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STEAM | December 2014 - Read OP for winter sale questions

Maxwood

Oh rock of ages, do not crumble, love is breathing still. Oh lady moon shine down, a little people magic if you will.
It's the third night of Hanukkah, which mean it's time for another giveaway. Darth Kupi won Thief II yesterday and this was his first choice for today:
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FTL: Faster Then Light -- MB-8EBDE0BE53B0C1BD - Taken by snack. 2 entrants total.

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A small reminder for the winner: Please PM me the name of the game you want to see in tomorrow's giveaway. This should get interesting with the sale starting today. One simple rule: It must be available on Steam for 10 Euro's or less. (since I still don't own a money tree)
If I don't receive a reccomendation in 24 hours, i'll get one of the titles some other nice Gaffers recommended or choose one myself.

Happy holi(seal)day's! :)
 

Fantastapotamus

Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
My goal is to only buy I games I actually really want to play this time. Don't want to bloat my library any more.

STOP LAUGHING I'M SERIOUS
 

Volotaire

Member
I can't wait to get my hands on the new Lara Croft co-op game. Guardian of light was a superb co-op game with many interesting and engaging puzzles. Then there was the funny 'roll in a circle' animation that you could do and thwart your friend's plans of getting more gems by bombing them.
 

iosefe

Member
It's the third night of Hanukkah, which mean it's time for another giveaway. Darth Kupi won Thief II yesterday and this was his first choice for today:

A small reminder for the winner: Please PM me the name of the game you want to see in tomorrow's giveaway. This should get interesting with the sale starting today. One simple rule: It must be available on Steam for 10 Euro's or less. (since I still don't own a money tree)
If I don't receive a reccomendation in 24 hours, i'll get one of the titles some other nice Gaffers recommended or choose one myself.

Happy holi(seal)day's! :)

such a good choice.
 

Dusk Golem

A 21st Century Rockefeller
I bought more gems at the end to buy something expensive from the auction that's less expensive if I win it, with only two copies left... I must be mad.
 

Lomax

Member
PSA: Gems are dropping in price like a rock and will probably drop even farther, sell now if you haven't already (which you should have).
 

Phawx

Member
I'm most likely going to jump in to the xmas meta and craft like a madman even though it's probably not wise to do so
 

Dusk Golem

A 21st Century Rockefeller
I have like, $150 going into this Steam Sale. I'm not prepared this year. Also what made the just mentioned gem buying stupid, but I'm going all in~
 

jshackles

Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
jshackles is it possible to make a skin like "2014 Holiday Profile" in enhanced steam ?
since its for limited time and can be activated via ES

Yes, it's definitely possible and something I'm looking towards doing if/when they introduce more profile skins. It'll be similar to the custom profile background feature, where you'll be able to select the one you'd like and everyone with Enhanced Steam will be able to see it.

I'm not sure how this will play out with the holiday profile skin, because all of the animation sprites, images, and javascript resides on Steam's servers and if I want people to be able to see it with Enhanced Steam I'll probably need to mirror those assets elsewhere.

In the mean time, if you'd like to see what your own profile would look like if you were among the super-rich, you can copy and paste the following javascript into your console (Ctrl+Shift+J in Chrome or Firefox) while visiting a profile

Code:
(function() {
    $J("head").append("<link href=http://steamcommunity-a.akamaihd.net/public/css/skin_1/holidayprofile.css rel=stylesheet type=text/css>");
    $J(".profile_header_bg_texture").append('<div class="holidayprofile_header_overlay"></div>');
    $J(".profile_page").addClass("holidayprofile");
    $J.getScript("http://steamcommunity-a.akamaihd.net/public/javascript/holidayprofile.js").done(function() {
        StartAnimation();
    });
})();
 

Chariot

Member
I manage to leave early. Now the question remains if I manage to arrive on time at home. Chances are bad, because I barely know where I am and probably far from home. Wish me luck.
 

X05

Upside, inside out he's livin la vida loca, He'll push and pull you down, livin la vida loca
So the new region locks don't affect that? Good to know :)
Yep, at least that's something good out of this.

That was pretty useful, thanks!

The heart knows what it wants. ;)
Hah, it sure does!
Tales of and Gundam VS on PC, Scamco pls

That could have been one of the longest catch up posts ever. Damn you, Chrome!
Yeah, I was so sad and disappointed :(
This one is somewhat long though!

Someone explain this to me.
Capcpom trolling.

Oh man. I know that. I have over 300 friends, most of which I never even talked to.

Sometimes I want to clear out but I think folks will think I have a grudge or sth.
I generally don't talk much through Steam (if at all) because I don't have Steam open most of the time... plus the chat there sucks (I'm almost blind and have to edit the configs to increase the font size every time there is an update, and it's really annoying).
BUT, it's nice to have people there, I also enjoy looking at what my friends buy, reading the reviews, recommendations and such :D

Do you guys use howlongtobeat.com?

I started playing SoundDodger. It's cool, but howlongtobeat says it is about an hour long, yet there seem to be a ton of songs.
I use it on occasion, but mind that it's not really accurate unless the game has many entries.

thread for tomorrow's done and its so dumb
no u.

Just like the questions that'll get asked in it 24/7.
Like it has always happened...

Hello, i'm kind of new in here, my acoount was activated minutes ago. Have been wandering this thread for a while, waiting for activation and i'll be arround here mostly so wanted to say hi.
Welcome! :D

Yeah, but do you like Dino Crisis?
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Welcome though regardless.
I'm still waiting for Dino Crisis 3, I don't think it's ever coming at this point :(

Really?
Here (Italy) premiere was today (in fact my cinema charged me 2€ more, but it was worth).
Here in Uruguay and Argentina the premiere is on January 1st for some stupid reason, since the other 2 were released on time (not as bad as Star Trek Into Darkness here in UY though, that one was released in September of that year... you could rent it already :/)

Interesting, my auction winner badge now says it's worth 200 xp instead of the 100 it was a couple days ago.
Yeah, they changed that the 16th.

Then I'm not the only (?)
Well, no?
There are several Latin American GAFers here, yours truly included :)

HOW can you fuck up Tetris?
It's like the most documented game, hell pick any game dev book and the chances that the example game is Tetris is like 90%

Are Argentinians like unicorns?
You have no idea how much I'm restraining myself from posting some
tasteless
jokes about that.

oh wait ... here's a fixed version:

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Bwahahahaha
#dead

There's a lot of movement going on there. Not really natural.
And wow at the child swimsuit for the first girl. Wow.
DOA gonna DOA.

She is 18 dammit
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Also settings for movement.
Off(Not on Vid)
Natural
DOA
OMG
OMG is so ridiculous. Never change TN.

I'll have to play through Wolf Among Us before I decide if I like Telltale's style enough to get JP. Saw that shot over on a movie forum, and man it's been a long time since we got a decent dino flick.
JP is kinda terrible, not story wise (although I haven't finished it), but the gameplay is meh and really buggy.

There's no such language.
I can understand PT-BR just fine but have a really tough time with PT, so I'll argue otherwise :p

Nope. It was 90% off at the time.
Hah, for some reason I thought you got them at $1 a pop, rather than cents.

You can own a language like that? Who gave them the authority?
IIRC in essence it's like the Spanish equivalent "RAE" (Real Academia Española), which oversee the language and determine what is and isn't valid and all that.
Not "own" per se.

Sooo... Is there an Australian English? Or Irish English? I have trouble understanding them sometimes at the office. And I am super fluent in American English.
Of course there is.
Australian English is probably just "Koala Kangaroo spiders spiders spiders kill it with fire" :p
j/k

So what's everyone's #1 "no matter what I'm gonna buy this" game for this sale?
The GFWL games that I'm missing since those seem prime for removal, and whatever licensed Acti garbage is getting removed by Jan 1st.
Hopefully Jase can help with the latter :)

Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

Over 400 outfits included in the game
About 3 hour long Story Mode
Featuring Music from all DOA fighters.
26 Stages
Tag Mode
Team Battle Mode (7vs7)
Survival Mode
Training Mode
Combo Challenge
Online Play
Online Training Mode
Etc.


Do not let the game pass you by.
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I did my part!
This is also a triple-dip D:

You must be this mad, to lose your fucking marbles.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=357693142
What a weird way to protest.
Also it's removed already it seems.

Nuuvem Christmas Sale is here and it is a bit disappointing. Will there be dailies on nuuvem?

http://www.nuuvem.com.br/promo/ressaca-fimdeano
Started already?
Nice.

In other news, greenlight is on the roll, another 18 games were greenlit, short list for those interested:

Cyber-Chicken
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=354082876

Unsettled
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=353389820

Fossil Echo
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=350592181

Missing Translation
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=346625739

Son of Nature - Bushcraft survival simulator!
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=328006645

Tea Party Simulator 2014™
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=317338846

and I omitted last time this one accidentally (><)
Ukrainian Ninja
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=297808298

Eternal Forest still not greenlit, while tea party sim is greenlit... (._.)
I expected Tea Party Simulator to be something completely different.

Probably Alien Isolation or maybe Endless Legend or maybe Sunless Sea or maybe Satellite Reign or maybe...

Well I've given up trying to get my DS3 to work under my new Windows 8.1 setup. Motionjoy is corrupted in a strange way, I think it's a IE issue, the xinput wrapper doesn't work at all, so I've had to dig out my old wired 360 cheapo controller with the dodgy left shoulder button. :(
Get rid of MotionJoy ASAP.

I think the longest I had was something like 4 hours it took for me to drop all Mark of the Ninja´s cards.

On another note, I just gained 100xp on my steam profile for doing...nothing? o_O Weird.
The Disney games take forever to drop, but kinda worth it since the cards tend to sell higher than most.

Morning everyone! Hope everyone is doing okay in this fine but cold day. :)

Today I must make some hot, black coffee and sugar free. Anyone?

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It's pretty hot over here :p
Also, fine with that
but I'll add some sweetener :D

And here's me thinking what with the beverage of choice for the Steam thread and in honour of our fallen comrades everyone would be drinking Russian Caravan today.
Always mate!
Maybe I'll have a shot of vodka in their honor.

Russian Caravan is a black tea, moreover is a blend of lapsang, oolong and/or keemun teas with added spices (the one I normally buy has a nice touch of cinnamon to it). Not all the tea drinkers in the Steam thread drink yerba and out of stuff that looks like drugs paraphernalia!

Anyways Ground Zeroes day today *squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee*
Mate da bes.
Also, it can look like that yes :p

Someone mentions tea in the Steam thread and I am there, regardless of the hour.
Like your bat-signal!
But kinda faulty, since last time I mentioned mate you didn't show up :(

You haven't lived until you've had a White Russian with several espresso shots added and the milk substituted for cream.

And by live I mean see through time and have your heart file for divorce.
I had a glass of White Russian once, didn't enjoy it at all.

I created a tea drink that was made from brewed yerba mate, two shots of yerba mate espresso, powdered yerba mate, and yerba mate extract.

That's a Time Traveler.
O_O

My DualShock 4 is waiting for pickup.

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Nice!
I just picked up my second one, which I'll likely use with my PC instead of the PS4. Such a damn fine controller.

Finally pull the trigger and uninstal FF13 after total 2 hours of playing. Simply not my cup of coffee, I've tried to like it but alas, can't stand it. More power to those who like it.

Anyway, sale is looming. My wallet is ready after selling gems. Bring it on Gabe!
So you dropped it after "moms are tough!"?
*brofist*

Check to see if the box has "For PS4, PS TV, and PS Now" labeling rather than just "For PS4" . Over on the problem sticks thread, this is mentioned as being the more recent version.
Huh, I didn't know about this, I'll check mine later.

I did a good thing on not purchasing this, since I own all the games excluding crappy Nosgoth stuff.
It's a good bundle, anyway, Thief is not like old Thief games, but it's not so bad. Lara Croft is a little, funny game, expecially if you play on coop. Last Remnant, I hate that, Deus Ex the Fall is a light and easy plus short version of Human Revolution.
Show more respect for the best Tomb Raider game of the last >7 years

Don't forget your priorities.
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That a pretty conservative suit for DOA's standards...

Looks like someone has already streamed GZ on PC:

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#dead

Can't find DOA5 on nuveem, I guess it's not there right? ;__;
Doesn't seem like it.

oh its summer hours here so I dont wanna be mistaken

how long from now should the sale go up
16:00

eh, is that country list accurate?

Urgay's in there and I dont thik I can NOT gift stuff to US people yet?


edit: oh, nevermind, it's already in effect. Cant gift anything to anyone, cool!

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well it was fun guys
Hey now!

hey you can but only I can win it

neat!
No, I'm still here >:D

So we get all the problems associated with having cheap prices but we actually pay the same as the US. Thanks, Valve!
Yep, such a bullshit move, especially because we can't gift even if we pay the same as the US.

If they could at least do the equivalent of Brazil's prices but in USD at the very least this wouldn't be so bothersome. Like it is now? Force us to pay full US price for locked copies? Daaaamn.

Gaben, por favor.
That makes sense, so it ain't happening!

Technically, you can get BR's prices, you just have to find someone in Brazil willing to buy it for you. Since the lock only applies to the region as a whole, you can still trade within the region, to take advantage of BR's great pricing.
Still makes no sense, the whole region has the same economic hurdles and not everyone knows someone in Brazil. Also I have friends and family living in US and EU (to which I have gifted games in the past), to which I can no longer give games to, even when I have to pay the same prices as they do.

Sup guys.
So... if I gift something, only people on Argentina, Paraguay, Mexico, Chile and asdf can enter to the giveaway? :v
Only if you are talking about Steam Gifts, CD Keys don't have that issue.

Pretty sure using gems to win the auction for Midnight Club 2 is the cheapest it's ever been.
No, it was free if you joined R* Steam group some time ago.

Would this help to make people wait for the dailies?
Excellent.

I doubt DOA will be discounted further.
#dead
Well played.

Wat.

That's pretty shitty, I was planning on getting it.

Thanks, a couple of good deals in there.

Hiw much are Borderlands Presequel and Mordor on nuuvem?
Blands is cheaper elsewhere, can't remember for how much it was though.

That one was brilliant.
 

Lomax

Member
Or buy them up and hold onto them for a future sale/event?

I expect they'll floor around 50-60 cents per bag, maybe lower. Unless something specific about the winter sale uses gems, expect them to drop in price throughout. Stocking up when they are at low price during the sale is probably a good long term investment though, seems likely we'll see another auction type event.
 

inm8num2

Member
I knew those gem prices would come down at the end of the auction period. ;)

Prices will probably continue to drop through the next couple months, assuming there isn't another auction until the summer sale.
 
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