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[STEAM] The Summer Dale is upon us!

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    Crayon wrote: »
    Guess who got a rather large bonus at work today for basically doing absolutely nothing?

    That was you?

    We heard about it at the watercooler at lunch.

    I wouldn't really call giving the boss a handjob every morning "absolutely nothing" though. But if it makes you feel better, congrats!

    ~~ Pixie on Steam ~~
    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
    TehSpectrePanda4YouBanzai5150vegeta_666JungleskyeDoctorArchIolocardboard delusionsElvenshaeStolls
  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited July 2013
    Crayon wrote: »
    Guess who got a rather large bonus at work today for basically doing absolutely nothing? This guy!

    Be prepared to have your collective faces stuffed with gifts this summer dale.

    I wish being a stay at home dad could earn you bonuses.

    Like...one morning when I get my son up he just says "Dad, today, instead of having a meltdown every time you want to actually do something, here's a few thousand dollars!"

    Well...that'd actually probably just freak me the fuck out because he just turned one and my 4 year old doesn't even speak that well.

    But still!

    EDIT: Actually, a bonus would just be him not having a meltdown every time I wanted to do something. That would feel like a few thousand bucks. :P

    The Dude With Herpes on
    Steam: Galedrid - XBL: Galedrid - PSN: Galedrid
    Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
    Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand

    CrayonPixelated PixieDasUberEdwardBroncbusterRagnar Dragonfyrevegeta_666Arithon32JungleskyeDoctorArchIoloDrakePsiberianmysticjuicerKoopahTroopahRoyceSraphimElvenshaeCaptain ElevenUndead ScottsmanironsizideStolls
  • CrayonCrayon Sleeps in the wrong bed. TejasRegistered User regular
    Luchaire wrote: »
    Crayon wrote: »
    Guess who got a rather large bonus at work today for basically doing absolutely nothing?

    That was you?

    We heard about it at the watercooler at lunch.

    I wouldn't really call giving the boss a handjob every morning "absolutely nothing" though. But if it makes you feel better, congrats!

    Pffffft, it was just another Tuesday for me.

    Panda4YouCaptain Eleven
  • DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    Sometimes I step into the space chem thread. Then my brain locks up.

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  • nusunusu Registered User regular
    Doodmann wrote: »
    The mystery cards changed again - now there is a plane on them.

    zRpKv3toxVB2IMiG_uPe3XVWgA4_GMsOs-8TkFcZj3IQEmRfLD-SSN_40nTawoxOZA2TH2hShxy17k2RVRiFagQbaBYwf5ZL26TfMdTck0p5H8ZKMAfTTeH-G4lYE99SHA95Tido107fttByiJzVEXkXlh8yVYBN87IXzARP0HkDGD4fbSLAFYey0S-GytEaL0SXGmYZlBOgrBCSRhKHbToVYEoydMwS1rKHdYKU1BotQJZPNwbXG_CySp4MRNAoARg-SGF1kBDQ54Em0JTUDW1Mk1hzCtU=

    must...resist...crafting...

    I know WoW is not a Steam game, but this quote seems appropriate:

    Blakelow says: A-B-C. A-always, B-be, C-crafting. Always be crafting. Always be crafting!

    TeeMan
  • DoodmannDoodmann Registered User regular
    Luchaire wrote: »
    Well ain't that weird. I just realized I still don't own HL2: Ep 2.

    Heh. :lol:

    I apparently own Ep.2 but not Ep.1
    :rotate:

    Whippy wrote: »
    nope nope nope nope abort abort talk about anime
    Sometimes I sell my stuff on Ebay
  • JragghenJragghen Registered User regular
    Dictionary of Numbers addon to chrome has made this thread amusing while everyone was posting their valuations, because I get stuff like this:
    Worth $1798.00 [≈ One Starbucks latte per day for a year]

    DrakeElvenshae38thDoe
  • DaringDirkDaringDirk Daddy CEO Oakland, CARegistered User regular
    Doodmann wrote: »
    Luchaire wrote: »
    Well ain't that weird. I just realized I still don't own HL2: Ep 2.

    Heh. :lol:

    I apparently own Ep.2 but not Ep.1
    :rotate:

    "Wait, if you own Ep 1 but not Ep 2, and if I own Ep 2 but not Ep 1..." "Shut up! Dammit, I need to come up with a solution. Think, Fry, think!"

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    Doodmanncooljammer00
  • DasUberEdwardDasUberEdward Registered User regular
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Dictionary of Numbers addon to chrome has made this thread amusing while everyone was posting their valuations, because I get stuff like this:
    Worth $1798.00 [≈ One Starbucks latte per day for a year]

    Whaaaat

    steam_sig.png
  • BroncbusterBroncbuster Registered User regular
    Crayon wrote: »
    Guess who got a rather large bonus at work today for basically doing absolutely nothing? This guy!

    Be prepared to have your collective faces stuffed with gifts this summer dale.

    I wish being a stay at home dad could earn you bonuses.

    Like...one morning when I get my son up he just says "Dad, today, instead of having a meltdown every time you want to actually do something, here's a few thousand dollars!"

    Well...that'd actually probably just freak me the fuck out because he just turned one and my 4 year old doesn't even speak that well.

    But still!

    EDIT: Actually, a bonus would just be him not having a meltdown every time I wanted to do something. That would feel like a few thousand bucks. :P

    I don't know how you do it.

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    Origin: Broncbuster
    Arithon32
  • MalakaiusMalakaius KalamazooRegistered User regular
    Luchaire wrote: »
    Oh, and Luchaire, don't feel bad that you didn't know there was a barber / surgeon in-game; I checked them out, and my assessment was that the latter, especially, cost a **** of a lot of money. If you haven't started yet, you probably are better off just rerolling (and rerolling, and rerolling...) until you get it "right".

    Oh, I knew there was one.

    I just won't use one. Well, I'd use one that changes hair/makeup. But I'd never use one that changes actual features. Not in an MMO and not in a singleplayer game either. Runs counter to my RP nature.

    But I have a character face now! And after spending all day at work playing with various translators and doing some research and whatnot, I also now have a name!

    Progress!

    I am suprised "Progress!" wasn't taken.

    I may have to spend less this sale than I wanted to as I have to buy a new phone, on the upside, New phone!

    PSN: Malakaius- | Steam: Malakaius Switch: SW-4569-5525-1983
    CorriganX
  • Banzai5150Banzai5150 Registered User regular
    Jragghen wrote: »
    Dictionary of Numbers addon to chrome has made this thread amusing while everyone was posting their valuations, because I get stuff like this:
    Worth $1798.00 [≈ One Starbucks latte per day for a year]

    Addon installed!

    50433.png?1681748850
    38thDoe
  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    So where are folks getting the readouts of how long it'd take to play their backlogs?

    Steam: Galedrid - XBL: Galedrid - PSN: Galedrid
    Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
    Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand

  • anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    Anyone else having problems launching steam games after the update? I think it's only affecting a small amount of users, but guess who got lucky!

    Steam: offday
    Blendtec
  • DoodmannDoodmann Registered User regular
    I've been having troubles all day.

    Whippy wrote: »
    nope nope nope nope abort abort talk about anime
    Sometimes I sell my stuff on Ebay
  • BlendtecBlendtec Registered User regular
    anoffday wrote: »
    Anyone else having problems launching steam games after the update? I think it's only affecting a small amount of users, but guess who got lucky!

    Last night I tried to play something, told me it was downloading updates, nothing downloaded. I opened and closed Steam a few times and finally it updated. Today I tried to play Borderlands 2, it told me it had to do 24 of those first time install things. Running the Steam Cleaner now, I have none of those things on my computer, so I have no idea what the hell it did 24 times.

  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited July 2013
    Crayon wrote: »
    Guess who got a rather large bonus at work today for basically doing absolutely nothing? This guy!

    Be prepared to have your collective faces stuffed with gifts this summer dale.

    I wish being a stay at home dad could earn you bonuses.

    Like...one morning when I get my son up he just says "Dad, today, instead of having a meltdown every time you want to actually do something, here's a few thousand dollars!"

    Well...that'd actually probably just freak me the fuck out because he just turned one and my 4 year old doesn't even speak that well.

    But still!

    EDIT: Actually, a bonus would just be him not having a meltdown every time I wanted to do something. That would feel like a few thousand bucks. :P

    I don't know how you do it.

    I can't speak for any other stay at home parents, but for me, it's mostly spending 3/4 of my day thinking "God I wish I could just take a nap" and then when the kids are in bed, the last thing I want to do is go to sleep. :lol:

    What I'm saying is: perpetual (partially self inflicted) sleep deprivation :P

    Games aren't gonna play themselves.

    The Dude With Herpes on
    Steam: Galedrid - XBL: Galedrid - PSN: Galedrid
    Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
    Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand

    shdwcasterDrakeElvenshae
  • anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    And now steam is down for me completely.

    Steam: offday
    BrocksMullet
  • JaramrJaramr Registered User regular
    Okay so the following things have happened:

    1. Exit a game and go to the store page to notice that Half Life 2 was on midweek madness.

    2. Lose connection to steam but not the store.

    3. The store gives a minute later, saying "The steam store is experiencing heavy loads right now"

    This leads me to believe that the combined power of the Summer Dale and Half Life anything have destroyed the steam wavelength. The universe is soon to collapse, and when it is rebuilt by the lord Gaben he will send unto us the Half Life 3 -75% off on the Summer Dale.

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    anoffday
  • CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    anoffday wrote: »
    And now steam is down for me completely.

    Tuesday is Maintenance day.

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    CorriganX on Steam and just about everywhere else.
    Drake
  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    anoffday wrote: »
    And now steam is down for me completely.

    Yeah, I'm 'connected' but I'm not connected.

    Steam is loading the store page and such, but it says I'm not connected to play any games or see my friends list/community.

    :(

    And it was working perfectly fine prior to the forced update.

    Steam: Galedrid - XBL: Galedrid - PSN: Galedrid
    Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
    Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand

  • VikingViking Registered User regular
    So where are folks getting the readouts of how long it'd take to play their backlogs?

    http://steamplaytime.appspot.com/

    might need to wait for steam to come back to life again first though

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    Bravely Default / 3DS Friend Code = 3394-3571-1609
  • Wooden SpoonWooden Spoon Great for SaucesRegistered User regular
    I was finally able to get home in order to discover that I have a lot of catching up to do.

    Name Wooden Spoon
    Games 173
    Hours to beat main stories 2439.61
    Hours for completion 3841.83
    Hours played 600.60
    % of main stories 24.62%
    % of total completion 15.63%
    Worth $2629.00

    FFXIV:Iadrich Loffel
    Wooden Spoon on Steam
    3DS: 1005-8709-0277
  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    Jaramr wrote: »
    Okay so the following things have happened:

    1. Exit a game and go to the store page to notice that Half Life 2 was on midweek madness.

    2. Lose connection to steam but not the store.

    3. The store gives a minute later, saying "The steam store is experiencing heavy loads right now"

    This leads me to believe that the combined power of the Summer Dale and Half Life anything have destroyed the steam wavelength. The universe is soon to collapse, and when it is rebuilt by the lord Gaben he will send unto us the Half Life 3 -75% off on the Summer Dale.

    But for everyone else, it was Tuesday.

    MalakaiusHounDrakeSpoitBanzai5150KoopahTroopahElvenshaeCaptain Eleven38thDoe
  • MalakaiusMalakaius KalamazooRegistered User regular
    Just look at it this way, you have a few minutes of being totally safe from gifting.

    PSN: Malakaius- | Steam: Malakaius Switch: SW-4569-5525-1983
  • Arithon32Arithon32 Member of the Pinquisition Registered User regular
    Curses! Organ Trail is the daily not two days before the Dale! Anybody think it'll go cheaper?

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    Viking wrote: »
    So where are folks getting the readouts of how long it'd take to play their backlogs?

    http://steamplaytime.appspot.com/

    might need to wait for steam to come back to life again first though

    Ah, thanks.


    Name Galedrid
    Games 205
    Hours to beat main stories 2370.61
    Hours for completion 5248.58
    Hours played 850.20
    % of main stories 35.86%
    % of total completion 16.20%
    Worth $2228.00

    Galedrid's Steam library would take approx. 2370.61 hours to complete.
    That's 98.78 days!

    Looking at the list of individual games and playtime, some of their estimates are pretty wonky.

    Still, interesting.

    Steam: Galedrid - XBL: Galedrid - PSN: Galedrid
    Origin: Galedrid - Nintendo: Galedrid/3222-6858-1045
    Blizzard: Galedrid#1367 - FFXIV: Galedrid Kingshand

  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    DaringDirk wrote: »
    Doodmann wrote: »
    Luchaire wrote: »
    Well ain't that weird. I just realized I still don't own HL2: Ep 2.

    Heh. :lol:

    I apparently own Ep.2 but not Ep.1
    :rotate:

    "Wait, if you own Ep 1 but not Ep 2, and if I own Ep 2 but not Ep 1..." "Shut up! Dammit, I need to come up with a solution. Think, Fry, think!"

    LOL

    @Doodmann found the solution!
    HL2EP2.jpg

    Thanks! :)

    But now I'm out of excuses for having never played HL2. Curses! Foiled!

    ~~ Pixie on Steam ~~
    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
    KrummithIoloRoyceSraphimHyphyKezzyFlorin38thDoe
  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    @Luchaire.

    Log off these forums.

    And don't come back until you can recite for us all the Ballad of the Free Man.

    Your life will be greatly enriched by this plan.

    Crayon
  • DaxterMaxDaxterMax Registered User regular
    The mystery cards changed again - now there is a plane on them.

    zRpKv3toxVB2IMiG_uPe3XVWgA4_GMsOs-8TkFcZj3IQEmRfLD-SSN_40nTawoxOZA2TH2hShxy17k2RVRiFagQbaBYwf5ZL26TfMdTck0p5H8ZKMAfTTeH-G4lYE99SHA95Tido107fttByiJzVEXkXlh8yVYBN87IXzARP0HkDGD4fbSLAFYey0S-GytEaL0SXGmYZlBOgrBCSRhKHbToVYEoydMwS1rKHdYKU1BotQJZPNwbXG_CySp4MRNAoARg-SGF1kBDQ54Em0JTUDW1Mk1hzCtU=

    That kind of looks like Flight Control HD, but not sure what that would have to do with the mystery card.

    Steam | DaxterMax | Youtube
    Elvenshae
  • SkyEyeSkyEye Registered User regular
    Has anyone here not played the Portal 2 co-op yet? I'm looking for a partner. Send me a message on Steam if you wanna play?

    Steam: Autumn_Thunder - SC2: AutumnThundr.563 (NA) - Hearthstone: AutumnThundr.1383

  • DoodmannDoodmann Registered User regular
    DaringDirk wrote: »
    Doodmann wrote: »
    Luchaire wrote: »
    Well ain't that weird. I just realized I still don't own HL2: Ep 2.

    Heh. :lol:

    I apparently own Ep.2 but not Ep.1
    :rotate:

    "Wait, if you own Ep 1 but not Ep 2, and if I own Ep 2 but not Ep 1..." "Shut up! Dammit, I need to come up with a solution. Think, Fry, think!"

    Sent one out and immediately received this.

    f9yFa46.png

    Closed Loop! No revenge gifting here!

    Whippy wrote: »
    nope nope nope nope abort abort talk about anime
    Sometimes I sell my stuff on Ebay
    KrummithIoloElvenshaeHyphyKezzyStolls38thDoe
  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    @viking just sent me a game. I'm just going to post the screencap because this is is too funny.
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    First @Antecantelope and now @viking. Quit testing me!!! :p

    DoodmannKrummithMalakaiusIoloDrakeTeeManLindsay LohanElvenshaeDoctorArchHyphyKezzyTodesbartironsizideStollsCommander Zoom38thDoe
  • BroncbusterBroncbuster Registered User regular
    Crayon wrote: »
    Guess who got a rather large bonus at work today for basically doing absolutely nothing? This guy!

    Be prepared to have your collective faces stuffed with gifts this summer dale.

    I wish being a stay at home dad could earn you bonuses.

    Like...one morning when I get my son up he just says "Dad, today, instead of having a meltdown every time you want to actually do something, here's a few thousand dollars!"

    Well...that'd actually probably just freak me the fuck out because he just turned one and my 4 year old doesn't even speak that well.

    But still!

    EDIT: Actually, a bonus would just be him not having a meltdown every time I wanted to do something. That would feel like a few thousand bucks. :P

    I don't know how you do it.

    I can't speak for any other stay at home parents, but for me, it's mostly spending 3/4 of my day thinking "God I wish I could just take a nap" and then when the kids are in bed, the last thing I want to do is go to sleep. :lol:

    What I'm saying is: perpetual (partially self inflicted) sleep deprivation :P

    Games aren't gonna play themselves.

    See, I take naps every weekend when I'm watching my daughter, as long as she's sleeping. I would do it every day during the day if I could. But she sucks at napping as of recently.

    But I do game til 1 or 2 at night. I swear I get a second wind of LETS RELAX. which is a weird thing to say.

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    Origin: Broncbuster
    Arithon32
  • Romero ZombieRomero Zombie Registered User regular
    This will be my first all out participation dale. I've been squandering dollars here and there and slowly building up my steam bucks anticipating this. Can't wait to start with the gifting and buying of games I won't even get to look at until Christmas time!

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  • DoodmannDoodmann Registered User regular
    ...and I somehow ended up with an extra copy of ep.1 weird.

    Whippy wrote: »
    nope nope nope nope abort abort talk about anime
    Sometimes I sell my stuff on Ebay
  • shdwcastershdwcaster South DakotaRegistered User regular
    Doodmann wrote: »
    ...and I somehow ended up with an extra copy of ep.1 weird.

    It's possible you were targeted by multiple people, almost simultaneously. Not that I'd know anything about that.
    :winky:

    Doodmann
  • BlendtecBlendtec Registered User regular
    edited July 2013
    Hey, grain of salt, but this post on Neogaf is making on the rounds on /v/ right now.
    Steam just stealth rooted everyone. No, seriously. Remember Blizzard's "Warden" anti-cheat measures? Well, Steam has something like that now. Hooks into core Windows DLLs and if you try to use a trainer in a game, it doesn't matter if you're online or offline, it'll crash out. In fact, it doesn't even matter if it's a Steam game. I put most of my GoG collection into the Steam launcher because, what the hell, why not - but go to use a trainer or edit the memory, and it's game over.

    This is a level of invasive, malware-like activity that concerns me greatly. I sometimes cheat in single player games. I don't give half a shit about achievements, I just like to enjoy the game on my terms. They're single-player, why not? Apparently because Valve says so, is why not.

    Huge grain of salt, his "source" is awful at best, but you never know.

    Blendtec on
  • DoodmannDoodmann Registered User regular
    shdwcaster wrote: »
    Doodmann wrote: »
    ...and I somehow ended up with an extra copy of ep.1 weird.

    It's possible you were targeted by multiple people, almost simultaneously. Not that I'd know anything about that.
    :winky:

    Well that made the ninja gifting it to @Wooden Spoon even better. I got to gift the two biggest targets almost at the same time!

    Whippy wrote: »
    nope nope nope nope abort abort talk about anime
    Sometimes I sell my stuff on Ebay
    IoloHyphyKezzy
  • Wooden SpoonWooden Spoon Great for SaucesRegistered User regular
    Yes. I came here to call out @Doodmann for dropping a HL2 EP1 bomb on me, and I see that he has already taken responsibility and...wait...
    I got to gift the two biggest targets almost at the same time!
    I'd like to remove myself from this list of targets immediately!!

    FFXIV:Iadrich Loffel
    Wooden Spoon on Steam
    3DS: 1005-8709-0277
    MalakaiusHyphyKezzy
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