Steam Discussion/Account Sharing Thread

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This is the Steam thread! Discussion of daily deals, sales, account sharing, etc goes in here.

What is Steam?
If you've been living under a rock for the last 10 years and don't know, Steam is a digital distribution service created by Valve [makers of Half-Life/Portal/Team Fortress/Left 4 Dead/etc] that specializes in PC games. You buy a game once and can then play that game on any computer that account is logged in on.
It supports Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (OS X and Linux currently have much smaller game libraries than Windows though support is growing!) as well as Valve's own Steam OS which is essentially just a Ubuntu fork.

Why is it so popular?
Steam is known for its deep discounts and crazy sales (the biggest and most popular ones being the Summer Sale and Winter Sale) that result in most of its game catalog being incredibly cheap. You can frequently buy games for $5-$10 or so that would normally cost around $30-$50, for example. These sales result in people buying a crazy amount of games because they're so inexpensive.
Because of this, it's completely normal to see people who own hundreds of games yet have enormous backlogs of games that they've never played because the sales were too good. (As of the writing of this post, I own 662 games on Steam but have never played 602 of them, ahahaha)

In short, Steam offers a really good value for the money and just happens to be the most convenient DD service for PC games.

Where do I get it?
http://store.steampowered.com/
Click the green Install Steam button at the top right of the page and go from there. You'll need to make an account, of course.

How do I see how much time I've been wasting on games?
https://steamdb.info/calculator/
Enter your profile info in the search box and it'll spit out a readout of your playtime divided between games, etc.

Who else has Steam here?
Dazz - http://steamcommunity.com/id/tSRDazz
Drshnaps - http://steamcommunity.com/id/drshnaps
Eno - http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197965592273
EpicEbilninja - http://steamcommunity.com/id/ebilninja
Keychain - http://steamcommunity.com/id/ikey/
Neweegee - http://steamcommunity.com/id/Neweegee/
Omega - http://steamcommunity.com/id/pixeltendo/
Omnikariz - http://steamcommunity.com/id/Omnikariz/
Psychospacecow - http://steamcommunity.com/id/psychospacecow
puggsoy - http://steamcommunity.com/id/puggsoy/
Random Talking Bush - http://steamcommunity.com/id/randomtbush
Rystar - http://steamcommunity.com/id/sonikmetro
Sevenstitch - http://steamcommunity.com/id/KingsCorners/
ShadeDBZ - http://steamcommunity.com/id/ShadeDBZ/
recme - http://steamcommunity.com/id/recolorme/
eureka - http://steamcommunity.com/id/ultimate_xeallar/
Hiynastrike - http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198071080821/
Skyla Doragono - http://steamcommunity.com/id/SkylaDoragono
Gatete - https://steamcommunity.com/id/TFGatete
Twister - http://steamcommunity.com/id/Adrenochrome750
Hiro-sofT - http://steamcommunity.com/id/hiro_soft
Gors - http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198067041027/

There is also an official tVGR group which can be found here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tvgr

SUMMER SALE 2014 IS OVER

PRAISE GABEN, THE SALE IS UPON US


Remember:

• Put the games you want on your wishlist so you remember them!
  
• Don't buy anything unless it's on daily/flash/community choice sale since those prices are cheaper than the normal sale prices.
  
• Once the last day (June 30th) hits, go and buy everything you want that wasn't in daily/flash/community sales.
  
• Don't forget to vote to get cards, and don't forget to craft badges.
  

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I'M READY FOR TOMORROW'S CRAFTING

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