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[Chanser]

I'm surprised Iron Brigade isn't part of the sale.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Blue I know you are better than this.

 

[zkylon]

Doesn't need uplay

sweet

great news

 

[yatesl]

Trading cards are flying off the shelf.

I've bought 10 TF2 keys so far. I feel bad... but when I can get a game for 80% off vs 50%, my morals get muddy.

 

[Halo 2]

Trading cards are flying off the shelf.

I've bought 10 TF2 keys so far. I feel bad... but when I can get a game for 80% off vs 50%, my morals get muddy.

I'm right there with ya buddy.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

So does that mean people outside America can actually win games or what?

Would that confirm that the daily raffle winners are confined to US territory?

No idea, was hoping someone else would have some info! Seems Washington State simply says a sweepstake must:

Sweepstakes Mailings Must Disclose:

A name and business address where the sponsor may be contacted;
The estimated odds of winning each prize. If the odds are based on the number of entries, the stated odds should be based on an estimated number of entries;
The quality, estimated retail value, and the nature of every prize; and
A clear statement of the payment schedule for any prize.

Mailings Are Prohibited if They:

State or suggest a purchase is needed to win;
Announce an individual has won a prize, when he/she has not;
Contradict or limit the sweepstakes rules or disclosures required by law; or
Imitate government seals to give the impression they have been sent by the federal government.

Which valve have done, however the overall US law states:

Most corporate-sponsored sweepstakes promoted in the United States limit entry to U.S. citizens, although some allow entry by legal residents of both the United States and Canada.

Contest sponsored by Valve Corporation ("Sponsor"), P.O. Box 1688, Bellevue, WA 98009-1688. The sweepstakes is governed by the law of Washington, USA.

However, I managed to see the top line of the T&Cs:

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited by law.

Eligibility: Entry open to any user holding a Steam account in good standing, with a Wishlist containing at least three (3) single game titles that are currently available for purchase during the Sweepstakes. Entrants may win more than one day during the Sweepstakes, but they must have enough titles in their Wishlist to cover awards for each winning day. The Sweepstakes will run ten days, from 10 AM PDT June 19 to 9:59:59 AM PDT June 29, 2014. No payment is required; a Steam account may be established without purchase. One (1) entry per user for each day of the Steam Summer Sale 2014, as describe below. Multiple entries/multiple Steam accounts will be disqualified. Employees of Sponsor (including directors and officers) and their immediate families or affiliates are not eligible.

Entry: During each 24-hour period, a user can earn points for their team by crafting the Summer Adventure 2014 Badge. Entrants will randomly assigned to a team when the click “Join a Team” or when they craft a badge during the Sweepstakes. Entrants may change teams only if they receive or trade for a “Change Team” token, earned during the Sweepstakes. At the end of each daily period, the team with the greatest number of points will be deemed winner. Any user who has earned points for that period’s winning team will be entered into the sweepstakes for that period. All periods start at 10:00:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time on the first date listed, and end 9:59:59 AM PDT one day later.
Alternate Entry: To manually enter the Sweepstakes, each eligible entrant must print his or her name, address, city, state, country, postal code, email address, Steam account name, and telephone number, as well as the day of the sale that the entry is for, on a self-addressed 4”x6” note card and mail the completed form to: Valve Corporation, P.O. Box 1688, Bellevue, WA 98009-1688. Note cards mailed in envelopes will not be accepted prior to June 19, 2014. Note cards mailed in envelopes and postmarked between June 19 and June 29, 2014 will be accepted. No e-mailed or faxed alternate entries are eligible. Facsimiles, photocopies or mechanical reproductions of entries will be void. Alternate entries received after July 1, 2014 will not be eligible for any Sweepstakes. Each user may submit one alternative entry per the day from June 19 to June 28; each day’s entry must be postmarked on that day. Proof of sending or submitting an alternate entry is not proof of receipt of such alternate entry.

It's not clear if the void by prohibited by law means US Citizens Only or not. I don't really know one way or another, but now that I've had a 10 minute look into this I'm pretty intrigued for some reason!

Sadly, by the time anyone asks Valve about this and gets a reply the sale will be over.

 

[SargerusBR]

RED IS BACK BABY

 

[Mogwai]

Mt first Steam sale and I missed the Mirrors edge flash sale?

You'll probably get another chance, or two.

 

[X05]

Any GAFer willing to help me get Bulletstorm?

Me neither, but I heard that it's awesome as well.
Would buy the DVD, but steamsales are murf.

I'll wait for Netflix.

Just go to the main Steam store page and click on "Purple wins Day 1".

But if you can't do that, here ya go.

That totally looks like those AMD/nVidia performance graphs.

Did I choose well, fellow purp brehs?

:O!
Congrats!!!!!

Be interesting to see if the other people were US Based too. With Valve being a US Based Company they sort of have to comply to US laws regarding competitions which means only US Citizens can win.

Unless this is classed as raffle, maybe.

But looking back I can't think of anyone outside of the US who has 'won' anything from Valve. Even the Steam Machines ended up going US only due to regulations and laws.

If it weren't it should be in bright red letters somewhere.

:lol
CoD4

 

[PfantzyPantz]

Green is biding it's time; gathering all their cards. On the final day we will strike with all our force and history will remember us. The last ones standing.

 

[Casimir]

Look, only one Community vote is going to protect the locked box of social security. The other is engaging in fuzzy logic.

Stumpokapow confirmed to be part of Red team.

 

[Vuze]

I just counted the games and had 96 as a result? Maybe my brain is just messing with me tho.

 

[Rockk]

Not sure if there was something already posted but Call of Juarez Gunslinger and Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon are in a package deal for $6.24. Would definitely recommended picking it up if you don't have either.

 

[Halo 2]

Trading cards are flying off the shelf.

I've bought 10 TF2 keys so far. I feel bad... but when I can get a game for 80% off vs 50%, my morals get muddy.

 

[Salsa]

They already said they only paid out games that are available to purchase.

ah, good to know

 

[OnionPowder]

Didn't even think of putting The Witcher 3 on my wishlist.

 

[Zoned]

Where the hell is Witcher 3?

 

[Lomax]

I'm level 7...fuck. Guess I gotta make a badge.

If I reach level 8 will I get the trading card that I earned?

EDIT: Just looked it up and apparently I will get the trading card if I reach level 8 during the sale.

You will but you won't get it until the next time you vote. At least that's what happened with my girlfriend's account.

 

[commanderpepper]

I just got to lvl 8 to receive the cards for voting. I wish I had known before hand, it's my fault for not reading everything.

 

[Sub Zero]

It's the best version of the game lol.

Dude said it's horrible? The fuck...

Ok, I take it back it's not horrible, but it definitely is pretty disappointing.

PS4 version is the best

 

[liezryou]

Any GAFer willing to help me get Bulletstorm?

Yep, add me http://steamcommunity.com/id/xxgozitaxx/

 

[yatesl]

I'm #TeamPurple

Spoiler

not a pink scum

, but thank you! A quick colour swap and I'll have it!

 

[Zeliard]

Where the hell is Witcher 3?

first column

 

[OnionPowder]

Where the hell is Witcher 3?

6th one

 

[yoshizzle]

Where the hell is Witcher 3?

First column, 6 down

 

[Stumpokapow]

Where the hell is Witcher 3?

on the list, you just didn't read it

 

[yuraya]

Public service announcement

According to steamdb.info/sales/, the cheapest game of the sale in EU1 region is Defy Gravity Extended, costing all of 19 cents. It has Steam Trading Cards, and at current card prices the cards you get out of the game will sell for 45 cents. Math is not my strong point but I suspect one could describe this as a decent deal.

For me this was the first buy of the sale. Until now I've just been selling cards and items to build a bank of 50e.

Thnxs for the heads up It actually looks like a fun little platformer

 

[Dice]

Someone who didn't updated their Wishlist in time.

*looks at my own Wishlist*

I better get to updating.

Wait, so it's just a random 3 picked by them, or the top 3, or pick any 3 but he didn't have much on there, or what?

 

[Halo 2]

I'm #TeamPurple

Spoiler

not a pink scum

, but thank you! A quick colour swap and I'll have it!

Just let it soak in..
Pink'n like a Pink

 

[Ephemeris]

<-- Team Green

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

on the list, you just didn't read it

if only s/he had spent at least 90 seconds looking at it surely s/he would've noticed.

 

[Zeliard]

Wait, so it's just a random 3 picked by them, or the top 3, or pick any 3 but he didn't have much on there, or what?

It's the top 3, and only applicable games. Something that is not yet available for purchase, e.g. GTAV, doesn't count.

 

[Stuggernaut]

RE: Games Won from Wishlist

Not sure if people are not reading (or finding?) the rules/FAQ. So in summary!

If you are selected, you win the top three highest ranked games on your wishlist (so check your rankings people!) as long as they're;

• Available for purchase right now (Do Pre-Orders count???!)
• Have not been previously won during this contest (no repeats allowed!)

You can find these rules yourself (and the listing of the games that have been given away so far) by scrolling down to the rewards section on the Summer Sale page and clicking on Free Games.

There is a link to the contest rules underneath the game list.

 

[Salsa]

adjusted proper

 

[Monooboe]

Damn can't buy any games, feels like I'm letting my team down.:/ Too bad cheering doesn't generate any points.

 

[derExperte]

RED IS BACK BABY

And dead again.

 

[Lotto]

Team Purple has too much time

Spoiler

money

on their hands.

Also, seems like Team Green is taking the loss yesterday a little too hard, disgraceful showing so far

Spoiler

i'm on team green

 

[Crayons]

Have not been previously won during this contest (no repeats allowed!)

There is a link to the contest rules underneath the game list.

Wow that's lame.

 

[ExpressGalaxy]

Mt first Steam sale and I missed the Mirrors edge flash sale?

Since this is your first time, know that sales often come back around. Usually only the newer games are on sale only once. Even then they sometimes get rotated twice around.

 

[Vuze]

I just realized Arkham Knight isn't up for pre-purchase as well. Damn. Getting thin in the pricey area of my wishlist.

 

[OnionPowder]

Don't let me down team green

 

[Red]

I Bought That Dino Game -

The Story of Crunched and His Debilitatingly Bad Decisions.

It's genetic. I can't help it.

 

[Finalow]

team green may never die.


(rip)

 

[JBourne]

 

[Salsa]

If you are selected, you win the top three highest ranked games on your wishlist (so check your rankings people!) as long as they're;


[*]Have not been previously won during this contest (no repeats allowed!)

? where are you getting that from? I dont find it, and I believe if that was the case it'd be highlighted front and center.

 

[Lomax]

Who the fuck wasted that chance on Bastion, Audiosurf 2 and Papers, Please?! I am actually angry now. That's it, I rage quit games.

At least a half dozen of them have been bundled, heck Eador is bundled right now. But one would assume at least the people are likely to want to play them.

Edit: Yay! I'm a real boy now. Only took like 3 years of lurking to finally trust myself to start posting.

 

[Dice]

It's the top 3, and only applicable games. Something that is not yet available for purchase, e.g. GTAV, doesn't count.

So an early access like Next Car Game is allowed?

If When purple is in the lead again tonight I may craft a badge...

 

[harmonize]

Yep, I pretty much fell in line with everybody else.

 

[Last Baron]

I just want my Titanfall trial so I can kill time waiting for The Secret World -90% off.

 

[wildfire]

Team Purple has too much time

Spoiler

money

on their hands.

Also, seems like Team Green is taking the loss yesterday a little too hard, disgraceful showing so far

Spoiler

i'm on team green

How is that possible when we have all the benjamins?

Once we're done with team red you'll get your turn