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12:00 AM
I'll make someone a deal.
If someone buys me the Galcon Fusion registration key for $3.40 USD, I'll give you... er... many upvotes.
Jesus Christ, I'm pathetic.
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@GnomeSlice I'll buy it for you if you buy me Heroes of Might and Magic VI
 
@Wipqozn See, the whole problem here, is that I don't have a credit card, or any Steam credit.
 
@GnomeSlice Excuses, excuses
 
@Wipqozn How much?
 
@GnomeSlice Heroes? $50
 
12:14 AM
@Gnome No paypal?
 
@Wipqozn Galcon? $3.40.
@FallenAngelEyes What the hell is paypal. :P (nope)
 
well, you can connect that to a bank account without having to use a CC
though it wouldn't be verified in time for the sale I don't think
 
The only thing I actually use my credit card for is steam
 
GAH.
@Wipqozn Sort of defeats the purpose.
 
@GnomeSlice Oh I know, but it would benefit me greatly.
 
12:16 AM
But... but.... I NEED Galcon Fusion. QQ
I'm reduced to pathetic begging. You guys know me... if I'm reduced to pathetic begging then it MUST be good.
 
@Gnome what's your steam nick? I'll friend you and gift it
 
@FallenAngelEyes Wait, really?
 
I don't want the upvotes though :P
 
@FallenAngelEyes But... but... now I feel bad.
Also, I forget what it is.
It's either GnomeSlice or GnomeSlice 64
 
@FallenAngelEyes I'll take them. I'm greedy.
 
12:17 AM
That'd be like buying upvotes and I don't wanna do that :P
 
But now I feel like a pathetic, successful jerkbeggar
And you know...
I'm okay with that.
 
@GnomeSlice You're a hero, really
 
uh, is your display name cocacolamanofdoom?
 
@Wipqozn QQ
@FallenAngelEyes Uh... no.
Try GnomeSlice64
The DP is a portal cake, I think
 
Wrong Gnomeslice then!
 
12:19 AM
@GnomeSlice Shame, because that's an awesome display name
 
Yeah... I hate when people steal my name.
 
@GnomeSlice Those dicks
 
I actually emailed the admins of Kongregate a while back, trying to get my old stolen account name transferred to my new one.
I failed, unfortunately.
I'm stuck with xGnomeSlicex
 
I need you to either accept my friend req or gimme your email
 
12:20 AM
@GnomeSlice Stolen as in someone stole your account, or stolen as in someone took it before you?
 
@FallenAngelEyes erp, steam is on my other comp
@Wipqozn stole my account
Brb, guys.
 
@GnomeSlice that sucks :/
 
So, how does Steam work?
Are games downloaded via Steam tied to it somehow?
Or are they standalone.
 
Yeah, you need to run the client to play them
even if you're offline
 
Oh balls.
That strikes me as kind of odd.
Oh, yeah, I'm GnomeSlice64 it looks like.
Drat.
 
12:26 AM
Yus
 
@GnomeSlice It's so people don't just buy the game, then share it with all their friends
 
It's Steam's form of DRM
 
Annoying, but it makes sense.
 
@Wipqozn I suppose.
Galcon has a thing though.
Something about a registration key
And being able to use it in multiple versions of the game.
I think.
Jeez.
Your profile could not be opened correctly
I don't think I've used Steam since Portal was free for a day.
Which is when I created the account.
 
@GnomeSlice IF it has a registration key you may be able to DL it off their site, and then register it with your key.
So you can play it without steam
 
12:29 AM
@Wipqozn I was wondering if the Steam game came with a key, or if it just came as a fully enabled game.
Has Steam been updated recently?
 
@GnomeSlice Really? I thought everyone on Gaming.SE needed to use Steam or be outcast from the community.
 
@Wipqozn I don't game on the PC.
I play Minecraft... that's about it.
Where do I see friend requests?
 
@GnomeSlice Aside from the Massive Sale? I don't think so
 
@Wipqozn No, it's working now.
 
@GnomeSlice they are at the top of the friends menu
 
12:30 AM
There should be an Invites thing on your profile
 
Also, by recently I pretty much meant in months.
 
Bottom right corner of steam should have "view friends"
 
I don't even see you online...
 
@GnomeSlice ah, in that case, no idea
 
@FallenAngelEyes I don't want to try to guilt you into getting me this, unless I can figure out if I'll be able to play it without steam
Urgh, Steam is so borked
For me, anyway.
HAH! It crashed.
Jeez.
'Registry is in use' error
Why is the 'access denied' for ending the steam process in my task manager
 
12:33 AM
@GnomeSlice If you mean months, then yes. Specifically, they added a system named Steam Guard to it.
 
@Powerlord ...Do I need to update it?
Third party?
 
Gyaaargh
Trend Micro.
Is in the list.
Of programs that interfere with Steam.
 
@GnomeSlice Looking on Galcon's website, it looks like you can either buy it separate from Steam or through Steam, but I don't know if you get a standalone client if you don't buy through Steam.
 
12:35 AM
Or if it is just "here's a key you can use for the Steam version"
 
"VirtuaGirl 2"
@FallenAngelEyes No, but it's only on sale through steam.
Begging for a $3.40 game is bad enough.
But you can also buy it through the mac app store
You can download it as a standalone as well, which is how I got the demo.
 
@GnomeSlice ...VirtuaGirl 2? That's more then I wanted to know about your personal life, GnomeSlice
 
@Wipqozn Wait what? Er, no, of course not.
I tried disabling Virtuagirl 2 and it still didn't work.
Then I tried disabling TrendMicro, and it did stuff, until I was forced to pull the plug on my desktop
And reboot it twice.
I'm back now.
 
Galcon is awesome
 
@Loktar +1
 
12:45 AM
got the android vs of it last night as well
 
Wow, I must be all kinds of stupid, if I can't figure out how buying this game works.
 
I was surprised to see the Flash vs on the site
was playing it at work for a bit the other day lol
 
@Loktar Yes, but the flash one apparently requires that you have a desktop registration key enabled
I dunno how that works... but yeah.
 
itll let you play as noob# for free though
 
Mhm.
@FallenAngelEyes Erp... I don't get it.
 
12:48 AM
@Gnome You sure? You're in my list as "invitations sent"
steamcommunity.com/id/GnomeSlice <-this is who I sent it to
 
@FallenAngelEyes I mean, I don't get how this is supposed to work.
I saw your invite, I was just unable to accept it because it crashed.
 
Go try to accept again?
 
Perhaps. Will I be able to play this without Steam?
 
Are you sure you want to buy this through Steam?
You may not even be able to play it :/
 
Because if not, then I won't ask you to buy it for me. :P
 
12:50 AM
@GnomeSlice I don't believe so
 
Rats.
 
The only way I could see you playing it offline would be if you can then DL the client from Galcon directly, and then use the registration code steam gives you
if it gives you one at all
 
@Wipqozn That's what I'm wondering, I don't know if it does.
It's probably a separate version of the game.
Because it's tied into Steam achievements and stuff.
Also, anyone using Chrome might find This exceptionally useful.
LOL
Steam has finished downloading Alien Swarm
It won't let me accept friend requests?
"Some features of steam become available once you have games in your account"?
But...but... I have two games...
 
@GnomeSlice Free ones.
 
@Wipqozn Portal isn't free.
Anymore.
 
12:55 AM
If @FallenAngelEyes gifts you one though, it will count
 
Okay, now it let me accept it...
 
@GnomeSlice Didn't you get it when it was free though?
 
I couldn't do it from the popout friends menu, but I can from the dashboard friends menu
@FallenAngelEyes Did that work?
Hooray!
Why did my Chrome extension comment post as 'anonymous'
Baaaaahhhhhhhh
QQ
Steam is such a piece of shit.
Why does Galcon Fusion say SteamPlay next to it?
Collect 1000 eggs in Toki Tori?
...It must have more levels than the Wiiware rendition.
 
@GnomeSlice Fixed.
 
@ArdaXi +1
GAH. The Sale on Galcon Fusion is only for today... QQ
 
1:10 AM
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Wow, It's available for 99c in the Mac app store.
Wait wait... Does that give you a registration key that you can use on a pc client?
Wow, I can really not figure this out.
Somebody help me.
Q_Q
Sorry, I went upstairs to get a bowl and some ketchup, I'm back.
 
1:32 AM
What, did I scare everyone away?
 
@GnomeSlice SteamPlay means you get both the Mac and PC versions on your Steam account.
 
@Powerlord Aha.
How come I can't see my cursor when I play some fullscreen games??
 
@GnomeSlice Not sure. I assume the game has taken control of the cursor and isn't releasing it when you change to another app.
 
@Powerlord I'm not switching though. Like, when I boot alien swarm, or the galcon fusion demo, I can't see the cursor, and it's a pain in the butt to navigate to the setting that allow you to change it to windowed,
 
1:50 AM
@GnomeSlice Oh, hmm.
Wait, there's an OSX version of Alien Swarm now?
 
@Powerlord I'm on PC.
As always. I mean, I haven't tried alien swarm in a long time.
I never PC game.
 
At a guess, the hardware cursor option needs to be toggled, but I have no idea how to do that with the keyboard.
 
@FallenAngelEyes MY LIFE IN YOUR SERVICE QQ
 
I'm starring that to remember it ;P
 
@FallenAngelEyes Of course, my liege...
I'm now officially the biggest douche of all time.
But I'm a douche who has Galcon Fusion. QQ
I think I can live with that.
^ OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG.jpg
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TF2.... is free?
 
2:21 AM
@GnomeSlice Yes.
You're just now noticing that?
 
Has it always been free?
Not that my desktop can run it
 
@GnomeSlice No, but there was a big thing about it a few weeks ago.
and we've mentioned it here multiple times.
 
I haven't been in much in the past few weeks.
Also, did I mention that I love @FallenAngelEyes?
I don't think I did.
 
 
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@Mana Hai.
 
wow I need to get to bed..
2am here, later all
 
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ok wow.. so only 5 people have 76 tickets
wonder how that detects if people have used ASTATS
pretty cool.
I didnt even put my info in or anything either it must get the info from steams site or something
hmm that cant be right. Wonder how it got my info now.
 
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fail
 
 
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21/22 tickets
 
41 tickets.
 
how many can you get without purchases?
I earned 20/21; the 22nd being the Facebook one.
 
I think 11.
 
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Oak
@badp "there is an actual problem here" - maybe, but your question isn't asking for a solution to the problem.
 
12:32 PM
@Oak I'm not asking for a solution because the only ones who can provide it to me are the developers.
If you want I could ask if there's a way to "mod" this signal in. I'd love that too.
Actually I'll do that now.
 
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@badp If you're not asking for a solution, you shouldn't be asking.
 
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1:35 PM
@ArdaXi Really? So we should remove all plot and lore questions.
 
@badp I agree.
 
Your opinion is noted.
 
That's a first.
 
Take that, xkcd factor.
 
What?
 
1:38 PM
 
I dunno, I thought we were being quite nice this time.
 
I thought we were being nice too?
 
Okay, I haven't had a lot of sleep.
 
1:54 PM
@ThomasMcDonald I now think I understand what happened at the disco
you regenerated its chunk.
 
user30
2:05 PM
@badp Nope.
 
user30
(I started digging it back out a little yesterday)
 
user30
Plus //regen only works over a selected area rather than a chunk
 
user30
Oh
 
@badp Oh. My. God.
 
2:27 PM
@GnomeSlice You only saw it now?
 
@badp Did it come through here earlier?
 
@GnomeSlice How dare you not know every single xkcd comic!
 
@CruelCow It's shameful, I know.
 
xkcd.com/1 and don't come back until you're done mister!
 
2:51 PM
@GnomeSlice He said don't come back until you're done.
 
@ArdaXi I didn't.
I mean.
I never left.
Also, shut up.
 
@GnomeSlice Pop quiz. What command in a popular text editor summons butterflies?
 
@ArdaXi dingbats
Go away.
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@GnomeSlice F.
 
@ArdaXi That was my second choice.
 
2:54 PM
@GnomeSlice No, like, that's your grade.
The answer is C-x M-c M-butterfly.
 
@ArdaXi I knew that.
 
@ArdaXi Must have to be a programmer to get it.
 
@GnomeSlice Nah. I'm a programmer, and I don't get why people use emacs either.
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@ArdaXi I don't even know what that is.
 
2:57 PM
@GnomeSlice It's an operating system with a really crappy text editor.
 
Have I mentioned yet today that @FallenAngelEyes is my personal hero?
I don't think I have.
 
You have, and why?
 
Because.
He gifted me Galcon Fusion. QQ
 
I once gifted Portal 2.
These are the gifts I paid for.
I'd make a screenshot of the ones I didn't pay for but it'd be too big.
 
But... But I was begging. Pathetically.
 
3:13 PM
@GnomeSlice That would be funny if it weren't so sad.
 
@ArdaXi But...but... +1
 
Wait, when did they finally fix the star thingy?
 
fix?
I didn't even know it was borked.
@ArdaXi Wait, you mean the 'this question is favourited' star?
 
@GnomeSlice No, now when you star a reply, you don't see the :1234567 in front.
 
@ArdaXi I never saw that in front, except in the editing box.
:S
 
3:22 PM
X3 requires a proper tutorial.
 
Is that anything like :3 ?
 
shakes his head in disapproval
 
ಥ_ಥ
 
disapproves
Don't make me angry mob!
 
@ArdaXi yeah the X series has a VERY high learning curve for sure.
 
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user30
Single player EVE? I'm up for that
 
grab it while its still on sale then
 
That's literally what X3 plays like for me.
 
3:37 PM
X Super box on steam
like $5 currently I think
 
@ArdaXi :3
 
@GnomeSlice looks for his pitchfork
 
user30
@Loktar or £9.99
 
I bought X3 for €10
Like, yesterday.
>.<
 
user30
I wonder what the best-of sales will be today
 
3:39 PM
@ArdaXi :3
 
@GnomeSlice lights torch
 
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@Loktar $10. X3 is $5
 
@Wipqozn :3
 
I bought the X Super box as well, although I have yet to play it
just another game to add to my massive backlog
which includes games I need to play, and ones I need to finish
 
I really need to stop getting into series when they already have 5 seasons.
 
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4:49 PM
Last sale in 10 minutes. Last chance for me to keep some money left.
 
I wonder who'd buy the F1 2010 title now
I mean, I saw some videos and they kept up the great ideas they had about ingame menus etc... but the 2011 season is already finished, for all practical purposes.
 
Dawn of the Final Day ~24 hours remain~
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