The Steam Deals + Cards Thread V8 ~ Summer Sale Encore Day! | Rage $4.99 | Retro City Rampage $2.99 | Crysis $5.99 | Endless Space $10.19 |

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It had to be done, welcome aboard the new thread, Steam Deal Thread V8!

You can find link to past threads at the bottom of this post. Read post #2 of this thread for Steam FAQs and more.

Disclaimer: Because of the ridiculous number of games on sale and the speed at which sales change, it is likely I will not be able to catch everything . Be sure to check the update time for the OP, and visit the Specials Tab to see all current sales. If you see something not listed in the OP, please feel free to PM me and I will see that it is added. Thanks, enjoy the sale  :D

Before you buy anything be sure to check out both BigSpoonyBard's Super Tips for Steam Sale Newbies (and Vets) and jshackle's Enhanced Steam Extension/Plugin for Chrome/Opera/Firefox!

Steam Summer Sale

Flash Deals


[*]Retro City Rampage - $14.99 $3.00
[*]Endless Space Gold - $34.99 $11.89[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Total War Grand Master Collection - $164.99 $41.24[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Rome: Total War - $9.99 $2.49
[*]Empire: Total War - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Napoleon: Total War - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Total War: SHOGUN 2 - $29.99 $7.49

[*]Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai - $29.99 $7.49

[*]Viking: Battle for Asgard - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Total War Battles: SHOGUN - $4.99 $1.24
[*]SHOGUN 2: Rise of the Samurai Campaign - $9.99 $2.49[/customspoiler]

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  • Rage - $19.99 $4.99
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Daily Deals



[*]Borderlands 2 - $39.99 $10.19 (4-Pack - $89.99 $30.59)[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Bioshock - $19.99 $4.99
[*]Bioshock 2 - $19.99 $4.99
[*]Bioshock Infinite - $59.99 $29.99
[*]Torchlight - $14.99 $3.73
[*]Torchlight 2 - $19.99 $4.99 (4-Pack - $59.99 $14.99)
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization IV: The Complete Edition - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization - $19.99 $4.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gold Edition - $49.99 $24.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Tomb Raider Collection - $69.99 $17.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]The Walking Dead - $24.99 $6.24
[*]Kerbal Space Program - $22.99 $13.79
[*]Dishonored - $29.99 $10.19[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Skyrim: Legendary Edition - $59.99 $36.00[customspoiler='Contents']


Yesterday's Deals


[*]Natural Selection 2 - $24.99 $6.24
[*]Worms Collection - $89.99 $22.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Worms Revolution - $14.99 $3.74

[*]Worms Ultimate Mayhem - $14.99 $3.74


[*]Starforge (Alpha) - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Counter-Strike Complete - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Assassin's Creed Pack - $169.95 $57.78[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Assassin's Creed III - $39.99 $23.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - $9.99 $3.39
[*]Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords - $9.99 $3.39
[*]Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Transformed - $29.99 $7.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic 3 and Knuckles - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic 3D Blast - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic Adventure 2 - $9.99 $2.49[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic Adventure DX - $8.99 $2.23
[*]Sonic CD - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic Spinball - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $4.99 $1.24
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - $9.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 - $14.99 $3.74
[*]Sonic Generations - $14.99 $3.74[customspoiler='Contents']

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Persistent Deals

(if you notice a daily/flash sale in here by mistake, please let me know)

-75% or More

-50% to -74%


[*]The Political Machine 2012 - $3.99 $0.99 (4-Pack - $9.99 $2.49)[/customspoiler]

[*]Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity - $19.99 $6.79
[*]The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition - $19.99 $9.99
[*]The Witcher: Enhanced Director's Cut - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Dead Space - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Dead Space 2 - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - $6.99 $3.39
[*]Hitman: Blood Money - $8.99 $4.49
[*]Hitman: Codename 47 - $6.99 $3.39
[*]Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package - $29.99 $14.99[customspoiler='Contents']


[*]Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition - $29.99 $14.99
[*]The Cave - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Sonic Hits Collection - $29.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Sonic 3 and Knuckles - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic 3D Blast - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic Adventure 2 - $9.99 $4.99

[*]Sonic Adventure DX - $8.99 $4.47
[*]Sonic CD - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic Spinball - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 2 - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2 - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Sonic Generations - $14.99 $7.49


[*]Mirror's Edge - $19.99 $9.99
[*]McPixel - $4.99 $0.99
[*]Euro Truck Simulator 2 - $39.99 $19.99
[*]Euro Truck Simulator - $8.99 $4.49
[*]FTL - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Cart Life - $4.99 $1.99
[*]To The Moon - $9.99 $2.99
[*]VVVVVV - $4.99 $2.49
[*]Kerbal Space Program - $22.99 $20.69
[*]Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gold Edition - $49.99 $24.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Need for Speed: Undercover - $9.99 $4.99
[*]Need for Speed: Shift - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Shift 2: Unleashed - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Magical Diary - $14.99 $5.24
[*]Super House of Dead Ninjas - $6.99 $2.37
[*]The Blackwell Legacy - $4.99 $1.99
[*]Jack Lumber - $7.49 $2.24
[*]Anna - Extended Edition - $9.99 $3.39
[*]The Bridge - $14.99 $7.49
[*]Alice: Madness Returns - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Payday The Heist - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Counter-Strike - $9.99 $2.49
[*]The Orange Box - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Half-Life Complete - $39.99 $19.99[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]Rockstar Hits Collection - $89.97 $44.98[customspoiler='Contents']

[*]LA Noire - $19.99 $9.99
[*]Max Payne 3 - $39.99 $19.99[/customspoiler]

[*]Starseed Pilgrim - $5.99 $2.69
[*]The Binding of Isaac - $4.99 $2.49[customspoiler='Contents']

All Current Specials

Preorder Deals - Updated 24/6

  • The Raven - Legacy of a Master Thief - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler="Free upgrade to the Digital Deluxe Edition"]
    Digital poster (printable) 
  • Papercraft mask of The Raven (printable)
  • “Making of” booklet 
  • Story book (plenty of background info and artworks)
  • Soundtrack[/customspoiler]

[*]Europa Universalis IV - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler="The 100 Years War Unit Pack DLC"]
  • This DLC adds new, unique unit models to the belligerent nations of the
    100 Years War. Included are 11 infantry models for the warring nations,
    including England, France, Scotland, Burgundy and many more! [/customspoiler]

[*]Saints Row IV - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler="3 Exclusive Team Fortress 2 Weapon Costumes"]
  • Pre-Purchase Saints Row IV and get 3 exclusive Team Fortress 2 weapon costumes to use in Saints Row IV: The Rainblower, the Flamethrower and the Rocket Launcher, only with Pre-Purchases on Steam! [/customspoiler]

[*]Rise of the Triad - Pre-Purchase now and receive: [customspoiler='The Apogee Throwback Pack']
  • The Apogee Throwback Pack is a collection of four classic Apogee
    Software titles all in one kick ass package. Blast your way across the
    galaxy as British Special Agent Blake Stone in "Aliens of Gold" and
    "Planet Strike", then take on an ancient evil menace as the H.U.N.T in
    "Rise of the Triad".[/customspoiler]

[*]Divinity: Dragon Commander - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler='Immediate access to the Divinity: Dragon Commander beta']
  • As an extra bonus, you will also receive a free upgrade to Divinity: Dragon Commander Imperial Edition.
  • The Imperial Edition includes a golden dragon skin, a Dragons On Earth
    campaign map, a digital soundtrack by award winning genius Kirill
    Pokrovsky, and behind the scenes information like concept art,
    classified design documents, confidential decision tree flowcharts and a
    unique documentary.[/customspoiler]

[*]Total War: Rome II - Pre-Purchase and receive: [customspoiler="The Greek States Culture Pack"]
  • The Greek States Culture Pack includes three new playable Factions for use in Single or Multiplayer Campaign modes and Custom and Multiplayer Battles. These factions are the diplomatic Athens, shrewd Epirus and formidable Sparta as playable factions. Each offers range of special tactics to achieve cultural and martial victories, and lethal elite units to crush foes in battle.
  • The Greek States also share a number of common goals, philosophies and general diplomatic aims. However, they are defined by their fierce independence and between them demonstrate a huge variety in approach to civil and military challenges that often brings them into conflict with the wider world, and each other.
  • Plus, Pre-Purchase and receive the Greek Hellenic Armor for The Pyro & Egyptian Cheetah set for The Scout in TF2. More to come!  [/customspoiler]

Indie Bundle Threads
 
Groupees
Indie Gala
Indie Royale
Humble Bundle

IndieGameStand
 
Free Stuff
 

There are quite a few free and free2play games and mods on steam. You can find a full list here. Note that free games are not permanently attached to your Steam account like actual purchases would be. You'll need to manually download a game again from the website if you uninstall it.


Past Special Sales

Visit www.steamgamesales.com to check previous sale prices on Steam games. We do keep track of some older sales here though:

CAG Threads Featuring Steam Games on Sale Elsewhere - Updated 1/9

Past CAG Steam Deal Threads

 
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hal said:
Beginning a sale or two ago, Steam started letting the daily deals overlap. A new set of dailies will appear on the front page and the old set will remain available for one more day. .
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I remember now. It gives me more time to ponder over Bioshock now or cheaper later.

WolfmanASTN said:
got my first Summer Sale card for spending $10+ and it's Torchlight.

sadly i can't use the market until Sunday though to get rid of my dupes from other games :/
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I hope you're talking about Torchlight 2. Because Torchlight 1 was free on GOG only a few weeks ago.

 
Sophita said:
I played it on 360 as a rental, when it first came out. Thought it was a pretty fun game and just overall decent but for 1.24$ you could do far worse.
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Rather than risk worse, I'll throw a bit of change Clive's way. Thanks.

 
Morning everyone.

So question about Scribblenauts. I had the DS version and found it to have some control/collision issues. Did they fix that with unlimited?

 
For anyone who grabbed Dark Souls, here's a little guide to get it running great and looking pretty.

First off, get DSFix. This is the obvious step, since you're locked to 720p otherwise, and have no option to play with 60 FPS.

Next, check out this list of excellent mods that don't actually change the game, they just make it prettier and bring it to its full potential. Be sure to make a Nexus account, download the Nexus Mod Manager, and install the mods through that. You can do it manually too, but trust me, the mod manager makes things a snap, and makes it easy to uninstall mods. Remember to set the setting in the DSFix ini to allow replacement textures as well, otherwise the textures won't do anything.

Now if you're a console peasant, and don't mind 30 FPS, setting up your DSFix settings is super easy (just read the explanations next to the settings in the DSFix.ini). Be sure to set the game to windowed fullscreen in that ini file if you want easy alt-tabbing. Unfortunately I think this doesn't work well with the Steam overlay for some people, so if the game is crashing on launch after setting the game to borderless windowed mode, you may have to either disable your community overlay in game, or just play the game in fullscreen mode.

If you want to play the game in nice, buttery smooth 60 FPS, it may be as easy as setting the corresponding setting in the ini, but it wasn't for me, and it looks like a lot of people have issues. I tried loads of possible fixes (every one I could find), including disabling my DEP via cmd prompt, and had no luck. Someone suggested to roll back to version 1.9 of DSFix (the newest version is 2.1), and that helped a few people, but there was no change for me. Then I tried using version 2.0, and it worked. Game is running flawlessly now. I guess this means, if all else fails, try a bunch of different versions of DSFix till it works.

Lastly, don't believe all the stories you've heard about DSFix's 60 FPS setting getting people GFWL banned. It was a rumor. There is not one confirmed report of a single person getting banned for playing the game online with 60 FPS. The only things 60 FPS will create are some small collision detection quirks. Once in awhile the character won't want to step up small ledges (like... stone onto a wooden platform), and you just have to turn around and do it again and you'll move forward fine (this really is a minor thing, trust me). There's also one or two ladders that you apparently can't slide down without falling through the floor (I've never run into this). Lastly, you don't jump QUITE at far in 60 FPS, so for certain jumps you need to toggle the game back to 30 FPS (backspace is the toggle hotkey), make the jump, then switch back to 60 FPS. A couple bugs, but extremely minor in the face of how amazing the game looks with 60 FPS.

Have fun slaying dragons and whatnot!

 
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Damn it. I paid $12.49 for the Portal bundle yesterday, and 2 could go on sale for $5. Oh well. I got Dark Souls during its flash sale and Metro: Last Light for a penny. I feel like the latter compensates for any more purchases I wind up making. By the way, what are people's opinion on Binding of Isaac? Been following it for a while and that looks like a good price.

 
Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
Pretty sure it's the hard drive. Initially when I restarted it went into "Automatic Repair" mode and would stay on a blank screen forever.

Then I tried a recovery disk and that one freezes to in the middle of the process.

Then I tried popping the HD into an enclosure to at least save my files before a full delete... and that's when I heard the clicking.

Last thing I am going to try is a USB boot drive for Windows 8 (Windows 8 sucks by the way) but pretty sure the drive just failed. Still under warranty, but very annoying.

BB.com has never given me trouble so it could be a fluke, it just happened to be the tab I had up (order confirmation screen) when things started going haywire. I was also like 90% done with DLing the 12GB of Defiance so that likely was the tipping point for the HD.
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Sorry to hear that, Fox. What kind of hard drive was it?

Idiotekque said:
I've been playing Endless Space. Awesome game. It's basically Civ V in space with better combat and a more open tech tree. I recommend it.
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Thanks for this. Looks right up my alley, but I will wait for a bigger % off. ;)

 
Bought Scribblenauts. It was bothering me, lol.

Yesterday 12pm I thought oh I am not gonna buy much. Yet I own Don't Starve, Dyad, Dark Souls, and Scribblenauts and it's the start of day 2.

 
hal said:
I own every Two Tribes game and am in the Toki Tori 2 group and I didn't get a coupon. Don't feel bad. :D

Outrage!!! Dishonored would have been the better choice for everyone. Because I need it!

I enjoy my Mech. The Psycho is my current favorite, but the Mechromancer does offer a really unique style of play. And she has a few super-cute outfits. :D
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Thanks, hal and the others who responded. On the basis of your feedback, I snagged the pack and will probably use this character when I start actually playing BL2 (as opposed to just collecting keys, which is what I'm doing at the moment).

 
loafing... said:
I guess it is completely ridiculous to hope Brave New World gets even cheaper during the summer sale? :bouncy:
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To those who have asked this and other similar questions, here's the answer: if a game is part of a flash sale, the odds that it will be lower through Steam during the sale (and not as the result of a glitch or Gabe-trolling a la Jade Empire) are virtually nil. So if you see a game on a flash sale that you want and you're comfortable with the price, grab it (unless you want to risk waiting to see whether it's part of a "best of" recap day at the end of the sale).

 
cjenvy said:
sounding like a pass for me thanks guys and also if i want a game w goofy weapons i can always play ratchet and clank
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I played it without the silly DLC weapons. I know some people enjoy them and that's cool but I have more fun just taking people down with a couple Uzis versus novelty weapons. The really silly stuff is DLC anyway, not part of the core game. Well, aside from the giant purple bats.

It's a lot of fun. Not sure if you would like it, but I enjoyed it and found the plot to be entertaining and suited to the over the top nature of the whole thing. Forget Kayne; the blaring music during the Save Shaundi mission alone made the game for me.

 
Grabbed Duke Nukem 3D (haven't played the unofficial expansions), Scribblenauts and the two Dungeons of Dredmor DLCs to go along with Hotline Miami which I got yesterday from Amazon. Hope today brings some good deals... :D

 
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Waking up to see Civ V on flash deal, including latest expansion BNW for 33% off.  Wasn't expecting that!

Might pick up the Gold upgrade or $5.  

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/25544/

Edit - Europeans and other Internationals are SUPER pissed about the BNW sale.  It gets released today overseas AND goes on sale, so a lot of people who pre-purchased for $3 savings are rather upset.  

 
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leichstein said:
Damn it. I paid $12.49 for the Portal bundle yesterday, and 2 could go on sale for $5. Oh well. I got Dark Souls during its flash sale and Metro: Last Light for a penny. I feel like the latter compensates for any more purchases I wind up making. By the way, what are people's opinion on Binding of Isaac? Been following it for a while and that looks like a good price.
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Binding of Isaac is pretty great. It's pretty tough and it's a rogue-like so you don't carry anything from run to run but with the Wrath of the Lamb expansion there are like 200 items so it has almost infinite replayability.

 
warreni said:
To those who have asked this and other similar questions, here's the answer: if a game is part of a flash sale, the odds that it will be lower through Steam during the sale (and not as the result of a glitch or Gabe-trolling a la Jade Empire) are virtually nil. So if you see a game on a flash sale that you want and you're comfortable with the price, grab it (unless you want to risk waiting to see whether it's part of a "best of" recap day at the end of the sale).
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I am not quite as confident this will still be the case this year as much as past years. (Depending on how you are defining Gabe Trolling) My only current point of contention, however, is the day 1 Skyrim flash. Base game 30% flash sale when it's been lower before, and was still 30% after flash ended. (Granted, the DLCs dropped from 50-30 and Legendary from 40-25)

Generally though, daily deals will always be the lowest, flash sales will normally be the lowest, and most flash sales will be repeated as either dailies or flashes again, and most dailies will be repeated as flash sales.

 
Civ 5 and Skyrim didn't show as games I could play and get cards for until I opened their store pages from the client. Very weird.

 
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Chemosh013 said:
Any thoughts on Antichamber? Daily deal so probably as low as it will go (obviously could be in a flash sale). Anyone played it yet?
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Pretty nifty game. I gave up halfway through and then came back a couple days later and made some progress. I expected something like Portal but its logic is completely different haha.

BTW not sure if anyone has posted this already but...

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I think it needs a few more boxes:

Will this game go in backlog? If yes -> Is this game 75% off or more? If no -> WAIT DAMMIT!

 
Y'all cats with 3 votes been awake since yesterday? Yo, lay off the yay.

and lay da black tar in da vein maybe twice make you feel nice ok

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So I haven't heard many people here talk about grabbing Antichamber.  The trailer of the game looks awesome.  Are people waiting for a better price, already have it, or what?  I've never heard of it before yesterday, btw.  Trying to decide whether to pull the trigger...

 
spuffin said:
Not sure what you mean by this. The daily deals are good for 48 hours so there will be overlap between them.
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It is a bit confusing because the main page says the sales will end today, but if you go to the individual store pages they say that it will be another 27 hours
 
awestover89 said:
I am not quite as confident this will still be the case this year as much as past years. (Depending on how you are defining Gabe Trolling) My only current point of contention, however, is the day 1 Skyrim flash. Base game 30% flash sale when it's been lower before, and was still 30% after flash ended. (Granted, the DLCs dropped from 50-30 and Legendary from 40-25)

Generally though, daily deals will always be the lowest, flash sales will normally be the lowest, and most flash sales will be repeated as either dailies or flashes again, and most dailies will be repeated as flash sales.
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Eh, I think Bethesda's trolling with these lame 50% off sales on the DLC. I got the base game from Best Buy for a stone Alex Hamilton when it was on clearance at TRU--I'm not paying the same amount for a DLC.

 
Didn't get either of my Metros.  SAd, now I gotta wait.  

I knew I should have grabbed Miasmata from GOG, but I thought I'd have waited to get it on Steam.  Not even on sale now.  Damn. 

 
ninjaculate said:
To the person linking TuneUp ... you really shouldn't list 'registry defrags' as a feature, given that almost all of the programs that do this do more harm than good. "Cleaning" the registry is not something that should ever be done with an automatic tool, and if it hasn't come back to bite you in the ass yet you're simply lucky.

Good program otherwise.
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According to a program I use in addition to CCleaner because CC doesn't delete everything, Glarysoft Registry Repair, a registry cleaner isn't the same thing as a registry defragmenter: a tool that condenses the registry and allegedly renders the HDD more efficient.

I haven't used the RegDefrag in GRR doe, just the CCleaner-esque file deletion.

 
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Take my CAG badge, I just crafted the Civ 5 badge. I just couldn't resist the combination of cheap cards and history! Also I pulled my first foil from Civ 5.

 
warreni said:
Thanks, hal and the others who responded. On the basis of your feedback, I snagged the pack and will probably use this character when I start actually playing BL2 (as opposed to just collecting keys, which is what I'm doing at the moment).
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A word of advice on Gaige's skill tree: Ordered Chaos is the most unique branch, but also the hardest to manage in-game and probably geared more towards someone playing through a second time (or someone who just likes a challenge).

 
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CAG 3.0 strikes again! Just me, or is everyone's "Go to last unread post" star missing from the Content I Follow page?

Edit: They're back... disregard.

Edit 2: Gone again.

 
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