Originally Posted by Idiotekque

No Aliens?

^^^
I love that show [Ancient Aliens]

Originally Posted by Frithsblessing I just read in the steam group buy/trade thread that GG might not fulfill the rest of the Bethesda package. Damn it, I want my Rogue Warrior and Brink keys!

>.> I'm "one of those CAGs" who activated every game from the Beth pack I didn't already own.

Last night I just completed Hunted: The Demon's Forge in co-op. Yeah, Beth pack and that's the first game I complete. >.> It's not a bad game, although I've only experienced it in co-op. Standard hack-n-slash affair. It really is balanced around melee & ranged toons, in single player you can swap at points, but I think the balance might be rough with an AI partner. I'm showing 23 steam hours.

Originally Posted by Syntax Error So, with all this GG Borderlands hubbabub, I should mention that I never did get around to playing BL1. I have both installed and ready to fire up -- should I start with One and move on to Two or just plunge ahead into Two? I did enter all my Shift codes from the earlier link (thanks!) just to appease my magpie DNA for collecting shiny things.

^_^ I felt a little left out, not being able to enter all those shift codes people used to post, now I don't feel too bad. =)

I played 128 steam hours of BL1 GOTY on my Siren. I'm only a teeny bit into BL2, and there's already a fair number of BL1 references. While I enjoyed the story in BL1, BL is "Diablo with guns." BL2 give you some little goodies if it sees a BL1 save file.

If you're playing BL1, I stronly recommend using WillowTree. It is a save file editor. I used it a lot to reduce my level (I regularly overleveled from sidequests) and sometime reset quests. Most of the documentation you will see is on building custom gun, but don't let that scare you off from some practical aspects of it.

Originally Posted by MC Kage Where you lift up Claptrap? I seem to die a lot in BL2 lol. Same with me, tho I just started playing both games. Pretty new to BL.

I'll set you know when I get back in. I didn't make it to the elevator yet. I died once on the way -- getting overzealous on my part, and having one of my two guns equipped being bad for the situation, and the other ran out of ammo quickly.

Originally Posted by Genocidal http://dxtory.com/v2-home-en.html A little late, but one of the better video capture programs; of course the nature of the program makes them all take a decent amount of resources. Also heard good things about this one, but don't know anyone who's used it: http://obsproject.com/index

I would note in professional applications video is usually captured by video capture hardware (with a splitter in front).

Originally Posted by dfg That's some dedication. There's enough tie-in to the original in the sequel that if you find yourself enjoying its brand of humor, you might regret skipping ahead. Conversely, the original 4 characters themselves are fleshed out more in 2 than 1. Further advice: if you like taking it slow and soaking it in, play solo, and then find people to play with on a subsequent playthrough. If you just care about blasting shit and snagging loot, you can enjoy yourself in a group from the start.

He did the full list for the Summer Sale as well, if you want to look back.

Originally Posted by hal Play BL1 first. You'll appreciate the call-backs and recurring characters much more when playing 2. I'd do it this way: - Take story missions as long as you are appropriately leveled (listed as Tough or Normal) - Take only side missions that look interesting to you (it is possible to over-level making the difficulty Trivial) - Around level 30 (you should be near the end of the main story or close) switch to Zombie Island - Around level 40 try getting into Knoxx (my favorite) - Finish up with Claptrap DLC - Try out Playthrough 2 a bit to appreciate how much tougher the enemies can be. You'll want to rush right to P2 for any subsequent characters you build. Lillith is probably the most powerful and easiest to solo. Roland is not bad either.

I concur. I also feel that after a little bit, one could use WillowTree and just skip to the start of the second playthough.

Originally Posted by Motoki No Aliens?

Originally Posted by JakeNome I dont use VPN guys! XD anyone who asks me, I tell em straight up that I have a real physical Ukrainian contact who supplies me. edit: Im in US

Boy am I glad to hear that. Thanks for clearing that up.

And it was nothing personal. Just trying to make sure I'm OK with my purchases.

Originally Posted by Idiotekque

lol

Originally Posted by The End How do you know? He told me that he is in the US.

He has a connection in the region, the Idiotekque is a lie.

I should add a FAQ in a spoiler at the bottom of my sale posts
too lazy though

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Originally Posted by JakeNome I should add a FAQ in a spoiler at the bottom of my sale posts too lazy though

I am not a crook!

Originally Posted by Motoki I am not a crook!

JakeNome, my man... How much to hook a guy up with... *looks around* a live panda?

Originally Posted by Idiotekque JakeNome, my man... How much to hook a guy up with... *looks around* a live panda?

LoL.

Originally Posted by Idiotekque JakeNome, my man... How much to hook a guy up with... *looks around* a live panda?

it depends...can you send payment as Paypal gift?

Originally Posted by JakeNome it depends...can you send payment as Paypal gift?

I don't know man, you may have 290 marketplace score, but that's for games... not pandas.

If you've never paid shipping costs for a game you're going to be floored when you see the shipping costs of a panda.

I thought shipping is free on all orders over $25. Isn't that a universal rule by now?

Originally Posted by Motoki I am not a crook!

{Waits for some Richard Nixon memes}

All the Civ 5 talk earlier today made me realize I own the game and had never played it.


....12 hours later, I finally pried myself away from it. Not sure if it's a good thing or a bad thing that I "discovered" it.

I really don't want to wade into the whole GG debate, but I would simply note this:

If they actually revoke activated steam keys there will be strong backlash from those affected, which would negatively impact the value of having your games on steam. These games were bought and paid for, they are not stolen/hacked/intended for a North Korean facebook giveaway. It raises further problems of "what about the DLC I bought for the game?" If DLC was bought from Steam then only "fair" things for steam to do would be refund or convert it to gift inventory. But what about if the DLC was bought from Amazon or GMG?

It is in GG's interests to cut their losses. Supposing they cannot revoke keys (and avoiding partial refunds), it might still be sensible for them to refund partially redeemed packs fully and let the buyer keep any keys obtained as the loses from those "giving away those keys for free" could be less than the liability (future loss) of having to fulfill the remaining unkeyed games.

Given GG's recent history, I expect the process of getting to a resolution is going to be a total mess.

I blame Friths for infecting the Steam Thread with this GamersGate nonsense.

Stupid question, from a stupid man:
Is there a list somewhere of Steam games that do have controller support even though they don't have the snazzy partial/full controller support icon?


An example is Far Cry 2. It supports the 360 controller right from the get-go, but nonetheless does not have the controller icon (due to its age, I suppose) on the Steam storefront screen.

Is there a list somewhere that is more inclusive than the half-assed partial/full support list on Steam?
I want to buy more Steam games, but Steam isn't organized enough to cater to controller-centric people like me.

Thanks!