The [steam] thread - Serving the Newell with open hearts and wallets.

Vegan

I just got my trading card access email but I don't see anything different, and I don't have invites in my inventory. Is there a delay after you get the email?

SmokeStacks

Lindsey Lohan wrote: »

Let's say hypothetically you were very, very stressed out. Let's say you've been the only person in your department at work repeatedly for the past few weeks, you've got some money things from your past that just reared their ugly heads, you're so overworked that you spend 8 hours a day with your stomach in a tight knot, you have a certification test next week you really aren't prepared for, it's the end of the school year for your kid and wife meaning tons of events and expenses, and just basically you're a complete wreck of a person running on caffeine and little sleep. What games would folks play during a partial day off to relax? Something completely non-competitive and no sense of urgency involved - the opposite of on online shooter, or bit.trip runner or Dungeon Hearts for example. Something that would help you recharge a bit. Something insanely cheap or already in my library due to aforementioned financial surprises.

I was thinking Dear Esther or Farming Sim seemed very mellow, but what else might folks recommend?

Serious Sam HD on Tourist (the easiest) difficulty.

Yeah, it's a shooter, but nothing is better for alleviating stress than mowing down wave after wave after wave of enemies with a giant chaingun.

I've got some errands to run, but I'd be down for some co-op later if you're interested.

Saaruto

The Dude With Herpes wrote: »

Saaruto wrote: »

CS:GO finally on sale...my patience has been rewarded! Also, Mass Effect collection on sale for $10...is this a steal?

Not really. ME frequently goes on sale for $5; ME2 is certainly worth $5, but keep in mind that it comes with no DLC, and that shit never goes on sale; and 2 has a ton.

If you've never played the ME games, by all means go for it. But if you're just looking for copies on the PC...either hold out until EA finally releases 'ultimate' editions for 2 & 3, or just wait and catch a copy of the Trilogy on sale (it's been as low as $20 for all 3 games various times in various places...Origin though...but that's the only place to get 3).

I forgot that it wasn't all 3. Fuck that !

Krummith

For those of you not in the TCG beta yet, they just announced that they're sending out an additional 10,000 invites soon. So, hopefully y'all will get in.

and then trade me for cards

Ed Gruberman

I will point out that ME3 is on sale through amazon right now for $5.99 which seems like a pretty good deal.

Vegan

Hmmmmm CS:GO is free this weekend. I wonder if we can get cards during this, without actually paying for the game.

Incindium

Al Baron wrote: »

Sweet, Stardew Valley got greenlit.

All this money I'm throwing at the screen will actually do something soon.

Why can I not awesome this more than once?

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME!

The Dude With Herpes

Ed Gruberman wrote: »

I will point out that ME3 is on sale through amazon right now for $5.99 which seems like a pretty good deal.

That is an excellent deal.

I hate this. I hate wanting to buy the PC versions of the ME games, but knowing that zomg DLC prices. Even if I could get the base games for $15 total; that's still like...what...over a hundred more bucks for all the DLCs?

You don't have to have the DLC's obviously; but after having played the whole series on the 360, and having played all the DLC's, I just don't think I could not have them again, knowing what they add.

Lindsey Lohan

SmokeStacks wrote: »

Lindsey Lohan wrote: »

Let's say hypothetically you were very, very stressed out. Let's say you've been the only person in your department at work repeatedly for the past few weeks, you've got some money things from your past that just reared their ugly heads, you're so overworked that you spend 8 hours a day with your stomach in a tight knot, you have a certification test next week you really aren't prepared for, it's the end of the school year for your kid and wife meaning tons of events and expenses, and just basically you're a complete wreck of a person running on caffeine and little sleep. What games would folks play during a partial day off to relax? Something completely non-competitive and no sense of urgency involved - the opposite of on online shooter, or bit.trip runner or Dungeon Hearts for example. Something that would help you recharge a bit. Something insanely cheap or already in my library due to aforementioned financial surprises.

I was thinking Dear Esther or Farming Sim seemed very mellow, but what else might folks recommend?

Serious Sam HD on Tourist (the easiest) difficulty.

Yeah, it's a shooter, but nothing is better for alleviating stress than mowing down wave after wave after wave of enemies with a giant chaingun.

I've got some errands to run, but I'd be down for some co-op later if you're interested.

Thanks - but my day off isn't until tomorrow. Tonight is family night - gonna check out what my son did on the new Minecraft server we setup, watch some TV together, etc. Tomorrow I took off to study, but I'm also going to play a few rounds to try to recharge a bit. It's been probably the roughest patch I've had for awhile in terms of stress levels so some multiplayer over my 3 day weekend would be great.

Houn

Lindsey Lohan wrote: »

SmokeStacks wrote: »

Lindsey Lohan wrote: »

Let's say hypothetically you were very, very stressed out. Let's say you've been the only person in your department at work repeatedly for the past few weeks, you've got some money things from your past that just reared their ugly heads, you're so overworked that you spend 8 hours a day with your stomach in a tight knot, you have a certification test next week you really aren't prepared for, it's the end of the school year for your kid and wife meaning tons of events and expenses, and just basically you're a complete wreck of a person running on caffeine and little sleep. What games would folks play during a partial day off to relax? Something completely non-competitive and no sense of urgency involved - the opposite of on online shooter, or bit.trip runner or Dungeon Hearts for example. Something that would help you recharge a bit. Something insanely cheap or already in my library due to aforementioned financial surprises.

I was thinking Dear Esther or Farming Sim seemed very mellow, but what else might folks recommend?

Serious Sam HD on Tourist (the easiest) difficulty.

Yeah, it's a shooter, but nothing is better for alleviating stress than mowing down wave after wave after wave of enemies with a giant chaingun.

I've got some errands to run, but I'd be down for some co-op later if you're interested.

Thanks - but my day off isn't until tomorrow. Tonight is family night - gonna check out what my son did on the new Minecraft server we setup, watch some TV together, etc. Tomorrow I took off to study, but I'm also going to play a few rounds to try to recharge a bit. It's been probably the roughest patch I've had for awhile in terms of stress levels so some multiplayer over my 3 day weekend would be great.

NFS:Hot Pursuit in Free Drive Mode.
FTL
Minecraft
Terraria
Saint's Row 3

Ed Gruberman

This version of ME3 is also available for $8.99 which seems to include some of the DLC at least

Krummith

The Dude With Herpes wrote: »

Ed Gruberman wrote: »

I will point out that ME3 is on sale through amazon right now for $5.99 which seems like a pretty good deal.

That is an excellent deal.

I hate this. I hate wanting to buy the PC versions of the ME games, but knowing that zomg DLC prices. Even if I could get the base games for $15 total; that's still like...what...over a hundred more bucks for all the DLCs?

You don't have to have the DLC's obviously; but after having played the whole series on the 360, and having played all the DLC's, I just don't think I could not have them again, knowing what they add.

I don't know if this helps or not, but Amazon recently started selling Bioware points. Perhaps they'll go on sale at some point? The reason I like it is because freebie Amazon giftcards are pretty easy to get. Linky

Darkewolfe

Gah. I want to buy Dark Souls from amazon for steam, but I just dropped like $50 for rocksmith plus cable (SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED THE GODDAMN SPECIFIC CABLE AND NOT THE SIX DOLLAR ONE.)

Plus... you know, a couple hundo for the guitar.

Odds it'll be on sale similarly during summer dale?

The Dude With Herpes

Krummith wrote: »

The Dude With Herpes wrote: »

Ed Gruberman wrote: »

I will point out that ME3 is on sale through amazon right now for $5.99 which seems like a pretty good deal.

That is an excellent deal.

I hate this. I hate wanting to buy the PC versions of the ME games, but knowing that zomg DLC prices. Even if I could get the base games for $15 total; that's still like...what...over a hundred more bucks for all the DLCs?

You don't have to have the DLC's obviously; but after having played the whole series on the 360, and having played all the DLC's, I just don't think I could not have them again, knowing what they add.

I don't know if this helps or not, but Amazon recently started selling Bioware points. Perhaps they'll go on sale at some point? The reason I like it is because freebie Amazon giftcards are pretty easy to get. Linky

Yeah, I did see that. Interesting that they're selling the points as the DLC's. Kinda an odd way of doing it, and hopefully means it's more likely to go on sale than, say, Microsoft points.

The Brayster

Darkewolfe wrote: »

Gah. I want to buy Dark Souls from amazon for steam, but I just dropped like $50 for rocksmith plus cable (SINCE I DIDN'T KNOW I NEEDED THE GODDAMN SPECIFIC CABLE AND NOT THE SIX DOLLAR ONE.)

Plus... you know, a couple hundo for the guitar.

Odds it'll be on sale similarly during summer dale?

Hopefully. I can't get it now either, so I'm heavily banking on the Summer Dale being a merciful creature.

captaink

Finished Tomb Raider, really enjoyed it. I rolled the dice on my backlog and came up with Crysis Warhead. Was it any good?

Krummith

I have a pair of Pyro cards to trade, if anyone wants to trade for any TF2 cards other than sniper and soldier.

ArcSyn

So let me get this straight, I don't actually have to play the game, just leave them running and I'll get cards? Is there a max number of cards you can get for a game, or it just keeps generating more as I play?

bloodatonement

What's the link for the group that you join to get the beta invite to get the cards that you trade for the games that sit in your gamebank and collect digital dust?

Khildith

ArcSyn wrote: »

So let me get this straight, I don't actually have to play the game, just leave them running and I'll get cards? Is there a max number of cards you can get for a game, or it just keeps generating more as I play?

Seems you can get 4 or 5 cards per game and that is the entirety of what you'll get. Possibly ever. I'm sure that means you can trade your half of your portal cards for the other half of the half life 2 cards or whatever, but it does make me sad that I couldn't possibly get a full set of everything unless I paid money.

Krummith

ArcSyn wrote: »

So let me get this straight, I don't actually have to play the game, just leave them running and I'll get cards? Is there a max number of cards you can get for a game, or it just keeps generating more as I play?

First, check your badges tab, make sure you're set up to get the cards. If the badge is there it will tell you how many drops you can get for each game. As of right now the drops you get are all that you get. To get the remaining cards you will have to buy or trade for them. There is currently an issue with TF2 and DOTA2 where if you are F2P, you don't get drops even if you purchase something. Idling does get you drops in the game.

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tradingcards is the link to the group, there is also a FAQ there.

cooljammer00

There should be a way to light a signal and let people know what cards you have/want

Houn

cooljammer00 wrote: »

There should be a way to light a signal and let people know what cards you have/want

You can add a box to your profile page showcasing what you have to trade.
Also, if you drill down on a card set, it will tell you whom among your friends have the cards you're missing.

Shade

I'd pick up borderlands 2, but I never made it more than an hour or 2 into the first one.

Houn

Shade wrote: »

I'd pick up borderlands 2, but I never made it more than an hour or 2 into the first one.

I maintain that the Borderlands games are terrific multiplayer fun, but absolute shit if you're playing singleplayer. There is almost nothing fun about the gameplay solo; between bullet sponge enemies and praying for drops to deal with that, the game is a slog. Sure, it's funny and looks great, but actually playing it is a chore. Unless you've got a posse.

Kid Presentable

Does Dark Souls require require Games For Windows Live?

Stabbity Style

EvilMonkey wrote: »

I'm on to you Steam! I joined the trading card group yesterday but I didn't get my email until just now. It came immediately after my purchase confirmation for Rising Storm.

Shenanigans! :P

Lucky!

Stabbity Style

Wait, it costs $20 to get the other 2 Borderlands 2 classes? Toss that.

Kanden

Any chance I could get a G+T invite? And if not what I need to do to get one?

Sumanai

Anyone interested in a 50% OFF Euro Truck Simulator 2 coupon? That's what I get for crafting badges from cards. (Valid until 5/30/2013)

bloodatonement

Houn wrote: »

Shade wrote: »

I'd pick up borderlands 2, but I never made it more than an hour or 2 into the first one.

I maintain that the Borderlands games are terrific multiplayer fun, but absolute shit if you're playing singleplayer. There is almost nothing fun about the gameplay solo; between bullet sponge enemies and praying for drops to deal with that, the game is a slog. Sure, it's funny and looks great, but actually playing it is a chore. Unless you've got a posse.

Counterpoint: I put in 200+ hours playing BL1 solo. And you at least owe it to yourself to play Zombie Island.

Incindium

Actually you can get all the cards without having to pay any real money, it's just gonna involved a bunch of marketplace flipping. Buy low/Sell high. I'm currently doing this with the Beta Invites using money earned selling cards and items created when crafting a badge.

Corpekata

Not sure if posted or not but new greenlight titles: http://steamcommunity.com/games/765/announcements/detail/1569781302750532884

Pretty good bunch this time. Stardew Valley, Game Dev Tycoon, Riot, and Legends of Eisenwald, Bleed, and The Legend.

Decoy

Corpekata wrote: »

Not sure if posted or not but new greenlight titles: http://steamcommunity.com/games/765/announcements/detail/1569781302750532884

Pretty good bunch this time. Stardew Valley, Game Dev Tycoon, Riot, and Legends of Eisenwald, Bleed, and The Legend.

I've been waiting for Stardew Valley and I kickstarted Legends of Eisenwald... so today was a good day.

KoopahTroopah

Kid Presentable wrote: »

Does Dark Souls require require Games For Windows Live?

Not necessarily. You could play offline if you wanted to, but there's no fun in avoiding being ganked by complete strangers/ganking complete strangers.

Spoit

So yeah, if anyone has the chell, destruction or the lab cards, I'm probably not going to finish TF2 between having a dupe and a foil so I can part with my demoman, medic and engineer cards. And I have an extra Freeman too

iRevert

Stabbity Style wrote: »

Wait, it costs $20 to get the other 2 Borderlands 2 classes? Toss that.

This puts me off of the DLC tremendously, its like I pick up items that say "only usable by mecromancer" and find out it costs me $9.99 to unlock that and it really changes my mood on getting the DLC. lolo gifted me borderlands (1 and 2) and I enjoyed the everloving shit out of both of them and just recently started getting into multiplayer and have been debating on picking up the DLC when it goes on sale but shelling out $20 for two new classes is so off putting to me. I'd consider it if it was $5 for both of those class types and even if it was $5 for one I might consider it but it just goes against every thing I really stand for in terms of DLC so I'll end up not getting it till it drops into that price range.

It really is a shame that they did that, I understand "pre-order bonuses" and incentives but $10 for a single class is pushing it. It should have been unlocked for those who preordered and then either unlocked when people beat the game or unlocked a few months down the road for people.

shdwcaster

Incindium wrote: »

Actually you can get all the cards without having to pay any real money, it's just gonna involved a bunch of marketplace flipping. Buy low/Sell high. I'm currently doing this with the Beta Invites using money earned selling cards and items created when crafting a badge.

Or, if you're L10 or better, having a bit of luck and pulling a Foil version of one of the cards. Those are currently commanding a pretty hefty premium on the marketplace right now, so sell that, and buy the rest of the set that you need for completion.

Drascin

...so @Dyvim Tvar just sidestepped the exchange I offered and just out and outright sent me a key for Risen 2 no questions asked.

Goddamn, the class here is overwhelming. Thanks, man!

EDIT. how do you @ properly with two word names?

DoctorArch

Just want to point out, that while it's on Origin, Amazon has the Command & Conquer collection for 10 bucks here.

Here's what's in the collection:

Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer The Covert Operations
Command & Conquer Red Alert
Command & Conquer Red Alert Counterstrike
Command & Conquer Red Alert The Aftermath
Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer Tiberian Sun Firestorm
Command & Conquer Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer Red Alert Yuri's Revenge
Command & Conquer Renegade
Command & Conquer Generals
Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars
Command & Conquer 3 Kane’s Wrath
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Uprising
Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight

That's an insane amount of C&C.