Steam Treasure Hunt tips

[FadedOasis]

Use this thread to help others with fake-achievements.

"More Cowbell" (Chime)
The term "easy mode" means a nine-minute game. Getting the score in a three-minute game will not get you the award.

[Doctor Wheeze]

The ultimate pro treasure hunting tip:

Alternate Entry: To manually enter the Sweepstakes, each eligible entrant must print his or her name, address, city, state, country, postal code, email address, Steam account name, and telephone number, as well as the name of the Treasure Hunt objective that the entry is for, on a self-addressed 4x6 note card and mail the completed form to: Valve Corporation, P.O. Box 1688, Bellevue, WA 98009-1688. Note cards mailed in envelopes will not be accepted. No e-mailed or faxed alternate entries are eligible. Facsimiles, photocopies or mechanical reproductions of entries will be void. An alternate entry must be postmarked during the applicable Treasure Hunt period to be eligible. To be eligible for the Grand Prize Drawing, an alternative entrant must have entered at least 10 Treasure Hunt objective drawings and then provide an additional alternative entry for the Grand Prize Drawing, postmarked December 20, 2010. Alternate entries received after December 31, 2010 will not be eligible for any Sweepstakes. Each user may submit one alternative entry per Treasure Hunt objective. Proof of sending or submitting an alternate entry is not proof of receipt of such alternate entry. And no, alternate entries won't earn you any TF2 hats.

Sadly, it only counts towards the grand prize drawing.

[pneuma08]

Probably redundant since they're asking you to post a high score in Easy mode, but there are two ways to score high in Chime: playing very efficiently to keep the multiplier high and making really big squares, or clearing the board as fast as possible.

In Poker Night, the Heavy plays very, very aggressively. Many times I've seen him bet hard while only having a mid or low pair. This does not mean he will not fold, however, but this can make bluffing him very dangerous (especially when that pair turns into a triplet on the river, argh).

Also, more specifically, you need to knock out the Heavy from play; if someone else takes his gun, you will not get it even if you win the tournament. This can indeed be troublesome as I've seen him lose by going all-in on the first hand. The Heavy is also more likely to bet his gun if you win the other special items, as the special items are bet once every two games or so until you win them, after which they are not bet again. (I'm a little sad over this since the other characters say special things when they win a unique item.) I'm also fairly certain that one is able to simply restart the tournament until the Heavy bets his gun, too.

[FadedOasis]

Turns out you can keep getting the older objectives. So if you haven't, here's a really easy way to get the Chime one.

First, buy Chime. It's a great game, well worth the $5.

Make a whole bunch of 3x3 squares to increase your multiplier. Don't worry about the scrap, and don't expand any of them, just move on. \

Once you get to 9x or 10x, start building large rectangles, as large as you can make them. When they become unfeasible to expand, build another one. Fairly soon, some of that scrap from the early 3x3s will disappear. Continue working on your current box until you can't anymore.

Repeat this process twice more and you're done. Spend the other six minutes fooling around or filling the grid.

[FadedOasis]

"Terminal Velocity" for AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity

AaAaAA!!! is only $2.50 for these days. I bought it in some indie pack a while ago, and I've never actually given it a shot. What I did play, though, seemed fun.

The level 'Mash Face Against Mountain' is to the left of the tutorial stuff, bottom row. Use some teeth to unlock it.

Hug. It'll take a couple tries, you really have to hit 95% of the squares and spend a lot of time hugging. Don't deploy parachute until after the last square.

Anybody who hasn't played AaAaAA!!! is probably horribly confused at what this post means. :-)

[FadedOasis]

"What Happens in Vegas" for Fallout: New Vegas

Really? $50, and it's not on sale? Fuck this.

[FadedOasis]

A thing I found on Reddit, for those that care:

SqueakyNinja

So, what is the easiest and quickest companion to get in FO:NV?

Andreeew

Ede

Just put all your points into repair (or is it science? I forgot) early and you can find him in primm

aywwts4

Mod your science or repair level and pick up EDE I would say. (He is to the south in the besieged city one of the first areas people hit in the game, in one of the houses) Either: 65 repair skill or 35 repair with 55 science or 3 scrap metals, 2 sensor modules and 1 scrap electronics

Felicia is as simple as talking to her right? You just need to be able to walk there, cheating yourself 3 scrap 2 sensors and a scrap electronic would probably work quicker.

[pneuma08]

Either that or you can pick up Veronica at the 188. You don't even need to do anything special, although it's a bit of a hike from the starting location.

[FadedOasis]

"It's Better to Give" (Steam)
Santa, I've been a good admin this year. *cheesy grin*
(Just kidding, I really don't need more games.)


"Breaker, Breaker" (Shatter)
The Bonus Mode is separate from the story mode, it's not the thing at the end of each world. from the "Play Game" menu, right right a whole bunch of times.
Gameplay: OH GOD I'M HORRIBLE AT THIS GAME. I can't break 6,500,000. Whatsit says to keep as many of the things in play for as long as you can. Each time one hits the paddle, you get 100,000 and it speeds up. There are only three levels, so you'll need some luck.

"Zombie Zoo" (L4D2)
The objective isn't descriptive; you need to kill one of each of the uncommon infected. Hazmat guys, bulletproof vest guys, clowns, et cetera. Play each campaign on medium. You'll probably get it without noticing.

"Take One for the Team" (COD:BLOPS)
lol $60.

[phevnil]

Any one who feels like a cool guy who will gift me shatter and earn a scavenger hunt acheivment can be a cool guy who gifts me shatter and earns a scavenger hunt acheivment.

[xadera]

Winners: Sponsor will select five (5) winners by random drawing for each Treasure Hunt objective for each 48-hour period within 24 hours from the end of the period.

So it's not that your achievements count towards the 1/20 drawing per 2 days, it's that each achievement has its own 1/5 drawing. That is, you have better odds of winning when you do achievements for games few people have. So the "free" achievements will have a very small chance, whereas the expensive games nobody has/wants will have a much larger chance.

I was very saddified when I found that out :< At least I got my 5-achievement hat already...

[Jeziah]

Dec 12, 2010 18:40:09 GMT -5 phevnil said:

Any one who feels like a cool guy who will gift me shatter and earn a scavenger hunt acheivment can be a cool guy who gifts me shatter and earns a scavenger hunt acheivment.

All you cool people out there can feel free to earn an achievement by sending shatter my way if too if ya want
Although I expect you are all cool enough to already have the achievement. Especially you, Edison White, you are the coolest sandwich in HWG's fridge
<3

[FadedOasis]

Dec 13, 2010 17:12:40 GMT -5 xadera said:

Winners: Sponsor will select five (5) winners by random drawing for each Treasure Hunt objective for each 48-hour period within 24 hours from the end of the period.

So it's not that your achievements count towards the 1/20 drawing per 2 days, it's that each achievement has its own drawing. That is, you have better odds of winning when you do achievements for games few people have. So the "free" achievements will have a very small chance, whereas the expensive games nobody has/wants will have a much larger chance.

I was very saddified when I found that out :< At least I got my 5-achievement hat already...

Uh, you're making no sense. There are only four objectives per 48-hour period, so how do they choose five winners? :-P

"Random drawing for each Treasure Hunt objective" doesn't mean one drawing per objective, it means each person gets one chance per objective. Someone who completes three objectives has three times the probability of winning as someone who only completed one objective.

[FadedOasis]

Never mind, you're right. I forgot it was 20 winners, not just 5.

[pneuma08]

Is Beat Hazard worth it? For the game more than the achievement, I mean.

[FadedOasis]

I can't tell. The entire game flashes so mush that I can't tell what's going on. There's just too much on screen.

[Jeziah]

Epilepsy: The Game

[FadedOasis]

If you haven't seen any gameplay yet, here's a Quick Look of Beat Hazard: www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-beat-hazard/17-2437/

[FadedOasis]

Zombie Driver one is easy. It's the first locked map, so you have to play Harbour first and earn a bronze.

Don't slow down if zombies are near. Drive quickly through them. Zombies that hit you will slow down your car slightly. If you can't get the hang of driving controls, then you need to build a time machine and play a lot more GTA2.

[FadedOasis]

In case you don't know: You can only win ONE of the three hats for this, hitting the "unlock this hat" button will delete any previous hats and drop the newest one for you.