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how can I spend exactly 14 points?
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You can probably contact support and ask them to delete 14 Steam Points. They're known to have given points in the past, they might be down to remove some of them.
I think someone did just that to also get 69420
I came here to comment the exact same
The uniqueness really makes those numbers funny!
Can they give me 67307 points?
Can? Sure, the problem is if they will
That's nice of them, but the thrill is in the hunt. It's not an achievement if you don't earn it.
Imo asking support is totally part if the hunt
Idk i tried that once to get 42069 and they refused 😥
Trying to get you to some magic number of points would work against them, it would discourage you from buying games since it would throw your number off
I'm pretty sure I've seen exactly this happen before. The guy just asked steam support to take the points and they did
If the support actual deals with this kind of stuff, they seriously don't get paid enough.
As someone who works in software support, this sort of thing would be fucking hilarious to me if it came through in my queue
Exactly. It's the same as:
"Remote into my computer to update system variables"
"I beseech thee, Computer Wizards, for mine quest of updating the variables of mine system"
There's a difference in who I'm going to enjoy supporting.
Oh mighty guard of this marvelous kingdom, the Savior of the lost, the Keeper of the laws, hear me! Pls take a few points from my account so it looks memable.
Something like that?
No, it means they have nothing else important going on. Which translates to: Steam works
As someone who has had multiple support jobs in the past, I'd be delighted if I got a ticket like that, most tickets I've dealt with are really inane stuff that the user could've solved for themself if they took 1 second to think about the issue.
"I didn't get my password reset email!"
"Did you check your spam folder?"
"It's not there!"
"Our email service shows the email was sent, if you're not seeing it, it'll arrive soon."
"Oh, nevermind, it was in my spam folder."
I'd much rather deal with a ticket where I get to help someone do something fun, like have 69420 points.
valve is known to pay its personnel well
Gabe has said in the past that every employee works customer service, including himself. Valve has somewhere around 360 employees and every one of them are multi-millionaires because they own company stock. They're paid very, very well.
If they do that, they're straight up legends.
I havent had any good experiences with steam support, thry never helped me but goodluck
Write the suppprt to delete sum
I would find other means before asking Support dumb questions like this.
They don’t mind at all in doing so, some have done that before
they're paid to sit there on their ass and answer people who barely know how to use a computer, they're really not gonna mind
steam support is not a 911 emergency center bro
This probably is the best part of their day. Imagine getting a bunch of complaints daily and then one of the messages is: Hey man, can you guys delete some store points for me so i can get a perfect 69.420 points? Thank you!
Would make me smile.
They've done it before you cheese wizard.
They don't mind, other than going after hackers and probably their kids and wife too I think they want something funny for Change
There is no otjer option
Don't worry bro, I think steam can probably afford it somehow
Having worked tech support before, I'd be delighted to get this ticket. It would beat the hell out of the 67th "my little brother logged into my account and bought 50 porn games and then played 20+ hours in each one, can I get a refund?" request
But it isn't as satisfying
You can't.
Awards/Profile things/etc. all end in 00 for their cost.
You'll have to figure out the math.
Something like buy a 1,000 point item.
Then figure out how to buy $9.86 (after taxes) of things on Steam.
Why would he be buying in dollars? Er ist ein Berliner, after all.
Sorry, I'm an ignorant american (lol oxymoron amirite?). I speak in USD because it's all I know.
Obviously they will need to figure out the conversion rate or whatever. I just know $1USD = 100 points.
I don't know how that works out in French.
french ??? you stupid american berlin is capital city of bulgaria
My bad. I only passed US grade school Geography, so I really only know where my nearest Walmart and Mcdonalds are.
yeah well i respect that at least you don't use google maps for walmart
Not possible because germany is next to australia
yes its true but irrelevant because germany and australia in south america in the other hand bulgaria's capital (berlin/bergeria) in africa
Did you mean tautology (rather than oxymoron)?
well shit. Yeah. Damn I managed to prove I'm a dumb american while trying to make a joke about being a dumb american.
French
Lmao
I think it's 1 Euro = 100 points, as well.
Not exactly, it's 1 euro = 104 or something (depends on the price of $ to €)
Edit:
I do like Euro's.. Those are those things with lamb and Tiki sauce or what not right? In the weird tortilla?
I wouldn't know; we don't have Mexicans here.
You made my day with that French.
Glad to hear it. My mom makes my day when she 'French's' too. :)
French
Made me giggle
This goes both ways, I speak in dollars because its all YOU know.
Ah damn, looks like funny number won't be a thing for me. :(
Someone who gives up that easily doesn't deserve the funny numbers.
You're right, I'm not worthy.
You try get a bit more point after that you spend them
Write to support say "guts I'm just a smidge away from the funny number, please!
Either try to contact support to remove the 14 points, or buy something that will give you 86 points and buy an emote for 100
Ask steam support. We have seen so many such cases where they add or remove some points to make exact same number you are trying to make lol
spend 500 and get another 486
I know 69 is haha funny number but why 420?
reddit moment
I've heard steam support will sometimes remove them if you ask, someone had that done for exactly this reason a whole back
please post an update after contacting steam support
Guten Morgen Landesgenosse.
Servus!
14 Punkte? Das sind ja 28 Ostpunkte, 56 Ostpunkte auf dem Schwarzmarkt!
i would send a ticket to ask steam to remove those extra point from my account. that would be interesting to see.
Germany!!!!!
That's the most German question ever😀
wow are those weed and sex reference???? extremely funny man I love it, super original too😱😱😱
Spend 100 on something, then try to find and buy a game (or games) that increases your rewards points to that exact number.
Good luck show me when it's done 👍
I'm also American but I'm pretty sure he said he is a Berliner, as in Berlin, Germany.
log in on a browser and edit the number that shows up
Wait you can buy games with steam points?
Same question here
Buy a pixel of Gabe Newell’s beard. Just one.
Steam Achievement: "nice"
Just checked mine. I have 70,226. I could totally do it too
Nice
Maybe gabe will remove them from your account
Geheime Methode: das billigste Produkt im Steam Punkteshop kostet 100 Punkte, und 1 Euro = 104 Punkte, du musst also etwas kaufen, das 82~83c (86 Punkte) kostet, um 69520 Punkte zu haben. Dann kauf das 100 Punkte Emoticon ;J
(Entschuldige mich fuer mein schlechtes Deutsch)
Komisch, dass man von Steam gesiezt wird... Leute, ihr kennt ja schon meine intimsten Momente...
Ask steam to remove 14 points, they are pretty based and will understand i think XD
What can I do with Steam points. I have over a million and don't know what to do with them?
You can buy profile backrounds or steam deck startups and more
Ah! I see it now, thanks. I don't think I'll ever be able to spend all my points...
ez
Not really useful as any future purchase will destroy it again, but w/e
Ask steam. Maybe they'll give them to you 🤣🤣🤣
Ask steam support to remove 14 Points.
Yeah, maybe sending a quick email to support could do the trick. Can't hurt to ask!
ask steam, they will take those points from you(leggit, has happend before, a guy was given 1 point to reach it)
Oooooo
does anyone know if you can gift points?
Yep
Wow funny number
Gift me
You could send a mail to our lord and savior Gaben
You could try to contact steam support, from what I remember someone had a similar problem and they help him
Contact steam support. They'll help you out with that
Nett.
That'd be nice.
The hero we need
I had that once for real
I'll take em off your hands
Unfortunately you have your steam id in your username and I will be more than happy to gift you a few thousand >:)
marketplace?
you can't spend points on Marketplace.
If you talk with steam support they might delete 14 from you
Email gaben about that?
Got curious seeing this post so I checked my point balance. 452,649.. welp, looking like I might have a gaming addiction 😅
What a modern life problem!
gift them?
claim a ticket with the steam support if they are willing to deduct 14 points xD
Not even sure what to use the points on.
I have currently 642,818 points is there anything cool I can buy?
You can't. Your best option here is to buy a game worth 86 points and then buy an emoticon for 100.
From one emoticon user to another, how is your back doing mate?
im not sure how emoji won the war
Not sure if you're aware but emoticons and emoji are two distinct things. Emoticons are assembling pictures from text elements - a colon and a closing parenthesis make a smily face. Emoji are dedicated characters representing a wide array of pictographic elements.
Emoji won the war because they're more generalized. Just try to make an emoticon of a pile of poo.
https://preview.redd.it/86a0q8z0lxbf1.png?width=312&format=png&auto=webp&s=aae75dadd99fbe3ce0e97c1a9233d2866ce2ed13
This is the most reddit response ever
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Incorrect. Emoji are a particular character set formulated by the Unicode Consortium. Steam lets you use emoji for free without any special registering on your account. The icons Steam lets you use after purchasing from the shop are their own thing. Since emoji is a formal standard and emoticons are non-specific, it's good that steam used the name emoticon instead of confusing their emoji-like icons with real emoji.
This is the kinda info dump I’m on Reddit for. Thank you Sir/Madam/other/Mongol?
rolls off the tongue easier I guess
I still have no idea how pfp (profile picture) is beating avatar. It's so much more clunky other than it's easier to type quickly.
"Avatar" sounds too grandiose. It's just my profile picture, not like, my representation on this plane of reality.
I do think a lot of it is distinction for how people treat their personal info today versus yesteryear more than anything.
Since folks are a lot more loosey goosey about their name and location it does become their profile picture, whereas in the days of yore with AOL/activeworlds/secondlife it was closer to an avatar.
Saying PFP is the same number of syllables as avatar. Anyone who doesn't know what PFPs are is probably as likely to not know what an avatar is. PFP is also very literal, whereas avatar is a fairly fanciful term for what it is.
Avatar implies that it's a character. Calling a WoW character your 'avatar' makes sense, calling a picture on your profile your 'avatar' is weird IMO.
ProFilePicture
https://media.officedepot.com/images/f_auto,q_auto,e_sharpen,h_450/products/810838/810838_o01_office_depot_brand_file_folders_112519/810838
Would you rather say my PP?
interesting fact, in the post-soviet space, emoticons are not dead, but kinda reborn. We don't use :-) type faces anymore, they are shortened to a simple )
So you can text like "hey)" with one or multiple), depending on your mood. same for "(", but the meaning is "sad", obviously
I still call them smileys...
Definitely a psy op by big business to sell more emoji
as an emoticon guy myself, it's absolutely fucked! at least my knees are still good!
My back is amazing but my knees are pretty dodgy.
Fancy teaming up? We'd be invincible.
I still call the apps on my computer "programs"
Which is the only correct version imo
"Executable" should be acceptable too
Back is fine actually, but left knee in world of pain if I squat, and right ankle can't stretch :'(
is emoticon even the proper term? i thought emoticon was for text based guys like ¯_(ツ)_/¯ while emote or emoji was for the little images 🤷
Got a slipped disc and it's not a floppy disc
Now that's a word I haven't read in a while
Are you pyknic?
Go drink some teem.
Am I having an aneurysm or are you?
At this point I assume it’s all of us…
All of us indeed
I have slept long enough
The kingdom of heaven has long since forgotten my name
And I am EAGER to make them remember.
However
Call a bondulance
Bames Nonds having a stronk
That's a great question
yeah
I'm not sure if I'm looking at the correct definition of what pyknic even is so I'd be so glad if you (or any of the people upvoting this) could explain what in Jesus-tap-dancing-Christ's name you just said
Pyknic is a term to describe someone of short, stout stature.
Teem is a lemon lime drink I just found out about a few days ago, apparently discontinued in 1984. Practically no youtube content with views for it, so I figured nobody would know what it is unless they're 50+, but it still exists in some random countries around the world.
I was a bigger fan of Jolt and Surge. Teem never did it for me.
u/teem98052
You don't use them to decorate your profile? I feel like there's still a pretty sizable market for good Steam emoticons.
I think it's more that most people call them emotes, so seeing the full name feels a bit weird.
It's more that "emoticon"/"smiley" is what people used to call what nowadays are emojis. Just old people things lol
Oh yeah, emoji, not emote. Guess I'm getting old too (insert smiley
emoticonemoteemoji).People such as me on the other side of the world still call them "смайлики" or smileys
I still call them smileys way too often. Please help, I'm getting old :c
What do you call :(
Upside down smiley?
That or sad face for me.
I‘m so proud of my now unobtainable pepe emote that got turned into spurdo after a copyright claim
I never thought about using them on my profile. Mine just sit there gathering virtual dust...
It's cool to use them as icons with formatting in info boxes. Highly recommend for lists and hyperlinks.
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Thought so as well but that's actually what they're officially called.
What? Is it not commonly used in english? I am in doubt now I thought it's a normal word perhaps replaced by more used "emoji"? Might be my language, emotikona is maybe as common as emoji
Must be one of them woke Transformers
d33$-_-N√7zz just sent you a nudge.
:D
:')
What's the difference between emoticon and emoji. I forgor
A name I haven't heard in a long time.
It's Latin for emoji.
Or ask steam support very nicely
This could actually work
I was sitting here thinking that was a decimal point, like "why is he so eager to make it 54.434?" Maybe I should go to bed early.
Buy a game with points?
No, buy a game with real money that's worth 86 Steam points. 86 + 14 = 100. Then spend 100 points for an emoticon.
Damn, I already got exited with my >170,000 points.