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It had to be done, welcome aboard the new thread, Steam Deal Thread V8!

You can find link to past threads at the bottom of this post. Read post #2 of this thread for Steam FAQs and more.

Disclaimer: Because of the ridiculous number of games on sale and the speed at which sales change, it is likely I will not be able to catch everything . Be sure to check the update time for the OP, and visit the Specials Tab to see all current sales. If you see something not listed in the OP, please feel free to PM me and I will see that it is added. Thanks, enjoy the sale  :D

Before you buy anything be sure to check out both BigSpoonyBard's Super Tips for Steam Sale Newbies (and Vets) and jshackle's Enhanced Steam Extension/Plugin for Chrome/Opera/Firefox!

Steam Summer Sale

Flash Deals


[*]Retro City Rampage - $14.99 $3.00
[*]Endless Space Gold - $34.99 $11.89[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Total War Grand Master Collection - $164.99 $41.24[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Rome: Total War - $9.99 $2.49
[*]Empire: Total War - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Napoleon: Total War - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Total War: SHOGUN 2 - $29.99 $7.49

[*]Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai - $29.99 $7.49

[*]Viking: Battle for Asgard - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Total War Battles: SHOGUN - $4.99 $1.24
[*]SHOGUN 2: Rise of the Samurai Campaign - $9.99 $2.49[/customspoiler]

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Community Choice

  • Rage - $19.99 $4.99
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[*]Round 10

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[*]Round 30

[*]​Round 31

[*]Round 32


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Daily Deals



[*]Borderlands 2 - $39.99 $10.19 (4-Pack - $89.99 $30.59)[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Bioshock - $19.99 $4.99
[*]Bioshock 2 - $19.99 $4.99
[*]Bioshock Infinite - $59.99 $29.99
[*]Torchlight - $14.99 $3.73
[*]Torchlight 2 - $19.99 $4.99 (4-Pack - $59.99 $14.99)
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization - $19.99 $4.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gold Edition - $49.99 $24.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Tomb Raider Collection - $69.99 $17.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]The Walking Dead - $24.99 $6.24
[*]Kerbal Space Program - $22.99 $13.79
[*]Dishonored - $29.99 $10.19[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Skyrim: Legendary Edition - $59.99 $36.00[customspoiler='Contents']


Yesterday's Deals


[*]Natural Selection 2 - $24.99 $6.24
[*]Worms Collection - $89.99 $22.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Worms Revolution - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Worms Ultimate Mayhem - $14.99 $3.74


[*]Starforge (Alpha) - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Counter-Strike Complete - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Assassin's Creed Pack - $169.95 $57.78[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Assassin's Creed III - $39.99 $23.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - $9.99 $3.39
[*]Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords - $9.99 $3.39
[*]Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic 3 and Knuckles - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic 3D Blast - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic Adventure 2 - $9.99 $2.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic Adventure DX - $8.99 $2.23
[*]Sonic CD - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic Spinball - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - $9.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Sonic Generations - $14.99 $3.74[customspoiler='Contents']

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Persistent Deals

(if you notice a daily/flash sale in here by mistake, please let me know)

-75% or More

-50% to -74%


[*]The Political Machine 2012 - $3.99 $0.99 (4-Pack - $9.99 $2.49)[/customspoiler]

[*]Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity - $19.99 $6.79
[*]The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition - $19.99 $9.99
[*]The Witcher: Enhanced Director's Cut - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Dead Space - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Dead Space 2 - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - $6.99 $3.39
[*]Hitman: Blood Money - $8.99 $4.49
[*]Hitman: Codename 47 - $6.99 $3.39
[*]Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package - $29.99 $14.99[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition - $29.99 $14.99
[*]The Cave - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Sonic Hits Collection - $29.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic 3 and Knuckles - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic 3D Blast - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic Adventure 2 - $9.99 $4.99

[*]Sonic Adventure DX - $8.99 $4.47
[*]Sonic CD - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic Spinball - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Sonic Generations - $14.99 $7.49


[*]Mirror's Edge - $19.99 $9.99
[*]McPixel - $4.99 $0.99
[*]Euro Truck Simulator 2 - $39.99 $19.99
[*]Euro Truck Simulator - $8.99 $4.49
[*]FTL - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Cart Life - $4.99 $1.99
[*]To The Moon - $9.99 $2.99
[*]VVVVVV - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Kerbal Space Program - $22.99 $20.69
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gold Edition - $49.99 $24.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Need for Speed: Undercover - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Need for Speed: Shift - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Shift 2: Unleashed - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Magical Diary - $14.99 $5.24
[*]Super House of Dead Ninjas - $6.99 $2.37
[*]The Blackwell Legacy - $4.99 $1.99
[*]Jack Lumber - $7.49 $2.24
[*]Anna - Extended Edition - $9.99 $3.39
[*]The Bridge - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Alice: Madness Returns - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Payday The Heist - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Counter-Strike - $9.99 $2.49
[*]The Orange Box - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Half-Life Complete - $39.99 $19.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Rockstar Hits Collection - $89.97 $44.98[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]LA Noire - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Max Payne 3 - $39.99 $19.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Starseed Pilgrim - $5.99 $2.69
[*]The Binding of Isaac - $4.99 $2.49[customspoiler='Contents']

All Current Specials

Preorder Deals - Updated 24/6

  • The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler="Free upgrade to the Digital Deluxe Edition"]
    Digital poster (printable) 
  • Papercraft mask of The Raven (printable)
  • “Making of” booklet 
  • Story book (plenty of background info and artworks)
  • Soundtrack[/customspoiler]

[*]Europa Universalis IV - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler="The 100 Years War Unit Pack DLC"]
  • This DLC adds new, unique unit models to the belligerent nations of the
    100 Years War. Included are 11 infantry models for the warring nations,
    including England, France, Scotland, Burgundy and many more! [/customspoiler]

[*]Saints Row IV - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler="3 Exclusive Team Fortress 2 Weapon Costumes"]
  • Pre-Purchase Saints Row IV and get 3 exclusive Team Fortress 2 weapon costumes to use in Saints Row IV: The Rainblower, the Flamethrower and the Rocket Launcher, only with Pre-Purchases on Steam! [/customspoiler]

[*]Rise of the Triad - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler='The Apogee Throwback Pack']
  • The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee
    Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the
    galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and
    "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in
    "Rise of the Triad".[/customspoiler]

[*]Divinity: Dragon Commander - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler='Immediate access to the Divinity: Dragon Commander beta']
  • As an extra bonus, you will also receive a free upgrade to Divinity: Dragon Commander Imperial Edition.
  • The Imperial Edition includes a golden dragon skin, a Dragons On Earth
    campaign map, a digital soundtrack by award winning genius Kirill
    Pokrovsky, and behind the scenes information like concept art,
    classified design documents, confidential decision tree flowcharts and a
    unique documentary.[/customspoiler]

[*]Total War: Rome II - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler="The Greek States Culture Pack"]
  • The Greek States Culture Pack includes three new playable Factions for use in Single or Multiplayer Campaign modes and Custom and Multiplayer Battles. These factions are the diplomatic Athens, shrewd Epirus and formidable Sparta as playable factions. Each offers range of special tactics to achieve cultural and martial victories, and lethal elite units to crush foes in battle.
  • The Greek States also share a number of common goals, philosophies and general diplomatic aims. However, they are defined by their fierce independence and between them demonstrate a huge variety in approach to civil and military challenges that often brings them into conflict with the wider world, and each other.
  • Plus, Pre-Purchase and receive the Greek Hellenic Armor for The Pyro & Egyptian Cheetah set for The Scout in TF2. More to come!  [/customspoiler]

Indie Bundle Threads
 
Groupees
Indie Gala
Indie Royale
Humble Bundle

IndieGameStand
 
Free Stuff
 

There are quite a few free and free2play games and mods on steam. You can find a full list here. Note that free games are not permanently attached to your Steam account like actual purchases would be. You'll need to manually download a game again from the website if you uninstall it.


Past Special Sales

Visit www.steamgamesales.com to check previous sale prices on Steam games. We do keep track of some older sales here though:

CAG Threads Featuring Steam Games on Sale Elsewhere - Updated 1/9

Past CAG Steam Deal Threads

 
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Trine 2 cards crashed fast.  They might make a bit of a rally but can't see them going for more than sixty or so cents.  Sold my three for about $1.50ish so I only paid $1ish for the Complete Story.

 
Mooby said:
Trine 2 cards crashed fast. They might make a bit of a rally but can't see them going for more than sixty or so cents. Sold my three for about $1.50ish so I only paid $1ish for the Complete Story.
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I'm now going to gift you a free copy just to torment you.

 
spoderman said:
They announce them here:


http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tradingcards
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Tsel said:
They'll post an announcement on the Trading Card group page once new additions go live.


Man, I played Triple Town for 2 1/2 hours straight last night. Very charming and highly addicting.
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Thanks guys for the heads up about the group page. Don't know why I couldn't find that.

I also sank about 10 hours on Triple Town when I first got it - that was a surprise! But now I've stopped as since I figured out how to strategize properly, the games just take too long and I'm not going to sit there for two hours to complete a single level. If there were some way to save in the middle of a level I'd keep playing it. As it is, last night I finally discovered FTL, so I've got plenty to keep me occupied.

hal said:
annihilator said:
Also, does anyone know why I have to keep re-signing in constantly since CAG 3.0 rolled out? Is it a browser problem? I'm using Chrome.
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Sounds like you could be rejecting cookies. I use Chrome and do not have that issue.
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Yeah, it's weird. My system is all messed up. Ok, thanks for letting me know; I think a reformat is in order.

 
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FYI, They Bleed Pixel card prices have craaaaaaaaaaaaashed.  Looking at making $0.45-$0.50 each (4 drops) at this point.  Prices could rally but I doubt all the way up to the $0.90 it would take to break even.

 
Is it just me, or is the Market down?

EDIT: Never Mind. It's back for me. Must have just been on my end.

 
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The card drop rate is really weird sometimes. I've gotten cards within 5 minutes before and other times it's been 50+ minutes between drops. :/ I know it's probably supposed to be random, but it needs to be less random. Also grabbed they bleed pixels. Looks interesting, I can make some money back and gives me four more chances for a foil. Worth it.

 
annihilator said:
spoderman said:
They announce them here:


http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tradingcards
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Tsel said:
They'll post an announcement on the Trading Card group page once new additions go live.


Man, I played Triple Town for 2 1/2 hours straight last night. Very charming and highly addicting.
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Thanks guys for the heads up about the group page. Don't know why I couldn't find that.

I also sank about 10 hours on Triple Town when I first got it - that was a surprise! But now I've stopped as since I figured out how to strategize properly, the games just take too long and I'm not going to sit there for two hours to complete a single level. If there were some way to save in the middle of a level I'd keep playing it. As it is, last night I finally discovered FTL, so I've got plenty to keep me occupied.
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Just go back to your main base and it'll save your level progress. Click on the appropriate ship to resume the level where you left off.

 
Syntax Error said:
MIND LINK said:
I got a bluebird on my shoulder, y'all, and she concurs. I think that means I'm getting laid tonight.
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Are you a bluebird egg?
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GOTTEM

Blade said:
It's called the reach-around technique, I believe~

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oooooohhhh, you devil 8-[

Dr Sasquatch said:
Hey kids,

If you bought the Indie Royale July Jubilee bundle, you can now get a Steam key for UnEpic by going here:

http://www.unepicgame.com/en/myzone.php

Just input your email and the key from the In Game Items box.

Now back to your unadulterated non-stop trading card talk.
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Thank you. I really mean it.

 
Blade3D said:
So what are these trading cards? How do they work? And how do you get them?
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They're trading cards, You play the games that have trading cards to get them (you can check which games you have that have trading cards by going to the badge section under your user name next to the community tab.). You can just idle in the menu for them. Then you can either sell the on the market for money, or spend real money trying to collect sets to craft into badges. Sell them.

 
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Pretty sure the card drops aren't really random. I have two steam accounts, and thanks to Indie Gala, I own ARES on both of them. I fired up the game on each account on separate computers and the card drops came at almost the exact same time on both accounts. There was about a 15 second gap between the two. Which is just about the time taken between starting the game up on each computer.

 
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facls said:
The Steam app should allow for remote Playing now, so I can get the card drops while at work. :)
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I know it would be wrong, but just HOW wrong would it be for me to start running Splashpad on my home computer so I can use my phone to remotely start games and collect cards before these markets crash an hour later?

 
Mac the Geek said:
Blade said:
You guys have no concept of marketing strategy.
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"Marketing strategy" is irrelevant. There is no way to influence the supply side of the equation, and no way to hoodwink potential customers into believing that a $2 card is better than a $0.20 card.

The card market is pure economics: price moves in relation to the supply and the demand. Prices won't go up until Valve does something to make badges more valuable.
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Completely disagree. You'd have an argument with anything that has been on the market for a long time, but the cards were only released two hours ago (an hour before I posted) and as such supply is extremely limited. Your "supply side" argument is therefore invalid. The demand was there, but the supply was not, and people lowballed the marketable value of the cards forcing prices waaaaay down before supply even rose to accommodate a supply and demand relationship.

It's the basis of the Steam trading card metagame to "hoodwink" customers into believing that a foil card is somehow worth $20 more than a regular card, and it all stems from social psychology. Peer pressure forces them into buying cards quickly to be the first of their friends to craft the badge, and any sensible seller would capitalize on that. This Steam trading card market should operate on the same principle as people who buy consoles during release day and then resell them for profit. Sadly, sellers are stupidly devaluing their own goods now and forcing card prices down just to be the first one to sell, and that is completely wrong.

But who am I to say it's idiotic to list a product for 50% less than the only four other products on the market? It only drives down market value and screws everyone out of potential earnings, including the seller.

 
The market seems to have crashed as a whole.  To my knowledge Monaco has never been on sale (other than preorder), there are only like twenty of each card up... and they're as low as forty or fifty cents.  I don't get it.

 
Mooby said:
The market seems to have crashed as a whole. To my knowledge Monaco has never been on sale (other than preorder), there are only like twenty of each card up... and they're as low as forty or fifty cents. I don't get it.
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Stupid people undercutting each other.

 
darksurtur said:
annihilator said:
spoderman said:
They announce them here:


http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tradingcards
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Tsel said:
They'll post an announcement on the Trading Card group page once new additions go live.


Man, I played Triple Town for 2 1/2 hours straight last night. Very charming and highly addicting.
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Thanks guys for the heads up about the group page. Don't know why I couldn't find that.

I also sank about 10 hours on Triple Town when I first got it - that was a surprise! But now I've stopped as since I figured out how to strategize properly, the games just take too long and I'm not going to sit there for two hours to complete a single level. If there were some way to save in the middle of a level I'd keep playing it. As it is, last night I finally discovered FTL, so I've got plenty to keep me occupied.
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Just go back to your main base and it'll save your level progress. Click on the appropriate ship to resume the level where you left off.
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Ah, didn't know this, thanks!

 
Can we stop referring to the market as having crashed after it hits lower prices a few hours after the introduction of new cards?

It didn't crash. 

It stabilized at true value after an hour of chaotic speculation. 

 
Blade said:
But who am I to say it's idiotic to list a product for 50% less than the only four other products on the market? It only drives down market value and screws everyone out of potential earnings, including the seller.
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I've seen a couple instances where someone listed a card much lower than the average high, so I bought it and re-listed it more in line with the higher prices. It's a bit of a gamble but it worked out for me.

 
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Mooby said:
Eldredpe said:
Can we stop referring to the market as having crashed after it hits lower prices a few hours after the introduction of new cards?

It didn't crash.

It stabilized at true value after an hour of chaotic speculation.
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So, it crashed.
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If Valve alluded to a sweeping change to the level system, and people began investing heavily in cards, driving up the value to absurd heights, and then Valve changed its mind and cards became worthless again but we had all already invested at bloated values, that would be something I'd be more comfortable calling a crash.

This feels like an emerging market finding its feet.

 
How to get an Unepic Steam Key if you bought the July Jubilee Indie Royal Bundle:

1) Download the game from your Indie Royale Page or on Desura using the Desura key.

2) Open the game, click the "sign up" button in the top right and input your email.

3) The game asks you to put in a password it has sent out theoretically. In reality, it wants your serial key.

4) Your serial key isn't the Desura key on your Indie Royale Page, use the "ingame items" key that starts with iroa from your Indie Royale page.

5) After putting in your key, go here and use the account you just registered to log in: http://www.unepicgame.com/en/myzone.php

6) Click the "request steam key" button. If it goes through, you've got your key. If not, you have to wait for another key dump. The developer gets them in limited quantities and has had to request more multiple times.

 
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Eldredpe said:
Mooby said:
Eldredpe said:
Can we stop referring to the market as having crashed after it hits lower prices a few hours after the introduction of new cards?

It didn't crash.

It stabilized at true value after an hour of chaotic speculation.
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So, it crashed.
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If Valve alluded to a sweeping change to the level system, and people began investing heavily in cards, driving up the value to absurd heights, and then Valve changed its mind and cards became worthless again but we had all already invested at bloated values, that would be something I'd be more comfortable calling a crash.

This feels like an emerging market finding its feet.
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So people buying games for cards, buying other cards to resell, Valve changing the rules to let anyone get foils, more games getting added, people panicking and trying to sell now causing other people to sell now...

all sounds like something I would call a crash. And I would probably not peg the true value of most cards at what it currently is.

 
x2 foils, It should actually be around $100 for cost of games and i sold a few tf2 keys on the marketplace so that adds $1.90 per key. So figure $100 of pure profit so far.

 
Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
So people buying games for cards, buying other cards to resell, Valve changing the rules to let anyone get foils, more games getting added, people panicking and trying to sell now causing other people to sell now...

all sounds like something I would call a crash. And I would probably not peg the true value of most cards at what it currently is.
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I sold all my cards and started investing in a more stable market.

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Ooh, Defender's Quest was the one Indie game I bought during the Winter Sale and played right away before it (not) being bundled.  Already had it installed, so I'm getting its cards first.  Also own ARES and TBPixels.  This update, it pleases me.

 
stupidproz1 said:
x2 foils, It should actually be around $100 for cost of games and i sold a few tf2 keys on the marketplace so that adds $1.90 per key. So figure $100 of pure profit so far.
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Ah, yeah I can see that as doable. I've made about $45ish just finding one foil and there's at least a dozen or more games I don't have so didn't farm cards for.

 
I really want to try out Gnomoria but my backlog says wait for the finished game to be bundled.  Where is Motoki with an opinion when you need him?

 
Guess I'll dig ARES out of my Crap tab and get some cards. I guess it can make itself useful somehow. I was hoping Witcher 2 would hit 75% off like it has in the past, but I'll be waiting for the summer sale now.

 
Das_Regal said:
How to get an Unepic Steam Key if you bought the July Jubilee Indie Royal Bundle:

1) Download the game from your Indie Royale Page or on Desura using the Desura key.

2) Open the game, click the "sign up" button in the top right and input your email.

3) The game asks you to put in a password it has sent out theoretically. In reality, it wants your serial key.

4) Your serial key isn't the Desura key on your Indie Royale Page, use the "ingame items" key that starts with iroa from your Indie Royale page.

5) After putting in your key, go here and use the account you just registered to log in: http://www.unepicgame.com/en/myzone.php

6) Click the "request steam key" button. If it goes through, you've got your key. If not, you have to wait for another key dump. The developer gets them in limited quantities and has had to request more multiple times.
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You, sir. You are a hero.

 
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