now i understand why my count dropped around 50 games
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Yes, Zonitron & their aliases all removed (173 games in total).
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Good decision? Yes. But bad way again. Everything that works on base of the API gets corrupted (Steamgifts, ITAD, barter etc.).
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no effect on barter, provided you use edit to add appids from your account.
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Thanks, haven't noticed yet that one could even edit the library. It's still an extra effort.
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Since the API knowledge of owned games had been there before trading cards were added, I don't understand why Valve can't just limit the trading cards. I believe they aren't doing this due to technical reasons, but for hiding these games as much as they can (with the huge trade off for all tools which work with it).
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Yeah, this isn't a loss to people that get games to actually play them.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't these just asset flipping shit shows that barely could be called games and should never have been on Steam in the first place?
Wait, aren't we supposed to hate Valve no matter what they do?
#valveisnotyourfriend
#Riccitiello,ontheotherhand
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Oh, this was the reason for the game count dropped?
I thought it was a ''bug''.
Whatever, I'm not a big fan of their ''games''... :P
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nice,( no) i payed my money for this even crappy games, now i don't have game service properly, have useless cards from them, awesome shit
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Cause you can buy them cheap and sell the cards for a higher price.
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paid. Payed means completely different. And you still have the game service, play as much as you'd love to!
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what does payed mean? I always thought that it just an error.
I'm not a native speaker
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"seal (the deck or seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage."
I honestly thought it's just a typo originally, I just recently found it actually has a (very different) meaning
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oh i see thank you, so it can be used as both verb and noun right?
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i remember this thread
Looks like valve finally understood that GrabThegames=Silicon Echo+Zonitron+Crimson Duck 😁
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Whoops, I haven't sold/traded my cards from those games yet.
Can't complain though, I'm still glad to see some cleanup. :D
EDIT: Do achievements still work if the game is deleted?
EDIT EDIT: Yes, they do.
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Someone better let Knsys know before the forums explode.
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That was -38 for my game count. Time to filter a bunch of games on SG. :)
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Well, the first part is in Hill Valley :P Back To The Future movie
The crash part, I have no idea. In the video, I can see from the road signs that it is definitely not in the US, at least.
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yeah i know the 1st one is from back to the future 😜 i was asking about the crash.
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One way you could check is on https://www.steamgifts.com/account/settings/profile you can see your games count on the left. After you sync, refresh the page and check the new count. But that'll only work if you haven't synced since the games were removed.
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mmmm, checked but it synced itself some hours ago so no info there. i guess i'll never know. i'm sure i'll survive ;P
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If you've synchronized your collection in isthereanydeal.com it also keeps a history of any games removed from your account (but it also counts renamed games as removed, so you'll need to review this list)
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tried that, even if seldom used. it gives me a list of 188 (!) removed games but it is imprecise since many are still in my account. thanks for the help, appreciated, but i won't investigate any more :)
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And now I have 3 unactivated wins. Thank you so much Valve!
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Ours will be a tale that is told forever.
Two star-crossed Steamgifters, torn asunder by unactivated wins.
I hear Oliver Stone is set to direct the film, based on the Broadway tragedy.
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I keep waiting for you to abuse your power. You keep disappointing me.
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Apparently the only one I was lucky enough to win here was Sleengster 2. So only 1 unactivated for me. :P
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Damn, don't work :o What i did wrong?
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The attached image showed for me the first time, but after I reloaded it shows broken. I guess it's a problem at giphy.com.
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Yikes! I've recently been using ESGST to read descriptions without going to the giveaway page, but now I'm gonna have to double check them to make sure nothing's hidden in the comments.
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Don't be mean to me... follow my profile pic. yay lol
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Nah, sgtools just needs to flag all the newly removed games so it stops checking them. You'd only need to contact support if you got suspended here for not activating them.
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Yep, I hate when this happens.
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I suppose that Valve RETURNED THE MONEY to the people that bought this games (even if they were trash maybe)... If not, that´s an scam and a shady move... Just saying...
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They're still in your library and you can install them, play them, get achievements, etc.
They just don't show up on your total game count is all.
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They might not work if they're severed from the API.
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EDIT Tzaar was too fast :o
people still can download and play this "games" so no 😲
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those games themselves are the real scam, actually.
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glad that steam is taking some action against these people. hope it expands.
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And I just this weekend I clicked not interested through the whole catalogue of Zonitron O.o I was thinking about reporting them as it was anwfully obvious asset-flip. Seems like others thought the same
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Oh, it has been going on for quite a while, digging information up on them and reporting to Valve. The Sentinels of the Store were on it for some time now.
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Remember I had a gift copy of Tesla's Best Friend, now seems gone
Edit: my bad just check the redeemed games
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If you did then you should get a refund. That's not cool.
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i hope someone fix the not-activated wins thingy :c
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They will add all of these games to the whitelist on sgtools soon. It happens every time Valve bans a developer/publisher like that.
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It looks like the depots are also removed, which I guess means that the games are no longer installable? Can someone test this?
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All of mine seem to still be up for download with nonzero file sizes. Pretty sure Valve's not going to take away access to legally purchased products - the EU is already on their ass enough.
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That has happened in the past, most recently that I know of with Ticket to Ride. When the dev removed Linux support in the newest version they literally removed the Linux supported version from download, it can no longer be played and has been this way for months now.
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The devs kinda digged their own grave with their shady practices like "1000+ achievments!" but nonetheless Valve needs to find a better solution for this instead of messing with the databases of sites like this with their "lets removed them from everywhere, even the owned games list" approach that breaks everything.
By the way, anything worth hunting for before the keys become scarce or was it all just a giant pile of rubbish?
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Some of them were fun puzzle games, but the achievement spam + bugs on some of the games gave them all a bad rep. For example Point Connect, that is just like Dots. Or the Raccoon Hero games. They were entertaining but people couldn't see them past all that crap. :/
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Hmm, I'll take a look at tremor to see what they have in stock and maybe grab one or two before they run out, no rush tho.
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Oh, and I did check their games list before they were deleted. Seems like they were gonna release some new interesting puzzle games. They were even adding less achievements to their newer games. Kinda had the impression the wanted to improve.
But the franchise thing kinda ruined it too. They released Shapes 7 and 8 today before being removed.
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Time to exchange some cards for gems. Sigh. Maybe I'll get a booster pack out of this ;)
EDIT: 35 cards compressed into gems. Apparently I had cards for more of their games than I personally own.
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Why would you EVER do that?! You get literally nothing turning cards into gems, you can still craft and/or trade them to someone willing to give more.
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Shameless self plug here!
My bot able trade non-marketable cards (1:1)
https://steamcommunity.com/id/VanillaBot/
I wish more people know that non marketable bot exist
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Only for non-marketable cards with other non-marketable cards.
I'm not gonna bother with price checking and when someone complain because 1 cent card difference..
Use GFG Trading Bot instead for cross-set trade
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oh thx for letting me know!
i'm actually looking to trade some marketable cards for non marketable to complete few sets i want :D
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Hmm, so I could trade you 5 cards from game A and get 3 cards from game B and 2 from game C - of course, all non-marketable?
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I doubt it, but does either that bot or your bot let you trade if you have the 15 day delay?
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Thanks, I just used your bot to create some full sets for the removed games.
As for GFG, it won't let you do cross-set for deleted games, only same set 1:1.
Cards from deleted games cant be traded for sold value, only 1:1 same set.
Would you happen to know any other bot that let's you do cross-set for deleted games?
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Afaik, VanillaBot is the only bot that doing fair 1:1 trade
There's a bot that do cross set non marketable (I forgot), but it was 1:2 ratio, and it's long time ago before I start developing VanillaBot.
Not sure what happened with that bot though
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Can the bot accept Games? I have Dead island epidemic and want to get rid of it..
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I know it thanks to STM, god bless you and your bot!
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Huh nice. Bookmarking going to try it when I am back home.
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All of their games seem to have been removed from sale, and the cards I had listed on the market are now returned to me with the "Valve no longer has a business relationship" message.
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Silicon%20Echo
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Zonitron%20Productions
Update from Valve:
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