VC-F Steam Community

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Originally Posted by noobers

The new item drop system rolls to decide when you will receive an item (from 15 to about 80 minutes), ensuring that you don't go too long without receiving an item. There's an item cap for every week, though, that resets every Wednesday/Thursday.

I got two items in 2.5 hours of play, so that sounds about right.

EDIT: Kiwi, I can't find you. Steam has a really terrible person search.

[PoisonRamune]

Originally Posted by Kiwi the Tortoise

Ok...
KiwitheTortoise is now on steam.

I didn't buy anything thus far though & am therefore unable to add friends myself.
I downloaded Alien Swarm though, even though it seems to crash when I start an offline training mission. Does anybody have the same problem?

Yes, are you running an ATI video card?

[Ouenben]

I'm running ATI video card but no problems running alien swarm.

Sadly it doesn't support twin sticks on controllers yet had it all set up to go on my xbox 360 controller but then realised i couldnt aim!

[Kiwi the Tortoise]

Originally Posted by PoisonRamune

Yes, are you running an ATI video card?

Nope, got a Nvidia-card.

[Tides of Chaos]

When's the next TF2 night? I didn't get to go to the 1st two and would love to play some TF2 with all you guys. What was the participation like last time? Were there like 5 of us? 8 of us? 15 of us?

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

At most I think there were three of us.

[Spore]

I don't think we've ever properly coordinated anything. GH is good with that.

[MasterGH]

Last time was a bit of a failure, but as Spore pointed out we didn't really get things very organized, mostly because of time uncertainty. So, let's try again and see if we can do a better job.

First, what day/time generally works out best for everyone? I'm GMT +10 and generally free for any time on my weekends (9AM Saturday is 7PM Friday in NA Eastern time). Unfortunately, I think I might be busy next Sunday (August 1st). It'd be great if everyone else could try to anticipate when they will be available in the next few weeks.

The other thing that made TF2 tricky was the lack of a designated server. We either need to borrow one that we'd all definitely use or get a list together of a few that we could switch between depending on the player count and such. Since it'd be best to use something based in NA, I'd appreciate it if one of you guys could handle this before we next try.

I know we have some people here who might prefer to play something different to TF2 (or might not even have it), so perhaps this time we could consider some other games so they're not bored if everyone else is TF2ing. While not Maccable, Alien Swarm is quite a bit of fun and has the advantage of needing (at most) only four players. A fair few people ended up getting Killing Floor (which again doesn't need a lot of people) and we've always got the lovely Altitude. Remember, the ability to use the in-game interface in non-Steam titles means other (free/multiplatform) games are fine, too, so suggest away!

[Tides of Chaos]

I live in CST (central time zone) and all day on weekends are generally good and afternoons/evenings are best for weekdays except for Monday & Friday. (although during summer I am technically available during the day too for weekdays). I'm guessing we'll probably settle on Saturday or Sunday mornings to accommodate people not in North America which is fine with me.

As for servers, not sure what to do there. I don't know any people personally I could borrow a server from or anything. We may end up having to have the first person on pick an empty server and we all just join them or something.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Originally Posted by MasterGH

I know we have some people here who might prefer to play something different to TF2 (or might not even have it), so perhaps this time we could consider some other games so they're not bored if everyone else is TF2ing. While not Maccable, Alien Swarm is quite a bit of fun and has the advantage of needing (at most) only four players. A fair few people ended up getting Killing Floor (which again doesn't need a lot of people) and we've always got the lovely Altitude. Remember, the ability to use the in-game interface in non-Steam titles means other (free/multiplatform) games are fine, too, so suggest away!

Folks who don't want to play TF2 on TF2 night can not-attend TF2 or can pick their own games to play / play whatever we want. If we designate an official alternative, I worry that some people will say "whatevah, I like that game better / I'm more into that game right now" and play it instead even when they might normally be up for TF2.

We want as many people who own / care about playing TF2 playing TF2 at the same time.

[Bades]

TF2 is fine with me. I'm from NA but still rather new with Steam so would you guys need me to host a server, and if so how would I got about doing that.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Great deals on Borderlands right now!

Is anyone else picking up that Buckets of Blood cutesy 3rd person shooter game for less than the price of a large fries?

[PoisonRamune]

I got BoB when it was on sale last year... If you get it, I'll be sure to fire it up some time.

[Spore]

I got it last year too and played it for about 2 minutes. I wonder, does it have multiplayer yet? Oh, and I probably will have to spring on that Borderlands deal soon. I gotta see if I can get some others interested in the 30 dollar 4 pack.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

I read that it does have multiplayer, which might make it worth it... but if it can't hold Spore's interest, then...?

[PoisonRamune]

Single player only as I remember.. I just wanted a reason to start this.

[Tull]

Steam Community :: ID :: phoeone

been playing Railroad Tycoon II Platinum last week, but it dont add played time

[Tull]

added all in vc-f group


CivV is on my HDD, excited!

[Spore]

Originally Posted by Tull

added all in vc-f group


CivV is on my HDD, excited!

Tell me how it is. I've been fooling around in the demo.

[Tull]

Been playing it the whole weekend: Got to Alpha Centauri in 1991 on Chieftain and a Domination in 2020 on warlord
Its a good game in the Civ series; a step up from civ rev and one down from 3 (remember 3 best : - )

i like;
streamlined, icons tell me what i should check and "next turn" button comes after pushing unit ready/have made city production
the non stackable units system and bombard witch makes artillery and planes feel useful
policies witch add bonuses

does not;
less micro managing/tweaking, city'es and cash for entertainment/research and such

[Spore]

I played through the demo for Civ 5 and thought it was amazing. I must have it.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Damn, so I got And Yet It Moves this week as part of that non-Steam pay what you want deal, and now it's bundled with the indie deal for today. Five games for five bucks.

The problem is... the only two games in the bundle (other than AYIM) that I care about are Gish and Recettear, and they're the only non-Mac games in there.

I wonder if it's worth the $5 to buy the bundle and just hope they eventually become Maccable...

EDIT: Apparently I already have a Maccable non-Steam Gish from a previous sale somewhere, so this would really be all about Recettear eventually being playable on Mac. Alas.

[link64]

Originally Posted by Jogurt the Yogurt

Damn, so I got And Yet It Moves this week as part of that non-Steam pay what you want deal, and now it's bundled with the indie deal for today. Five games for five bucks.

The problem is... the only two games in the bundle (other than AYIM) are Gish and Recettear, and they're the only non-Mac games in there.

I wonder if it's worth the $5 to buy the bundle and just hope they eventually become Maccable...

Can you not gift the games individually if so you could always trade games with someone.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Since the beginning of the ongoing forum reorganization, we now have a new VC-F logo (it's basically the same as the old logo but without the "Wii" in the background). Whoever is able to administer our little Steam group should whip up a new group picture based on this logo!

[Tides of Chaos]

Originally Posted by Jogurt the Yogurt

Since the beginning of the ongoing forum reorganization, we now have a new VC-F logo (it's basically the same as the old logo but without the "Wii" in the background). Whoever is able to administer our little Steam group should whip up a new group picture based on this logo!

Huh? I thought you should have that ability. The administrators from what I can see are Spore, you, and MasterGH.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

Originally Posted by Tides of Chaos

Huh? I thought you should have that ability. The administrators from what I can see are Spore, you, and MasterGH.

That's what I thought, too, but I tried before (when the group was initially created) and I couldn't do anything with it.

[Clayfrd]

Hmm, I'm definitely a member of this group, but I don't see myself on post 1. My Steam ID is clayfrd, but my display name is Nixon Corral. I fancy myself a damn fine Spy in TF2, but I'll let you be the judge should you play with me. Add me to that list, there, Tides.

Oh, and as I mentioned in the 2011 thread in general, we should really inject some more life into this group. I'd be happy to help organize games if there's enough interest.

[Tides of Chaos]

Whoah, there's a list like that in the first post? Haha, did I really make that? Must have forgotten...anyway, I've added you Clayfrd.

[MerlinDrazziw]

Just made an account on Steam and purchased the Orange box on my new
MacBook Pro. ID is same as my nickname here. As I'm new to Steam, I
still have to check out the other features.

[Turai]

The humble bundle kinda forced me to actually use steam a bit so I thought I'd add myself here, user name is Turai like always.

Added a few of you already, will add more later.

[pdRydia]

Guess I never put down my username here. I'm pdSlooper.

[Tides of Chaos]

Updated the first post with a slightly different layout and hopefully all members with Steam...although I'm sure I'm forgetting some.


Also, I thought our forums had that edited symbol glitch fixed (when stuff like % is used) and that we had obtained strike-through text earlier in the year as well. Or did I dream that?

[Dr. V]

My name on steam: Dr. V ( I know, big surprise )

[pdRydia]

Originally Posted by Tides of Chaos

Also, I thought our forums had that edited symbol glitch fixed (when stuff like % is used) and that we had obtained strike-through text earlier in the year as well. Or did I dream that?

Strikethrough can be obtained by using (x) (/x) coding (use square brackets instead of parenthesis. As for the symbol glitch, that's not fixed, but if you go into advanced view in editing, it shouldn't be an issue.

[SlurmNator]

Originally Posted by Dr. V

My name on steam: Dr. V ( I know, big surprise )

[Yossarian]

My name on Steam is SeveredJoke.