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Kalnaur

Things I Bought Myself (and by that I mean bought with money from Christmas and left over from birthday gifts):

Alan Wake (all of it)
Assassin's Creed I
Assassin's Creed II
Borderlands GOTY
Brothers
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut
Elderscrolls III: Morrowind
Legend of Grimrock
Long Live the Queen
On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness 1, 2 and 4
Recetear
Rogue Legacy
Civilization V
Tomb Raider

Kindly Gifted to Me

Breath of Death VII/Cthulhu Saves the World pack from @DyasAlure

Go Home Dinosaurs from @Berylline

Bunny Must Die from @Darmak

Fallout New Vegas and Mark of the Ninja:Special Edition from @DescendantX

Half-Life 1 Anthology and Half-Life 2 both from @stevemarks44

Jagged Alliance 2 Gold From @RoyceSraphim

R.I.P.D. (@Corrigan, you sonofabitch, through a proxy that will remain namless )

Risen, Risen 2, Sacred 2, Sacred Citadel, Saint's Row 2 and Saint's Row 3 all from @rikdaly (I'm . . . pretty sure.)

Valdis Story: Abyssal City from @Scratchy

XCOM UPF Defense, XCOM Terror From the Deep and XCOM Enemy Unknown all from @Lawndart

Things I Gifted

Jack squat this time, unless you count cards.

I heartily thank everyone for their gifts, for the warm welcome, and the sense of community. Next time, I'll have to see if I can't get something for some people, but regardless, thank you for everything and I'll be checking in here on this thread from time to time.

At the very least, to let those who gifted me games know what I thought of them. The only one I've actually played is Go Home Dinosaurs. It's cute and kinda-sometimes hard but not in a bad way.

SatanIsMyMotor

Thanks @Roycesraphim for hooking me up with the cards I needed to craft my first ever badge! You're a classy fellow.

striderjg

Blackjack wrote: »

Hey dudes, I need some steam friends. I have two. Especially for Borderlands 2. Add me please? (name in sig)

botp'ed. Also, linking your profile like this rather then listing your name will make it easier for people to add you with 2 clicks.

Kalnaur

I am curious about something: How does one get cards from games? I mean, I have apparently the 4 I'm going to get from playing Skyrim, but is the market the only place to get the others?

Tofystedeth

Hey folks. I'd like to craft one of these badger things.
I need a 3, a 9, and a 10 (regular, I have a foil, but I hear you gotta craft like with like).
I have spares of 7(x2), 6(x2), 5, 4, and 1. Let me know if you need any of that.

Broncbuster

Blackjack wrote: »

Hey dudes, I need some steam friends. I have two. Especially for Borderlands 2. Add me please? (name in sig)

I got you something:

http://alabasterslim.com/signatures.php?account=76561198008782877&style=steam_sig.png

Sokpuppet

Whew. Just knocked Mark of the Ninja off my backlog. Quite an experience!
Not sure I feel like going completionist on it, but what a fantastic game...

Sangheili91

Blackjack wrote: »

Hey dudes, I need some steam friends. I have two. Especially for Borderlands 2. Add me please? (name in sig)

Sent you an invite. I don't have BL2, but friends are friends, right?

Jragghen

HiT BiT wrote: »

krackq wrote: »

There's a new free to play Steam game called "Try to purchase a globe card" The object of the game is to hit refresh on the first page of any globe card in the market and then click Purchase followed by a precision checkbox strike and a confirmation click before any of the cards are already purchased.

              BUY BUY REVOLUTION

Wait, your guys' check boxes were getting cleared when you refresh?

Odd. When I finished out my cards this morning, I didn't have this problem.

Variable

alright if I can get me a #3 I'm all set!

spare 1, 6, and 8

rikdaly

Kalnaur wrote: »

I am curious about something: How does one get cards from games? I mean, I have apparently the 4 I'm going to get from playing Skyrim, but is the market the only place to get the others?

either that or trade with friends, if you look at any of the badges for games you have it will show you any of your friends that have the cards you need

mcdermott

Kept it pretty low-key this year...kinda. Sorta.

Things gifted to me:
The Bard's Tale

Things I gifted:
Castle Crashers
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Brutal Legend

Things I greedily purchased for myself:
You Need a Budget
XCOM: Enemy Within
Tomb Raider collection
Wolf Among Us
Final Fantasy VII and VIII
LEGO Lord of the Rings
Rocksmith 2014 (at Best Buy)
Rocksmith (for the songs) and like eleventy billion dollars of DLC songs

Only tough call left is whether I want to grab Bioshock Infinite while it's at $10, or wait for a future sale.

Variable

been a great sale everyone. I haven't really been around the last 36 ish hours but I want to give a last thanks to everyone who tossed a present my way

but a way way bigger thanks to everyone for cultivating the spirit we have around here. it's just unbelievable. I can't even tell other people about it because they don't get it.... it's just so special. I hope everyone realizes that and keeps it with them even when they aren't posting/gaming.

Ishtaar

Started with $100, have $3.54 remaining, bought nothing for myself.

This was a good sale.

ReverseCreations

ooh first sales recap post I am excite. First time involving myself a little bit more in the thread and community, overall was an awesome experience

Gifts received

Final Fantasy VIII
Trine 2: Complete Story
Borderlands 2:Mercenary Day - Thank you again @Berylline
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World
Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
Half-Life 1
GTA IV Complete Bundle

Gifts given

Cthulhu Saves the World & Breath of Death VII Double pack
Final Fantasy VII
Rogue Legacy
Legend of Fae
Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4
DmC: Devil May Cry (ROW)
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Half-Life 2

Bought

The Secret World
Borderlands 2 Headhunter 1: Bloody Harvest
Borderlands 2 Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2
Borderlands 2: Headhunter 2: Wattle Gobbler
Guacamelee! Gold Edition
Long Live The Queen
The Stanley Parable
Valdis Story: Abyssal City

mcdermott

Oh, and fuck me for purchasing Wolf Among Us. I forgot the (Penny Arcade) comic. I should not have started playing that yet. SO FRUSTRATING WANT MORE NOW

Jragghen

Kalnaur wrote: »

I am curious about something: How does one get cards from games? I mean, I have apparently the 4 I'm going to get from playing Skyrim, but is the market the only place to get the others?

That or trading.

Basically, it works like this. A given game has X cards - let's use Skyrim. So Skyrim has 8 cards.

While playing it, you will get 4. So half the cards needed for a badge. You can then trade for or buy the cards you need to get to a full set. Once you have, you can then craft the badge. Normal badges have 5 levels. In addition to this, you will rarely (roughly 1% of the time, I think) get a foil card instead of a normal one. Same deal - you either have to buy or trade to get a set, and can craft for a foil badge. There's only one level of these.

Each time you craft, you get a background, an emoticon, and a coupon for another steam game that you don't own (or, during sales, a sale card).

If you don't want to collect, you can sell for fun and profit.

Finally, if you're level 10, for any game which you've gotten every drop for it (so, Skyrim is in this category for you), you can randomly get booster packs. Booster packs contain 3 random cards. You can either sell them, buy them, or unwrap them - your call. Every 10 levels you have increases your chance by 20% (so level 60, for example, has 2x the drop rate of level 10).

jclast

This is the first sale where I've participated since my wife and I started taking allowance again. It is probably proof that I should stop taking allowance. If I missed any gifts then I sincerely apologize - I'm not great at sorting my email. Also, I had to alphabetize these lists because I'm a sick, sick man.

Bought for Myself:

Aliens: Colonial Marines
Deadpool
Pinball FX2 - Captain America Table
Pinball FX2 - Civil War Table
Pinball FX2 - Excalibur Table
Pinball FX2 - Fantastic 4 Table
Pinball FX2 - Mars Table
Pinball FX2 - Marvel Vengeance and Virtue Pack
Pinball FX2 - Ms. 'Splosion Man Table
Singularity
Sleeping Dogs Collection
Spacebase DF-9
Valdis Story: Abyssal City

Bought for Others:

Borderlands 2: The Horrible Hunger of the Ravenous Wattle Gobbler
CreaVures
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Mark of the Ninja: Special Edition DLC
Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death
Rogue Legacy
The Stanley Parable

Graciously Given to Me:

Lunar Flight (thanks, @Shdwcaster!)
Max Payne 3 (thanks, @SyphonBlue!)
Pac-Man CE DX (thanks non-forumer neighbor!)
Tiny Thief (thanks non-forumer neighbor)
Typing of the Dead Shakespeare DLC (thanks @Berylline!)

HiT BiT

Big Classy wrote: »

Not gonna forget this sale. So much craziness.

This resumes my impression of this last sale...

HeirTransparent

PSA to all folks looking to be added to the Steam group, or make Steam friends in the thread:

1. Post a URL link to your Steam profile, preferably in your sig. This makes it way easier to find your profile than trying to search based on a name.
2. If your Steam name differs from your forum name, put something on your Steam profile details like "PA Name: So-and-so". This makes it much easier for folks to tell who you are if you sent them a random friend request.

Heatwave

Buttcleft

Completed my snowgobe badge.

Best thing I got was :trainbowbarf:

DarkPrimus

Buttcleft wrote: »

Completed my snowgobe badge.

Best thing I got was :trainbowbarf:

That's the emote everyone wants.

I got a rare background, at least...

(Ended up with a level 5 badge.)

Broncbuster

Buttcleft wrote: »

Completed my snowgobe badge.

Best thing I got was :trainbowbarf:

Haven't seen that one. I did get these 2 however that work well together. (If this works):



Edit: Okay that one is pretty great:

mts

if anyone has an extra 3,4, and 6 , that is all i need to level up my badge

darunia106

I got work to go to in half an hour. Anyone got snow globes 8 and 9?

I got two 7s and a 5 i could trade. Shoot me an offer on steam if you could do a trade please.

cardboard delusions

Thanks @DaxterMax for some extra cards, closing in on the badge now!

Anyone have 2,3,5 or 6?

LoveIsUnity

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197992899670

I want friends too. I WANT ALL OF THE FRIENDS.

(Also, I'm really bad at it, but I would like people to play Left 4 Dead 2 with...)

rikdaly

DarkPrimus wrote: »

Buttcleft wrote: »

Completed my snowgobe badge.

Best thing I got was :trainbowbarf:

That's the emote everyone wants.

I got a rare background, at least...

(Ended up with a level 5 badge.)

I'm loving my Surgeon Simulator background

Dr. Chaos

edit: oops

Dr. Chaos

Blackjack wrote: »

Hey dudes, I need some steam friends. I have two. Especially for Borderlands 2. Add me please? (name in sig)

Add me aswell, people.

Me and Scoot have pretty much been tag teaming the game, would be nice to have a full party though.

Blackjack

Broncbuster wrote: »

Blackjack wrote: »

Hey dudes, I need some steam friends. I have two. Especially for Borderlands 2. Add me please? (name in sig)

I got you something:

http://alabasterslim.com/signatures.php?account=76561198008782877&style=steam_sig.png

You're a gentleman and a scholar.

Visskar

Took advantage of the last day of sales to grab another $20 steambux card and pick up CS:GO and X-Com:EU and the two cheap dlc.

oakke

Is there a way to fix the extremely low volume in MK9? Even after cranking everything up to max I still have trouble hearing the dialogues.

Dr. Chaos

Is Enemy Within worth starting over for?

I was in the middle of a playthrough but I was struggling abit, also haven't played in awhile so a fresh start seems tempting.

Broncbuster

So Recap: I kept my head low, since December is always a rough time around my homestead.

Sent:

Spelunky

Received:

Another World from @berylline
After making comments about playing that original, @banzai5150 sent me the remake of Flashback
@heirtransparent hit me with Spelunky because of my lack of ownership.
Friend from another internet sent me Sacred Citadel.
and @jclast snuck up and stabbed me with Mark Of the Ninja DLC

Lastly, @Jragghen hosted a Total War Grandmaster Collection Giveaway, and the RNG giveth. Now my backlog is in shambles Gameback overfloweth. I love RTS's and this just committed me about 200+ hours and that is if I can get off easy. Thanks again!

You're all a special group of awesome. If I missed anyone, I'm sorry! It's been a rocky end of the year and now both my girl and wife have the Flu and I am SUPER STOKED TO GO HOME AFTER WORK. Did I mention it's their birthdays this weekend too? Yea, will be cancelling those parties after I clean then up.

LoveIsUnity

Whoa. You all are awesome.

I stepped away from my desk for a few minutes to get a drink and walk around because work has been hell today, and I come back to 10 Friend Invites!

Broncbuster

LoveIsUnity wrote: »

Whoa. You all are awesome.

I stepped away from my desk for a few minutes to get a drink and walk around because work has been hell today, and I come back to 10 Friend Invites!

I don't know why I get so excited when I get to friend someone in my same timezone.

LoveIsUnity

Broncbuster wrote: »

LoveIsUnity wrote: »

Whoa. You all are awesome.

I stepped away from my desk for a few minutes to get a drink and walk around because work has been hell today, and I come back to 10 Friend Invites!

I don't know why I get so excited when I get to friend someone in my same timezone.

I keep trying to explain to my family back east that they can start watching football at 9am here...

Kalnaur

Well, with the profit from my Orb sales, I bought up 3 of the 4 cards I needed from Skyrim. I supposes I'll just have to wait, as I am not going to add $5 into the bin just to get the last one.