Steam Weekend Deal

Thommo · **Posted:** Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:28 am

Apart from the possibility of costly DLC I think Steam is great. And here is another example of why. This weekend the Orange Box which includes Half Life 2, Half Life Ep1&2, Portal and Team Fortress 2 is only US$10 which is a pretty good deal. I think I preordered it for $40 and thought it was a good deal then :-)

Would people be interested in having this as a prize for some comp at a future BSLAN?

Hulk_Davidson · **Joined:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:38 pm **Posts:** 269

That's actually a really good idea Thommo. Do you mean to buy it as a gift card thing on steam?

If you buy it as a gift does it matter when you activate it as to how much it costs?

Thommo · **Posted:** Thu May 21, 2009 11:35 pm

Well people didn't get back in time so I didn't do it :-P

but I will keep it in mind for next time a deal comes up.

I don't think it matters when you activate it. What I was going to do in this situation was to gift it to a random email address that is in my name that isn't my steam account then resend the invitation to whoever won the comp.

Steam Website wrote:

Do gifts expire if they are not redeemed in a certain amount of time?
Gifts will not expire once they have been issued. Once the gift purchase has been activated, the game is permanently subscribed to the Steam account that it was redeemed on.
I sent a Steam gift to a friend's email address, but that person already owns this game. Can I give this gift to someone else?
Yes, provided your friend has not already redeemed your gift using a different Steam account. To give your gift to a different friend, install Steam if you haven't already done so. After logging into your account, click on the "Games" menu and select "Manage gifts and guest passes". From the Gifts and Guest Passes dialog, highlight the gift in question and select "Resend" to give your gift to a new recipient.

Hollis · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 3:11 pm

Hey that's a pretty cool feature, definitly something to keep in mind for later use.

Thommo · **Posted:** Fri May 22, 2009 3:43 pm

TF2 is US$10 this weekend. Not quite as good as Orange Box for $10 though.

fred4761 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:26 pm **Posts:** 398

i thought it was free this weekend

Thommo · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 11:45 am

Well yes, its free to play just for the weekend. But you can also buy it so you can play it after the weekend :-P

Hulk_Davidson · **Joined:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:38 pm **Posts:** 269

Steam has some pretty awesome deals. It shouldn't be too long till the Orange Box is on special again.

Thommo · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 4:23 pm

I hope so... that orange box deal was pretty awesome. So was getting Bioshock for US$5. I still have copy spare copy of HL2 and HL2: Ep1 as well.

Hulk_Davidson · **Joined:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:38 pm **Posts:** 269

Woh i think I'd buy Bioshock a second time for that price.

I hear Commander Keen is pretty cheap on Steam.

Thommo · **Posted:** Sat May 23, 2009 7:15 pm

Isn't Commander Keen freeware by now. I think I got that for free with a magazine 10 years ago.

Hulk_Davidson · **Joined:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:38 pm **Posts:** 269

I think they've got the full saga or something for like $5-10.

Thommo · **Posted:** Sun May 24, 2009 5:38 pm

Free still seems like a better price ;-)

Although, I just had a look and looks like you can only legally get the shareware version. I just thought something like that would be free by now.

Thommo · **Posted:** Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:13 pm

TF2 is on sale this weekend at certain times for $2.50. So go buy it if you haven't already and if you like the game. There are no excuses when it costs hardly anything. I've been trying to get a couple of copies to maybe be prizes or just give to people but I just missed out.

Thommo · **Posted:** Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:17 am

Everyone should check out steam for the next 5 days for some great deals!! Deal are for 1 day only so you'll need to check everyday.

http://store.steampowered.com/early-holiday

If some good deals come up we could use those games as prizes for BSLAN 024

Thommo · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:28 pm

L4D $7.50 today. Borderlands still $55 even though its 33% off... I hate it when they put games on steam at high localised prices instead of just the US prices.

Dawm · **Joined:** Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:24 pm **Posts:** 44

trackmania is $20

Hollis · **Posted:** Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:39 pm

I already have it

fred4761 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:26 pm **Posts:** 398

but youve never played it

Bang · **Joined:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:42 pm **Posts:** 112

quite clearly from his rank he hasnt indeed

Hulk_Davidson · **Joined:** Wed Jul 16, 2008 9:38 pm **Posts:** 269

I bought the THQ pack for $50 US. It has about $410 US worth of games in it

Hollis · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 3:00 pm

I do play it, just not enough

Thommo · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:37 pm

I was curious why I was seeing you playing Titan Quest. Is that pack is usually US$99? Getting it for $50 seems pretty sweet although nothing really excites me in it.

fred4761 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:26 pm **Posts:** 398

Hollis wrote:

I do play it, just not enough

understatement? :lol:

Hollis · **Posted:** Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:36 pm

fred4761 wrote:

Hollis wrote:

I do play it, just not enough

understatement? :lol:

You caught me out Fred :oops:

fred4761 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:26 pm **Posts:** 398

795,000 people to catch up on the rankings

Hollis · **Posted:** Thu Dec 10, 2009 12:22 pm

Yeah, I just gave up when I saw that....

Bang · **Joined:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 6:42 pm **Posts:** 112

Considering you own the game, how about you beat me then, I am not that far ahead even if it looks it...

fred4761 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:26 pm **Posts:** 398

did you remove your TM sig holis???

Thommo · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 9:40 pm

Looks like its still there to me.

**ON TOPIC WARNING** I don't really know why I'm mentioning this but CS:S is only US$5 this weekend

fred4761 · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 9:26 pm **Posts:** 398

yeah, i can't see it, there is a link but no banner

Thommo · **Posted:** Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:30 pm

Last day of Steam's holiday sale with the most popular deals from the sale up again for the next 12 hours http://store.steampowered.com/

Thommo · **Posted:** Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:36 am

Grr...

Steam has some great deals sometimes but it has mad me angry again today. It's not really their fault though. 2k games have decided to sell Bioshock 2 on steam in Oz for US$80 while its only US$50 in the US. I really hate this markup that publishers put on their games like this and even worse with MW2. It's bad enough when it cost $100 in stores but at least they have the import excuse. On steam 2k are just making $30 more per copy sold here. At these prices its probably cheaper to buy in a store other than EB games that have games are slightly more reasonable prices.

Thommo · **Posted:** Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:01 pm

I know I sound like a Steam hater at times but it's really just the developers been greedy. Just wanted to say that before people call me a hypocrite for saying how much I like steam. Bringing this up because I was wondering if anyone had tried the new UI. I never really thought of steam looking ugly but it does make a difference.

Hollis · **Posted:** Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:20 am

Well I don't use steam atm becasue of having internet troubles (I'm posting this at work teehee

) so I can't really comment.

It's ok Thommo, I know that your not a steam hater

grundi · **Joined:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:41 pm **Posts:** 107

grundi · **Joined:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:41 pm **Posts:** 107

how dare steam buy out exclusive rights to MW2, the fact that really pissed me off about it is the LAN capabilities and how net hungry it is.....
Oh yeah COD6 has lan capabilities.......but you all need to be hooked up to the night to sign in and play......
What the heck are they on?
I also hated the password log in thing that constantly changes everytime u do something on steam, secret answer thing pisses me off. but the reset password code never changes, wtf up with that

Thommo · **Posted:** Fri Feb 26, 2010 12:30 am

I refuse to buy any game that is more expensive in the Australian store so I guess I'll never know. I blame Activision for all the screwed up things going on with COD6.

grundi · **Joined:** Sun Aug 02, 2009 4:41 pm **Posts:** 107

I blame both

Thommo · **Posted:** Sun May 02, 2010 12:35 am

Codemasters racing games anyone? http://store.steampowered.com/sub/4060

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