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[Sober]

Playing Dungeons of Dredmore, it's a lot of fun, even if I'm terrible at it. My longest run yet was just ended after I accidentally drank poison and killed myself. Oops. My goal is to earn my first Xmas cheesemint but I'll probably keep playing after that, good shit.

Is it normal for Fraps and the Steam overlay to not work with DoD?

Use the -opengl line if you want the overlay in game. Not sure about FRAPS working with it or not.

Not sure about you but I play it as a timewaster/listening to podcasts so I turn off all the sound and play it windowed. If you play it windowed the achievements pop up like a notice would pop up when not playing a game any other time - just not in the game window.

 

[Snuggles]

I don't think they're nearly as well implemented as past contests. I have no interest whatsoever in earning tickets this time around, and I was pretty into it last summer.

Yeah, I get that the idea behind coupons is to gift them, specifically to people new to Steam, but they're pretty useless, especially when they're not even usable during the sale.

 

[Themacabre]

Everybody's is.

I mean who are the coupons for?

They would be useful to me (and many others) if they didn't expire in march. Right now though? Less than useless.

 

[Kabouter]

Mmmh, haven't received any gifts for the Tropico 4 achievement, weird.

 

[Dizzy-4U]

What video? I looked on YouTube and saw one where a guy hit the Alt button on his keyboard to make the game freeze and when he hit it again he was at the end of the level, but I couldn't replicate what he did for some reason. Is there another?

Maybe the ones on this site:

http://steamtreasurehunt.wikia.com/wiki/Winter_Objectives#Objectives

 

[BY2K]

Screw the Poker achievement, I'm not wasting hours on that.

 

[Semblance]

Loaded up Renegade Ops just to get the Winter sale achievement, ended up playing the entire Coldstrike campaign. Pretty good, actually.

 

[SteveWinwood]

I mean who are the coupons for?

They would be useful to me (and many others) if they didn't expire in march. Right now though? Less than useless.

I was just making fun of my own post.

But really, to your average gaffer, yeah probably worthless. But to people who don't check everyday or newer users, or even people who just missed out on the sales, they'll be worth just a little less than what people are saving. It'll be great to trade stuff for them come january.

Example: oh i see you have a coupon for 33% off portal 2! I missed it during the sale and thay will save me 10 bucks, but i'm fine only saving 5 by gifting a 5 dollar game for the coupon.

 

[Sober]

Yeah, I get that the idea behind coupons is to gift them, specifically to people new to Steam, but they're pretty useless, especially when they're not even usable during the sale.

I wish there were maybe more coupons that lasted for the sale like "5$ off orders with 20$ or more" or something, so that'd at least make people either reconsider buying more dailies or snoop around other specials and maybe buy them on top to put the coupon to use. At the very least people would buy all the stuff at once instead of piecemeal and get their CC deactivated accidentally.

 

[Drkirby]

All right, 50% off Sequence, highly useful to all Neogaf Members.

 

[QuantumBro]

Yeah, that's really the biggest problem with the whole thing. Coupons should feel like winning, it's telling that the lumps of coal are more highly coveted by many/most.

Valve should've made the coupons give 75% off, getting people interested in other games they might not have known about and getting them to continue to spend money after the sale. With the coupons giving less of a discount than the regular sale price there worthless.

All right, 50% off Sequence, highly useful to all Neogaf Members.

Do you still have your 50% off train simulator coupon?

 

[goober]

Okay so Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition is 10 dollars on Amazon. Should I bite? Or wait?

 

[Drkirby]

Do you still have your 50% off train simulator coupon?

No, that one expired. Was only good for about a week.

 

[Vamphuntr]

Valve should've made the coupons give 75% off, getting people interested in other games they might not have known about and getting them to continue to spend money after the sale. With the coupons giving less of a discount than the regular sale price there worthless.

The most frustrating thing is that even if you use 7 coals to craft a gift, you might end up with a coupon instead of a game as a coupon is also considered a gift. It happened to a gaffer earlier.

 

[Snuggles]

Okay so Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition is 10 dollars on Amazon. Should I bite? Or wait?

$14.99/-50% on Steam right now. A daily deal is possible, which would probably be -66%/$9.99 or -75%/$7.50 at best. Hold out if you'd prefer to own it on Steam.

 

[Syphon Filter]

What is the free gift you get for signing up?

 

[goober]

$14.99/-50% on Steam right now. A daily deal is possible, which would probably be -66% or -75%. Hold out if you'd prefer to own it on Steam.

But what's the benefit of owning it on Steam?

 

[SteveWinwood]

What is the free gift you get for signing up?

The woman in your avatar.

 

[Snuggles]

But what's the benefit of owning it on Steam?

It's an EA game, so nothing really outside of all the standard Steam stuff like the time tracker. You'll still have to use an EA account.

 

[Volcynika]

Loaded up Renegade Ops just to get the Winter sale achievement, ended up playing the entire Coldstrike campaign. Pretty good, actually.

Played that first mission 5 times and still haven't seen Santa. :/

 

[QuantumBro]

Okay so Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition is 10 dollars on Amazon. Should I bite? Or wait?

It's $15 now on steam, but I doubt it'll go on sale as a daily after what happened with Dragon Age 2. Buy it on Amazon if you could care less about steam integration.

No, that one expired. Was only good for about a week.

Ok, I was wondering how coupons would stack with another discount since it was the only one I had heard about before the sale.

 

[Drkirby]

What is the free gift you get for signing up?

You will get one gift right from Valve (Which is ether a Valve game, or a coupon for a Valve game), and the check your inventory one will ether give you Coal, a Coupon, or a game.

 

[Sinoox]

Ugh man, this is my first real Steam sale I've ever been able to actually participate in since I've got a good computer. If I don't stop buying awesome games I'm not gonna have enough money to buy my family presents! I've gotta plan for this stuff ahead of time now! XD

I think my backlog is big enough where I won't run out of games to play anytime soon, I can say that for sure.

 

[inky]

The most frustrating thing is that even if you use 7 coals to craft a gift, you might end up with a coupon instead of a game as a coupon is also considered a gift. It happened to a gaffer earlier.

7 coals ---> random gift is excessive. 3 would've been fine, but I agree, coupons seem absolutely worthless for anyone who logs into Steam more than twice a year.

 

[iavi]

What video? I looked on YouTube and saw one where a guy hit the Alt button on his keyboard to make the game freeze and when he hit it again he was at the end of the level, but I couldn't replicate what he did for some reason. Is there another?

If you're talking about the "Kid's Xmas' Achievement, yep; it's in the OP next to the Super Meat Boy objectives.

 

[Semblance]

Played that first mission 5 times and still haven't seen Santa. :/

Wow, that's lame. He doesn't really announce himself or anything, which would be helpful. I just saw the shadow of his sleigh ride by and gave chase.

 

[Mush]

How good would The Witcher Enhanced run on a laptop? I'm presuming it supports Windows 7 as well?

 

[catabarez]

If you're talking about the "Kid's Xmas' Achievement, yep; it's in the OP next to the Super Meat Boy objectives.

So I did that little glitched way to get the Super Meat Boy Xmas Achievement and the second I got to bandage girl my game froze. I lol'd.

 

[echoshifting]

How good would The Witcher Enhanced run on a laptop? I'm presuming it supports Windows 7 as well?

Depends on the laptop.

 

[Speevy]

How good would The Witcher Enhanced run on a laptop? I'm presuming it supports Windows 7 as well?

It depends on what laptop you're talking about.

It absolutely demolished my Intel 3000 system which runs several recent games. I had to crank all the settings to low so I could play, and that just makes it ugly, which the game doesn't deserve.

 

[Alts]

7 coals ---> random gift is excessive. 3 would've been fine, but I agree, coupons seem absolutely worthless for anyone who logs into Steam more than twice a year.

The gift/coal balance is such that for every 10 achievements, you get about 3.5 gifts (post coal conversion)

 

[Speevy]

You know, these coal/gift things are certainly exciting, but I bet people would have been more content if Valve had just given everyone Portal 2 (I mean generally, of course there are those who already have it).

 

[Mush]

It depends on what laptop you're talking about.

It absolutely demolished my Intel 3000 system which runs several recent games. I had to crank all the settings to low so I could play, and that just makes it ugly, which the game doesn't deserve.

 

[slidewinder]

Any estimates as to the chances of getting a game versus a coupon if you do get a gift instead of coal?

 

[Speevy]

Yeah it runs on Windows 7, that certainly wasn't my problem.

 

[goober]

What laptop is that?

 

[Mush]

What laptop is that?

http://www.mytoshiba.co.nz/products/computers/satellite/l650/psk1ja-077017/specifications#details

 

[QuantumBro]

http://i.imgur.com/Yf5bL.png

Try downloading the demo and see if it runs, but if I had to guess I would say it won't run well.

 

[Bebpo]

Won a free copy of Nail'd

One of the few games I don't already own! Woohooo


/cost so far to get that $7 game = 2-4 hours of time and $15 in game buying lol

 

[Chesskid1]

X-post from humble bundle thread

You won't be receiving humble bundle steam keys anymore if you pay less than a $1 due to rampant abuse, moreso then usual because of the steam christmas promotion.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=33637637#post33637637 for more info, prolly best to discuss it there.

Mass TF2 idlers probably really like steam's christmas promotion, it's just a bunch of free stuff on top of TF2 gold.

 

[Trojita]

I think I might wait on getting Tropico 4. I got Tropico 3 on Steam and never played it, and I figure at some point Tropico 4 will probably be cheaper.

 

[morningbus]

FUCK THIS GAME.

 

[Volcynika]

FUCK THIS GAME.

Me and my friends had the same reaction.

 

[QuantumBro]

FUCK THIS GAME.

That's what I typed in the chat the second I got the achievement. No point keeping it installed considering it doesn't even have local co-op.

 

[morningbus]

Me and my friends had the same reaction.

The game wasn't made by people. There is no way. There is no way someone sat down and thought a doubling respawn timer was a smart idea.

 

[AndyMoogle]

Ugh... I got 50% off on Zombie Driver. These coupons suck.

 

[Nabs]

 

[Volcynika]

The game wasn't made by people. There is no way. There is no way someone sat down and thought a doubling respawn timer was a smart idea.

At the end, I had to wait 20 minutes to respawn. Fortunately that was AFTER we got the achievement.

 

[Petrie]

Does anyone know if the Amazon Tropico 4 activates on Steam?

I have Amazon credit so even though my CC is blocking me from Costume Quest, at least I can grab this one.

 

[Zzoram]

Does anyone know if the Amazon Tropico 4 activates on Steam?

I have Amazon credit so even though my CC is blocking me from Costume Quest, at least I can grab this one.

No it doesn't.