Not sure I understand you. You can't give away games that you've already activated. Maybe you're asking something else, if so pls explain.
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Steam Summer Sales 2014 |OT2| The valiant never taste of death but once
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Not sure I understand you. You can't give away games that you've already activated. Maybe you're asking something else, if so pls explain.
Thatoneguy64
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There are three story-based DLCs you should check out. Nightmare on North Point is a Halloween DLC, so think Undead Nightmare but with Chinese mythology. Zodiac Tournament is their take on Enter the Dragon. Year of the Snake is an epilogue to the game. All three are relatively short, and so I wouldn't normally recommend them, but they're more than worth their sale prices.
The other DLCs are a hodgepodge of costumes, cars, and races. You could pick and choose which interest you, or skip them all entirely. I own all of the content from the game, and I didn't really touch the costume stuff. Mostly bought the non-story DLC to support the developers considering I got the main game in a 91% off pricing error during its first sale. Out of the non-story DLC, I'd say Wheels of Fury and the Street Racer pack are most worth it. The former because of the awesome car, the latter because the driving/racing in the game is pretty fun.
Just avoid the Top Dog Silver, Top Dog Gold, High Roller, and Red Envelope packs, as they're essentially just cheats that break the game's economy and leveling systems by starting you out with tons of money and experience.
Oh, and make sure to "buy" and download the High Resolution Texture Pack when you get the game.
buy token, steam gets a cut, repeat, money?
Because there are people like me who want to be on their favourite colour team but also have enough disposable cash to plop $10+ on something that meaningless.
Rickenslacker
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I dunno, folks are quick to assume something nefarious when it doesn't really make sense and oh I guess the Reddit post rallying which teams win which days and the fact that those teams are winning those days is a coincidence.
The idea is that if Valve actually wanted to rig it themselves they could just make it a close race until the finish, at which point if it looks bad aren't you just assuming it's rigged either way?
Sure, but it wouldn't make nearly as much money as if it was a neck and neck race with lots of people trying to craft to pull ahead.
Maybe, though the prospect of a profit is slim now since everyone would have the same foresight/they don't matter if every team is gonna win twice anyway. So the price of them has tanked.
The Dear Leader
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I really like the Zodiac tournament, it was short but fun, and it's pretty much 100% fighting, and I just bought Year of the Snake, I hear it's good too.
Spring-Loaded
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Nope. It's stupidly short and offers no challenge. Frankly, the worst parts about Tomb Raider were the tombs, so there's no point having another one there.
What if it's a Gaffer pretending to be a redditor pretending to be a valve employee under the guidance of his lord and father Gaben pretending to be a redditor linking threads on GAF to ITS TOO SURREAL BRAH
Yea, once it becomes associated with your account (it appears in your library), you can't trade it.
Thatoneguy64
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Someone theorized earlier in the thread (or perhaps the last one) that maybe the contest is set up to multiply the points of each team in a certain way to create a certain result. It could be possible that their system for that has glitched up and multiplied the day's "winner" by far too much each day the past two days.
Or it could be possible that once a team pulls ahead all the others are just giving up. But the other four teams have been suspiciously close today and yesterday. Seems to read "our rigging system is out of whack and no one fixed it yet" to me.
Necromanti
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Well, that's ironic.
Well for onve there are the change tokens.
And further: there are 10 ten days. If every day would be a intense battle onto the last minutepeople would easily see that its rigged. Its logical that one dominating team would be eventual so strong that the others are discouraged.
With a race that is seemingly controlled "by the people" everyone would push their stuff when "their day" is coming.
I don't say that it has to be. It's just a possibility.
Easton Dark
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You've added them to your account?
Then they're yours and only yours.
It was me.
All along.
Of course.
"I want my team to have the most chances at winning something because fuck you."
Sad that a lot of people think that way, but that's what it all boils down to. The possibility of one group dominating the rest is worth more than a certainty that everyone'll get a chance.
And clearly me saying this makes me some kind of hippie.
Shout out to Tenrius for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning - Complete, you just made a cheap guy happy
Thanks!
BinaryPork2737
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The shades of purple and pink the teams are using look so similar that they might as well be the same color, so purple is also winning
Spring-Loaded
Member
So those enormous giveaways people do are for games they never even activated? How does that happen
neoism
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no error.. Ive played the game for 85 hours so its not like I just got it.. I clicked it and it always had a white screen for about 10 seconds or something.... then it when in the game.... but now it takes like over 2 minutes and when I press the start button got go on the servers is freezes and I have to end task :/ I have never had one problem til now... I downloaded DMC and those C++ thingies :*( I uninstalled it all and click again and it just takes forever and the freezes after I press start
A lot come from left overs from the many bundles (Humble Bundle, Indie Gala, Indie Royal, Groupees, etc) that exist. It's easy to buy a bundle for cheap for a single game and then just giveaway the rest later.
BinaryPork2737
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Either they're duplicate keys (usually from bundles) or they're stuff that's been purchased specifically for the purpose of being given away (again, often from bundles).
That's why I have a clmalc document where I look for patterns *puts on tinfoil hat*
Its Tomb Raider, not Tomb Lover.
Stuggernaut
Grandma's Chippy
Do I have more shots at the free games if I generate 1000pts for my team over just 1pt? Or is it supposedly the same no matter what?
Jive Turkey
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Most of them are duplicate or unwanted keys from bundles. Occasionally someone will just be awesome and buy just to giveaway.
yes.1 pt or 1000 pts, same chance
Me and you bud, the dumpster divers of steam sale 2014.
1 point is said to be the limit.
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ProjectOmega2x
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Debating on whether to get Borderlands 2 regular or GOTY Edition. Decisions, decisions...
CosmicQueso
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Your chance of getting hit by an asteroid will be better than winning 3 free games in either scenario, so yes, basically the same no matter what.
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thereisnoif
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I could not get into Kingdoms of Amalur due to the awful fov--even with the fix it seemed wonky.
Right on!
We still have a week it's going to be a deep dive.
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