Valve's Steam Summer Sale Mini-Game Bakes in Confusion Among Fans and Developers
The mini-game baked into this year's Steam summer sale, titled "Grand Prix," was intended to boost players' scores by having them pick one of five teams, complete in-game quests, and then random members of the top three teams would win a game of their choice from their wish list. However, the instructions were not super clear, leading many players to delete games off their wish list in order to prioritize more expensive ones, which caused developers to complain about huge decreases in wish list numbers.
The team boosting mechanic was also unclear, with many players being confused as to how it worked, but ultimately, nobody seemed to care and everyone just joined Team Corgi anyway. Valve has since tweaked some features and informed players that they can simply move their most wanted game to the top of their wish list without deleting any games. However, it's unclear at this time whether or not the sale can be salvaged.
In other news, Display Regular is a cool poster company that creates durable metal prints with over 260 thousand artworks spanning many influences and styles. Their products feature an easy magnetic mounting system with no power tools or holes in the wall required. Furthermore, for every display purchased, they plant 10 trees. They're good people, and their good deeds extend to offering a discount code, LTT at checkout, which can be used to get 15% off.
In tech news, Geekbench has leaked information about the upcoming Ryzen 3900X, which is expected to almost match the Intel Core i9-9900K in single-threaded performance. In multi-threaded tests, the Ryzen 3900X beats out Intel's top mainstream chip by 27 points. Additionally, there have been benchmarks showing that the Ryzen 3700X can beat the 9900K in multi-threaded performance.
In industry news, Joni Ive is leaving Apple after almost 30 years as a designer and executive. He was instrumental in creating the sleek minimalist look of many Apple products and will be working with them as their first client for his new design company, Love Something? (Note: The name "Love Something?" is unclear). It's worth noting that Ive has been involved in several high-profile controversies during his time at Apple, but this departure marks a significant change.
Finally, Samsung has leaked information about its upcoming Galaxy Note 10 Plus, which features a nearly bezel-less design with a singular hole punch camera at the top. The phone is expected to be the first Samsung device to drop the headphone jack, marking a return to an outdated technology that we've been warned about for years (after all, Luke Skywalker's failure with his headphones is a cautionary tale that we'll never forget).
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyou know what that's enough no more tech news there's been too much tech news already i'm done i'm out come on one more okay one more tech news yes if there was any lingering doubt about the legitimacy of the leaks concerning nvidia's rtx super line of graphics cards they're probably gone now listings for evga's versions of the geforce rtx 2060 super and 2070 super hit amazon this morning and were documented in fairly great detail the listings mentioned a launch of july 9th which is consistent with information previously leaked by videocards.com and yesterday video cards posted a photo of a stock 2070 super then today they detailed the spec changes we might see including slight boosts in clock speed memory and memory speed according to these leaks the official announcement for the super line will happen on july 2nd with availability on the 9th those dates are placed basically perfectly to disrupt amd's launch of the radeon rx 5700 series on july the 7th although still further leaks point to amd fleshing out their own lineup with an rx 5800 and 5900 later in the year here's what i want to know why can't nvidia just let amd have a nice launch party for once they're kind of like that friend that makes your birthday all about them yeah yeah speaking of hardware launches valve has just officially launched their index vr headset reviews seem to be saying that the index provides what might be the best vr experience yet with 1440 by 1600 pixels per eye and a 120 hertz refresh rate furthermore the finger tracking knuckles controller also enables new unique gameplay the only problem is that there aren't a ton of games that make use of the new controllers and a complete kit with the headset base stations and controllers costs 1 000 us dollars that is more than double the price of the 399 oculus rift s and to make matters worse gabe newell made a joke about half-life 3 at the index launch party and you know what gabe that's not funny i know that's not funny anymore i'm upset i'm well i i would love to check out the index but they wouldn't send me one they just didn't even reply to my message so maybe later speaking of people being upset at valve the company has responded to fan and developer complaints about the mini game baked into the steam summer sale you see this year's sale came with a mini game called grand prix players are supposed to pick one of five teams boosting its score by buying games and completing in-game quests random members of the top three teams then get a chance to win one of the top games on their wish list now the problem though is that the instructions weren't super clear and many players ended up deleting games off their wish list in order to prioritize more expensive ones that led developers to complain about huge decreases in wish list numbers which are really important for game visibility on the store furthermore players were also confused about how the team boosting mechanic worked not that it ended up mattering because everybody just joined team corgi anyway so valve has tweaked some features and told players that they can just move their most wanted game to the top of their wish list with no deletions required but it's unclear at this time whether or not the sale can be salvaged because let's face it corgis would never beat a hair in a race the whole thing was completely unrealistic from the get-go legs are too short now it's time for the brick quicks brought to you by display regular posters are cool but if you roll them up wrong just one time luke skywalker is going to have a weird bent face forever well disc blades are magnet mounted metal prints that are durable and look way cooler than a piece of paper anyway display it has over 260 thousand artwork spanning many influences and styles and they feature an easy magnetic mounting system with no power tools or holes in the wall required plus display plants 10 trees for every display purchased they're good people in fact they're so good they'll let you use discount code ltt at checkout we're going to have that linked below to get 15 off so check out display down below brick quicks ever heard of him me neither you can't stop the leaks my friends this time we got a glimpse at the upcoming ryzen 3900x on geekbench where it almost matched the intel core i9 9900k in single threaded performance if i'm intel i am like shaking in my boots and i don't even wear boots furthermore it beat intel's top mainstream chip by 27 in the multi-threaded test we also got some ryzen 3700x benchmarks showing that chip beating the 9900k in multi-threaded performance so like here's the thing even if nvidia manages to rain on amd's radeon launch parade ryzen should bring a smile back to dr seuss face and doesn't she deserve it she works so hard revolutionary and visionary designer joni ive is leaving apple after almost 30 years he was the right-hand man of steve jobs and was instrumental in creating the sleek minimalist look that apple products are known for but don't worry he's not going far he's creating his own design company what was it called love something love oh i don't know i can't make love no that's probably not it and he's going to have apple as his first client so hopefully we'll still be able to make fun of those apple launch videos by doing a british accent on a white background for years to come and there's more leaks by the way photos have popped up of samsung's upcoming galaxy note 10 plus so i guess note 10 pro is not gonna be the moniker okay that's fine the phone features a nearly bezel-less design with a singular hole punch camera at the top and the note 10 plus is expected to be the first samsung phone to drop the headphone jack teaching us yet again that lesson about why we cannot trust our heroes luke skywalker failed and this is basically the same thing hackers broke into the russian search giant yandex late last year in an attempt to spy on users and they were reportedly sponsored by a western nation specifically a member of the five eyes alliance so that's the us britain australia new zealand and canada you know if you ask me it was probably the kiwis yeah they their island is small but they can be very fierce never cross a kiwi that's what i say and the pentagon has apparently developed a device that can identify people from 200 meters away by detecting their unique cardiac signature or heartbeat with an infrared laser well yep i think it's time to just cancel facial recognition research because this is like just way way easier guys who are you pew who are you pew pew i know who i am and it's time to cancel this episode because it's over thanks for watching guys and hey if you need more tech news i want you to know that i'm going to be right back here on monday just kidding i'm taking monday off but it'll be someone yeah it's going to be riley oh poor rileyyou know what that's enough no more tech news there's been too much tech news already i'm done i'm out come on one more okay one more tech news yes if there was any lingering doubt about the legitimacy of the leaks concerning nvidia's rtx super line of graphics cards they're probably gone now listings for evga's versions of the geforce rtx 2060 super and 2070 super hit amazon this morning and were documented in fairly great detail the listings mentioned a launch of july 9th which is consistent with information previously leaked by videocards.com and yesterday video cards posted a photo of a stock 2070 super then today they detailed the spec changes we might see including slight boosts in clock speed memory and memory speed according to these leaks the official announcement for the super line will happen on july 2nd with availability on the 9th those dates are placed basically perfectly to disrupt amd's launch of the radeon rx 5700 series on july the 7th although still further leaks point to amd fleshing out their own lineup with an rx 5800 and 5900 later in the year here's what i want to know why can't nvidia just let amd have a nice launch party for once they're kind of like that friend that makes your birthday all about them yeah yeah speaking of hardware launches valve has just officially launched their index vr headset reviews seem to be saying that the index provides what might be the best vr experience yet with 1440 by 1600 pixels per eye and a 120 hertz refresh rate furthermore the finger tracking knuckles controller also enables new unique gameplay the only problem is that there aren't a ton of games that make use of the new controllers and a complete kit with the headset base stations and controllers costs 1 000 us dollars that is more than double the price of the 399 oculus rift s and to make matters worse gabe newell made a joke about half-life 3 at the index launch party and you know what gabe that's not funny i know that's not funny anymore i'm upset i'm well i i would love to check out the index but they wouldn't send me one they just didn't even reply to my message so maybe later speaking of people being upset at valve the company has responded to fan and developer complaints about the mini game baked into the steam summer sale you see this year's sale came with a mini game called grand prix players are supposed to pick one of five teams boosting its score by buying games and completing in-game quests random members of the top three teams then get a chance to win one of the top games on their wish list now the problem though is that the instructions weren't super clear and many players ended up deleting games off their wish list in order to prioritize more expensive ones that led developers to complain about huge decreases in wish list numbers which are really important for game visibility on the store furthermore players were also confused about how the team boosting mechanic worked not that it ended up mattering because everybody just joined team corgi anyway so valve has tweaked some features and told players that they can just move their most wanted game to the top of their wish list with no deletions required but it's unclear at this time whether or not the sale can be salvaged because let's face it corgis would never beat a hair in a race the whole thing was completely unrealistic from the get-go legs are too short now it's time for the brick quicks brought to you by display regular posters are cool but if you roll them up wrong just one time luke skywalker is going to have a weird bent face forever well disc blades are magnet mounted metal prints that are durable and look way cooler than a piece of paper anyway display it has over 260 thousand artwork spanning many influences and styles and they feature an easy magnetic mounting system with no power tools or holes in the wall required plus display plants 10 trees for every display purchased they're good people in fact they're so good they'll let you use discount code ltt at checkout we're going to have that linked below to get 15 off so check out display down below brick quicks ever heard of him me neither you can't stop the leaks my friends this time we got a glimpse at the upcoming ryzen 3900x on geekbench where it almost matched the intel core i9 9900k in single threaded performance if i'm intel i am like shaking in my boots and i don't even wear boots furthermore it beat intel's top mainstream chip by 27 in the multi-threaded test we also got some ryzen 3700x benchmarks showing that chip beating the 9900k in multi-threaded performance so like here's the thing even if nvidia manages to rain on amd's radeon launch parade ryzen should bring a smile back to dr seuss face and doesn't she deserve it she works so hard revolutionary and visionary designer joni ive is leaving apple after almost 30 years he was the right-hand man of steve jobs and was instrumental in creating the sleek minimalist look that apple products are known for but don't worry he's not going far he's creating his own design company what was it called love something love oh i don't know i can't make love no that's probably not it and he's going to have apple as his first client so hopefully we'll still be able to make fun of those apple launch videos by doing a british accent on a white background for years to come and there's more leaks by the way photos have popped up of samsung's upcoming galaxy note 10 plus so i guess note 10 pro is not gonna be the moniker okay that's fine the phone features a nearly bezel-less design with a singular hole punch camera at the top and the note 10 plus is expected to be the first samsung phone to drop the headphone jack teaching us yet again that lesson about why we cannot trust our heroes luke skywalker failed and this is basically the same thing hackers broke into the russian search giant yandex late last year in an attempt to spy on users and they were reportedly sponsored by a western nation specifically a member of the five eyes alliance so that's the us britain australia new zealand and canada you know if you ask me it was probably the kiwis yeah they their island is small but they can be very fierce never cross a kiwi that's what i say and the pentagon has apparently developed a device that can identify people from 200 meters away by detecting their unique cardiac signature or heartbeat with an infrared laser well yep i think it's time to just cancel facial recognition research because this is like just way way easier guys who are you pew who are you pew pew i know who i am and it's time to cancel this episode because it's over thanks for watching guys and hey if you need more tech news i want you to know that i'm going to be right back here on monday just kidding i'm taking monday off but it'll be someone yeah it's going to be riley oh poor riley\n"
