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[Arthea]

"Then only $5 for it"

nah, it's then fivedollar it, as it has to be (><)
to fivedollar something is a word, don't you know?!
It's not about proper grammar is about proper meaning!

 

[Anteater]

one of these days blades of time will be in a bundle again instead of x-blades...

 

[Chariot]

I will $5 the steam sale

Spoiler

probably not

 

[RyanPierre]

I own many games on consoles I haven't played yet, and my greatest fear is that I won't be able to resist re-buying them on Steam during these sales. I really should spend more time working through that backlog.

 

[Casimir]

I don't post much, but I had an idea for the steam community on Neogaf. I know that many of us have more games than we know what to do with...(hoping to break through the 750 mark by the end of the Winter sale!)

To cut to the chase, I wondered if there has ever been a Neogaf Steam Secret Santa? I know there is a Secret Santa in general for Neogaf, but I was thinking more a digital or Steam only Secret Santa, without there having to be anything mailed or worrying about shipping time. I know with wish lists and even the Autumn sale coming up tomorrow it would be a good idea to at least suggest this being doable,and the sale starting would give a good general idea of what prices will be even for the Winter Sale, I thought a small scale secret santa would be a fun idea, and not just everyone using the mystery game giveaway with modbot to give Bad Rats back and forth.

Basically a thread is made, people sign up, a deadline is given to sign up of course as well so it doesn't go insanely out of control, maybe by the end of the Autumn Sale, and after people could look through wishlists and by the very last day of the Winter Sale give their gifts to one another. That way they could maximize sale prices, and even well bypass the 30 day trade restriction if they bought something during the Autumn Sale.


I know that Modbot is still going to be going strong, and maybe this idea is a silly one or even it is something that is already done, I don't know. I just was feeling festive and thought it would be something interesting to suggest.

That sounds like a fun idea. The only issue is Steam related initiatives have a habit of failing when conducted outside the main thread; I would assume this trend will increase moreso now that we are in the moribund community section.

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The collecting urge increases with your game count. Be careful .

nah, it's then fivedollar it, as it has to be (><)
to fivedollar something is a word, don't you know?!
It's not about proper grammar is about proper meaning!

Five dollars*

 

[Knurek]

What are those tiny red/green lines in the corner!?

WinUAE has an option to show drive status like this.
Off the top of my head, green is power LED (which doubles as a lowpass cutoff filter on Amiga), red is disk drive activity.

 

[Snakethesniper]

This looks fantastic! I love the artstyle, hope it'll be written just as well.


It was supposed to be a bear, but somehow the eyes got lost..



If you haven't already figured it out yourself: I think this FAQ will answer all your questions.



I think you get more exp if you pick them up. Not sure though.


It's already 7am ;p

Thank you!

 

[Geobobfrank]

That sounds like a fun idea. The only issue is Steam related initiatives have a habit of failing when conducted outside the main thread; I would assume this trend will increase more so now that we are in the moribund community section.

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The collecting urge increases with your game count. Be careful .

I thought as much as well, thus I posted it in this thread first. Felt better to suggest it here as I think it it's "safer" here to do so as well and keep it managed. I just didn't want to hijack a thread.

The collecting urge has already long since been a part of my life, I think after getting close to 5000 games spread across every gaming console since the Atari 2600, and now living in Tokyo, where I have to forbid myself from visiting certain districts of the city too often in order to keep my wallet safe.

 

[Arthea]

I will $5 the steam sale

Spoiler

probably not

lemme give you some perspective. $5 is price of a small pizza margherita here, not minipizza, but small enough to feel you haven't eaten all that much (minus price of delivery of course), and it's not $5, it's 4€, but that's besides the point. So, if you wish only to $5 a game, it means a game is barely worth skipping a meal that's not that much of a meal, but still.

Spoiler

OK, I'll stop here (><)

Five dollars*

you are hopeless!

Spoiler

you can make your own version, also the verb can't be plural, but you feel free to ignore that too (><)

 

[The-Bean]

Are cutscenes in Sleeping Dogs (not definitive) pre-rendered or something? I'm getting 60FPS constantly but at times the cutscenes look like they drop to 30.

 

[Sini]

Eh

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I don't think it's worthy of poop icon. Its controls were bad, but everything else was okay.

 

[Dragon1893]

I own many games on consoles I haven't played yet, and my greatest fear is that I won't be able to resist re-buying them on Steam during these sales. I really should spend more time working through that backlog.

If you get them for cheap it's worth buying them for the visual/performance upgrade.
Besides, you can sell them, that's what I've been doing with console games that were ported to PC. For example, I sold FXIII and XIII-2 for more than what they cost on PC.

 

[derExperte]

http://steamcommunity.com/games/insurgency/announcements/detail/222129761223760298

Humble Bundle Boosts Insurgency's Community to Over 1,000,000 Players

With the success of Humble Jumbo Bundle 3, Insurgency&#8217;s community has grown to over one million players. Since November 11th, the community has more than doubled.

 

[kudoboi]

Im hoping dreamfall chapters will go on sale

 

[Gintoki]

http://steamcommunity.com/games/insurgency/announcements/detail/222129761223760298

Avg. active players

Peak is still at 10k players (before the bundle, in August)

 

[wetflame]

http://steamcommunity.com/games/insurgency/announcements/detail/222129761223760298

I'd be interested to see how much the active player base has increased. The way this is written it could just be saying "the number of people with Insurgency has increased to 1,000,000."

Edit: Gintoki has my back.

 

[Chariot]

lemme give you some perspective. $5 is price of a small pizza margherita here, not minipizza, but small enough to feel you haven't eaten all that much (minus price of delivery of course), and it's not $5, it's 4€, but that's besides the point. So, if you wish only to $5 a game, it means a game is barely worth skipping a meal that's not that much of a meal, but still.

Spoiler

OK, I'll stop here (><)

People should calculate prices in workhours. Like "man, that game is half an hour work" or "Shit, did I just worked a whole day only for this game?".

 

[Nzyme32]

Is there a reason why SteamDB seems to indicate that "everything was demo" till about 2 hours ago?

 

[Knurek]

People should calculate prices in workhours. Like "man, that game is half an hour work" or "Shit, did I just worked a whole day only for this game?".

You would get some interesting results here in Central Europe (extremely low wages, prices for games higher than in UK)...

Spoiler

I'm making less than 4€ per hour ;_;

 

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[FloatOn]

I hope south park is on sale the very first day. Pls valve, do at least 1 thing right

yes! exactly.

I want to buy south park for around 15 bucks. I heard it's short so I just can't justify spending $40 on around 10 hours of content despite how much I love the source material and that paper mario combat.

 

[Naked Snake]

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Monaco -- MB-80661201A1DA52B1 - Taken by iosefe

 

[Arthea]

People should calculate prices in workhours. Like "man, that game is half an hour work" or "Shit, did I just worked a whole day only for this game?".

I try not to do that, because I would end up with some pitiful hundreds of games instead of thousands!

Spoiler

what only means I'm paid way too little (._.)

Lol, I got lucky and vanille insta-killed a big Ochu boss with Death
Anyway, those hunt missions are not too hard if you use a guide to know how act before the fight will start.

the hell? how is it even possible to be this lucky?

 

[madjoki]

Is there a reason why SteamDB seems to indicate that "everything was demo" till about 2 hours ago?

Looks like Steam redirected demo-version pages to main (full version) pages.

 

[Dr Dogg]

yes! exactly.

I want to buy south park for around 15 bucks. I heard it's short so I just can't justify spending $40 on around 10 hours of content despite how much I love the source material and that paper mario combat.

Well if this is anything to go by...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ICSSO78/

I wouldn't say short as it took me about 18-20 hours to finish up and I've still got some side quests to do. Great game though nonetheless.

 

[RyanPierre]

If you get them for cheap it's worth buying them for the visual/performance upgrade.
Besides, you can sell them, that's what I've been doing with console games that were ported to PC. For example, I sold FXIII and XIII-2 for more than what they cost on PC.

That's a good idea, but I kinda like collecting them. Not sure I could ever sell any of my games. I'm the same way with movies. I hope I'm not a hoarder.

 

[nightstorm]

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[Dragon1893]

That's a good idea, but I kinda like collecting them. Not sure I could ever sell any of my games. I'm the same way with movies. I hope I'm not a hoarder.

I can understand that, but do you really need 2 versions of the same game? Are you going to replay the PS3 versions when you have the option of playing them on PC with higher res and fps? If not, why keep them?

 

[L.O.R.D]

Could also be Crime Cities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz7CHe3y-lo

Though you do more than just flying.

hmm , it look close to Crime Cities in fact
can i change the view ? or its always shooter game like this ?

 

[Arthea]

I can't be only one that wishes voxel games never became a thing, can I?

 

[Haunted]

G'day guys I overslept and woke up at 2 PM lol.
Anything I missed or should look forward to?

Oh shit, sorry bro.

You missed the autumn sale. It was great, wish you would've been there.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Oh no! Why did you post this? I lost so many hours already on those videos ;_;

That's so cute!

Glad I'm not the only weirdo.

It started with some friends laughing at those vids in mumble then we realized that two hours passed by.

Also, goes well with Rammstein.

 

[wetflame]

I can't be only one that wishes voxel games never became a thing, can I?

Eh. I don't play any voxel games but I don't care that they exist. I'm not forced to play them and some people enjoy them. I hear that Minecraft game is very popular, plus there's that survival based one, 7 Days to Die that does something different with voxels.

 

[cardinalmind]

Hope there's no insanely good sale tomorrow (sale starts at 3am here?). I have to memorize two whole parts of the DSM V for an exam.
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Quick question: I have a few complete card packs waiting to be crafted, should I wait for the winter seal to craft them. Not really in touch with the Steam card shenanigans.

 

[Da DreadLord]

Sale better have a nice front page, and not just a list like the halloween one..

 

[Widdly Scuds]

Hope there's no insanely good sale tomorrow (sale starts at 3am here?). I have to memorize two whole parts of the DSM V for an exam.
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Quick question: I have a few complete card packs waiting to be crafted, should I wait for the winter seal to craft them. Not really in touch with the Steam card shenanigans.

unless things change, only the summer and winter seal have meta games, just wait a few more weeks.

 

[Ban Puncher]

What are those tiny red/green lines in the corner!?

Mega CD indicator lights on an emulator.

 

[Turfster]

Nobody reads my posts confirmed!
Guess I'll do it myself =p

Amazon is having a Squenix sale, 50-75% off the usual suspects
Gamersgate updated their Thanksgiving sale dailies, always check DRM before buying (no, TWD2 isn't Steam)

Steam keys for Ilamentia now up for IR Debut 21 through Desura

 

[wetflame]

Hope there's no insanely good sale tomorrow (sale starts at 3am here?). I have to memorize two whole parts of the DSM V for an exam.
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Quick question: I have a few complete card packs waiting to be crafted, should I wait for the winter seal to craft them. Not really in touch with the Steam card shenanigans.

It seems like most of the sales in the Autumn sale will be repeated in the Winter sale, so you won't miss much by ignoring this one.

If you've got cards to craft, wait until the Winter sale, the last few Winter/Summer sales have had metagames where you get special cards etc for crafting badges during the sale and it's likely this will happen again.

 

[Arthea]

Hope there's no insanely good sale tomorrow (sale starts at 3am here?). I have to memorize two whole parts of the DSM V for an exam.
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Quick question: I have a few complete card packs waiting to be crafted, should I wait for the winter seal to craft them. Not really in touch with the Steam card shenanigans.

Ya, winter sale most likely will have some metagame, hopefully badgecrafting related, while autumn sale won't have it. You want to wait a little more.

 

[Haunted]

I feel like a sprinter getting ready in his starting block.

Too bad I won't be here for the first couple hours it goes live.

 

[Naked Snake]

I feel like a sprinter getting ready in his starting block.

Too bad I won't be here for the first couple hours it goes live.

Is there a good reason to need to be there as soon as it goes live? Don't game sales last at least 12 hours?

/steamnoob

 

[Turfster]

Is there a good reason to need to be there as soon as it goes live? Don't game sales last at least 12 hours?

/steamnoob

Price mistakes.

 

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Nights into Dreams -- MB-78F5358339D4A655 - Taken by Dragon1893
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed -- MB-0C1AB4BD4EF11CA0 - Taken by Kuroyume
Total War: ROME II - Caesar in Gaul (DLC) -- MB-95F43B3D6F15F5BA
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[cardinalmind]

My mouse is a bit wonky but thanks for the replies guys. Noted, I'll just let them stay in my inventory for a little while. Unless Valve makes a crazy idea of making the cards have a definite lifetime, to make the crafting of the cards more necessary than ever.

Gotta lie low for a few hours and study a little bit. I'll just adopt a "Good things come to those who wait" mentality to calm my excitement.

 

[Kagemusha]

Flash sales last 4 hours. Also, if you wait to buy during the December sale you get a card drop every $10 you spend.

 

[A Fish Aficionado]

Hope there's no insanely good sale tomorrow (sale starts at 3am here?). I have to memorize two whole parts of the DSM V for an exam.
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Quick question: I have a few complete card packs waiting to be crafted, should I wait for the winter seal to craft them. Not really in touch with the Steam card shenanigans.

My condolences. The DSM V is a giant turd.

 

[wetflame]

I'm semi excited about the sale, but only in the sense of "oh I guess this is what I'll get in the Winter Sale" rather than for picking anything up specifically.

 

[Vazduh]

Resi 5 75% pl0x