Valve / Steam / Steam Machines, General Discussion v2.0- "Is Steam Down again?" - Games

This is huge.

How long has Steam had Trading Topics which shows all of your (albeit useless) steam community trading threads at /my/tradeoffers/tradetopics?

Is there a limit on how many games you can refund?

Did it come finally? Better steam support? I hope so Also today I just randomly crafted a badge and got a 5$ background. And it's fucking awesome [t]http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/items/310560/611289d052b62c80f3f7bedd0b966a70fedea3f1.jpg[/t] also [QUOTE]We do not consider it abuse to request a refund on a title that was purchased just before a sale and then immediately rebuying that title for the sale price.[/QUOTE]

Holy shit refunds on steam. What is going on.

[B]I wonder if this plan works:[/B] 1. purchase a game 2. switch Steam to offline mode 3. play the game till you finish it (and the hours of gameplay aren't counted by Steam, obviously) 4. request a refund 5. :eng101: profit :v: LOL

[QUOTE=Myth Alex;47864825][B]I wonder if this plan works:[/B] 1. purchase a game 2. switch Steam to offline mode 3. play the game till you finish it (and the hours of gameplay aren't counted by Steam, obviously) 4. request a refund 5. :eng101: profit :v: LOL[/QUOTE] if they think you are abusing it they take it away from your account so you cannot use the refund

[QUOTE=Myth Alex;47864825][B]I wonder if this plan works:[/B] 1. purchase a game 2. switch Steam to offline mode 3. play the game till you finish it (and the hours of gameplay aren't counted by Steam, obviously) 4. request a refund 5. :eng101: profit :v: LOL[/QUOTE] Steam will still count hours in offline mode.

I wonder if people would find a way to bypass it by simply copying the files and launching a shortcut to the exe with -nosteam

[QUOTE=Lijitsu;47864924]Steam will still count hours in offline mode.[/QUOTE] Really? It counts hours EVEN IN offline mode?! o_O From what I knew, it didn't.

If you launch a game via Steam that you own on the client, it will count your hours. Very few games have their .exe and game files completely separated from Steam such that you can launch without Steam detecting it.

[QUOTE=Myth Alex;47865141]Really? It counts hours EVEN IN offline mode?! o_O From what I knew, it didn't.[/QUOTE] The instant you go back online, it'll tell the Steam servers. So if they pick up that you went from 0 hours to 18 hours after a refund, they'll be more than a little miffed.

[QUOTE=Myth Alex;47864825][B]I wonder if this plan works:[/B] 1. purchase a game 2. switch Steam to offline mode 3. play the game till you finish it (and the hours of gameplay aren't counted by Steam, obviously) 4. request a refund 5. :eng101: profit :v: LOL[/QUOTE] V2: Login to another account on family sharing

[QUOTE=Forumaster;47865711]The instant you go back online, it'll tell the Steam servers. So if they pick up that you went from 0 hours to 18 hours after a refund, they'll be more than a little miffed.[/QUOTE] delete steam executable files

This refund sucks Even portal you can beat in less than two hours

[QUOTE=jazzpunk;47861706][url]http://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds[/url][/QUOTE] So what happens if I buy a game drop all the cards, sell them and refund the game?

[QUOTE=Starscre4M;47866014]So what happens if I buy a game drop all the cards, sell them and refund the game?[/QUOTE] profit [I](i guess the items/cards would be deleted)[/I]

steam guard turns me off so damn much I literally don't want to refund a game only because i'm too lazy to go through the steam guard crap I'm dumb.

[QUOTE=Hell-met;47866080]steam guard turns me off so damn much I literally don't want to refund a game only because i'm too lazy to go through the steam guard crap I'm dumb.[/QUOTE] Open the page through steam?

[QUOTE=Starscre4M;47866287]Open the page through steam?[/QUOTE] you are a saint though i can't select the game i'm looking for because it's in the "view complete list" and isn't pushable oh well

Wait, whats with the new cards that appeared in the thread, and how did you guys get them? I don't seem to have any option of attaining them.

[QUOTE=Exploders;47867658]Wait, whats with the new cards that appeared in the thread, and how did you guys get them? I don't seem to have any option of attaining them.[/QUOTE] as usual you get event cards by crafting game badges

New challenge for speedrunners : buy a game on steam, speedrun the game in 2 hours and refund the game instantly.

I like that idea, hope somebody will do it.

what happens if you buy a game, launch it, then kill the steam process(es)? does steam still count hours then?

[QUOTE=Qaus;47867857]what happens if you buy a game, launch it, then kill the steam process(es)? does steam still count hours then?[/QUOTE] I think it does

So many people looking to scam poor old gabe

[QUOTE=Sally;47868584]So many people looking to scam poor old gabe[/QUOTE] Bye bye Steam Refunds.

I remember the internet going apeshit when the Steam marketplace was introduced because they all hoped they could just sell their "used" games on Steam. People always look for ways to bypass a system. Same goes for the "We won't pirate a game if it's good", cue in Portal 2 being one of the most pirated games from 2011.

[QUOTE=plokoon9619;47868707]Bye bye Steam Refunds.[/QUOTE] they can't back out of this european laws force them to have this refund policy, that's why they made them in the first place they had a lawsuit about that for a while and they lost