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Shard

XBLAnnoyance
Texas Cheat 'Em is Now on Steam
August 10, 2009, 1:52 pm - Valve
It's not whether you win or lose... it's about how far you can bend the rules without getting caught. In Texas Cheat 'Em, that's pretty darn far. Play casino-themed mini-games to activate one of 15 cheating abilities - then make your own luck. Turn a bad hand into a sure thing. Send your opponent's Royal Flush right down the drain. Steal chips, fold for free, or know the community cards in advance. Cheat strangers out of their fortunes... before they do it to you. Remember: glory is forever, but broke is only funny when it happens to someone else.

Includes full Steamworks stats, achievements and leaderboards. Save 10% until August 17th.
 
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beje

Banned
nyong said:
I despise Steam sales.

I make far too many purchases.
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You just have to apply a simple policy: not a single new game until you finish two from your backlog. It works pretty good.
 
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Malvolio

Member
After playing the majority of the games in the 10 pack this weekend I don't know if I should be happy that I've got so many new games to enjoy or if I should be upset with myself for waiting this long on a few of these. Purchase of the year so far for me.
 
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Twig

Banned
beje said:
You just have to apply a simple policy: not a single new game until you finish two from your backlog. It works pretty good.
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Yeah, it does, I employed the policy for a good long while.

The problem is, that only works if you have time to play games. If, like me, you suddenly find yourself unable to finish a game for a long time, due to life... that policy no longer works and your nerves break down and the pressure builds and more sales come and they add up and you're thinking oh just this once but NO I can't do it but then you do it and then it's all over - BAM it's BUY BUY BUY BUY

WHAT I'M NOT CRAZY

Actually I'm happy to say I've purchased very few games offered during Steam sales for quite a long while, even though I want a lot of them.
 
drkOne

drkOne

Member
Any American here that would help a poor European getting The Witcher while it's still on sale?
I'll Paypal you the money and add a little extra to cover Paypal fees/your trouble.

PM me.
Edit: Well, got the game, thanks K.Jack (and everyone else who was willing to help)!
 
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MisterAnderson

Member
Is Eve Online Apocrypha the expansion pack? I'm kind of confused because it says it is... yet it's the only purchasable Eve thing on Steam. The only other thing is an Eve free demo.
 
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Twig

Banned
MisterAnderson said:
Is Eve Online Apocrypha the expansion pack? I'm kind of confused because it says it is... yet it's the only purchasable Eve thing on Steam. The only other thing is an Eve free demo.
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Whenever they release an expansion, they rename the game.

Expansions are all free, so if you buy Apocrypha, rest assured, you are buying EVE.

(At least that was the case last time I checked, which was a couple expansions ago. I highly doubt it's changed.)
 
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Chiaroscuro

Member
drkOne said:
Any American here that would help a poor European getting The Witcher while it's still on sale?
I'll Paypal you the money and add a little extra to cover Paypal fees/your trouble.

PM me.
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I am not from USA (thus the content is blocked for me too) but what you can do is:

- use a free US VPN service (or trial) to get the game, paying with paypal.
- to minimize any risk, do it in a separate steam account, not linked to your main account, and gift the game to your account.

it works everytime.
 
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Rufus

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Chiaroscuro said:
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it works everytime.
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What's Valve's policy on that? I assume that they could disable gifting to specific regions if it were that big a deal, but I don't want to jeopardize my account in any way...
 
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Chiaroscuro

Member
Rufus said:
What's Valve's policy on that? I assume that they could disable gifting to specific regions if it were that big a deal, but I don't want to jeopardize my account in any way...
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Regarding proxy they are obvious against it, since it bypass their regional saling plans. In their foruns they expressed against it and there were talks about disable games bought that way if they caught you, but it seems more talk than anything because I never saw anything regarding that and I personally had done that in the past. Anyway I would recommend you to do that in a separate account and gift the game to your main account just for segurance.

Regarding gifting there is nothing they can be against to or do something about it. If the game is payed in the currency of the country they are bought there is nothing against gifting to another user, even if that user is in another territory. It is the same as someone brings you a game from USA, it was legally bought there. It would be illegal to do something to prevent it, unless they disable gifting at all, which of course they will not do since it is a source of incoming.

You have to understand that Valve is not against your money those restrictions are applied due to distributor/publishers requests in some territories due to diferent publishers/price points. So if you find some legal gap (like gifting using US funds) they will not do nothing against it, because the publisher can not complain.
 
drkOne

drkOne

Member
Chiaroscuro said:
I am not from USA (thus the content is blocked for me too) but what you can do is:

- use a free US VPN service (or trial) to get the game, paying with paypal.
- to minimize any risk, do it in a separate steam account, not linked to your main account, and gift the game to your account.

it works everytime.
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I thought about that, but I didn't want to get the game blocked if they found out the account that gifted it was using a proxy.

And I decided I would ask here before taking a risk. I'll probably try that with a cheap game to see how it works out.
 
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Erudite

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DeadFalling said:
CoD:WaW is 50% off until August 13th. Are all of the map packs free for PC?
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The Map Packs are free in the form of patches, though from what I understand, they take a few weeks to hit PC after they release on the consoles.
 
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drizzle

Axel Hertz
Chiaroscuro said:
I am not from USA (thus the content is blocked for me too) but what you can do is:

- use a free US VPN service (or trial) to get the game, paying with paypal.
- to minimize any risk, do it in a separate steam account, not linked to your main account, and gift the game to your account.

it works everytime.
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Same for Xbox Live Arcade titles.

The hardest part of all of that is actually finding a free us vpn account.
 
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DeadFalling

Member
Traced-Velocity said:
The Map Packs are free in the form of patches, though from what I understand, they take a few weeks to hit PC after they release on the consoles.
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Sold. Damn you Steam! I also just bought the Witcher and the $30 indie pack, and have played neither one.:lol
 
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vocab

Member
DeadFalling said:
CoD:WaW is 50% off until August 13th. Are all of the map packs free for PC?
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Of course. Who the hell would pay for maps on PC, when people make better maps for free than the actual developers?
 
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BloodySinner

Banned
drizzle said:
Maybe because WaW doesn't sell, while COD4 doesn't need no discount to sell? :D
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MisterAnderson

Member
Jesus Christ Steam really is becoming a problem for me. I'm starting to buy games I never even intended on buying ever and my backlog is ridiculous. WAW is a game I never wanted to buy. Half off though...damn. Going to think it over for a bit.
 
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derder

Member
MisterAnderson said:
Jesus Christ Steam really is becoming a problem for me. I'm starting to buy games I never even intended on buying ever and my backlog is ridiculous. WAW is a game I never wanted to buy. Half off though...damn. Going to think it over for a bit.
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DON'T! It's a trap, trust me. I bought it at the last 50% sale and regret it.
 
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Mrbob

Member
I know I know but it is such a tease to not see CoD4 go on sale.

I did just buy The Witcher though. I got my copy through free OEM with a videocard...had to email atari for my cd key but I lost it.

The game is awesome, so I figure I would pick it up while its on sale on steam. Now I don't have to worry about a cd key anymore. Only a near 15gb download. o_O
 
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dLMN8R

Member
derder said:
DON'T! It's a trap, trust me. I bought it at the last 50% sale and regret it.
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Hugely disagree. I enjoyed the WaW campaign more than CoD 4 in many ways, and the multiplayer is just as addictive. Well worth the $25.
 
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Parham

Banned
Solideliquid said:
Does it say anywhere on Steam that WaW comes with either Map pack 1 or 2?
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Traditionally, when you download a game off of Steam, it includes all the latest patches. So it's safe to assume that the game will come with both map packs.
 
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brain_stew

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derder said:
DON'T! It's a trap, trust me. I bought it at the last 50% sale and regret it.
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I don't see what's to hate about the game, its just standard COD fare, as always it plays the same like every game in the series. Pretty mindless but still rather entertaining. If you've liked previous COD titles, then you'll like this, not much more to it really. Oh, and zombie nazi's is awesome.

Oh, and yes the Steam version has both of the first two map packs already, its kind of ridiculous that the whole game + map packs is about the same price as the 2 map packs on consoles (in the UK at least), but whatever, I'm not complaining. :lol

Map pack 3 should be added within a month or two, again completely free.
 
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ArjanN

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DeadFalling said:
CoD:WaW is 50% off until August 13th. Are all of the map packs free for PC?
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Heh, good idea of them to get some sales for WaW before Modern Wardafe 2 comes out, because after that it's over.
 
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Shard

XBLAnnoyance
Trine 25% Off for One Week, Plus New Trailer
August 12, 2009, 4:08 pm - Valve - General Announcement
The side-scrolling platformer indie game Trine is now on sale for 25% off until August 19th. Be sure to check out their new trailer showing off some of the cool physics-enabled abilities available in the game.

PlayFirst Games Now on Steam - Save 10%
August 11, 2009, 7:07 pm - Valve - Product Release
PlayFirst brings 10 games to Steam today. To celebrate this partnership we're discounting each game 10% for one week.

Family Gaming on Steam gets a big boost with all of these new titles. In the Adventure category try the latest game in the Dream Chronicles series, Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child.

Casual gamers will enjoy the puzzler Zenerchi or brush up on your Chess game with Chessmaster Challenge.
 
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drizzle

Axel Hertz
Damn, trine is down to 22.49 USD... I always said that 30 bucks was too much for that game, 20 was the sweet spot...

Now i don't have any other excuses! ARGH!

Quick, somebody help me come up with one.
 
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MisterAnderson

Member
drizzle said:
Damn, trine is down to 22.49 USD... I always said that 30 bucks was too much for that game, 20 was the sweet spot...

Now i don't have any other excuses! ARGH!

Quick, somebody help me come up with one.
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The last level is a little frustrating. That's all I got.
 
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senahorse

Member
dLMN8R said:
Hugely disagree. I enjoyed the WaW campaign more than CoD 4 in many ways, and the multiplayer is just as addictive. Well worth the $25.
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Agreed, I would actually go as far to say it's the most fun I have had in a COD campaign. Treyarch did a great job imo.
 
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Chiaroscuro

Member
drizzle said:
Damn, trine is down to 22.49 USD... I always said that 30 bucks was too much for that game, 20 was the sweet spot...

Now i don't have any other excuses! ARGH!

Quick, somebody help me come up with one.
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I am still waiting for the XBLA/PSN releases which should sell for US$ 19.99. If they want me to buy the PC version they have to do better, like 50% discount. Did it help you? :)
 
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fallengorn

Bitches love smiley faces
Shard said:
PlayFirst Games Now on Steam - Save 10%
August 11, 2009, 7:07 pm - Valve - Product Release
PlayFirst brings 10 games to Steam today. To celebrate this partnership we're discounting each game 10% for one week.

Family Gaming on Steam gets a big boost with all of these new titles. In the Adventure category try the latest game in the Dream Chronicles series, Dream Chronicles: The Chosen Child.

Casual gamers will enjoy the puzzler Zenerchi or brush up on your Chess game with Chessmaster Challenge.
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Great, I can pick up Emerald City Confidential for less than ten bucks without having to join playfirst's retarded discount membership.
 
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