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STEAM | December 2014 - Read OP for winter sale questions

Pakkidis

Member
Do you get a holiday card if you craft badges now or do you have to wait until the sale starts? Last sale I remember it started early.
 
Ruruja created a buy order of £0.03

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hmm-hmm-hmm bu du du hmm-hmm

best part of the movie.

ontopic:
Not really interested in sale though. Auctions were allright for me.

edit:
at reasonable 'sale' gem prices that is, not "hey, let's pay the same value for the game as any other moment", because people don't read that gems are staying post-auction as well.
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
so this thread is staying open?

huh

people want a place that isnt full of redundant questions that were anwsered 2 posts earlier and can actually still carry conversations...imagine that
 
If I was a seller I would be panicking.

Either they have great faith that Valve isn't going to leave them high and dry after the auction, or they're just dumb.
 

Articalys

Member
Well, now I'm completely resigned to the fact that I've lost money on all this gem business. Just another chapter in my life of hilariously poor purchasing decisions.
 

Lomax

Member
Anyone who is planning on holding onto gems, feel free to lend them to me, I'll go sell them and then replace them for you in two weeks. Steam market totally needs short selling.

so this thread is staying open?

huh

Yep, though someone will have to make a new one when we hit 20000. Hopefully it will be like the fall sale and the main sale thread will keep sale related talk there and this thread will remain largely as is. But we'll see.

Well, now I'm completely resigned to the fact that I've lost money on all this gem business. Just another chapter in my life of hilariously poor purchasing decisions.

Think of it as an early Christmas present to a random stranger on the internet :)
 

derExperte

Member
If I was a seller I would be panicking.

Either they have great faith that Valve isn't going to leave them high and dry after the auction, or they're just dumb.

Whoever suddenly dumped over 200 gems for 64 cents on the market is an idiot. They're already gone and he could've gotten much more for them.
 
Can't really get very excited for the sale after the auction. Got 25 games off of my wishlist for better prices then they're likely to hit during the sale. That will probably do for this year.
 

Monooboe

Member
Weird how one can be this excited at the prospect of spending money, but I am!:D

Even bought the most appropriate beer for the occasion I could find.:D

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Onionkid

Member
Weird how one can be this excited at the prospect of spending money, but I am!:D

Even bought the most appropriate beer for the occasion I could find.:D

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Same here on the excitement! And that's a fantastic beer purchase to go along with the sale! Guess I need to head out to grab some lunch and brews before this kicks off too!
 

Saiyan-Rox

Member
Just wanted to check since steam could be being hammered atm

can anyone loggin to steam (with credentials not saved already of course) I can't login on the app as it kept saying my password was wrong so went to the change my password on the client and now it's saying my password isn't correct....i've tried all the current passwords I have in rotation and nothing! D:

EDIT: Managed to fix it but now I can't use the marketplace...well aint that super.
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
groupees site has been revamped, especially your profile page, which means all the keys your makred as used before are now unmarked...

son of a bitch >_<
 
Why are you waiting? Crafting already gives holiday cards, so there wouldn't be an added incentive to craft during the actual sale, right?

If we get a repeat of the summer sale, you'll get another card when the deals switch over and a chance to win some games. No way of knowing if that will be the case this time though as Valve does like to change things up.

The best incentive for crafting early was selling on the holiday cards at vastly inflated prices but they seem to be quite cheap already.
 

fallout

Member
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.
Yeah, I mean ... the absolute floor should be close to the cost of a booster pack.
 

Lomax

Member
groupees site has been revamped, especially your profile page, which means all the keys your makred as used before are now unmarked...

son of a bitch >_<

My stuff still seems marked, try reloading? Maybe you just caught it during the update.

Edit: I have been the first post on a disturbingly large number of pages this thread. This is what happens when school finishes and I have free time x.x
 

Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
Bound by Flame is 60% off on Bundlestars, cheapest its been I believe, but thats still neither 75% nor has the base price lowered, so no go for me
 

Phawx

Member
My Let's play of Vagante is up:

http://youtu.be/kf3QyeBfF-0


Quick Impressions:

There was a minor mishap in the game where I learned a fire spell (after purchasing it from a friendly vendor) and was testing it when I accidentally set the merchant on fire. The merchant didn’t take too kindly to my prestidigitation and promptly locked his store and tried to slay me whilst enflamed. I didn’t mean to murder the merchant. But since he was already dead, I destroyed his display stand and broke down his locked room and stole the rest of the stuff I couldn’t afford.

This all happened in the tutorial of the game.

Imagine if you took Spelunky (Procedurally generated 2D platforming levels + Permadeath) and you mashed it up with a blend of Skyrim (Elder Scrolls) + Rogue and you’d get Vagante

For being an Early Access title, Vagante is crazy polished. I’m not even sure why this game is labeled as Early Access even after reading the FAQ. There is a ton of variety and a LOT of depth to even master the game at this point. Gripping on to ledges has to be intentional. There is a gravity to the game’s pace that presses real and urgent danger everywhere you turn. Secret areas, Boss fights on each level, crazy thieves, traps. Vagante is amazing.

When the tutorial manages to be fun, you know a game is doing something right. Seriously, I am having a ton of fun with this game.

Be warned though, it’s pretty brutal.​
 

Salsa

Member
I'll buy Black Flag for $10

but it wont be

it's like the third year im waiting for it to drop below $20

only ass creed that looks interesting to me, god damn ubi
 

The_Super_Inframan

"the journey to a thousand games ends with bad rats. ~Lao Tzu" ~Gabe Newell
groupees site has been revamped, especially your profile page, which means all the keys your makred as used before are now unmarked...

son of a bitch >_<

mine are still checked

and I wish more bundle sites had this function, and why is it so hard to send a email when a new game was added to an older bundle *stares at almost all bundle vendors*
 

M.D

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jshackles

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Rhaknar

The Steam equivalent of the drunk friend who keeps offering to pay your tab all night.
is the fall cheap somewhere? I still need to get it

well..."need" is maybe not the right term for Deus Ex The Fall >_>
 

JaseC

gave away the keys to the kingdom.
I'll buy Black Flag for $10

but it wont be

it's like the third year im waiting for it to drop below $20

only ass creed that looks interesting to me, god damn ubi

What about Rogue? I mean, obviously you can't buy the PC version yet, but it's essentially Black Flag 2.

is the fall cheap somewhere? I still need to get it

well..."need" is maybe not the right term for Deus Ex The Fall >_>

It'd probably be a good idea to not refer to it as just "The Fall" as people may confuse it with that other game. ;)
 
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