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[quote name='anarchyoblivion']I highly doubt that the Steam Box will allow multiple people to access a single account at one time. Much like when Netflix boots you off for streaming too many devices, Steam will boot you off the Steambox if the same account is logged in elsewhere. Valve is pretty strict on their single license, single user (same user), policy; it's also clearly stated in the TOS. In the end, you purchased a license to play a game only for you and that's it. Even giving your account to somebody after you died is breaking the TOS.[/QUOTE]

That settles it then.

Steam box will fail miserably.
 
[quote name='gilby']That settles it then.

Steam box will fail miserably.[/QUOTE]

Eh, who knows; policies change with the times. Either way, I have 2.3k "single use, nontransferable subscriptions" and I don't mind one bit.
 
[quote name='anarchyoblivion']Eh, who knows; policies change with the times. Either way, I have 2.3k "single use, nontransferable subscriptions" and I don't mind one bit.[/QUOTE]

Kinda weird that likely includes games with hotseat multiplayer, given that playing those with more than one player is against TOS.
 
[quote name='anarchyoblivion']Eh, who knows; policies change with the times. Either way, I have 2.3k "single use, nontransferable subscriptions" and I don't mind one bit.[/QUOTE]

I want to be anarachyoblivion when I grow up.

I am just a pathetic noob with 1,444 subs. :cry:
 
[quote name='Motoki']I want to be anarachyoblivion when I grow up.

I am just a pathetic noob with 1,444 subs. :cry:[/QUOTE]
Be careful what you wish for. AO lives in a cardboard box and pirates McDonald's electricity while using their Wi-Fi. 100% of his income (from begging, pickpocketing, and selling his body) goes to Steam games.
 
[quote name='CheapLikeAFox']Awesome. Too bad I just talked myself out of buying it. Best price it's been so far though. Even without the additional discount.[/QUOTE]

I'm sure it'll show up in some bundle or other sometime in 2013.
 
[quote name='CheapLikeAFox']Awesomenauts - $3 for the daily. Wish the 3 Pack was on sale too, but not so far.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the heads up. I needed to get a couple copies for friends.
 
You could have gotten:
Divine Divinity - $1 GOG PWYW sale in Nov
Beyond Divinty - $0.87 GMG in fall (Crapsule)
Divitiy II: DKS - $6 Amazon in Spring

That's not a bad deal. It nice to see GG running that as a pack so there's good hope for a proper discount in the future.
 
Isn't there a new 5% code? I thought it was another "Elder Geek" code but different from the expired IAMANELDERGEEK.

I remember trying it on BC's but they fixed that loophole. Still, I haven't seen it mentioned since and 5% is 5% for those without the 20%.
 
[quote name='Syntax Error']Isn't there a new 5% code? I thought it was another "Elder Geek" code but different from the expired IAMANELDERGEEK.

I remember trying it on BC's but they fixed that loophole. Still, I haven't seen it mentioned since and 5% is 5% for those without the 20%.[/QUOTE]

It's "elder-geek.com", which is an actual site - not sure what their affiliation is with GG.

Also, from what I can see you can no longer apply discount codes when buying BlueCoins.
 
Did anyone else who sold Bethesda/Star Dock gift bundles have their buyer's bundles removed and not get refunded? Two people bought Bethesda gifts from me and told me they couldn't get keys when everyone else did. I sent in a support ticket asking why they couldn't get their keys (and I assume they probably did as well) but I never got a response, and the bundles were removed from their accounts. And I wasn't refunded for my gift purchases, which were made in the same transaction as the bundle in which I accessed my own keys back in December.

GG keeps getting worse. It hasn't even been a month since our 20% bonuses were added, and yet we're already seeing exclusions to the "everything" they promised it would work on. I imagine the GG offices are run by blindfolded monkeys, and their public relations manager is a coprophilic chimp.
 
[quote name='MrBonk']can't stack the 5% with the 20% anyways >:/[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I noticed that and that it doesn't work with BCs.

But not everyone has the 20% and I thought mentioning it again would benefit them.
 
[quote name='Syntax Error']Yeah, I noticed that and that it doesn't work with BCs.

But not everyone has the 20% and I thought mentioning it again would benefit them.[/QUOTE]
Yeah I get that. If only it was bigger for others.
 
[quote name='Blade']Did anyone else who sold Bethesda/Star Dock gift bundles have their buyer's bundles removed and not get refunded? Two people bought Bethesda gifts from me and told me they couldn't get keys when everyone else did. I sent in a support ticket asking why they couldn't get their keys (and I assume they probably did as well) but I never got a response, and the bundles were removed from their accounts. And I wasn't refunded for my gift purchases, which were made in the same transaction as the bundle in which I accessed my own keys back in December.

GG keeps getting worse. It hasn't even been a month since our 20% bonuses were added, and yet we're already seeing exclusions to the "everything" they promised it would work on. I imagine the GG offices are run by blindfolded monkeys, and their public relations manager is a coprophilic chimp.[/QUOTE]


That really sucks. They are also pretty bad about hiding behind their CS and still claiming it is backed up. I would suggest to post on their facebook page asking about the issue or maybe twitter. They either owe you a refund or keys.
 
[quote name='Blade']Beyond Divinity was actually free on GMG/Crapsule last summer.[/QUOTE]

Oh wow, the steam forum is really bad "paying for a thumbnail on steam instead of free games"
 
[quote name='Blade']Did anyone else who sold Bethesda/Star Dock gift bundles have their buyer's bundles removed and not get refunded? Two people bought Bethesda gifts from me and told me they couldn't get keys when everyone else did. I sent in a support ticket asking why they couldn't get their keys (and I assume they probably did as well) but I never got a response, and the bundles were removed from their accounts. And I wasn't refunded for my gift purchases, which were made in the same transaction as the bundle in which I accessed my own keys back in December.

GG keeps getting worse. It hasn't even been a month since our 20% bonuses were added, and yet we're already seeing exclusions to the "everything" they promised it would work on. I imagine the GG offices are run by blindfolded monkeys, and their public relations manager is a coprophilic chimp.[/QUOTE]


It's been 39 days since the Bethesda glitch. Paypal gives you 45 days to file a dispute.

You have less than a week to file a dispute. If GG is not responding, don't hesitate.

To clarify: a dispute is not a claim. You have another 20 days from when you file a dispute to escalate it to a claim.
 
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[quote name='Tolyngee']It's been 39 days since the Bethesda glitch. Paypal gives you 45 days to file a dispute.[/QUOTE]

With a credit card, you generally have 90 days from when you got the erroneous statement. Paypal is not the only option here.

That said, it's likely the best one. Gamersgate's records have got to be a complete mess. It's not like they want to give refunds to people that got keys while withholding them from people who did not get keys. They might not be able to figure out what is up with your orders and payments and the status thereof with the records that they have. A paypal dispute and claim might be the quickest and easiest way to get things resolved.
 
IMO, it may be speedier to ask them to submit their own tickets so their account and order information is more easily accessible and verified by GG's CS and appears as a plea direct from a needy customer. Asking for help for a third-party seems like it would receive a lower priority.
 
[quote name='gilby']With a credit card, you generally have 90 days from when you got the erroneous statement. Paypal is not the only option here.

That said, it's likely the best one. Gamersgate's records have got to be a complete mess. It's not like they want to give refunds to people that got keys while withholding them from people who did not get keys. They might not be able to figure out what is up with your orders and payments and the status thereof with the records that they have. A paypal dispute and claim might be the quickest and easiest way to get things resolved.[/QUOTE]

I like how one paragraph you are suggesting they delay using their dispute options, then the next paragraph agree with me. Makes no sense.

But if GG is being silent, and any option at your disposal is running out to be able to use it, then dispute now. Use all available options. But never delay and miss an option.


I once had identify theft. I contacted my bank within 24 hrs of the first occurrence, and apparently the bank did nothing. Another 24 hrs goes buy, and more fraud. I contact my bank again, and this time they take action and freeze my account.

But since it took two contacts and nothing happened on the first contact, the bank made me fight the fraud. We fought it out for over half a year.

And I'm even a former employee (and thanks to this, former customer) of said bank.

One of their arguments was that I never filed a police report on the fraud. But since the 2nd 24 hrs of fraud was on the bank for not taking action on the first contact I made to them, I went ahead and filed a police report against my bank for all of the fraud that occurred between my first contact and the 2nd contact.

That got it all settled very quickly, and a written apology from the bank.

The police believe it was an inside job. (The way my money was being accessed was through an acct that I had closed two years earlier... Also the amount in question made what occurred a felony, not a misdemeanor...)


But you never, ever delay making any dispute options at your disposal if the person defrauding you has gone silent. This delay will be the first thing argued against you.



I just realized: were you talking about a payment made with a CC through Paypal then? Otherwise PP's not involved at all.

If it's a CC through PP, you have to go through PP. If you file a chargeback with your CC, you're going against PP, NOT GG.

If you do a chargeback against PP, PP will go through a collection agency to get their money back. SO if that's what you were advising, it was terrible advice. The buyer is still out their money, and now have a negative report on their credit rating.
 
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[quote name='Tolyngee']I like how one paragraph you are suggesting they delay using their dispute options, then the next paragraph agree with me. Makes no sense.[/QUOTE]

Read again. I didn't suggest anyone delay. I pointed out that Paypal's deadlines are not the only ones that matter. If sometime next month someone realizes they didn't get a pack that they paid for and never got a refund they are not without recourse because they are past Paypal's dispute timeframe.
 
Oh yoo gaiz.

People should just do whatever they feel comfortable with and think is reasonable.

FWIW, I went the Paypal route and I don't regret.

As has been pointed out, the first level of a Paypal dispute just sends a message to the merchant. Paypal doesn't even look at it and they never will until and unless you escalate it so there's very little risk or obligation in opening a Paypal dispute.
 
[quote name='Motoki']Oh yoo gaiz.

People should just do whatever they feel comfortable with and think is reasonable.[/QUOTE]

I'd agree but tack on an addendum that there is no good reason to not find a dispute reasonable. Dispute processes (through Paypal, credit cards or whatever) are not just for cases of fraud. They are just as appropriate for fixing mistakes that aren't (for whatever reason) handled by the merchant directly.
 
[quote name='Motoki']Oh yoo gaiz.

People should just do whatever they feel comfortable with and think is reasonable.[/QUOTE]
Molotov cocktails at GamersGate!
 
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Curious to see if GG would have the new Skyrim DLC, I noticed that all the Bethesda products are gone from the GG catalog. At least any Elder Scrolls games, Dishonored or Doom 3 (aside from a non-BFE Mac edition).
 
[quote name='Syntax Error']Curious to see if GG would have the new Skyrim DLC, I noticed that all the Bethesda products are gone from the GG catalog. At least any Elder Scrolls games, Dishonored or Doom 3 (aside from a non-BFE Mac edition).[/QUOTE]

All the games from the pack are no longer in the catalog. Neither are any other Bethesda games, as far as I can tell. Quake is gone. Some Mac stuff is there, but those are under Aspyr.

Bethesda items disappearing from Gamersgate was not exactly unpredicted.
 
Question, aren't the DRM-Free versions on GG based off the GOG bersions? The Divine Divinity page on GG ststes the version as 1.00.61A, but it's wiki states this:

The game was re-released in 2004 along with Beyond Divinity as a part of Beyond Divinity: Deluxe Edition. In 2009 a remastered version of Divine Divinity was released as a download on GOG.com, the main change being support for higher resolutions.[7]
In 2012 it was noticed that the source code of the remastered version 1.4 was lost because of a backup failure. Later released Digital Distribution versions are therefore based on the older 1.29 source code and incorporate less bugfixes than the last retail version 1.34a.[8]

So, GOG has the latest source code version, but GG's stating their version is still way behind even the 1.29 (last backed up version besides GOG's true latest build). I'm confused. it also begs the question of which version Steam ended up with.

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DIVINED/divine-divinity

BTW, GG is 33% off'ing the Divinity Series this week: http://www.gamersgate.com/games?prio=relevance&q=divinityspecials
 
Darksiders franchise on sale as well. Wonder how come Tony is having issues talking to people when other sites are having THQ sales still.
 
[quote name='asheskitty']My (GOG) Divine Divinity states 1.00.61A on the title screen and I can set it to 1920x1200 (my screen res).

Stay tuned for updates.[/QUOTE]


WHAT!?! No updates.....but I really stay tuned.:cry: Well, I guess I'll just go to bed then.
 
[quote name='Detruire']Is that $6 after discount? (I can't see it - it's not available here.)[/QUOTE]

No. It's $8 is after the 20% discount.
 
[quote name='asheskitty']And, Ridge Racer Unbounded goes even cheaper $10.20 (~$8 w/20%) I like it. Imo, the DLC cars aren't worth $2.50.

Hmm Crysis Max $6 now that's more appealing, since I only have a GTX 260, and a lot of people rage against Crysis 2.[/QUOTE]


Crysis 2 has many faults.(And Linearity IS NOT ONE OF THEM. IMO) but it's STILL very worth playing.

C2 in DX11 with high resolution textures and fixes from Maldo Blow Crysis 1/Warhead (even modded)out of the water in so many ways.
 
[quote name='MrBonk']Crysis 2 has many faults.(And Linearity IS NOT ONE OF THEM. IMO) but it's STILL very worth playing.

C2 in DX11 with high resolution textures and fixes from Maldo Blow Crysis 1/Warhead (even modded)out of the water in so many ways.[/QUOTE]


Thanks for your input on C2. I'm not an FPS fan (BL1&BL2 say otherwise) but I'm just curious about the Crysis hype. My GTX 260 (DX10) however won't show off all the bling-bling of C2, which is why I have more of a bias toward just picking up Crysis/Warhead.
 
I don't hear that much Crysis hype beyond amazing graphics.

I'm sure it's a good game, but I literally never hear how fun it is or isn't brought up... anywhere.
 
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