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    FightTestFightTest Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Only spent $12.00. I actually would have spent more but I didn't pull the trigger early in case some better stuff came up.

    Which makes me think Steam did this a pretty poor way. They cost people sales by leaking out a few games at a time rather than just saying, "Here's all the shit that's going to be on sale and for how much."

    Really once you look past the "hey neat a surprise every day" child-like factor this was a really stupid way to do it. I would have spent more money if I didn't have to hedge my bets on maybe wanting something on later days. I definitely would have gotten Far Cry 2 and maybe Dragon Age, TMUF, and Batman had I known everything at once.

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    TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    haha oh man try running a Valve employee through the Steam calculator.

    I wish I worked at Valve.

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    The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    WTF that's like more money that I made this year.

    Do they get the games free or something?

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    EliminationElimination Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    You own 43 games worth: $789.60

    Not too bad...

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    jambojambo AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    haha oh man try running a Valve employee through the Steam calculator.

    I wish I worked at Valve.

    Press accounts are also tasty

    http://www.ddgamer.com/worth.php?account=jambo

    Although it only says 476 games, when my Steam Community page says 589 =\

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    FremFrem Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Well, Dave K had 763 games. There are 2066 items in the store. If 2/3rds is of them are DLC, mods, or demos...

    Yeah, that sounds about right. I kinda doubt he'd have every single game if he had to buy them.

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    darunia106darunia106 J-bob in games Death MountainRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    You own 85 games worth: $1,177.44

    And I didn't even buy anything during the sale!

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    NAND NORNAND NOR Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Is Mirror's Edge worth $5?

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    PolloDiabloPolloDiablo Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    NAND NOR wrote: »
    Is Mirror's Edge worth $5?

    Yes, definitely.

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    DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I paid $10 initially for a 360 copy of Mirror's Edge (relegated to a Clearance bin, what a shame!)

    I just paid $5 to have it on my PC too.

    I think I would have paid up to $30 after having played it.

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    VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I have 82 games worth almost $900. Although I definitely didn't spend that much. It's too bad there's no way to somehow tell how much was actually paid (sales and whatnot). It'd be fun to see the savings.

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    Two Headed BoyTwo Headed Boy Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Oops, just bought Mirror's Edge.

    Steam owns my soul.

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    IcemopperIcemopper Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Mirrors Edge for 5 bucks?

    Hmmm....

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    ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    FightTest wrote: »
    Only spent $12.00. I actually would have spent more but I didn't pull the trigger early in case some better stuff came up.

    Which makes me think Steam did this a pretty poor way. They cost people sales by leaking out a few games at a time rather than just saying, "Here's all the shit that's going to be on sale and for how much."

    Really once you look past the "hey neat a surprise every day" child-like factor this was a really stupid way to do it. I would have spent more money if I didn't have to hedge my bets on maybe wanting something on later days. I definitely would have gotten Far Cry 2 and maybe Dragon Age, TMUF, and Batman had I known everything at once.

    This occurred to me, actually. I wondered about it... then I shelled out $5 for ME anyway. :lol:

    Perhaps they're testing the waters for their Christmas sale. or they're betting that most people only want one or two titles and won't hold back if they see it pop up.

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    FremFrem Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    ronya wrote: »
    FightTest wrote: »
    Only spent $12.00. I actually would have spent more but I didn't pull the trigger early in case some better stuff came up.

    Which makes me think Steam did this a pretty poor way. They cost people sales by leaking out a few games at a time rather than just saying, "Here's all the shit that's going to be on sale and for how much."

    Really once you look past the "hey neat a surprise every day" child-like factor this was a really stupid way to do it. I would have spent more money if I didn't have to hedge my bets on maybe wanting something on later days. I definitely would have gotten Far Cry 2 and maybe Dragon Age, TMUF, and Batman had I known everything at once.

    This occurred to me, actually.

    Perhaps they're testing the waters for their Christmas sale.

    Oh man. The twelve days of Christmas? :lol:

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    ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    They did have some pretty insane discounts last Christmas...

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    EliminationElimination Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Mirrors Edge for $5? Sold.

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    AuburnTigerAuburnTiger Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm hoping for a few nice discounts for Xmas time; I've put a little STEAM money aside just for this.

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    DarklyreDarklyre Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    You own 21 games worth: $221.83

    I've spent roughly $100-120, as most came from sales or packages.

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    emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I bought Plants vs Zombies for $5, Lucidity for $2.50, and Evil Genius for $2.50.

    I regret not getting Batman for half off - I hesitated and then forgot the sale was for one day.

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    ReznikReznik Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Did anyone else get in the RUSE beta?

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    ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    emnmnme wrote: »
    I regret not getting Batman for half off - I hesitated and then forgot the sale was for one day.

    Christmaaaaaaas.

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    cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I think Mirror's Edge makes the first game I've actually bought through Steam. The only other game I've bought online was Freespace 1 & 2.

    Well, and World of Goo during that insane 'pay what it's worth to you' sale.

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    remlap13remlap13 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Currently waiting for Mirror's Edge to download.. ew.. 30kb/s.. This may take a while..

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    DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    So, does mirror's edge run like absolute ass for anyone once glass gets broken?

    Like from 120 fps down to around 3-4 fps.

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    LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    So, does mirror's edge run like absolute ass for anyone once glass gets broken?

    Like from 120 fps down to around 3-4 fps.

    Turn off PhysX

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    ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    remlap13 wrote: »
    Currently waiting for Mirror's Edge to download.. ew.. 30kb/s.. This may take a while..

    I'm only getting 450kb/s

    the download is going god awful slow :(

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    SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    So, does mirror's edge run like absolute ass for anyone once glass gets broken?

    Like from 120 fps down to around 3-4 fps.

    Knock one of the sliders, I think it was graphical quality, down a notch. Or at least that's what worked with minimal graphic changes for me.

    Unless you're using an ATi Card, in which case, yeah, turn off physX

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    VeganVegan Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    So, does mirror's edge run like absolute ass for anyone once glass gets broken?

    Like from 120 fps down to around 3-4 fps.

    Do you perchance have Physx turned on and aren't running a compatible GPU? In a case like that, Physx duties would get sent to the CPU, which is bad.

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    pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm getting around 500. Oh well, I'm not in any hurry.

    Just visited another forum and it made me remember why I don't go anywhere else. The first topic I saw was an orgy of PS3 fans berating Valve for being "too lazy to develop games for PS3."

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    remlap13remlap13 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    How are you guys kicking so much ass? I even tried forwarding steams ports..

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    SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Spent several hours and made significant upgrades to the calculator. It now includes packages built into the list. It's the most accurate Steam Calculator on the internet!

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    DissociaterDissociater Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Spoit wrote: »
    So, does mirror's edge run like absolute ass for anyone once glass gets broken?

    Like from 120 fps down to around 3-4 fps.

    Knock one of the sliders, I think it was graphical quality, down a notch. Or at least that's what worked with minimal graphic changes for me.

    Unless you're using an ATi Card, in which case, yeah, turn off physX

    Yeah Radeon 4870. Turned off physx and it worked fine.

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    pyromaniac221pyromaniac221 this just might be an interestin YTRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    With the packages included, my dollar amount dropped over 200. Makes me feel much better

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    ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Suds wrote: »
    Spent several hours and made significant upgrades to the calculator. It now includes packages built into the list. It's the most accurate Steam Calculator on the internet!

    I regret to report a bug :P

    It's detecting the games that make up Orange Box and Half Life 2 Complete on my account as separate packages and hence double-counting them.

    (e: and the indie games pack with the hideously long name isn't shown ("The absolute, autonomous, freewheeling, grassroots, nonaligned, nonpartisan, sovereign, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unregimented games pack"). And Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, Red Faction, Red Faction Guerrilla and Saints Row 2 are mistakenly not in the THQ pack).

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    SudsSuds Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    ronya wrote: »
    Suds wrote: »
    Spent several hours and made significant upgrades to the calculator. It now includes packages built into the list. It's the most accurate Steam Calculator on the internet!

    I regret to report a bug :P

    It's detecting the games that make up Orange Box and Half Life 2 Complete on my account as separate packages and hence double-counting them.

    Your reading skills are beyond compare.
    There are a few funny things that go on, like if you own a bunch of the HL2 games but not the Valve everything pack you'll get some overlap (due to some games showing up in some packages but not others - I'm looking at your Lost Coast!). Aside from that though, you shouldn't have any packages show up that you actually don't have.

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    subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I'm getting around 500. Oh well, I'm not in any hurry.

    Just visited another forum and it made me remember why I don't go anywhere else. The first topic I saw was an orgy of PS3 fans berating Valve for being "too lazy to develop games for PS3."

    Uh-huh. So when's Naughty Dog bringing Uncharted to other platforms then?


    Awesome work with the calculator Slim. Though I'm scared to see what my account has cost me over the years. D:

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    bigbadbobbigbadbob Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Reznik wrote: »
    Did anyone else get in the RUSE beta?

    I did, quite the interesting little RTS

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    DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Value with packages is $696. I've spent probably around $400-450 on the account.

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    ronyaronya Arrrrrf. the ivory tower's basementRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Suds wrote: »
    ronya wrote: »
    Suds wrote: »
    Spent several hours and made significant upgrades to the calculator. It now includes packages built into the list. It's the most accurate Steam Calculator on the internet!

    I regret to report a bug :P

    It's detecting the games that make up Orange Box and Half Life 2 Complete on my account as separate packages and hence double-counting them.

    Your reading skills are beyond compare.
    There are a few funny things that go on, like if you own a bunch of the HL2 games but not the Valve everything pack you'll get some overlap (due to some games showing up in some packages but not others - I'm looking at your Lost Coast!). Aside from that though, you shouldn't have any packages show up that you actually don't have.

    Bah, I only saw your PA post and trotted off to check the generated profile, I hadn't read your blog :P

    In an attempt to remain helpful, there's still the THQ package error and missing indie games pack I mentioned above!

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