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[Enzo]

I have a question. I've already gotten the free game and the TF2 sunglasses, and I don't own the right games to use any of the other prizes. But it looks as though I can get at least another 3 tickets before this thing is over. If I redeem a prize can I gift it to someone who has the game or something?

[Darvi]

Not sure, but I guess Valve intended that to be "okay, if you don't own the right games to use those prizes, then you should totally buy them!". So no.

[Enzo]

I wonder how many people will end up buying a game they don't really want because they won $1 of DLC.

[PrimusRibbus]

I wonder how many people will end up buying a game they don't really want because they won $1 of DLC.

Given how many people will buy games they hate for TF2 hats, I'd say plenty.

[Metalax]

I wonder how many people will end up buying a game they don't really want because they won $1 of DLC.

Probably quite a few, as there is always the tendancy to want to use what you have won even if you need to pay more to do so.

It is a pity you can't give tickets to other people, as I have now redeemed the prizes for all ten game that I own that I didn't already have (the defence grid and ai war dlc's).

[Catastrophic lolcats]

*reads steam forums*
"Hmmm, Risen sounds alright..."

This game is not available in your region

FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!

Fuck our old man government. This censorship shit should have been stopped 5 years ago.
No game for me. 

[Rilder]

*reads steam forums*
"Hmmm, Risen sounds alright..."

This game is not available in your region

FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!

Fuck our old man government. This censorship shit should have been stopped 5 years ago.
No game for me. 

I don't know if they changed it but a while back if you got a gift from another region it would be the game from that region and not a localized/censored version for your region.  So if you can front the money to someone (Or do a gift exchange) you might be able to get it.

[Darvi]

Does anyody have an idea why I don't get the metal drift achievement? Played (and won) a match on each of the five maps and also got over 5 kills on each, yet I didn't get the achievement.

Aaaaalso I can't get the trailer thing because I apparently don't have wmp installed.

[RF]

Updated the main post with the challenges and as much advice as I can give.

And I'm sorry but I have no idea, Darvi. I don't have the game.

Is it any good? :p

[Darvi]

It's a sports game with killertanks shooting eachother to death. It's fairly entertaining, but the controls are something to get used to.

Also some suggestions for the OP:

BIT.TRIP RUNNER: Do the first level, collect all the gold bars. Then refuse to jump in the ensuing bonus level.
A.R.E.S.: The third level is very good for this, since there's those machines that produce 6 bombers at a time. Get to the room where there's one of those machines and a Walker right beneath it, shoot the Walker for a bit, then lure the bombers into it.
Audiosurf: I think it has already been mentioned, but Pointman is good for this. May take a while though since not every song has red paint :/

[RF]

BIT.TRIP RUNNER: Do the first level, collect all the gold bars. Then refuse to jump in the ensuing bonus level.
A.R.E.S.: The third level is very good for this, since there's those machines that produce 6 bombers at a time. Get to the room where there's one of those machines and a Walker right beneath it, shoot the Walker for a bit, then lure the bombers into it.
Audiosurf: I think it has already been mentioned, but Pointman is good for this. May take a while though since not every song has red paint :/

Thanks, added 'em all in now.

[Catastrophic lolcats]

I don't know if they changed it but a while back if you got a gift from another region it would be the game from that region and not a localized/censored version for your region.  So if you can front the money to someone (Or do a gift exchange) you might be able to get it.

You very much can. However I don't buy too much off the internet and when I do I just use a credit card. Which means I haven't bothered to get a paypal account that would make this sort of transation a lot easier.
I also don't know anyone outside the country that I trust enough to start mucking around with direct deposits and the like.

I guess theres VPNs but I heard that valve will ban accounts that they confirmed vpns were used to buy products.
Sounds like a rumour but I don't think I'd like to take that chance for a game I'm not sure is all that great.

Between price regioning [sic], region locked games, crappy internet infrastructure, release dates, taxes and censorship it's never been a worse time to try and be a legitimate gamer in this country.

[Darkmere]

How hard is it to get firecrackers with a new character in Spiral Knights?

Got to try it today. You can just buy the bomb from a vendor in town, but the cash to do so will probably take a day or two. I'm out of free time today but if anyone wants to farm tomorrow I'd be up for it.

[Hiiri]

Has anyone got the Audiosurf achievement?

People seem to do it easily on the Steam forums, but I can't seem to get it to work. Not to mention it's annoying as hell, as it has luck, randomness, waiting and repetition involved. How's that for an interesting achievement?

[Darvi]

It's not that hard.

-Find a song with red paint.
-Try the song with any character that isn't a mono.
-Stack 7 blocks in each row.
-Once that's done, paint.