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Steam Holiday Sales 2013 |OT2| DIE HARD (AND HAPPY NEW YEAR)
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
So today I started in on Valdis Story: Abyssal City. The game is pretty amazing - fluid controls, great visuals, and a real RPG-heavy Metroidvania feel. If this goes on a daily deal, you bastards know what to do... 
Also I was idling for cards earlier and decided to make this:
Also I was idling for cards earlier and decided to make this:
I got a Dualshock 4 for use for PC gaming only just the other day, can't wait to try it out. It connects via Bluetooth to my Macbook without any issues, and works great for emulation (haven't tried any Steam Mac games). Hopefully the drivers get more mature quickly.
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How'd you get to that point? Teach me!
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Damn, I knew I was in the green, but not by THAT much. Wow.
How'd you get to that point? Teach me!
They're all tumblr gifs, though
I've made some of my own.
I've read that Tumblr accounts are only given 500MB so while the gifs start off fine it's not long before people start trimming to save space. IIRC that drived was 1.81 TB, but JaseC said it wasn't all gifs.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Goddamn. That was a smart move from Valve, give people a quality game for free so they spent more money on Steam.
Hey, if it worked when they made Portal free to me, it should work for them even more.
Damn, I knew I was in the green, but not by THAT much. Wow.
What.
did you sell some unusual tf2 items or some really expensive dota 2 items? Both?
Necromanti
Member
You're missing out.
ohblahitsme
Member
Holy shit you're right. I just put up about 30 common cards on sale and have $3.07 in my steam wallet for nothing!
Camel Master
Member
Well done mate. But you know after you have bought a chunk from your wishlist, you'll think "maybe I'll go through the steam store again for new releases and maybe I misjudged some games earlier". You'll wishlist and buy them all. And then you'll start buying games that aren't on steam anymore. And while you're at it you'll start thinking that owning region-specific apps would be nice too.
Basically, you are destined to go the JaseC route. Good luck.
I must resist my inner collectionist to go the same road
emiranda061288
Banned
oh boy, there is this thing called cheaters that can unlock any achievement... furthermore it isn't fun to grind achievements for credit...
Just be sure to check it out at some point in that case. The soundtrack is really good and really adds to the ending. It is a joy to sit through the credits.
So today I started in on Valdis Story: Abyssal City. The game is pretty amazing - fluid controls, great visuals, and a real RPG-heavy Metroidvania feel. If this goes on a daily deal, you bastards know what to do...
I was waiting but lost hope. I don't think it'll come up, so got it yesterday. Oh well if it does.
Feature looks useful.
ab.aeterno
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True story: while going down a rabbit hole on Jeremy Clarkson and Top Gear videos, I came across the Graham Norton show with Ms. Ronan, and finally learned how to say her name ("Sertia like Inertia"), and immediately thought of JaseC and SteamGAF.
Now, I have to decide about Stanley Parable.
Now, I have to decide about Stanley Parable.
TheFLYINGManga_Ka
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Missed Company of heroes 2 but looks like Remember Me will get voted!
Will get!
Will get!
A quick question about ModBot, as I can't seem to find the answer looking for it. How do set it up so a game (one key) and it's DLC (another key) are given away for the same MB-code?
I'm still slightly interested, but I have to admit that the browser based game didn't win me over and I quickly got bored of it (and mind you I love bullet hell games). Is there anything added to the Steam version that would convince me to pick it up
I'm still slightly interested, but I have to admit that the browser based game didn't win me over and I quickly got bored of it (and mind you I love bullet hell games). Is there anything added to the Steam version that would convince me to pick it up
Haha, yeah, that was a joke. I'm not quite there...
...yet.
GTA:SA German and Sniper Elite: Zombie Army German will be among my last purchases of the sale.
Just serparate them with a space. E.g.:
Portal + Portal 2: AAAAA-BBBBB-CCCCC DDDDD-EEEEE-FFFFF
crazy monkey
Banned
posted this yesterday in good home thread. I got free game from here so giving it back.
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I think it's mostly TF2 items. I've been grinding out MVM a lot. Hell, I just sold a $100 item from there last week and used it to fund this sale.
I guess you could just PM the person that wins the base game the codes.
Damn, I knew I was in the green, but not by THAT much. Wow.
How do you see this?
Bottom right of the market page with Enhanced Steam.
PandaPedinte
Member
Install Enhanced Steam.
You would save a significant amount of money if you waited for the daily deals.
MarcoZombieCannon
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Enhanced Steam, go to the market and scroll down on your active listings/home, it'll be on the right side.
emiranda061288
Banned
lol... very bad deal when both are 7.50...
Beat it in 2 hours (according to steam) but it felt slightly longer, great game and amazing story.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
What's MVM dropping to sell something like that? I haven't played TF2 in years so I wouldn't know.
MMBosstones86
Member
also a good reminder that GMG almost always has a coupon available. I saw Remember Me pop up at $12.50 and didn't think anything of it w/o the coupon. oops
Garcia
Member
To all people still asking if SimCity 4 is worth it: Yes, don't hesitate and buy it. At $5 bucks it is a great deal.
I was just about to purchase Wizardry 8 but thanks to a Youtube Let's Play found out it's turn based rather than action oriented. I'm glad I didn't buy it since I wouldn't be touching it at all. I've increasingly lowered my tolerance towards turn based systems if they don't offer any sort of semi-active elements thrown in.
I was just about to purchase Wizardry 8 but thanks to a Youtube Let's Play found out it's turn based rather than action oriented. I'm glad I didn't buy it since I wouldn't be touching it at all. I've increasingly lowered my tolerance towards turn based systems if they don't offer any sort of semi-active elements thrown in.
Where? I see that they're $10 on Steam.
MMBosstones86
Member
time to crack down on SAM usage then, but this sounds pretty awesome
Sadly doesn't work for Enhanced Steam on Opera 12. Not me complaining, just sharing the information any case anyone else uses Opera 12.
Ah, thank you.
Recent update made them drop Australium gold-encrusted weapons. Most expensive one is the frying pan which auctioned out at $5,500.
Check daily to see if cards have been added to any games you own.
Most people are going to use S.A.M. to idle for cards. The reason being is that normally you're supposed to download and then idle.. for larger games this cuts into the time you can have a card on market.
Basically, the best prices will be on launch day (for games with cards), or the day cards go live for existing games.
At that point, it's a race for the bottom. The first person on the market with a card sets the price which inevitably never sells for that price. A good entry price is 40 cents I've seen on average.
Inevitably, people will undercut the lowest price by a penny so they're listed first. When multiple people have the same card and the same strategy the price will bottom out quick. So, either wait until everyone undercuts one another and hope prices rebound, or accept you aren't going to get a lot for your cards.
Higher priced games generally have higher card prices. The ones everyone has (bundles, sale games, etc) are going to be a lot lower. Higher/indie/less common games will average 20-40 cents with foils being higher priced naturally.
TL;DR
Check daily for new cards (under BADGES)
Use SAM to idle for cards
Focus on games a lot of people don't have. Prices are better for them.
Realize it's free money, don't stress about the market bottoming out.
At some point, level up by buying a cheap set of cards (Left4Dead, TF2, etc) -- the reason for this is you get a chance at getting a free booster pack each week. A booster pack is a set of 3 cards. There's a chance of getting a foil in this pack (higher chances for foils at higher XP levels). Boosters sell for more but I always take a chance at getting a foil card.
jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
The problem is that Steam has had predominantly client-side achievements since the very beginning. If they wanted to "crack down" on things like SAM, they would need to patch every game on Steam that has achievements to use their server-side achievement model. They introduced server side achievements several years ago, but don't require new games to use it over client-side.
Since Valve has an overarching policy of not messing with other publisher's game code, I suspect that Steam will not have entirely server-side achievements until that stance changes.
emiranda061288
Banned
heh?
Short of GMG manually verifying the veracity by checking user profiles (e.g. if somebody unlocked all three achievements seconds apart then they obviously didn't obtain them legitimately) I'm not sure what can be done. Some games do use server-side achievements, which renders SAM useless, but I don't think that's something Valve can/would retroactively implement even if it wanted to.
Edit: Beaten.
I would as I love the Fallout/Wasteland series, but the last time I got it on Xbox, my wife took over the system for a month or two. Add in the mods, and I'll never get to play on the laptop again
Same reason I don't have Skyrim either at this point.
I can't find you on Steam
Link to us your profile and someone will add you.
MMBosstones86
Member
derExperte
Member
Took me 3.8hrs to get all achievements.
steam...
They're showing up as $5 a piece for me, and $10 for the 2-pack.
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