@Fluttershy You could also boot up a prepared Linux live CD or USB stick distro (configured so it automatically allows access per SSH) and see if it starts and if you can access it.
@FAE Well, no. But it would (likely) prove that the system boots as a whole, and you can then inspect the dmesg log and /proc to see which hardware got recognised and set-up by the BIOS.
Oddly enough the whole system basically depends on a whole shitton of people not actually crafting their cards and just giving them away/selling them
If everyone kept their cards and only traded dupes I think the whole thing would basically grind to a halt. Of course, that's not what happens, people sell and stuff
@GnomeSlice but if the booster packs only appear when someone crafts a badge, then consuming 7 to 10 cards generates 3, so they will still run out, just slightly more slowly
@murgatroid99 Yeah. It depends on people continuing to buy the game and sell, not use, cards. It's an interesting way to enforce scarcity and is almost certainly intentional
@murgatroid99 Yep. Only sets with 6 or less cards return an amount greater or equal to the amount that was taken out of the system (by getting them from other people).
Steam cards are stupid. You basically have to buy them to do anything with them, and you can't get all the emoticons and backgrounds for a single game without buying those either.
@fbueckert Do you know how many booster packs it would take to craft the badge for a single game enough times to have all of the backgrounds and emoticons?
@fbueckert I've gotten one booster in the few weeks since this started. At that rate, it would take months of amazing luck to craft all of the badges for one game
@murgatroid99 technically the best time to buy is while the games are still selling and being actively traded. Once a game falls off the "hot" list it's going to be harder to get anything
You only get more boosters when people craft more badges, and people can only craft more badges by getting more cards. If no one buys the game or crafts badges (which consumes cards) there won't be any new cards placed into the system
@FAE You know, for a couple of cents you can have most backgrounds. It's still a better use of money (which time translates to) than going around collecting silly cards
Whether it's self-sustaining or not depends a lot of whether the new booster packs will cover the number of cards consumed by making badges (I kind of doubt it would though, because that would devalue cards constantly)
@fbueckert Now that I think about it, it is impossible for every player to craft every badge, so if you don't buy cards, there is some non-zero probability that over all of time, you will never get enough cards to craft all of the badges
@GnomeSlice Bleed doesn't have as many black and purple ones as They Bleed Pixels does, but I have neither of those games either, and I'd rather at least have a background I'm somewhat familiar with.
@murgatroid99 That's where those that don't care about badges will sell their cards to buyers come in. They, in turn, craft badges, and inject boosters into the world.
@murgatroid99 Yeah, there will come a point at which there no longer are any cards. I'm not sure how boosters work, but I don't think crafting a badge for Game X generates a booster for the same game. As long as people keep crafting badges, period, more boosters will be created.
@fbueckert but if each badge only generates one booster, then we can get the same result across all games. And remember that every new person injecting cards into the system decreases the probability of you getting a booster
@fbueckert given a little time, I think that I could prove that if each badge crafted produces fewer than 3 boosters, then the probability of crafting 5 badges for a single game after infinite time is low
I've made $5 selling Steam cards, which actually kind of shocks me since I haven't had all that many. Which means Steam has made about $.50 from that. Which means Steam must be rolling in money from this.
Secret Mission 01: Gate Crasher (Stage 1)
Awarded for smashing all of the chandeliers in Guppy's Mansion
Secret Mission 02: Anti-Omelette (Stage 2)
Awarded for not breaking any of the eggs in the Lava Caves
Secret Mission 03: Lil' Mama (Stage 3)
Awarded for not tripping any of the ...
I even made a site post about the secret mission achievements
I wonder why those three in the steam stats aren't in my list
@Blem Oh no, there's a lot of stuff Vivendi is involved in. And they were having financial troubles for a while now (and were trying to force money out of Actizzard for a short fix).
I have been playing hexxit for a while now and I just keep raiding castles and ships and don't really seem to be getting anywhere, besides having like 5 stacks of diamonds (which may not even be all that useful).
What is the actual objective of Hexxit? Like what is it that I should be aiming to ...
I'm playing Shadowrun Returns and just found my first Mr. Johnson. He gave me only one run and after that run there aren't any other runs.
Does Shadowrun Returns have random runs, like Genesis's Shadowrun do? Or are they "pre-made" and only offered at some points of the game, as a kind of sidequ...
facepalm Wonderful. Just wonderful. I just saw a new 'kids bop' commercial featuring a cover of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's "Can't Hold Us"... I hope everyone involved appreciates the irony.
As I said, I can only count 29 achievements here, but Steam is telling me there's 32 of them. Am I missing something here, or is Steam just making a mistake?
Are there hidden achievements or something?
This isn't a mistake; there are three hidden achievements for Bleed on Steam. The three of them and their requirements are as follows:
Quiet Contemplation
Awarded for standing atop the last elevator in the hall of heroes for a moment (Wryn recites poetry)
Excessively Stylish
Awarded for ...
This isn't a mistake; there are three hidden achievements for Bleed on Steam. The three of them and their requirements are as follows:
Quiet Contemplation
Awarded for standing atop the last elevator in the hall of heroes for a moment (Wryn recites poetry)
Excessively Stylish
Awarded for ...
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@Blem I did. What does the song have to do with being Friday either?
Also I don't suppose any of you have picked up Crayon Chronicles have you?
When creating your character in Crayon Chronicles, there's an option for choosing your 'heart'. There's a bunch of different options to choose from.
The choices are as follows:
Champion
Dragon
Glaiator
Falcon
Fox
Hedgehog
Lion
Eagle
Ogre
Unicorn
I can't work out what the 'Heart' does though...