Steam Weekend Deal Thread

[Hawkzombie]

I am on 15Mbit cable...seems like a decent speed. Metered billing is not coming soon, if it ever comes at all now. Even if it does, I would not go back to the asshole duo of Rogers or Bell, even if I have to pay more for Teksavvy.

There's an alternative that's unmetered?!

[LordDon]

Oh man, something clicked with the support role today and I'm liking MNC a lot more now.

[SilentScreams]

I found the trick to MNC is to play the Gunner. Nothing fancy. Just play the Gunner.

Point. Click. Win. :D

[Ghostbear]

Arkham Asylum (http://store.steampowered.com/app/35140/) game of the year edition is only $7.50.

[SilentScreams]

If for some bizarre reason there is someone who doesn't own AA yet, they would be mad to pass it up at that price.

Seriously one of the best games I've played in recent years.

[violent]

Arkham Asylum is a horrible, hackneyed, cheap, broken game. And by horrible, hackneyed, cheap and broken, I mean awesome.

[kyrieee]

Arkham Asylum is a horrible, hackneyed, cheap, broken game. And by horrible, hackneyed, cheap and broken, I mean awesome.
You had me for a sec!

[tacitus]

If for some bizarre reason there is someone who doesn't own AA yet, they would be mad to pass it up at that price.

Seriously one of the best games I've played in recent years.

Of course I have to post the semi-obligatory "but it has securom with activations" comment.

[SilentScreams]

You had me for a sec!

Same here.

Of course I have to post the semi-obligatory "but it has securom with activations" comment.

Naturally. People have to have something to complain about, no matter how trivial. :)

[JayK47]

Gothic series is also on sale.

[Ghostbear]

Of course I have to post the semi-obligatory "but it has securom with activations" comment.

I heard Securom sneaks into your grandmother's house and sodomizes her.

[biosc1]

Has anyone here ever actually run into an activation issue with these limited install DRM games?

Or is it just fun to complain?

[Serapth]

Ok, Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods is...... is it Gothic 3 ++, is it an expansion, or is it a stand alone expansion?

[tacitus]

No DRM problem ... but I fear that I will have an issue ... so I avoid games with activation limits.

... besides I tend to pick up and put down games rather a lot. Plus some games I have played multiple times - I have probably played thief/thief 2 on at least 5 different computers over the years. Plus I am deeply offended that there is DRM on top of steam DRM.

[violent]

I heard Securom sneaks into your grandmother's house and sodomizes her.

I know a guy who was a victim of Securom. He lives in Canada. You probably never heard of him.

[Spigot]

I know a guy who was a victim of Securom. He lives in Canada. You probably never heard of him.Hey! I'm right here!

[Hawkzombie]

$21.25 USD Individual price
$74.99 USD Package price
-$56.24 USD MIDWEEK MADNESS 75% OFF
$18.75 USD Cost to you
$2.50 USD You save

...What?!

[Abyssion]

$21.25 USD Individual price
$74.99 USD Package price
-$56.24 USD MIDWEEK MADNESS 75% OFF
$18.75 USD Cost to you
$2.50 USD You save

...What?!

Don't question it man, just enjoy the savings!

[Spigot]

$21.25 USD Individual price
$74.99 USD Package price
-$56.24 USD MIDWEEK MADNESS 75% OFF
$18.75 USD Cost to you
$2.50 USD You save

...What?!What are you talking about? I'm so lost...

[Hawkzombie]

The individual price (say if you bought them all seperate) is 21.25.
The package price (if you bought them as part of the deal) is 74.99
There's the -56.24 midweek madness price to bring it down to 18.75

...resulting in 2.50 in savings :p...Steam math is weird.

[Spigot]

I'm just trying to figure out what game you're talking about :P

[Hawkzombie]

I'm just trying to figure out what game you're talking about :P

The Gothic pack.

[biosc1]

Ok, Gothic 3 Forsaken Gods is...... is it Gothic 3 ++, is it an expansion, or is it a stand alone expansion?

Forsaken Gods is the standalone expansion.

[Arphahat]

Just wanted to chime in with my obligatory belligerence: passing up Arkham Asylum at $7.50 is worthy of a kick to the nuts!

[Spigot]

The Gothic pack.Ahhh... I gotcha. Lost that amongst the AA ramblings :)

[Panthera]

This is the better Gothic pack. You can play the first two for a good price and ignore the rest: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6375/?snr=1_5_9__403

[kyrieee]

$21.25 USD Individual price
$74.99 USD Package price
-$56.24 USD MIDWEEK MADNESS 75% OFF
$18.75 USD Cost to you
$2.50 USD You save

...What?!

21.25$ is the total price if you bought all the games with their individual discount.

[Stoke]

I really want to pick up the Gothic games but I know deep down I'll never play them. The sooner they put something else up for sale the better. :p

[Vandabo]

Wasn't the original Gothic the one where you could duplicate raw meat when cooking it, and create essentially infinite money and health with it? That was fun.

[Abyssion]

I really want to pick up the Gothic games but I know deep down I'll never play them. The sooner they put something else up for sale the better. :p

This is my train of thought verbatim...

[JayK47]

This is the better Gothic pack. You can play the first two for a good price and ignore the rest: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6375/?snr=1_5_9__403

Owning every Gothic game, I am having a hard time understanding the amount of love the first two get. The first one, the story drew me in, but the controls made the game unplayable for me. I have recently been trying to get into the second game. The story is not drawing me in and I have little idea what is going on. The game punishes you heavily for going down the wrong path. The combat is clumsy and my guy is extremely weak. So combat is mostly luck. It requires a LOT of saving, and quick save by default is disabled. I had to do an .ini edit to get the much needed quick save. Every other building I walk into I get attacked, knocked out, then looted. Not very much fun. As much as everyone seems to hate 3, I find it much more user friendly and I can live long enough to get a level up and complete some quests. I've passed on 2 for now and on to the expansion for 3. So far, not too bad for $2.50.

[Abyssion]

So this is off topic when it comes to deals, but it's Steam related.

I have Steam on my laptop and desktop. On my laptop I can connect fairly quickly and on my desktop it takes about 3 minutes. Anyone know of a reasonable explanation? Both computers are in the same room, and within close proximity of one another. I think it might be a weak wireless card on the desktop though.

[boratika]

$21.25 USD Individual price
$74.99 USD Package price
-$56.24 USD MIDWEEK MADNESS 75% OFF
$18.75 USD Cost to you
$2.50 USD You save

...What?!

It's because it keeps changing its frame of reference. The first line is a sale priced, the second isn't, the third compares sale and non-sale and the fifth compares two sale prices. Confusing, yes.

This is my train of thought verbatim...

Yeah, me too. But I think I'll buy them. Even though it's not like I don't have enough RPGs I haven't even started yet. The Witcher springs to mind.

So this is off topic when it comes to deals, but it's Steam related.

I have Steam on my laptop and desktop. On my laptop I can connect fairly quickly and on my desktop it takes about 3 minutes. Anyone know of a reasonable explanation? Both computers are in the same room, and within close proximity of one another. I think it might be a weak wireless card on the desktop though.

Since about Christmas, I've had serious problems connecting. It wouldn't ever log in automatically and then it had about a one in five chance of connecting. And by that, I mean I needed to close it and restart it to try again (if it wouldn't connect, it wouldn't ever connect without a restart.)

So a few days ago I downloaded the beta client in the hope it would solve the issue. Now it won't connect at all. Ever.

When I could still connect, I think I had better odds at connecting over ethernet than wiffi, while I couldn't connect over GSM. SO, I don't know what to conclude from that.

So yeah, all my games with Steam DRM are now completely unplayable. Oh the ironing.

[tacitus]

One suggestion - is try another router. I was having weird connect/disconnect/instability issues with gametap a few years back. For other reasons, I decided to replace my router and all the problems went away.

[edit - it never occurred to me before that it could be a router issue - the gametap guy - said my connection was bad and "bursty" and I was blaming my ISP]

[Savok]

I actually had that connection problem many years ago. It went away after a couple of months of me doing nothing about it. No help at all I know, but you aren't alone.

[boratika]

Sometime in the last four hours they released an update to the beta client and now I don't have any trouble at all connecting. So you might want to try opting into the beta.


For the first time in months I haven't had to enter my password. It's a Christmas miracle (Valve time.)

[tacitus]

Congrats! Apparently steam pays attention to the CoG "Steam Week Deal Thread" ... who knew? ;)

[Panthera]

Owning every Gothic game, I am having a hard time understanding the amount of love the first two get. The first one, the story drew me in, but the controls made the game unplayable for me. I have recently been trying to get into the second game. The story is not drawing me in and I have little idea what is going on. The game punishes you heavily for going down the wrong path. The combat is clumsy and my guy is extremely weak. So combat is mostly luck. It requires a LOT of saving, and quick save by default is disabled. I had to do an .ini edit to get the much needed quick save. Every other building I walk into I get attacked, knocked out, then looted. Not very much fun. As much as everyone seems to hate 3, I find it much more user friendly and I can live long enough to get a level up and complete some quests. I've passed on 2 for now and on to the expansion for 3. So far, not too bad for $2.50.

If you can't even get over the controls, you're obviously not going to appreciate the game. Combat is not random. You just have to get over that learning curve. The combat is far better than Gothic 3's spamfest. As is everything else about the game.

As for punishing, well, it's a challenging game. You want an open world game where you can win fights everywhere? Play Oblivion.

[MagGnome]

Gothic 2 is one of my favorite RPGs. I absolutely loved it - the characters, the world, the combat...everything.

[Serapth]

Impulse ( yeah, take that you whiny Steam only bitches! ) has Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit on for 50% off today ( 15$ ).

I'm tempted, but to be honest I would rather get this for my Xbox or ps3, but its always 60$ ( btw, wtf ea? ).

[NotJeff]

I'm tempted, but to be honest I would rather get this for my Xbox or ps3, but its always 60$ ( btw, wtf ea? ).

For what it's worth, this played great on PC with an Xbox pad.

[Troggles]

Lead and Gold free weekend. Downloading now to give it a shot.

[violent]

Eh, for $2.50 I went ahead and bought it though I know little of it.

[Ravenlock]

Impulse ( yeah, take that you whiny Steam only bitches! ) has Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit on for 50% off today ( 15$ ).

I'm tempted, but to be honest I would rather get this for my Xbox or ps3, but its always 60$ ( btw, wtf ea? ).

I really enjoy NFS: Hot Pursuit on PC, but I confess that I'd much rather have it on the 360 for the larger friends list. If it integrated with Steam's it'd be great, but it doesn't, so I have, like 2 friends. :p

[Troggles]

Eh, for $2.50 I went ahead and bought it though I know little of it.

I thought about it, but since it's free I'd rather just give it a try. If it sucks, I saved enough money for a couple of drinks from the vending machine.

[Abyssion]

Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is also on sale it seems.

[Savok]

Railworks 2 anti-deal update, now $1138.

[Sandman]

Bought Sacred 2 for $10....they almost never have that thing on sale. Glad I finally have it.

[SilentScreams]

I would have really enjoyed Sacred 2 except for one thing...the damn camera. I seemed to spend 75% of my time in game wrestling with the camera to get it right, especially in caves and other enclosed areas.

That one complaint aside, it's actually a very good game and highly underrated.

[Troggles]

I always wanted to get into Sacred 2, but I only played single-player. I prefer multiplayer in these games, but didnt know many people playing at the time. Hopefully more people get it now and I have someone to play with.

[JayVe]

Holy crap.

Why has nobody ever made a WWII Dinosaur game (http://store.steampowered.com/app/70000/?snr=1_4_4__13) before?

Brilliant!

[Savok]

That... that is awesome.

[SilentScreams]

Nazi triceratops FTW.

...There's one more thing I can cross off the list of sentences I thought I'd never type.

[Scaryfaced]

I'm getting a strong Dino Riders vibe off of that Triceratanks. Which only makes it that much more amazing.

[Serapth]

Nazi triceratops FTW.

...There's one more thing I can cross off the list of sentences I thought I'd never type.

That you didnt post this pic... -25 points.

http://seemslegit.com/_images/253a64bebd85f9fc4963fca99479e280/3317%20-%20animals%20dinosaur%20nazi%20screwed.jpg

[DoctorFinger]

New Potato Sack indie bundle on Steam with some of the best indie games of the past year or so (http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7586/?snr=1_5_9__403).

1...2...3... Kick It
AaAaAA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Audiosurf
Bit.Trip Beat
Cogs
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Killing Floor
Rush
Super Meat Boy
The Ball
The Wonderful End of the World
Toki Tori

[Serapth]

I can't log in to steam right now. I put in a bad password and it tells me instantly, but a good password and it just bounces back to the login screen. When I go to store.steampowered.com it works fine, but support.steampowered.com, no response.

Ugh.

[Stoke]

I already own the games I'm most interested in, and I've never heard of half of those. If you buy the pack and already own a copy of the game you're given a giftable copy. Anyone get an additional copy of Aaaaaa, AudioSurf, or Bit Trip Beat? I may know someone who'd kick some Paypal monies your way. (Hint: His name is Stoke)

Edit: Scratch that. I'm so weak. I rationalized that even if I've never heard of it, if it's in a pack with Meat Boy and Amnesia it's got to be decent.

On that note I have copies of Aaaaa, Amnesia, Defense Grid, and Super Meat Boy. And I just realized 10 minutes ago I was trying to buy a game I already owned. (Amnesia) Steam punked for the very first time.

[Arphahat]

I already own the games I'm most interested in, and I've never heard of half of those. If you buy the pack and already own a copy of the game you're given a giftable copy. Anyone get an additional copy of Aaaaaa, AudioSurf, or Bit Trip Beat? I may know someone who'd kick some Paypal monies your way. (Hint: His name is Stoke)

Edit: Scratch that. I'm so weak. I rationalized that even if I've never heard of it, if it's in a pack with Meat Boy and Amnesia it's got to be decent.

On that note I have copies of Aaaaa, Amnesia, Defense Grid, and Super Meat Boy. And I just realized 10 minutes ago I was trying to buy a game I already owned. (Amnesia) Steam punked for the very first time.

Hmmm... I like this idea. Anyone looking to offload extra copies, the games you already have copies of, I'm missing 123 Kick it, bit trip beat, killing floor and toki tori. Most of these I'm mostly "meh" about, but would be up for buying them off you if priced reasonably. :)

[boratika]

Holy great deals, Batperson! That is great deal.

I can't stress enough how much you should buy this (if you don't already own most/all of the games.) So many delectable gems.

I already have most of them (and the bank accounts looking a tad dry,) so I just nabbed 123 Kick It and Bit.Trip Beat. I've been looking forward to 123 for a while now.

I'm still missing Amnesia, Killing Floor and The Ball. I do intend on getting Amnesia when I have the time to devote to it. Right now is not that time, so 123 and Bit.Trip seem more appropriate.

[Savok]

Almost sadly I own most of those too.

[BLeeP]

Tried the demo for Hoard and loved it. It is pretty mindless, but I'm sure it would be tons of fun in a four player game. I'm a big fan of the board game aesthetic. I'll be sure to pick it up when I'm not down to my last few dollars and desperately looking for a job 8-P.

[SilentScreams]

My brother picked up a four pack of Hoard, so I'll be checking out the MP at some point tonight probably.

[DoctorFinger]

I was going to buy the pack when I realized I already own 8 of the 13 games, and the only one I don't which I'm interested in is Amnesia. I think I'd rather just wait for another sale on that one.

[PathMaster]

Really only interested in AaAaAA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity.

[LordDon]

Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition is up for $10 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/58520/).

Much much improved multiplayer stuff and a ton more team types. Mmmm the REAL Fantasy Football.

[Serapth]

God I've almost purchased Blood Bowl I don't know how many times...... DE edition was on uber cheap during the holidays.

[Camel]

Is Blood Bowl OK as a single-player game? I have thought about buying it every single time it goes on sale, and might finally pull the trigger this time.

[Stoke]

I used to be gung ho about Blood bowl before it came out. I liked the concept that though it would be fun. Before I bought it I watched Giantbomb's quick look (http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-blood-bowl/17-1928/?page=1&sort=first) on it and decided to pass. If you're thinking about picking it up it will probably be worth taking a look at their experience.

[Ghostbear]

It is a really faithful adaptation of the tabletop version. good stuff.

[Camel]

Initial reviews seemed pretty lukewarm, but it seems like a ton has been added to the game since then. I've never played the tabletop version of the game before, so I guess I would just be playing against the computer AI (which was not praised much in reviews).

[jpublic]

I don't know who's responsible for the Dungeon Seige 1 and 2 pricing, but they need to be slapped with a nail-studded 2x4.

[BLeeP]

I don't know who's responsible for the Dungeon Seige 1 and 2 pricing, but they need to be slapped with a nail-studded 2x4.

Ha, that was the first thought I had, but then I noticed that it is actually the price for Dungeon Siege III. You can't buy 1 and 2 separately on Steam, so they just show you the price of III and note the fact that you get 1 and 2 for free.

[tacitus]

And they don't state whether the Dungeon Sieges come with the expansions.

[MagGnome]

They do not.

[kyrieee]

don't pre-order an obsidian game

[Savok]

Eh Fallout: NV worked okay day one... kinda... for Obsidian anyway.

[SilentScreams]

I like Obsidian games, but it's definitely a case of taking the good with the bad.

[evilgoodwin]

Only had one major crash with NV. And it sucked.

But it worked fine almost all of the time (I bought it after the patch).

[Abyssion]

They do not.

Luckily I still have my disc versions of the first two. I never got to play the xpac for the second. Things had progressed to wide screen monitors and having it all stretched out looked terrible. I tried mods but could never get it to work. I'll probably wait for a steam sale of Dungeon Siege 3 before picking it up.

[Wasson_]

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[Spigot]

I made the mistake of looking at the Steamcalculator.com (http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/spigot)site yesterday. My collection is worth, at this moment, almost $3.5K. Sob. Thankfully I didn't pay nearly that much since most of my purchases are the deeply discounted sales, but still...

[Chris_D]

$479.56 USD

*hangs head in shame*

[LordDon]

$1266.01 usd

and a penny!

[LarsenNET]

$5298.93 but almost everything was bought via major sales.

[Blue]

Is Steam broken right now? I'm trying to log on and it keeps telling me I need a code because I'm using a different browser (I'm not) and I have no code and when I try and contact Support I put in my user name and it says that the name doesn't exist (same with email).

What's this new security crap?

[J Arcane]

Did you turn on Steam shield or whatever it's called?

If not, it sounds like someone else did. Or it's a bug. I'd operate on the first assumption and contact Steam support right away.

[Savok]

Your support account is a completely different thing to your normal account.

[Blue]

That was it. Perhaps I did turn it on and don't recall doing so but I just disabled it and it's fine now. Thanks J.

[Spigot]

I tip my hat to you, Larsen. Here I thought I was the most irresponsible one around here :)

[Serapth]

Is Steam broken right now? I'm trying to log on and it keeps telling me I need a code because I'm using a different browser (I'm not) and I have no code and when I try and contact Support I put in my user name and it says that the name doesn't exist (same with email).

What's this new security crap?

Yes, I went through this and its extremely stupid. For me, I was logging on and simply nothing would happen, although on my primary machine everything worked fine. Do the following:

Go to Store.Steampowered.com , click Login and use your steam client credentials. It will then say you need to add the security code it just mailed you, open your mail ( and leave it open ), and grab the code and enter it into the page and continue.

Now, close and start Steam again, it will run an update, then you log in and it will ask you for a code ( again ), which will be yet another code that was emailed to you. Enter that code and you should be good to go.



I gotta say, in many ways Steam's support really really sucks.

[boratika]

$2282.96


Will this will bring me much shame and embarrassment in the elocker room.

[Savok]

Think of it as having saved at least $2000AU when you consider our retail prices.

[rein]

Steam is acting very weird for me. I tried to log in through the website and it didn't let me. When I launched the client it logged me in but wouldn't load my account page. It also is downloading Amnesia again like it has never been installed. It has been installed and I even played it for a bit. All from the same computer.

[Narradisall]

Is anyone else having wierd issues with Steams account billing?

I'm trying to purchase Portal 2, and its declined 3 cards in a row now, it hangs for ages then says its declined.

I know my cards are fine, but for some reason Steam just isn't working on billing via card...

[Savok]

It does that to me sometimes. Wait a few hours basically.

[Narradisall]

Oh well, I suppose my Portal 2 pre download can wait.

- way to make me think my cards had all been cloned for something though.

[Savok]

Made me paranoid at first too, but I've run into it so often now I just throw up my arms in annoyance instead.

[Karmakin]

Yeah I get that all the time too.

Borderlands is the deal for today, 7.50 for the GotY edition. Sold! Just have to wait and see if my wife wants a copy and I might just get the 4-pack.

[Blue]

If anyone wants to do a 4 pack I'd be down.

[Serapth]

Its weird I own Borderlands, not GOTY edition. When I got the Borderlands GOTY it says I already own it, when I go to Borderlands, right click and select DLC, it shows some DukeNukem code and nothing else. Then I select all 4 pieces of downloaded content and try to purchase it I get:

There seems to have been an error initializing or updating your transaction. Please wait a minute and try again or contact support for assistance.

Not Steam's finest hour.

EDIT: Screw it, cart cleared. Steam get your shit together, you just lost my sale! This last week has not been my favorite time dealing with you!

[violent]

Game isn't that good anyway.

[SilentScreams]

Game isn't that good anyway.

You shut your whore mouth! I loved Borderlands! :D

I'll admit that out of me and the three friends who bought a four pack with me, only two of us liked it. It's a very divisive game among my friends and I.

My Steam Calculator thing says $0. I guess I win. Technically it isn't wrong. I've never paid for a game in dollars.

[Savok]

Fighting the bullshit online drained all the joy out of it for me.

[biosc1]

My Steam Calculator thing says $0. I guess I win. Technically it isn't wrong. I've never paid for a game in dollars.

Honestly, your sex life is none of our concern.

[Sandman]

Magicka Complete is $8....I may pick that up. Vietnam got me interested in the game.

[MagGnome]

My guess is that Portal 2 and the ARG are killing the Steam back end.

[Handmade.Mercury]

Only a measly $615.48 here.

[Arphahat]

I could not pass up Magicka Complete and Borderlands GOTY. They are my first Steam Sale purchases this year, so I am still doing pretty good on resisting most of the stuff.

[evilgoodwin]

$1456.96.

Sadly, I think I only started buying games on Steam during the 2009 Xmas sale... Whoops :D

[Abyssion]

Mine is a total of 2809.11. I was a little shocked.

I'm a few games shy of owning 200. 2K Games specials are boosting that number ever so slightly.

[evilgoodwin]

I finally got around to looking at the 2K catalog to see what is left that I don't own. The only games I don't really own by them are games I don't really want (or already own on another system) :P

[Sandman]

My account is worth $1065.38 USD. Seems about right to me.

[J Arcane]

I'm at around a grand, but I noticed there's some serious flaws in it's value calculation. GTA 1 & 2 are counted at $30 each, even though they're actually free in a bundle. I'm sure there's similar anomalies as well.

Still, I know I didn't spend anywhere near that on it either.

[Spectre-7]

$912.39 for me. Oddly, I paid much more than it thinks for some items on the list.

[Blue]

$517.66. I feel like a novice.

[Lance Uppercut]

$1070.33

I am shocked. SHOCKED.

[kyrieee]

I'm not clicking that link lol.
I bought most things heavily discouted anyway.

[Hawkzombie]

2042.26 (http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/hawkzombie)

Huh. I somehow thought it'd be higher.

[Purple Santa]

My guess is that Portal 2 and the ARG are killing the Steam back end.

GLaDOS is killing Steam.

[evilgoodwin]

As long as it's for science.

[Scull]

Yeah, the values there are wrong on every single item I own on Steam. It calculates my collection at a little over $900, but I can tell you that I have spent less than half of that in reality.

[Hawkzombie]

Yeah, the values there are wrong on every single item I own on Steam. It calculates my collection at a little over $900, but I can tell you that I have spent less than half of that in reality.

They use the actual retail value (not any sale price), so it's the worth of the collection, not how much you've paid. My guess is it's because they can't tell WHEN you owned a game, simply that you just own it.

[kyrieee]

Fuck so I clicked it anyway
$1899.65 USD
I hope I bought everything at an average of 66% off, then its only about 600 USD.
I've pretty much stopped buying stuff though, there's so many unplayed things I only buy something if I'm going to play it right now.

This though :D
Steam member since: 2003-09-23
Old school hehe

edit: well great, I was scrolling through my list and I saw Men of War which I just bought on Gamers Gate. Apparently I didn't know I had it because I've never played it. Christ

[Spectre-7]

This though :D
Steam member since: 2003-09-23
Old school hehe

Late joiner, eh?
September 12, 2003 :p

[kyrieee]

Haha :P
I don't know why I was late, I was in the beta before it launched. Wasn't a big fan of Steam at though.

[Spectre-7]

Out of curiosity, how many digits do you have after the last colon on your SteamID?

[Spigot]

They use the actual retail value (not any sale price), so it's the worth of the collection, not how much you've paid. My guess is it's because they can't tell WHEN you owned a game, simply that you just own it.
Aye. A lot of the games on my list are games that I bought at a fraction of the price they're currently selling for, thanks to sales.

That said, I also have several games that I paid $59-69 (for a digital deluxe edition, etc.) that are now retailing for $29-39 or less, so it KIND of balances out, but not really, as those are few and far between and the $30 games that I picked up for $5 at a sale are much more plentiful.

[kyrieee]

Out of curiosity, how many digits do you have after the last colon on your SteamID?

It's 524548, so 6 digits. Evidently they got a pretty big number of signups just in those first weeks.

Aye. A lot of the games on my list are games that I bought at a fraction of the price they're currently selling for, thanks to sales.

That said, I also have several games that I paid $59-69 (for a digital deluxe edition, etc.) that are now retailing for $29-39 or less, so it KIND of balances out, but not really, as those are few and far between and the $30 games that I picked up for $5 at a sale are much more plentiful.

Don't forget those publisher packs with a ton of games. The discounts on those is usually insane.

[Talanvor]

Wow. According to the steamcalculator I have no games and have been a member since 01/01/1970.

[biosc1]

Wow. According to the steamcalculator I have no games and have been a member since 01/01/1970.

You're just a cheap time-traveler...we've known this all along.

[PathMaster]

$605.51 for me, and I know I didn't pay more than $200, more than likely around $150.

[Lint of Death]

I didn't spring for it since I'm out of free spending money for the moment, but did anyone else catch that Portal 2 was bundled with the Potato Sack for about a day? The total was $43.80 or something like that. A truly ludicrous deal for those who spotted it.

[EternalGamer]

I didn't spring for it since I'm out of free spending money for the moment, but did anyone else catch that Portal 2 was bundled with the Potato Sack for about a day? The total was $43.80 or something like that. A truly ludicrous deal for those who spotted it.

Actually it was more like $74. But still a pretty good deal.

[Lint of Death]

Actually it was more like $74. But still a pretty good deal.

Ha, OK, I was probably reading the "you save" amount by accident. Well, not really by accident, they designed the page to have the amount saved far more visible than the real price.

[SilentScreams]

You know, as much as I love Steam, their download servers can suck a dick.

I have 100mb/s internet and I'm currently downloading a game at 235kb/s...

[Spectre-7]

You know, as much as I love Steam, their download servers can suck a dick.

I have 100mb/s internet and I'm currently downloading a game at 235kb/s...

A while back, someone reported really excellent download speeds after setting their location to the Ukraine. Worth a shot.

[MagGnome]

I've always gotten much faster downloads on Impulse than on Steam. Then again, Steam has far more users. Still, they really need more/faster equipment.

[Scull]

I've always gotten much faster downloads on Impulse than on Steam. Then again, Steam has far more users. Still, they really need more/faster equipment.
When I pulled down Portal 2 yesterday I had peak rates of 3.3 Mb, which is the fastest rate I've ever gotten from Steam. I think they may have been planning for this release for a while.

[BigJonno]

Most of the time, Steam almost maxes out my broadband, hitting 2.1-2.3 MBps. I wish they'd add the ability to throttle your download speed as I can't download stuff if anyone else in that house is using the internet, whereas I can set torrents to half the max speed and know that the others can do whatever they need to do.

[Serapth]

Steam normally downloads around half a Meg to a full Meg, while impulse easily hits 3+mb

[Ghostbear]

I almost always get 2-3 mbps on steam. Same with impulse.

[Stoke]

Steam has always maxed out any connection I've put it on, so I'll second the need for a throttle option. It can really get annoying when I'm using the computer for something other than gaming and Steam decides one of my games needs to update, locking my connection down until I pause the download.

[Spigot]

Steam has always maxed out any connection I've put it on, so I'll second the need for a throttle option. It can really get annoying when I'm using the computer for something other than gaming and Steam decides one of my games needs to update, locking my connection down until I pause the download.
Especially on the near daily updates for TF2 and its ilk.

[Panthera]

Fucking hats.

[MagGnome]

Metro2033 is $10 this weekend.

[Purple Santa]

Metro2033 is $10 this weekend.

I saw that then realized the game would not run on this relic. I'll get it on sale when it's $2 and I have a new PC...sometime next year :(

[Savok]

It's just a crappier, linear STALAKER anyway.

[SilentScreams]

It's linear, but I enjoyed it.

[Psykoboy2]

Sins of a solar empire trinity or some such is $21 this weekend on impulse. It's the only game on impulse I've ever been interested in and now I have a pc to run it. Just don't know if $21 is worth it.

[MagGnome]

$21 is definitely worth it. Sins is one of the best RTS titles out there. It's one of my favorite games in any genre.

[Spigot]

What little I've played of Metro2033 was pretty cool. And linear isn't always a bad word.

[Zagrash]

Sins of a solar empire trinity or some such is $21 this weekend on impulse. It's the only game on impulse I've ever been interested in and now I have a pc to run it. Just don't know if $21 is worth it.

$21 is definitely worth it. Sins is one of the best RTS titles out there. It's one of my favorite games in any genre.

I finally picked this up along with Defense Grid when that was on sale for $3.50 yesterday. I found a coupon code on Slickdeals for an extra 10% off, so I got both for $22 total, it might still work - survey2010

Metro2033 is $10 this weekend.

Also found on Slickdeals - Metro2033 is $5 at Gamersgate (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-M2033/metro-2033), and from what the forum on Slickdeals says, this copy can be activated on Steam.

[Savok]

What little I've played of Metro2033 was pretty cool. And linear isn't always a bad word.
Not always, but if you've played STALAKER it shows. Especially with the stores you never have enough money/bullets for.

[Psykoboy2]

Code still works. Brought down the price to $18.

[roboninja]

Metro 2033 for $10? Sheesh, that's nothing (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-M2033/metro-2033).

You can register this one with Steam too, I have heard.

EDIT: Registering CD Key on Steam confirmed, it's installing for me now.

[LordDon]

Very Nice!

[Ravenlock]

Alright, yeah, I'll own Metro for $5. Seems a crime not to. :p

EDIT: And done. DL'ing through Steam.

[kyrieee]

Metro 2033 for $10? Sheesh, that's nothing (http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-M2033/metro-2033).

You can register this one with Steam too, I have heard.

EDIT: Registering CD Key on Steam confirmed, it's installing for me now.

Aaaargh, I've made myself stop buying stuff but that's so tempting

[Purple Santa]

$5? I might buy it for future use.

[MagGnome]

That deal is really tempting...

[Stoke]

Sins of a solar empire trinity or some such is $21 this weekend on impulse. It's the only game on impulse I've ever been interested in and now I have a pc to run it. Just don't know if $21 is worth it.

It's not worth it if you don't like fun. Otherwise it's an awesome deal.

EDIT: Damn non-infinite pages. Didn't realize there was another page of replies. So yeah, what they said.

[Ghostbear]

It's not worth it if you don't like fun. Otherwise it's an awesome deal.

I had to read that sentence 4 times before I understood that you were encouraging him to get Sins.

[Stoke]

I had to read that sentence 4 times before I understood that you were encouraging him to get Sins.

Only the wise deserve my opinion.

[Dahzer the Cosmic Fool]

i quiet enjoyed metro 2033 thought it was great, made some hard decisions with the bullets being money too lol, but it doesnt really live up to the book.... although i dont think the book can really be turned into a game that brings it all together

[JRR006]

Ah, I'd definitely bite for 4.99! But alas, their website doesn't seem to like my debit card.

Edit: I guess they just don't care for MasterCard. VISA card to the rescue! Huzzah.

[Purple Santa]

That deal is really tempting...

Great. I'll be over with some beer, Tachos and Pizza for payment of use of your PC :D

[evilgoodwin]

Are Tachos like nachos, but with taco fillings too, or tacos with nacho cheese? Either way, I'm for it.

[Superman's Dead]

Are Tachos like nachos, but with taco fillings too, or tacos with nacho cheese? Either way, I'm for it.

holy fuck you guys

[MagGnome]

Great. I'll be over with some beer, Tachos and Pizza for payment of use of your PC :D

Great! :D


Are Tachos like nachos, but with taco fillings too, or tacos with nacho cheese? Either way, I'm for it.

Tachos are nachos that use tater tots instead of chips. They are awesome.

[evilgoodwin]

Great! :D




Tachos are nachos that use tater tots instead of chips. They are awesome.

...my god....

[Hawkzombie]

Dammit...Now I want Nacho covered in Tachos.

[evilgoodwin]

Tacho nachos.

[MagGnome]

At least three restaurants/bars in the Twin Cities have them. They are heavenly.

I'll try to find a picture later.

[Psykoboy2]

Tachos do exist (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/13/taco-bell-nacho-cheese-dorito-shells_n_848579.html). In testing anyway.

[resikel]

http://media.avclub.com/images/articles/article/51179/Tachos2_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg

[evilgoodwin]

I'd like to take that behind the middle school and get it pregnant.

[MagGnome]

Yeah, resikel posted a good example of tachos.

[J Arcane]

Much better looking than Sonic's:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v644/J_Arcane/f62d6607.jpg

[evilgoodwin]

Ick. Never get them with chili.

I mainly go for the Frito Wraps, due to them being portable Frito Pies.

[Ravenlock]

God dammit I would eat those so hard.

[LordDon]

God dammit I would eat those so hard.

What Raven said...

[crazyD]

The whole point of the chip in nachos is to give you an edible platform to contain the toppings. A large, flat or slightly curved surface is ideal. Why you would replace the backbone of the nacho with a small, rounded object just befuddles me.

[Savok]

You may as well use a spoon then, more cost effective.

[MagGnome]

You eat tachos with a fork. Duh! Here is a poorly-lit photo of the tachos I get at a local bar from time to time. They are wonderful:

http://www.flexamail.com/GetImage.ashx?Id=4415

[Purple Santa]

You eat tachos with a fork. Duh! Here is a poorly-lit photo of the tachos I get at a local bar from time to time. They are wonderful:

http://www.flexamail.com/GetImage.ashx?Id=4415

Glad to see I started a Tacho movement w/ the help of Mags of course :D

Mags, those look awesome! I'll be there on Monday and we'll grab a beer.

[MagGnome]

Glad to see I started a Tacho movement w/ the help of Mags of course :D

Mags, those look awesome! I'll be there on Monday and we'll grab a beer.

That bar (Stubb & Herbs (http://www.stubandherbsbar.com/Stubs/Welcome.html) on the U of M east campus) also has fantastic beers on tap. Let's go!

[Hawkzombie]

Dammit. You guys are making me hungry...

[resikel]

There's also the Super Fries. Not as sexy as the Tachos but a nice change in pace if you want something close.

I get this from a place called, "Alberto's Mexican Food" in Southern California. You can also get it half-and-half: half fries, half nachos.

http://howeslyfe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/IMG_5580-830x553.jpg

[evilgoodwin]

I need something awesomely bad for me. Now.

[Serapth]

It has nothing to do with this thread but I haven't posted it in months.


http://www.mrbreakfast.com/images/p_enormous.jpg

[evilgoodwin]

Yikes. Just, yikes.


Gonna go see what Taco Cabana's "Super Nachos" consist of. Only place I can think of that'll do take-out, since I enjoy nachos in the privacy of my own home.

Or... Maybe Chuy's has take-out... O_O

[resikel]

I had this once - The Hat's Pastrami Chili Cheese Fries. It's humongous and it will kill you.

http://foodbeast.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hat-pastrami-chili-cheese.jpg

[SilentScreams]

And I thought it was just the Scottish that made food for the specific purpose of killing people. :D

[Serapth]

I had this once - The Hat's Pastrami Chili Cheese Fries. It's humongous and it will kill you.

http://foodbeast.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hat-pastrami-chili-cheese.jpg

Thats pretty fucking disgusting.

Now... if the cheese was on top, much different story!

[resikel]

Thats pretty fucking disgusting.

Now... if the cheese was on top, much different story!

Well...this is how they make it.

-VMi7SfekFs

[evilgoodwin]

That's a lot of food.

[Serapth]

I just watched Man Vs Food where he attempted to eat a 180lb burger... size doesn't much impress me. :)

[GigaFuzz]

And I thought it was just the Scottish that made food for the specific purpose of killing people. :D

They're just more efficient here. Same amount of unhealthiness crammed into a regular sized meal.

Edit: And fried a couple more times for good measure.

[Ghostbear]

So steam deals are cool.

[Spectre-7]

So steam deals are cool.

Pfff, way to go off topic. Can't you see this is the junk food thread?

[Scaryfaced]

Does Steam have a deal on chili cheese fries?

[J Arcane]

So steam deals are cool.
Fate of the World is on sale for less than $7.

I'm tempted. That's iPad game cheap.

[evilgoodwin]

I had nachos for lunch/dinner. But I forgot to put the guac and pico on them, and forgot to get sour cream.

But they had ground sirloin on them. And that was good.

I still think they could have been worse for me. Oh well.

[Spigot]

I'm very tempted with Scratches at $7.99, but I own it on disc... It's a decent (and pretty creepy) horror adventure game.

And man, you guys are making me hungry and I just ate supper. At least you haven't started posting Epic Meal Time videos :)

[evilgoodwin]

Nah, there's another thread for that. Probably.

[Purple Santa]

Nah, there's another thread for that. Probably.

There shall be only one thread, this one. Just a stream of consciousness on all things that need to be discussed.

[MagGnome]

So steam deals are cool.

Steamed brussel sprouts sound good right now...with cheese sauce. Mmmm...

Now I'm hungry, and I should be going to bed.

[Spigot]

Great. The weekday/end thread derailment illness is spreading to previously immune threads. It's a super-bug of irrelivancy!

[Purple Santa]

Great. The weekday/end thread derailment illness is spreading to previously immune threads. It's a super-bug of irrelivancy!

That would be true if the only threads you read were the END/DAY threads. Derailment is built into the code of this forum.

[Spigot]

Compared to the End/Day threads, the rest of this place is laser-focused... Until now :)

[boratika]

http://media.avclub.com/images/articles/article/51179/Tachos2_jpg_627x325_crop_upscale_q85.jpg

Just looking at that makes my left arm tingle.



...also makes me hungry.

[Ghostbear]

Seriously, take this conversation elsewhere.

[violent]

I second that.

[Savok]

Oh for god sake, let them eat Tachos.

[violent]

Oh for god sake, let them eat Tachos.

Better yet, let them start a thread on tachos. Its become difficult to find relevant posts.

[Suave Peanut]

How is it not a bigger deal that Fable III is up for presale on Steam?

Does this mean that Microsoft is no longer trying to make their Game for Windows Marketplace into a Steam competitor? It seems like very recently that they relaunched the service.

[Savok]

That's because there's nothing relevant happening.

EDIT: Fable 3 was fucking awful and so is GFWL. This fact has seemingly dawned on both of them, finally, only nobody cares anymore.

[violent]

That's because there's nothing relevant happening.

Even if that were true, it doesn't mean irrelevance has a home.

[MagGnome]

How is it not a bigger deal that Fable III is up for presale on Steam?

Does this mean that Microsoft is no longer trying to make their Game for Windows Marketplace into a Steam competitor? It seems like very recently that they relaunched the service.

I didn't even think about it, honestly. The game is old and there are many much better RPGs on the PC.

Also it doesn't come with tachos.

[Savok]

My god you're right, 20% off the Portsmouth Direct Line Expansion Pack guys! We gotta get on that shit.

[violent]

My god you're right, 20% off the Portsmouth Direct Line Expansion Pack guys! We gotta get on that shit.

As stupid as that sounds, it's actually relevant. See that new thread button that's scattered throughout this site? It's there for good reason. A lot of us frequent and subscribe to this thread and every time it's marked as having a new post, we tend to think it may be of interest. Right now, that mechanism is broken. But I suppose we're the ones being unreasonable.

[Ghostbear]

How is it not a bigger deal that Fable III is up for presale on Steam?



Because it's Fable ;)

[Suave Peanut]

Personally, I don't care fore Fable. It's that a Microsoft-published title is up on Steam that I find interesting.

[violent]

I mentioned this last week when it was announced. While I personally cannot stand the series, I think it's addition to Steam speaks of a more interesting subject.

[Savok]

As stupid as that sounds, it's actually relevant. See that new thread button that's scattered throughout this site? It's there for good reason. A lot of us frequent and subscribe to this thread and every time it's marked as having a new post, we tend to think it may be of interest. Right now, that mechanism is broken. But I suppose we're the ones being unreasonable.
Look what else is on special, a global warming climate change global cooling global warming propaganda simulator (http://store.steampowered.com/app/80200/)! Would like me to go on about the greatest scam in human history and its place in the downfall of western civilization? It's on sale so it's all kinds of relevant.

[violent]

Look what else is on special, a global warming climate change global cooling global warming propaganda simulator (http://store.steampowered.com/app/80200/)! Would like me to go on about the greatest scam in human history and its place in the downfall of western civilization? It's on sale so it's all kinds of relevant.

I suppose I'd be cranky too if I were in your shoes.

[Blue]

Some of ya'll are starting to sound like Dork. Though I still love you all (including Dork).

[violent]

Some of ya'll are starting to sound like Dork. Though I still love you all (including Dork).

Its really quite simple. A conversation was started under a different context and grew large enough to warrant a place where they can continue to discuss it freely. They should continue to have that conversation at their leisure. It should not come at the hindrance though of people who are trying to have a completely different discussion. Everyone can be happy but it would take a minimal amount of effort that some would rather contest.

[Blue]

I dunno, it's just fake nachos. Mind you I'm on medicine now for anxiety and my wife tells me I "lack a sense of urgency" as a result these days. So take with that what you will. Everything these days is "don't worry, it's coooool" which I am now applying to this thread.

[violent]

I dunno, it's just fake nachos. Mind you I'm on medicine now for anxiety and my wife tells me I "lack a sense of urgency" as a result these days. So take with that what you will. Everything these days is "don't worry, it's coooool" which I am now applying to this thread.

It's not an urgent matter whatsoever. It's simply an inconvenience to some of us that could quickly and easily be alleviated.

[Savok]

Oh dear this conversation isn't about Steam sales either, I'm going to have to note it down in my book

http://i1003.photobucket.com/albums/af154/LordSavok/anorak.jpg

[Blue]

It's not an urgent matter whatsoever. It's simply an inconvenience to some of us that could quickly and easily be alleviated.

Oh I wasn't saying it was. Was more saying nothing gets to me anymore so I can't see why we all can't just enjoy games and fake nachos. I'll readily admit your stance is probably more relevant.

[violent]

Oh I wasn't saying it was. Was more saying nothing gets to me anymore so I can't see why we all can't just enjoy games and fake nachos. I'll readily admit your stance is probably more relevant.

I totally hear you. I'm as guilty as anyone when it comes to tangents. I guess I'm just a stickler when it comes to news threads.

[Ghostbear]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but The Last Stand (http://store.steampowered.com/app/56438/?snr=1_4_4__13) mode is now a separate purchase for those interested. It's basically horde mode, but you control your guy with 'RTS' controls. You level up and get new gear/weapons. $10 is not too bad for a fun game mode.

[Stoke]

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but The Last Stand (http://store.steampowered.com/app/56438/?snr=1_4_4__13) mode is now a separate purchase for those interested. It's basically horde mode, but you control your guy with 'RTS' controls. You level up and get new gear/weapons. $10 is not too bad for a fun game mode.

You can play that already if you own the full game right?

[Ghostbear]

Yeah, it's included in every version of DoW2.

[SilentScreams]

Aww, the forum police shut down the most interesting conversation this thread has seen for weeks? You guys are no fun.

Not sure if anyone mentioned this, but The Last Stand (http://store.steampowered.com/app/56438/?snr=1_4_4__13) mode is now a separate purchase for those interested. It's basically horde mode, but you control your guy with 'RTS' controls. You level up and get new gear/weapons. $10 is not too bad for a fun game mode.

I've been playing this quite a bit. It's worth the price, but not much more. It's essentially League of Legends meets Gears of War Horde Mode, but with a cooler setting than both. The difficulty is crazy though, and most of the later waves just come down to cheap kiting tactics.

With that said, I'd actually pay good money for a full fledged game of this type.

[Ghostbear]

For my part, I'd just get DoW2 and get this as a bonus.

[evilgoodwin]

Is there a DoW2 bundle? I'd like to keep my eyes on it for a sale.

edit: ah, found it. nevermind.

edit 2: Damn age gate! I accidentally clicked through and now can't look at mature materials because it might hurt my innocence. Why haven't they disabled this shit for us legals?

[Serapth]

Is there a DoW2 bundle? I'd like to keep my eyes on it for a sale.

edit: ah, found it. nevermind.

edit 2: Damn age gate! I accidentally clicked through and now can't look at mature materials because it might hurt my innocence. Why haven't they disabled this shit for us legals?

My hate of the age gate is paralleled only by my souls funky need to rhyme, mate.

[kyrieee]

I know some people here have really old Steam accounts, but is there anyone else who logs in with an email address? I know 99% of people log in with a username but my username is an ancient email I don't even use anymore and that is actually misspelled because I wasn't very old when I made it. I don't like it! So, does anyone know if you can change that stuff?

[violent]

I still log in using my old email address. Don't know about updating it though.

[Goronmon]

I still log-in using my old e-mail address. Which throws me off because it's the same 'name' part but a different domain because it was a college e-mail. So frustrating.

[Serapth]

I realized just a few months back that steam was tied to my ooooollllld job email address. Oops.

Was suprised how easy it was to change, changing an email is often a complete pain in the ass.

[Savok]

If you validated the email address it is. When I changed email addresses and forgot to change Steam's I had to wait a week for support to fix things.

[Bad Buddha]

ARMA II for $7.99 today. I'm tempted to join the fun with Karak!

[Clark]

ARMA II for $7.99 today. I'm tempted to join the fun with Karak!

Thank you and curse you, Buddha.

I have been kicking myself for not buying this during last year's sale. I have also been very good about not buying games since I have a crazy backlog.

I'm weak.

[violent]

What's the verdict on ARMA II?

[Serapth]

What's the verdict on ARMA II?

Toss me in too, im remarkably ignorant of this game.