Ok, this was only a puzzle if you don't like reading or looking at things before you click on them. :)

There was a HuniePop giveaway behind the smiley link, https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/o0bAU/huniepop ... :) Maybe some people missed it, though... :)

And the other five giveaways each had one extraneous character:
O https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/UMWq4/Oladykiller-in-a-bind
4 https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/xq4CL/4wolfenstein-ii-the-new-colossus
g https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/z4QLg/gobserver
0 https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/O2xKT/0conan-exiles
E https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Zqbng/Elife-is-strange-before-the-storm

Which led everyone who noticed to O4g0E i.e. https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/O4g0E/tacoma - but you didn't want that game anyway, right? Walking is for nerds, let's get back to shooting each other...


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One more Steam sale thread. Blah blah blah.

I took a look at my wishlist on the first day, but it's hard to remember why I wanted most of those games. Guess that's why they are still in my wishlist?

I'll probably buy something out of habit in a couple days, either some of the cheap stuff, or maybe something good so I can feel bad for not playing it... :)

In previous years you could check the Games Under $5 list for hidden gems, but not any more... Looking today, how many of those things are even games? And do ten renamed "UnitZ" count as ten different games, or one, or maybe zero? :)

Hmm... I was intending to try all the "Steam Awards" games I owned, since they are the good ones, right? Somehow it didn't happen. Looks like I even missed a few days of free cards, too.

Oh, I even forgot to vote for HuniePop, and after writing a review to get that stupid badge too. Oops. It's on sale in the Humble Store, but I wouldn't want to get any of that stinky bundle CV. Guess I'll have to give away the other stuff instead. Sigh. :(

Speaking of sighs, I finally installed Civ 6. Bounced off it a few times, then played some more. Mainly it feels like a Civ game, I guess?

When you're having fun in a game, have you ever taken a step back and wondered, hey, why am I playing this? If you've ever played a MMO "for real" you know what I mean... :)

Anyway, somehow Civ 6 felt just like that. I'm sure it's a good game, but I could have played Civ 2 or 4 instead, and used my money for umm, whatever.

So, as usual, this pile of words is to chase away all the lazy people and their auto-giveaway-entering scripts. Words, blah, blah, blah. Oh yeah, isn't there a script to solve puzzles now? I was intending to troll it the next time I made a giveaway, but forgot. Sorry.


Hey, I heard "Only A Northern Song" today. Figured I'd make some giveaways. No reason.

I found a "video" at https://vimeo.com/217614187 but perhaps it's blocked in various regions. Well, you know how the internet works, look around. Or don't, and just click on the FREE STUFF!!!

If you're listening to this song
You may think the chords are going wrong
But they're not
We just wrote them like that

Ladykiller in a Bind

If you're listening late at night
You may think the band are not quite right
But they are
They just play it like that

Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus

And it doesn't really matter what chords I play
What words I say
Or time of day it is
As it's only a Northern song

>observer_

It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear
What words I pair
Or if my hair is brown
'Cause it's only a Northern song

Conan Exiles

If you think the harmony
Is a little dull and out of key
You're correct
'Cause there's nobody there

Life is Strange: Before the Storm Deluxe Edition

And it's only there's no one there

Nothing At All? Deluxe Maybe Try Reading Edition


Hopefully I'll be too busy playing a game to read anything, so I won't bore you with yet another Steam Sale discussion. But if you have anything interesting to share, that would be nice. I'll try to remember to bump things if nobody else does. :)

Good luck! :)

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Oh, people do that? Not sure what you're going to do with it, but have fun... :)

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Hmm, hope you can find a buyer... :)

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Sorry, I don't pay ransom! :) But enjoy! :)

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Aha, finally it all makes sense, thank you! :)

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Bump!

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Thank you! :)

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bump, thanks and happy new year. :)

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Thank you, and hope you have a good 2018! :)

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bumps

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Thank you! :)

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Feel like bump

Steam sales are worst because we are jaded or we are jaded because Steam sales are worst?

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Six of one, half dozen of the other... :)

I was talking to a "normal" person a few weeks who, who played games but had only used Steam years ago, to play their Total War games. They had heard about the upcoming sale, checked out Steam and saw some good prices on games. Like "only" $10 or $20... :)

It was difficult to keep quiet about bundles and re-bundles and 90% discounts and the whole thing. :) I don't talk about Steam in the real world, unless someone else brings it up. So I'm just listening and nodding along... :) Don't need to put a big "Steam Game Junkie" sign on my own back. :)

So, hmm... for new people these sales probably still look amazing, but those early years of huge discounts on big games are gone... Huge discounts originally led to huge profits, but I wonder if they also caused some reduced sales the rest of the year. Maybe teaching everyone to wait for a 75% discount in the big sale meant a 25% or a 50% discount did nothing at all? I dunno.

I assume there are clever people or machine learning bots working for all the big publishers, calculating discounts for each product to maximise whatever... :) Or maybe someone just throws a dart. :)

Thank you! :)

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Thank you! :)

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You will not see this, so move along, and bump

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Aha, this is not the gif I am looking for... :) Thank you! :)

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bump!

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Thank you! :)

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We need more Steam Sales threads like this :D

Thanks and happy new year!

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You know, lately I don't visit the forum as often, so maybe there are threads like this all over the place, and I'm just oblivious... Oh well. :)

Thank you, and you too! :)

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Have a bump :)

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Aha, that doesn't look like a funny gif, thank you! :)

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Not a funny bump-gif!

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Not a funny thank you! :)

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bumpidybump!

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Words, blah, blah, blah. Steamsale, blah

Bump!

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Ain't that the truth... :) Nobody reads this stuff anyway... :)

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I'll try not to notice if you didn't read this bump. :)

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That's ok, I can't read, I just copy things into Eliza and paste whatever comes back... Thank you! :)

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When i see your threads i'm always glad and afraid. Layers of fear. Yes. Bump. @_@

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Don't see any layers this time, but I'm pretty lazy... :) Everything is right there, ready to click on... :)

Thank you! :)

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Sometimes I only get "tx" so for the new year I will appreciate the third letter... :) Thank you! :)

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Happy new year!

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Thank you, and you too! :)

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Thanks for the great train

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I don't think this counts as a train, for that you need hundreds of bundle leftovers... :) This is more of a hmm... Someone carrying a small basket of bundle leftovers tripped, and they fell out? One of those.

Thank you! :)

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I actually got some games from my wishlist that were under 5€

  • Dex
  • Domina
  • The Way
  • Death Skid Marks

But yeah, most good games are on the higher price range... also got a few of those :).

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Hmmm, Domina looks like a good price, doesn't sound like the sort of game I'd play though... Let's hope I don't end up buying it anyway... :)

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Happy new year. :3

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Thank you, and you too! :)

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Happy new year bump

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New year thank you! :)

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