If that's true, doesn't look like BIG deal to me, tbh. Maybe some Borderlands.
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I don't imagine that represents the whole sale. I hope not anyway.
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Hmm.. I wonder if steam is going to do anything about the leaker.
Either way, most won't care if it starts during date A, B or C.
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Sadly they can't know who is it... every developer/publisher have information when will be next sale :/
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Oh well... I do have any use for my keys anyway... pls gaben stop ;_;
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Damn, I wish it wasnt so far away. I'm ready for it now
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^This.
Lol Been waiting for bonus event cards upon crafting badges during a sale since winter's sale ended xD
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Not that excited since they removed flash deals, I wish they could do something new.
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Flash sales were nice, but they also sucked. Too many people just couldn't get the stuff they wanted because sleep/work/whatnot.
Burt I agree that adding something new and exciting would be a good idea. Last time I had actual fun during a sale was breaking Monster Summer Game.
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people used scripts/bots anyways so it kinda sucked for people who actually spent their time trying to get the last badge..
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you couldn't get the badge without scripts or bots. So that's not true
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i worked pretty hard to get the one before the last one (without scripts/bots), imagine my surprise when i saw almost 80% of my friendlist with the rank 1 badge -_- found out after the event was over that people had scripts and stuff
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Too bad you missed the script because in my opinion that was the best thing that could happen to this mini-game, seeing one thousand people cooperating with the script was just amazing. Even some Valve developpers were participating.
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I was one of the many people that participated using the script (although I joined in within the last two days), and let me tell you; a few hundred people in an IRC channel deciding when to join, what room number, and the like was something amazing. It was so lovely and organized, and everyone there was so extremely kind. If something like that happened again this year, I'd be ecstatic.
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Yes, exactly! By making the minigame 'exploitable' like that, Valve made for an entire community to form over those two weeks and we lived with that game! I remember having it on when I went to present my last programming assignment because I didn't want to leave people alone. And the identity people tied to the groups based on numbers... jsut wow.
#2 for life! :D
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I wound up sleeping a couple hours that night. From about 3, 4 am until about 7 because I wanted to be there as much as possible. The little inside jokes that wound up forming in such a short span of time, the optimistic feel as everyone was determined to get it done.. Oh man. I remember we did an 18-mil-jump on the last day.
R2 was also mine on the last day. 49659, and I'm still in those groups that were formed. Heck, I still have the comments on my profile from when people were posting their own profile links and we rushed 'em all. Quite fun.
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I did notice it only past halfway. But the script & the groups etc. made it pretty awesome.
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ffs ,can't people just keep a secret .
Some dumb asses out there.
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What's the point of something that happens annually being a secret?
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It was suggested in the past that Valve themselves leaked the dates to build up hype [since suddenly dumping it on people without any warning would detract from encouraging sales].
Of course, by this point, there's so many developers/publishers who theoretically have a reasonable idea of the sale date, that it's irrational to assume the date could be kept a secret.
But as far as the 'annually' bit, the start of the sale actually has had a one-month breadth between June 11th and July 13th in the past, so there is a reasonable amount of uncertainty toward the precise launch date each year.
I mean, until the inevitable 'leak'. :P
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Agreed, why does something like this need to be a surprise? Most of us assumed it would be some time in June anyway.
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We have some time to prepare, thanks for the heads up! ^^
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Seriously though, is there anything a Russian wouldn't leak on the internet? :D
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My birthday is June 22nd, so if that is the start date of the sale it will be perfect! I will be getting some Steam Wallets for my birthday, and that will mean copious amounts of spending!:)
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It really is!:) And it's not like a person that has their birthday just before or after Christmas (or ON Christmas) and they get their gifts split between the two celebrations (if they celebrate Christmas, that is).;)
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You know? You've been a pretty friendly person from what I've noticed. I'm going to add you to my Whitelist.:)
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Well that's very kind of you.
My birthday is on the 27th, but I'm not expecting any steam wallet. Luckily I've got some in the bank, hopefully my wishlist is swamped in mega discounts.
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You're welcome.:)
I am hopeful as well. I want NEO Scanvenger (for one) to go on MEGA sale.;)
If it's on sale during the Summer Sale, I would recommend you pick up Submerged. It is a beautiful game, and I had a lot of fun playing it. I have about 40 screenshots of it posted on my Profile, that is how much I enjoyed it. It also has Achievements and cards if you are interested in either of those things.:)
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This site predicted the date pretty well http://whenisthenextsteamsale.com.
Im quite surprised really.
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The same site said something different only yesterday.....
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Its always been June24 since months ago.
They havent changed anything...
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Yesterday it said 4,5 weeks, now it says 5 weeks. Not sure about the date though I think it said 18 or something.
Anyhow both too late, I need them NOW as I finally want to play Submerged after being patient so many months :)
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I'm curious what they'll have ;) A Witcher3 bundle/complete pack would be nice.
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just hoping they have special cards again this year, seems to be Summer and winter they have cards but every time the sale comes close I get nervous this year they'll exclude them..
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If they would exclude them I would have wasted so much time idling all the cards out of my games.
But well Valve makes so much money just from those special cards so I dont think that they will exclude them.
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I was talking about the special cards, like the summer or winter cards you get from completing badges, I always have a fear that steam will stop them, but you are right I have to suspect steam makes quite a bit of cash from those cards. Even at a few pennies per transaction it adds up super quick i'd imagine.. You have like 15 - 30k of them selling each day, times 8 - 10 of them. taking into consideration it's almost all profit as the items are digital....
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Don't worry there will be something.
Hopefully drops are tied to discovery queue like last time. Monster game was really inconsistent.
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23rd June? i thought it would be earlier like last year, 11th june i think
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I'm actually looking forward more to the Summer Sale Event than the sale itself lol
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It'd be nice if Valve did more events....with or without a sale attached :)
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I'm hoping for some kind of gem/sack influx actually :/ supplies are dwindling slowly and sack price continues to climb.
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Can't say I'm excited, since they removed daily and flash deals sales are bound to suck like they did the last time. I won't be surprised if I don't end up picking up a single game during the sale.
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9:45 seems like an unusual start time. Don't they usually do just about everything at 10?
I still believe it though.
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maybe I'll pressure some people into buying Age of Mythology to play with, other than that I'm waiting for exactly one game to be discounted/bundled: They Bleed Pixels :)
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Too late, I have prepared for early June
Pity :( my wallet was ready
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exactly the same date everyone was expecting for months..
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SUMMER sale is always in june/july. I don't get the point of this whole topic.
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Because some people are interested in details. If you're not, don't contribute.
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well the sales are always during the summer vacation where kids don't go to school and have tons of time to buy and play games so it's always starting on towards end of june and lasts till about mid july^^
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They do it every year to keep the hype up... it works only 1-2 days before the sale and it usually ends up being quite disappointing because of people expecting too much out of steam sales... so yeah, steam sales won't be anything special..... no price glitches probably (since flash sales are OUT FOR GOOD) and no hype factor when the sale hits and steam servers go back up... you'll just rush to buy the games you want and that's it. Nothing to make you keep on checking steam store every day....
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According to this article I just stumbled upon, a developer has leaked the Steam Summer Sale dates, and they are June 23rd through July 4th. Thought some of you might want to know. :)
http://www.dualshockers.com/2016/05/16/steam-summer-sale-dates-leak-prepare-your-wallets/
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