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CurlySaysX
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thy_ said:
That worked. Thanks.
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Chaos Rising probably has the best "morality" system ever. You start off in "good", which has one square. And then there are 6 squares of slowly progressing corruption. So you really have to fight hard, and without any of the huge bonuses of Chaos, ignoring many other beautiful temptations to remain a loyal Space Marine. That dataslate you found that could expose the traitor, and save your chapter? Well, it's daemonic, and corrupted by the Warp. Reading that would open your mind to Chaos!
If anyone wants to do Last Stand at some point, my GFWL ID is Lyphen.
If anyone wants to do Last Stand at some point, my GFWL ID is Lyphen.
Does anyone want just the base Dawn of War II game? I want the expansion, but would be willing to split a gold pack with someone (I'll buy the pack, and gift you the extra DOW2) to get us both a better discount.
Willing to do this for $7.50 via Paypal. That way you get the base game at 75% off and I get a slightly better deal on Chaos Rising.
EDIT: EXTRA COPY TAKEN
Willing to do this for $7.50 via Paypal. That way you get the base game at 75% off and I get a slightly better deal on Chaos Rising.
EDIT: EXTRA COPY TAKEN
thechemist
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Thanks for the replies everyone and thanks to thy for the suggestion, that fixed it for me thank you. 
Vigilant Walrus
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Spotless Mind said:Hell yes at the HL2 updates. I've been hankering for a replay of it and ep 1. This gives me greater incentive.
1) Major props for having Omar in your avatar. I don't know you, but the fact that you have him in, makes me think that you are an awesome person. Everybody should see The Wire!
2) I completely agree. Achievements are great. I can't wait til they come for CSS!
So while everyone else is busy playing the recently updated HL2, I decided to go abck and start with HL1 again.
Unfortunately, it's giving me motion sickness. Every FPS gives me motion sickness these days, except TF2. ): Also, I don't think Crysis gave me any trouble.
I used to be able to play HL1 for hours straight (back when I actually played games for that long all the time) without any problems whatsoever. Now it hits me after ten minutes sometimes.
I have nothing important to say here. It's just sad. ):
Unfortunately, it's giving me motion sickness. Every FPS gives me motion sickness these days, except TF2. ): Also, I don't think Crysis gave me any trouble.
I used to be able to play HL1 for hours straight (back when I actually played games for that long all the time) without any problems whatsoever. Now it hits me after ten minutes sometimes.
I have nothing important to say here. It's just sad. ):
First thing I did was set the FOV to 90. U:
I can't remember the last time I played the real HL1, actually. Pretty sure I played HL:S before this, and it was on this monitor. Orrr it could've been the monitor I had right before this one, which was only an inch or two smaller, I think.
I can't remember the last time I played the real HL1, actually. Pretty sure I played HL:S before this, and it was on this monitor. Orrr it could've been the monitor I had right before this one, which was only an inch or two smaller, I think.
Lostconfused
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Been a while since a sale that I liked showed up. But when they do they are always great. Pretty happy to snag Chaos Rising for $15 since I got DoW for $8 during that THQ store sale.
Edit: Didn't expect the 1MB download though hah.
Edit: Didn't expect the 1MB download though hah.
Schmattakopf
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I now have vanilla Dawn of War II, so can I play with people who have Chaos Rising (and I just won't be able to use the new faction, but they will)?
Schmattakopf
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Dynoro said:
Thanks, I figured it was like Dawn of War I but I wasn't sure.K.Jack said:
Anyone else get their account disabled in the past? Mine was disabled today for reasons unknown. Yesterday I bought some games and the first card was declined, but the next one was fine and the purchase went through. I also log in from my home in NJ and my girlfriend's in Boston, maybe the large distance raised a flag.
Whatever the reason, this better get fixed soon and it really worries me about Steam/DD going forward. I have spent thousands of dollars on Steam over the last few years and right now I have access to none of these games I "purchased" (cough!), even though I haven't done anything wrong.
Let's lock good, long-standing customers out of their thousands of dollars worth of games based on automatic triggers rather than investigating ourselves! Awesome system!!
Whatever the reason, this better get fixed soon and it really worries me about Steam/DD going forward. I have spent thousands of dollars on Steam over the last few years and right now I have access to none of these games I "purchased" (cough!), even though I haven't done anything wrong.
Let's lock good, long-standing customers out of their thousands of dollars worth of games based on automatic triggers rather than investigating ourselves! Awesome system!!
Chiaroscuro
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VALIS said:Anyone else get their account disabled in the past? Mine was disabled today for reasons unknown. Yesterday I bought some games and the first card was declined, but the next one was fine and the purchase went through. I also log in from my home in NJ and my girlfriend's in Boston, maybe the large distance raised a flag.
Whatever the reason, this better get fixed soon and it really worries me about Steam/DD going forward. I have spent thousands of dollars on Steam over the last few years and right now I have access to none of these games I "purchased" (cough!), even though I haven't done anything wrong.
Let's lock good, long-standing customers out of their thousands of dollars worth of games based on automatic triggers rather than investigating ourselves! Awesome system!!
Steam system automatically disables the ability to buy stuff in your account if for some reason your payment is denied and their logs shows that this particular attempt came from a different IP range you usually log on. You can still log and play games but cannot buy anything. You can sort it out opening a ticket in their system, but it usually takes 2 days to solve everything.
Servbot #42
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VALIS said:Anyone else get their account disabled in the past? Mine was disabled today for reasons unknown. Yesterday I bought some games and the first card was declined, but the next one was fine and the purchase went through. I also log in from my home in NJ and my girlfriend's in Boston, maybe the large distance raised a flag.
Whatever the reason, this better get fixed soon and it really worries me about Steam/DD going forward. I have spent thousands of dollars on Steam over the last few years and right now I have access to none of these games I "purchased" (cough!), even though I haven't done anything wrong.
Let's lock good, long-standing customers out of their thousands of dollars worth of games based on automatic triggers rather than investigating ourselves! Awesome system!!
Well that blows pretty bad, try contacting Steam support so that they can sort this thing out. The thought of me losing access to all my games is the one thing i worry when using steam, that would suck so bad.
ClovingWestbrook
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VALIS said:Anyone else get their account disabled in the past? Mine was disabled today for reasons unknown. Yesterday I bought some games and the first card was declined, but the next one was fine and the purchase went through. I also log in from my home in NJ and my girlfriend's in Boston, maybe the large distance raised a flag.
Whatever the reason, this better get fixed soon and it really worries me about Steam/DD going forward. I have spent thousands of dollars on Steam over the last few years and right now I have access to none of these games I "purchased" (cough!), even though I haven't done anything wrong.
Let's lock good, long-standing customers out of their thousands of dollars worth of games based on automatic triggers rather than investigating ourselves! Awesome system!!
Create a support ticket if you haven't already. Secondly, it may also have nothing to do with anything you have done but rather somebody trying to hack into your account at which point Valve will disable it to make sure the person doesn't cause a VAC ban by using your account. If it is due to you logging on from locations that are far apart in a short time then again its actually for your benefit even though it doesn't seem like it now.
Valve disables accounts for the following reasons: 1) You used a stolen credit card; 2) Someone hacked into your account; 3) Someone gifted you a game while using a stolen credit card; and 4) You ordered a charge back on your credit card.
Valve doesn't work on weekends however folks whose accounts are disabled have priority in regards to support tickets created. Most folks have their account up and running in less than 1 or 2 business days. I realize its very frustrating for you right now but realize your account will be unlocked and its actually in your best interest.
speculawyer
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VALIS said:Anyone else get their account disabled in the past? Mine was disabled today for reasons unknown. Yesterday I bought some games and the first card was declined, but the next one was fine and the purchase went through. I also log in from my home in NJ and my girlfriend's in Boston, maybe the large distance raised a flag.
Whatever the reason, this better get fixed soon and it really worries me about Steam/DD going forward. I have spent thousands of dollars on Steam over the last few years and right now I have access to none of these games I "purchased" (cough!), even though I haven't done anything wrong.
Let's lock good, long-standing customers out of their thousands of dollars worth of games based on automatic triggers rather than investigating ourselves! Awesome system!!
Steam has lots of hair-trigger automatic lock-outs. I've been locked out like 3 times. If you ever get locked out when you need to buy something, just post a message in this thread and you can often paypal another GAFfer (like me) that will buy it for you. Someone picked up TF2 for me when it was on sale for $2.50 and I was locked out, so I've returned to the favor many times over.
graywolf323
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Chiaroscuro said:
err does that mean I should try using a proxy to buy the UK version of Alpha Protocol since it's cheaper there? :-S
ClovingWestbrook
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graywolf323 said:
No. Don't use a proxy with Steam. It is one of the reasons they can disable your account. Some may have success with it but if you value your account, don't do it. Just try and find someone to gift it to you.
Thanks for the responses everyone. I put in a support ticket before making my post here.
So these things are pretty easy to resolve? I assume it has something to do with the declined credit card rather than the NJ/Boston thing since I've been doing that for 10 months. Any tips in dealing with them? I figure I'm not going to see much action on this matter this weekend being a holiday and all.
speculawyer said:
So these things are pretty easy to resolve? I assume it has something to do with the declined credit card rather than the NJ/Boston thing since I've been doing that for 10 months. Any tips in dealing with them? I figure I'm not going to see much action on this matter this weekend being a holiday and all.
ClovingWestbrook
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VALIS said:Thanks for the responses everyone. I put in a support ticket before making my post here.
So these things are pretty easy to resolve? I assume it has something to do with the declined credit card rather than the NJ/Boston thing since I've been doing that for 10 months. Any tips in dealing with them? I figure I'm not going to see much action on this matter this weekend being a holiday and all.
They will just ask you to confirm information and may ask you to forward a receipt from a purchase you made. If you have any game that you registered via Steam and still have the box with the key you used, they will ask for a photo of it. Otherwise a receipt should suffice.
ClovingWestbrook
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Any UK folks here willing to gift me Alpha Protocol? I will Paypal you the cash.
ClovingWestbrook
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Seanbob11 said:
Hey Sean, what is your steam ID?
graywolf323
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Seanbob11 said:Seanbob11
just like to say that Sean here is a junior who shows great promise for his future here on GAF
:lolI believe speculawyer's account disables were for none of those reasons, and yes, knowing that they could disable your account permanently so that you can never play any of your hundreds/thousands of dollars worth of games even in singleplayer is probably the scariest part of Steam (along with VAC bans for games that support that). If a programming error could do it and Valve is involved, it's extra scary given the amount of bugs they seem to introduce with new features and game updates. :lolLovingSteam said:
I have never used a proxy with Steam (US prices are fine of course) but I didn't know about that proxy thing. It's presumably worth noting for people that that would be a permanent ban and you can never get it back, if that's correct? (I also notice that it's not on your list of reasons that your account can be disabled)
they disabled my account once because my card company is ridiculously enthusiastic about disabling my card whenever I buy stuff on the internet, nothing to do with valve and no actual fraud/hacking.
i could still play games though, they just wouldnt let me buy anything, even on a different card, even after i sorted it out with the bank. i had to wait for a support ticket to get them to enable my account again.
i could still play games though, they just wouldnt let me buy anything, even on a different card, even after i sorted it out with the bank. i had to wait for a support ticket to get them to enable my account again.
Any ETA (besides "lol Valve time") on TF2 for Mac?
I convinced a friend to buy the Orange Box today. He just wanted HL 2: Ep 2, but at $20.99, that basically made TF2 cost just $13. (He already had HL 2, and Ep 1, as well as the free copy of Portal).
Anyone have any idea how it'll run on a Mac mini? I'm assuming decent, but not great, for 24-player servers, and terribly for 32-player servers.
I convinced a friend to buy the Orange Box today. He just wanted HL 2: Ep 2, but at $20.99, that basically made TF2 cost just $13. (He already had HL 2, and Ep 1, as well as the free copy of Portal).
Anyone have any idea how it'll run on a Mac mini? I'm assuming decent, but not great, for 24-player servers, and terribly for 32-player servers.
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