Steam Sale Begins Today 1pm est - GAME OVER :(

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you2

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King arthur was fun (i got it last christmas) 'cept for slow loads combined with constant crashing. I'd pick up saxon but it is $9 and I alread have the rest so I don't really feel like spending $5 to pick up everything again + saxon. Also the crashes were quite annoying.
 

Peremptor

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As much as I want to play the Sam & Max games, I'd like to start from the beginning. And this deal isn't anything special. All 3 seasons for $15 and I'd go for it for sure.

Exactly. Same here. They should at least just offered the first season at $2.50 or so to get us all hooked and then have to pay for the other two.
 

adairusmc

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I got all the red faction games this morning and splinter cell conviction. Civ5 is tempting, but I think I will wait for it to get a bit cheaper.
 
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Shank could have gone lower. Was hoping for $5 or less. The demo was pretty fun.

The deals/selection could have been a little better. Otherwise Monkey Island, FlatOut & Red Faction seem like great deals. Hasn't been decent deals like these since first 2 days.
 

Craig234

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There are a couple very good deals - Dragon's Age Ultimate, Batman for a couple - the Civ 5 discount is a bit disappointing ($37.49).
 

Adam8281

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Haha, Steam must be getting hammered right now. I usually max out my 30 Mbps connection, and right now I'm getting ~70k. I was hoping Dragon Age would be finished downloading (23 GB) by the time I get back from Christmas dinner, but at this rate it won't be done by New Year's!
 

alfa147x

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Haha, Steam must be getting hammered right now. I usually max out my 30 Mbps connection, and right now I'm getting ~70k. I was hoping Dragon Age would be finished downloading (23 GB) by the time I get back from Christmas dinner, but at this rate it won't be done by New Year's!



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But it actually works. My DL For CS Source went from 50 hours to 30 mins last night :D
 

alfa147x

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I don't think I used the Ukraine server... But it was something else besides eastern USA
 

Gospel

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May 1, 2010
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Ukraine, Romania, and the Middle East have all been busts :<
Not a good time to download a 20+ gig game.
 

ImpulsE69

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So I finally broke down and was going to get Batman, however my CC kept declining and they are closed to try to force it through, then tried a gift card with the same issue. Guess thats the worlds way of telling me I don't need it.
 

Gospel

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So I finally broke down and was going to get Batman, however my CC kept declining and they are closed to try to force it through, then tried a gift card with the same issue. Guess thats the worlds way of telling me I don't need it.
I had the same problem with Steam declining my cards. Turns out I have to input all my information in capital letters or else it won't work.
 

mleejr

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It was definitely better speeds, but slowed down after half hour or so.

I'm surprised they don't allow (allow meaning option, please no flaming trolls) people to do something similar to bit torrent or, my suggestion, share files between steam accounts on the same lan. I have 2 kids with steam accounts and many times we all 3 get the same game. Seems stupid for steam to download the same files to all 3 of us separately.