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

Steam Sales on Steam

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Steam Sales Elsewhere on CAG - Updated 11/2


Indie Bundle Threads - Updated 8/26

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Solid-Snake-Eyes said:
Gamestop made me install their client to get my Steam key, never shopping with them again. Gamefly always provides my Steam keys on their website with no issues, I always have a good experience with them.
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When I saw that I said to myself "NOPE". Went on to the live chat and got my code from there.

 
annihilator said:
Don't you people have spare hard drives? I end up buying a new one every year for one reason or another. They're not expensive. I mean, I know you can't buy them with Steam Wallet, but still...
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Individually, HDD prices are reasonable. In total I have about 14TB worth of HDD's so at that point it adds up a bit. But, like you said, these are all my spares now that I use for backing up. Having said that, I could use another 5-6TB of additional back-up storage. And I refuse to go back to disc back-ups. For one, BR is still prohibitively expensive for solely back-up purposes. Secondly, I blew through three DVD drives in three months during the process of ripping my movie collection. I'd hate to see how many I'd go through actually writing several TB across multiple discs. Thirdly, backing to HDD is just faster.

 
BigSpoonyBard said:
Important note: You can now get everyone's favorite game, Bientôt l'été, in the new Indie Royale :whee:
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What the???? All the games deserving of being greenlit and this is available?!?!

I now give you something that makes far more sense...the Duckodile:
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Sorry dudes, I'll have the OP updated tomorrow for the 3 people that do use it. My buddy just got a new place so we've been spending the day here.

 
So there is a new bundle out that almost seems to be trolling everyone that wanted Call of Cthulhu: DCotE for a better price. Too lazy to type right now, but there isn't anything really of note anyway:

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So close, yet so far :cry:

 
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Neuro5i5 said:
Individually, HDD prices are reasonable. In total I have about 14TB worth of HDD's so at that point it adds up a bit. But, like you said, these are all my spares now that I use for backing up. Having said that, I could use another 5-6TB of additional back-up storage. And I refuse to go back to disc back-ups. For one, BR is still prohibitively expensive for solely back-up purposes. Secondly, I blew through three DVD drives in three months during the process of ripping my movie collection. I'd hate to see how many I'd go through actually writing several TB across multiple discs. Thirdly, backing to HDD is just faster.
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Is there an easy way to use a HDD if it's internal, like hot swap it? I mean external HD's yeah they work fine but the idea about taking the case off of a pc to put in a new internal backup HD isn't the easiest solution. Not that it's hard or anything but it would be a pain.

HD prices have come down a lot recently. About 2-3 years ago or whenever those floods hit Taiwan the prices went through the roof. Now they are at least reasonable.

 
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Sir_Fragalot said:
Is there an easy way to use a HDD if it's internal, like hot swap it? I mean external HD's yeah they work fine but the idea about taking the case off of a pc to put in a new internal backup HD isn't the easiest solution. Not that it's hard or anything but it would be a pain.

HD prices have come down a lot recently. About 2-3 years ago or whenever those floods hit Taiwan the prices went through the roof. Now they are at least reasonable.
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I used to use an older eSATA version of this dock. But after rebuilding my computer last year, now I just use an internal cage similar to this. Assuming your MOBO is compatible, AHCI + hotswapping makes HDD back-ups much more feasible.

 
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MrNinjaSquirrel said:
So there is a new bundle out that almost seems to be trolling everyone that wanted Call of Cthulhu: DCotE for a better price. Too lazy to type right now, but there isn't anything really of note anyway:
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So close, yet so far :cry:
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Seriously, this bundle is better than the current IR and IG. I'm in. Thanks, Squirrel!
 
Neuro5i5 said:
I used to use an older eSATA version of this dock. But after rebuilding my computer last year, now I just use an internal cage similar to this. Assuming your MOBO is compatible, AHCI + hotswapping makes HDD back-ups much more feasible.
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Nice, didn't know they made cages like that. Good to know for future reference.

Thanks

 
J7. said:
I plan on burning my games to DVD's instead of a hard drive. I'll try to find my saved games, that sounds like big headache down the line.
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2003 called. They want their blank DVDs back.

Honestly, I think DVD backups for something as large as a steam collection is insane.

2TB external drives are regularly $80 on sale, example.

2000/4.3 = 465 DVDs (single layer) and that's assuming perfect utilization... Probaly closer to 600 DVDs in real terms Your standard CD/DVD cakebox is 50 discs. Then there's all the damn time (even assuming multitasking) to burn and label all of them. Retrieval time to fish out the right thing you burned. (Ever ordered a few thousand blank CDs? I have.) I'm not even going to try to calculate if you still wind up a few dollars cheaper.

I moved my all my data-CD collection to hard drives in 2003-4 and haven't looked back.

I seriously don't see how that is a sane option. CD/DVD backups are mainly useful for small project-specific backups. I've been sneakernetting 2TB drives for years.

 
Not even sure the point of backing up a steam library though.  Recently just grabbed a 3TB usb3 drive for ~80$ on sale and just moved my whole steam installation over to that drive.  May as well use it as the installation as well as a backup.

Steam has instructions on how to just move your entire existing library over and have it work right away.  It worked, mostly, a few games seem to have trouble remembering the old saves like ridge racer unbounded off the top of my head completely lost all my progress.  For most though it worked just fine.  Now its set as my default steam location and everything just installs to it

One that wasnt so friendly though was origin.  They let you specify library location, but they do not update any of their old games.  Took me a long time to figure out thats why my installs of both the saboteur and MOHAA wouldnt work at all, and these were after fresh installs.  Their older games just refuse to work when not installed to your main drive

 
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MrNinjaSquirrel said:
So there is a new bundle out that almost seems to be trolling everyone that wanted Call of Cthulhu: DCotE for a better price. Too lazy to type right now, but there isn't anything really of note anyway:

So close, yet so far :cry:
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warreni said:
Seriously, this bundle is better than the current IR and IG. I'm in. Thanks, Squirrel!
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Agreed, I'm all over this. The android game Call of Cthulhu: Wasted Land goes for $4.46 by itself. I shall consider the rest a bonus.

 
pROvIs said:
I know this isn't exactly on topic, but I am going to call in some CAG help here. I just want to bring awareness and stop a guy from ripping off a ton of indies and consumers alike.I bought Brutal Legend from a seller on ebay earlier today with about 2000 feedback score. First he linked me to direct download of Roller coaster Tycoon and then eventually to the drm free copy of the game on humble bundle. Obviously, this isn't ok. I sent him an email demanding a refund and a response in one hour. He didn't respond so I called ebay and had them pull the auction which he had multiple items of and left him negative feedback. I also filed a claim. My money isn't the issue though.What makes this worse is that he has tons of feedback that is positive from other buyers regarding these digital downloads that are essentially piracy. I've gone through and reported them all but id appreciate if any of you can do the same. You just go to the auction and right above the description click report item and mark that it is Copyright or Trademark infringement, Bootleg Records or Unauthorized Media, Unauthorized Copies of Media (software and games) and a brief description. Note the seller does have a lot of physical goods as well which i have no idea if it is legit or not but the digital only stuff is all suspect.Here is a list of suspect items in the spoiler:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Roller-Coaster-Tycoon-Deluxe-PC-2003-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/190874930107http://www.ebay.com/itm/Neverwinter-Nights-Diamond-Edition-PC-2005-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/190824773213http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stronghold-Crusader-HD-PC-2012-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/190873696293http://www.ebay.com/itm/Shank-1-2-PC-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/200926562845http://www.ebay.com/itm/Total-Annihilation-Commander-Pack-PC-1999-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/190873694146http://www.ebay.com/itm/Machinarium-PC-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/200926562219http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cave-Story-PC-MAC-LINUX-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/200924380121http://www.ebay.com/itm/Braid-PC-MAC-LINUX-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/200924261550http://www.ebay.com/itm/Botanicula-PC-MAC-LINUX-GAME-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/200924100898http://www.ebay.com/itm/Serious-Sam-The-Second-Encounter-PC-Game-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/200922527715http://www.ebay.com/itm/Serious-Sam-1-The-First-Encounter-PC-Game-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/200922526296http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blocks-That-Matter-PC-MAC-LINUX-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/190838818776http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aquaria-PC-MAC-LINUX-GAME-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/200912657196http://www.ebay.com/itm/And-Yet-It-Moves-PC-2009-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/190820952325http://www.ebay.com/itm/Canabalt-Web-Games-2009-PC-MAC-LINUX-ANDROID-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/190839377468http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beat-Hazard-Ultra-PC-MAC-LINUX-ANDROID-GAME-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-ONLY-/200914927650http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atom-Zombie-Smasher-PC-Games-2011-DIGITAL-DOWNLOAD-/200912657381
If you don't believe me or don't agree with me morally that's ok but I couldn't stand by and let the folks at humble get ripped off and the indie devs. I also understand that ebay can be a sketchy site and isn't always a good place to buy items from but I've had some very good experiences there and totally legit ones. Again I just want to bring awareness to this if I can and stop them.
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It looks like all this guys auctions were pulled. Thanks for the help everyone.
 
That's awesome that Gamefly will let you buy without their client!

asheskitty said:
2003 called. They want their blank DVDs back.

Honestly, I think DVD backups for something as large as a steam collection is insane.

2TB external drives are regularly $80 on sale, example.

2000/4.3 = 465 DVDs (single layer) and that's assuming perfect utilization... Probaly closer to 600 DVDs in real terms Your standard CD/DVD cakebox is 50 discs. Then there's all the damn time (even assuming multitasking) to burn and label all of them. Retrieval time to fish out the right thing you burned. (Ever ordered a few thousand blank CDs? I have.) I'm not even going to try to calculate if you still wind up a few dollars cheaper.

I moved my all my data-CD collection to hard drives in 2003-4 and haven't looked back.

I seriously don't see how that is a sane option. CD/DVD backups are mainly useful for small project-specific backups. I've been sneakernetting 2TB drives for years.
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I just joined Steam and I only have 3 games on there. I got an external hard drive but I'm saving it for recorded tv/movies right now. I could get another internal drive but it won't fit in my PC in the 1 extra slot it has because the GPU is in the way. At least 90% sure it won't. I'm not planning on buying lots of Steam games simply because I prefer hard copies not tied to any DRM, which means at this point mostly console games. Maybe time and Steam prices will change that.

Then I have about 180 blank DVD's just sitting here because I got them for free by bringing lots of ink cartridges to Staples, some mine/some other peoples. Unfortunately the way Staples rewards works means you can't stack many of your certificates so I've been reluctant to spend my own money to get external hard drives.

 
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TctclMvPhase said:
Today's deal is The Darkness II at 75% Off. Most of us should have this from the Humble Bundle $4 2K Bundles from back in April, but for those who don't heres my $0.02:

At this price it probably isn't worth it. I just finished it two weeks ago and while it was a fun experience and the story was actually pretty gripping, it really is just a little too short. Jackie Estacado is a fantastic lead character and some of the darkness moves are cool and convey a great sense of power as you tear through hordes of enemies. Even the supporting cast is good, particularly Jimmy the Grape, Johnny Powell (be sure to scroll through the relics when you finally meet Johnny again) and the Darkness. However, even playing careful by trying to find all the relics on the first playthrough, the game is only seven hours and never gets that difficult. The cell shaded graphics are done really well, up there with Borderlands, and the game runs smooth. The Vendettas mode adds a few more hours, but I would suggest waiting for it to hit $5 or lower to make sure you get your money's worth.
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I'm quoting this because I take issue with your conclusion that this isn't enough of a value proposition. You literally praise everything in the game except the length and then recommend buying it only for super cheap. I can't get behind that. It's easily worth its asking sale price and probably double that.

 
ezelkow1 said:
Not even sure the point of backing up a steam library though. Recently just grabbed a 3TB usb3 drive for ~80$ on sale and just moved my whole steam installation over to that drive. May as well use it as the installation as well as a backup.

Steam has instructions on how to just move your entire existing library over and have it work right away. It worked, mostly, a few games seem to have trouble remembering the old saves like ridge racer unbounded off the top of my head completely lost all my progress. For most though it worked just fine. Now its set as my default steam location and everything just installs to it

One that wasnt so friendly though was origin. They let you specify library location, but they do not update any of their old games. Took me a long time to figure out thats why my installs of both the saboteur and MOHAA wouldnt work at all, and these were after fresh installs. Their older games just refuse to work when not installed to your main drive
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The only point I see in backing up steam libraries is to transfer it to an alternate pc or if you have a metered or slow connection. Isn't the point of steam that you don't need backups otherwise?

I agree with others though, disc based backers are antiquated. I feel like I live I a post disc world. Burnable media has never been super reliable anyway. Why not throw your game saves on Dropbox?

That being said, having your steam install on a USB drive or any application/game install sounds like a bad idea. USB drives are slow comparatively and because they go through plug and unplug cycles and are more likely to get dropped etc, they are less reliable as well. The only advantage is being able to unplug and plug into a different pc. It also can't really be considered a backup since its your primary data source.

If you insist on steam game backups invest In a home NAS. I love my synology.
 
Idiotekque said:
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Glad to hear it.
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I feel vindicated but at the same time like a jerk now. He deserved it but the guy was selling other legit physical items as well. It's funny how that works, even when someone deserves punishment you end up feeling bad yourself.
 
pROvIs said:
I feel vindicated but at the same time like a jerk now. He deserved it but the guy was selling other legit physical items as well. It's funny how that works, even when someone deserves punishment you end up feeling bad yourself.
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Kinda like Hitler saved the whales... and also was a general douche? ;)

 
So, in 1 week and a half, I have $20.54 funbucks all from cardz.  It sucks u gotta put your social security number if u wanna sell 200 or more items on steam. Hopin to get to at least 25 bucks by the end of this week but shit has been moving slooowww

 
snakeybro said:
So, in 1 week and a half, I have $20.54 funbucks all from cardz. It sucks u gotta put your social security number if u wanna sell 200 or more items on steam. Hopin to get to at least 25 bucks by the end of this week but shit has been moving slooowww
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You'd probably faint if you saw what some CAGs made out with during the beta :whee:

 
pROvIs said:
I feel vindicated but at the same time like a jerk now. He deserved it but the guy was selling other legit physical items as well. It's funny how that works, even when someone deserves punishment you end up feeling bad yourself.
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Why? Is there some thought crime I should report you for? You've been shopping for a pressure cooker haven't you?

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MrNinjaSquirrel said:
You'd probably faint if you saw what some CAGs made out with during the beta :whee:
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I finally learned what the make $800/week from home was all about.

 
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Today's money saving tip:

When buying a 4-pack of Sanctum 2 from GMG to split with friends, don't buy the Sanctum 1 4-pack. Especially as you can't get a refund.

This happened to "a friend" last night. Not me, obvs.
 
ezelkow1 said:
Not even sure the point of backing up a steam library though.
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For me it's all about time and history. I've had countless HDD failures over the years (granted my sample size is larger than the average user). For me it's about the peace of mind knowing that I'll have to sit through hours of transfer vs months of re-downloading. Not to mention my game saves and whatnot. Yes, I know that theoretically my back-ups could fail as well. Unfortunately, I don't have the expenses for tertiary back-ups, but it's a risk I'm willing to take.

J7. said:
That's awesome that Gamefly will let you buy without their client!

I just joined Steam and I only have 3 games on there. I got an external hard drive but I'm saving it for recorded tv/movies right now. I could get another internal drive but it won't fit in my PC in the 1 extra slot it has because the GPU is in the way. At least 90% sure it won't.
I'm not planning on buying lots of Steam games
simply because I prefer hard copies not tied to any DRM, which means at this point mostly console games. Maybe time and Steam prices will change that.

Then I have about 180 blank DVD's just sitting here because I got them for free by bringing lots of ink cartridges to Staples, some mine/some other peoples. Unfortunately the way Staples rewards works means you can't stack many of your certificates so I've been reluctant to spend my own money to get external hard drives.
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I've only been a Steam user since last August. I had the same mentality where I wanted physical copies, preferably DRM free and didn't want to have to deal with digital distribution. Plus, I liked feeling like I actually bought something by holding it in my hand. I started out my Steam collection with Metro 2033 (go ahead everyone, laugh) and by December I had over 100 games. So, yeah, I have a problem, just like all these other fine people here. And don't feel bad about 'wasting' your DVDs. I have accumulated over 500 and all they do is sit here. I use maybe one a month for the odd reason, but beyond that, they at least keep my papers in place while the fan is on.
 
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Flowette said:
Today's money saving tip:
When buying a 4-pack of Sanctum 2 from GMG to split with friends, don't buy the Sanctum 1 4-pack. Especially as you can't get a refund.
This happened to "a friend" last night. Not me, obvs.
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How is that btw?

I found the original rather stale and lifeless. I did enjoy the Holiday ticket level though.
 
pROvIs said:
How is that btw?

I found the original rather stale and lifeless. I did enjoy the Holiday ticket level though.
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Can't speak of S2, but I found S1 to be enjoyable up to a certain point. I think I got maybe 4-5 missions in when it became evident that it's probably much more fun/easier to proceed in a group. There's just a bit too much going on at later levels for you to manage on your own.

The game itself is solid. It's just how you approach it, I think.
 
I found the first Sanctum pretty bland, too.  From playing the demo of S2 it seems like they moved it closer to Orcs Must Die and away from a more strategy oriented game.  Fundle Bodder.

 
Mooby said:
I found the first Sanctum pretty bland, too. From playing the demo of S2 it seems like they moved it closer to Orcs Must Die and away from a more strategy oriented game. Fundle Bodder.
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I really wanted to like the game and the concept sounded fun but in practice I felt like the art style made the enemies seem generic and the towers/guns just did not grab me at all. I like strategy games but it just felt like going through the motions for the original. That's why i keep hoping to hear the second is better from someone like me.

 
OMD both 1 & 2 are far superior in almost every way. The voice acting, music, animation, gameplay, weapons, characters, etc. I think the only cool thing that Sanctum won out on was having lots of Easter eggs and hidden stuff, and if MP is your thing, the 4 player aspect.

 
Only problem is in Sanctum public matches, people are serious OCD tower jews. If you don't do exactly as they say when they say where they say to put it they just take down your tower.

And you can't really complete the harder achievements without 3-4 people.

 
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BigPopov said:
Only problem is in Sanctum public matches, people are serious OCD tower jews. If you don't do exactly as they say when they say where they say to put it they just take down your tower.

And you can't really complete the harder achievements without 3-4 people.
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Really?!

 
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