alanschu Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 What's this I spy on Steam? Final Fantasy VIII? Highly underrated game, one of the last great Final Fantasies, IMHO. If Uncle GabeN shoots me a discount in the near future, I'll likely bite. I remember loving it at release, but oh man do I not care for it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartimaeus Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) Steam Machine prototypes will be shipping Friday. The first batch of SteamOS images will also be made available Friday: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse#announcements/detail/1930088300965516570 Valve advises that only "intrepid Linux hackers" should try the images, others should wait until sometime in 2014 (when presumably the kinks have been worked out). Good thing that I just happen to be an intrepid Linux hacker. Also, US residents who were registered rejoice, because your chances of getting a prototype increased by having all registered international applicants deemed inelligible. I wonder how many people that cut from the pool. If I recall the original number correctly, about half. I remember the number of eligible participants being in the mid to high 900,000s. Now it's in the high 400,000s. Edited December 12, 2013 by Bartimaeus Quote How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything - spelling, arithmetic, riding, tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying'. I tried with all my heart. In my dreams, I am not crippled. In my dreams, I dance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 One of my students figured out my steam handle based on the games I talk about and where I live. Pretty clever kid. That is clever. What is the most interesting thing about this is it shows how much your kids must like and respect you if they are prepared to spend personal time researching you. Its credit to you and the positive influence you have on there lives and something to be proud of, so nice one "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 One of my students figured out my steam handle based on the games I talk about and where I live. Pretty clever kid. That is clever. What is the most interesting thing about this is it shows how much your kids must like and respect you if they are prepared to spend personal time researching you. Its credit to you and the positive influence you have on there lives and something to be proud of, so nice one Either that or you have a stalker (though, likely not a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) on your hands. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blarghagh Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 One of my students figured out my steam handle based on the games I talk about and where I live. Pretty clever kid. That is clever. What is the most interesting thing about this is it shows how much your kids must like and respect you if they are prepared to spend personal time researching you. Its credit to you and the positive influence you have on there lives and something to be proud of, so nice one I dunno, if I ever researched a teacher it was to try and find something I could use against them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceVC Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 One of my students figured out my steam handle based on the games I talk about and where I live. Pretty clever kid. That is clever. What is the most interesting thing about this is it shows how much your kids must like and respect you if they are prepared to spend personal time researching you. Its credit to you and the positive influence you have on there lives and something to be proud of, so nice one Either that or you have a stalker (though, likely not a S.T.A.L.K.E.R.) on your hands. One of my students figured out my steam handle based on the games I talk about and where I live. Pretty clever kid. That is clever. What is the most interesting thing about this is it shows how much your kids must like and respect you if they are prepared to spend personal time researching you. Its credit to you and the positive influence you have on there lives and something to be proud of, so nice one I dunno, if I ever researched a teacher it was to try and find something I could use against them. I suppose you boys could be right but knowing Hurlshot I have to assume the attention from his student will be positive "Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss” John Milton "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” - George Bernard Shaw "What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead" - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) Also, remember the age of the student. He isn't some evil teenager. At least I think Hurly teaches young 'uns... Or maybe he is. Then Hurlshot is in trouble. "What do you want to become when you grow up?" "An explorer or nuclear disaster ruins and strange anomalies." Edited December 12, 2013 by melkathi Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majek Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I loathe FF VIII, not to mention that the abyssmal PC port makes it even worse than it already is. 1.13 killed off Ja2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oerwinde Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Steam Machine prototypes will be shipping Friday. The first batch of SteamOS images will also be made available Friday: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse#announcements/detail/1930088300965516570 Valve advises that only "intrepid Linux hackers" should try the images, others should wait until sometime in 2014 (when presumably the kinks have been worked out). Good thing that I just happen to be an intrepid Linux hacker. Also, US residents who were registered rejoice, because your chances of getting a prototype increased by having all registered international applicants deemed inelligible. I wonder how many people that cut from the pool. I want to say it's likely a fairly large chunk of people. I saw a large volume of people complaining about the last minute switch in comment sections and other forums. I feel like my "Steam Hardware Beta Candidate" badge is nothing but a filthy lie now. I can't imagine what kind of regulatory hurdles there are to allow them to ship them outside the US that would delay the beta by a significant time. I figured they juat had to pay more for shipping. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melkathi Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition 80% off as Daily Deal. If anyone does get it, Walsingham will be available for training matches (he has been volunteered). I'm not as good a tutor Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I can't imagine what kind of regulatory hurdles there are to allow them to ship them outside the US that would delay the beta by a significant time. I figured they juat had to pay more for shipping. I suspect it's because they are essentially running a lottery and you've got all the different laws in place around that that they'd have to work through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 I can't imagine what kind of regulatory hurdles there are to allow them to ship them outside the US that would delay the beta by a significant time. I figured they juat had to pay more for shipping. I suspect it's because they are essentially running a lottery and you've got all the different laws in place around that that they'd have to work through. That's likely at least part of it. As strange as this may sound, it can be a lot more complicated to give something away than it is to sell it when it comes to shipping, especially across country borders and especially if it has to do with anything that could be perceived as some kind of lottery. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I know contests in Canada automatically exempt you if you're from Quebec. And I think there is a stipulation that requires a skill testing question too (which is hardly challenging and usually negates basic order of operations to boot!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryy Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Steam really needs to up its game. Amazon and GMG have figured out that people want new stuff at a much lower price. I got AC4 on 45% discount during the Black Friday Sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Wasn't AC4 on sale for like 50% off during Black Friday on Steam? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Wasn't AC4 on sale for like 50% off during Black Friday on Steam? Nope. No discount on AC4 on steam during the sale. It was on for 50% off at Amazon about a week ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serrano Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Anyone played The Bureau: XCOM Declassified? How long should I expect it to last and is it worth the sale price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Wasn't AC4 on sale for like 50% off during Black Friday on Steam? Nope. No discount on AC4 on steam during the sale. It was on for 50% off at Amazon about a week ago. Yep, it was just on Amazon to Prime members. I have it under my Christmas tree thanks to that sale right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raithe Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Wasn't AC4 on sale for like 50% off during Black Friday on Steam? Nope. No discount on AC4 on steam during the sale. It was on for 50% off at Amazon about a week ago. Yep, it was just on Amazon to Prime members. I have it under my Christmas tree thanks to that sale right now. I looked at it here, but for some reason they only knocked about £5 off it at Amazon.co.uk. "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humanoid Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 You can buy digital games from Amazon US, all you need is to enter a fake US-based billing address. There's no geolocation or any other restrictions. L I E S T R O N GL I V E W R O N G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majek Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Only Steam though, Origin doesn't play along. 1.13 killed off Ja2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyrock Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Gave SteamOS a shot over the weekend. It is indeed in very rough shape, definitely not fit for mainstream consumption at this point. As Valve wrote, only try it if you're one of the 1337 Linux haxorz. The stripped down and highly gimped installer was the thing that made me scratch my head the most. There are plenty of installers out there for distros like Ubuntu and Linux Mint and even Fedora that are free, readily available, open source, thoroughly tested, and a billion times more robust than the current SteamOS installer. Why not just fork one of those and modify it to their own needs? I'm sure Valve have their reasons. If I had to guess it's probably just wanting to make things on their own from the ground up, or closer to the ground and up, anyway, hence the choice of basing their distro on Debian rather than Ubuntu (which was originally based off Debian anyway). It's admirable to want to build things from the ground up yourself, but sometimes it makes a lot more sense to fork something that's already out there, robust, and thoroughly tested. Taking other people's code and working off that is completely accepted in the open source community. Not only accepted, it's encouraged. I have faith Valve will make SteamOS into a good distro, but it has a long way to go right now. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGX-17 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 (edited) Steam really needs to up its game. Amazon and GMG have figured out that people want new stuff at a much lower price. I got AC4 on 45% discount during the Black Friday Sale. But the only way you're getting new stuff for a much lower price is by shopping on Black Friday and only buying products which are new as of Black Friday, and which are sale items. Explain how this is different from and better than Steam's summer and holiday sales. Edited December 16, 2013 by AGX-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Presumably they're different and better because they are cheaper. Don't think you need to look further than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorophx Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 any of you guys played DayZ in its heyday? the standalone version is up on Early Access. Walsingham said: I was struggling to understand ths until I noticed you are from Finland. And having been educated solely by mkreku in this respect I am convinced that Finland essentially IS the wh40k universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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