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Posted September 29, 2015
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yyahoo: Edit: and apparently you found it right after I posted...
Thank you anyway!

I still wonder why Essex County was challenged. But it probably had something to do alcohol or with a sexual relationship outside of marriage (or some similar nonsense).
Posted September 29, 2015
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itchy01ca01: [...] I don't know how they actually DO the averages [...]
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amok:
Well played good sir, well played.
Posted September 29, 2015
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itchy01ca01: The banned books one is really interesting as well, if the BTA wasn't fucking 12 bucks. Really? They don't realize where I can get those exact same comics, probably with better editing and none of the other hassles HB has?
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ET3D: First of all, I doubt that you can get all of them together for that price, although I'd be happy to be proven wrong. Secondly, it's not their job to realise that kind of thing for you, and it's not your job to tell them how to run their business. You don't like it, but some place else, simple as that.
Which i do buy somewhere else. Im stating my opinion about the matter. Fuck them. If you don't like my opinion, that's fine, and you can say that. Still my opinion that some of their bundles are fucked for pricing.
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itchy01ca01: [...] I don't know how they actually DO the averages [...]
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amok:
You can see the payments, but who exactly is paying the payments and jacking them up to those prices? Unless they say specifically who, it's anonymous.
Post edited September 29, 2015 by itchy01ca01
Posted September 29, 2015
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itchy01ca01: You can see the payments, but who exactly is paying the payments and jacking them up to those prices?
People who are interested in the BTA or higher tiers? People who wish to drop a large amount of money for whatever reason? Gamers who enjoy games and like to spend what they consider proper cash?

A few years back, when I was interested in a BTA tier, I would be rounding up to the nearest dollar. So for a $6.15 BTA, I would be paying $7.00 with no regrets. Yes, that does mean that I was responsible for jacking up the BTA price, even if by a tiny bit.
Posted September 29, 2015
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itchy01ca01: You can see the payments, but who exactly is paying the payments and jacking them up to those prices?
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JMich: People who are interested in the BTA or higher tiers? People who wish to drop a large amount of money for whatever reason? Gamers who enjoy games and like to spend what they consider proper cash?

A few years back, when I was interested in a BTA tier, I would be rounding up to the nearest dollar. So for a $6.15 BTA, I would be paying $7.00 with no regrets. Yes, that does mean that I was responsible for jacking up the BTA price, even if by a tiny bit.
Oh I do that too. To the nearest dollar. Im seeing this in the books bundle:

Top Contributors

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Anonymous
$125.00
2.
Anonymous
$125.00
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Anonymous
$100.00
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CPreyer
$75.00
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Sam
$67.00
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Anonymous
$65.00
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eo
$60.00
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Anonymous
$55.00
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kns
$55.00
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Jill Donovan
$50.00

That's.. a huge amount of money to be throwing around. Very, VERY odd.
Posted September 29, 2015
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itchy01ca01: You can see the payments, but who exactly is paying the payments and jacking them up to those prices? Unless they say specifically who, it's anonymous.
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itchy01ca01: That's.. a huge amount of money to be throwing around. Very, VERY odd.
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Post edited September 29, 2015 by amok
Posted September 29, 2015
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itchy01ca01: That's.. a huge amount of money to be throwing around. Very, VERY odd.
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amok: ...
Sorry I can't do the screenshot stuff in the time you can. Im not talking about those ones im talking about this one:

https://www.humblebundle.com/books
Posted September 30, 2015
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ET3D: In what way is Groupees or others declining? There are now tens of game bundles a week over many bundle sites...
...90% of which are so bad that the term "shovelware" is too kind. Groupees conveniently often forgets to mention in its advertising that most of the games marked "DRM-free" in its bundles are alpha demos, and that the final game only sees a Steam release at the end, if the game ever gets completed.

Many of the games are hastily put-together GameMaker or Unity projects, tacky visual novels or bland RPG Maker projects. The fact that they even expect them to be worth money is an affront in its own right.

Another 9% (usually Bundle Stars) are Steam-only.

The 1% is the good bundle that HIB on a very rare basis nowadays.
Post edited September 30, 2015 by jamyskis
Posted September 30, 2015
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ET3D: In what way is Groupees or others declining? There are now tens of game bundles a week over many bundle sites...
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jamyskis: ...90% of which are so bad that the term "shovelware" is too kind. Seriously, many of the games are hastily put-together GameMaker or Unity projects, tacky visual novels or bland RPG Maker projects. The fact that they even expect them to be worth money is an affront in its own right.

Another 9% (usually Bundle Stars) are Steam-only.

The 1% is the good bundle that HIB on a very rare basis nowadays.
Agreed with this. The other "bundle" sites are not worth the money. You MIGHT get lucky with one or two games but the others are usually terrible.
Posted September 30, 2015
Yay, Skullgirls. YAY, Xenonauts. Not yay: nearly everything else. Work the sliders.
Posted September 30, 2015
Tempted to get it for Skullgirls (backed the Indiegogo project), but eh...no thanks since the other games don't interest me.
Posted September 30, 2015
I will get this bundle.
Posted September 30, 2015
I bought the first tier for 0.02 cents worth of bitcoin. The second tier of the bundle is mainly held afoot by just Skullgirls. And as far as I'm concerned, I'm having tons of fighting games. King of Fighters XIII, Vanguard Princess, Street Fighter IV, the first two on Steam and the last one's on PC, and King of Fighters '98 on Android.

Skullgirls is a fighter game... so I got the bundle mainly for "Sir, you are being hunted". And perhaps Goodbye Deponia. But yeah. There's nothing going on for the second tier.
Posted September 30, 2015
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jamyskis: ...90% of which are so bad that the term "shovelware" is too kind. ... Another 9% (usually Bundle Stars) are Steam-only.
I'd say that the vast majority of games sold in bundles are Steam-only. Which for the vast majority of people is hardly a problem, so it certainly says nothing about the decline of bundles.

As for the quality, I think you're exaggerating, and in general I think that the quality of games in bundles is representative of the quality of games on the market. So again, it's simply a result of bundles becoming a standard way to sell indie games.
Posted September 30, 2015
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Grargar: <span class="bold">Humble Indie Bundle 15</span>
I already have all games in the $1 and BTA tiers except for Sir, You Are Being Hunted. I'll pass on this one - money saved. :D
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