Wait for the daily sales you bastard!
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Steam Holiday Sales 2013: DIE HARDER
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Wait for the daily sales you bastard!
Popular games always win, even if they have already been in a daily/vote/flashsale during that same Steam sale.
nah it's okay. i have a snow globe now.
Jawmuncher
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Some people just never learn.
Those vote outcomes are always facepalm worthy. People vote the popular game or the game they played.
foamdino
Member
Ditto - was hoping for either of the other 2. Sucks
Was really hoping for Shadowrun Returns - but FTL seems to be on sale very frequently.
Are people still having issues idling using SAM? Storm just dropped a card after 10 minutes and I'm using the steam_appid.txt trick.
Very real!
Microsoft doesn't have a sense of humour.
Very real!
Microsoft doesn't have a sense of humour.
ramoisdead
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Can't believe I'm staying up til 5am EST so I can vote in the Community Choice category and collect my 1st Holiday sale card. I haven't spent more than $10 yet.
O.DOGG
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MarcoZombieCannon
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but you can vote any time in that 8 hour window and get the card. Get some sleep
edit: Also, you guys better buy King of Fighters during this sale!
Jawmuncher
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Used it yesterday and was having no issue.
Using it right now for Monaco and a card just popped up as well.
ramoisdead
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but you can vote any time in that 8 hour window and get the card. Get some sleep
Yeah but since I have the day off from work, I'm a bit worried I might miss out on voting due to oversleeping and I don't really want to use an alert to wake me up. Plus there can be a slim chance of another Steam price error. I'm still kicking myself on not jumping on that $5 Bioshock Infinite Season Pass from earlier today.
SparkleMotion
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Does anyone know if it's possible to have more than one game running at once to get card drops? I have two games open, but I don't know if I will get cards for both games.
MarcoZombieCannon
Member
Fair enough. Part of me thinks that those "pricing errors" aren't actually errors at all. Like they intentionally let a few games slip to a certain price for a tiny window.
But I'm a bit mad, so who knows?
So no hope of Alice: Madness Returns winning this one, is there?
corrosivefrost
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My only knock on Shadowrun is the lack of Steam Achievements. It has trading cards but no achievements? WTF?
Dust and Shadowrun get the Frost Seal of Approval though!
Uh... (1) It's Platinum Games and (2) It's Metal Gear.
It's the best action game I've played in years.
I think it might be my favorite action game of all time.
Wait until you play it!
The music in it is so good... I can't believe they didn't use any of the Jamie Christopherson stuff for the Steam/PC trailer.
Rules of Nature!
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Wait, there's a SAM trick? How does it work?
Jawmuncher
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Boot up SAM Select the game you want to idle cards for and just let it sit there.
The cards will pop up just as if you were actually in game. Makes idling so much easier.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
That's... amazing. lol
Boom Boom Pow
Banned
you should consider yourself lucky. i got nothing
Yes but they drop slower.
What is SAM? I am intrigued...
They were both dailies during the Fall sale for the same price, so they'll likely both be dailies during this sale too
Jawmuncher
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http://gib.me/sam/
It's a program that you can use to unlock steam achievements.
But everyone on SteamGAF just uses it for idling cards. Great when a large DL game gets updated with cards and you don't want to download the whole game to get a few cards.
Fare warning though the website top left corner has some language.
Which is better Age 2 or CIV 5? I want to buy one or the other but really haven't played either franchise.
Wait, what? You can use it even if you don't have the game installed? How does that work? Is there a risk of getting banned for using this?
Mavromatis
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Another sale that I miss.
Morning Monk, mind getting me some coffee as well? I don't want to get up and walk allllll the way to the kitchen..Morning good people, just woke up from my beauty sleep.
Coffee on the way.
Jawmuncher
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Yeah it boots up the games ID so that it shows you as playing it.
As far as banning goes I won't say 100% no but me and many others have used it for idling cards. I've been using it for the past year. Last I recalled the game opening the appID can't be distinguished since it's the same code that would run if the game was installed on your computer.
JaseC can explain it better.
SparkleMotion
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Need that sweet release of Guacamelee, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and Steamworld Dig deals.
I'm cleaning out my closet for the holidays... this is my first modbot giveaway so hopefully I didn't screw it up!
ModBot said:Instructions for participants:
I am giving away a Steam key. To enter this giveaway, send a PM to ModBot with any subject line. In the body, copy and paste the entire line below containing the key.
Rules for this Giveaway:
- If you are a lurker you are not eligible for this giveaway. You need five or more posts in either the current Steam thread or the previous one to be eligible
- If the key is already taken you will not receive a reply. Replies may take a minute or two:
Gish --MB-DF4DA1E318E08A7F- Taken by random
Well... I hope it's because you are all comfy since my kitchen is cold but, sure, you are a good person and you deserve it!
So... hypnotic. I love it!
SparkleMotion
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This will be amazing for getting those The Witcher 2 cards I am missing.
Jawmuncher
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If they follow the lead from DmC earlier it should be 12.50
Since that would be 66% off correct? LP3 already had a weekly deal at 50% off a month or two ago. Not to mention LP3 wasn't on sale during the autumn sale so it just seems like it's gonna happen.
Is it safe to use? I never did dabble with this
Well I just read the faq on the page and I guess it is safe, lol
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