I'm just blown away at how useful Steam Inventory Helper is.
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That’s something I suggested in the old place. Not the new old one, the old one one. Man, there are so many old places now
But that unfortunately didn’t really interest people at the time.
But that will always be something I have trouble coping with: we talk together all the time, we logically and hopefully like each other or at least a good amount of people here... but goddd forbid we play something together !
I understand that this is not so simple, there is the time zone issue, the internet speed for some too, and games must be bought too, money you vicious mistress. And let’s not avoid the elephant in the room, gamers are not the most social species.
Nonetheless, you have my sword.
I've noticed in the evenings, I'm fairly lonely here. I'm Central Time in the USA.That’s something I suggested in the old place. Not the new old one, the old one one. Man, there are so many old places now
But that unfortunately didn’t really interest people at the time.
But that will always be something I have trouble coping with: we talk together all the time, we logically and hopefully like each other or at least a good amount of people here... but goddd forbid we play something together !
I understand that this is not so simple, there is the time zone issue, the internet speed for some too, and games must be bought too, money you vicious mistress. And let’s not avoid the elephant in the room, gamers are not the most social species.
Nonetheless, you have my sword.
I'm down with the idea too. God I miss central time, I moved from the Destin area to Tampa a year ago and Eastern time sucks. This is a stupid question, but does MC have a Discord? If so we can figure out what games and when on there.
I'm not currently on any Discord.
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Yeah, I'm really hoping we can do something soon(ish).That’s something I suggested in the old place. Not the new old one, the old one one. Man, there are so many old places now
But that unfortunately didn’t really interest people at the time.
But that will always be something I have trouble coping with: we talk together all the time, we logically and hopefully like each other or at least a good amount of people here... but goddd forbid we play something together !
I understand that this is not so simple, there is the time zone issue, the internet speed for some too, and games must be bought too, money you vicious mistress. And let’s not avoid the elephant in the room, gamers are not the most social species.
Nonetheless, you have my sword.
When I played a certain Unreal Tournament 2014 mod, we had these scheduled sessions, and they were a lot of fun.
It was always hard to find people playing mods for most games, but for that one (Jailbreak), since we did scheduled sessions, we always had people to play matches, and have some fun.
And, since it was pretty much the members of a community attending, we started to know each other, and it was a very positive, stress free environment.
Win or lose, people would attend just to play some matches. Some would stay for hours, others for 30-60 minutes, but we always had people.
It's hard to get people together very frequently, but once or twice a month (for example), I think it can be done.
We can vote for games to play each week. We can consider creating a server for an older game that everyone, or close to it, may have (like Killing Floor, or whatever), and play on weekends. And more.
There's plenty of things we can do.
I know I'm an old fart, but Discord confuses the hell out of me.
It moves too fast, there's text everywhere, and I can never find anything.
Uh, isn't Steam Inventory Helper the extension that added some rather extreme user tracking a while back?
This was the thread I remembered:
WARNING: Trusted Steam Inventory Helper now requesting dangerous permissions
I couldn't find anything suggesting that this tracking has been removed and I couldn't be arsed to read through the source code myself.
ETA: But it still requests the same extensive set of permissions, which is to say access to every website you visit instead of just steampowered.com.
Meta indeed has a Discord, but I have no idea how to link to it.
But yeah, I can’t ignore PC Era, some great people there too.
Masquerada continues to be a very pretty game with an amazingly detailed world and history, good characters and interesting story.
The downside is that the massive amounts of lore it dishes out via its Codex-equivalent, definitely messes up the pacing of the main story.
I dunno, I wish they'd integrated this a bit more organically into the world.
The downside is that the massive amounts of lore it dishes out via its Codex-equivalent, definitely messes up the pacing of the main story.
I dunno, I wish they'd integrated this a bit more organically into the world.
The game shares XCom's overall structure (base of operations, squad-based tactical battles). Missions pop up around the globe, some are connected to the main campaign and others are randomly generated. The main difference between Xcom and Phantom Doctrine is that in PD fighting with the enemy in a direct assault is very much an undesirable outcome.
You are supposed to infiltrate, achieve your objectives quietly and exit without triggering any alarms or making your presence known to the enemy. In that sense its tactical layer has more in common with Invisible Inc than XCom. In most missiions combat is the last resort because you can't actually clear the map of enemy units, reinforcements will keep coming every few turns until you make it to the extraction point or die. I can't stress this enough: With the exception of scripted missions where combat is inevitable, if you find yourself in an open firefight with the enemy it means that you did a sloppy job and you should start moving towards the extraction point before you are overwhelmed.
Back when I played the game (at launch) there was an issue with disguises being overpowered. Basically at some point one of the perks you can unlock for your agents is the ability to use a disguise, Agent 47-style, which trivialized many missions since you become practically invisible to most enemy units. I have to say though, infiltrating an enemy outpost, killing the target or achieving the objective and leaving with no alarms raised was pretty satisfying.
The investigation layer with the conspiracy board is a fun idea that is too shallow to achieve its potential. You can find documents in missions that you can examine for codewords of places, people and organizations. You then connect documents that contain the same codewords on the board in order to find out the true names, places and organizations and advance the plot. Sadly it all happens automatically and you don't actually investigate yourself. New documents get pinned on the board and you try to join them together with string in what is very much a trial-and-error procedure of clicking on everything on screen until you get a match.
That said, the game nails the cold war atmosphere and many of its missions can be pretty fun once you get a hang of things. I enjoyed playing it quite a bit, but only after I made my peace with the fact that it shouldn't be played as XCom and that some of its features lacked the proper depth.
this one released from Early Access recently
The Grand Heist TRAILER
The discount ends in 21 hours which is when the store updates tomorrow so I assume it’ll release alongside the store update.
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I'm really liking the look of the game I mentioned above (Chook & Sosig: Walk the Plank).
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I bought a copy myself (my refund for my pre-order of Rune: Ragnarok came at a great time).
Apparently, the developer released a few other smaller, free games in the past featuring these characters.
If anyone wants to check them out, you can find them in her itch.io page:
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I bought a copy myself (my refund for my pre-order of Rune: Ragnarok came at a great time
).Apparently, the developer released a few other smaller, free games in the past featuring these characters.
If anyone wants to check them out, you can find them in her itch.io page:
Thank you for letting me now. I got rid of it.
That looks so beautiful.Masquerada continues to be a very pretty game with an amazingly detailed world and history, good characters and interesting story.
The downside is that the massive amounts of lore it dishes out via its Codex-equivalent, definitely messes up the pacing of the main story.
I dunno, I wish they'd integrated this a bit more organically into the world.
I finished that game this past weekend. Definitely something worth playing but not for the gameplay or any mechanics but purely for the story. It's in fact a shame that such a great story, world and lore is attached to such a 'meh' game. Nothing really seems to work as it should, the tactical battles are a mess and boil down to spamming AoE spells, the RPG mechanics are basic with no depth and no visible impact on the gameplay and the masquerine spells, which should be an ultimate ability of great power, are worthless.Masquerada continues to be a very pretty game with an amazingly detailed world and history, good characters and interesting story.
The downside is that the massive amounts of lore it dishes out via its Codex-equivalent, definitely messes up the pacing of the main story.
I dunno, I wish they'd integrated this a bit more organically into the world.
I hope these guys have another chance at a 2nd game because this setting and world is too good to abandon. They just need to find the right play mechanics to attach it to (maybe something turn-based like Darkest Dungeon).
I only play single player stuff. It's very rare to find me playing something online, and that's only with friends. But yeah, this could be nice! Especially now that I'm gonna live on my own next month, I'll need all the socializing I can get.That’s something I suggested in the old place. Not the new old one, the old one one. Man, there are so many old places now
But that unfortunately didn’t really interest people at the time.
But that will always be something I have trouble coping with: we talk together all the time, we logically and hopefully like each other or at least a good amount of people here... but goddd forbid we play something together !
I understand that this is not so simple, there is the time zone issue, the internet speed for some too, and games must be bought too, money you vicious mistress. And let’s not avoid the elephant in the room, gamers are not the most social species.
Nonetheless, you have my sword.
I forgot they pulled that permission shit, I use Steam Economy Enhancer.
PC Era Discord has benefit of being separate from console-centric users and moderation, the two reasons why I - and I suspect some others - jumped ship to MC to begin with.
I’ll check that out.
I used to stick to the PC Era thread, but found I would rather just enjoy my time over here. I wish some more would make the jump.
Bloodstained #1 on the global top seller list, let's fucking go Iga
Mainly play Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 and Vampire The Masquerade - Bloodlines, I've been meaning to do that for ages and it feels like the moment is right, with the sequels in productions. Other than that, just play whatever I feel like playing at the moment.
Please be good please be good
Started playing Raft today. Now, I really dislike surviving games but I'm finding my way with it, it's pretty chill.
Thanks for the write-up! Will probably hold off for now.
I'd be up for playing games together
I'm sure that there's a bunch of things that could be played by anyone too.
And Bloodstained being the worldwide top seller is absolutely crazy. It's not small games that it's pushing around.
I wonder how things would have gone if Igavanias had chosen another way than handhelds back then...
I'm sure that there's a bunch of things that could be played by anyone too.
And Bloodstained being the worldwide top seller is absolutely crazy. It's not small games that it's pushing around.
I wonder how things would have gone if Igavanias had chosen another way than handhelds back then...
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well akshully - it doesn't
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Impressions have been excellent so here's hoping
Popping in to show my support of a co-op get-together for folks. Sounds like a fun time!
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welcome back ... we missed you!Popping in to show my support of a co-op get-together for folks. Sounds like a fun time!
Thanks, lash! Good to be back!welcome back ... we missed you!
Didnt the devs close up shop after launch or was that another game of similar xcom style?
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good to have you back ... i was about to go looking for you tomorrowThanks, lash! Good to be back!
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It wasn't after launch, they still patched the game a bit, and released added content, but earlier this year, indeed they closed doors. Management problems.
Most of the team remain together, and funded a new company, Artificer.
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I have a question regarding Steam cards, and booster packs.
When a game is removed, and its cards can no longer be sold, you can still get cards by crafting boosters.
But, is there any chance one of the cards doesn't drop for any reason?
Since I had plenty of gems, I decided to try and craft a badge for TRANSFORMERS: Devastation, a game I really enjoyed, that sadly is no longer sold.
I have crafted 12 TRANSFORMERS: Devastation booster packs, and while I already have 10 copies of some cards, I still haven't receive a single one for one of the cards.
I'm now wondering if that card simply won't drop.
And, is there any place where I can quickly get rid of these cards I won't need (without turning them into gems), considering I can't sell them, only trade them?
thanks
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Thought so, has Artificer taken up the game at all, or is it basically dead in terms of support?
use Steamtrade Matcher to trade your duplicate steam card with other userI have a question regarding Steam cards, and booster packs.
When a game is removed, and its cards can no longer be sold, you can still get cards by crafting boosters.
But, is there any chance one of the cards doesn't drop for any reason?
Since I had plenty of gems, I decided to try and craft a badge for TRANSFORMERS: Devastation, a game I really enjoyed, that sadly is no longer sold.
I have crafted 12 TRANSFORMERS: Devastation booster packs, and while I already have 10 copies of some cards, I still haven't receive a single one for one of the cards.
I'm now wondering if that card simply won't drop.
And, is there any place where I can quickly get rid of these cards I won't need (without turning them into gems), considering I can't sell them, only trade them?
thanks
https://www.steamtradematcher.com
You can easily create an account using your SteamID
If trading with other people,best would be to sent a trade request to those people labeled as Trade Bot as trade will be immediate if the account is online
Anyone have any recommendation for fun games that might encourage afk'ing / multitasking somewhat? I don't really want to get into another MMO but that's the only genre I can remember playing where you had legitimate incentives to just sit idle in game waiting for a spawn or whatever while you did something IRL.
I see that Xbox App download speeds are still shit, bleh.
What ? I’ve been lied to ? Who were these people, thenwell akshully - it doesn't
My life is a scam !
News - The Konami Classic collections have updated with the JP versions of the games
Button remapping has also been included from some reports.
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