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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: BloodEagle on December 23, 2011, 06:26:48 pm
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Kind of surprised no one else has posted this....
http://store.steampowered.com/holidaysale/details
So, basically Valve is doing this thing where you complete achievements (maximum 6 per day), and for each achievement you get a 'gift'. A gift can be: A game, a coupon, or a lump of coal, and they can be freely traded with other users. Now one (1) of these achievements, every day, is free, in that you don't have to have a pay-for game to earn it (brilliantly fiendish of Valve, btw). Although, all I've gotten from those so far, is coal.
Seven (7) units of coal can be turned into another gift, or you can use each lump of coal as an entry into a lottery/giveaway (note: you must have ten (10) items in your wishlist to qualify for the giveaway) for fabulous prizes.
I made this so that we can list what we have and what we would be willing to trade, and then do so.
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Coupon: 25% off of any Valve title. --Willing to trade
Coal: 7 (damn you, Valve) --Willing to trade for non-coupons
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Coupon: 33% off of any valve title. --Willing to trade
Coal: 5 (damn you, Valve) --Willing to trade for non-coupons
2 coal, and a 50% off coupon.
/me cackles like a maniac
got a 50% off for fallout new vegas, if anyone wants to trade?
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1 coal, 50% off valve coupon. i'm not going to be buying any games to do this, and probably not even bothering with any of the free ones.
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2 coal and a 50% any valve title.
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I have a 50% off Universe Sandbox, and I already have that game so it's up for gifting. And I have a 25% off Valve title, but I already have all the ones I want, so that's up for gifting too. I'll take any coal though, I'm going for that drawing.
Post reply and Steam name, or PM me on Steam. I'm Scourge in the HLP group.
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I'll trade you 2 coal for 2 coal. Can we do that?
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I'll trade you 2 coal for 2 coal. Can we do that?
I'd ask if you were joking, but there is that goal today for doing any trade.
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You can do goals after the day they're up. Get something decent to trade, and you can still get the goal.
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I have 3 coal, and a 50% off on any one valve title.
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I've got one coal, one 25% off of Stronghold (OH BOY), and one 25% off Valve products. I had 50% off for Arkham City, but I gave that to a friend as a Christmas Gift
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2 bits of coal, a 50% valve coupon, a 50% Hitman Collection coupon, and a 50% AlienBreed3 coupon. I'd probably like to swap the last two for something strategy/simish
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Got 33% Valve coupon. Can be traded for nothing, so it's free to get.
Edit: The coupon is gone, but one coal came in. Same conditions.
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Saint's Row 2, Halflife 1, some Reckless Disregard for Gravity game, and a lump of coal.
I'm not entirely sure how I ended up getting these, though I gather SPESS MAHREEN may have helped.
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My total is now at 6 Coal, one 50% off on Wings of Prey coupon.
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4 Coal, Free Copy of Portal, 50% off a Valve title, 50% off GTA Vice City and 50% off any CyanWorlds titles. Willing to trade the copy of portal and the coupons for... anything really.
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some Reckless Disregard for Gravity game
That's a pretty fun game, from everything I've heard.
I have a 25% off Valve and 50% off a game called Eufloria, if anyone's interested. I'm keeping the coal for myself, because chances at awesome raffle. I am accepting the generosity of any free games I don't have, though. :p
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I nominate NGTM-1R for the Lucky SOB award, this year.
And now I'm off to download a 5GB Crime MMO so that I can grind to level 8 so that I can get another lump of coal.
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I nominate NGTM-1R for the Lucky SOB award, this year.
And now I'm off to download a 5GB Crime MMO so that I can grind to level 8 so that I can get another lump of coal.
It seems all the free games are MMOs
Which sucks
Why do I want to rely on some group of people to get through a level I could very well do on my own? I don't need their lack of coordination! This isn't WoW!
Ah well, I accessed my inventory one day only to find out I got Half Life. I'm happy with just that really
Back to figuring out how to pelt someone with a snowball in Lockdown
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Easily. Grab snowball, click Attack in direction of opponent, profit.
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You have to get the snow level. It only took me three tries, so I was kind of lucky.
Just right click on the snowballs on the ground, and then right click to throw them.
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I have a 33% off any Valve title and 66% off the game Victoria II, which I will give away if anyone actually wants that game...
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Well, not so much figuring out as just trying to get sufficient funds
EDIT: Well that was easier than expected
Three matches it took. Got coal...
But hey, Spiral Knights is actually pretty damned fun
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If anyone is planning on combining their coal, please post your results here. I'm rather curious.
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I submit this IRC log from a TF2 room I lurk in.
http://pastebin.com/tsFsMRWg
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Guess that answers that question. :lol: I'm up to 9 coal now, so I was thinking about it, but hell no.
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Had no time to really play on Steam, also cause it loves to rape my limited bandwidth i'm currently under by updating the bazillion games I have on it. Offline mode for me when I do play games through Steam, too. Pretty nice idea of Valve though. I'm set for the coming months though. ;)
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Actually, what if the entire HLP community pitched in their coal into a single pile? What do you folks think of that idea
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No.
::EDIT::
Coupon: 25% off of any Valve title. --Willing to trade
Coal: 7 (damn you, Valve) --Willing to trade for non-coupons
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Am up to 6 Coal, one coupon for 50% off for Wings of Prey, and another one for 50% off on Lost Planet.
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What is it with Valve and these MMOs? You'd think they had something against them, what with how they're destroying the servers. :P
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They're free-to-play, and I guess they're paying Valve money to be part of this big Christmas pile thingie.
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I've got a copy of Darwinia, a copy of portal, 50% off Valve, CyanWorlds, Darwinia and GTA Vice City up for grabs. Looking for Sonic Generations or coal. (Preferably the former)
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Anybody want to trade coal for coal so I can get the one achievement from a few days back?
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I just unpacked Company of Heroes. (And can't trade it for 30 days? What the Hell!? I've always been in good standing! :ick:)
I wasn't too thrilled with the demo when it came out, so....
Game: Company of Heroes - Willing to trade for another game (you'll have to wait until the 27th, unless I can get Valve to do something about it :ick:)
Coupon: 25% off of any Valve title - Willing to trade for anything
Coal: 9 - Willing to trade for non-coupons.
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I have a 50% of coupon on Multiwinia (apparently a Darwinia sequel?) that I'm willing to trade for nearly anything.
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I have Oddworld: Munch's Odyssey, which I am willing to trade for any one game on my wishlist.
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i have - 33% off rage. Trading for coal or cheap full games
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Crafted my 7 coal and got a $15 game Disciples III: Resurrection... Which I'm willing to trade for a 50% off Valve coupon or most anything
on my wishlist. http://steamcommunity.com/id/jgzinv/wishlist
Evidently it's a strategy title.
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Updated list:
Game: Company of Heroes - Willing to trade for another game*
Game: FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage - Willing to trade for another game*
Coupon: 25% off of any Valve title - Willing to trade for anything
Coal: 9 - Willing to trade for non-coupons.
(I can't trade them right now (not for 30 days). Posted a customer support message and am awaiting a response.)
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Will trade Multiwinia 50%, Reckless Disregard for Gravity, two coal, or Mafia for coupons, games, or coal.
EDIT: Sidenote, SOTS2 is still not fixed or even playable. Don't be tempted to buy it.
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There isn't a free one today. :wtf:
That seems... odd.
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Agreeing with NGTM that SotS 2 is still a disaster, I'd check in Feb on it though.
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There isn't a free one today. :wtf:
That seems... odd.
There were one or two other days that didn't have one. Some good games up there, though. SpaceChem is awesome, and though I haven't played it yet, I just got Super Meat Boy in the Humble Bundle.
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Other than today, there's always been one free achievement.
I mean, technically they're all free if you want to send them snail mail. It just seems odd that they'd break the pattern.
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I suppose if you're counting free-to-play games, most other days did have something free, but I personally don't consider downloading some MMO-esque game I never had any intention of playing,and then playing it just long enough to get a random achievement, to be "free" in the sense of actual effort required. I'd much rather buy a daily deal game that I'd previously been interested in.
Wheee, up to 15 coal now! I do want to save some for the prize drawing, but I may go ahead and craft 7 just for the hell of it, since there's not much functional difference between 8-in-several-million and 15-in-several-million odds. I can't really complain, since I did wind up with a great game for free near the start.
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Will trade Multiwinia 50%, Reckless Disregard for Gravity, two coal, or Mafia for coupons, games, or coal.
EDIT: Sidenote, SOTS2 is still not fixed or even playable. Don't be tempted to buy it.
How much value do you place on Reckless Disregard? I remember the demo with mild fondness.
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Game: Company of Heroes - Willing to trade for another game*
Game: FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage - Willing to trade for another game*
Coupon: 25% off of any Valve title - Willing to trade for anything
Coal: 10 - Willing to trade for non-coupons.
(I can't trade them right now (not for 30 days). Posted a customer support message and am awaiting a response.)
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Oh boy, today's thing got me a -33% off of Valve products!
I need two coal to get a game. Two
Alright, I'll give TF2 and it's thing a whirl, then one of those MMOs...
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I hope you already downloaded them. They're massive files.
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How much value do you place on Reckless Disregard? I remember the demo with mild fondness.
Not terribly much. I'd take the Valve coupon or a couple of coal.
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Haa...I just crafted 7 coal for the hell of it and wound up with a lovely 33% off Valve coupon, to go right along with my 25% off Valve coupon. Think that's enough of that. :p
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I hope you already downloaded them. They're massive files.
MMO's not so much, TF2 yes
But ya, already had them downloaded
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Well I've got 1 valve 50% off coupon. 2 or 3 coal, and Disciples III Resurrection available.
I'd like to off load them for either Batman AA GOTY
or L4D2 + Unreal Tournament 3 Black
or IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946 + Aaaaa for the Awesome
Any takers, let me know. I'm not going to repost.
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Anyone can pretty much have my 25% and 33% Valve coupons, or 50% off DEFCON and Eufloria, for free if they want them. I don't plan on using any of them myself.
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Got a 50% off DoW2 Retribution if anyone wants it for something ;x
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Three crafts, three coupons.
Final list:
Game*: Company of Heroes - Willing to trade for another game
Game*: FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage - Willing to trade for another game
Coupon: 33% off of any Valve (http://store.steampowered.com/search/?list_of_subs=7,25,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,79,219,469,474,515,516,517,518,519,520,558,704,715,716,717,829,1053,1054,1150,1151,2481,2482,2483,2484,2487,2488,2489,2490,4807,7877,7878,7930,7931,7932,7933) title - Willing to trade for anything
Coupon: 25% off of any Valve (http://store.steampowered.com/search/?list_of_subs=7,25,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,79,219,469,474,515,516,517,518,519,520,558,704,715,716,717,829,1053,1054,1150,1151,2481,2482,2483,2484,2487,2488,2489,2490,4807,7877,7878,7930,7931,7932,7933) title - Willing to trade for anything
Coupon: 25% off of Batman: Arkham City - Willing to trade for anything
Coupon: 50% off of Super Meat Boy - Willing to trade for anything
Coupon: 50% off of King's Bounty - Willing to trade for anything
(I can't trade the two games until the 27-28th of January. Posted a customer support message and am awaiting a response.)
My wishlist can be found here (http://steamcommunity.com/id/admbosch/wishlist). Though I'd be willing to trade for titles not on it.
Otherwise, those coupons are just going to rot. :P
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I'll take the Arkham City coupon, have a friend who wouldn't mind having that
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I'd admit Steam is pretty cool, but the down side: I can't play my Supreme Commander 2 without an internet connection! GAH! I living in the boonies that is suffering from selective repression!
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I'll take the Arkham City coupon, have a friend who wouldn't mind having that
Steam ID / Offer?
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I'll take the Arkham City coupon, have a friend who wouldn't mind having that
Steam ID / Offer?
I can offer a coupon you probably won't use, for a coupon that you won't use. I've got 2 Valve discounts, and a Stronghold Discount
As for my ID, try DeadTreeProductions or Deathfun.
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Is it just me or has Steam the worst support ever?
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Possibly just you.
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I can't find the companys or the game I have problem with...
Edit: Well, I found it, but the problem is well known and no one has a clue why the campaign crashes or freezes.
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I picked up an extra copy of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 from this event, and would be happy to trade it for any game except Lead and Gold. Tried that on a free weekend and it was terrible.
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Is it just me or has Steam the worst support ever?
Been waiting over a week now to hear from them. I'm getting kind of pissed.
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Is it just me or has Steam the worst support ever?
Been waiting over a week now to hear from them. I'm getting kind of pissed.
They got back to me in less'n 24 hours when I was having issues last spring... I'd guess they're a bit swamped from the 'post-winter-sale-rush'.
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Is it just me or has Steam the worst support ever?
Been waiting over a week now to hear from them. I'm getting kind of pissed.
They got back to me in less'n 24 hours when I was having issues last spring... I'd guess they're a bit swamped from the 'post-winter-sale-rush'.
That's the only reason why I'm not raising Hell. :P
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Ah, a reply!
Hmmm....
So, they want my address, and only THEN will my account be "trusted," something not mentioned ANYWHERE. :mad2:
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as in your house address? cuz i'm pretty sure they don't have mine. i know i didn't give it to them. well, i did in the form of my billing address for the credit card, but i told them not to store it. so theoretically they don't know where i live. but we all know how much companies love to data mine consumers.