ClassyPenguin. 2 entrants total.
Killing Floor --MB-4CF1C1ADA8DEE699- Taken by Fuu. 1 entrants total.
Serious Sam 3 BFE --MB-DFF8B36D4E1A79D7- Taken by Santini. 1 entrants total.
Hoard --MB-85B3EAFD61536D6B- Taken by StAidan. 3 entrants total.
Magicka --MB-7E37E7E10ED268DA- Taken by Volimar. 1 entrants total.
Camel Master
Member
wait
Camel Master
Member
Thanks for woo and indeed hoo for gifting me Prey! I had maybe the biggest surprise face and smile when I opened that private message :O
Such jubilant I am that I must cherish the moment myself and punish you with these games!!!
And yeah.. I posted the steam keys a minute ago in this thread for like 2 seconds, meant to post them to modbot. I hope they didn't got lurked x_x
(messed up and didn't get the "activation screenshot" but hey, at least I didn't post my Sexy Beach themed desktop hehe)
Such jubilant I am that I must cherish the moment myself and punish you with these games!!!
ModBot said:Instructions for Camel Master:
Press the quote button to the left of this PM, select the quoted text, copy, and paste in the thread. You can remove these lines from the version you paste.
Instructions for participants:
I am giving away 12 Steam keys. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire 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:
- This giveaway has a manual blocklist. The giver has identified members who abuse giveaways and restricted them from participating.
- Do not trade keys you win off-site to enrich yourself. Don't try to claim games you have no interest in collecting or playing. Don't claim games to give them to friends off-site.
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:
Bridge it (plus) --MB-75719739023882D8- Taken by Jusoni
And Yet It Moves --MB-3227A3E504591DD2- Taken by The Dear Leader
Doc Clock: Toasted Sandwich of Time --MB-2060FA3029316F45- Taken by skullmuffins
Supreme Commander --MB-16E8F792516C66DA- Taken by tylergregg
Naval Warfare --MB-5360D955F12CC1C7- Taken by Dimitri2401
Supreme Commander Forged Alliance --MB-668B5DF6B3BA80F1- Taken by PandaPandaPanda
Starpoint Gemini --MB-C73DDFE7C0DEC665- Taken by cicero
Rush Bros --MB-1BCFBC06A89A6F89- Taken by Gunstarheroes
Papo and Yo --MB-624A0DBBF591C327- Taken by Sajjaja
Aztaka --MB-16085AB7E9F84569- Taken by corrosivefrost
A Valley Without Wind 1 & 2 --MB-D4B26FC0BD7C1334- Taken by Gravelord_Nito
Hacker Evolution Games --MB-921C9273304C5F52- Taken by Shalashaska
And yeah.. I posted the steam keys a minute ago in this thread for like 2 seconds, meant to post them to modbot. I hope they didn't got lurked x_x
Mr. Luchador
Member
I've been talking to Metalmurphy about the Steam NeoGAF group:
Murph is saying it's NeoGAF mods that don't want the Steam Group to have Announcements, Events Scheduled, Members promoted to moderators (for the Steam Group), and Player of the Week awarded to members. He has asked me to personally PM each and every NeoGAF mod to see if this has changed, as well as each and every member of the Steam NeoGAF Group to see if they want Announcements and Event Pop-Ups, as apparently the last time this happened Announcements and Event Pop-Ups caused a civil war.
However the few Steam Group Officers and Moderators I have spoken to say they have no control over the group, and cannot promote/demote members, ban memebers, and the only thing they CAN do is kick members from the Steam Chat. Again Murph has said that his was decided by NeoGAF moderators.
I'm posting this in the SteamGAF Community thread for transparency, and this is quicker than PMing everyone individually, since you can't mass PM. If a NeoGAF Mod can share this with other moderators please, I'd appreciate that.
I'm not personally asking for control of the group, or to be made a moderator of the group, simply that those who are currently moderators be allowed to set Announcements, Events and make active members of the chat moderators to help reflect what the Steam Community thread might be interested in.
For a long time the Steam Group has been a complete seperate entity to the SteamGAF thread, and at times there's even been a silent 'Us v Them' feeling between the two.
The idea is to bring the two parts closer together.
Creating a gaming night event for Borderlands 2 with fellow gaffers? YES PLEASE!
The gauntlet has been thrown down. Would an improved Steam NeoGAF group be worthwhile SteamGAF?
(I asked Murph he wanted to read this post before I posted it since I was quoting him, but he declined)
Murph is saying it's NeoGAF mods that don't want the Steam Group to have Announcements, Events Scheduled, Members promoted to moderators (for the Steam Group), and Player of the Week awarded to members. He has asked me to personally PM each and every NeoGAF mod to see if this has changed, as well as each and every member of the Steam NeoGAF Group to see if they want Announcements and Event Pop-Ups, as apparently the last time this happened Announcements and Event Pop-Ups caused a civil war.
However the few Steam Group Officers and Moderators I have spoken to say they have no control over the group, and cannot promote/demote members, ban memebers, and the only thing they CAN do is kick members from the Steam Chat. Again Murph has said that his was decided by NeoGAF moderators.
I'm posting this in the SteamGAF Community thread for transparency, and this is quicker than PMing everyone individually, since you can't mass PM. If a NeoGAF Mod can share this with other moderators please, I'd appreciate that.
I'm not personally asking for control of the group, or to be made a moderator of the group, simply that those who are currently moderators be allowed to set Announcements, Events and make active members of the chat moderators to help reflect what the Steam Community thread might be interested in.
For a long time the Steam Group has been a complete seperate entity to the SteamGAF thread, and at times there's even been a silent 'Us v Them' feeling between the two.
The idea is to bring the two parts closer together.
Creating a gaming night event for Borderlands 2 with fellow gaffers? YES PLEASE!
The gauntlet has been thrown down. Would an improved Steam NeoGAF group be worthwhile SteamGAF?
(I asked Murph he wanted to read this post before I posted it since I was quoting him, but he declined)
Damn, the Bridge it (plus)-key said it was a duplicate. Some lurker was fast apparently!
I never even knew the Steam Group chat existed (nor could I use it, really).
Dimitri2401
Member
Thanks a lot for Naval Warfare. Unfortunately, it seems someone has already activated it
YianGaruga
Banned
A - I don't get why you're making such a huge thing out of this. This could be done without the drama.
B - What do the forum mods even have to do with the Steam group?
Wok
Member
Why not use this thread instead?
To me, pop-ups, annoucements, etc. will look like spam to most of the group users. I use the NeoGAF group as a Steam badge, and as a filter for friend invites, since I know the NeoGAF group is private. I usually end up removing groups which spam my activity feed.
Rickenslacker
Banned
The only things I've heard about the group chat prior to today is that it's cliquey, kick happy and unwelcoming to newcomers. I've never been much for chats so I never bothered going there myself. That said,
It's not really bad timing, that happens a good amount. By now I think the name Saoirse has been used more in the thread than Steam itself.
Camel Master
Member
Thanks a lot for Naval Warfare. Unfortunately, it seems someone already activated it
I pm'd you guys, as I have two humble spares to gift. Unfortunately I can't get everyone (if there's more keys lurked...and probably there are, damn) a replacement game...
Really sorry about this, I should have taken a cup of coffee before arranging the giveaway, was too tired and messed things up.. not good.. well enjoy lurker(s), they can have their share too ^^
cicero
Member
I imagine that someone has a script running to grab any loose codes posted here. The code I won for Starpoint Gemini was already activated. Thank you anyway though!
Thanks for Serious Sam. Was in the mood for an old school type of FPS! =)
Rickenslacker
Banned
If you really want that game I have a copy burning a hole in my inventory.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I'm making a 'huge thing out of this' as it's a shame that the NeoGAF Steam Group thread is rarely used and no one seems to know about
Then when you look at it you realise it's rarely used as you can't actually do much with it. So testing opinion and seeing where this goes, if this isn't wanted then fair enough it'll go away.
Why not both? Please the Steam Group events page does a good job of posting the event on the correct time zone for everyone to understand when it's happening based on their geographical location!
See this is what Murph was worried about! I wonder if Steam will add an option to turn pop-offs off, I know you can disable to sound of them.
Wok
Member
I'm making a 'huge thing out of this' as it's a shame that the NeoGAF Steam Group thread is rarely used and no one seems to know about
So testing opinion and seeing where this goes, if this isn't wanted then fair enough it'll go away.
Why not create another group for annoucements and such? This way, NeoGAF users would opt-in. I always prefer opt-in to opt-out subscriptions.
cicero
Member
Hey, no problem whatsoever. I appreciate that you took the time to do a giveaway for the community here. Someone else nabbed it first, I hope they enjoy it.
First 100% game. Yesssss
Thanks again DJ Crimson for this great game. Really enjoyed every minute of it (it took me almost an hour longer than it should, didn't want to rush it). Yes, it could've had better and more challenging puzzles and maybe better controls (boat sequence was really frustrating) but I didn't mind it. Graphics were really solid, the melancholy music was too. What I liked the most were the "side-quests" if I can call them that way, like
or
.. that was more fun than the platforming pieces and it really added something to the whole experience.
Great game and I hope everyone enjoyed this one like I did.
Thanks again DJ Crimson for this great game. Really enjoyed every minute of it (it took me almost an hour longer than it should, didn't want to rush it). Yes, it could've had better and more challenging puzzles and maybe better controls (boat sequence was really frustrating) but I didn't mind it. Graphics were really solid, the melancholy music was too. What I liked the most were the "side-quests" if I can call them that way, like
the one where you have to save the man from hanging himself from the tree
letting the birds from the cage
Great game and I hope everyone enjoyed this one like I did.
Thanks a lot for Killing Floor, Jusoni! Since I got into PC gaming late I was the only one in a group of friends who didn't have it, they haven't been playing it lately but as soon as they got in the mood I'd have to immediately purchase to join the multiplayer fun (it being on sale or not, haha).
Metalmurphy
Member
Honestly, I have no idea what's gotten into him...
I'd just like to say that these types of events did happen along time ago, and there was nothing but people upset over the popup notifications with sound. That's mainly why they stopped.
Any way, like I said to him, GAF mods can dictate however the group works.
YianGaruga
Banned
I'm making a 'huge thing out of this' as it's a shame that the NeoGAF Steam Group thread is rarely used and no one seems to know about
So testing opinion and seeing where this goes, if this isn't wanted then fair enough it'll go away.
That's cool and all. I'm sure most of the active users here are aware of the group (it's in the OP) and are either active in the chat there or don't care.
Still, you could pose this question, for example as a strawpoll, without the drama.
And the truth is, no one in this thread actually plays videogames.
Just curious, why is that? When was it decided that the group has official status and is not just run by the people in this thread? Just seems weird to me.
Kiru
Member
Yes.
Co-Sign.
When was that? I assume it was due to the GFWL?
Not that it bothers me much, I already had it bought on Steam.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Well that's the idea, the current mods of Steam NeoGAF group are actual NeoGAF mods, and 1-2 trusted regular chatters of the Steam Group. Only they would be able to set Events and Announcements, so it would 100 every day. Just 'Main Events' that seemed popular enough.
Could be reminder for NeoGAF Bingo if it ever happens again, or a big Community Game day (example before was Borderlands 2).
Microsoft ran out of GFWL keys, and decided to just pull it instead of generating new ones, what with GFWL dying anyway.
Metalmurphy
Member
I dunno. It was never officially decided. Other then some mod (don't remember who) saying that all GAF mods should have officer status back when I created the group years ago, there was no official statement on how it should be ran. But seeing as we're using GAFs name on it I'd imagine mods would have a problem with people using the group's announcements popups to promote ones Youtube channel and stuff like that.
YianGaruga
Banned
See, you're trying to go in and unilaterally change a group that most users seem to be fine with. It's the first time I've heard any complaints.
Why not make a new group, "Steam Group Gaming" whatever, make a thread about it and see how it goes.
Ah I see. Seems fine to me then.
Ah right, that sucks.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I get the impression it's a group that most have forgotten they joined.
Announcements appear bottom right corner similar to friend log ins/playing games.
Events appear as Pop-Ups in the middle of the screen. Both have the option to have sounds turned off. Currently no option to disable pop-ups, which could be good feedback to give to Steam.
Oh snap.
Metalmurphy
Member
You're forgetting you're asking everyone to disable sounds for the sake of a few. It's over 6000 people in the group.
Mr. Luchador
Member
I can imagine if pop up sounds bother people then they'll have disabled pop up sounds already.
Fare Godmace
Member
Why is there so much drama, SteamGAF? I THOUGHT WE WERE A FAMILY!
To be honest, I wouldn't be bothered by announcements and events. The only group I'm on that does them frequently is the SteamGifts one, and I have never minded. In fact, thanks to them I got some indie bundles early!
I'd love to see some kind of "game club" where we play a game on or own during a week and discuss it. I'm not into online gaming at all (except for TF2 and recently CS:GO), so I don't think I would join too many online sessions, but it would be cool anyways.
To be honest, I wouldn't be bothered by announcements and events. The only group I'm on that does them frequently is the SteamGifts one, and I have never minded. In fact, thanks to them I got some indie bundles early!
I'd love to see some kind of "game club" where we play a game on or own during a week and discuss it. I'm not into online gaming at all (except for TF2 and recently CS:GO), so I don't think I would join too many online sessions, but it would be cool anyways.
Intheflorsh
Banned
I wouldn't mind seeing something interesting happen with the Steam group. I'm sure 6000+ people didn't sign up just for a chat room.
Camel Master
Member
If someone who won a game in my fumbled giveaway wants a replacement game, I have HOARD and Bit.Trip Runner 2. I have been some of who won in the giveaway but they are too humble to accept my gift / or have the games already. But if someone wants a replacement game and doesn't own either of those two, just pm me.
Will need to gather more keys in the mean time, expect a new giveaway in a few months
Will need to gather more keys in the mean time, expect a new giveaway in a few months
YianGaruga
Banned
Sound or no sound I left every group that regularily sent me event pop-ups. You're not that important.
I'd actually be interested in some kind of "game club" idea, but the main NeoGAF group is too big for that at this point. You won't be able to make everyone happy with any changes.
Again, make a new group, make a thread, see if there is any interest.
I'd actually be interested in some kind of "game club" idea, but the main NeoGAF group is too big for that at this point. You won't be able to make everyone happy with any changes.
Again, make a new group, make a thread, see if there is any interest.
Metalmurphy
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