Well, this is stupid as shit.
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STEAM | November 2015 - Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty Never Changes
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Well, this is stupid as shit.
FiveElementNinja
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MMBosstones86
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Eh.
....Ehhhhhh.....
Opinions and shit.
Well that's something..
When did lashbot start speaking in email tags? I feel I've missed out on so much.
AcademicSaucer
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Wow, they really want my phone number
This is really stupid.
MMBosstones86
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SSPssp
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This changes everything.
Perfect avatar quote. Amazing!
Sorceress is really fun to play, but you should really play New Vegas with a female character at least once.
Se7enSword
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I thought they would do something like this when they made the community badges.Only thing that surprised me is the time it took for them to implement this.
What if it happens 15 days later instead?!
Well then you can't ask for a refund, but at least it's better than it happening 28 days later.
corrosivefrost
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The picture looks heavily inspired by The Kid from Bastion, so I'm just assuming you agree with me then.
And I don't care about League in the slighest; besides, even if I did, there's not really any story there for a "single player" experience... so even if I did care, I'm pretty sure you could talk all you like about it without worry.
All 3 of the females in Dragon's Crown are great. I found the males to be lacking -- mostly the Dwarf and Fighter.
What's so special about a female character in New Vegas -- I'm doing it now, but haven't really noticed something that seems based on my gender yet?
Windows Phone? Didn't that die with the Zune?
Enter the Dragon Punch
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i'm playing archer!
Leafhopper
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Yeah I only recently got a Android phone and tablet after having only a Windows Phone and no official steam app on there kinda sucked. I don't trade a lot but this is really shitty.
I'd take a wild guess that the situation of fraud / scams is bad enough / too much for them to be bothered to deal with, that such an automated system would be a better result
Can't you use the mobile authenticator without a phone number? Pretty sure you can. I was sure that the phone number is only for account recovery
Leafhopper
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You are correct.
AcademicSaucer
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Fucking ubisoft hasnt added prices for 75% of their games yet, I really wanted to buy call of juarez gunslinger on the sale : (
FiveElementNinja
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Really? I tried it earlier and it wouldn't let me proceed until I entered a phone number. Maybe I did something wrong.
spindoctor
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The reason I'm not comfortable with using the mobile authenticator is because Valve can be very temperamental about the mobile app. They released it 3 years ago and completely stopped giving a shit for 2 years after that. It was only earlier this year that someone decided to start working on it again.
What happens when the new custodian of the app gets bored and goes off to work on something else? And if you run into problems with OS upgrades and the likes, who will fix it?
It's just too risky.
What happens when the new custodian of the app gets bored and goes off to work on something else? And if you run into problems with OS upgrades and the likes, who will fix it?
It's just too risky.
jediyoshi
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Recorded 6 minutes of the new Arkham Knight DLC, then realized it was about 50% of its content
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v4DJ0guMso
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v4DJ0guMso
I hate mobile authenticators because if anything happens to your phone, it's a pain in the ass to get them unlinked, and we all know how responsive Steam support is. I still have a physical authenticator for my Blizzard account and I'd be happy to get one for my Steam account, but I'm not tying it to a phone.
They'll probably exempt the card trading bots like they have in the past.
They'll probably exempt the card trading bots like they have in the past.
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What's the warranty on these cards? I assumed 90 days like most consumer electronics. Might be a bit different over here.
I tried different cables and plugged other devices into the existing cables. I tried all available outputs on the card too. The main trigger was that I can still stream games on the 970... Just not output them to the tv.
I think I'll plug my laptop in the stream games tonight. What a time to be alive.
Leafhopper
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Hmm let me double check, I don't remember needing a number to use the authenticator anyway. I could be wrong.
I now hate Steam. Burn it to the ground!
Chance Hale
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Steam says I have cloud saves for Dreamfall Chapters(11MBs stored) but when I start up the game the only option I have is to start a new game. What do I do?
I am sideloading the android app b/c I don't rock iOS or android, so it is very annoying to me. I would rather have phone or email auth, because, like you say, my number/addy can't be as easily broken/lost.
Steam, give us the option to activate keys as gifts.
Kinguin and G2A marketplace sellers are probably crying right now haha
texhnolyze
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yea no single player but there's a story
for instance
gangplank
killed
miss fortune
he revived
a robot arm
Nyteshade517
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Maybe that's a reason they are doing this?...no idea
There seems to always be some kind of behind the scenes reason that Valve does things. They'll say one thing publicly but the actual reasons usually tend to be different. Like with the sales not having dailies or flash discounts. They say "this will provide a better yadda yadda yadda." Most people seem to think it's all about the new refund system.
That makes no sense at all. You can still send gifts without using the authenticator...
Is it really?
They give you a recovery code off the bat, failing that you can make more anytime via the account page. Should you lose the phone, you use your backup keys in the account section where you can change everything right there. I'm not sure what's hard about it. It was an issue before they changed the account page, just like it was an issue to change your current store location if you live in multiple countries, but now that is also pretty simple to sort out anytime.
Oh I hadn't even considered that. Maybe that is part of the reason for all this as well.
Giving away this, since I thought it was just the DLC, because the image was misleading:
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From what I've seen some of them acquire games from different regions by trading them in bulk and then flipping them. One guy from my steam friend list used to do this. You could get new releases by buying cheap games and trading with him.
texhnolyze
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Anyway, what happens after the 3 days lock?
Will the trade be successful or you basically can't trade without the authenticator?
Will the trade be successful or you basically can't trade without the authenticator?
corrosivefrost
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Yeah, it'd be a bit slower not to be able to trade -- but based on inventory restrictions, it's been hard enough to trade these days anyway. If you're not sending as a gift, you have to have the item in your inventory for <x> amount of time... it's at least 2 weeks, if I remember correctly.
Chance Hale
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Rainbow Siege is intense, your ears start to ring when gunfire happens close to you and you can create new entry points on every wall it seems.
Enemy ai is insanely aggressive on hard, can't imagine realistic.
Enemy ai is insanely aggressive on hard, can't imagine realistic.
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