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Two Questions (re: an extra game and Dota 2)

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Dronak

I noticed a couple of additions to my Steam account recently and am not completely sure why they happened. I thought maybe someone here could explain them, or confirm my suspicions about them.

1) I now have a tradable copy of BIT.TRIP BEAT in my inventory. I'm guessing it's because I bought the Humble Bundle for Android 3, which includes this game, and I already owned it. However, I didn't think I was supposed to get a second copy -- I didn't for Uplink (the other game in the bundle I already owned). But if it's not a spare from the bundle for some reason, where did it come from?

2) I saw news about a Dota 2 spectator/viewer thing, and when to check it out. It lead to the store page for Dota 2 where it said I already own the game. However, I don't see it in my game list and don't remember getting it anywhere else. I did start the beta request survey, but didn't finish it because it asked for Dota experience and I don't have any. I thought this might be a free weekend game, but haven't seen any announcements like that. So does anyone know why Steam says I own Dota 2 when I don't think I should, and will it be going away soon like I think it will?

Thanks for your help.

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cats

1 .All games from the potato bundle stacked so that is why you get an extra from indie bundles

List of games you can get extra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potato_Sack
1 from the bundle and 1 extra from indie keys

DOTA 2 is going to F2P and they probably already sent you an invite via email or something

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Dronak

  1. Oh, so I had the right idea, but the wrong bundle. When I bought the Potato Sack Reunion bundle, it gave me extras of games I owned at the time, so I knew extras were possible. But I didn't realize it would also give extra copies if I bought games from it in indie bundles after that. That's a nice surprise. Thanks for the clarification.

  2. I think I did hear that Dota 2 would be free-to-play, but I don't remember getting an invitation to it from anywhere. If it did come by e-mail, it must have gone to spam and I guess I deleted it without realizing what it was. It's not too big of a deal, but I was curious about it. Thanks.

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AnarkyAndKaos

You don't have access to DOTA 2 yet. Everyone got access to spectator only version this weekend. Looks like you got it but when you launch all you can do is watch others play. Gaben is trolling.

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Dronak

That would make a lot more sense, thanks. I guess I expected the spectator version to be a separate game/install, not the Dota 2 game in some limited version. Maybe it's easier for them just to limit the main game though than to create some separate viewing-only version.

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