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[MUnited83]

I think Counter Strike Global Offensive is till waiting for a release on EU territories.

Well, is it possible to wait for something that will never come?

 

[jblank83]

If corrosivefrost actually wants to learn kb/m, we can definitely get him up to speed.

Mouse-keyboard isn't difficult to learn, not for anyone with any manual dexterity. That should include all of us, controller users as well. It's about as natural as pointing with a pencil.

Most of the difficulty comes from adjusting mouse sensitivity to your individual needs, and possibly the ergonomics of one's desk and chair. It helps to have a mouse that isn't terrible, also.

I don't see how it's not a CoD clone in the first place -- it's team based deathmatch in a modern warfare type setting.

Probably because the original Counter-Strike was released 4 years before the original CoD.

 

[ashecitism]

I think Counter Strike Global Offensive is till waiting for a release on EU territories.

Seriously? What's up with that?

The valve and Sony move is so worthless now looking back. We got portal 2 with cross play/cross buy and that was it. If anything though I can see Sony really welcoming them if they want to return. Since as you said thank a lot to how policies are now.

Yeah, it went nowhere. I think L4D3 is going to be an indicator for how things will go. iirc that's their most successful IP on consoles, so if the next installment also gets the usual treatment, then there's no hope and Valve should just stick to being Steam exclusive.

 

[lashman]

The price is my second biggest peeve with the game (and probably the only reason I don't have it yet). It should have been 20-30 dollars as you said.

For 50 bucks you can get Shadow of Mordor, Witcher 3, Risen 3, Dark Souls 2 - I wouldn't say Sacred 3 is in that company of games.

However to me it looks pretty fun to play for spurts, and at 20 I probably would have bit.

exactly also - I paid only $25 for it, so ... like I said - no regrets (especially since I'm really enjoying it)

 

[iosefe]

The server had gamepads disabled -- it's why my inputs wouldn't work and I couldn't do anything but mouselook with the right stick. I wasn't kicked, but I had to leave and turn off the gamepad before I could play. So I was uncomfortable to start with, since I prefer the pad to kb/m (and my gaming setup has the kb/m sitting under the TV, so I had to get a chair and try to use the small table it's on to play, which was awkward as fuck)... and then all those glitches and shit occured and my fun level went from maybe to minimal and worse.

what the hell kind of server has that feature?

 

[Rhaknar]

fucking bosses are hard in Crypt!

 

[Ozium]

Groupees Build a Be Mine Bundle starts soon®

Please redeem yourselves Groupees..

edit: can someone send me a link to that CS console thread?

 

[abracadaver]

The Cave again

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[corrosivefrost]

what the hell kind of server has that feature?

I dunno, but when I couldn't move and my pad wouldn't work, freshVeggie told me the server disabled gamepads.

Probably because the original Counter-Strike was released 4 years before the original CoD.

Technicality. My point still stands. I don't see how a FPS team based deathmatch would feel like a clone of another with a gamepad and not with a kb/m. But that's my perspective on it... I was just trying to tell hekk that.

fucking bosses are hard in Crypt!

I didn't make it that far yet -- but I saw it on bisnap's stream... dat conga line.

 

[Trejik]

SteamGAF still moves fast.

Very happy to have contributed to the OP this month! Hope to contribute again.
Interesting to see everyone debating the whole Sacred 3 thing going on. Watched a couple videos on it, seems insulting to the fans, but then again, I'm not one of them.

I was off playing TLOU, but now it's back to PC. Glad to be back to F5'ing this thread non-stop.

 

[Lain]

The price is my second biggest peeve with the game (and probably the only reason I don't have it yet). It should have been 20-30 dollars as you said.

For 50 bucks you can get Shadow of Mordor, Witcher 3, Risen 3, Dark Souls 2 - I wouldn't say Sacred 3 is in that company of games.

However to me it looks pretty fun to play for spurts, and at 20 I probably would have bit.

Yeah I agree completely.
If I didn't pay 25$ +/- for it, I wouldn't be as positive with the game. The price the game is at, right now, is too much for the kind of game it is, regardless of my enjoyment of what I've played so far. It's a bit too simple of a game for a 50€ price-tag (with 9ish€ of DLC on top).

 

[jblank83]

Technicality. My point still stands. I don't see how a FPS team based deathmatch would feel like a clone of another with a gamepad and not with a kb/m.

Clone is a term used to indicate which game is directly derived from another. Games that came out after Quake and which attempted to copy Quake's design were Quake clones (CoD still uses Quake 3 engine code, amusingly). Same for Diablo clones. CS is its own design, a design originating 4 years before CoD ever existed. There are significant differences between the two games, and no demonstrable designs that CS Go exhibits which derive from CoD and not the original CS. Hence, it is not a CoD clone.

 

[abracadaver]

One more. Good luck

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[ashecitism]

CS a CoD clone? I've seen everything.

 

[Fox318]

Counter Strike is a Chex Quest clone.

 

[Gunstarheroes]

Counter Strike is a Chex Quest clone.

I genuinely wish they could put this on Steam

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

And here I thought the CS thread would be worst I've read today. :O

That would be the Ebola threads.

Counter Strike is a Chex Quest clone.

I remember Chex Quest.

Well, is it possible to wait for something that will never come?

Ask JaseC

 

[iosefe]

can someone inform me on how i make those snazzy countdown clocks?

 

[ashecitism]

can someone inform me on how i make those snazzy countdown clocks?

http://secondapps.com/countdown/

 

[Rhaknar]

zone 1 beat, success! game is too good

 

[PrematureQuiche]

http://a.pomf.se/noonam.webm

CS:GO is so fun even though I suck. I like trying to get a knife kill or two.

 

[NingenJanai]

Divinity is #1 again and Sacred 3 dissappeard from the top 10. TiTs at 9.

 

[iosefe]

http://secondapps.com/countdown/

thank you

 

[derExperte]

You see that amazing No Man Sky thread?

Was fun for a bit but with some of the most notorious console crusaders gone even the worst juniors can't keep those threads alive for too long.

So its good eh ?

Nope. I should've used 'shocking' instead of 'worst' as it's a really well known game. Mostly because it's weird as hell though.

 

[lashman]

zone 1 beat, success! game is too good

well - we can finally agree on something!!!

Spoiler

I still hate you, though

CS:GO is so fun even though I suck. I like trying to get a knife kill or two.

you suck? what? ah, I guess you haven't seen me play yet

 

[Shadownet]

I just watched SAO II Episode 5. god I wish there was a Sword Art Online MMO for PC.

 

[MUnited83]

I do wonder if the "top selling" list is now updated real-time or something. I swear it wasn't this unstable before. I'm pretty sure that it used to be a lot more static and the top would remain fairly unchanged for a while. Not everytime I refresh there can be some wild differences.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

This is how I first learned of CS and Team Fortress.

 

[phoenix296]

When we are playing:

Quote to see Server Password.

Hopefully the server will be up today. It's supposedly still updating but it's been updating for the past 18hrs. I contacted support to be sure that it's working for the time I scheduled.

 

[Sharkiller]

If you prepurchase Assassin Creed Unity Gold on GMG you get 20usd in credit. And 15usd if is the standard.

 

[jblank83]

http://a.pomf.se/noonam.webm

Very ninja

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

http://a.pomf.se/noonam.webm

CS:GO is so fun even though I suck. I like trying to get a knife kill or two.

lol

Don't scope and walk for long distances, kids.

 

[morningbus]

Serious Stream Wrap-Up

(Youtube Playlist)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam 1 (Part 1) (Lost to the ages)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam 1 (Part 2) (youtube)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam the Second Encounter (Part 1) (youtube)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam the Second Encounter (Part 2) (youtube)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam the Second Encounter (Part 3) (youtube)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam 2 (Part 1) (youtube)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam 2 (Part 2) (youtube)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam 2 (Part 3) (youtube)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam 2 (Part 4a) (youtube)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam 2 (Part 4b) (youtube)
Serious Stream: Serious Sam 3 (The Whole Fucking Thing) (youtube)

After a grueling two-hour marathon, we completed Serious Sam 3 last night. I want to take a quick moment to thank everyone who contributed codes and watched the streams. The whole experience has been really fantastic (well, outside of playing Serious Sam) and I hope everyone had a good time. I'll definitely try to stream more in the future, so keep and eye out for future installments of Serious Stream.

Special thanks goes out to everyone to who joined in to help beat the Serious Series (and I hope I don't forget anyone): Stallion Free, Xclash, PrematureQuiche, Nabs (even if SS3 broke him hard), CorrosiveFrost, and the bevy of random Russians who joined for who-the-fuck-knows-why.

Also special thanks to everyone that watched (and because I never paid attention to the twitch stream, I am forgetting most of you), but especially BinaryPork, who I think managed to watch/listen to every stream we did. That's a feat even more incredible than beating the mainline Serious Sam games.

Another look at the scoreboard, which, while it probably won't be the last time, will not be posted again until something major happens. I'll still be accepting your M&M codes, of course, as the promotion runs until August 15th.

162 from Jawmuncher
144 from Morningbus
102 from Toki767
90 from Anustart
78 from default two
54 from BinaryPork2737
54 from Cloudius12
48 from Chocobro
54 from Stallion Free
48 from shadownet
42 from Mokoi
42 from Xclash
36 from Mono
36 from CorrosiveFrost
30 from Cheddahz
30 from Myshkin
24 from dot
24 from Gunstarheroes
24 from Servizio
18 from iosefe
18 from Pickles Spill
12 from tylerf
6 from Armoured Priest
6 from Amzin
6 from tiny raptor
6 from thesaucetastic

Total so far: $1,194 cable credits.
# of codes entered: 199
# of months paid: 14.

Thanks to Stallion Free for 1 code, Xclash for 1 code, and Myshkin for 1 code

The Talos Principle
Serious Sam 4

THIS.

This right here.

From the Croteam page:

Watching morningbus play through a philosophical exploration of transhumanism from the creators of Serious Sam would be amazing. (Hopefully the game will tackle tough questions like, "What are the ethical implications of replacing someone's hands with bombs from a Roadrunner cartoon?")

I really want a Talos stream.

If it launches at sub-$15, I'll do it at launch.

 

[Fox318]

http://a.pomf.se/noonam.webm

CS:GO is so fun even though I suck. I like trying to get a knife kill or two.

Other players reaction

 

[Rhaknar]

I still hate you, though

why

 

[electroflame]

The Cave -- MB-C2D84CC090BC99AA - Taken by Double. 11 entrants total.

You could almost say...it was Double Fine?

 

[lashman]

why

selective quoting FTW you bastard!!

 

[JaseC]

yep :]
you probably meant 23$~

I just hit "2" instead of "1". The keys are like right next to each other.

 

[salazar547]

serious question , should i buy bad rats??

 

[JaseC]

serious question , should i buy bad rats??

Just enter a giveaway for it. They spring up from time to time.

 

[chronomac]

Thinking about installing and modding GTA IV and I was going to use this PC Gamer guide. Is that the best one?

 

[Vuze]

If you prepurchase Assassin Creed Unity Gold on GMG you get 20usd in credit. And 15usd if is the standard.

And a uPlay key.

 

[Wok]

There are a lot of reports in the Idle Master thread that it's working fine for people who don't have their Steam store set to English. I guess give it a try and see if it works for you. The reason I put that it requires your language to be set to English is that it looks for specific parts of the page (which are in English) to determine if a game needs to be idled or if idling is complete.

Give it a try and let me know how it goes.

It is the same for the Python script, yet it works. I think the problem might be elsewhere.

Edit: It works for me now! And my Steam and Windows are in French. So something has changed recently.

 

[Rhaknar]

you bastard

dont know what I did to you

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

serious question , should i buy bad rats??

You don't buy Bad Rats for yourself, you are given it.

 

[zkylon]

old saoirse avatar

boo

You follow Estelle and Joshua Bright on their quest to become full-fledged "bracers" and meet a lot of different characters who'll join your team along the way. (The bracer guild is there to protect and help civilians; they aren't affiliated with the government). Now, if you are expecting epic, world-changing events to happen right of the bat, you are going to be disappointed: your first quests include finding a lost kitten and helping farmers to get rid of some pests. Of course bigger events happen later on, but the game clearly focusses more on building the characters and the world than on action-filled happenings.
I thought this slower beginning was a nice change of pace from the usual stuff you see in a lot of other JRPGs. I'd wager the following installments are going to be more fast-paced than this one, since it seems to be a sort of introduction for them.

this is really cool

i really like games with slow starts, specially if they do use that time to build up some characters

everything else sounds really cool except...

There are a ton of missable items and sidequests in this game, so if you want to get everything on your playthrough you'd have to always carefully talk to everyone. Part of these missable items is a book series and issues of a newspaper, which you can both read (at least I think they are missable, maybe you can get them somewhere later on in the game). If you're into collecting you can also try to get every recipe in the game (you can cook meals and use those to heal yourself later).

yeah, this i'm not a big fan of. hopefully no important missables as i really don't like using guides

Spider warning for zkylon, dot and other arachnophobes: There is an optional sidequest, where you have to exterminate some spiders in

Spoiler

and old schoolbuilding

. If you want to see what they look like, click this link here. You later have to enter this building as part of the main story line, I don't know if they'd show up then if you haven't previously killed the spiders. I can't say if there'll be any more spiders later on in the game.

this is like crazy considerate, specially with like the screenshot and all, thanks

and those seem to be pretty alright for me

 

[Snakethesniper]

Thanks Jshackles for Idle_master. I'm slowly selling cards (5€ atm) to see if I can reach 10€ and buy TITS with card money (in keys)

 

[spindoctor]

How often are missions supposed to drop in CSGO? I figured finishing one would automatically mean I got another but apparently not.

 

[derExperte]

serious question , should i buy bad rats??

It's not even on sale, no. Which is the answer you would get even if it was on sale. You don't buy Bad Rats, you get infected by entering giveaways or gifts from cruel 'friends'.

 

[Fox318]

serious question , should i buy bad rats??