I understand your point, but i'm just not sure it's worth throwing in the towel over.  Aren't we talking like a 5 bucks difference here or something similar?  LH is a great game, regardless of whether it's an expansion, standalone or whatever.  You get get it for under 20 bucks.   That's cool. 

Ok so some other person is going to get their hands on it cheaper than you because they bought on steam, or they were a WOM early purchaser or for whatever other reason... good for them.    You've made the point that customers will not by direct from Stardock if they miss out on deals like this.  That's a valid point and i'm sure Stardock will take it on board.  Is it a bummer for you, yeah a bit... but why let that affect you in such a negative way?

More sales of LH is good for all customers at the end of the day. 

No you're right. It's very hot here and I've let this irk me a little more than it probably should have done. I've been waiting for a sale to buy LH and the fact that I'd have to pay more despite buying early and direct from Stardock just doesn't sit right with me, no matter how much I tell myself it's only just over $5. 

Anyway, point made (hopefully) to Stardock - I'll leave everyone alone now and get on with playing the other games I bought in the Steam Sale.

I do not see why I deserve the title bully, considering the way you posted above me

Get some shade. Its hot this summer.

Hehe, dude, he used "bully" as a term denoting "good", slang from across the pond.

*shrugs* I can't know everything, I'm not even a native english speaker.

Stardock does so sales themselves, but their future games are going to be Steam-only, because the cost of having two different patching systems wasn't worth it (not enough people didn't use Steam unfortunately)

I have some minor issues with the way Stardock has handled the transition from Impulse to Steam- my gripes are as follows:

- GalCiv 2 owners who bought the GalCiv 2 game and expansions individually on Impulse didn't get ported over to SDC, whereas folks who bought GC2 Complete did.  That's a penalty to the early adopters.

- I wish Stardock games would follow the example of mount and blade and allow you to move the directory out of Steam and run the game that way if you so desired.   I want to have that option "just in case".

Both of these gripes are fairly minor, the first will go away with GalCiv 3, the second won't until Stardock allows it like some other games do.

(And it's not like LH really uses any of Steamwork's features for offline play at all)

From what I see Steam cards are another empty, no value item (just like achievements) that is supposed to drive compulsive people to buy more games as gamers are notorious for their "gotta catch 'em all" mentality. The whole thing is quite idiotic which means it's going to be a huge success. Well played Steam, well played. 

Great job on the cards Leo! You guys should put a board game out or something! Let his talents be seen more!

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From what I see Steam cards are another empty, no value item (just like achievements) that is supposed to drive compulsive people to buy more games as gamers are notorious for their "gotta catch 'em all" mentality. The whole thing is quite idiotic which means it's going to be a huge success. Well played Steam, well played. [/quote]

This + a lot.

I'm actually enjoying the system so far... for doing nothing other than leaving games minimized, I've made $8 so far on 34 items. A chunk of that was from a foil card drop (thanks, Portal 2!). I'm viewing it as Steam giving me a free game for using their service.

Wait, you get experience on steam?  I use Steam all the time, I didn't even know there was experience.  I feel like an angry old man confused by anything new or different.

Yeah, it's basically more online fluff, but it has some "tangible" benefits, like increasing the probability of better card drops and allowing you to have more "friends". If you don't use the social features of Steam, then it's nothing you should care about.

Hey jackswift85:  So, how does one make actual cash from the trading cards?  I looked at the FAQ and the site... i'm confused.  I  would like to convert all the cards I have into cash, to purchase DLCs.  Help me understand how its done, please....