Why are so many popping up right now?

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Yeah, I was wondering too

12 years ago
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Probably ign prime or something like that.

12 years ago
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wasnt it a virus named tom?

12 years ago
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I think Tom must have attacked IGN to make it exploitable again.

12 years ago
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i think that for people that purchased the key with indie royale bundle now has steam key too..

12 years ago
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But Valley Without Wind was never on Indie Royale

12 years ago
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Apparently the devs are giving them away but I'd really like to know in which context... I've been looking for this game forever and I missed the damn sale last month... Argh...

12 years ago
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Where? I want a copy D:

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Well if I knew I'd be playing it right now...

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:C

Same here mate, same here.. Want.

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If there was a dev giveaway, surely their site, facebook, twitter or forums would have something about it. Arcen Games is an US-based studio and the guy giving lots of copies is from Ukraine.

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Taken from their blog, about the recent PAX Prime event:

"As noted in the trailer below, A Valley Without Wind will be playable. There may be some new artwork stuff to showoff there as well. I'll be chatting up the Ancient Shadows expansion with those who want to talk about it, but I doubt anyone would get much out of a short floor demo for a game like AI War. We're also planning some giveaways of our titles both on-sight and online; plus we may have something else to debut. Not sure yet, we'll see."

Source

12 years ago
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bullshit

12 years ago
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Where do they come from then?

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Where are these coming from?

12 years ago
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Maybe there was a reddit giveaway? I almost never visit reddit myself, but I know that sometimes devs give away keys there (Faerie Solitaire was on there before the huge giveaway here).

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I checked. If it's by the dev, it's not on reddit.

12 years ago
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They're about to release a major update apparently, so they're probably trying to create some buzz around the game again. I really wish I knew where these keys come from though....

12 years ago
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So nobody knows?

12 years ago
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I don't really care,as long as I get my %10 from them.

12 years ago
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From the comments, devs gave away some keys.

12 years ago
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its not the devs.

12 years ago
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Then "someone" gave the gifters some keys, but I don't know who.

12 years ago
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I've been curious about this too. Huh. Looks like an interesting game.

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hi pretty girl

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Do you two actually talk to each other (maybe you have some little friendly rapport I'm unaware of) or are you just one of those losers who starts fawning over every girl they see online because they're pathetic and haven't spent enough time outside to gain any real social skills? Do you honestly expect that to get you somewhere with a girl in some way? I mean if someone did that to me I'd instantly think they were a moron and laugh in their face, but maybe I'm missing something.

Go outside and say that to every girl you see and see where that gets you.

TL;DR - you're an idiot

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Gets you outside and talking to girls instead of at home overreacting to anonymous comments on the internet.

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As a girl, it gets a little old. If you had to deal with it you'd probably get a bit tired of it too.

I honestly don't care that much, I'm just genuinely baffled as to how people think that's supposed to work in some way. It's rather pathetic.

12 years ago
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Hello cute rainbow bunny. Bet that you don't get that often.

12 years ago
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Hello there.

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You're spooooooooooooooooky.

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I've been wondering about this too... It looks interesting, but it's not on GOG or available retail, so I can't buy it.

12 years ago
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It's on Steam..

12 years ago
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If you're not keen on getting it from Steam then try from Desura.

12 years ago
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Never used Desura before, though I have a lot of games from the HIBs I could claim there... I'll consider it.

12 years ago
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It is also available direct from the dev. http://www.arcengames.com/w/index.php/arcen-store

You get a key that will make the demo turn into the full version (can be done offline, to play together every person must have a different key)

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It's just because recently the retail keys became steam redeemable.

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So... basically, piracy and I should treat it like we treated Legend of Grimrock, where people abused it by giving the Steam key and taking the DRM-free version for themselves?

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Heads up: same thing with Faster Than Light, if you buy direct from the dev you get DRM Free + Steam Key.

12 years ago
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Yeah, I'm aware of that one too, thanks.

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I think pretty much all keys can be considered exploited. From what I understand you only get the demo from Steam, which is unlocked with a key. The key doesn't act as a real DRM though, you can pretty much enter any key as long as it's in the correct format. The devs only use them to keep track of their sale numbers but there is no online verification or whatever.

Maybe someone could confirm... I read something about this on the official game forum, the devs were explaining that the game wasn't on GOG because of these keys, despite the fact that the game was pretty much DRM free. You might want to contact the devs directly to sort this out though...

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Yeah. There is also a keygen around, which I assume creates keys which can now be activated on Steam.

Could be bad news for people who have unknowingly activated a scammy key if and when these fake keys are purged.

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Well, if the developers are smart, they'd release only a few hundred keys to third-party distributors (and Steam) as needed, making it extremely unlikely for people to generate "legitimate" keys (though they would still be able to unlock the demo).

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You would think this would be the case, but AI War by the same developers also reportedly had a keygen which worked on Steam. For whatever reason, these guys are not having much luck against piracy :(

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I thought that happened a couple weeks ago? If it did it just seems odd that they're all being given away now, weeks after the fact.

I could be wrong though.

12 years ago
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don't enter, they are exploited.

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why are you giving them then?

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lolwat

12 years ago
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Wow he wasn't kidding XD

12 years ago
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HE DOESN'T WANT US TO FIND OUT!!!!

12 years ago
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he give away 3 key and now cry - ITS exploited! ALL RUN!!!!!!!1

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My head a splode.

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Haha. Those damned exploiters, eh? After the whole Guns of Icarus beta key farce, you wouldn't think they could stoop any lower.

You stick it to them, Jossy :D

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Every single one of your giveaways is something considered "exploited" in some way or another...

Oh hypocrites, you so funny.

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Haha

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HUEHUEHUEHUEHUEBRBR

12 years ago
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hmmmmm

12 years ago
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lol i started doing it giving away the keys the developer gave me some so i gave away then i guess people asked for it too and thats howt he giveaways kept going i thought it was my fault D:

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Saying "people are giving away exploited keys because I did first" is absolutely ridiculous logic. If there are means of getting free Steam keys and getting contributor value for giving them away, people will be giving them away regardless of who else is.

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well you see i got the keys at first and gave them away but i saw more people doing it after so

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So what you're saying is you think people saw you giving keys away and all started doing it because of you?

Hahahaha, you're funny.

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Sweety he said "giving away the keys the developer gave me". Ask him bout that first ;)

12 years ago
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Ah, good point.

PuerSushi, tell us more about these keys from the Devs :D

12 years ago
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Trawled all over the internet and can't find anything, o.o; secret underground keygen

12 years ago
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you and me both SFK

12 years ago
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Need jossyhadash to explain it to us, if they are exploited, knowing how they are exploited (proving they are) can mean we can put it on the exploited list asap

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The keys are not used as DRM, you can enter any key as long as its the correct format and unlock the full game on Steam from the demo (apparently). I explained with more details in another post, scroll up if you dare.

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Hmmmmmm, can't seem to figure it out :P

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It sounds like people that bought the game on the company's official website and thus own the DRM-free versions just got their steam keys, as promised a while back.

Whether or not giving them away is against the rules is up to the developer that gave them the keys, and if there is nothing from them against doing so, then it is legitimate and people need to stop complaining. Hell, for all we know, the developers outright said "If you don't want it on Steam, then just give it to your friend." If there was any limitation given by the developers, it was seemingly given in private only to the people that got the Steam keys.

I've only seen a few giveaways for AVWW so I don't know why people are getting their panties in a knot.

That all being said, after further investigation, I did find some people talking about a supposed keygen. From what I read, people either couldn't find it or couldn't get the one they found to run. Chances are it was malicious and not an actual keygen. If it was legitimate, then it looked like it was not for the Steam version of the game, but the DRM-free version.

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Unnatural public spike without an accompanying sale somewhere to give it a reason.

12 years ago
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Hrm.
This thread on the official forums says quote: "As of August 29th, 2012, AVWW keys purchased from a non-steam source are successfully registering on steam!"

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But if you look at the spike, there is an odd fluctuation in the last 1 day

12 years ago
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It is a keygen exploit. I can confirm this with the admins if they want to know how.

12 years ago
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bingo, ho ho ho ho.

12 years ago
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I gived away one.
Throught i demand Contributor value from 15$ to 10$

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I contacted the devs and got this as a reply.

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I hope these people are not passing themselves off as steamgifts staff to get free stuff...

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My thoughts exactly

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+1, which is why I replied to him asking that. I also suggested that they should make a developer giveaway instead of giving random people keys to giveaway. Here's what I got as a reply to that.

12 years ago
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Oh boy... how low can you go...

12 years ago
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It's a shame one of them decided he's willing to sell some of those :/

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I have 3 copies of game !Giveaway lets roll

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And where did you get these keys from? hmm?

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Looks like we got an answer. Image

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I'm sure he just purchased a thousand copies to generously donate to SG. What a guy!

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I made a little reasearch on internet and found this thing. Image

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o wow

12 years ago
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Unrelated thread post is unrelated.

12 years ago
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You should blur out the link in that pic so more people don't exploit keys.

12 years ago
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Does this keygen really work O.o

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THE DEVELOPERS GAVE SOME PEOPLE ALOT OF COPIES LEARN TO READ ITS NOT A KEYGEN AND NONE GAVE A 1$ FOR THE KEYS SO SILENCE!

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YAY I TYPING IN CAPS IS SO COOL! LOOK AT ME MA!

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lol! me a rebel

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WHAT? YOU DONT LIKE CAPS!?AND WTF DO YOU MEAN WITH MA?

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It is a keygen. The devs dont put out hundreds of copies to a single person just because he bought the game...

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i can confirm that it's a keygen i've searched for some info too.

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http://i.imgur.com/xzolK.jpg
the devs themselves pretty much said they did not give it out.

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This question has obviously been answered already. This thread is just giving people material to get those keys.
Also,

All AVWW giveaways are now considered exploited, unless proven otherwise. Suspensions and everything included.

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Closed 12 years ago by KillerJuan77.