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Thermopyle said:
In that case somebody might have reported the thread, then Playfire looked over a couple pages and just recorded the names of the posters they saw talking about it. That makes more sense than somebody here picking names out of a hat or having a specific grudge or interest in getting certain people banned.
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Nice second try but I never mentioned doing it prior to my banning, though I did privately tell Idiotekque. :p

Also others who got banned never mentioned doing it publicly like Imac2much.

madjoki said:
Here's another far fetched theory from you: There's one thing that can make cheating achievements quite obvious in some cases: Leaderboards. :p

eg. Goat Simulator for Flappy

I doubt they'd randomly ban someone unless it's very clear that cheats was used.
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As I said, I made sure it looked believable when I did it and I did check the leaderboards and made sure my playtime and the achievements I got were on par with what others had. I also didn't get greedy and get those hard achievements that a ridiculously low % of people on the leaderboards ever get.

Also if they are banning people based on leaderboards then why is no site other than CAG reporting mass bannings?

Look believe what you guys want I'm tired of arguing about it, but someone snitched. What part of they told Bruticus that someone snitched on him personally is so hard to understand?

 
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Motoki said:
Nice little theory to try to save face and pretend like some CAG didn't do it, but no.

I never did any ones that weren't obtainable to a reasonable degree that a fair amount of other people got and I always got the requisite rewards and made sure I had a reasonable amount of playing time in and that the rewards were spaced out and not all at the same moment. I also didn't go nuts with it either like some people did and I did play some of the games. Really I don't see how they could prove I did it at all and I don't think they could. Someone told GMG certain select people were supposed to be cheating at the rewards, which GMG point blank said to Bruticus, and they just took them at their word.

Also If they were banning people from laying traps it would also be all over other boards but it isn't. Nothing about any multiple bannings on Reddit, GAF, Steamgifts, Steam forums etc etc.

Obviously it's someone here that did it who chose an odd selection of people to pick, some of whom are quite infrequent and/or non-offensive posters.
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I think it's easy to rule out any kind of "detection" as there'd be no way to remotely see what everyone is doing. That's why I was curious about their "client" and whether or not it was attempting to detect SAM.exe and then call out. Since no one has said they had the client installed, we can assume that wasn't a factor.

You said you were careful about timing and sequence. I'm guessing you were careful not to get any of those that people were complaining were glitched. We can probably rule out this as well.

All that remains is being reported. Not to mentioned that's what CS told Bruticis. All that remains is the matter of the source of the snitching. You could all probably compare notes and identify a common factor, this forum being one.

I'm a little surprised -- and a lot concerned -- that they'd take someone's "word" that someone else was cheating the system. No evidence vs. word of mouth.

 
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I'm a little surprised -- and a lot concerned -- that they'd take someone's "word" that someone else was cheating the system. No evidence vs. word of mouth.
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That doesn't bother me at all. They've been shown pretty clearly to not really know what they're doing. Bummed that it seems like somebody here really did report a bunch of their CAG bros, though.

 
So Street Fighter x Tekken is on sale for $15 and Super Street Fighter IV Arcade is on sale for $7.50.

Credit to CarnivalMadness.

SFxTekken is a crappy price, and the game is GFWL afaik, and there's no word on it getting moved to Steamworks (Capcom has pretty much abandoned the game on all platforms).

As for SSFIV Arcade, here are my thoughts from the Steam thread:

Just a heads-up on anyone wanting to buy SSFIV: Arcade.

The Ultra Edition drops on August 8th for $30 (same MSRP as SSFIV Arcade), with the upgrade to Ultra costing $15.

The $30 Ultra Edition also will come with all costume DLC previously available, which is currently in a pack for $14.99 (if you care about that sort of thing).

I have a nagging doubt that the upgrade to Ultra DLC will be less likely to see sales/deep discounts than Ultra itself, so I'm gonna hold off 'till Ultra sees a sale (preferably on GMG).
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Thermopyle said:
BTW, Head-to-head:

Available until Friday 30 May, 2014 @ 23:59 UTC:

Outlast - play for the first time - £0.10

Outlast - unlock ILLUMINATED - £0.10

Outlast - unlock FLUSHED - £0.10

Outlast - unlock GAS LEAKER - £0.10

Outlast - unlock SHOCKER - £0.25

Outlast - unlock SOAKED - £0.25

Outlast - unlock EMANCIPATED - £0.25

Outlast - unlock ARCHIVIST - £0.50

Outlast - unlock LEGACY - £0.50

Outlast - unlock PULITZER - £0.50

Outlast - unlock LUNATIC - £0.50

Resident Evil 4 - play for the first time - £0.10

Resident Evil 4 - unlock It Begins With a Ring - £0.10

Resident Evil 4 - unlock The Castellan Falls - £0.25

Resident Evil 4 - unlock What Are They Worth? - £0.50
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Wish I had Outlast... So I look it up on GMG to see how much they have it for at the moment and once again, they don't even have the game for sale.

Come on GMG. -_-




Motoki said:
I'm tired of arguing about it
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Actually I was wrong about QUBE DC achievements and they are doable despite the crash bug.

Easy too. (you get third one in progression after this then it crashes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuVrpw_10-I

 
madjoki said:
Actually I was wrong about QUBE DC achievements and they are doable despite the crash bug.

Easy too. (you get third one in progression after this then it crashes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuVrpw_10-I
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It would be nice if the dev responded to my email and gave me my damn key before the rewards are done...

 
Just got the first and third achievement rewards in about a half-hour of playtime. Didn't even need vJoy.

The first one is easy, just make it a short 2-minute round and toggle the items so only poisons drop.

The third one is pretty easy, as long as you know how to play, and have your keyboard be registered as two characters (keyboard left and keyboard right). Eventually you'll be tasked to eat keyboard right, which is easy as he just stands in the corner.

Make sure to toggle off ALL items and toggle off spawn invincibility while getting the third achievement, makes everything much easier.

Having a little bit of trouble with achievement 2, but I think I can get it. Can it be done in co-op?

Edit: Also the game is really not that good, and is a meh timewaster at best. It's probably a bit fun with friends in Battle mode, but the fact that it's only Local MP dampens that appeal considerably.

Glad I didn't pay for it.

 
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Anyone else's Playfire account not picking up achievements for them now?

Started a day or two ago. It'll track playtime/played for the first time, but not achievements.

I don't mean reward-wise. The scanner is just not picking up achievements for me at all.

 
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BobbyTastic said:
Anyone else's Playfire account not picking up achievements for them now?

Started a day or two ago. It'll track playtime/played for the first time, but not achievements.

I don't mean reward-wise. The scanner is just not picking up achievements for me at all.
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Same, haven't gotten any Chompy or Tower of Guns achievements.

 
My Ascend achievements showed up on the rewards list this morning. They haven't actually gotten checks and updated my GMG balance yet, though. Those were picked up on the profile page (where it shows all achievements (usually) regardless of whether they have rewards) 2 days ago. The whole process is incredibly inconsistent with regards to how the timing works out. I really don't understand it at all.

 
Motoki said:
Nice little theory to try to save face and pretend like some CAG didn't do it, but no.

I never did any ones that weren't obtainable to a reasonable degree that a fair amount of other people got and I always got the requisite rewards and made sure I had a reasonable amount of playing time in and that the rewards were spaced out and not all at the same moment. I also didn't go nuts with it either like some people did and I did play some of the games. Really I don't see how they could prove I did it at all and I don't think they could. Someone told GMG certain select people were supposed to be cheating at the rewards, which GMG point blank said to Bruticus, and they just took them at their word.

Also If they were banning people from laying traps it would also be all over other boards but it isn't. Nothing about any multiple bannings on Reddit, GAF, Steamgifts, Steam forums etc etc.

Obviously it's someone here that did it who chose an odd selection of people to pick, some of whom are quite infrequent and/or non-offensive posters.
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Out of interest, did you ever reset an achievement and then get it again?

 
Posting this here for any snakeybro's out there:

Current Coupons:

GMG025-MAYBHW-SOSAVE

That's 25% off these titles:

Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs Digital Deluxe
Watch Dogs Season Pass
Wildstar
Wildstar Deluxe Edition
Dark Souls II
Nosgoth Packs
Murdered: Soul Suspect
 
For some reason clicking Spend It! does seem to trigger my rewards to flip from unchecked to checked and the GMG balance to transfer at the same time. So inconsistent, though.

 
MinDRioT said:
Posting this here for any snakeybro's out there:

Current Coupons:

GMG025-MAYBHW-SOSAVE

That's 25% off these titles:

Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs Digital Deluxe
Watch Dogs Season Pass
Wildstar
Wildstar Deluxe Edition
Dark Souls II
Nosgoth Packs
Murdered: Soul Suspect
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They really need to post a new global 20% coupon, I am looking at mafia II complete, but I need to save that $2!
 
I got tired of waiting and just blew $30 on Shadowrun Returns + Dragonfall. I'm so ashamed. I could have had $6 left over...maybe closer to $15 if I'd waited for a sale. :(

 
Thermopyle said:
I got tired of waiting and just blew $30 on Shadowrun Returns + Dragonfall. I'm so ashamed. I could have had $6 left over...maybe closer to $15 if I'd waited for a sale. :(
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What? Why?

HB Store had them on sale recently during their Spring Sale.

SrR was $5 on HB Store recently; and Dragonfall DLC was $15.

I would've waited on if Dragonfall if I was buying that - DLC's not cheap enough, to suit me.

And no, I ain't bought SrR nor Dragonfall yet.

Also - from HB Store, you would've gotten both Steam-keys (to activate on Steam) + also DRM-FREE versions (to download directly from HB).

If I'm buying SrR + Dragonfall from anywhere, it'll likely be from HB Store.

Namely b/c I'm into the doubling-up of versions, giving me both Steam-keys + DRM-FREE versions...b/c everyone by now here on CAG knows I like Steam and love DRM-FREE.

I wish more companies would do that.

#FakeCAGAlert

 
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MysterD said:
What? Why?
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To use up my Playfire monies. There hasn't been much in the way of decent sales so I've had nothing to spend them on, and people getting banned (whether they were SAMing or not) made me decide that putting $30 in free monies at risk just to potentially save a bit of those free monies was a bad idea.

I've not been spending real money on games since EC ended and don't want to start now, so even though the HB deal was better, it was off the table for that reason.

#RealCAGsUseFakeMoney

 
Thermopyle said:
To use up my Playfire monies. There hasn't been much in the way of decent sales so I've had nothing to spend them on, and people getting banned (whether they were SAMing or not) made me decide that putting $30 in free monies at risk just to potentially save a bit of those free monies was a bad idea.

I've not been spending real money on games since EC ended and don't want to start now, so even though the HB deal was better, it was off the table for that reason.

#RealCAGsUseFakeMoney
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It's your money - and you can do what you please w/ it.

If I was in your shoes...

SrR + DF DLC (when bought together) was still $10 cheaper on HB Store!

If you're gonna blow PlayFire money to get rid of it, I'd say blow it on a deal that's at least a bit closer to what other sales have been doing!

$10 is...in CAG terms, that's often a whole another recent Indie or discounted AAA title on sale!

And you could've got multiple versions there on HB...if you're into more than just Steam.

Even though I am into that (wanting both DRM-FREE + Steam keys, when available) - most here on CAG probably ain't, though.

 
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Anyone who has played Ascend, have you been able to get Know thy Enemy? I'm positive I've faced at least three player bosses but it hasn't popped yet (unless it isn't counting one of them). The other two are pretty easy, 200 kills is a fairly quick grind, while Power Overwhelming is (I think) just a much longer grind.

 
Red_Lizard2 said:
Anyone who has played Ascend, have you been able to get Know thy Enemy? I'm positive I've faced at least three player bosses but it hasn't popped yet (unless it isn't counting one of them). The other two are pretty easy, 200 kills is a fairly quick grind, while Power Overwhelming is (I think) just a much longer grind.
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I've installed it but haven't played it yet, I've been playing the Bridge. Let us know how it goes.

 
Red_Lizard2 said:
Anyone who has played Ascend, have you been able to get Know thy Enemy? I'm positive I've faced at least three player bosses but it hasn't popped yet (unless it isn't counting one of them). The other two are pretty easy, 200 kills is a fairly quick grind, while Power Overwhelming is (I think) just a much longer grind.
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It's buggy I think fourth or fifth unlocked for me.

Apparently you can grind single one by not capturing altar back, but leaving and coming back so it respawns.

Also gives a lot of souls that can be used to upgrade spell. Still needs a lot thought. But it might be doable if you get easy enemy, there's a lot of variance in difficulty.

http://www.trueachievements.com/a177633/know-thy-enemy-achievement.htm

 
madjoki said:
It's buggy I think fourth or fifth unlocked for me.

Apparently you can grind single one by not capturing altar back, but leaving and coming back so it respawns.

Also gives a lot of souls that can be used to upgrade spell. Still needs a lot thought. But it might be doable if you get easy enemy, there's a lot of variance in difficulty.

http://www.trueachievements.com/a177633/know-thy-enemy-achievement.htm
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I'll keep plugging away then, hopefully pops soon. Yeah, read it's fairly easy to get screwed and get someone either higher level or who paid for great gear (been lucky enough to not hit that point yet, but only at level 8 anyways).

Got it after the 4th (I think?) fight. Power Overwhelming is going to be a massive grindfest though, got it down to 3 upgrades but need about 30,000 souls.

 
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I just stuck it to the man! You can too ...

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KVlao_5M6Y[/youtube]

I followed your suggestion for Rush Bros Idioteque, set slide to R1, but left jump as A. It works better that way for slide jumps. I also changed movement to the D-Pad, I think that's also easier and seems more natural for a platformer like this.

Best time so far is 53 seconds though, I'm not sure how I can go 18 seconds faster for the 5-Star Start-Up cheev.

Edit: OK, nevermind switched movement controls back to left stick and cut it down to 40 seconds.
 
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MinDRioT said:
I followed your suggestion for Rush Bros Idioteque, set slide to R1, but left jump as A. It works better that way for slide jumps. I also changed movement to the D-Pad, I think that's also easier and seems more natural for a platformer like this.

Best time so far is 53 seconds though, I'm not sure how I can go 18 seconds faster for the 5-Star Start-Up cheev.

Edit: OK, nevermind switched movement controls back to left stick and cut it down to 40 seconds.
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There's a little trick that can save you a little bit of time to get that L2Play achievement.

That purple area near the end where you drop down onto the red switch and it lowers the platform above you with the spiked ceiling? After you push the button just dash into the spikes next to the button. You'll respawn on the upper area where the platform lowered, essentially allowing you to avoid navigating those bouncing diamonds and whatnot. Here's a YT video showing you what I mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oMa0S9w2HA

 
BMXJouster said:
There's a little trick that can save you a little bit of time to get that L2Play achievement.

That purple area near the end where you drop down onto the red switch and it lowers the platform above you with the spiked ceiling? After you push the button just dash into the spikes next to the button. You'll respawn on the upper area where the platform lowered, essentially allowing you to avoid navigating those bouncing diamonds and whatnot. Here's a YT video showing you what I mean:
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Oh yeah, I'm doing that already. It's much faster to die and respawn back on top after you open both doors.

I got 34.4 seconds just now. It took a while, but I actually enjoy racing myself on this game. I only cursed aloud once or twice, and only PG rated when I did =P

Edit: it only took me about 10 minutes to get the Hipin-Hopper cheev on the next level Acid Skips. That one seemed much easier. No cursing at all.

Edit: Hard Light Show on Cathode Way done, took a little longer ... maybe 20 mins? One "Damnit", that's not too bad.

Edit: Hold your breath done ...took a little while on this one. I think an expletive was uttered during this time. The game's still fun though. I think it definitely helps that it has you racing your ghost self.

 
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