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STEAM | September II 2014 - Ride the Lightning

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zkylon

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Stumpokapow said:
It would definitely help the discovery queue if "Not Interested" was actually a signal to comparable games; IE if I have clicked "Not Interested" in 117 games with the tags "Anime" "Free-to-play", then it should stand to reason that you probably don't need to add other Free-to-play anime games to my queue. As of right now, Not Interested is just "permanently remove this from my queue and featured stuff", not "send a negative signal to counterbalance other, positive signals for discovery"
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the discovery queue is just useless
 
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BruteUA

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Nabs said:
I see that I no longer have to log into Steam Community every time I restart my browser. I hope this sticks.
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Oh good, it wasn't just me. I first noticed it after a Firefox update and just thought my cookies were jacked up or something.
 
Tizoc

Tizoc

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The Continue option in FF4 is a godsend. The game autosaves the last prebattle or dungeon location you were at last before dieing or quitting the game. Choosing Continue will resume from that point.

Got into a boss fight before using a Tent and Save Point? Quit and Continue.
Died to a really strong enemy? Continue will put you slightly back before fighting that enemy.
 
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Tellaerin

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Stumpokapow said:
It would definitely help the discovery queue if "Not Interested" was actually a signal to comparable games; IE if I have clicked "Not Interested" in 117 games with the tags "Anime" "Free-to-play", then it should stand to reason that you probably don't need to add other Free-to-play anime games to my queue. As of right now, Not Interested is just "permanently remove this from my queue and featured stuff", not "send a negative signal to counterbalance other, positive signals for discovery"
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I really wish you had more in the way of options to "train" the discovery queue. The idea's a solid one, but the current implementation leaves something to be desired. :s I'd love to be able to tell it, "Don't show me this specific game anymore, but show me others that are like it" (for games I already own on another service, and have no intention of rebuying on Steam), or "Don't show me any games with this particular tag" (I'm talking to you, free-to-play.)
 
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Big_Al

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Casimir said:
You just reminded me about the F.E.A.R bundle. Great bundle, but I already own everything except the F.E.A.R 2 DLC, which costs more alone on Steam than the entire bundle. smh.
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The DLC is pretty good and most definitely harder than the main FEAR 2 campaign as well. They took the difficulty criticisms to heart for FEAR 2 and ramped it up for Reborn DLC. It also has you playing as a normal enemy soldier doing the bidding of Paxton Fettel, pretty cool story that leads into FEAR 3.
 
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Crab Milk Mickey

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Cent said:
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The dream has come true
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The gameplay trailer was impressive if only for highlighting that Yuke's still cannot compete with character models from select Xbox 360 games despite more powerful hardware.
 
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Li Kao

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Toshin said:
so the guys at arrowhead are playing gaunlet live on stream right now and also giving away a free in game item over here for I think the first 5k who do this quiz
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Hmm might I ask how all of you got the code ? First few questions are easy but I don't want to watch the stream and spoil myself of discovering the game to get the 3 last ones :-/
I mean, it's a nice marketing campaign, quizz & twitch, but hell I would prefer to discover the game myself.

Edit - Errh, scratch that, I guesstimated and won a crown. Maybe the two last questions are there for fun.
 
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zkylon

zkylewd
i dunno why steam even bothered with this "discovery queue" nonsense when they already established this whole curator thing to get the trouble off their backs

curator thingie is pretty cool, easy to filter by useful stuff (not tags tho -_-) and not recommended by getRandomUselessGame(seed) steam system

just remove the feature altogether and start decluttering the damned storepage.

also put the daily deal somewhere that makes sense

like seriously wtf is up with that
 
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Casimir

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Big_Al said:
The DLC is pretty good and most definitely harder than the main FEAR 2 campaign as well. They took the difficulty criticisms to heart for FEAR 2 and ramped it up for Reborn DLC. It also has you playing as a normal enemy soldier doing the bidding of Paxton Fettel, pretty cool story that leads into FEAR 3.
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..not helping.

*sigh I guess I'll get the bundle then.
 
Nabs

Nabs

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Oh. I just noticed they jacked the screenshot feature from Enhanced Steam.

Well, thanks J. I hope they send you some chocolates or something.
 
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cHinzo

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Really looking forward to that new Borderlands game releasing next month. Only bummer is the price tag. €50 is way too much. D:
 
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HadesGigas

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lashman said:


hey guys ... look what I've found :D look at that price ... go buy it NAO!!! :D
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Gotta commend the developers for keeping a reasonable price on their iphone port instead of multiplying it by 5 to 15 times because it's on Steam now. (Though still looks to be 2x the mobile price without the launch discount).
 
jshackles

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.
Nabs said:
Oh. I just noticed they jacked the screenshot feature from Enhanced Steam.

Well, thanks J. I hope they send you some chocolates or something.
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That'd be nice of them.
Never going to happen.
 
jshackles

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.
madjoki said:
JShacles should totally fix it by making it use CSS3 gradients instead of those ugly compressed jpg gradients, so steam can fix it.
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And then in about 2 years they'll fix it themselves! :)

Volimar said:
At this point we should just give jshackles our wishlist for future steam implementations.
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Don't you guys already do that?
 
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FiveElementNinja

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lashman said:


hey guys ... look what I've found :D look at that price ... go buy it NAO!!! :D
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That's strange. It says it has cards, but when I go to my badges page I don't have any drops for it. In fact, it doesn't even show up on my badges page.


Edit: Oh, I guess it's because it came out today. Cards must not have kicked in yet.
 
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Turfster

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kris. said:
so how exactly do booster packs work again? i just got my first for a game i haven't played in weeks.
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You get them randomly when someone crafts a badge then either sell them, or unpack them for 3 cards, rolling the dice that they either a) contain what you need for a badge or b) contain foils.
Since separate cards are almost always worth more than just the booster, it's usually best to unpack it. (Always check first though)
 
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kris.

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madjoki said:
Booster are granted to random owner of game when someone crafts a badge for that game.
Not related to playing at all.
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ohhhh okay, makes sense. just kinda surprised me when i logged on with a random one haha

Turfster said:
You get them randomly when someone crafts a badge then either sell them, or unpack them for 3 cards, rolling the dice that they either a) contain what you need for a badge or b) contain foils.
Since separate cards are almost always worth more than just the booster, it's usually best to unpack it. (Always check first though)
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makes sense, thanks for the advice!
 
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Li Kao

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Insomnia, new card on the way, I'm going to install windows 8.1 now.
So steam gaf speak now or forever hold your peace, you confirm I won't have to reinstall apps and games once the upgrade is done ?
 
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