That supposed quote from Valve has been floating around for ages but I've still yet to see anyone actually finding the source of the quote or posting a link to it.
Seems like a myth at this point.
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That supposed quote from Valve has been floating around for ages but I've still yet to see anyone actually finding the source of the quote or posting a link to it.
Seems like a myth at this point.
toddhunter
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Yeah $5 is a good price, plus it has been in a couple of bundles. You can do better (but if you really want it, you will get your money's worth)
The post doesn't exist any more. It disappeared along with the original SPUF board.
It's been 75% off during the sale, you must have missed it.
It's also a game that goes on sale every other month.
Jables Swan
Member
I probably would have if I had of gotten my hands on it before it was pulled.
OrlanisWorks
Banned
I've gone through a good thirty heirs in Rogue Legacy in about an hour and a half. I absolutely suck at this game, yet I love the hell out of it.
Don't Starve is something else. Great, yet I havent a goddamn idea what to do after three nights of fires and berries.
Don't Starve is something else. Great, yet I havent a goddamn idea what to do after three nights of fires and berries.
You find the piggies and cows and take their poop.
crazyrabbits
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EA wants to look at your porn dude.
LOL
True, and I'm not saying Steam is perfect. Just that I'm willing to deal with Steam's perceived negatives than Origin's demonstrated ones.
For the simple fact that Steam has been around for a full decade, and we've never seen any evidence of them doing such a thing, yet Origin's shortcomings have been well-documented, such as:
- it tracks changes you make to single-player game files for no real reason
- forces you to be online (no offline mode)
- software stays on the hard drive indefinitely, even after you uninstall it
- scans your PC when you install it
- sells info about users' computing habits to third parties
I think you may be the one who's wide-eyed if you honestly believe Origin is any better than Steam. I'm not saying digital distribution is perfect, as it is subject to plenty of problems, but I'll take the established warhorse over the young upstart.
Dictator93
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Everyone on GAF should own Natural Selection 2.
Please do not forget to buy it.
Please do not forget to buy it.
Well you (and to a smaller extent me and others with...questionable sized libraries) are at least living proof that u can still download games that have been long gone
Hell I just downloaded Blur and Neverwinter Nights 2 the other day
Edit: that FFXIV gif is amazing
Sadly I have zero cards, well except the (worthless) Summer Getaway cards. I only crafted one Winter 2013 badge and have been selling the rest.
I'm not sure how to do that. And yeah, completely missed the 'Gift Purchase' option not one but BOTH times, lol. I emailed Humble support but who knows how long that might take. Any idea how to do what you're talking about?
I sent you a PM with a workaround, but humble support will hopefully be able to sort you out.
What I suspect will happen is that Valve will remove it from their own games, and third parties who agree to do so will as well. But those who don't care, those who actively do not want their games to go DRM free, or whatever will not play ball and those games will end up needing to be cracked. Valve may well be big enough now though that I can imagine Third parties may want to band together to run the Steam service themselves, as their own form of DRM at a minimum. But that'd probably end up being a gradual slide for one reason or another.
But like you said, it most likely refers to Valve's own games. Although I'm sure that in the case Steam goes down there will be the biggest shitstorm of our time over people's non-functioning libraries, so publishers will have to do something about it.
Yeah, but it is an entirely different matter if Steam goes poof.
edit: damn you and your foils. I never get those
Woo!
Dude, buy up the cheap cards, sell high.
I tried that once and ultimately barely made a profit, haha. I'm not going to tempt fate again.
Dictator93
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I have been hoping for like a 75% to 90% off RTCW (starts at $10).
I lost my original copy years ago but think even 5 bucks is too much.
I lost my original copy years ago but think even 5 bucks is too much.
Nikkuthulu
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There was also the Paradox Pack on Amazon (Redeemed on Steam) that had a lot of their games, but included was Crusader Kings 2 and all the DLC up to that point.
I doubt something as large as Steam would implode in one day, we will be able to see that coming for a year.
He probably only has to buy up 3 or 4 until the price shoots up significantly higher. Generally just takes one idiot and the sheep that follow him.
xenoflux2113
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Buy them all up and then sell for 25.00 each.
ebullientprism
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How is Delver? Anyone played it?
1) Steam also checks for altered game files, hence the verifying cache option and how it often doesn't launch games if files are edited.
2) Origin does have an offline mode, I just checked it by opening the client.
3)Are you referring to the game installers? Because there is an option to download the installer onto your computer and keep it there even if you uninstall the game.
4) Scans your PC? For what? Other software? Steam does that too....
xenoflux2113
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Yes it is a fantastic game.
I tried that once and ultimately barely made a profit, haha. I'm not going to tempt fate again.
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I'm glad you fared better; can't blame you for not tempting fate again. =p
The Dear Leader
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Out of the 250 or so cards I've gotten, I've only had 1 foil card drop, it was a Walking Dead card and I sold it for $2.65. True story.
Free game
Wolf Akela
Member
I crafted my cards and got a common item for a space game I never even heard of. This blows.
jediyoshi
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Was someone claiming that Origin was better than Steam? Are you pulling your knowledge of Origin out of a hat from 2011? Everything I'm reading is either completely outdated or wrong or FUD. The initial, single most specific issue you've brought up is something that is neigh indistinguishable from how Steam accomplishes it wherein Origin at the least makes it blatantly obvious how to opt out.
crazyrabbits
Banned
Then I'm wrong on those points.
I'm talking about the platform itself. When you remove Origin from your system, most of it still remains hidden on the hard drive.
What 3rd party programs? Origin never installed anything on my computer except Origin and the games I have on there.
EDIT: Dat ninja lololol
GuardsmanGreg
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It's been 75% off before. The base game's very much worth it at twenty bucks. If you want to wait for a price drop that's not too bad of an idea either as I recommend grabbing two DLCs. The Old Gods and Legacy of Rome make Crusader Kings II go from a great game to an absolutely phenomenal one IMO. Sons of Abraham (The Newest one) is pretty neat too but not a must have. The Music and Portrait parks also aren't required but they give the game some neat little flavor.
The problem with established values is that there is a sizable segment of users that do not look at current prices and likely follow whatever the chart says. That doesn't include the crazy undercutters yet either.
A lot of risk, especially for low volume items like foils.
MisterLuffy
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What do you guys think of Natural Selection 2? Are online multiplayers still active or no?
Haha, I remember that. Buying up cards that everybody and their dog were crafting wasn't exactly the smartest move!
Last new deals
Get it. It is a fantastic multiplayer game. Very unique.
Because you were playing and had a card drop available still. It wasn't a specific action that you did that made you get a foil, the foil was by chance. It could have been a non-foil easily.
MarcoZombieCannon
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Oh god, I forgot how big of a pain this bat boss in Ys 1 is... Out of health potions, no mirror, at the bottom of this dang maze, do you think I really want to slog back down here again after I stock up? I'm going in dry.
Avenge me, brothers.
Avenge me, brothers.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
A reminder if there's any game you want that hasn't been a daily/flash/community deal yet, now's the time to get it. The next flash deal should be the last new deals, tomorrow's sale day looks like it certainly is going the summer route and everything will be off-sale again, except a few select titles for an 'encore' from top sellers at their previous daily prices. All the smaller sale titles will be off sale, so now's the time of you're sure you want them this sale.
Ok thanks. So other foils and booster packs will just drop randomly then when I'm not playing a game?
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