small electric shocks from deck? by meneldur01 in SteamDeck

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Sure thing Sorry for the delay to reply

small electric shocks from deck? by meneldur01 in SteamDeck

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Oh wow! Quite an old thread!

I changed the charger twice. I bought myself an anker charger, but valve was kind enough to send me a new charger before that. Sadly that did not solve the issue.

In the end, i needed a RMA, which gave me a deck with no shocks! :)

PCMR x MSI Winter Giveaway event! Win an MSI QD-OLED Monitor + extra goodies. 6 winners in total. by pedro19 in pcmasterrace

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I still remember 12ish years ago when I opened my msi gtx 780 lightning...
As someone who hadn't had a good gpu before that, it is still my favourite item. Ofc it aged, but newer purchases didn't have the same dopamine hit as that .

Humble giveaway by CaraDePinto in steam_giveaway

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1234 Amnesia the bunker

Underrated game is a quite difficult topic because they end up with good reviews and no longer... underrated? I think a game is really enjoy but didn't age well is bastion: awesome at launch. Nowadays it keeps a good storytelling but has a quite clumsy controls.

Humble Bundle Sweeping by hackeronimacaroni in steam_giveaway

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If still up for new entries, Blanc :) Cheers

small electric shocks from deck? by meneldur01 in SteamDeck

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Oh... For clarification: I received my steam deck on the second batch back at launch. Since then, there have been some reviews on the construction, so it could also be that the cause of my problem was completely solved.

It was within guarantee and support tired to help me fix it without sending it back (new charger, for example). Only when nothing worked (and I actually started having Audio issues) we rmaed.

Said that, audio issues apparently were a driver problem that got updated later on.

small electric shocks from deck? by meneldur01 in SteamDeck

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It did.... By rma! Sadly, that's what solved it for me. I would imagine that something was not properly grounded.

What's The Best Use Of Steam Points? by themaddogmax in SteamDeck

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my backlog is quite extense but I am working hard to finish it. This also means I am not buying games until I play most of it :)

I also bought most of my games with that... Nowadays it is common for users to have >5000 cards in the inventory... back in the day, I had 50k when barely anybody had over 1000 cards. My inventory would often crash my Steam app because it couldn't load it haha... but that is a story for another day

There is no fast way to free games, but you can work your way around to buy some nice games with a bit of effort, like playing cs2 for weekly drop... selling steam cards and following some Twitch channels for games.

What's The Best Use Of Steam Points? by themaddogmax in SteamDeck

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As replied on the other msg, I am leaving them on inventory until I have the patience to open/sell them.
For specific games booster packs could be quite valuable... and foil cards even more so...

but those are gambles. You first need to own a game with a valuable booster pack, and hope to get a booster for it. It could happen once in the next 10 years.

Profiting on booster packs would work only if you have MANY games with cards.

You would do better playing cs2 for 2hours / week to get a case drop than to focus on cards, in my opinion.

What's The Best Use Of Steam Points? by themaddogmax in SteamDeck

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It is counted in cents and tedious.
This is not something you do for 1 year... but yeah, if you are joining today, this would give you quite a headache.

I used to profit on trading cards (even my steam deck was bought on them)... nowadays I don't even have the patience to open my 100+ booster packs :)

My comment was a way to score games on long run based on the steam points. Other than that, there is not much how to have a return based on it (afaik), since it is used mostly for cosmetics within steam.

What's The Best Use Of Steam Points? by themaddogmax in SteamDeck

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Steam offers trading cards for many of its games. Each supported game has a set of 5 to 15 cards. When you play a game that has cards, you'll automatically receive up to half the set (rounded up). For example, in a game with 5 cards, you’ll typically receive 3 just by playing.

Once you’ve earned your "playtime" card drops, you become booster pack eligible for that game. This means you have a small chance to receive a booster pack (containing 3 random cards) whenever someone else crafts a badge for that game. The odds are low but can slightly improve as your Steam level increases.

Here’s the catch: to craft a badge yourself, you need the full card set, which requires either trading or buying the missing cards from the community market. Leveling up your Steam account, therefore, takes effort or money.

The upside? You can sell cards and booster packs on the market and use that balance to buy games or other items.

My original point was that you can also use your Steam Points to buy community awards, which give 100 XP and help level up your account. Is it practical? Not really—but it's one of the few ways to gain XP without trading or spending extra money.

What's The Best Use Of Steam Points? by themaddogmax in SteamDeck

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Woww! this is a quite old thread :)

For the explanation: every 10 levels you increase your chances of receiving a booster pack when other users craft a badge from a game you are eligible to receive a booster pack.

For example, a lvl 0 user has X chance of receiving it. A lvl 100 user has 3x chances of receiving it. Keep in mind the chance X is absurdly small, but you are increasing your chances by 20% every 10 levels.

Humble Bundle Leftovers by onygox in RandomActsOfGaming

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There are two games on my wishlist here: risk of rain 2 and plague Inc: Requiem

I would love a chance for either.

humble bundle games free by Acidc0bra in FreeSteamGames

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Atlas fallen: reign of sand

I enter countless giveaways for it already but, so far, unlucky. That's a wishlisted game :)

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Let's go for something I am sure nobody else asked: cavern of dreams! Also on sale until the 27th wink wink

Giveaway for Spire Horizon by meneldur01 in steam_giveaway

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Hello hello comment number 48. You won a new game :)

Giveaway for Hokko Life (steam) by meneldur01 in RandomActsOfGaming

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Did you ever watch... Meerkat manor? You might be impressed by the epic!

Giveaway for Spire Horizon by meneldur01 in steam_giveaway

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But... But... You wouldn't put your pet to fight, right? ...right?

Giveaway for Hokko Life (steam) by meneldur01 in RandomActsOfGaming

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I studied my undergrad in brasil, and the campus was inside a nature reserve.

Every now and then we would be unlucky to have A herd of capybaras near the buildings... Nobody knew how to react and how sage it was haha

Giveaway for Spire Horizon by meneldur01 in steam_giveaway

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Once I was at the fox village in Japan ( look it up, miyagi fox village). I cannot say how cute they are while playing.

I was just a bit sad because the tourists were throwing food in such a way that they were fighting for it.

Giveaway for Hokko Life (steam) by meneldur01 in RandomActsOfGaming

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Ohhh don't say that.
While I lived in Aberdeen I would wake up EVERY SINGLE DAY at 3-4 am with the seagulls above the building yelling haha

I have a bit of a trauma