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This is an old Steam thread, here is a link to a newer one
Steam Community Revamp is Here!
What to do if your Steam is giving you a Fatal Error
Steam Greenlight is now live! Here is the Penny Arcade thread for all Steam Greenlight chat
Here is the Penny Arcade Steam Big Picture Mode Thread, where we all talk about building PCs to hook up to our TVs!
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Steam Community Revamp is Here!
What to do if your Steam is giving you a Fatal Error
Steam Greenlight is now live! Here is the Penny Arcade thread for all Steam Greenlight chat
Here is the Penny Arcade Steam Big Picture Mode Thread, where we all talk about building PCs to hook up to our TVs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUo1PgKksgwAdult Swim + Valve
Coping with Steam: Artistic Commentary on Our Shared Affliction
Most Frequently Asked Questions1. Steam's search tool is cumbersome and not very informative. Is there a website, other than Steam's, I can go to find out what's on sale?
Steam Sales is great for current sales and for the history of each game (when it has been on sale before, etc).
SteamGameSales.com is good for what's on sale now.
SteamGameSales.com is good for what's on sale now.
2. Can I register this copy of (Insert Game Here) on Steam?
Here's a list of games you can register on Steam. You can always add a non-Steam game to your Steam games list, so that people can see you playing it. You can also use this to add your own shortcuts with fake names to your Steam games list to make it look like you're playing Episode 3. Hilarious, right?
3. If I buy a game pack that already includes a game I own, can I gift that game?
Not usually. You're welcome to ask in this thread, although if you Google it it'll probably be answered even faster. Valve games are typically the only packs that let you do this, and even then it sometimes doesn't work.
4. Why isn't {Insert Game Here} available in my horrible little corner of the earth?
Many Steam games might be unavailable in your country if you have the temerity to live outside of the United States. This is not Steam's fault. Regional game availability is determined solely by the publisher, who should be the source of your ire. Gifting works regardless of region so you might find some helpful person in North America who can gift you the game. This very thread is a great place to ask!
5. How do I get an invite to the Penny Arcade Steam group?
The most convenient way is to just post a link to your Steam profile page (getting one of the swank signatures described below makes it easy) and ask for an invite. Just as a word of advice, we tend to prefer that you be a regular contributor to get an invite to the group. The rule of thumb is 6 months of activity on the forums. We are well known for our generosity, and like to make sure any new additions are here for the good of the community, and not to leech during sales. That said, we're a friendly group, so make yourself at home and start posting and you'll be there in no time!
6. As a Classy Person I am giving away a game on SteamGifts. How do I get the pretty picture to post in the thread?
7. My Steam Chat Font is Too Small!
Some Words on GiftingIf you receive a game or pack via a gift or a contest, remember to thank that person either through a PM or by announcing it in the thread. This is not optional. We are classy gentlemen and will act as such.
Steam's new gifting features allow you to store up games in your gift bank when you purchase them, instead of having to email yourself the gift link. It'll be an option during checkout.
A few things to remember as a giftee:
1. Make it possible to track you from PA Forums to Steam. A link directly to your steam ID is usually the most convenient. Remember, your Steam ID is different than your steam name. If you just include text to your steam name, we have to search and scroll through 5 pages to find you (and we may not find you if you're not using the same name/avatar combo!).
2. Make it possible to track you from Steam to PA Forums. Best bet is using similar avatar/name. Understandably, some people don't want to do that. In that case, you should have "I'm ______ on Penny Arcade Forums!" in your profile blurb.
Generally speaking, if you're selected for a gift from a stranger on here it will be, usually, one of two ways:
You will either post in the thread (so they will go to your profile to friend you and then to the store to send a gift.
—or—
Someone will want to gift a certain game and go to the store page where you can see everyone who has it on their wishlist.
Also, remember that a gifter can see when you added a game to your wishlist. If you add it on the day of the sale, you might have a smaller chance of being gifted it than someone who has been interested in it since release. Gifters should also make sure they are identifiable from Steam to PA Forums. Some people are shy and are too nervous to message a gifter and say "hey thanks, I have no idea who you are on forums!"
An Important Word on ContestsIf you decide to run or participate in a giveaway contest for gift copies of games, please remember that all entry submissions must now be made via PM. The forum mods have stated that pages of the thread being filled with pictures, videos, etc. submitted as contest entries will lead to such contests being banned. So please, for the sake of the thread – take it to PMs.
Helpful StuffSteam Mover
Does your Steam library have 800 games? Do you wish you could move some of those games to different hard drives instead of deleting them entirely and then downloading them again when you want to play them? Steam Mover is here for you.
Steam Price Guide
Do you have the misfortune to live somewhere other than America? Steam hates you! Luckily, this cool website with prices for Steam games all around the world is here to help, so you can know if you want to ask an American friend to buy the game for you or not. Hint: you probably do.
Aussies
You need this program.
It reconfigures your Windows IPSEC settings (run it as an admin) to block out all but the servers which don't count towards your download quota on Steam. Now supports a bunch of ISPs through a graphical interface.
Basically guarantees you won't add to your download quota with Steam.
Also: Download TCPview: TCPView
Then, use TCPview to close all Steam TCP servers (this is important, NOT the UDP ones, just the TCP ones). Steam will then reconnect to a different server, which will hopefully get you a better speed. If you don't go faster in a couple of seconds, retry until you get a speed you like.
I've also been told you Aussies might want to try Angus Wolfcastle's SteamManager. Setting it up is easy is you follow the instructions here. If you find you're still being charged for your steam downloads, try changing the setting like in this link here.
Cool Community Add-OnsSteam Signatures
With such a cool service, someone must have done some extra things to build on it. The forums have one such man, who made some super cool Steam signatures. Suds is his name and killing is his game. Except for the killing. The signatures automatically use backgrounds for the games and the correct icon. Pretty neat, and they're 100% free!
Sample signature:
Steam Cleaner
Steam Cleaner is a handy little tool to remove all those .NET installers and DirectX installers and so on that every Steam game downloads because it's apparently 1927 in computer years and nobody has figured out how to let you install a Steam game without going through a 12 step process to reinstall a bunch of stuff you installed yesterday when you played another Steam game.
Steam Calculator
You can also use a script on his Steam Calculator page to see how much your Steam account would be worth if you had taken advantage of some obscure, arcane combination of special deals that nobody could ever have taken advantage of. Or something sort of like that.
Steam Roulette
Having trouble picking a game out of your burgeoning [strike]backlog[/strike] gamebank to play? Let VicWhiten's Steam Roulette decide! Just type in your Steam community ID (easier if you set up a custom URL on your Steam profile page), and Steam Roulette will read your library and randomly pick one game every time you hit "Spin the Wheel!" It even connects to Steam to allow you to install or start the game with a single click.
What's All This About "Serving the Newell?"
Oh, and remember:
And also remember...
Nobody expects the PA Inquisition!
And also remember...
Nobody expects the PA Inquisition!
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But seriously, Civ V is a fantastic game. If you like it give Gods & Kings a try (it's almost always on sale over at GreenManGaming).
So Left 4 Dead 2 is getting Steam Workshop support on PC, Mac and Linux.
No, that wasn't a typo. Linux support for Steam and L4D2 is coming sometime in the middle of next month: Source
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If they continue with Steamplay it would be pretty cool to buy a game and then have copies of it for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Among other things, I know all the Humble Indie Bundle games can be put on Linux Steam.
Martial Arts beat 'em up, good fighting system.
Try the demo and see for yourself. I had a blast with it, but the fact that it's not online multiplayer plus the current backlog doesn't help.
Ends tomorrow at Midnight!
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Might be a server-side issue with Steam.
My son's account can't even log in right now - he was trying to play Spiral Knights and it was telling him his account was invalid, and suggested we log out and back in. Tried to do so and it said it didn't recognize the password.
Tried to reset the password, says the Steam servers aren't available.
My account works fine though. And nobody should have his account - I haven't gotten an email about it being accessed on another PC.
it's a boring steamgifts giveaway, but i'm proud of it.
So enter, you fools.
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Civ V is essentially one-way time travel, as I understand it.
Now playing: Teardown and Baldur's Gate 3 (co-op)
Sunday Spotlight: Horror Tales: The Wine
And it is awesome balls.
The only games that have done that to me are the original Dead Space and Crusader Kings II. It just happened the once with Dead Space; I looked at the clock, saw it was past three and decided I wasn't going to get any worthwhile sleep, finished the game in one sitting). With Crusader Kings II, I start playing at 9pm or so and an hour later it's 2am. That happens on a regular basis.
I got Saints Row the Third today. Going to start that one shortly.
Seriously? I haven't come back since a bit after release, so I don't know exactly what went up. Did people abandon it altogether?
Another issue is they bit off more than they could chew in attempting to model tanks down to crazy details. Sure the interior textures are immersive, but I think their actual playerbase would have been happier to see a few more vehicles.
It's just a wildly uneven, schizophrenic game. I wish Tripwire had just acknowledged that their player base are the guys who drool over TOE charts and scrutinize photographs of obscure WW II era weaponry to try and divine what factory it was issued from.
I do really like a lot of the things they did and updated with RO2 but the missteps that they made are the kind that are difficult to recover from. I and a few other people I know were really interested in the Co-Op campaign that the game was supposed to have for instance, but that's basically vanished at this point and I don't know if it'll ever resurface.
At least the game may make a base for some incredible total conversions that aren't afraid to cater to the games actual player base.
... oh man.
Holy shit that was... perfect.
...purdy please?
As far as I know, L4D2 will be the only Valve game on Linux at first. I'd guess others will come after that, but L4D2 is the only one they've talked about publicly.
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Notables are FEAR 3 and Lord of the Rings War in the North for 5 bucks that are Steam redeemable. Rest are not, but some good deals in there.
This code will also save another 20 percent 1GFT82012 supposedly.
I had some great submissions for my BL2 competition and it was a pretty tough choice but it the end I had to go with @Vamen and his painful, failed attempt at winning over his first high school crush
Congrats man! Get in touch and We'll sort out getting you the game!
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I also kinda wish the War in the North sale was for the 360 since I really only want it as a coop game and apparently the PC version lacks local coop.
Haha WOO! Finally that dreadful evening can have a little positive light.
You're the man, awesome contest. Thanks so much