Steam?

[WestSeven]

Is it just my internet connection or has Steam festively soiled it's pants tonight?

[NutWrench]

I just connected with no problem.

The only thing I can think of that might be slowing it down is people giving gifts through Steam. (Day before Christmas, after all. Lots of folks using the secure server, downloading new content. etc)

[WestSeven]

I just connected with no problem.

The only thing I can think of that might be slowing it down is people giving gifts through Steam. (Day before Christmas, after all. Lots of folks using the secure server, downloading new content. etc)

Thanks for checking for me. I'm getting 403 forbidden(!) although Steam itself will load the store won't display and neither will the Steam forum. No big deal. I'll try again later.

[peoplessi]

Same here, store doesn't load, but everything else works. I live in EU, maybe EU has dropped the banhammer on Steam Store? :)

[Steve]

Store isn't working here.

[Lain]

also here, store not working in mexico. but steam and server loads fine

[Mountain Man]

I can't even get steampowered.com to come up in the browser. I suspect either the servers are getting hammered hard from a holiday rush, or someone has initiated a "denail of service" attack.

[Lain]

i dunno, but i thought they were going to release some xmas specials, looks like they won't sell at all, i wonder how much $ they are losing right now.

[Sang]

I suspect either the servers are getting hammered hard from a holiday rush

I doubt this. If your servers can host hugely popular online games then surely you can keep a site up?

[Superczar]

I certainly hope it's because they are finally getting on with their Holiday sale, I've been waiting since last Friday!

[Steve]

/waits for another id super pack deal

[yossa]

Here's hoping they're fixing European prices...

[The Stinger]

Here's hoping they're fixing European prices...

Yes, probably with import tax. :)

[Mountain Man]

Looks like it's back up.

[Superczar]

It's been coming and going I guess, they apparantly had things screwed up with discounts and games showing up for Europeans and whatnot that they supposedly weren't supposed to be able to get...

[Marty Chang]

Yes, probably with import tax. :)

I highly doubt they'll do import tax. I don't think there's anything in international trade laws that talks about tariffs on digital goods.

[The Stinger]

I highly doubt they'll do import tax. I don't think there's anything in international trade laws that talks about tariffs on digital goods.

I was kidding. :D

[Simon Charles]

Anyone else has low downloading speeds (getting TF2)? I'm talking really, really lousy -- 10k/s.

[Steve]

Anyone else has low downloading speeds (getting TF2)? I'm talking really, really lousy -- 10k/s.

Oh man, that speed is GOOD for me :o

[Talos]

Wow the holiday sale is insane! Bioshock 5€!! Insane! It can't get any cheaper than this!

[NutWrench]

Wow the holiday sale is insane! Bioshock 5€!! Insane! It can't get any cheaper than this!

If you don't have BioShock, get it! That's a great price.

[Talos]

I got it for the 360 but I seriously consider getting it for the PC as well. My current rig wouldn't be able to handle it but I'm planning on upgrading soon so.... I think 5€ is a steal for this great game!

[Superczar]

Oh hell yes, looks like they made the sale better than what it looked like this morning!

[Steve]

Oh hell yes, looks like they made the sale better than what it looked like this morning!

WTF?! :o

[Towelie2k4]

Holy crap, that's a bloody good sale. Made me buy a heap of stuff, and now I'm thinking of getting more. :o

[Klaus Kinski]

Wow the holiday sale is insane! Bioshock 5€!! Insane! It can't get any cheaper than this!

Does anybody know if the Steam version is uncensored for us krauts? I'd hate to make the same mistake I made with the Orange Box.

[Superczar]

I just spent my $100 for Steam! 11 Games on the cheap!

Heavy Weapon Deluxe - $0.99 was $9.99!
Alpha Prime - $2.49 was $4.99
Tank Universal - $4.99 was $9.99
Iron Warriors: T-72 Tank Command - $2.49 was $4.99
Painkiller: Overdose - $7.49 was $9.99
Shattered Union - $7.49 was $9.99
Full Spectrum Warrior Pack - $11.49 was $14.99
Blazing Angels Pack - $18.74 was $24.99
Heroes Of Annihilated Empires - $7.49 was $14.99
Attack On Pearl Harbor - $8.99 was $9.99
and Assassin's Creed - $22.49 was $29.99

And I know some of those games just came down in price as it is the last few months...

Some other awesome deals were there too if I only had more money to put on Steam games, like the 3 Warhammer games for $30...

EDIT: F*** IT! I bought the Warhammer pack too! :D I had an extra $20 laying around from a relative... :)

[fast-1]

Yes that sale is great, don't buy gifts if you reinstall steam you lose them.

[Steve]

Unreal deal pack for $20? Holy shit! :eek:

[fast-1]

Bioshock £3 what the...

[peoplessi]

28$ in europe :op (Unreal pack)

[CommanderZx2]

28$ in europe :op (Unreal pack)

Unreal Deal pack is £11.49 in UK, Euro ftl :P

[peoplessi]

So we pay about double to that of UK - woohoo :D

[Lain]

shit bioshock is so freaking cheap and it's not on sale for Mexico, also, prey, wtf, i'm really mad, about it.

[avatar_58]

I just rebought some games on steam so I don't have to rely on discs. I mean $5.00 for Bioshock? Why the hell not?

[Superczar]

I bought Darkstar One also, $5...

[Steve]

Doom 2 for 99c! WTF :D

[SpinX]

Shopping spree!!!!

valve pack for 67 euro's, it contains left 4 dead and all the rest they ever made :)

steam is on fire!

[Marty Chang]

Gonna get the iD Super Pack and the Unreal Deal Pack, both together are $55. Essentially 28 games (!) for the price of a retail game. :o

[peoplessi]

Had to get the id Superpack.

[gt1750]

Got id Superpack + Unreal Deal Pack + HL:Opposing Force + HL:Blue Shift for mere 57 Euros.

What a steal! :eek:

[Usurper]

I picked up Medieval Total War 2 with the expansion, Portal (5 bucks), Ultimate Doom, and Doom 2. No clue where my Doom discs went; now I never have to care. Rome:TW was like crack, so I'm almost afraid to play this one.

[peoplessi]

Medieval 2 is pretty awesome game, I loved the "The Crusades" -campaign.

[Superczar]

Just bought 3 more games for a total of $16:

Alien Shooter: Vengeance
Sacred Gold
Starscape (the only one that really wasn't on sale, but I just played the demo and liked it)

[steauengeglase]

Picked up BioShock like everybody else. Trying to talk my significant other into getting me the Id Super Pack and I'm seriously considering Portal.

Strange, double purchasing games I already own for the 360. Good idea though; I have a backup (that I may never even install) and Valve Employees get money hats for New Years. Everybody wins.

So when is 3DR going to give me the chance to re-repurchase Duke? :)

[WestSeven]

Portal for £3.49. If anyone out there doesn't yet own this now is the time.

[Steve]

Super got me Bioshock :love: :love: :love: . I can't get the game in my country so... he got it for me. VERY great full :love:

/needs supers paypal account

[Superczar]

Super got me Bioshock :love: :love: :love: . I can't get the game in my country so... he got it for me. VERY great full :love:

/needs supers paypal account

SOB turned around and bought me Jericho! Had to one-up me! :mad:

:D :p :love:

[Steve]

SOB turned around and bought me Jericho! Had to one-up me! :mad:

:D :p :love:

HAHA! You wouldn't give me your paypal so I got you a game! :D

[Damien_Azreal]

Nice. :) Such a loving community around here.

Zuljin told me a while back that if he had the money he would gift me L4D since I can't find it retail around here. Such nice peoples here.

[Steve]

Nice. :) Such a loving community around here.

Zuljin told me a while back that if he had the money he would gift me L4D since I can't find it retail around here. Such nice peoples here.

Yeah, I talked to him about that too. We both said we would if we had the money. :)

Man, I would have given a shit load of games to people if I had the money. No doubt :)

[Damien_Azreal]

It's okay man. :) I really appreciate the thought.

And I would've had the money, but our phones got hit in the last storm... so there was sixty bucks out on a new phone. :p

[Towelie2k4]

Zuljin told me a while back that if he had the money he would gift me L4D since I can't find it retail around here. Such nice peoples here.

Yeah, I talked to him about that too. We both said we would if we had the money. :)

I have a little extra lying around.

Merry Christmas D_A. :)

[Steve]

I have a little extra lying around.

Merry Christmas D_A. :)

Oh shit, you did? Oh man that's really nice! :)

[Damien_Azreal]

I have a little extra lying around.

Merry Christmas D_A. :)

I'm completely floored man. Honestly blown away.
Sincerely, thank you so much. :) I very much look forward to the day I can make it up to you.

:love: Reminds me why I love this place so much.

[Towelie2k4]

I'm completely floored man. Honestly blown away.
Sincerely, thank you so much. :) I very much look forward to the day I can make it up to you.

:love: Reminds me why I love this place so much.

No worries man, hope you enjoy it. I'll look forward to playing it online with you sometime. :)

Thankfully I now won't be the only new person to the game. :o

[Travis]

oh wow, generous people here.

i haven't had steam installed for a long time, i probably should install it.

[Lain]

i can't buy bioshock here in mexico, can anyone buy it for me and i'll repay them using paypal or buy an equivalent game for them? message me if you can thx

[Wooloomooloo]

I'd also appreciate if someone could gift me Bioshock. I'll send the 5 bucks through PayPal (after I manage to get my CC approved, that is).

[Blue Lightning]

Bioshock for 5 dollars. Jeez, why dont they just give it away? Thats ridiculously low.

[Wooloomooloo]

Had 2K Games allowed the game to be sold worldwide, I bet 5 bucks they'd be making a killing right now. :P

[Lain]

yep, the sad thing is i can't buy either prey or bioshock. Bioshock is still 45 dollars retail over here, also quake IV, WTF. Hope someone priv. msg me.

[Morbid]

Just bought: :D

Unreal Tournament 3 - 8,39 EUR
Rainbow Six 3: Gold - 3,14 EUR (I'm thinking about getting Rainbow:Vegas too... how bad can it be for the price it has?)
Bioshock - 4,19 EUR

Ultimate Doom - 0,83 EUR
Doom 2 - 0,83 EUR
Alien Shooter: Vengeance - 2,09 EUR
Shadowgrounds - 4,19 EUR
Shadowgrounds Survivor - 6,29 EUR
Beyond Good and Evil - 3,14 EUR
Opposing Force - 0,83 EUR
Half-Life: Blue Shift - 0,83 EUR

Awesome prices!
Oh and can't wait to play UT3... it is so close to UT99, it blew my ******* mind!!!

[Lain]

I also bought ut3, maybe we can deathmatch sometime, i'm on the 3drealms steam group.

Just bought: :D

Unreal Tournament 3 - 8,39 EUR
Rainbow Six 3: Gold - 3,14 EUR (I'm thinking about getting Rainbow:Vegas too... how bad can it be for the price it has?)
Bioshock - 4,19 EUR

Ultimate Doom - 0,83 EUR
Doom 2 - 0,83 EUR
Alien Shooter: Vengeance - 2,09 EUR
Shadowgrounds - 4,19 EUR
Shadowgrounds Survivor - 6,29 EUR
Beyond Good and Evil - 3,14 EUR
Opposing Force - 0,83 EUR
Half-Life: Blue Shift - 0,83 EUR

Awesome prices!
Oh and can't wait to play UT3... it is so close to UT99, it blew my ******* mind!!!

[Jiminator]

just picked up left 4 dead via steam, pretty amazing how painless the experience is, no tax too.

[Steve]

just picked up left 4 dead via steam, pretty amazing how painless the experience is, no tax too.
Get into the 3DR Steam group chat and set up a game! :D

[Wooloomooloo]

I got L4D. Also Bejeweled and OpFor (at 99 cents a piece, it almost made me feel like I was stealing them :o).

[Phayzon]

id Super Pack was a damn steal!! I own most of the games but its nice to have what I didnt, plus the convenience of Steam with them. Grabbed BioShock as well even though I have the 360 version.

[Oasiz]

i can't buy bioshock here in mexico, can anyone buy it for me and i'll repay them using paypal or buy an equivalent game for them? message me if you can thx

I'd also appreciate if someone could gift me Bioshock. I'll send the 5 bucks through PayPal (after I manage to get my CC approved, that is).

Meep, just add me to your friends list, name is Oasiz (I also hang in the 3DR group also)

I will get back to home around the evening or so (aka. in 10-12 hours or so)
You're welcome guys :)

[Wooloomooloo]

Thanks, but WestSeven gifted it to me. :love:

[Talos]

Could someone please tell me what exactly is in the id superpack? I can't see it from germany :(

[peoplessi]

I'm up for Unreal Tournament 3 match(es).

Could someone please tell me what exactly is in the id superpack? I can't see it from germany :(

id Super Pack
Includes: Quake III Arena, Wolfenstein 3D, Ultimate DOOM, Final DOOM, DOOM II, QUAKE, QUAKE II, QUAKE II Mission Pack: The Reckoning, QUAKE II Mission Pack: Ground Zero, QUAKE III: Team Arena, HeXen, HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel, Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders, Spear of Destiny, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, QUAKE Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity, QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon, DOOM 3, HeXen II, DOOM 3 Resurrection of Evil, Master Levels for Doom II, Commander Keen

[avatar_58]

Since when has steam added this -

"3rd-party DRM: SecuROM™
5 machine activation limit "

I found it on the FC2 page. Very good move - I want to be fully informed before buying my games. I hope they enforce this so that ALL games with third party DRM are listed.

[peoplessi]

Having extra DRM is fcking stupid, and should be disallowed by Steam. There is no real need for it with Steam. In a way that just shows how much the head honchos know about the market they are in - meaning the publishers that put their games on Steam.

[avatar_58]

Oh I know, but they used to just slip it in there without any notice. Look at Bioshock - it used Securom and actually caused major grief considering most people would assume installing on multiple PC's is part of the point of Steam. So they hit the 5 activation limit really quickly.

I'm actually a little annoyed that FC2 employs this given I chose steam over retail hoping to avoid it. There's no reason why it needs to have activation limits when steam itself acts as an activation-drm service in itself.

[WestSeven]

Could someone please tell me what exactly is in the id superpack? I can't see it from germany :(

Please forgive the formatting but it's a copy and paste job and there are hundreds! If you want it but can't get it in Germany I can gift it to although it's £37.99 to me (UK) you may find USA types get it cheaper :)

[Edit]
List deleted - I just noticed someone posted it about above. :doh:

[Marty Chang]

Oh I know, but they used to just slip it in there without any notice. Look at Bioshock - it used Securom and actually caused major grief considering most people would assume installing on multiple PC's is part of the point of Steam. So they hit the 5 activation limit really quickly.

I'm actually a little annoyed that FC2 employs this given I chose steam over retail hoping to avoid it. There's no reason why it needs to have activation limits when steam itself acts as an activation-drm service in itself.

That's really odd, I know that they removed all DRM from EA games on Steam. It's a good thing they list it, though.

[Lain]

Thanks, but WestSeven gifted it to me. :love:

me 2, we :love: WestSeven!

[Talos]

Please forgive the formatting but it's a copy and paste job and there are hundreds! If you want it but can't get it in Germany I can gift it to although it's £37.99 to me (UK) you may find USA types get it cheaper :)

[Edit]
List deleted - I just noticed someone posted it about above. :doh:

Thanks man =) I was just wondering what's inside this pack. I already got most of the games except for the quake 1 mission packs so it's not that interesting for me. Anyways thanks for the kind offer :)

[Sang]

I can't log in to Steam for some reason.. Keeps saying that the application can't connect to the Steam servers. More precisely I get this thing:

[Morbid]

I also bought ut3, maybe we can deathmatch sometime, i'm on the 3drealms steam group.

heh, sorry for the late reply mate. Where is that group, @Steam or here? Sure we could train a little I suppose... I'm getting my ass kicked by some good players for the moment (haven't played an UT match since 2003 cause I couldn't stand the ut03/04 ectroma). I think we could have some latency/hour problems though.. me in Europe, you in Mexico.

[TBZ]

It's on Steam, you can find it here (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/3DRForum).

[hiob]

FREE GAME!
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=1152135

Apparantly some Portugese gaming magazine is giving away Dark Messiah of Might and Magic for free. As you can imagine their site is getting hammered, but maybe you're getting lucky.

[Marty Chang]

FREE GAME!
http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=1152135

Apparantly some Portugese gaming magazine is giving away Dark Messiah of Might and Magic for free. As you can imagine their site is getting hammered, but maybe you're getting lucky.

Just want to point out that since the website spits out retail CD keys, Steam has nothing to do with it. So you won't get banned from Steam. Just in case you thought this was illegal. :p

Already got my copy of it, it's still installing...

[SniperZERO]

I hope I can still get a key after their site is working again.

[The Stinger]

The sites says "Manutenção", which google translates as maintenance.
So I guess they are taking it down?

[Orochi Avlis]

I use to get that magazine when I lived in Portugal.

I think maybe it was only suppose to be for local residents only.

[avatar_58]

I think maybe it was only suppose to be for local residents only.

Oops. :o Though if you want my opinion 'free' is pretty much all that game is worth.

[boglito]

Oops. :o Though if you want my opinion 'free' is pretty much all that game is worth.

Your opinion has been rejected. :p

[Damien_Azreal]

I already own Dark Messiah, good game... buggy as shit and the ending was ass. But overall it was a fun ride.

[Simon Charles]

Dark Messiah was a steaming pile. Bloody awful. They did nothing right.

[Phayzon]

I had fun with it, but it seemed to have a lot of potential that they just... blatantly missed.

[SniperZERO]

I sent an e-mail for a key but I think it was way too late.
No big deal, I didn't really like the demo.

[Marty Chang]

I use to get that magazine when I lived in Portugal.

I think maybe it was only suppose to be for local residents only.

From what I understand, they provided free CDs with the magazine with Dark Messiah Might and Magic on them, however due to a misprint some of the CDs did not have CD keys. This service was supposed to be for subscribers who missed the CD keys.

[The Stinger]

I'm just wondering, if a friend of mine wants to try a game I have on Steam on his own computer, can he just log in with my account and install the game to try it?

[TBZ]

Yes, he's able to do that. Although some games on Steam have limited activations, but only third-party games, not the Valve games.

[peoplessi]

I sent an e-mail for a key but I think it was way too late.
No big deal, I didn't really like the demo.

I got a key by email.

[Joe Siegler]

Do you know if there's a way to force Steam to play a game on a monitor other than my primary one? Steam keeps wanting to play a game on Monitor 1, and I would really rather it play it on Monitor 2.

Is there a way to force that at all? Thanks.

[Jiminator]

right click desktop, properties, settings, click second monitor & make primary?
yeah, its a pain, but it should work

[Joe Siegler]

right click desktop, properties, settings, click second monitor & make primary?
yeah, its a pain, but it should work

Uh, no!

That would just reverse all my monitors for EVERY PROGRAM. I just want Steam to spawn this one game on Monitor 2, and not change anything else.

[Amakou]

Do you know if there's a way to force Steam to play a game on a monitor other than my primary one? Steam keeps wanting to play a game on Monitor 1, and I would really rather it play it on Monitor 2.

Is there a way to force that at all? Thanks.

You could try running the game in window mode, then drag it over to Monitor 2, then maximize it (Alt-Enter typically) and it would still be there. Not sure if it would remember the setting, but it should work.

~Amakou~

[Joe Siegler]

Thought of that. That does get it working on Monitor 2, but next time, it's back on Monitor 1.

[Steve]

When launching your games do you have the steam games list window on your second monitor? Simple question but I thought I'd ask :o

[The Stinger]

Do you know if there's a way to force Steam to play a game on a monitor other than my primary one? Steam keeps wanting to play a game on Monitor 1, and I would really rather it play it on Monitor 2.

Is there a way to force that at all? Thanks.

I don't know if you're fond of a 3rd party program doing the trick for you, but Ultramon (http://realtimesoft.com/ultramon/) uses shortcuts to move a window to an other monitor, or you could try the profile system, it's a fast way to change the monitor settings.

[Simon Charles]

Thought of that. That does get it working on Monitor 2, but next time, it's back on Monitor 1.

Can't you setup multiple monitor configs in your graphics card options? I think nvidia desktop does it. Dunno about ATI.

[Simon Charles]

Anyone knows how to remove the "gifts" column in the Steam games tab? You can right-click them to disable them, but gifts always come back no matter what.

[Artigkar]

Anyone knows how to remove the "gifts" column in the Steam games tab? You can right-click them to disable them, but gifts always come back no matter what.

Can you post a screenshot of what you mean or something? I don't see any "gifts" here on my account:

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk227/Artigkar/nogifthere.jpg

EDIT: When I think about I did have a "gift" column behind Half Life 2 and Episode 1 when I got Orange box. I don't know why its gone or how it dissapeared. I gifted away those two but otherwise did nothing more :O

[Simon Charles]

EDIT: When I think about I did have a "gift" column behind Half Life 2 and Episode 1 when I got Orange box. I don't know why its gone or how it dissapeared. I gifted away those two but otherwise did nothing more :O

Ah, that's probably it. I never gave my gifts to anyone so the column always comes back on each reboot.