Aaaaand I'm farming cards right now.I opened up IdleMaster Extended for the frist time in months. 104 games to idle, 401 cards to drop (and sell).
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Yeah, I've been using Firefox with uBlock Origin (and Adblock Plus before that) for so long on both my PCs and my phone (and my co-workers are the same obviously, and I also installed it for my PC-challenged relatives) that, at the rare times that I see the internet on a device without adblock I experience a bit of a culture shock.
Definitely. There's a value to having a greater degree of ownership of a game and a feature rich service around it, and it seems like that's still relevant enough for many, thankfully.
I'm in no rush and holding off on purchasing much more stuff on sale until closer to Jan 5th so I maximize the use of my card money. Already sitting on an extra 20% off for the next game I want to get
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Dysmantle is great, that's all.
When the time comes, kill the dogs first.Just started playing Dark Souls for the first time. Anything I should know? Guide, modding and such?
First thing I did after 10 minutes was to rebind the attack keys to X and Y buttons
You will understand.
I should farm cards.... but then I think about what it will do to my playtimes, including the almighty algorithm, and the weird side of my brain says "nope".
In other news.. the hdd that failed on me appear to now have settled on "just" 6520 bad sectors relocated. That's probably a very safe storage device to keep using
In other news.. the hdd that failed on me appear to now have settled on "just" 6520 bad sectors relocated. That's probably a very safe storage device to keep using
Digoman It turns out i'm the same regarding cards. I was thinking of getting into this idling business and then realised it would completely mess up my game times and "Most Recently Played" settings that i'm not really tempted by idling any more.
Is there a way to see what my likely cards are worth without idling for them and messing up my library?
Is there a way to see what my likely cards are worth without idling for them and messing up my library?
It can be done with a browser extension (I think with augmented steam) :
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Yeah, as curi0usBystander wrote, Augmented Steam has a button "Click here to calculate drops remaining" on the badges page (in the same panel with your level).
I have no idea if its accurate..
I tend to look at lifetime pricing and pick around 10% highs from the last few months. The default shows last month, and from what I’ve seen there are general ups and downs to card pricing to consider, and prices tend to trend downward a little around major sales, presumably due to more people having wallet credits and sellers compete to meet the demand.
This won’t be the quickest but you’ll get more in the long run. There are other factors to consider like whether a game was (or is rumored to be) bundled, but common sense gets you 99% of the way, e.g. the newer the game, the less owners it has, the more valuable its cards are. Also, prioritize anime games. The more niche, the better. Those go for silly money sometimes. If you get a foil on top that, you’ve hit the jackpot.
Wok is/was our resident market expert, and they'd probably offer better tips, but this has been my strat. There's an argument for getting complete sets from specific games and betting on getting good drops from that to sell, but there's an inherent risk there unless you do some deeper market research, which I personally find a little too much work.
For reference, I have close to 1000 games and around 150 euros in card sales. I was a little late to the game though, so most of the cards I got had depreciated in value already due to bundles, time, etc. I also rarely buy games day one, so I almost never get in when the getting is good so to speak. Not a huge number, but it's an easy way to passively get games cheaper. Once you've sold off your old stock, it's very low maintenance to manage new card drops.
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I had a craving for good old CRPG, so naturally, at 3am, I started the worst possible one, difficulty, complexity or length wise, Pathfinder Kingmaker !
So yeah, three hours later I found sleep with my first taste of it. Pretty great, CRPG as fuck, but you can see a mile ahead the difficulty spikes from hell that will force you to lower the difficulty or edit a save. They really went for a faithful adaptation of PF and first observation: it’s super dense on the tooltip front while still being not enough.
I want to continue playing right now, so it’s a good sign.
So yeah, three hours later I found sleep with my first taste of it. Pretty great, CRPG as fuck, but you can see a mile ahead the difficulty spikes from hell that will force you to lower the difficulty or edit a save. They really went for a faithful adaptation of PF and first observation: it’s super dense on the tooltip front while still being not enough.
I want to continue playing right now, so it’s a good sign.
I am at the end of my knowledge
I am trying to get Imperialism 1 working
On my Windows 10 64 gaming PC: runs a few minutes until it CTD's
On my Win7 64 media PC: CTD when setting the city or right after that
Windows XP Virtual machine on my Win7: doesn't even start, after installing it under WinXP, it just gives an error on startup that the program couldn't be started.
tried any and all comp mode settings on the exe
I am trying to get Imperialism 1 working
On my Windows 10 64 gaming PC: runs a few minutes until it CTD's
On my Win7 64 media PC: CTD when setting the city or right after that
Windows XP Virtual machine on my Win7: doesn't even start, after installing it under WinXP, it just gives an error on startup that the program couldn't be started.
tried any and all comp mode settings on the exe
Aaron D. is happily smiling somewhere.. again!
Kyougar I'd suggest having a look through the GOG forum thread. Some people have issues but some don't unfortunately.
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For old games i'd make sure that DirectX is installed properly, check if the game needs DirectPlay enabled in Windows Features, you've tried Compatibility, maybe try the High-DPI settings? People say it crashes frequently even when running well so make sure you save often.
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For old games i'd make sure that DirectX is installed properly, check if the game needs DirectPlay enabled in Windows Features, you've tried Compatibility, maybe try the High-DPI settings? People say it crashes frequently even when running well so make sure you save often.
Have you tried this?I am at the end of my knowledge
I am trying to get Imperialism 1 working
On my Windows 10 64 gaming PC: runs a few minutes until it CTD's
On my Win7 64 media PC: CTD when setting the city or right after that
Windows XP Virtual machine on my Win7: doesn't even start, after installing it under WinXP, it just gives an error on startup that the program couldn't be started.
tried any and all comp mode settings on the exe
Imperialism
Imperialism is a now freely-downloadable turn-based strategy game for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computers, developed by Frog City Software and published by Strategic Simulations ("SSI") in 1997. In Imperialism, the player is the ruler of a 19th-century Great Power (one of seven), and...
Also here is some info in the comments:
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Imperialism - In IMPERIALISM you rule one of the Great Powers in a world modeled on the real world of the nineteenth century. As the game begins, your country and the other Great Powers begin a period of rapid economic, military, and social advancement due to the onset of the Industrial Revolution.
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I have the GOG versionHave you tried this?
Imperialism
Imperialism is a now freely-downloadable turn-based strategy game for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh computers, developed by Frog City Software and published by Strategic Simulations ("SSI") in 1997. In Imperialism, the player is the ruler of a 19th-century Great Power (one of seven), and...imperialism.fandom.com
Gathered info from those pages to try out:
Don't install folder with spaces (Program Files etc.)
Windows Compatibility Mode - Windows 95
Smaller resolution for example 640x480
Direct Play feature install Windows 10
DirectX 9 install
VC++ libraries 32-bit (2013?)
Try with Virtual CD software
Exclude exe from Windows DEP
I had 800 cards to farm and had IdleMaster run turbo mode for 2 days to farm them all. Selling them was a nightmare but I made like $45 and was able to renew my FFXIV sub and buy some games during the sale so I'm not complaining lolI opened up IdleMaster Extended for the frist time in months. 104 games to idle, 401 cards to drop (and sell).
I should relist cards that I haven't gotten sold yet. But I haven't bothered with selling cards at all
Back to Dark Souls. It's damn hard everything is against you, even the walls. So I just die and lose a lot.
Back to Dark Souls. It's damn hard everything is against you, even the walls. So I just die and lose a lot.
Hey look it’s my #2 GOTY
Hey look it’s my #1 GOTY
Quick, someone play Northern Journey and we’ll have the podium wins sorted out.
I want them all, it just takes time selling them. It mostly just hurts that it takes time selling them and the increase in playtime.I’ll gladly take all the cards people don’t want.
lol no, money for more games is more important.
I could never idol cards as I’m too precious about my game-time stats.
Also, pro-tip for all you idlers out there: If you set your status under the Friends tab to Offline before you begin, you won’t spam them with notifications that constantly stack 5-high while they’re in-game.
Not that I noticed or anything.
Also, pro-tip for all you idlers out there: If you set your status under the Friends tab to Offline before you begin, you won’t spam them with notifications that constantly stack 5-high while they’re in-game.
Not that I noticed or anything.
Might not help, but it runs just fine via Linux/Wine... Interestingly, Linux is much better at running older Windows stuff than Windows itself.
pfft, Steam is about buying games and having the largest numbers on ones profile.lol no, money for more games is more important.
Heh, had a real world friend unfriend me because of that! I seriously assumed that everyone had turned of "person is playing" notifications. Thankfully the idler I'm using now automatically does it in an offline mode.
Maybe that one friend who loses internet connection every two minutes and keeps spamming his friend's list that he is playing Spellforce 3 deserves revenge.
Yeah, that's on them lol. I tend to go offline when idling (and tbf it's rare that I'm not set to invisible), but still.
Well, i did buy Shadow Empire last week and Northern Journey the other day so....Hey look it’s my #2 GOTY
Hey look it’s my #1 GOTY
Quick, someone play Northern Journey and we’ll have the podium wins sorted out.
I also picked up StarSector even though i'm sure i already bought it years ago. I've also downloaded Aurora 4x c# and i picked up Delta-V and some other space type games cheap on GOG and then ended up getting a couple of them again in this bundle.
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I always turn off all community notifications on Steam. I don't care when my Steam friends get online and what they play
Yeah Wine is always a good option for old stubborn games like that. You can even install it on Windows 10+ now using WSL2 (or so I've read).
I like the “Your Friend is playing…” pop up notifications.
I think it’s because I’m totally allergic to online multiplayer anything. Just not my thing.
So Friend status notifications is the closest I get to community connectivity while in game.
I also find it super interesting to see what people are up to with their game rotation and it’s led to some great discoveries.
I think it’s because I’m totally allergic to online multiplayer anything. Just not my thing.
So Friend status notifications is the closest I get to community connectivity while in game.
I also find it super interesting to see what people are up to with their game rotation and it’s led to some great discoveries.
Manually. I wish there was an automated way…
Using Augmented Steam's auto-listing can still be useful for cards whose value has completely bottomed out to get through them quickly, but for others I do it by hand. Take care not to choose sell immediately for X, which pretty much always lowballs you since it's based on buy orders.
I'd put on a podcast, have a nice cup of tea and just hunker down. Takes maybe an hour tops if you have several hundred, but that hour will then also get you a fair chunk of change.
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It's mechanical but it uses the "Scissor" type switch mechanism which is understandable as it's a low-profile or tablet-key board. It's more of a "business" or office type keyboard by the looks of it and those keys look like they'd be a total dog to try to remove without breaking the mechanism.So I'm looking at keycaps all of sudden on that mechanical keyboard site that was posted earlier. But actually researching, turns out that apparently my cherry keyboard keycaps shouldn't be removed.
It's Cherry Stream, I guess it's not a real big boy mechanical keyboard.
Normal Cherry and Cherry Compatible switches are taller and have a plus-sign stem which makes it easier to pry the caps off and replace them.
I like the notifications as well.
There's probably one or two people who annoyed me enough with their idling to turn their notifications off though
There's probably one or two people who annoyed me enough with their idling to turn their notifications off though
I have notifications for when people come online but not what theyre playing.
Ubisoft Quartz NFTs Have Made Less Than $700 USD Across 18 Sales Since Launch
Ubisoft Quartz, the game publisher and developer's venture into NFTs, has made less than $700 across 18 sales since its launch.
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Inscryption binged and beat. What a fun ride.
In terms of adblock on mobile, I have two things going on with my phone;
Though now I'm realizing I could have adblock on mobile Twitter, through Firefox with uBlock Origin... And then use the PWA install thing so I don't have to actually use Firefox as my main browser!
In terms of adblock on mobile, I have two things going on with my phone;
- Vivaldi with multiple levels of adblock, including a "script blocker" that usually hides ads without websites being privy.
- Rooting my phone so I have host-file adblock across literally every app. Sadly doesn't work on Twitter.
Though now I'm realizing I could have adblock on mobile Twitter, through Firefox with uBlock Origin... And then use the PWA install thing so I don't have to actually use Firefox as my main browser!
Ubisoft Quartz NFTs Have Made Less Than $700 USD Across 18 Sales Since Launch
Ubisoft Quartz, the game publisher and developer's venture into NFTs, has made less than $700 across 18 sales since its launch.
This is probably where all NFTs would sit if the people "minting" them weren't buying them themselves (through sockpuppets) in order to establish some inflated value.Ubisoft Quartz NFTs Have Made Less Than $700 USD Across 18 Sales Since Launch
Ubisoft Quartz, the game publisher and developer's venture into NFTs, has made less than $700 across 18 sales since its launch.
Some interesting games that released this year and you all may have missed out based on the games that I've purchased through this year. I'll write some short opinions on each one of them.
Kind of a cinematic platformer where you take control of a shipwrecked that wakes up in a strange country. It's clearly inspired by Out of This World/Another World, so if you liked that game it may be worth checking.
A relaxing city building game, the main focus is getting a higher score and unlocking new tile sets to use. It's chill and cheap, so worth of checking out.
Previously in early access, the game was completed this year. Just a glance in any of the trailers and screenshots and you can see that Team Ladybug was heavily inspired by Castlevania SotN, though I don't think Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is a metroidvania. You get new abilities through the game, though it's very linear but there are some minor areas you may want to revisit to find secrets.
Still worth checking it.
I decided to put both Toree games here as they are pretty similar. Short and cheap games focused on finishing the levels with the best time to get the highest grade.
It's similar to Mini Metro, it's very polished and there are daily and weekly challenges.
Do you want to manage your own idol agency, laugh because of stupid situations and feel the dread as your company is diving into bankruptcy? Look no more as Idol Manager is the perfect game for it! Jokes aside, the game is good though it could be nice to have an option to also manage a group of male idols.
Kind of a cinematic platformer where you take control of a shipwrecked that wakes up in a strange country. It's clearly inspired by Out of This World/Another World, so if you liked that game it may be worth checking.
A relaxing city building game, the main focus is getting a higher score and unlocking new tile sets to use. It's chill and cheap, so worth of checking out.
Previously in early access, the game was completed this year. Just a glance in any of the trailers and screenshots and you can see that Team Ladybug was heavily inspired by Castlevania SotN, though I don't think Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth is a metroidvania. You get new abilities through the game, though it's very linear but there are some minor areas you may want to revisit to find secrets.
Still worth checking it.
I decided to put both Toree games here as they are pretty similar. Short and cheap games focused on finishing the levels with the best time to get the highest grade.
It's similar to Mini Metro, it's very polished and there are daily and weekly challenges.
Do you want to manage your own idol agency, laugh because of stupid situations and feel the dread as your company is diving into bankruptcy? Look no more as Idol Manager is the perfect game for it! Jokes aside, the game is good though it could be nice to have an option to also manage a group of male idols.
Bought a few games including Psychonauts 2 as im in the mood for a light hearted non-serious fun game after the bleak harsh survival death by starvation Rimworld.
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New bundle. I happily paid a $1 for Virgo versus the Zodiac. Seems charming enough. But there is some other near picks in there also.
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