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Steam Summer Sale 2013 - Make sure you take the time to thank Gabenbot
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Yeah alright that's what I read just making sure thanks.
I didn't realize but I got most of my cards drops by actually playing :lol
What happened to that 10% off Toki Tori 2 coupon? Is it supposed to stack on top of the sale? I don't seem to have one
I've got one if you want it
toddhunter
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If you owned it before it went free you can idle away. Otherwise you need to spend money to get drops.
otherwise it would be free money
DeadlyVirus
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Yep. Just as every FTP game that has cards. You need to have spent a certain amount to get the cards
Chairmanchuck
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It depends. If you have the "F2P"-Version you need to spend money to get cards.
If you have it through the Orange-Box and have this "founder"-status or whatever that is, you can get cards. At least thats how it was at the beginning. Dont know if they changed it.
Kageshinzo
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Huh didn't know I could do that, thanks! Will try that now.
derExperte
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Going by your avatar I think you should.
Just don't expect realistic tables, Pinball FX is very over the top and flashy, especially the SW tables but all three are good imo. Start with Clone Wars, that's the easiest while Boba Fett takes a while to master.Worked perfectly, thank you dead DrTeflon. Now I'm not the last person on earth who doesn't own Magicka anymore.
PepperJack
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Ah this is true.
I just read the FAQ - DOTA2 and TF2 you must make in-game purchases, unless you purchased TF2 beforehand.
Before you could get cards for just idling, but now they changed it. Sorry for the initial confusion.
Still, you can buy some games with cards, say for ~2.50, and make back $1 fairly easily (for example, Hotline Miami).
I just read the FAQ - DOTA2 and TF2 you must make in-game purchases, unless you purchased TF2 beforehand.
Before you could get cards for just idling, but now they changed it. Sorry for the initial confusion.
Still, you can buy some games with cards, say for ~2.50, and make back $1 fairly easily (for example, Hotline Miami).
pettson3816
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As a matter of fact i love adventure and point & click games, so after Lara Croft i will try The Longest Journey. Hope it's as good as the golden classics Monkey Island, Police Quest series, Indy Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Space Quest etc etc (i could go on forever).. Those were the days.
This is true. In free-to-play games, you have to spend some money to obtain the cards. You can actually see how many drops you'll be able to receive in the 'badge'-tab. I bought Team Fortress 2 years ago in The Orange Box, so my version is technically not free-to-play and lets me obtain several cards.
That's funny, we played Civ V for like 5 hours last night joking about how we wished it had cards.
Jables Swan
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Going by your avatar I think you should.
Cool. I'll definitely pick it up some time during the sale.
What's wrong with free money? (><)
if a game is free already
Just to make a quick recommendation for Thomas Was Alone. Really fun puzzle-plat former. Not very challenging, but with interesting different mechanics at play. Good soundtrack and narration and an engaging story which was surprising giving the genre and the characters presentation (geometric figures). It's already at a pornographic price so I don't think it will decrease further from that.
Deponia is also a point & click adventure game, but I've never played it so who knows if it's any good.
kurtrussell
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Someone in here might know this: do UK steam gift cards work with US steam transactions?
youd get a game for free, then idle for cards, sell cards, repeat with 1000 alt accounts, get rich, valve gets nothing
I haven't played Deponia or Pinball FX 2, but all of the others are worth playing.
Nice selection!
edit: Looking at your later posts, TLJ is a great point-and-click adventure game. If you like it, there's a good chance that its sequel, Dreamfall, will go on sale as well. It's a classic that is getting a bit more attention with the announcement of a new title in the TLJ universe.
Dungeons of Dredmor is a tongue-in-cheek, visual-heavy rogue variant that is a lot of fun. It never takes itself too seriously, yet has the depth and mechanics of a solid rogue title. We used to have GAF competitions with that game and they were a lot of fun. Framerate drops at times, though you wouldn't imagine why just looking at the screenshots. Fun, fun game.
PepperJack
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Just to make a quick recommendation for Thomas Was Alone. Really fun puzzle-plat former. Not very challenging, but with interesting different mechanics at play. Good soundtrack and narration and an engaging story which was surprising giving the genre and the characters presentation (geometric figures). It's already at a pornographic price so I don't think it will decrease further from that.
It's a solid game.
Gets a little boring in certain places, but it's fresh and doesn't overstay its welcome.
TheNamelessOne
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Valve gets a cut of the cards you sell on the market.
Chairmanchuck
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You can get 10% off from some people here so it would be 44% off.
yeah but in this case theyd still be losing
you still have to sell those cards, no? It won't work if you get too hundreds of them.
Valve gets something even from f2p games, userbase for example.
nvm me, I'm just joking
Well, they'd get 15%, but having an infinite supply of free cards might mess up that whole "and demand" equation.
Just to make a quick recommendation for Thomas Was Alone. Really fun puzzle-plat former. Not very challenging, but with interesting different mechanics at play. Good soundtrack and narration and an engaging story which was surprising giving the genre and the characters presentation (geometric figures). It's already at a pornographic price so I don't think it will decrease further from that.
I second this, thomas was alone is an awesome cute little game. very clever and very charming, and I was very glad it didn't end like I was thinking it'd end
it's also gorgeous to look at, music's pretty moving too
TheNamelessOne
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At least I've gotten cards for two games when I have them running at the same time. I haven't really checked if I get cards for having more running.
Sure you can.
Yes, you can idle in menus. Just have the game running and no you can't run multiple games at the same time on steam.
It would also turn f2p trading cards into TF2 crates... thousands upon thousands on 1 cent offerings
Chairmanchuck
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Find someone to share a 2-pack with you. Then you save a little bit more.
That's wrong - I am running Civ5, Bastion and Skyrim simultaneously right now.
It's gone down to $5.00 before.
Good odds that it'll go lower.
kurtrussell
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Poor Valve :-( You all make me sick. If nobody sticks up for the little guys, then they are going to go under. How would you feel then hmmm?
You can't run multiple games at the same time and get cards for them. Except when you can. It hasn't been consistent lately.
masterkajo
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I'd say -75% if it gets a daily, flash or community deal. Tough last sale it was never a daily, flash or community deal. At least wait until the very last day of the sale (22th) until you buy it for -40%.
It has been 75% off the last few sales (winter, autumn, and last summer I believe)
NingenJanai
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I'm waiting for it and Fallout 3 GOTY ( played the vanilla on 360 ).
zerokoolpsx
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If it's a daily/flash deal or community choice, a good chance it'll be 60%-75% off.
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