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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Bioshock Remastered - GoG free
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 12:50:01 -0800
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On 11/9/2024 12:10 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Sat, 9 Nov 2024 19:43:39 +0100, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/8/2024 7:10 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
>>> JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote at 11:15 this Friday (GMT):
>>>> If anyone wants this I've put the code on the Steam group.
>>>
>>>
>>> People actually use the steam group?
>>
>> do people use Steam groups at all? that seems to be one of those parts
>> of Steam that just is there with no interaction at all.
>>
>> Same with these Steam points that allow me to... buy stuff for a profile
>> nobody ever looks at anyway...
> 
> I really get the impression that Valve thought up as Steam points as
> being something with real monetary use (you get 1 point per 1 US
> dollar of purchases, I think), that could then maybe be redeemed to
> buy games or something real.
> 
> Except then the lawyers pointed out that it was a form of currency and
> would probably cause them all sorts of legal problems, especially
> given how many jurisdictions Valve operates in, so they quickly backed
> away from the idea. Except now people have thousands of points and
> nothing to do with it? Quick, give them useless, untradable digital
> gimcracks.
> 
>      [I like the profile page. It lets me quickly see how many
>       games I own on Steam, and how many reviews I've posted.
>       Although the difference between those two numbers is
>       disturbingly large... maybe its better if I stop looking.]
> 
Is it safe to ask which of the two Numbers is larger?

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