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Steam Summer Sale 2013 Thread #2 - Many questions answered in the OP's FAQ
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Darkroronoa
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Is market down?I cant get it to show up..
kurtrussell
Banned
No, it's not you, it's Valve. Throughout this entire sale, they've demonstrated that they apparently don't know how to handle any sort of demand.
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
Market's bonked, downloads are bonked, pack it up and go home people, Steam is finally melting down.
chugen
Member
yes you bastard
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
Then my advice stands!
You do know that somebody is going to gift it to you now, right?
Grab Battlestations Midway and/or Pacific. I played the xbox version, so I'm not sure how they run on PC. But they are $2 and $3.
I was too big of a fan of The Secret of NIMH and Redwall as a child to ever be put off by even the strangest stuff I've seen. There is a lot of good stuff with anthropomorphic animals that is unfairly maligned.
But what about the replayibility? I kinda want to buy it if it hits 75%.
Kinky John
Member
Zr40 is tampering with the Steam database.
I wouldn't. I would wait until after the sale is over in order to get it at full price.
Noooooooooo. I don't want it! Keep it away!
You can decline gifts.
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
when did torchlight get cards ?
Fidget was it for me really, 100%. I don't know, at least everyone else sort of wears clothes. Fidget just kind of creeps me out.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
You and I both! I wish I could get it but I'm trying to stretch a budget for the next 7 days.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Mostly going along with the vernacular use in the discussion. I don't usually refer to anthropomorphic animals as furries, though there are a couple of cases the term describes the characters in this game better than anthropomorphic.
Fidget's definitely one of those example. She's closer to the webcomic furry style than she is to even the more creative fantasy creatures that people have made up.
I'd say that Haley's another good example. She's less an anthropomorphic rabbit than she is a human-shaped creature with rabbit-esque features.
Not to knock on the fandom or anything. I'm a brony, so that'd be nothing but hypocrisy on my part.
You'll replay it a lot. The game is focussed around 30-90 minutes playsessions (though there is an infinite mode) in which you need to accomplish certain tasks.
Shadowplay1979
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Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
jshackles:
If Chrome extensions have a local storage mechanism, couldn't you do security like this:
- When user first saves custom background, generate server-side a randomly generated key (sha1(sha1(userid.GLOBALSALT).PERUSERSALT), return it and store it locally. Also record the user's IP address and Steam ID.
- On all future background updates, have Enhanced Steam send the key. Don't process the update unless the key is sent successfully.
- Have the options page display the key and an explanation that if you install Enhanced Steam on a new computer you should copy/paste the key to ensure functions work.
- Only problem would be synchronizing across multiple computers or if the client reformats. If the client sends no key and the IP address matches at an arbitrary level of precision (say Class D/C yes, class B/A/no match no) then return the key to the client or process the gig.
- If the client's main computer travels, they'll have the key. If they get a new key locally they'll pass the IP requirement. It'd only fail if they got a new install and a new location at the same time. So you need a way to vacate user keys; perhaps add a heartbeat from your clients to your server (say one in every 50 steam pageloads send a heartbeat) and if you haven't heart from the user in say 2 weeks, reset the key to blank so that even a user who locks himself out only locks himself out for two weeks.
- Block the abusive user's class B (or even class A or even all traffic geo-iped to the same country as the user) from accessing anything. Imprecise, yes, but easy to support at least.
Obviously this isn't perfect but just as a naive 10 second approach to the problem it seems like it should be possible to make the system work OK. It's a little bit of effort but not too much.
If Chrome extensions have a local storage mechanism, couldn't you do security like this:
- When user first saves custom background, generate server-side a randomly generated key (sha1(sha1(userid.GLOBALSALT).PERUSERSALT), return it and store it locally. Also record the user's IP address and Steam ID.
- On all future background updates, have Enhanced Steam send the key. Don't process the update unless the key is sent successfully.
- Have the options page display the key and an explanation that if you install Enhanced Steam on a new computer you should copy/paste the key to ensure functions work.
- Only problem would be synchronizing across multiple computers or if the client reformats. If the client sends no key and the IP address matches at an arbitrary level of precision (say Class D/C yes, class B/A/no match no) then return the key to the client or process the gig.
- If the client's main computer travels, they'll have the key. If they get a new key locally they'll pass the IP requirement. It'd only fail if they got a new install and a new location at the same time. So you need a way to vacate user keys; perhaps add a heartbeat from your clients to your server (say one in every 50 steam pageloads send a heartbeat) and if you haven't heart from the user in say 2 weeks, reset the key to blank so that even a user who locks himself out only locks himself out for two weeks.
- Block the abusive user's class B (or even class A or even all traffic geo-iped to the same country as the user) from accessing anything. Imprecise, yes, but easy to support at least.
Obviously this isn't perfect but just as a naive 10 second approach to the problem it seems like it should be possible to make the system work OK. It's a little bit of effort but not too much.
Amazing how much a game's position on the front page affects the sales.
4pack is cheaper. Get another 2 dude and go to town in it! (wait, what?)
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
Best game on steam. You should buy it.
You place rats to do stuff, in order to kill cats. Its a really bad puzzle game.
chugen
Member
YOU WANT IT?
It's a poor version of The Incredible Machine. A puzzle game where you create Rube Goldberg setups to kill cats.
Red Rudolph
Member
Holding out for another deal on FC3 (and particularly Blood Dragon), think we'll be seeing it come back around? Missed it on day one.
Gintoki313
Banned
Why did no one mention that Fear 3 is $5? (Unless I missed the conversation)
I looked the game up and it looks decent, and the multiplayer looked fun too (even though I think the MP is probably dead by now). Heck I'll take any horror game that's $5 or less, and Fear 3 looks right up my alley.
I looked the game up and it looks decent, and the multiplayer looked fun too (even though I think the MP is probably dead by now). Heck I'll take any horror game that's $5 or less, and Fear 3 looks right up my alley.
Dongs Macabre
aka Daedalos42
It's very well received by users on Metascore.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
You can decline gifts.
Yes, I know! I'm just being overly dramatic.
I have to agree with that. I try to not let it get to me though, as I rather like the rest of the aesthetic.
Maybe Bad Rats are into furries.
Maybe.
That's the greatest trailer I've ever seen.
I was thinking about something like this:
But thanks for the tip, I'll check those out. They're cheap and they have demos.
Angry Fork
Member
Which of the Dishonored DLC is an actual mission/new map rather than just items?
I really hope you or someone can help him sort this out Stump, it's really sad to see someone trying to destroy something. He's been working hard for the Community, and yet, people don't care and do bad things.
For shame.
derExperte
Member
Both with Dunwall in their names.
Dunwall City Trials is what it sounds like, new maps and stuff but mostly time trial/challeng ebased
Knife of Dunwall is proper story DLC that makes you play as Daud during the same time as the main game's campaign happens
brandonh83
Banned
Does Fallout 3 have achievements? I don't see any so I'm not sure.
Leon Belmont
Member
Rawket Lawnchair
Member
Woo, second foil in less than 2 hours. :-D
dripdripsplash
Member
In other words I wanted to get Kerbel Space Programme but thought that the 12 euro price point was a little bit too much for me, well thanks to this awesome GAFfer DunderHassan I got the game for a measley 9 dollars, gifted through Steam. A painless and quick transaction with PayPal and now I can conquer the universe with my homemade spacecrafts! I definetly reccomend trading with him as he is a nice guy!
Thanks DunderHassan!
Thanks DunderHassan!
cicero
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