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STEAM Announcements & Updates 2014 - To Next-Gen and Beyond!
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graywolf323
Member
I really really dislike the event popups....
Kiru
Member
"I have a dream."
Mr. Luchador
Member
Announcement wise I was thinking
*New Steam Community Thread Made - Link here
*New Steam Sale thread made - Link here
Nothing more than that (outside of the important site announcements stickied on the forum), just so members knew where to go.
Events would be like once a month gaming events or so. It wouldn't be making these by the way it'd either be Official NeoGAF mods who are already part of the group (if they wanted to), or the 2-3 trusted members that are currently on mod status. Perhaps I'm being naive but I don't think it'd get out of control.
*New Steam Community Thread Made - Link here
*New Steam Sale thread made - Link here
Nothing more than that (outside of the important site announcements stickied on the forum), just so members knew where to go.
Events would be like once a month gaming events or so. It wouldn't be making these by the way it'd either be Official NeoGAF mods who are already part of the group (if they wanted to), or the 2-3 trusted members that are currently on mod status. Perhaps I'm being naive but I don't think it'd get out of control.
PandaPandaPanda
Member
thanks for forged alliance camel master
cicero
Member
Events are the annoying ones because they are small pop-ups and give you the flashing alert. Turning sounds off is the only way I got any peace while still joining an active group. Honestly, making a new Steam Group for Community gameplay and event creation/voting sounds like a good idea for those interested in those activities specifically.
Me too. I REALLY dislike them. I was on the edge of leaving the official group for Red Orchestra just yesterday because of their constant events.
Rickenslacker
Banned
Yeah, I've left groups outright just for regular pop-up announcements, I'm almost ready to give the Idle Thumbs group the kibosh for all the "Grand Thumb Auto" nights I've had to click past. Better to have a group from the ground up for people interested in that than suddenly pestering the large group as it is now.
derExperte
Member
Crap, when did that happen?
Metalmurphy
Member
Those sound like it would be even more frequent then what we had back when it was just <2000 members. It won't go well.
dream
Member
This seems like the best solution, and I'm wondering why Mr. Luchador ignored it.
Mr. Luchador
Member
Not ignored, I've put down on the feedback sheet!
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Also, Announcements and Events don't make sounds! Just tested. Events are the only things that leave a separate window and Pop-Up. Will leave feedback for Valve to create option to turn this off, as it does seem silly you can't stop it.
Perhaps.
General feeling seems to be that Events are a pain in the arse, but an improved more active SteamGAF Group would be welcome?
Announcements I could live with. Events are a big no-no. One group I'm a member of posts them like every week and it's really, really annoying (I'm in that group just for some bundle news in the activity feed). Otherwise, I don't really see the importance of this. I'm perfectly fine with these threads.
Yes, I too would love to see some more activity within the GAF Steam Group. I own a great many online capable games, but most of my gaming friends prefer to play games I can't get into nowadays because of the time commitments (MMOs mostly), so I only play single player. Would love to see some scheduled events in the Steam Group where I can participate if I have the time.
StAidan
Member
Thanks for Hoard.
Fare Godmace
Member
Oh, I guess I've never been in a group with events. I've never seen a popup in the middle of the screen, I would certainly leave any group that uses that :/
IDK man, I'm mostly with you but I don't see any value making those announcements. Every regular will notice on their own, as they always have, since Steam threads are 90% of the time on the first page and they're always linked at the end of the closed one for those with subscriptions.
EDIT: I think the only reason I joined the GAF group is because I feel I'm a part of this community and I want people to know that, specially so other gaffers that might recognize my avatar or handle name may know that's the same guy that
posts here. I've never expected anything more, but I'd welcome a more active community. I agree it should be a different group, so we don't bother anyone that isn't into that stuff.
IDK man, I'm mostly with you but I don't see any value making those announcements. Every regular will notice on their own, as they always have, since Steam threads are 90% of the time on the first page and they're always linked at the end of the closed one for those with subscriptions.
EDIT: I think the only reason I joined the GAF group is because I feel I'm a part of this community and I want people to know that, specially so other gaffers that might recognize my avatar or handle name may know that's the same guy that
barely
Mr. Luchador
Member
Fair point, but at the same time I was thinking of those members of the group who rarely visit the threads as they might not be aware of where they are, or just forgot about them. That's what I'd like to see the Steam Group to compliment the Community threads and vice-versa.
Interestingly there are plenty of people on the Steam Forums who would like the option to disable Event Pop-Ups too!
Eanan
Member
Where does Nintendo fit into all of that?Even though Im a neutral gamer and have PC, PS4 and soon Xbone (when it releases in my country), I still think this picture is funny.
Mr. Luchador
Member
That's what I'm kinda thinking will happen to any 'new' group, most of the GAF spinoff groups die after a while.
TF2
DOTA
Minecraft
DayZ
I've been a member of all those groups (still a member) and the activity dies down as the interest in the specific game does, naturally. A more centralised group should maintain interest in gaming in general (hopefully).
YianGaruga
Banned
Fare Godmace
Member
derExperte
Member
WiiU is drifting in the water in a pool of blood and the 3DS is lounging at the bar, telling old, rich ladies stories about his past successes.
Hah wtf? I was playing minesweeper and had my xbox controller plugged in. Everytime I failed the pad started rumbling like crazy. That's really nice, for added realism you can sit on your pad and really feel those mines blowing in the wind...
Just waiting for MGR to download and playin minesweeper...
Just waiting for MGR to download and playin minesweeper...
Kiru
Member
Gigs? 3.5" floppies, man!
It appears Amazon has price matched Steam for The Secret World. $5.19 if you have promo credit. Is it worth this price? Disclaimer edit: Does not redeem on Steam, ho hum.
When did that happens and why no one posted about it?!
OldAsUrSock
Banned
Has anyone had it where everything in Skyrim starts spazing out? Carriages flipping over, NPCs teleporting, your own character floating and spinning? The game was working just fine for many hours and now it is just going crazy.
Mr. Luchador
Member
No, but that sounds awesome.
oipic
Member
By all accounts, yes (I haven't played it yet), but for those that are concerned with such things, just a friendly reminder that Amazon's deal does not include a Steam key.
corrosivefrost
Member
I'm not sure. I can't remember what was installed when I updated to 8.1, if an update was done at all (I may have copped the 8.1 iso from MSDN directly).
Aztaka was already used when I tried to redeem it.
Oh well, no biggie. Thanks anyway.
Bought it today and I'm really digging it. It's really different from other MMORPGs. There's no definitive levels, just skill points and ability points you can assing anyway you want. One character can learn everything, no need to reroll diffrent classes. Some quests actually require you to think, not much but still a little. Example:
Find a phone on the ground, text message says something about a hidden keypad in front of church -> vague clue about the code being the first song in sung in church -> go into church and look for the hymn board for a hymn number -> go find the keypad.
Coreda
Member
Whenever I think about file sizes I'm reminded of games such as Conker's Bad Fur Day, that even with full voice acting managed to be optimized for a 64MB catridge. Dat old school optimization <3
There are GIFs on GAF almost as large lol.
Terra_Ex
Member
Are you using CrossFire? The game ran perfectly for me at launch but several patches later beth broke/buggered something up and ever since vsync hasn't worked properly ever since for crossfire setups, and anything over 60fps seems to cause the physics engine to cause the mayhem you're describing. I ended up having to use MSI afterburner to limit the framerate to get it to run correctly.
Shadowgrounds - a very average 3rd person shooter. The voice acting, dialogue, plot are atrocious and the gameplay get very repetitive. Shoot aliens collect upgrade parts, upgrade weapons...rinse and repeat.
I have no mouth and I must scream- I love point and click adventure games, and as much as I love the setting and idea, the fact that you could make it impossible to complete a chapter because you missed something in the beginning is one of the worst design decisions in videogame history.
Guacameele gold edition- I'm loving so far.
I have no mouth and I must scream- I love point and click adventure games, and as much as I love the setting and idea, the fact that you could make it impossible to complete a chapter because you missed something in the beginning is one of the worst design decisions in videogame history.
Guacameele gold edition- I'm loving so far.
Same here.
Announcements don't bother me at all, but events are a disease since they manage to take me out of fullscreen games.
I've seen things like that when certain console commands are issued, but that generally requires intent. If you didn't do anything in the console, I'd check for a buggy mod.
Thanks for Magicka Jusoni!
I'm trying to keep clear of MMOs, but that's a good endorsement.
I'm trying to keep clear of MMOs, but that's a good endorsement.
I have not played it but many seem to agree that it is a very good game. I have been interested in the game for quite some time. I would definitely buy it at that price.
Wok
Member
We would get the backlash here: people would click on the link to make some complaints. :'(
There goes my vote.
There should be an option to disable DLCs somewhere, so that we could play the core game even though we have a bad download speed. For instance, I had downloaded Bioshock Infinite (about 10 GB if I remember correctly), and after activating the season pass (thanks to a kind GAFfer), I have 10 additional GB to download.
I played some Avadon and found that it's not really up to the high standard set by Avernum / Geneforge. It just doesn't work as well with its more linear structure, besides, a lot of sidequests I've seen so far have been largely unremarkable. It's still a pretty good game, of course. There's their usual good writing, a solid setting, an interesting premise, functional but enjoyable combat. Just make sure it's not your first Spiderweb game.
EDIT: Is it just me or is the thread being pretty slow right now? I know it's supposed to be the fastest Steam thread ever, but it sure doesn't feel that way at the moment. What happened?
EDIT: Is it just me or is the thread being pretty slow right now? I know it's supposed to be the fastest Steam thread ever, but it sure doesn't feel that way at the moment. What happened?
They are checking my wishlist and getting me bday presents of course.
Not really
You wont put it down that easily.
TheLetdown
Member
The only complaints I've seen were about the endgame being a little anemic. Then again, that was when the game had subscription fees, which they've removed. A thorough endgame is pretty much a requirement for an MMO with a sub.
GazzaScotland
Member
Tanking my way through Saints Row IV, put in about 10 or so hours so far. Hopefully I can finish of the main storyline and some side stuff before the time runs out.
Was really apprehensive about it at release to skipped over it even though I loved The Third. Really enjoying it though.Some really awesome moments.
Was really apprehensive about it at release to skipped over it even though I loved The Third. Really enjoying it though.Some really awesome moments.
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