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

cooljammer00

Are you implying GFWL ate your save? Or that there's just a lot of hidden stuff? Cause it might be both.

hatedinamerica

There's just a lot of stuff in that game. Way more than I was expecting.

Lots of Batman in my near future.

oakke

KafkaAU wrote: »

oakke wrote: »

So, does the "wait til lvl10 before farming for cards" trick work at all? Don't wanna miss my chances of getting one myself.

Well it works because you can't get foils until you are level 10. But unless you have a large amount of years of service and the badges from previous sales you won't be level 10 without actually starting to collect some decks.

Yeah, just realized I'd need at least 2 full decks to get to lvl10.

Curses. Shouldn't have ignored those badges, I knew they would have a sinister purpose someday.

Vegan

Can anyone confirm if Portal 2 requires an in-game purchase in order to get cards, or is it just the F2P games that do (Dota and TF2)?

Undead Scottsman

Pretty sure they just said FTP games required that.

cooljammer00

Yeah, I wasn't even aware you could buy anything for Portal 2 besides the game.

KafkaAU

You should be able to click on your badges page and see which games you can earn drops for.

Sorce

oakke wrote: »

KafkaAU wrote: »

oakke wrote: »

So, does the "wait til lvl10 before farming for cards" trick work at all? Don't wanna miss my chances of getting one myself.

Well it works because you can't get foils until you are level 10. But unless you have a large amount of years of service and the badges from previous sales you won't be level 10 without actually starting to collect some decks.

Yeah, just realized I'd need at least 2 full decks to get to lvl10.

Curses. Shouldn't have ignored those badges, I knew they would have a sinister purpose someday.

The Community Badge is ridiculously easy to get, too; even the second level iteration.

Peewi

Stabbity Style wrote: »

Veevee wrote: »

I just checked out the steam community, and is Bills Hat for TF2 really selling for over $100? I think I may need to sell it...

Bill's hat is worth around 2 buds, which is worth around $70 ($35 per bud).

I never understood why it's so valuable. Does it make any difference if it's vintage? Mine isn't.

oakke

Sorce wrote: »

oakke wrote: »

KafkaAU wrote: »

oakke wrote: »

So, does the "wait til lvl10 before farming for cards" trick work at all? Don't wanna miss my chances of getting one myself.

Well it works because you can't get foils until you are level 10. But unless you have a large amount of years of service and the badges from previous sales you won't be level 10 without actually starting to collect some decks.

Yeah, just realized I'd need at least 2 full decks to get to lvl10.

Curses. Shouldn't have ignored those badges, I knew they would have a sinister purpose someday.

The Community Badge is ridiculously easy to get, too; even the second level iteration.

I was counting that one already

This gave me hope tho

What is the point of my Steam Level?
The Steam Level is a quick way for users to see how much someone has invested in their Steam account, and how valuable that user is to the rest of the Steam Community. We have just a few different ways to get badges right now, but we hope to expand that to include all the different ways users contribute.

Vegan

What is the point of my Steam Level?
The Steam Level is a quick way for users to see how much someone has invested in their Steam account, and how valuable that user is to the rest of the Steam Community. We have just a few different ways to get badges right now, but we hope to expand that to include all the different ways users contribute.

I look forward to my "Spent Several Thousand Dollars" badge.

simac

When they introduce XP or cards for gifting this thread will go nova.

It's coming I tell you...

Todesbart

simac wrote: »

When they introduce XP or cards for gifting this thread will go nova.

It's coming I tell you...

Steam Level: Over 9000!!!!!

Undead Scottsman

Got all four Half-Life 2 cards by the time I finished Water Hazard. A little bummed it didn't take that long. Also a little bummed I can never get more cards without trading or buying.

Rizzi

Honestly, the whole TF2 "economy" is ridiculous.
They're just hats. They don't even do anything.

Todesbart

Rizzi wrote: »

Honestly, the whole TF2 "economy" is ridiculous.
They're just hats. They don't even do anything.

Don't talk like that about those crazy idiots who basically paid for my Brütal Legend, The Witcher 2 and some other games by buying my useless hats!

Taramoor

Todesbart wrote: »

simac wrote: »

When they introduce XP or cards for gifting this thread will go nova.

It's coming I tell you...

Steam Level: Over 9000!!!!!

No one can tell Handgimp about this.

Lindsey Lohan

Have we confirmed if the free weekend of csgo can earn cards?

Icemopper

I wonder if I can get cards by idling in Portal 2 on my PS3. Has anyone tried this?

Wooden Spoon

I'm looking forward to getting into this card deal. With the exception of Don't Starve, I haven't played any of the games that award the cards, so it's a win/win for me. (Don't throw rocks at me--I did play HL2 back on 360).

HiT BiT

Reposting this. We need more adventurers!
As someone pointed La-Mulana is like Metroidvanias and Dark Souls had a baby.
If you like platforming, adventure, puzzles and great music you are obliged to enter this contest.

HiT BiT wrote: »

Today my boss gave me a great gift: he caught the flu! Today he didn’t come to work and the meeting we had to attend tomorrow in a client’s company has been postponed. So I won’t have to spend my birthday flying 8 hours just to spend 2 hours in a meeting and arriving back home on Saturday morning.

So I decided improvise a little birthday giveaway involving La-Mulana I decided to call...



Fellow adventurers, below you can admire three ancient objects that have been in the family for many generations and were found together in the archaeological dig of the pyramid of Stimonia in 1922.

A) Golden bracelet


Twin statue


C) Eye of truth


Along with the objects a tablet was found which explained the legend attached to them. According the hieroglyphics of the tablet, one of the objects will reveal the location of the lost tomb within La-Mulana to a champion of pure heart.
But beware, warns the tablet, because the other two objects are cursed a no pure heart will save you from the evil within them. One of them contains the vengeful spirit of a warrior fallen in disgrace while the other is a door that will be used by an army of monstrous creatures to conquer our world.

The question is, will you be brave enough to challenge the curse and thus find the way to La-Mulana? If you think you are, here are the rules as the tablet describes them:

-You must select one, two or the three of the objects and send me a PM with your selection

-If you select just one object and that object is the one that contains the location of the lost tomb withinLa-Mulana you will have one chance to be elected by the tablet as the champion of pure heart. If you are elected as the champion the location of the tomb will be revealed to you. But, in case the object you selected is cursed you have one change to be cursed.

-If you select two objects and one of them contains the location of the lost tomb you will have one chance to be elected as the champion. But the other object will be cursed and, in this case, you will have two chances to be cursed by it.

-If you select two objects and both of them are cursed you will have two chances to be cursed by each of the objects!

-If you select the three objects then you can be sure that one of them will be hiding the location of the tomb and, you will have one assured chance to be elected as the champion. But you will have two chances to be cursed by each of the other two objects!

So the question is, are you brave enough to face the challenge of the three objects? Send me your PMs if you dare!

Notes:
-The status of the three objects (two cursed and one blessed) will be randomly selected, so do not try to find any clues or meaning in their appearance
-The curses don't involve any rodents at all (usual or unusual size)
-In case the curse of an object is already present in the victim's Steam account it may find another target among the people who selected that object
-I will be reposting this during the weekend. You can send me your PMs until Sunday 10:00 PM GMT.
-Thanks to Harvest for his help correcting this text

GOOD LUCK!

HiT BiT

Also, have some trailers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCTnpFbriLo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1yP_be9IyI

Icemopper

Idling on Portal 2 on the PS3 works. I turned it on, went to work, and already have 3 cards.

I guess it'll just stay on until I get home then...

Decoy

I... I just sold something on the marketplace. A dupe TF2 medic item I had for .53 cents. I'm aware that's nothing special, but it was seriously easy as hell.

Going forward, I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to resist NOT selling anything that'll fetch a decent price give how simple it was.

Sorce

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Got all four Half-Life 2 cards by the time I finished Water Hazard. A little bummed it didn't take that long. Also a little bummed I can never get more cards without trading or buying.

I probably did too, but I kept going until Ravenholm; I stopped there because we don't go to Ravenholm.

TeeMan

Sorce wrote: »

Undead Scottsman wrote: »

Got all four Half-Life 2 cards by the time I finished Water Hazard. A little bummed it didn't take that long. Also a little bummed I can never get more cards without trading or buying.

I probably did too, but I kept going until Ravenholm; I stopped there because we don't go to Ravenholm.

Smart man.

KoopahTroopah

Morning yall.

SteevL

I decided to go for the Vorticough achievement in Half-Life 2 last night. Spending the time to do that got me 3 cards: 2 Alyxes, 1 Gordon.

I only have one remaining achievement in HL2, and I don't think I am ever going to bother with that one. Finding all the Lamda caches sounds like a pain in the ass.

CroakerBC

This appears to be Steam codes for Fallout 3 and New Vegas, bundled, for £4.99 (~$7) . No DLC for NV, sadly, not sure about F3. I know it's been on sale a great many times, but if you're just getting around to it, that's a solid price for both.

rikdaly

savygamer seems to be saying it's only a steam key for New Vegas, still it's a decent price for both games

The Mantiz

I'm already starting to hate this card collecting. Out of my 4 Portal Cards 3 of them were identical :?

CroakerBC

rikdaly wrote: »

savygamer seems to be saying it's only a steam key for New Vegas, still it's a decent price for both games

They're right. I keep forgetting Fallout 3 wasn't steamworks.

Head. Desk.

azith28

I'm mostly immune to the card collecting frenzy stuff, really the only thing i see from the FAQ that we can get out of it are these profile 'showcases'. Which as far as im aware hasnt come out yet, or really been explained. Its a cute new thing, but i see it mostly catching the cheevo-addicts.

Icemopper

So if my graphics card is indeed dead, can I theoretically replace it using my current setup?

I have a GeForce 8800GT, but I can't find anywhere selling it for semi-cheap. Or should I get a slight upgrade to hold me over until I do a complete overhaul of my computer?

azith28

Icemopper wrote: »

So if my graphics card is indeed dead, can I theoretically replace it using my current setup?

I have a GeForce 8800GT, but I can't find anywhere selling it for semi-cheap. Or should I get a slight upgrade to hold me over until I do a complete overhaul of my computer?

Its hard to say without knowing your specs. Usually you can upgrade a video card as long as it has the same bus (AGP vs PCI vs PCI-E vs PCI-E 2.0 etc), AND the power supply can support the computer and the video card. power problems are mostly not an issue anymore unless you are going SLI (2 cards) or with a really high end card because the recent trend have been lower power chipsets.

Heres what i suggest. crack your case open and take a picture of the slot your current video card is plugged into, and a picture of the sticker on side your power supply (or just look for the line that say # of watts) bring this to best buy, and show the picture to the geek squad people, asking them what kind of bus that is. Then go to the video card section and look for something moderate like a 440/640 for about 100 bucks that has the same bus. if a card has above average power requirements, it should say it on the box the number of watts your power supply should be . You could do the 'buy it from best buy, then put it in your computer, see if it works for an hour, then return it and order it on newegg or somewhere cheaper' route but i dont think youll pay too much less online.

Icemopper

I'm not at home, but I'm pretty sure it is PCI-E, and my PSU is 550 watt. I'll have to look later.

I figure it'll pay off more to just get a cheap card that has about the same quality and hold off until I start making money to do a full upgrade.

mts

i have a couple card beta invites as well if anyone still needs it
i also have a spare vengeful spirit dota card

azith28

its been awhile since i checked average but i think 550 is a bit above average power supply (I want to say bare min is 400 watts usually on a cheap emachines or something). If thats the correct number you should be good for a moderate card, just dont go nuts with SLI or really high end. Something in the 640 Gforce range should be great and ive seen em pretty cheap (100-130).

Icemopper

Thanks buddy! I'll do more research and make sure it is the card and nothing else that has died before dropping any bucks.

mts

oh anyone have any suggestions. lately my computer will not come back from sleep forcing a hard reset. i turned off the turn hard drive option. I am worried it is a graphics card issue since sometimes it will pop on like it did wake up but the monitor will say input not supported. also the other day it came back to a staticy red like a bad graphics thing

running a 6770/5770 crossfire.

should probably try disabling crossfire to see if that fixes it