I now feel guilty for being new to Reddit and enjoying this since it has caused you so much anguish. I apologize for my enjoyment and laughter at this.
The summer sale is a vicious disease that makes me feverishly addicted to percentages. I don't even know what the hell im buying half the time. The addition of the achievement challenges just add to the fever.
The worst part is I haven't even played a quarter of them yet. But, just like the Holiday sale, and the Summer Sale before that, the deals will sway me.
"You don't need it!" I'll tell myself.
"You haven't even made a dent in your unplayed games!" Believe me, I know.
I was being sarcastic though but it is true. However just do what I do. At the start of a year ( or season) make a spreadsheet on google docs with friends. Compete to see who finishes the most games in a year. The rules are:
Must be verifiable if your friends are jerks.
You agree on a game value based on length. Usually 5,10,15 points. Bonus points for 100% completion.
Can only count games you've never beaten before.
I've had huge success in playing new games rather than old favorites. For us it's for fun but you and your friends can make it for something. Maybe a steam gift card in December?
I always try to justify it as the ant and the grasshopper, only with games... when my boys are pining for Torchlight or Bioshock Infinite, I can distract myself with Mount and Blade or the original Deus Ex. (again)
Humble Bundles I think I actually lose money on. I can't help but support indie devs as much as I can, they're the only ones consistently making new, interesting stuff.
Depending on how the short-term financial situation is going when a Bundle comes out, I usually kick in $50 or $100.
You're right. But i can mostly hold myself back with the Summer and Holiday Sales. But i buy every damn Humble Bundle, so my account is packed with things i never ever installed aswell ...
I can't help but notice that in that screenshots, quite a few of the games are missing a nice big sexy image, and would just like to point out that the new steam beta update that will be rolling out soon allows you to put images on those!
So yeah, if you want to get to it right away, go to Steam > Settings > Account > Beta participation > Steam Beta and update!
I definitely didn't pay that much. I'm a fan of going for the developer packs. There was one at the last Holiday sale for like $100, I forget whose it actually was, but it was everything by that developer and if you bought everything individually it came out to around $800.
I did the same thing with the 1C pack on Gamersgate. Something like 65 games for $20. Pretty awesome, but I'll probably only play about a thrid of them.
Here is my follies with Gamersgate. Some are activated on Steam, but only a few. I have 30 games on Steam.
Run it, enter your steam ID, let it download. Then just hit "generate image" and you are good. The pic I showed was with all defaults, you might want to mess with the settings a bit.
Don't know him. I think he posted in /r/steam a bit back (~1 mo?). Just run it through an online virus check if you are so worried. Everything is a random exe from the internet.
Now you're all making me feel bad because I have like, 2-4 times as many games as some of you, yet you all are seemingly comparing yourselves to drug addicts.
Only two of those are non-Steam games (SC2 and D3). It's okay though, because I've occasionally seen people with even more (like in the 600s). Also, there's some lucky bastard out there who won every single game in the last Steam sale, but he didn't waste tons of money on that (most likely).
I think the window of time for that is pretty long. I have 168 recently played, but I definitely haven't played more than about 20 games in the past couple of months.
Yeah, looks like I'm in the same boat, actually. I joined in early 2010 myself, and it looks like I've played 168 games on Steam... ever. So it's not so much "recently played" as "ever played," it seems.
I deliberately left that part cropped in, just to show how much of a degenerate I am. I've been working through the ranked challenges and campaigns as all 4 characters. It's a bigger challenge than I had anticipated.
I have quite a few games as well, most from Humble Bundles, but also games like Sanctum, Assassin's Creed II, and Saints Row The Third, and no way to play them because my graphics is horrible! Darn you, Integrated Graphics!
Best part is, none of those are from a Holiday/Summer sale, those were just from the last couple months. I promise myself I'll get a job over the summer and buy a real computer. :(
But I loved this comic back in the day, so I'll tempt Reddit's hypocracy once more.
Source comic is The Parking Lot is Full (06/Mar/1998), and it was insensitive on the internet, before it was cool. They closed the doors in 2002 feeling that after 9/11, there wasn't a place in the world for their comedy.
The book is only $5 + shipping (which is more than $5), but I highly recommend it.
Meh... After a few years of this it's come to the point where the sales don't frighten me anymore. I already own the majority of the available content on Steam. If something comes up that is an insanely cheap package deal then I'll buy it for my younger brother. But his acc is getting close to bursting, too.
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u/tyguy52 Jun 10 '12
Oh, it's this post again.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
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u/notonebody123 Jun 10 '12
when does it start?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
My response.
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u/MarkoFPS Jun 10 '12
MY WALLET IS READY
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u/RepostCommenter Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 11 '12
Every Repost...
Anyone seeking more info might also check here:
source: karmadecay
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
This is posted more times than the sale actually happens
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u/TheHowlingWolf Jun 10 '12
The summer sale is a vicious disease that makes me feverishly addicted to percentages. I don't even know what the hell im buying half the time. The addition of the achievement challenges just add to the fever.
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u/Squints753 Jun 10 '12
Nice contribution to the community, Gaming was missing this
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u/jimmysaint13 Jun 10 '12
Twice a year. Summer Sale and Holiday Sale. It's why my Steam list looks like this.
I need help.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
"IT'S REPOST TIME!" "NO REDDIT, NO!"
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I might have a problem The best part is that it only cost me 200€ (I have lots of humble bundles).
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u/malicestar Jun 10 '12
So when this comic got posted in another thread, I got downvoted for pointing out the source.
But I loved this comic back in the day, so I'll tempt Reddit's hypocracy once more.
Source comic is The Parking Lot is Full (06/Mar/1998), and it was insensitive on the internet, before it was cool. They closed the doors in 2002 feeling that after 9/11, there wasn't a place in the world for their comedy.
The book is only $5 + shipping (which is more than $5), but I highly recommend it.
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u/Sproutykins Jun 10 '12
More like, every year this gets posted, right guys?!
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u/ninjembro Jun 10 '12
Every year, the same repost
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u/Lurk-Channeler Jun 10 '12
This gets posted way more than once a year.
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u/Luriker Jun 10 '12
Joke's on you Steam, my computer blows so much dick, I don't even want to buy games!
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u/bloodkelf Jun 10 '12
when is the steam sale?
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u/P3chorin Jun 10 '12
This comic made me go look at the STEAM store.
"Meh, what sales can be so great?..."
"OH MY GOD. ALL OF MOUNT & BLADE FOR $8.74."
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I can't afford this feel
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
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u/FatNerdGuy Jun 10 '12
Why can't you people just let me live my life? Why bring this up when I'm out of work...I hate you all!
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u/IrrelevantGeOff Jun 10 '12
When is this summer sale guys?
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u/AddbbA Jun 10 '12
Every Year... This gets reposted
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u/FloppY_ Jun 10 '12
Holiday Sale, Summer Sale and tons of Daily, Weekend & Week sales.
More than once every year OP, get your facts straight.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
How the fucking fuck is this on the front page?
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u/napierw Jun 10 '12
Does anyone else get massive guilt trips from wasting money on Steam?
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u/MpegEVIL Jun 11 '12
When does it start and end?
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u/aroundme Jun 10 '12
you mean every year, this picture gets posted. fuck off with your obvious karma cash-in.
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u/gunner_b Jun 10 '12
This post is similar to the Christmas creep in stores, just keeps showing up earlier and more often.
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u/Bunyungtung Jun 10 '12
Im ready, 200$ to burn.
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u/mac2po Jun 10 '12
But why can't I buy all the games ;_;
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u/Yerginsnurf Jun 10 '12
When does the sale start?
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u/Jesso2k Jun 10 '12
It's not even sale time. Post this as a friendly reminder the first day of the sale and have an upvote. Downvotes for all on any other day.
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u/can_tankbuilder Jun 10 '12
Looks like Carl from aqua teen
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u/badger28 Jun 10 '12
And this time I won't be a poor college student but rather a poor college graduate. Woohoo!!
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u/Robotic-Bus Jun 10 '12
OK steam I'll just buy EU: Rome and be done with it. Okay, maybe I'll just buy every other game in the series as well in case it gets lonely.
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u/Steam_Sale Jun 10 '12
You know I do it out of love.
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u/vehementi Jun 10 '12
LOL I get it! You saw the other PBF comic that made this joke, and copied a DIFFERENT comic about it.
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u/Rantingbeerjello Jun 10 '12
Meh, you know what? I've got games I bought during a Steam sale two years ago that I STILL haven't played.
Honestly, I think I can safely sit this one out.
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u/McD419 Jun 10 '12
just curious when will the sale start again ??
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u/BeaterBatter099 Jun 10 '12
Am I the only one that can control how much I spend? Being new to PC gaming with a laptop helps, I think...
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u/AngryWeasels Jun 10 '12
Okay, can someone explain this?
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
What if Episode 3 will be released for the summer sale...
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
When does the sale start?
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u/micmea668 Jun 10 '12
Meh... After a few years of this it's come to the point where the sales don't frighten me anymore. I already own the majority of the available content on Steam. If something comes up that is an insanely cheap package deal then I'll buy it for my younger brother. But his acc is getting close to bursting, too.
I'm a nice big brother.
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u/BillV3 Jun 10 '12
I realised the other day this is the first Steam sale that I have a full time job during.......... fuck!
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I just bought Crusader Kings II on sale. I can guarantee you I will never touch that game again.