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Reply #210 on: October 08, 2010, 01:58:44 PM

Ok, genuine (minor) gripe about Steam; genre tags.

Case in point




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Reply #211 on: October 08, 2010, 03:40:12 PM

I thought that might be a Sega thing but it's actually to do with the pre-order offer they have going for Football Manager 2011.  The game itself is tagged with just Sports and Simulation, but the "Here's some old Genesis games." pre-order gift/bundle/thing has all those categories listed.

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Reply #212 on: October 08, 2010, 04:48:20 PM

Ah right, that makes sense then.

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Reply #213 on: October 08, 2010, 08:21:11 PM

I wish I could filter out all of those damn train simulation titles from the top ten new releases, coming soon etc. lists.  Same with magic the gathering expansion crap too.
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Reply #214 on: October 09, 2010, 02:34:14 AM

Yup, being able to filter just core games would be nice.

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Reply #215 on: October 12, 2010, 02:30:47 PM

Ah right, that makes sense then.

Phew! I was just seconds away from uninstalling steam in protest.

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Reply #216 on: October 31, 2010, 09:10:10 AM


Hi Sinij,

Your question has been received. You should expect a response from us within 72 hours.

Kind Regards,

Customer Support Take 2 Interactive

For Civilization V issues, we encourage you to view our dedicated support page at: http://www.2kgames.com/civ5/support/ which also has a link to our knowledge database of solutions. Additionally, we are active in the dedicated support forums at: http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=86. Thanks for your patience.


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Dear Sinij,

Steam will install first, and the game will install from the disk through Steam. Once this is done, you can place Steam in offline mode if you do not want to be connected to the internet.

Kind regards,
Jamie

Technical Support

I guess their approach is better late than never.

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Reply #217 on: October 31, 2010, 09:12:20 AM

So it all worked out all right in the end.

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Reply #218 on: October 31, 2010, 09:12:56 AM

Yes, I returned the game and eventually got my money back. Had to get CC involved to get my money back.

Moral of the story - don't buy anything involved with Steam if you actually want an ability to return for refund.
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Reply #219 on: October 31, 2010, 09:24:24 AM

It's not like you can return PC games here in Norway after you've bought them, even if it is a physical game. "Company policy."

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Reply #220 on: October 31, 2010, 09:29:07 AM

Yes, I returned the game and eventually got my money back. Had to get CC involved to get my money back.

Moral of the story - don't buy anything involved with Steam if you actually want an ability to return for refund.

Moral of the story, do 5 minutes of research before you buy something.
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Reply #221 on: October 31, 2010, 09:31:14 AM

Moral of the story, don't feed the troll.

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Reply #222 on: October 31, 2010, 09:57:39 AM

Moral of the story, don't feed the troll.

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Reply #223 on: October 31, 2010, 08:43:12 PM

Moral of the story, laugh until you can't breath.

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Reply #224 on: October 31, 2010, 09:20:05 PM

Or breathe, even.


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Reply #225 on: November 01, 2010, 03:34:07 AM

Don't be a wookie.
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Reply #226 on: November 01, 2010, 06:49:49 AM

Well played.

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Reply #227 on: November 01, 2010, 04:12:48 PM

Where do all these missing "E"s go to.  I sense a conspiracy.

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Reply #228 on: November 01, 2010, 04:17:38 PM

I sns a conspiracy too!

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Reply #229 on: November 01, 2010, 04:24:59 PM

I blame Lantysa.
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Reply #230 on: November 01, 2010, 04:27:52 PM

It was idnight, and the oon was up.

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Reply #231 on: November 01, 2010, 10:07:34 PM


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