Humble Bundle Thread

DonaldBlank said:
Having so much trouble getting Slime Rancher from a reseller, kind of considering subscribing and sell games i dont want rather than buying the games i do want
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You can't. This month's games are over.

Er, assuming you meant for Slime Rancher. If you meant in general going forward than sure.

 
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Update: Humble support reset my two games with compromised gift links. I changed my humble password and enabled two factor authentication, but I'm not sure how the links were compromised so I don't know that it will do any good.

 
Detruire said:
Are these compromised gift links all unclaimed ones? (Unclaimed as in no email address linked, not as in key redeemed on Steam.)
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They're unclaimed gift links you've previously generated. It only affects those that you've generated that haven't been used yet.

 
Blade said:
They're unclaimed gift links you've previously generated. It only affects those that you've generated that haven't been used yet.
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And certainly not all unclaimed gift links. Going through my records, I realized I have a few left from Tremor that I hadn't claimed. All are still safe and sound.

 
I'm surprised people are still using Humble links since they quit making it mandatory.

In other news, I'm still of the opinion that monthlies are not a good value. I have yet to see one that has more than 1-2 games besides the headliner that were things I have any interest in, and that includes the one month (this one) that I subbed for. I went in for Grim Dawn because I haven't seen it in or out of EA cheaper than $10.80, and it hasn't been and probably won't be bundled for a while (I may actually play it before that happens. . . maybe). Of the rest of the droppings, Train Valley and Deponia Doomsday look entertaining enough, although I fully expect both will be rebundled quite a bit. I was able to sell a few of the others for a few bucks, so I can say I paid about $6 for Grim Dawn and a few "bonus" games. $5-$6 is about what you can expect to pay in the cesspool for a copy of the headliner, so is subbing really worthwhile? Not when you factor in the idea that a) the likelihood of you selling monthly extras goes down dramatically over time as people find what they want or the items get rebundled and b) the $1.20 discount on the monthly price is a one-shot. You're generally better off waiting for the non-headliner games to turn up in regular Humbles and grabbing a cheap copy of the headliner if you're really interested in it. 

 
warreni said:
I'm surprised people are still using Humble links since they quit making it mandatory.

In other news, I'm still of the opinion that monthlies are not a good value. I have yet to see one that has more than 1-2 games besides the headliner that were things I have any interest in, and that includes the one month (this one) that I subbed for. I went in for Grim Dawn because I haven't seen it in or out of EA cheaper than $10.80, and it hasn't been and probably won't be bundled for a while (I may actually play it before that happens. . . maybe). Of the rest of the droppings, Train Valley and Deponia Doomsday look entertaining enough, although I fully expect both will be rebundled quite a bit. I was able to sell a few of the others for a few bucks, so I can say I paid about $6 for Grim Dawn and a few "bonus" games. $5-$6 is about what you can expect to pay in the cesspool for a copy of the headliner, so is subbing really worthwhile? Not when you factor in the idea that a) the likelihood of you selling monthly extras goes down dramatically over time as people find what they want or the items get rebundled and b) the $1.20 discount on the monthly price is a one-shot. You're generally better off waiting for the non-headliner games to turn up in regular Humbles and grabbing a cheap copy of the headliner if you're really interested in it.
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I don't completely disagree with you, but I think a good amount of this will depend on how much time/effort you're willing to put forth, how much risk you're willing to accept, and how much you want the headliner game.

So far, I've only bought a few of the Monthlies- the ones headlined by Mad Max, Rocket League, Soma and Grim Dawn. With these it was either I REALLY wanted the headliner, sales and bundles across the month were of such poor quality that I had more than enough for the bundle's cost left in my budget for games that month, or some combination of the two (ex. kinda sorta wanted the headliner, but it was a dog month.)

And the cesspool? Ain't nobody got time for that.

 
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Monthlies have always only been "worth it" if you want the headliner.  There have been a few where the reveals increase the value, but the base game will remain the main draw/value in the bundle.

I see a lot of people fudging numbers when it comes to these bundles though.  You can't say "I kept Grim Dawn and a few bonus games" when one of those games could have been sold for 3-4-5 bucks by itself.  That's more than just a bonus game, there's value there.  Slime Rancher is pretty valuable out of this bundle.  Other months have included similar games.

I subbed for Stardew, but sold it already for $6.  Whatever comes out next month will only be $6 for me and depending I could probably sell stuff from there and keep some games for little to no money.  If I wanted.  I get that some people don't want to go through the trouble/hassle, but your laziness doesn't make the bundle less valuable.  

 
I'm with DickBurden. I love Monthlies. They almost always have at least 1 game I'm actually excited to play, and usually the quality of the rest of them is a nice surprise. Meanwhile, every other bundle has been mostly disappointment and tears. Sadly, I already own Stardew, so the next bundle will prove me a big fat liar when I post about how much I hate Humble and how worthless these monthlies are next November 4th.
 
IAmTheCheapestFox said:
but your laziness doesn't make the bundle less valuable.
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Makes it less valuable to me. I almost never sell stuff because, frankly, the time and hassle involved is rarely worth the couple of bucks. I'd pay a couple dollars to NOT have to find a buyer and go through the process. And, no, I don't mean that the process is especially onerous but that a few dollars still isn't an attractive reward for the hassle. Probably because I'm lazy.

More simply: I buy bundles for the games and judge them according to the value of those games to me. I don't buy bundles so I can play amateur GameStop in my off hours in order to make the bundle "worth it".

 
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Syntax Error said:
Makes it less valuable to me. I almost never sell stuff because, frankly, the time and hassle involved is rarely worth the couple of bucks. I'd pay a couple dollars to NOT have to find a buyer and go through the process. And, no, I don't mean that the process is especially onerous but that a few dollars still isn't an attractive reward for the hassle. Probably because I'm lazy.

More simply: I buy bundles for the games and judge them according to the value of those games to me. I don't buy bundles so I can play amateur GameStop in my off hours in order to make the bundle "worth it".
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I actually sub for much the same reason you describe. Laziness. I don't want to have to track down the games I want from the bundle on forums so I just buy it.

 
shirinpitt said:
I'm with DickBurden. I love Monthlies. They almost always have at least 1 game I'm actually excited to play, and usually the quality of the rest of them is a nice surprise. Meanwhile, every other bundle has been mostly disappointment and tears. Sadly, I already own Stardew, so the next bundle will prove me a big fat liar when I post about how much I hate Humble and how worthless these monthlies are next November 4th.
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I would argue that if you love Monthlies as you claim you do, buy it anyway. The fact you own Stardew means you can sell it for $5-$6 by itself and it will go very quickly as well. That would make the rest of the bundle about $6 by itself.

 
Syntax Error said:
Makes it less valuable to me. I almost never sell stuff because, frankly, the time and hassle involved is rarely worth the couple of bucks. I'd pay a couple dollars to NOT have to find a buyer and go through the process. And, no, I don't mean that the process is especially onerous but that a few dollars still isn't an attractive reward for the hassle. Probably because I'm lazy.

More simply: I buy bundles for the games and judge them according to the value of those games to me. I don't buy bundles so I can play amateur GameStop in my off hours in order to make the bundle "worth it".
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Eh, I don't know where people come up with the idea that selling stuff takes this exorbitant amount of time, unless you have a ton of stuff and make a ridiculously over-formatted and unintelligible list the way MysterD does.

You're on here regularly as it is. You make a post in the cesspool with a price, someone responds via PM, each do their part, the end. Re-post the list every few days so it gets a little bump. How many times do you visit CAG per day? If its anything more than 2, then you're being foolish. Why get stuck with extras if you can essentially get the bundle cheaper? The time invested is time you're already on CAG. Time only becomes an issue if you're negotiating constantly or maintaining a list on multiple sites.

If saving money is a priority, selling off extras is an extremely easy and efficient way to do so, especially stuff like the Monthly extras since they're regularly in high demand.

 
For as much time as I spend lurking around here, the effort of selling games actually is a...burden.

*quietly waits for boos and hisses to die down*

Anyway, I doubt it would be an issue if I wasn't a parent of a young child, but on a daily basis I literally reach the limit of what I'm able to accomplish/tolerate without completely losing my mind, and committing time to the cesspool just doesn't fit for me when I truly need that time to try and stay sane.

I also think that my relatively small Steam library plays a part. Nearly every monthly I've bought has been all games I don't own, and I have no problem just giving away the stuff I already have.

Lastly, Humble is essentially my only charitable activity and without it I would basically be just like Trump. So yes, if you don't buy every monthly you are JUST LIKE TRUMP!
 
Syntax Error said:
I'd pay a couple dollars to NOT have to find a buyer and go through the process.
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If you send me $5 paypal right now I will make sure no one bothers you.

archbishopthedoge said:
Eh, I don't know where people come up with the idea that selling stuff takes this exorbitant amount of time, unless you have a ton of stuff and make a ridiculously over-formatted and unintelligible list the way MysterD does.
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MysterD might have some bundle games I still need, but I don't know because I can't find the time to browse through his list. I'd also sell him stuff from his want list but I don't have time to decipher if its a DRM-Free only version from GOG bought last year during the summer promo only instead of a steam key only wanted from this humble bundle copy of the game.

 
Reds303 said:
If you send me $5 paypal right now I will make sure no one bothers you.

MysterD might have some bundle games I still need, but I don't know because I can't find the time to browse through his list. I'd also sell him stuff from his want list but I don't have time to decipher if its a DRM-Free only version from GOG bought last year during the summer promo only instead of a steam key only wanted from this humble bundle copy of the game.
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$4.99

 
Reds303 said:
MysterD might have some bundle games I still need, but I don't know because I can't find the time to browse through his list. I'd also sell him stuff from his want list but I don't have time to decipher if its a DRM-Free only version from GOG bought last year during the summer promo only instead of a steam key only wanted from this humble bundle copy of the game.
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MysterD's trade list is fucking useless. When will people learn that colors make it far less likely for people to read your posts. That, and he's got a lot of pointless info on there that makes it overly complicated. The worst possible way to do a trade list.

 
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archbishopthedoge said:
I would argue that if you love Monthlies as you claim you do, buy it anyway. The fact you own Stardew means you can sell it for $5-$6 by itself and it will go very quickly as well. That would make the rest of the bundle about $6 by itself.
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That was a half truth, half joke post. The bundle's already bought, and now my nephew has a nice new copy of Stardew Valley. The most I will feel if none of the other games are any good is mild disappointment, and I feel no need to recoup losses on something this small.
 
spoderman said:
MysterD's trade list is fucking useless. When will people learn that colors make it far less likely for people to read your posts. That, and he's got a lot of pointless info on there that makes it overly complicated. The worst possible way to do a trade list.
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Yep, its a fucking mess. I don't even bother looking at it since its pretty much overwhelming in regards to superfluous crap. On top of that he lists his wants first, which only idiots do.

 
IAmTheCheapestFox said:
Monthlies have always only been "worth it" if you want the headliner. There have been a few where the reveals increase the value, but the base game will remain the main draw/value in the bundle.

I see a lot of people fudging numbers when it comes to these bundles though. You can't say "I kept Grim Dawn and a few bonus games" when one of those games could have been sold for 3-4-5 bucks by itself. That's more than just a bonus game, there's value there. Slime Rancher is pretty valuable out of this bundle. Other months have included similar games.

I subbed for Stardew, but sold it already for $6. Whatever comes out next month will only be $6 for me and depending I could probably sell stuff from there and keep some games for little to no money. If I wanted. I get that some people don't want to go through the trouble/hassle, but your laziness doesn't make the bundle less valuable.
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Well, I wouldn't call it fudging numbers at all. I'm telling it exactly like it is: I got the $1.20 one-off discount, was able to sell a few items for $5, so I got 3 games for about $6. The problem with your hypothesis is that the reality is that I probably won't be able to sell off what I've got left because they're the bundle dregs. It's not me being lazy, per se, although I will argue that I'm not the kind of person who's likely to repost something over and over until it goes away. If I don't get any takers after 2-3 posts, that's usually my limit, in part because I know that interest in bundle games waxes and wanes; you get diminishing returns for your posts five days and eight days and two weeks after a bundle goes live because people who are trolling the cesspool for that thing you're trying to get rid of have a) given up or b) gotten one from someone else already.

So it still boils down to whether you're okay with paying a premium for whatever the headliner of the month is, because, yeah, you may get 1-2 items in the bundle that you would actually like, but, once again, these will be rebundled--it's a matter of when not if. So you can get Deponia Doomsday in a monthly now or wait three months for it to be in a weekly, maybe with a bunch of other stuff that actually makes you want to buy that bundle (and that you know the identity of in advance because weeklies <> IR mystery bundles).

DickBurden said:
Lastly, Humble is essentially my only charitable activity and without it I would basically be just like Trump. So yes, if you don't buy every monthly you are JUST LIKE TRUMP!
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So buying Humbles is somehow funding the federal government? How does that work again?
 
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DickBurden said:
Anyway, I doubt it would be an issue if I wasn't a parent of a young child, but on a daily basis I literally reach the limit of what I'm able to accomplish/tolerate without completely losing my mind, and committing time to the cesspool just doesn't fit for me when I truly need that time to try and stay sane.
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I wouldn't have thought of it but, now that you put it like that, I think that's a big part of it. I have too much other stuff going on to add on an obligation to do a timely transaction or worry about if I'm maximizing my bundle dollar. Yeah, I hang out a lot but that's on my terms for relaxation/entertainment. I don't need even shades of making it another job or responsibility.

That's just me though and my reasons for considering my bundle purchase "buy it and its done". If people want to break up bundles and sell them, I have no opinion on it one way or the other.

 
spoderman said:
MysterD's trade list is fucking useless. When will people learn that colors make it far less likely for people to read your posts. That, and he's got a lot of pointless info on there that makes it overly complicated. The worst possible way to do a trade list.
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MysterD as a whole is useless. His only redeeming trait is, that he's a constant reminder to anyone considering having a kid, to watch them closely and if they start acting like him. Seek a doctor and don't let them sit idly by in your basement.
 
warreni said:
Well, I wouldn't call it fudging numbers at all. I'm telling it exactly like it is: I got the $1.20 one-off discount, was able to sell a few items for $5, so I got 3 games for about $6. The problem with your hypothesis is that the reality is that I probably won't be able to sell off what I've got left because they're the bundle dregs. It's not me being lazy, per se, although I will argue that I'm not the kind of person who's likely to repost something over and over until it goes away. If I don't get any takers after 2-3 posts, that's usually my limit, in part because I know that interest in bundle games waxes and wanes; you get diminishing returns for your posts five days and eight days and two weeks after a bundle goes live because people who are trolling the cesspool for that thing you're trying to get rid of have a) given up or b) gotten one from someone else already.

So it still boils down to whether you're okay with paying a premium for whatever the headliner of the month is, because, yeah, you may get 1-2 items in the bundle that you would actually like, but, once again, these will be rebundled--it's a matter of when not if. So you can get Deponia Doomsday in a monthly now or wait three months for it to be in a weekly, maybe with a bunch of other stuff that actually makes you want to buy that bundle (and that you know the identity of in advance because weeklies <> IR mystery bundles).


So buying Humbles is somehow funding the federal government? How does that work again?
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You're missing the point. Yes, everything is going to be cheaper in the future. That's a non-factor. Forza Horizon 3 will be $19.99 MSRP in a few months. Getting it for $18.99 close to release doesn't become any less of a deal because of that.

Let's break it down like this, I assume you kept at least Grim Dawn and Slime Rancher. The cheapest Slime Rancher has been is $15.99 (on GOG of all places). The cheapest Grim Dawn has been is $12.49.

Say you only kept those two for $6 and sold the rest. You're getting them each for over 80% off. That's great value. And I've said it before, trash IG and Bundlestars bundles only brag about 10 percentage points off more when they sell you their trash, so the value is more comparable than people care to admit.

Now, Monthlies aren't for hoarders, hoarders are best off waiting and plus 1ing at the cheapest price. If you're not going to play the games, then it's less of a value. At the same time, hoarders also have that weird thing where they like being the first to hoard something so this gives them the opportunity to hoard newish games at a discount.

Finally, I think we all know MysterD's trade list is there more for his own benefit than that of anybody else.

 
Drabelincoln said:
MysterD as a whole is useless.
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Since my Trade List has been a mess for quite the while and y'all are pointing it out - go ahead, make some suggestions on how YOU WOULD improve it.

Formatting, set-up, the whole thing.

I'm listening.

 
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If MysterD genuinely wants some advice on his trade list (and yes, now I know how Motoki felt when he blocked someone and people insisted on quoting said person just to irritate him):

Lose the color coding.

Lose all the unnecessary info (no one cares what tier from what bundle the game is from)

Start out with your Have list.  List each game in alphabetical order.  List a price by each game.

List your Want list, spoiler it.  Realize most of your wants are unreasonable for your haves and never expect to get anything from there.  

State the forms of payment you accept for the prices you set.  

 
Start with your haves, use alphabetical order because no one cares about what tier of what Indie Gala bundle it came from and, for heaven's sake, list prices.  Even if I wanted one of those games, I'd just skip over it because I'm not about to play offer-counteroffer on a 75¢ piece of bundle trash.  Use minimal coding for color/bold -- just enough for headings.  Spoiler all your wants because no one is reading the list to see what you want, they care about what THEY want.

 
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spoderman said:
MysterD's trade list is fucking useless. When will people learn that colors make it far less likely for people to read your posts. That, and he's got a lot of pointless info on there that makes it overly complicated. The worst possible way to do a trade list.
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It's not the colors... Its the 23,835 words that comprise it, dude should have his own cesspool.

EDIT: He's taking requests. Remove 23,830 words. Leave Have, Want and 3 other words of your choice. Done!
 
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rcsample said:
It's not the colors... Its the 23,835 words that comprise it, dude should have his own cesspool.

EDIT: He's taking requests. Remove 23,830 words. Leave Have, Want and 3 other words of your choice. Done!
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I automatically ignore anyone that uses colors excessively, not just MysterD. Remember Borderland?

Plain text with no colors is always easier for me to read

 
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Syntax Error said:
Start with your haves, use alphabetical order because no one cares about what tier of what Indie Gala bundle it came from and, for heaven's sake, list prices. Even if I wanted one of those games, I'd just skip over it because I'm not about to play offer-counteroffer on a 75¢ piece of bundle trash. Use minimal coding for color/bold -- just enough for headings. Spoiler all your wants because no one is reading the list to see what you want, they care about what THEY want.
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I'll be the contrary voice and say his list worked as well as any for my purpose of trying to find a match between what bundle keys I have and which bundle keys I need. Of course, nothing works particularly well when using CAGs search function, and I only ever open the cesspool to search.

 
Want:

Witcher 3

Dark Souls 3

Metal Gear solid 5

A Nintendo NX

New car

New job

Have:

Action Henk

Magicka

Postal

Will  accept  paypal or trades

 
gilby said:
I'll be the contrary voice and say his list worked as well as any for my purpose of trying to find a match between what bundle keys I have and which bundle keys I need. Of course, nothing works particularly well when using CAGs search function, and I only ever open the cesspool to search.
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Couldn't praise Groupees or IG anymore, so now you're praising MysterD?! y u do dis gilby. u bad boi

 
spoderman said:
Couldn't praise Groupees or IG anymore, so now you're praising MysterD?! y u do dis gilby. u bad boi
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I'll praise anyone willing to list their wants and haves in the trade cesspool no matter how they format them. I'm too lazy to maintain and regularly post my own list so I count on leeching off of the effort of those that do.

 
MysterD said:
Since my Trade List has been a mess for quite the while and y'all are pointing it out - go ahead, make some suggestions on how YOU WOULD improve it.

Formatting, set-up, the whole thing.

I'm listening.
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IAmTheCheapestFox said:
Lose all the unnecessary info (no one cares what tier from what bundle the game is from)
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Syntax Error said:
no one cares about what tier of what Indie Gala bundle it came from
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This is what makes the list such a pain to read and why I skip over it. If you only listened to one piece of advice, this would be the most helpful towards making your trade list actually readable.

 
Don't listen to these nerds, MyD. You're good, man. I think you should even write a few sentences about why you want each game. Put it in superscript next to the title, maybe color-coded yellow so people will notice it more.

 
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