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[Steam] Thread: Holy cow this 2K sale is the real deal

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  • DrakeDrake Edgelord Trash Below the ecliptic plane.Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    Yeah trying to play pro-level competition style dota is a path to madness. It is entirely possible to play for fun. Hell, there are bots and generally speaking they are really fun to play with. You never have to ever play a match with actual live people if you don't want to do that. But I solo queue all the time when I'm playing dota and I have a lot of laughs, win or lose. I believe dota is a game that can be enjoyed at all skill levels. For sure the more you put into the game th more it gives back but don't feel like you are starting a career. With the tutorials and bots you can be as casual as you like and dabble as you see fit.

    Drake on
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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    edited August 2014
    So has anyone played Eidelon yet? It seems cool, although apparently the map is unbelievably huge so there is a looot of walking between landmarks.

    Coinage on
  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    Shit on a single, last three characters have frozen to death, can't get a fire to keep me alive in the woods.

  • StollsStolls Brave Corporate Logo Chicago, ILRegistered User regular
    Shit on a single, last three characters have frozen to death, can't get a fire to keep me alive in the woods.

    In my experience, survival depends largely on whether you're lucky enough to quickly find a sleeping bag and footwear. The world might have literal monsters running around, but cold is the real enemy.

    kstolls on Twitch, streaming weekends at 9pm CST!Now playing: Weird West (Deus Ex completed, thread here!)Sunday Spotlight: Dredge
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  • rikdalyrikdaly Registered User regular
  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    The real kicker was that bandit bleeding out and still running of with my stuff.
    .

    Uninstalled warband. I screwed up my game starting the rebellion on the worst part of the map and wound up with both major powers gunning for me. The pearl did have an interesting back story......I could reinstall...capture every lord........

    Dammit, Geralt needs his ending.

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  • HalfazedninjaHalfazedninja Author of Jake Howard: Multiverse 101! Behind YouRegistered User regular
    Thanks to @Kevko for Spec Ops: The Line! now I get to see what all the hype is about.

    My debut novel, JAKE HOWARD: MULTIVERSE 101!
    Switch FC: SW-7588-7027-0113, Steam/PSN: Halfazedninja

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  • TeeManTeeMan BrainSpoon Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    I don't think I'll ever be able to sit through a full run of Dungeon of the Endless in a single sitting - it's just too stressful! No sooner are you basking in your clutch victory by escaping to the next level by the skin of your teeth, you're presented a new level room with 4 doors, ugh!

    edit: 3xSetblaster VI + 1xNeurostun VI = Salvation. If you put them all in a fairly long room, they absolutely shred. I had one of those rooms followed up by a 3xTesla IV 1xNerurostun room in level 8, with the exit uncovered and with three separate entry points, and nothing got through. I can't quite believe how glorious this is

    TeeMan on
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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    Berylline wrote: »
    Guys, please. Please stop. Steam thread is usually one of my favorite places on the internet, but it has been painful to read today. Can we please let it rest and go back to our usual awesome thread?
    Please? <3

    Hopefully this will alleviate that somewhat.

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  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    It's alive

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    I pulled out the old Q6600 and placed in the new gear. Hooked everything up for a shakedown like so
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    but would she boot?
    Yes, yes she would

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    Ok, now that we're up and running it's time to clean those cables up a bit
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    Those cables heading up toward the drive bays are my PCI-E power cables that will lie dormant until my GPU comes back from RMA summer camp. The unsleeved ones on the bottom left go from a switch to the inverter for my CCFLs because I am a fourteen year old boy trapped in a remarkably well endowed man's body.

    And here she is, in all of her glory:
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    Lastly,
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    Can't wait to get a GPU back and put this sexy beast through her paces.

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  • RayinerRayiner Registered User regular
    What is wrong with Sacred 3?

  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    @smokestacks I take back the LED thing. That is a gorgeous case.

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  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    Big Classy wrote: »
    @smokestacks I take back the LED thing. That is a gorgeous case.

    I love this case. It's an Armor Evo made by Rosewill. It's all about cooling.

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    The unusual looking bumpout on the top holds two 120 or 140mm fans, but is designed to give you extra clearance space to mount a double sized radiator for watercooling, and although it's hard to see in the images the side bumpout houses a 230mm intake fan (aimed pretty much directly at your GPU) that you can replace with four 120mm fans if you want.

    There are additional 120mm fan mounts behind the drive cage, as well as a spot for an additional 140mm fan on the bottom in front of the PSU.

    The best part is that the front fans have red LEDs that are wired separately from the fan motors, and there is a small switch on the bottom lip of the front side of the case that turns just the LEDs on or off. Couple that with the cold cathodes being on a switch I can go from respectable looking to 2 fast 2 furious in a matter of seconds.

    I want to replace the 230mm intake with a higher powered LED one, but by the time I could do that summer will be over and ambient temps around here will be low enough that it won't matter.

    SmokeStacks on
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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    So many fans! D:
    I still just have the one case fan. Gonna order fan controller next payday and get some Led Fans. And clear the cabling. Man, my case is such a mess. I've been meaning to do it properly but so much work. Only 7 more nights then freeeeeedom!

    or you know, 2 nights off.

  • CorpekataCorpekata Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    LEDs sound cool...until they start to bother you two weeks in and you just turn them off. My current case is just gaudy when left to default settings. Next one will be really simple.

    Corpekata on
  • ShimshaiShimshai Flush with Success! Isle of EmeraldRegistered User regular
    I saw this a couple of days ago, sorta relevant:

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    Steam/Origin: Shimshai

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  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    Corpekata wrote: »
    LEDs sound cool...until they start to bother you two weeks in and you just turn them off. My current case is just gaudy when left to default settings. Next one will be really simple.

    I kinda started opposite, my first few PCs were in very generic cases, and I've slowly been adding more and more lighjting. I like LEDs though. I find the color soothing at night. Red light doesn't interfere with your nightvision either.

    Speaking of redlights and operating in the night, @Big Classy felt that I should break my new rig in with Arma III. I've heard from people here that play it that it is awesome, so I'm super excited to fire it up.

    Today we'll see how well a system intensive game like Arma 2 runs on an HD2500 integrated GPU.

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    I'm with @SmokeStacks‌ on this one (goddammit). I like LEDs. My [blood red] case glows crimson with the soothing fires of hell and damnation and it pleases me.

    ~~ Pixie on Steam ~~
    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    So in case anyone needs the space...

    Samsing EVO 1TBB SSD.... $389.99.

    Code EMCPBPH33

    Valid until 10pm EST Tonight.

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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    Lastly,
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    Clearly, you need to start drinking Code Red.

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  • Man of the WavesMan of the Waves Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    I'm with @SmokeStacks‌ on this one (goddammit). I like LEDs. My [blood red] case glows crimson with the soothing fires of hell and damnation and it pleases me.



    It's not pink?

    Man of the Waves on
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  • DyasAlureDyasAlure SeattleRegistered User regular
    rikdaly wrote: »

    Only by 8 mil? Is it my imagination or is that table slow? I got lots of multi balls, but found I was dragging on getting points. I got 5 mil for completing something, but I need to learn to do what is needed. Just hitting them around forever doesn't gain much points.
    Lastly,
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    Honestly, I didn't notice anything you pointed out. I noticed your mouse is on the wrong side of the keyboard. :P (I kid, I kid)

    As for first case with LED's, uh, they didn't have those in the 90's. Just saying.

    /me old man grumbles and goes back inside after yelling at kids on the lawn.

    That being said, I wish I had money to just get a whole new computer case down. Mine works, so I can't justify it, but I wish I had more power.

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  • Man of the WavesMan of the Waves Registered User regular
    Sorce wrote: »
    So in case anyone needs the space...

    Samsing EVO 1TBB SSD.... $389.99.

    Code EMCPBPH33

    Valid until 10pm EST Tonight.

    At this rate I'm just going to wait until my current drive fills up completely.

  • SmokeStacksSmokeStacks Registered User regular
    Sorce wrote: »
    So in case anyone needs the space...

    Samsing EVO 1TBB SSD.... $389.99.

    Code EMCPBPH33

    Valid until 10pm EST Tonight.

    I could buy a 1TB SSD today if I wanted to

    I'd have to live in the box it came in

    but still

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  • PacoPaco Registered User regular
    Those boxes are cozy

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  • PA DallasPA Dallas Registered User regular
    It's alive

    KHrCfmJ.png

    I pulled out the old Q6600 and placed in the new gear. Hooked everything up for a shakedown like so
    W3yTLf2.jpg

    but would she boot?
    Yes, yes she would

    rIGJw7L.jpg

    Ok, now that we're up and running it's time to clean those cables up a bit
    rmZb6Lm.jpg

    Those cables heading up toward the drive bays are my PCI-E power cables that will lie dormant until my GPU comes back from RMA summer camp. The unsleeved ones on the bottom left go from a switch to the inverter for my CCFLs because I am a fourteen year old boy trapped in a remarkably well endowed man's body.

    And here she is, in all of her glory:
    otyzsPP.jpg

    Lastly,
    xlb8rhg.jpg

    Can't wait to get a GPU back and put this sexy beast through her paces.

    Screw you and your freakishly clean desk. I hate you. My desk has become the household dumping ground. I swear that there is wood underneath the piles of stuff. My next desk won't have any horizontal surfaces.
    Just kidding about the hate stuff. I still love ya. :)

    I saw a werewolf drinkin' a pina colada at Trader Vic's.
    And his hair was perfect.
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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    I bought a new desk about 2 months ago. Promised to keep it and my room clean. So much dust everywhere. Need more time!

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  • PolaritiePolaritie Sleepy Registered User regular
    I'm with @SmokeStacks‌ on this one (goddammit). I like LEDs. My [blood red] case glows crimson with the soothing fires of hell and damnation and it pleases me.



    It's not pink?

    It's the pink of the dying, their blood washing it nightly for weeks on end.

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  • rikdalyrikdaly Registered User regular
    DyasAlure wrote: »
    rikdaly wrote: »

    Only by 8 mil? Is it my imagination or is that table slow? I got lots of multi balls, but found I was dragging on getting points. I got 5 mil for completing something, but I need to learn to do what is needed. Just hitting them around forever doesn't gain much points.

    yeah it's a really slow scoring table, most of the early tables seem to be low scoring, I don't really play any of them often as I prefer the newer ones

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  • HiT BiTHiT BiT 🍒 Fresh, straight from Pac-man's Registered User regular
    @Big Classy hit me with a copy of Arma III.
    Yes, you heard it correctly.
    A freaking copy of Arma III!
    So, please, allow me to reuse this concept as a convenient graphic representation of the magnitude of this happening.
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    Thank you very much, you monster of class! <3

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  • PA DallasPA Dallas Registered User regular
    HiT BiT wrote: »
    @Big Classy hit me with a copy of Arma III.
    Yes, you heard it correctly.
    A freaking copy of Arma III!
    So, please, allow me to reuse this concept as a convenient graphic representation of the magnitude of this happening.
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    Thank you very much, you monster of class! <3

    Hover tanks are awesome.

    I saw a werewolf drinkin' a pina colada at Trader Vic's.
    And his hair was perfect.
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  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Registered User regular
    Jazz wrote: »
    Berylline wrote: »
    Guys, please. Please stop. Steam thread is usually one of my favorite places on the internet, but it has been painful to read today. Can we please let it rest and go back to our usual awesome thread?
    Please? <3

    Hopefully this will alleviate that somewhat.

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    That is so adorable that it's actually making me angry.

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  • GoumindongGoumindong Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    Shimshai wrote: »
    I saw this a couple of days ago, sorta relevant:
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    If anyone is wondering that last case is a silent case with a lot of really good cooling. I own it, it's amazing.

    Goumindong on
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  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    PA Dallas wrote: »
    HiT BiT wrote: »
    @Big Classy hit me with a copy of Arma III.
    Yes, you heard it correctly.
    A freaking copy of Arma III!
    So, please, allow me to reuse this concept as a convenient graphic representation of the magnitude of this happening.
    C9r4hzb.jpg
    Thank you very much, you monster of class! <3

    Hover tanks are awesome.
    It's... not hovering.

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    @Big Classy‌ - I thought you weren't supposed to be gifting? Aren't you bound by an agreement with someone? ;)

    ~~ Pixie on Steam ~~
    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
  • Ed GrubermanEd Gruberman Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    EDIT: Stupid phone made me strip out most of the quote:
    Goumindong wrote: »
    Shimshai wrote: »
    I saw this a couple of days ago, sorta relevant:
    QXz8Tp4.png

    If anyone is wondering that last case is a silent case with a lot of really good cooling. I own it, it's amazing.

    Which case is it? Through the incredible generosity of @pixelated pixie abd @Lindsay Lohan I'm planning a new build and a quiet roomy case sounds good for my long term plans

    2nd EDIT: Nevermind. I found it. It's the Fractal Designs Define R4, I believe.



    Ed Gruberman on
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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    Just for future reference guys, if a bunch of people decide they're going to flail at each other about mobas for 3 pages, please report it so a mode can tell them to get a grip.

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  • HiT BiTHiT BiT 🍒 Fresh, straight from Pac-man's Registered User regular
    I'm with SmokeStacks‌ on this one (goddammit). I like LEDs. My [blood red] case glows crimson with the soothing fires of hell and damnation and it pleases me.
    Wait... You mean, no pink PC case?
    11-144-279-V01?$S300$

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  • FawstFawst The road to awe.Registered User regular
    It's alive

    The only thing I'd judge you on is that keyboard. And I would judge you favorably.

  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    HiT BiT wrote: »
    I'm with SmokeStacks‌ on this one (goddammit). I like LEDs. My [blood red] case glows crimson with the soothing fires of hell and damnation and it pleases me.
    Wait... You mean, no pink PC case?
    11-144-279-V01?$S300$

    If I could find an actual quality pink case I might.

    I'm pretty committed to my airbrushed ATI Ruby case though. It may not be pink but it's pretty badass and there aren't many of them out there. I mean, really, look at that paint job. :D

    (Edit: Geth has a thing for Ruby? Who knew?)

    Pixelated Pixie on
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    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
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