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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jhulian Waldby Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: It's That Time Again! Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:00:14 -0600 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net UYycDLgUXDZyoIYO/4hl8QifoSyuNSpkHtLOtfvq8ereWSzOH2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:EuosUl0b3+iXBIj8tIQpk/OSqK0= sha256:EizHJQRoWSJXgSUyO5ToZv8kwMp6eY5RdBGwZDhJ53Y= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.19 In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2384 Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > > What time is it? Why, it's Steam Sale time! And you know what that > means! Time to bitch about Steam Sales again! It's tradition! > > But honestly, it doesn't even seem like they're trying anymore. I > swear, the sale prices look like the _retail_ prices; like all the > publishers just jacked up the regular cost and then put it on 'sale' > for what it normally goes for. The savings just aren't there. All the > real discounts are only on games that have already been discounted to > hell and back for years. > > I really miss the 'flash sales' Valve used to offer, when you got > massive discounts for a very brief period. I picked up dozens of > triple-A games back then for a pittance; now we're lucky to see them > down by 10 or 15%. But that's what happens when you achieve a monopoly > on a market; pleasing customers (or working to attract new ones) > becomes a lot less important. ;-) > > That's not to say I didn't take advantage of the sale, but I'm pretty > sure I would have bought the games -and for pretty much the same > price- regardless of whether this 'massive store sale' was taking > place or not. > > But hey, Valve is obviously trying. Why, if you play their silly > games, you can get some stickers* for your bother! Doesn't that just > want to make you rush out and visit Steam today? > > > > * no, I've no fucking idea what they are either > > I got several titles for 40-50% off. Basically saved $100.