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    Steam Sale Commemoration Sleeping Dogs Giveaway

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by hfm, Jan 5, 2013.

  1. hfm

    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    EDIT: IT'S OVER!!!

    OK, So the grand prize:
    Sleeping Dogs + Torchlight II
    d20 roll: 6 | Winner: hulawafu77

    Now, there's 3 other Torchlight II keys:
    Winners:
    d20 roll: 4 | Winner: miro_gt
    d20 roll: 3 | Winner: splinter22prime
    d20 roll: 20 | NO WINNER
    d20 roll: 4 | NO WINNER
    d20 roll: 14 | hakira

    Jesus, thank Odin I wasn't actually playing trying to hit something, those were some crappy rolls admidst one awesome roll. :)

    ---- ORIG -----

    I just noticed Sleeping Dogs was on this ridiculous 91% off sale, so I bought one key to gift. I might also throw in a key for some other surprise random stuff.

    Rules: Post here, anything, you can feel free to talk about your steam sale haul this holiday, but your account must have been created no later than Nov 2012.

    At 9PM EST I will take all entries and roll some multi-sided die to select a winner.
     
  2. killkenny1

    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    I think they've had their numbers mixed up again. It shows -66% for me.
    Anyway, I would probably get it. Oh how I hate it when they go aggro on some quality games...
     
  3. JazzyJag

    JazzyJag Newbie

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    I would sure like a copy of that game. I have Samsung Series 7 Chronos NP700Z7C-S01US it should i would hope be able to run that game without a problem. Although i just got it back from Samsung cause they had to put a new motherboard into it and for some reason it has been running hot even just having this one page open the fans are going and its temp is 75c and that seems way to hot for nothng running. oh well
     
  4. Chazy90

    Chazy90 Notebook Evangelist

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    It was a bug, they fixed it now. ;)
     
  5. miro_gt

    miro_gt Notebook Deity

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    my haul - everything that I would like to get is still expensive, and anything that is so old but still good is still not free to play (like Age of Empires 2)
     
  6. Qing Dao

    Qing Dao Notebook Deity

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    My Steam haul was nothing this holiday season! I got a couple of free games from other people though, including the Metro 2033 giveaway. I would love this game!
     
  7. Zymphad

    Zymphad Zymphad

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    Hmm Steam Sale, actually mine is weird since I didn't buy anything on Steam, but it's all activated on Steam.

    Spec Ops (US, I had Russian and pain in the butt and plan on doing co-op) for $2.49 on Amazon.
    The Darkness 2 $4.99, which also came with Duke Nukem and Borderlands GOTY.
    - I did a giveaway on Duke and Borderlands
    The Humble Bundle (I wanted Dungeon Defenders and The Cave)
    - Gave away the rest of the games. Most notable would be Legend of Grimrock and Shank 2
    Dead Island GOTY $5.69 on Amazon. Friend and I are co-oping it.

    So yeah, would love to get a copy of Sleeping Dogs.
    - I'm planning on getting Darksiders 2 package and giveaway Darksiders 1.
     
  8. jaug1337

    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    my steam haul was basically ac3 getting cheap so I could purchase it for my steam acc.. but no -.- same story with dishonered
     
  9. RollzRoyce

    RollzRoyce Notebook Enthusiast

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    Forced myself not to buy anything during the steam sell since I already have a huge backlog. Wouldn't mind adding sleeping dogs to the list though.
     
  10. Prolixious

    Prolixious Notebook Deity

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    I had a decent haul, because the Christmas sale is the first sale on which I've bought anything from Steam/GOG/.
     
  11. moviemarketing

    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    I managed to exercise some restraint and didn't buy too many games this time:

    Galactic Civilizations 2
    Some DLC for Sniper Elite V2
    Zeno Clash
    The Bard's Tale

    Was planning to buy CS:GO, but I kept missing it when it was $7.49 - oh well!
     
  12. Diablo

    Diablo Metalhead

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    but its 7.49 now...>_>

    My haul this year:
    Sleeping Dogs when it was at the bugged price.
    Darksiders franchise from Amazon - $8.20 (already had darksiders previously, but with all dlc's for darksiders 2, i couldn't pass it up)
    Borderlands 2 & season pass: ~$32 bucks when it was on sale from GMG
    Hitman: Absolution for $20 on sale from Amazon
     
  13. MotionPictures

    MotionPictures Notebook Consultant

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    I want to win! I had pretty relaxing holiday. But hate going back to school.
     
  14. sasuke256

    sasuke256 Notebook Deity

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    got metro 2033 in it, a well designed game, but incredibly hungry in terms of GPU Power :D
     
  15. Zymphad

    Zymphad Zymphad

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    Just turn off things that don't matter like Tessellation, DOF and Blur.
     
  16. hakira

    hakira <3 xkcd

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    Only bought civ 5 G&K expansion on sale, nothing else really interested me (or I have it already).
     
  17. PatchySan

    PatchySan Om Noms Kit Kat

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    This looks interesting, but then I remembered my gaming rig is broken today so Hearst is a sad panda.

    But I give kudos to hfm for the generous giveaway, unlike a certain someone I know who shall remain anonymous... that meanie.
     
  18. Chazy90

    Chazy90 Notebook Evangelist

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    Great giveaway!

    I'mt not entering as I already finished the game and also on the last two sales I bought a lot of games...In the last a bit over 3 months over 230 games on steam and origin. :D
     
  19. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    I'd love to get in on Sleeping Dogs - I'm fascinated by the fact that it's set in Hong Kong (though mainland China would be more interesting to me).

    My Steam haul was STALKER: Clear Sky to complete my STALKER collection and Batman: Arkham Asylum, both in gifts until I choose to give/trade/play them.

    I also got the D&D bundle and A New Beginning on GOG this season. Anything else? I don't think so.
     
  20. daver160

    daver160 Notebook Deity

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    Part of my Steam haul was Terraria.... Oops, there goes all free time I had left in my life...
     
  21. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    I bought it for $2.50 in mid-December 2011 and my gametime was somewhere around 160 hours when I forced myself to uninstall it and delete all of my save information in mid-January 2012.
     
  22. hfm

    hfm Notebook Prophet

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    Everyone that made a post and did not explicitly say they were not entering is in.
    The secret surprise mentioned is that I bought a Torchlight 2 4-pack to give away!

    OK, So the grand prize:
    Sleeping Dogs + Torchlight II
    d20 roll: 6 | Winner: hulawafu77

    Now, there's 3 other Torchlight II keys:
    Winners:
    d20 roll: 4 | Winner: miro_gt
    d20 roll: 3 | Winner: splinter22prime
    d20 roll: 20 | NO WINNER
    d20 roll: 4 | NO WINNER
    d20 roll: 14 | hakira

    Jesus, thank Odin I wasn't actually playing trying to hit something, those were some crappy rolls admidst one awesome roll. :)

    Thanks everyone, PM's incoming.
     
  23. miro_gt

    miro_gt Notebook Deity

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    looks like I won :D

    many thanks
     
  24. Prydeless

    Prydeless Stupid is

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    Congratulations winners!

    Thanks for another awesome giveaway hfm!
     
  25. Silverfern

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    ooo i would love torch light 2
     
  26. Fat Dragon

    Fat Dragon Just this guy, you know?

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    Man, hulawafu77 has cashed in this holiday season - that makes Borderlands 2, Sleeping Dogs, Torchlight II, and the GOG Belated Halloween Bundle by my count...

    Congrats to the winners.
     
  27. Qing Dao

    Qing Dao Notebook Deity

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    So lucky!!!!
     
  28. Chazy90

    Chazy90 Notebook Evangelist

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    hulawafu77 you lucky :D

    Torchlight 2 is indeed quite a surprise for me and as I already own Sleeping Dogs but nut also Torchlight 2, it's very welcome to my library. :D
    +rep
     
  29. miro_gt

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    hulawafu77 gave me Borderlands 1 a week ago, so give a little - receive a bunch :)