So I hear the Steam Sales are in one hour
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The Valve and Steam Platform Discussion Thread
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Well, on the upside, it's only the Thanksgiving sale. If similar numbers can be pulled during the Christmas sale, well then...
Multi-headed Cow
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The magic of Steam sharing and camaraderie~~~
LESS T_T
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http://steamcommunity.com/updates/broadcasting
See public broadcasts here: http://steamcommunity.com/?subsection=broadcasts
And sure there are anime and porn broadcasts.
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We now have video evidence of Steam stealing porn. IT WAS ALL TRUE
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Now this is lulzy. A new Team Fortress 2 update is out, the aptly-named "End of the Line" update, so named because over a year ago some guy started work on a Source Filmmaker short about a runaway train starring everyone's favourite band of idiotic mercs.
Seems that Valve picked up the update and flaunted it as a "community" update.
What the update was supposed to include:
# The SFM short.
# A new map based on the short, Snowplow.
# New weapons, based on the short.
# New winter-themed cosmetic items.
What the update actually included:
# The SFM short, which features NO VOICE ACTING.
# No new map, as it was pulled at the last second because Valve deemed it "too confusing for new players". (Read: Not a corridor with big-ass direction signs.)
# Only one new weapon, which is a reskin of the stock melee weapon.
# New winter-themed cosmetic items with new Unusual effects.
# A new taunt, only available in the Mann.Co Store.
# The Duck game, an event where players collect ducks to power up the "Duck Journal", an item that stores your duck-collecting amount, levels up and places you on some leaderboard. The Duck Journal is MANDATORY for the event, and it's 'only' $4.99 at the Mann.Co Store.
In short, TF2 players got completely screwed. The only surprise is a Pay2Win non-event. The forums were burning with rage last I checked, with some delicious tears being shed by many TF2 "veterans".
This seems to be the "End of the Line". For TF2, that is. If anyone reading this has anything of value in their TF2 backpack, I suggest you look into cashing out and unloading those valuables before the game goes under.
Seems that Valve picked up the update and flaunted it as a "community" update.
What the update was supposed to include:
# The SFM short.
# A new map based on the short, Snowplow.
# New weapons, based on the short.
# New winter-themed cosmetic items.
What the update actually included:
# The SFM short, which features NO VOICE ACTING.
# No new map, as it was pulled at the last second because Valve deemed it "too confusing for new players". (Read: Not a corridor with big-ass direction signs.)
# Only one new weapon, which is a reskin of the stock melee weapon.
# New winter-themed cosmetic items with new Unusual effects.
# A new taunt, only available in the Mann.Co Store.
# The Duck game, an event where players collect ducks to power up the "Duck Journal", an item that stores your duck-collecting amount, levels up and places you on some leaderboard. The Duck Journal is MANDATORY for the event, and it's 'only' $4.99 at the Mann.Co Store.
In short, TF2 players got completely screwed. The only surprise is a Pay2Win non-event. The forums were burning with rage last I checked, with some delicious tears being shed by many TF2 "veterans".
This seems to be the "End of the Line". For TF2, that is. If anyone reading this has anything of value in their TF2 backpack, I suggest you look into cashing out and unloading those valuables before the game goes under.
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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-12-17-new-steam-controller-design-leaked
Revolutionary... analog sticks!?
Revolutionary... analog sticks!?
Seems like GabeN is violently... Putin down Russian traders 
Grim Monk
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And as a consequence:
Enjoy moving to another country and finding out your already bought and activated games don't work...
http://steamcommunity.com/app/235460/discussions/0/630800443177870089/
You bought in a "Region", you can only play it in that "Region".
Moving? Tough luck...
Enjoy moving to another country and finding out your already bought and activated games don't work...
http://steamcommunity.com/app/235460/discussions/0/630800443177870089/
You bought in a "Region", you can only play it in that "Region".
Moving? Tough luck...
It should work the same as when you're traveling: you contact support and they -hopefully- will sort you out.
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Wrong. The restrictions currently in place on all games are gift/trading restriction, not full region restriction (as in, a completely different package version for certain regions). As long as you get them activated, they will run no matter where you go.
A ton of games are gift/trade restricted, but almost none are fully region-restricted (and those that are are very clearly tagged). Even those though, I've moved between Kwa, Yurop, various parts of East Asia, and never once has this been an issue.
LundB
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ffs NOTHING is being region locked with this move, only gift/trade locked. Not a single game. Read my post again.
The only games you could possibly have a problem with (though I haven't, so honestly I doubt it) are ones that were fully region-locked already, which was something decided by the publisher on release. There are very few of those since most publishers realize that's a retarded move, and that has not changed. The only thing that has changed is that new purchases in certain regions cannot be traded or gifted to a different region, and this has nothing whatsoever to do with playing games already in your account.
Steam forums are full of morons who don't understand the difference between the two kinds of locking, but don't realise their lack of comprehension and are spreading false information in a panic. News articles written in unclear language by game journalist manboons aren't helping either.
TL;DR: This change doesn't make anything that would work before not work if you move. The only things that won't work after a move now are the things that wouldn't work before either.
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Bruticis
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Region lock tag was added to a fuck tons of games quietly yesterday. And yes, they zapped Southeast Asia and South America too. One only has to load up steamdb and spend 2 seconds to verify this. Or you can just read random shitty indie devs tweet:
https://twitter.com/tomasduda/status/545031478242205696
TL;DR: Christmas is dead
EDIT: And yes, I realize you're addressing his issue about not being able to play previously purchased games but this was another opportunity to cry about having good things yanked from my grasp.
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Wow. Just wow.
I get a notification that TF2 has updated, I read the patchnotes and get a wall of test detailing changes that seem to try to balance out the Demoman class in its entirety, plus some other stuff.
On a whim, I go check out the Steam forums and find a sizable chunk of forum threads that all sound the same:
*sigh*
This is why the online Valve games have gone down the shiitter. Because they have an above average track recording in the quality of their catalog, and built the Steam platform, people are willing to forgive them anything.
Maybe that's why Valve claims that it's focusing on multiplayer games from now on; so that they can troll their customers to kingdom come and STILL keep receiveing praise, worship and acclaim like they're the Second Coming.
I get a notification that TF2 has updated, I read the patchnotes and get a wall of test detailing changes that seem to try to balance out the Demoman class in its entirety, plus some other stuff.
On a whim, I go check out the Steam forums and find a sizable chunk of forum threads that all sound the same:
*sigh*
This is why the online Valve games have gone down the shiitter. Because they have an above average track recording in the quality of their catalog, and built the Steam platform, people are willing to forgive them anything.
Maybe that's why Valve claims that it's focusing on multiplayer games from now on; so that they can troll their customers to kingdom come and STILL keep receiveing praise, worship and acclaim like they're the Second Coming.
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You seemed to have missed the rage when the EOTL update came out, which amounted to nothing more than a cashgrab attempt from Valve.
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