NEW STEAM DEALS!!!!

Deadbeat · 29 Dec 2009 at 09:56

I wish I could get cable at my place. It took me 3 months to get BT to give me the 8Mb my line's capable of, they were varying between 0.5-2Mb before then. No plans to unbundle my exchange, and certainly no need to lay cables - why the hell can't people in this stupid town be a little more aware of technology?

Still, as long as I don't dare access the web between 3 in the afternoon and midnight, I get better speeds than anyone else in my area, so I guess I should be thankful that I, at least, don't dribble into my metaphorical cereal when it comes to networking know-how.

dirtydog · 29 Dec 2009 at 10:12

Deadbeat said:
There are very few things I wouldn't pay 50p for, even if I knew they were terrible. I've never even heard of this game before, so I might as well give it a shot. After all, what's 59p? I'd feel ashamed giving that amount of money to a hobo.

Why would you pay anything for something which is terrible... now if there wasn't a demo I could see your point, but there is (and it's only small).

Gimpymoo · 29 Dec 2009 at 10:34

albert said:
....on my 50MB Virgin Broadband and 17 hours later , i think i may be able to play Burnout Paradise today

Evilsod said:
Strange, i'm getting 400-450kb/s on 8mb broadband.

dcs01 said:
Not sure if it has been mentioned before, but if you are getting a slow download speed then try switching the server you download from.

You can do this by going to: file > settings > downloads.

Just change the download region on this page, I tend to alternate between UK, USA and New Zealand (Sweden is also a good one to try) depending on the time in each of these areas - this sort of time (17:40), the UK server is obviously going to be quite busy, so just try another.

DampCat · 29 Dec 2009 at 10:37

Steam maxes mine out at 2,400kb/s every time. The only other thing that does that is Alt.Binz

badcompany · 29 Dec 2009 at 10:47

Originally Posted by dcs01
Not sure if it has been mentioned before, but if you are getting a slow download speed then try switching the server you download from.

You can do this by going to: file > settings > downloads.

Just change the download region on this page, I tend to alternate between UK, USA and New Zealand (Sweden is also a good one to try) depending on the time in each of these areas - this sort of time (17:40), the UK server is obviously going to be quite busy, so just try another.

cool switched to Sweden and jumped from 280kbs to 1.4Mbs

Jynmagic · 29 Dec 2009 at 10:48

Finally bought killing floor

. Also that bioshock deal is just too good to miss!!

SB118 · 29 Dec 2009 at 11:33

Orange box is on offer again for the 4 people that don't already have it.

Keltik THC · 29 Dec 2009 at 11:44

i've already spent far too much money on Steam over the past 4-5 weeks, im dreading paying my cc bill on the 1st.

But Burnout Paradise £5 and Killing Floor for £4 are very tempting.

I also completed Bioshock on the 360 when it was released but im tempted to play it in its full graphical glory on my PC - can someone confirm if its the PC version is a console port or not? i cant be bothered buying it if its another port.

physichull · 29 Dec 2009 at 11:50

Not much to be excited about today really. Come on CS:S.....get cheaper!!!!

Mr. Anderson · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:04

physichull said:
Not much to be excited about today really. Come on CS:S.....get cheaper!!!!

today doesn't start till 5pm

Teaf · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:04

Keltik THC said:
I also completed Bioshock on the 360 when it was released but im tempted to play it in its full graphical glory on my PC - can someone confirm if its the PC version is a console port or not? i cant be bothered buying it if its another port.

Don't think it's a console port, even if it is it has all the settings that should be there for a regular PC game and it's interface is not "consoley".

Jynmagic · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:07

SB118 said:
Orange box is on offer again for the 4 people that don't already have it.

I lol'd

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Teaf · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:08

I'm actually suprised Orange Box is selling so well, it's second in the sales charts.

SiD the Turtle · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:36

I assumed that everyone who has Steam already had the Orange Box!

_Gizka_ · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:39

I've just got Burnout Paradise, on top of Defense Grid, Dragon Age and Torchlight. Where am I going to get the time to play these :/

physichull · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:41

SiD the Turtle said:
I assumed that everyone who has Steam already had the Orange Box!

Pretty much. It ought to come as standard really shouldn't it.

Tolmekian · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:44

Tobes · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:45

I want Portal lol.

Buckster · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:46

Portal ? not heard of that one - link to a review ?

Deadbeat · 29 Dec 2009 at 12:53

I'd get the orange box, but the only thing I need it for is Portal. Right now it's cheaper to get the full box than to buy Portal on its own but I'm still hoping to get it cheaper - am I wrong in thinking the orange box only contains HL2, i.e. not HL, OF, BS etc?