Well I've been spending the last couple of days trying to catch up on this thread. Apparently it's frowned upon if I stand in the park reading the forums while my 3 and 1 year old kids throw themselves down the slide.
At any rate, I crafted my last summer badge and have a couple cards leftover for anyone interested...
And it appears that they actually removed any leftover summer cards this time around. Interesting. I bet there were some angry people after that.
Stream is still going strong. We played some defiance, Beat powerpuff girls, beat tiny brains, and played some Insurgency. Now its time for Divinity Original Sin. Feel free to come join us!
and laugh at how bad we are.
All of the streamers have been amazing. I'm going to stay away from Divinity though because I'm planning to start my play through tonight and I don't want to spoil the campaign.
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Xbox HypaciaMinnow
Discord Hypacia#0391
Why I lurve Divinity OS. Roped off area with a chest. I figure I could teleport the chest to me but I didn't take that skill so I'm trying to think of how to get it (had it in the Beta, but not on these new characters). Teleport is probably one of the abilities I WILL get but I didn't want to come back after doing so, I was stubborn. Then I remember my Ranger started with a skill that's designed to get him out of combat and jump away. Basically, meant to be an escape route in case a melee target comes for him, you can jump anywhere 15 meters away, has a really long cooldown. So I use that ability and hop over the ropes and loot the chest, and hop back. I love being able to do little things like that.
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
Cloudbuilt is really hard right now. Maybe playing with a controller is not a good way to go.
PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
For those that got Risk of Rain this sale, dudeman, myself and a couple non-PAers have been hitting it pretty hard in coop over the last week. Add me and if you see me playing Hollar. It's a grand old time in coop. And by grand old time I mean "Holy shit there are so many mans trying to kill us!"
For those that got Risk of Rain this sale, dudeman, myself and a couple non-PAers have been hitting it pretty hard in coop over the last week. Add me and if you see me playing Hollar. It's a grand old time in coop. And by grand old time I mean "Holy shit there are so many mans trying to kill us!"
For those that got Risk of Rain this sale, dudeman, myself and a couple non-PAers have been hitting it pretty hard in coop over the last week. Add me and if you see me playing Hollar. It's a grand old time in coop. And by grand old time I mean "Holy shit there are so many mans trying to kill us!"
Now that I'm back on my home PC I'm definitely down to try it this week.
How? I am having an insanely hard time playing this game.
I have Strike Suit Zero, Strike Suit Infinity, and Strike Suit Zero Director's Cut and I can't even properly maneuver the ship. It is driving me insane.
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PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
How? I am having an insanely hard time playing this game.
I have Strike Suit Zero, Strike Suit Infinity, and Strike Suit Zero Director's Cut and I can't even properly maneuver the ship. It is driving me insane.
I had a hard time starting out as well. I guess I just got used to it eventually.
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
How? I am having an insanely hard time playing this game.
I have Strike Suit Zero, Strike Suit Infinity, and Strike Suit Zero Director's Cut and I can't even properly maneuver the ship. It is driving me insane.
I had a hard time starting out as well. I guess I just got used to it eventually.
What did you use to play?
PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
Divinity looks to be another Diablo. But I call everything isomeric Diablo. Baldurs Gate? Diablo clone. commandos? Diablo clone. Sim City? Diab-okay jokes old now.
I'm totally down for some Risk of Rain with peoples if I can tear myself away from The Secret World.
I briefly dipped into it when trying to get cards for the event, but it was really hard and the controls were weird and then I moved on to other games like Space Hulk and TSW. Seemed really fun though and I'm sure it's fucking crazy with other people.
For those that got Risk of Rain this sale, dudeman, myself and a couple non-PAers have been hitting it pretty hard in coop over the last week. Add me and if you see me playing Hollar. It's a grand old time in coop. And by grand old time I mean "Holy shit there are so many mans trying to kill us!"
Totally down. I'm at work at the moment so I might forget to add you. But I think Doodman is on my list.
How? I am having an insanely hard time playing this game.
I have Strike Suit Zero, Strike Suit Infinity, and Strike Suit Zero Director's Cut and I can't even properly maneuver the ship. It is driving me insane.
I had a hard time starting out as well. I guess I just got used to it eventually.
Divinity: Original Sin is an amazing game, and Khildith is the worst coop partner ever made. Its an amazing stream! You guys raised so much money, this Stream is your reward! Come watch us blunder through the early parts of the game.
Currently on a quick break, but we'll get right back to fighting, dying, blowing ourselves up, losing track of how much longer to go, and cursing soon!
CorriganX on Steam and just about everywhere else.
Woo! Looks like like I made it through the Steam Sale mostly intact. It helped laying low on the threads.
Let's see what we got here...
What games I bought:
- Shovel Knight
- Resident Evil 4
- Borderlands 2
- The Wolf Among Us
- Nether
- The Walking Dead Season 2
- Agarest Zero
- Darkness II
- Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
- One Way Heroics
- Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
What games I gifted;
- Several Retro City Rampage/s
- Some Hydrophobias
- 2 Guns of Icarus
- 2 Fez
- Metal Slug 3
- Farcry 3 Blood Dragon
- Double Dragon Neon
- State of Decay
- Velvet Assassin
Overall not bad... this made me hit exactly 300 games on my list.
So I think this is a good stopping point for the season. I will stop buying games and decline gifts from this point forward.
Hoping to stick to my resolution so I can clear much of my backlog as I recently started my vacation.
STEAM ID: Firebird
XBOX Live: FirebirdLR
Playstation: FirebirdXR
For those that got Risk of Rain this sale, dudeman, myself and a couple non-PAers have been hitting it pretty hard in coop over the last week. Add me and if you see me playing Hollar. It's a grand old time in coop. And by grand old time I mean "Holy shit there are so many mans trying to kill us!"
I would be interested in that. I always want to play more coop with PA folks, but never seem to have the time for it...
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StragintDo Not GiftAlways DeclinesRegistered Userregular
How? I am having an insanely hard time playing this game.
I have Strike Suit Zero, Strike Suit Infinity, and Strike Suit Zero Director's Cut and I can't even properly maneuver the ship. It is driving me insane.
I had a hard time starting out as well. I guess I just got used to it eventually.
What did you use to play?
Wired 360 Gamepad.
Hmmm, me too. Guess I'll just keep trying to not be bad at it though I feel my skills in all games have plummeted.
PSN: Reaper_Stragint, Steam: DoublePitstoChesty
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
For those that got Risk of Rain this sale, dudeman, myself and a couple non-PAers have been hitting it pretty hard in coop over the last week. Add me and if you see me playing Hollar. It's a grand old time in coop. And by grand old time I mean "Holy shit there are so many mans trying to kill us!"
Now that I'm back on my home PC I'm definitely down to try it this week.
I usually do a recap post (and it's usually ludicrously long because monsters), but this morning after two weeks of desperate attempts to change the inevitable, I had to take my cat in to the vet to be put to sleep. Right now my heart is breaking and I don't have it in me to sift through emails/records and write up a proper tally.
I'll just say I love y'all and thanks to everyone who gifted me things (even though I asked you not to. Monsters.). I was gifted somewhere around 65-75 games (monsters!) and gave out just a tiny fraction of that (because fuck finances). Thanks to everyone who contributed to the Child's Play charity, whether it was $5 or $1000. Thanks to those who gave of themselves to create incentives for it. Thanks to Iolo for tracking it. Huge thanks to the five nutcases who volunteered for 24 straight hours of game streaming each. It's places like this and people like you that make the internet (and the world) just a bit better than it otherwise might be.
Thanks.
Sorry to hear that, Pixie. It always hurts to have to let a companion go like that- I lost one of mine a few months ago, and I still miss him. But I knew that he wasn't in any pain any more, and he was more than likely playing with his friends that had gone before him.
Each one we accept into our lives leaves a lasting mark upon us in our hearts and minds. I miss the ones who are gone, but they still give us memories to treasure and the knowledge that they were happy during their time with us.
Besides, they know when I see them next, I'm bringing the cheezburgers.
You're in the thoughts of a lot of people, including me and mine. I hope the gifts you got from all of us help ease your sadness a bit.
Beautifully put. I can't top that.
It never gets any easier to lose our beloved furry companions. I've tried to look at it as the price we pay for the time we have with them. Doesn't make it hurt less, though... but I for one couldn't be without them.
How? I am having an insanely hard time playing this game.
I have Strike Suit Zero, Strike Suit Infinity, and Strike Suit Zero Director's Cut and I can't even properly maneuver the ship. It is driving me insane.
I had a hard time starting out as well. I guess I just got used to it eventually.
What did you use to play?
Wired 360 Gamepad.
Hmmm, me too. Guess I'll just keep trying to not be bad at it though I feel my skills in all games have plummeted.
Don't feel too bad. I sucked at it too. It was hard trying to fly a ship where you had to let go of your "flight stick" to do certain things(change targets, change to strike mode, fire an EMP). Don't be intimidated by the leaderboards, most of them are not done on the first playthrough.
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ShimshaiFlush with Success!Isle of EmeraldRegistered Userregular
+1 for Risk of Rain crew. It would be nice to use some of the characters that are more dependent on having team mates. I did make it to the last boss as a sniper, but it was a struggle at times. Have more allies to draw aggro would definitely change the gameplan.
I'm totally down for some Risk of Rain with peoples if I can tear myself away from The Secret World.
I briefly dipped into it when trying to get cards for the event, but it was really hard and the controls were weird and then I moved on to other games like Space Hulk and TSW. Seemed really fun though and I'm sure it's fucking crazy with other people.
Yes. I tried on keyboard for 2 rounds and finally plugged the controller in and never looked back. I'm not saying it's required but I was fumbling without it.
The beauty is a round is an hour or less most times.
Anyone interested add me. Sig below. I'm on a stupid phone while at work.
I'd like to take a moment to post a belated thank you to @The Dude With Herpes for hooking me up with Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death earlier, and an apology for forgetting to thank you sooner. I got all swept up in a bunch of stuff. It looks awesome, like a buddy cop action brawler starring Terry Cruz and the mask from Crash Bandicoot.
Also, thank you to a certain @Big Classy for the gift of Friendly Fire Simulator 2014 Insurgency. I'd also like to take another moment to apologize to @Khildith for all of those holes I put in the back of his head. Smoke Grenades are a helluva drug.
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TANGO DOWN
TANGO DOWN
SMOKESTACKS... DOWN
Cloudbuilt is really hard right now. Maybe playing with a controller is not a good way to go.
Took me a bit to get used to. I found it very helpful to not try and go fast until I'd spent some a bit of time with it. It's really easy to end up trying to do a bunch of stuff all at once when you're rolling at high speed but you've got to be pretty deliberate. Tap, tap, tap on the jets, deliberate pause before you jump off a wall to get your bearings, etc. My time's are shit right now but actually seemed to be improving even as I got into more difficult levels and I can always go back and redo those early ones.
Also the prompts for controller lie when it says x to quick look behind you. It's been a couple days and I haven't spent a lot of time with it so I don't remember exactly but it's one of the triggers or bumpers not x.
I'm totally down for some Risk of Rain with peoples if I can tear myself away from The Secret World.
I briefly dipped into it when trying to get cards for the event, but it was really hard and the controls were weird and then I moved on to other games like Space Hulk and TSW. Seemed really fun though and I'm sure it's fucking crazy with other people.
Yes. I tried on keyboard for 2 rounds and finally plugged the controller in and never looked back. I'm not saying it's required but I was fumbling without it.
The beauty is a round is an hour or less most times.
Anyone interested add me. Sig below. I'm on a stupid phone while at work.
Also in PST
I couldn't make it work well with a controller, I just had to use a keyboard for it. I didn't have enough fingers and thumbs to use all my abilities and be able to jump all at the same time, it just felt so awkward.
Biggest disappointment was definitely missing out on Secret World: Massive Edition by about 30 seconds. Saw it on sale, but working with wife on some cleaning before a trip to see family. Finish and sit down, and the flash sales had just changed. Checked the game, and it was showing on sale for less than a minute, and ran out in the middle of the checkout.
So, through the morning rituals, coffee made, dishes washed, sleep-cruft flushed from eyes. Still 1/4asleep, mind. Fire up the computer for a quick peek at things, and immediately get popped between the eyes with this:
@Talus9952, you are a monster, a classy, classy monster. Danke, arigasama ryuta, thank you very much.
Hell if I know. I go oldschool and keep a physical list, emails get deleted immediately. I sorta sat still in the gate when the pistol went off this sale but then Shadowrun went cheap and I went dumb. Stopped when I hit my third "problem with your wallet" time out. Wasn't even trying to write all those down at once so I said screw it I won't bother tracking at all. I think I mostly done good though.
Purchased:
XCOM: Enemy Within
Jazzpunk
Anachronox
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Betrayer
I told myself at the beginning that I was going to try and put an hour or so into each game I received by the end of the sale and then fire off a sentence or two on what I liked about each. I totally failed at that, at best I've made it to maybe half of those games. So I'll just say I haven't hit a dud yet and frankly I don't expect to when I get to the rest. Thanks to everyone who shot me something.
Thanks also to the community at large for being the crazy classy fuckers you all are. Following along the best I can as games fly back and forth at a furious rate, and hella money is getting raised for sick kids, and folks are doing side drawings, and tournaments, and sacrificing their sanity by playing games for 24 hours straight all to try and encourage those kids getting as much as possible. It's amazing to watch and seems to get better every sale.
There's no greater shame and backlog motivation than a gifter who says something like "I'd rather someone who will actually PLAY this game get it!" or "Now I want to know your opinions of this game".
There's no greater shame and backlog motivation than a gifter who says something like "I'd rather someone who will actually PLAY this game get it!" or "Now I want to know your opinions of this game".
There's no greater shame and backlog motivation than a gifter who says something like "I'd rather someone who will actually PLAY this game get it!" or "Now I want to know your opinions of this game".
Oh man...that's deliciously evil.
I need to start doing that...
It happened to me a couple times this sale. "Oh, you heard this game was bad? Here it is, but I want YOUR opinion of it!" and "You mentioned this game, a sequel to another game you haven't played yet, offhandedly in chat. Now you own the sequel!" which means I have to play the original AND the sequel now.
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They removed them last winter sale too.
All of the streamers have been amazing. I'm going to stay away from Divinity though because I'm planning to start my play through tonight and I don't want to spoil the campaign.
PSN Hypacia
Xbox HypaciaMinnow
Discord Hypacia#0391
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
I can safely say that playing it with KBAM is no easier... not by a long shot. The game is just crazy hard.
Steam ID: Good Life
Origin: Broncbuster
I'm down if I'm not doing anything!
Now that I'm back on my home PC I'm definitely down to try it this week.
How? I am having an insanely hard time playing this game.
I have Strike Suit Zero, Strike Suit Infinity, and Strike Suit Zero Director's Cut and I can't even properly maneuver the ship. It is driving me insane.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
I had a hard time starting out as well. I guess I just got used to it eventually.
What did you use to play?
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
I briefly dipped into it when trying to get cards for the event, but it was really hard and the controls were weird and then I moved on to other games like Space Hulk and TSW. Seemed really fun though and I'm sure it's fucking crazy with other people.
Totally down. I'm at work at the moment so I might forget to add you. But I think Doodman is on my list.
Wired 360 Gamepad.
Currently on a quick break, but we'll get right back to fighting, dying, blowing ourselves up, losing track of how much longer to go, and cursing soon!
CorriganX on Steam and just about everywhere else.
Let's see what we got here...
What games I bought:
- Shovel Knight
- Resident Evil 4
- Borderlands 2
- The Wolf Among Us
- Nether
- The Walking Dead Season 2
- Agarest Zero
- Darkness II
- Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae
- One Way Heroics
- Far Cry 3 - Blood Dragon
What games I gifted;
- Several Retro City Rampage/s
- Some Hydrophobias
- 2 Guns of Icarus
- 2 Fez
- Metal Slug 3
- Farcry 3 Blood Dragon
- Double Dragon Neon
- State of Decay
- Velvet Assassin
Gifts I was given:
- Dementium II & Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death @akajaybay
- Aerena & Syberia 2 @Krummith
- Bloodrayne: Betrayal @ @chris: waffle king
- Metro 2033 @xiers
- Shadowrun Returns @HyphyKezzy @Feddy (who also gave me DLC) & @Ataxrxes
- Secret of the Magic Crystal @Corsini
- State of Decay: Breakdown DLC @Pixelated Pixie
- Cloudbuilt @Feddy
Overall not bad... this made me hit exactly 300 games on my list.
So I think this is a good stopping point for the season. I will stop buying games and decline gifts from this point forward.
Hoping to stick to my resolution so I can clear much of my backlog as I recently started my vacation.
STEAM ID: Firebird
XBOX Live: FirebirdLR
Playstation: FirebirdXR
I would be interested in that. I always want to play more coop with PA folks, but never seem to have the time for it...
Hmmm, me too. Guess I'll just keep trying to not be bad at it though I feel my skills in all games have plummeted.
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? ~ Mario Novak
I never fear death or dyin', I only fear never trying.
I'm also up for risking of rains
Beautifully put. I can't top that.
It never gets any easier to lose our beloved furry companions. I've tried to look at it as the price we pay for the time we have with them. Doesn't make it hurt less, though... but I for one couldn't be without them.
Big hugs, Pixie. I'm really, really sorry.
Steam | XBL
Don't feel too bad. I sucked at it too. It was hard trying to fly a ship where you had to let go of your "flight stick" to do certain things(change targets, change to strike mode, fire an EMP). Don't be intimidated by the leaderboards, most of them are not done on the first playthrough.
Yes. I tried on keyboard for 2 rounds and finally plugged the controller in and never looked back. I'm not saying it's required but I was fumbling without it.
The beauty is a round is an hour or less most times.
Anyone interested add me. Sig below. I'm on a stupid phone while at work.
Also in PST
Origin: Broncbuster
Also, thank you to a certain @Big Classy for the gift of Friendly Fire Simulator 2014 Insurgency. I'd also like to take another moment to apologize to @Khildith for all of those holes I put in the back of his head. Smoke Grenades are a helluva drug.
TANGO DOWN
TANGO DOWN
SMOKESTACKS... DOWN
Took me a bit to get used to. I found it very helpful to not try and go fast until I'd spent some a bit of time with it. It's really easy to end up trying to do a bunch of stuff all at once when you're rolling at high speed but you've got to be pretty deliberate. Tap, tap, tap on the jets, deliberate pause before you jump off a wall to get your bearings, etc. My time's are shit right now but actually seemed to be improving even as I got into more difficult levels and I can always go back and redo those early ones.
Also the prompts for controller lie when it says x to quick look behind you. It's been a couple days and I haven't spent a lot of time with it so I don't remember exactly but it's one of the triggers or bumpers not x.
I couldn't make it work well with a controller, I just had to use a keyboard for it. I didn't have enough fingers and thumbs to use all my abilities and be able to jump all at the same time, it just felt so awkward.
Made some more progress in Walking Dead and Trine 2. Also started Tomb Raider. That is some intense shit! Loving it so far.
Walking Dead wise: (Season 1 Ep 3 spoilers)
@Talus9952, you are a monster, a classy, classy monster. Danke, arigasama ryuta, thank you very much.
時計仕掛けの子の丸々太った磁器の顔に表情は無いが、転がりながら、口がカチッと開閉して、腕が上下に動い た。
ージョン・タインズ、作家
ー無名狂師、翻訳者 （俺）
Wanna watch a gaijin butcher monsters and the Japanese Language all at once? Sure you do, and now you can!
This comic seems slightly relevant.
I might have a blast playing this.
Get it?
Blast? Because of explosions?
HAH!
Received:
Cloudbuilt - @Berylline
The Walking Dead Season 2 - @staplerofpaper
State of Decay - @Pixelated Pixie
Space Hulk - @Antoshka
Double Dragon Neon - @Firebird
Dungeon of the Endless - @TeeMan
The Typing of the Dead: Overkill - @Iolo
VVVVVV - @Ataxrxes
Resident Evil 4 - @Karoz
Planetary Annihilation - @Antoshka
Sir You Are Being Hunted - @emutheelf
Child of Light - @Werewolf2000ad
Vertiginous Golf - @emutheelf
Deus Ex: The Fall - @Sumanai
Gifted Out:
Hell if I know. I go oldschool and keep a physical list, emails get deleted immediately. I sorta sat still in the gate when the pistol went off this sale but then Shadowrun went cheap and I went dumb. Stopped when I hit my third "problem with your wallet" time out. Wasn't even trying to write all those down at once so I said screw it I won't bother tracking at all. I think I mostly done good though.
Purchased:
XCOM: Enemy Within
Jazzpunk
Anachronox
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Betrayer
I told myself at the beginning that I was going to try and put an hour or so into each game I received by the end of the sale and then fire off a sentence or two on what I liked about each. I totally failed at that, at best I've made it to maybe half of those games. So I'll just say I haven't hit a dud yet and frankly I don't expect to when I get to the rest. Thanks to everyone who shot me something.
Thanks also to the community at large for being the crazy classy fuckers you all are. Following along the best I can as games fly back and forth at a furious rate, and hella money is getting raised for sick kids, and folks are doing side drawings, and tournaments, and sacrificing their sanity by playing games for 24 hours straight all to try and encourage those kids getting as much as possible. It's amazing to watch and seems to get better every sale.
I...uh...what?
I don't understand what this even means.
I thought collecting games and playing a free one all the times was the way to go?
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Oh man...that's deliciously evil.
I need to start doing that...
It happened to me a couple times this sale. "Oh, you heard this game was bad? Here it is, but I want YOUR opinion of it!" and "You mentioned this game, a sequel to another game you haven't played yet, offhandedly in chat. Now you own the sequel!" which means I have to play the original AND the sequel now.
3DS Friend Code: 2165-6448-8348 www.Twitch.TV/cooljammer00
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