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Come for the [Steam] Sharing announcement (p.75). Stay for the new bundles!

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edited September 2013 in Games and Technology
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Welcome to the Steam thread!

This is a pretty neat community of people who like to talk about video games, sales, digital distribution, hat economies, classiness and classholery. We enjoy long walks on the beach, digital hoarding, gifting, the suffering of longtime members, and raising money for charity.

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This is a big, busy thread. There are some guidelines to keep things nice and orderly:
  • Be civil.
  • This thread is for Steam-related discussion. Try to look for other, more appropriate threads before discussing games or other topics in here. Let's not drain other threads of precious content!
  • If you feel someone's acting inappropriately, then quietly report the responsible parties to forum mods.
  • Linking your Steam profile in your sig will help community members find you, see what kinds of games you like, invite you to MP games, etc.

We have two core Steam groups:

Penny Arcade is a general Steam group for folks from the PA forums.

PA G&T Adventure Team is a group that was created in response to a profusion of game-specific Steam groups to get MP games going for smaller or older titles. Membership is locked during major sales.

Both these groups have chat, and both are used sometimes to try to limit giveaways to community members. If you've just arrived, hang out here in the thread for a while and talk games with us before you ask for membership.

Sometimes people gift games.
  • Don't feel that you have to gift games to be a part of this community. It's just one of many things that go on. Some people can give lots of games. Some people can give a game or two a year. Some people make amazing images. Some people find hidden indie gems and report about them. Some people relay amazing gaming moments. Some people report sales. Some people are hysterical. Etc. There are many ways to participate in this community. Gifting is just one of them and is not required.
  • If you run a contest, have entries PMed to you. The thread gets too cluttered otherwise. You can, however, post the winning entries.
  • If you receive a gift, then take a moment to thank gifter. Use the notification system so they can see your thank you post! ( @NAME. Use quotes around names with spaces. )
  • In addition to contests, wishlist gifting, ninja gifting, revenge gifting, pile-on gifting and Steamgifts.com giveaways, we have the new [ codes ][ /codes ] tags which can fire off one or more Steam codes (or activation links). More info about [ codes ] here.

Rare footage of a gift fight in action...
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Steam sales are legendary. From small to honking massive:

Daily Deals: One game a day goes on sale at 10am PT for 24 hours.

Midweek Madness: Starts 10am PT Tuesday and ends Thursday afternoon.

Weekend Sale: Starts midday Thursday and ends with the sale rollover Monday. Sometimes accompanies free play weekends for MP titles.

Publisher Sale: Many of the publishers games will get a modest discount with a single title or franchise getting a featured day with a deeper discount. Follow the big sale guidelines.

Seasonal Sales: Mardi Gras time here in the thread. Huge swaths of games go on discount, with daily specials, flash sales, community vote sales, and whatever else the evil geniuses at Valve cook up to separate us from our money. There are often metagames such as sale achievements or collectibles or other madness that rewards buying, playing and gifting games and participating in Steam's community. The summer sale usually starts in the last week of June and runs for two weeks, and the Winter sale usually runs for two weeks across Christmas and New Year's.

Other retailers like Amazon and Green Man Gaming get into the act now too, so there are often great values to be had during sales for Steam-activatable games from other sites.

Seasonal Sales are basically a big deal around this thread.

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How do I join the Steam groups?
Membership to the two Steam groups is for reasonably active community members. If you have been on the PA forums for a while and have participated, post a link to your Steam profile here in the thread and a Steam group mod will take care of you.

If you've been on the forums for three days during a major sale and your only posts have been to casually express your strong desire for certain games, your request is unlikely to find a positive reception. Ditto if your very first post on the forum is to ask for group membership. Sadly this does happen sometimes.

The best parts of this community are available to you now just by showing up. Read some posts, make some posts, ask to be invited as a guest to chat, buy some games, play some games, etc. Group membership is modest icing on delicious cake.

Where are you guys getting those nifty Steam Signatures?
Check out Alabaster Slim for his lovely signature generator. Also, don't click the Calculator link in the top bar unless you want to discover how much money you've put into your Steam account. Because there'd be absolutely no reason you'd want to know that.

How do the new [codes ][ /codes] tags even work?

Put a series of Steam activation codes (or activation links, or movie quotes, or winning lottery numbers...) inside the tags, each on its own line like this (without the spaces inside the brackets, of course):
[codes ]code 1
code 2
code 3
...
code n[/codes]

That will create a little box with a clickable link and a number. Each forumer who clicks the link will get a popup and a PM with the next line. Each line can only be sent out once and each forumer can only click once. It was originally designed to allow developers to hand out lots of codes for a game without some goose grabbing the lot.

Note: [ code ][ /code ] is a different tag. Be sure to get that "s" up in there!

Trading cards? Badges? Steam profile levels? Boosters? FOILS?! What the hell?
Some games (more every week) now have trading cards. You can earn some of these cards by playing/idling the game. Some of them you'll need to get by trading or buying them from the Steam community market. Completing a set lets you craft a badge, which gives you an emoticon, a profile wallpaper, a coupon (usually) and profile experience. Leveling up your profile increase your friend cap, earns you customization options for your Steam profile and, allegedly, increases your chances of getting a booster. Boosters are packs of three cards that show up in your inventory sometimes. You can open them or sell them on the market. Sometimes cards are foil. Each game has a regular badge with five levels and a single-level foil badge.

But that's pure, diabolical evil!
Yes, that's right.

Can we trade cards in the thread?
You can but it's inefficient. Use the Steam feature that shows you which of your friends has the cards you are looking for. Oh, and join the Steam group we created for trading cards: PA Card Sharks

Is Steam down?!
Is it Tuesday? It's probably scheduled maintenance.

What are you people talking about? Why hats and what is an "Isy?"
Check out the handy Steam Thread Primer, written by @Smokestacks!
Steam Thread Primer:

Gaben/The Newell - Gabe Newell, Director of Valve Software. Called "Gaben" because in the commentary for older Source Engine games he would tell players to email him at "Gabe N. at valvesoftware.com" with user feedback. Used to be the subject of a lot of weight-related jokes, but those have sort of fallen out of fashion.

Serve the Newell - To buy games on Steam, to give Gaben your money. From this comic edit.

Bad Rats - An incredibly awful 'physics' based puzzle game, available on Steam, notorious for being as awkward as it is broken. Will haunt your dreams. Popular gift to give to people.

Gifting - Buying a game on Steam and giving it to another person.

Class - An attribute demonstrated by people who will generously purchase games and then give them to internet strangers.

Class War - When two or more forumers buy each other games back and forth until one of them gives up. I know this sounds really crazy, but it happens.

Bundle - Originally the Humble Indie Bundle, which was a "pay what you want" system for a group of games, now usually means any website selling a group of games (usually able to be registered on Steam) for a low price.

The Group/The Steam Group - The Penny Arcade Steam Group. Although this usually refers to the main PA Steam groups, there are many PA groups on Steam for various games (for example, PA Crime Time for Payday: The Heist).

Giveaway/A Giveaway - Usually refers to a giveaway on Steamgifts.com, a website where you list a game you want to give away, people enter, and then a winner is randomly decided among all entrants after a set time period.

Tuftoo - A corruption of "TF2" (Team Fortress 2)

Hats/The Hatconomy - The purchase and sale of in-game hats or sometimes other items in TF2. Some hats are very valuable, which is funny because they are just hats for videogame characters. People who have valuable hats or other items in their inventories sometimes get messages from random people on Steam begging for those items.

Boner Toots - Bientôt l'été, a game on Steam. Super artsy-fartsy pretentious "art" game. Also sometimes gifted as a joke.

Backlog - The list of games you have purchased, but have not gotten around to playing yet. Tends to grow over time, often to immense proportions. If you do not have a backlog yet, between the thread and the sales you will get one.

Spies/Russian Spies - People who lurk the thread or try to get into the various PA Steam groups not to participate in the community, but instead in order to try and get free games from the classy people here.

Steamsigs - Custom forum signatures that display a link to your Steam profile, as well as an image of a game you are currently playing, have played the most in the last two weeks, or have played the most over all time (if you haven't played any games on Steam in the last two weeks). Available here courtesy of forumer Suds. Having a Steam sig (or some sort of clickable link to your Steam profile in your signature) makes it considerably easier for people to add you to their friends list.

Child's Play - A charity started by the writer and artist behind PA that raises money for videogames/toys that go to children's hospitals, originally started in '03, has grown every year. Helps sick kids feel better about their time in the hospital while simultaneously refuting the idea that gamers are antisocial jerks.

Isy - Big Classy, a forumer. Formerly known as "Big Isy", he was granted the new name after donating a hefty amount of money to Child's Play during a fundraiser. Sometimes referred to as Isy, which might cause confusion to people who haven't been around very long.

The Sale/Summer Sale/Winter Sale/etc - Seasonal Steam sales. Home to absolutely ridiculously good deals. We are edging closer to the Summer Sale right now. I recommend saving up a few bucks because there will be deals galore. Seasonal sales have their own general guidelines to follow to maximize your purchasing power, they are posted in the thread often before and during the sales.

Summer Dale - A phone's auto-correction of "Summer Sale", which through some sort of internet voodoo produced an actual entity, a smooth voiced funk loving man who lives in a world where the 80s reign eternal and supreme. Also sometimes used to describe the upcoming Summer Sale itself.

Rainbow and/or Slash - Two forumers by the name of Rainbowdespair and slash000 who are notable for developing the third and fourth installments of the Penny Arcade: On the Railslick Precipice of Darkness series. Also developed Breath of Death VII and Cthulu Saves the World, two RPGs that, alone with the Rainslick games, are available on Steam.

Why are you people obsessed with Bad Rats and Amnesia?
A moment of ill-advised swagger from anoffday turned into a horrifying LP of Bad Rats which, because reasons, turned into over $6000 raised for Child's Play.

CorriganX raised over $1100 for Child's Play via Amnesia.

What is this Steamgifts site? I wish to create a giveaway! I cannot enter a giveaway!
Steamgifts is a neat site that lets people create giveaways for games on Steam. Points for entering giveaways are accumulated over time, so just wait a bit if you need points. Entry to giveaways can be limited by Steam group membership to prevent mooches from getting games.

How do I make one of those cool Steam Gifts signature giveaway banners?
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I have too many games! Which do I play?
Steam Roulette randomly picks a game for you to play.

I have too many games! How do I move them to my new hard drive?
Steam Mover makes transporting your massive library much easier.

But wait! I have ALL OF THE GAMES installed! I need more space on my hard drive! wat i do?
You download Tikione Steam Cleaner and clean up that shit

The sale prices aren't right! What's going on?! Oh God, the darkness is closing in...
During the seasonal sales, you are one of a million monkeys hammering F5 at 10am PT to see the new sales. The system is always borked for 5-20 minutes. Take a deep breath. The Newell will deliver, and the new dailies will be available for 48 hours.

Why are some games not available in my region?
Publishers determine what countries get what games. Someone in a suit decided that it wasn't worth the money to make the game available to your region, so it isn't available on Steam. This also applies to cases of games having edited/censored versions showing up on Steam in certain countries. The good news is that you can generally get around this by having someone from another region gift or trade you the game.

Steam is downloading slowly. What gives?
You can head to Steam -> Settings -> Downloads + Cloud and change your download region until things improve. Since other regions are typically less populated, you will probably get somewhat better results even if the new server is in another country.


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Go forth, and SERVE THE NEWELL.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    Hey.

    Heeeeeey.

    I was right in the middle of doing this.

    Also you left the OP in quotes.

    You have much to learn young one!

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  • CheesecakeRecipeCheesecakeRecipe "Should not be allowed to post in the Steam Thread" - Isorn Squalor Victoria, Squalor Victoria!Registered User regular
    Mmm that new thread smell.

  • IoloIolo iolo Registered User regular
    Sorry, @The Dude With Herpes! I was looking for yours. (You did complain from your remote mountain cabin when no one made the last thread...) Fine with me if you want to get a mod to lock this one to make yours.

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
    Mmm that new thread smell.

    Uh, sorry about that.

    That's the urine-soaked newspapers.

    I guess it's time to change @Malakaius's cage again.

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  • CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    @IOLO HAS USURPED THE THRONE. ALL HAIL @IOLO

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  • Dyvim TvarDyvim Tvar Registered User regular
    DIVEKICK!
    GET HYPE!

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    Iolo wrote: »
    Sorry, @The Dude With Herpes! I was looking for yours. (You did complain from your remote mountain cabin when no one made the last thread...) Fine with me if you want to get a mod to lock this one to make yours.

    haha man I don't really care. I'm like a steam thread socialist. All of us are the Steam Thread, the Steam Thread is all of us. No one owns the steam thread, it belongs to us all!

    Keep Calm and Class On.

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  • TheUnsane1TheUnsane1 PhiladelphiaRegistered User regular
    It's going to be so hard to pick between divekicking and collecting clusters.... Wtb extra hours.

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  • CheesecakeRecipeCheesecakeRecipe "Should not be allowed to post in the Steam Thread" - Isorn Squalor Victoria, Squalor Victoria!Registered User regular
    Luchaire wrote: »
    Mmm that new thread smell.

    Uh, sorry about that.

    That's the urine-soaked newspapers.

    I guess it's time to change @Malakaius's cage again.

    Been spending too much time reading the steam forums, I can barely tell the difference between the stench of Ammonia from a ham sandwich anymore. :(

  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    Tried out Full Mojo Rampage. It's not something I'd recommend atm. It's got a lot of charm, and it's going to be pretty sweet eventually, but atm it's buggy, incredibly taxing on GPUs (for some weird reason? unoptimised as fuck I guess) and missing some core features. Like saving.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    Lanrutcon wrote: »
    Tried out Full Mojo Rampage. It's not something I'd recommend atm. It's got a lot of charm, and it's going to be pretty sweet eventually, but atm it's buggy, incredibly taxing on GPUs (for some weird reason? unoptimised as fuck I guess) and missing some core features. Like saving.

    Saving? Isn't it a rogue-like? Or do you mean any saving, like if you need to quit and come back later?

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  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    I need to upgrade my poor Radeon HD4870. Saints Row IV is kicking the poor thing's ass. Anyone have recommendation for a sub 150 video card that'll offer a nice upgrade and give me DX11 and all that fun stuff?

  • Albino BunnyAlbino Bunny Jackie Registered User regular
    Haven't posted in sixty pages.

    Gonna get myself on the front page of this one.

    Also Payday 2 is still great guys.

  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    Lanrutcon wrote: »
    Tried out Full Mojo Rampage. It's not something I'd recommend atm. It's got a lot of charm, and it's going to be pretty sweet eventually, but atm it's buggy, incredibly taxing on GPUs (for some weird reason? unoptimised as fuck I guess) and missing some core features. Like saving.

    Saving? Isn't it a rogue-like? Or do you mean any saving, like if you need to quit and come back later?

    Aye. I don't want to save in the middle in the map and continue, I mean like Save & Quit Cause I Gotta Go Make Dinner.

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  • tuxkamentuxkamen really took this picture. Registered User regular
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    I need to upgrade my poor Radeon HD4870. Saints Row IV is kicking the poor thing's ass. Anyone have recommendation for a sub 150 video card that'll offer a nice upgrade and give me DX11 and all that fun stuff?

    HD 7770 should be fine (?) There are probably better cards closer to the limit.


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  • an_altan_alt Registered User regular
    The gifting in this thread is out of control. There have been a few times where I wanted to ask if people enjoyed various games, but I'm afraid I'll receive a gift instead. Way, way too much class going on in here.

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  • tuxkamentuxkamen really took this picture. Registered User regular
    Oh: It would be wild (but probably too much work) if the Vanilla guys did some Steam integration to get group membership info. Then you could have some group check to limit the access. Of course, then you get into weirdness about who the 'official' group is.


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  • azith28azith28 Registered User regular
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    I need to upgrade my poor Radeon HD4870. Saints Row IV is kicking the poor thing's ass. Anyone have recommendation for a sub 150 video card that'll offer a nice upgrade and give me DX11 and all that fun stuff?

    if your willing to go a little further, Nvidia 660 cards are currently around 190 and are about 4x more powerful then your radeon using this chart:
    http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/video_lookup.php?gpu=Radeon+HD+4870

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  • BroncbusterBroncbuster Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Talus9952 wrote: »
    Talus9952 wrote: »
    Whats the consensus on Evil Genus?

    It's alright. I played a bunch of it and it's pretty fun to design bases but the AI of your mans is pretty dumb. They get caught in your traps and open doors for spies etc...

    If it's under 5 it'll give you a few hours of fun. It gets a little repetitive later.

    Evil Genius is a lot of fun and has a great base-building system, but the main problem with the game is that you actually aren't supposed to use all of the cool traps they give you. Every time agents come to your island and don't leave, you generate heat, which means more agents will come to your island. Eventually you can't get anything done because you're constantly having to fight waves of soldiers. The best way to play the game is to spam Valets so that they can confuse agents so they leave without seeing anything.

    This was my experience with Evil Genius. Also, my traps are so good, I kill all my own people.

    I would always build a super agent detention center housing outside my base. With machine guns overlapping each other and the door. So if he escaped it, he would be shot to crap and recaptured (granted if he came out the door).

    Another thing I remember is the domino effect. Someone( agent, one of your guys ) would die to a trap. Lackey goes to claim the body or do repairs, they in turn die to traps, and starts the cycle over. Then I have to hire an entirely new workforce, ROFL.

    Man, this. Also, the meta game to make money gets pretty stale after the 2nd or 3rd map. I wish that part was better.

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    New thread smell.

    I'm close to wrapping up Deus Ex: Human Revolution. That's one check off the backlog!

  • ExcisionExcision Old Sport Registered User regular
    Iolo wrote: »
    Sorry, @The Dude With Herpes! I was looking for yours. (You did complain from your remote mountain cabin when no one made the last thread...) Fine with me if you want to get a mod to lock this one to make yours.

    haha man I don't really care. I'm like a steam thread socialist. All of us are the Steam Thread, the Steam Thread is all of us. No one owns the steam thread, it belongs to us all!

    Keep Calm and Class On.

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  • TaramoorTaramoor Storyteller Registered User regular
    an_alt wrote: »
    The gifting in this thread is out of control. There have been a few times where I wanted to ask if people enjoyed various games, but I'm afraid I'll receive a gift instead. Way, way too much class going on in here.

    This is why all of my posts are just


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  • LanrutconLanrutcon The LabyrinthRegistered User regular
    Repost for the evening crowd:

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    an_alt wrote: »
    The gifting in this thread is out of control. There have been a few times where I wanted to ask if people enjoyed various games, but I'm afraid I'll receive a gift instead. Way, way too much class going on in here.

    Can we do the old "I have a FRIEND who wants to know if Saints Row IV is awesome" thing?

    edit: For some reason, I friended that Steam user at level 160 from the previous thread. Not sure why.

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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    Man, how many times can they really put Just Cause 2 80% off?

  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/08/20/tom-clancys-the-division-is-coming-to-pc/?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=emp

    Finally, the big game at E3 that I considered buying a next gen console for is coming to PC. So there goes that irrational need.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    Coinage wrote: »
    Man, how many times can they really put Just Cause 2 80% off?

    "92 Friends already own this game" Zero wishlisted.

    I think there's some sadistic competition between Just Cause, Magicka and Dungeon Defenders to see who can have the most steam sales ever.

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  • KrummithKrummith DJ Logic Death can't take me until I finish my backlogRegistered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Not much in the way of deals today:

    Getgamesgo

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim $17.99


    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Legendary Edition $35.99

    Nuuvem

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Legendary Edition $31.26

    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified $27.96

    Please note Nuuvem is a Brazilian site, is in Portuguese, release dates will be based on the Brazilian location, and prices on the site are listed in Brazilian Reals. I have purchased from them several times with no problems.

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    Krummith wrote: »
    Not much in the way of deals today:

    Getgamesgo

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim $17.99


    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Legendary Edition $35.99

    Nuuvem

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Legendary Edition $31.26

    Saints Row IV $31.26

    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified $27.96

    Please note Nuuvem is a Brazilian site, is in Portuguese, release dates will be based on the Brazilian location, and prices on the site are listed in Brazilian Reals. I have purchased from them several times with no problems.

    I don't suppose Amazon will price match with Nuuvem? Eh? Eeeeeeh?

    Yeah, didn't think so. :( Dem prices man.

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  • Pixelated PixiePixelated Pixie They/Them Registered User regular
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    ironzerg wrote: »
    Chipmunks are like nature's nipple clamps, I guess?
  • KrummithKrummith DJ Logic Death can't take me until I finish my backlogRegistered User regular
    Luchaire wrote: »

    Thanks this is very cool! I've got to add this place to my list of sites to check. They've had some pretty keen deals lately.

    Anyone have any experience with them?

  • cardboard delusionscardboard delusions USAgent PSN: USAgent31Registered User regular
    Hmm XCOM for $28, maybe... what's the release date on that one?

  • KrummithKrummith DJ Logic Death can't take me until I finish my backlogRegistered User regular
    Hmm XCOM for $28, maybe... what's the release date on that one?

    The 23rd, Nuuvem's releases are based on the international date.

  • MalakaiusMalakaius KalamazooRegistered User regular
    Luchaire wrote: »
    Mmm that new thread smell.

    Uh, sorry about that.

    That's the urine-soaked newspapers.

    I guess it's time to change @Malakaius's cage again.

    While I appreciate the summons, I am not sure I appreciate the implications...

    @cardboard delusions It came out today I believe, in North America anyway?

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  • rikdalyrikdaly Registered User regular
    Krummith wrote: »
    Not much in the way of deals today:

    Getgamesgo

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim $17.99


    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Legendary Edition $35.99

    Nuuvem

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Legendary Edition $31.26

    Saints Row IV $31.26

    The Bureau: XCOM Declassified $27.96

    Please note Nuuvem is a Brazilian site, is in Portuguese, release dates will be based on the Brazilian location, and prices on the site are listed in Brazilian Reals. I have purchased from them several times with no problems.

    Saints Row IV is now listed as Saints Row IV (Brasil) on Nuuvem.. it wasn't like that when I preordered it so I really hope I can activate the key I get when it comes through

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    Krummith wrote: »
    Luchaire wrote: »

    Thanks this is very cool! I've got to add this place to my list of sites to check. They've had some pretty keen deals lately.

    Anyone have any experience with them?

    It's GAME, so I think that's the UK equivalent of Gamestop.

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  • Zen VulgarityZen Vulgarity What a lovely day for tea Secret British ThreadRegistered User regular
    @Malakaius thanks for the sims3 stuff

    My girlfriend's first thing was to make a sim couple of me and her with my last name

    I think she's trying to tell me something eh

  • SoundsPlushSoundsPlush yup, back. Registered User regular
    edited August 2013
    Regarding SR4 on Nuuvem, a forum post:
    Hello all,

    On behalf of Nuuvem's customer support, im authorized to provide you with the answers about Saints Row IV keys.
    Good morning.

    I was looking for a key for Saints Row IV and I found this product. I saw that the prices were amazing and wanted to know if I can pay by credit card even if not in Brazil. I am a resident in Spain. Another question I have is if I buy the game, then I can turn on my Steam or have a regional block?

    Sorry for writing in English.

    We're aware that most of our international community is having a big time wondering if the Saints Row key that we're providing will be regionally exclusive or not.

    In a first moment, the Saints Row IV pre-purchase rights that we sold until now, will, indeed, be redeemed as regional keys, but we've already taken action in order to protect the best interests and rights of our foreign users, so, soon after the game is launched we guarantee that all the foreign users that pre-purchased with us will receive a worldwide redeemable key.

    It is important to state though, that all the keys that will be sold AFTER the game launch, will be regionally blocked.

    If there is any question that remains unanswered please let us know.

    Best Regards
    Nuuvem Team

    Note also that the release date on the page has switched to the US release date, so it's unclear whether now is "after the game launch" and hence region blocked keys for anyone purchasing today on. People reporting support emails relay Nuuvem will get region free keys for people who preordered, but it could take until "next Friday," which is presumably this Friday, the original international release date, but who knows!

    Edit: Also from the sounds of it, Deep Silver didn't tell them in advance that they intended to use regional keys. Given the price benefits for foreigners, I wonder if the price of getting region open keys for SR4 preorders will be more stringent restrictions on where customers are buying from, like Greenman. Publishers do hate this sort of thing.

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  • cardboard delusionscardboard delusions USAgent PSN: USAgent31Registered User regular
    Malakaius wrote: »
    Luchaire wrote: »
    Mmm that new thread smell.

    Uh, sorry about that.

    That's the urine-soaked newspapers.

    I guess it's time to change @Malakaius's cage again.

    While I appreciate the summons, I am not sure I appreciate the implications...

    @cardboard delusions It came out today I believe, in North America anyway?

    Aww crap, well screw that, winter sale it is haha, no time for you.

  • Banzai5150Banzai5150 Registered User regular
    @Malakaius thanks for the sims3 stuff

    My girlfriend's first thing was to make a sim couple of me and her with my last name

    I think she's trying to tell me something eh

    Wait until she fills your basement with water, puts you down there, removes the stairs and doors, and starts to have "Quiet time with your Ghost".

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