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    Steam really needs a feature that prevents me from drunk buying.

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    Pumer

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    #1  Edited By Pumer

    I have a tendency to get stoned or blasted and buy a bunch of games.  If steam would ask me a simple math question or what the meaning of life is, it would seriously cut into my influenced purchasing.  Anyone else have this problem?
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    #2  Edited By MrKlorox

    I used to. Now I just keep steamgamesales.com in my RSS feed so I'm not temped to look through their catalog every time. I just know about sales when they happen and don't risk opening the store unless I know what I want to buy.
     
    I buy more impulsively when I'm drunk, but I want to play something new more when I'm stoned. Dangerous for the wallet when combined.

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    #3  Edited By Afroman269

    I used to have that problem but with Xbox Live since I would just browse the marketplace stoned and would say hey that looks ok, then boom, purchased. I just have it now where the disc automatically starts so I don't see the dashboard.

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    How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place?

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    #5  Edited By meteora

    I don't really see how enjoyable it is to smoke pot or get drunk in front of the computer to warrant having that sort of security measurement; but hey I guess it would be helpful.

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    #6  Edited By Djeffers03

    For the love of god why aren't there built in breathalyzers in PC's yet?!

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    Pumer

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    #7  Edited By Pumer
    @Meteora said:
    "I don't really see how enjoyable it is to smoke pot or get drunk in front of the computer to warrant having that sort of security measurement; but hey I guess it would be helpful. "  
    Getting stoned alone is great fun.  Drinkin alone, not so much, but I've been known to do so.
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    #8  Edited By Prolix
    @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    Wait... We don't have to?  Mind = BLOWN!
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    #9  Edited By WEGGLES
    Chrome would do well to not allow people to access "secure" sites while intoxicated. I'd buy a USB breathalyser for that. 
     
    @President_Barackbar
    said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    What a great solution..... :\
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    #10  Edited By damnboyadvance

    They should release a peripheral that tests your blood-alcohol level. If it finds ANY, it doesn't let you in, just for safety.

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    #11  Edited By eezo

    "not getting stoned" is out of the question though

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    #12  Edited By AhmadMetallic
    @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    What are you high ? 
     
    Thank you.. thank you.
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    #13  Edited By MikkaQ
    @Meteora said:
    " I don't really see how enjoyable it is to smoke pot or get drunk in front of the computer to warrant having that sort of security measurement; but hey I guess it would be helpful. "
    it's not so much getting drunk or high in front of the computer, as... coming home after a night of drinking or smoking, and seeing what's on sale on steam and bam... now I own every Codemasters made racing game. Great.  
     
    Though at least I have good taste. The day after my birthday party, I found L4D2 and the Deus Ex games in my steam. No idea when that happened, but... I bought 'em. 
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    #14  Edited By The_Dude
    @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    Hey, here he is...I found "that guy".
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    #15  Edited By shiftymagician
    @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
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    #16  Edited By Alexander

    I'm better at long division while driving when inebriated.

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    #17  Edited By Pumer

    I am drunk.  Hopefully halo will keep me from spending moneis 

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    #18  Edited By LiquidPrince

    Why would they want to stop sales? They might even advertise more beer related stuff.

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    #19  Edited By ventilaator
    @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    Crazy talk
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    #20  Edited By Lemoncookie01

    Make shortcuts of all your games.

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    #21  Edited By valrog
    @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    It's so obvious that no one could think of it.
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    #22  Edited By weltal

    Yeah, at least they tell you when you've already purchased something.
     I once got drunk, brought the Rockstar pack and then like an hour later was like "Hey, that's an awesome deal!" and tried to buy it again. Thankfully they told me I already owned it.

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    #23  Edited By MethodMan008
    @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    " @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    What are you high ?  Thank you.. thank you. "
    /mass applause 
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    #24  Edited By beej

    Man whatever high purchases are the only reason I found mount & blade.

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    #25  Edited By AhmadMetallic
    @MethodMan008 said:
    " @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    " @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    What are you high ?  Thank you.. thank you. "
    /mass applause  "
    what a terrific audience
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    #26  Edited By ZeroCast
    @President_Barackbar said:
    "How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "

    +5
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    #27  Edited By Cerberus86

    I was a proud member of the Boycott Modern Warfare 2 game for not having dedicated servers.......................................................then I got drunk 

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    I almost bought that demolition company sim while hammered on homemade wine. 

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    #29  Edited By MordeaniisChaos
    @Meteora said:
    " I don't really see how enjoyable it is to smoke pot or get drunk in front of the computer to warrant having that sort of security measurement; but hey I guess it would be helpful. "
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    #30  Edited By Goly

    hahaha never happened to me, I've never bought anything from steam and stopped getting stoned alone... wait stopped smoking pot altogether. Smoking alone is one of the things I enjoyed the most but I became so goddamn stupid everybody thought I had lost it and I was forced to stop for my own good. Don't do it, not good, it soon becomes an habit and you'll smoke your joints like cigarettes.

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    #31  Edited By Malakhii

    You should see what you buy when you're on heroin. 

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    #32  Edited By agentboolen
    @Pumer: Doubt it will ever happening for 2 reasons.  
     
    1 Stupid people, it would have to have that try another question button like they put on those vision letter tests that they have been using now a days.  Just imagine that rare person that doesn't know addition.
     
    2 DLC have been solely based on impose/drunk buying.
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    #33  Edited By blair
    @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    That's a terrible idea.
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    #34  Edited By ArbitraryWater
    @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    This. Alternatively, you could set it so you have to enter your credit card information every single time you make a purchase. That's probably a brick wall for most drunk/high people.
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    #35  Edited By LordAndrew

    Steam needs a feature that prevents me from buying games while sober. Eternity's Child? Sure, that looks like a quality product deserving of my money. I think I need to be drunk to enjoy that game.

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    #37  Edited By FesteringNeon

    I tend to do this when i'm extremely tired. Did I need to buy Sennheiser HD 555's to turn them in HD 595's? no....but I did anyway.

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    #38  Edited By VisariLoyalist

    you'd have no problem paying for games on steam if you just stopped drinking

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    #39  Edited By Noodles

    Simple fix: Let you return any game you buy within 24 hours. This would also help (for me at least) with games bought off of Steam that don't run on your system or are unplayable on your system.

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    #40  Edited By elephantjewls
    @Malakhii said:
    " You should see what you buy when you're on heroin.  "
    Whatever.  I don't need opiates to know that $4.99 to train my own ice-steed is a fucking deal
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    #41  Edited By KaosAngel

    ...they should do it for the Christmas sales.  Give you a chance to double think it.  >.> 
     
    Fucking wasted money on games I never touched.

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    #42  Edited By fix8ed
    @President_Barackbar: 
     
    How about a nice big glass of the shut the hell up?????
     
    Just kidding, not starting a war. lol
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    #43  Edited By beej
    @bukkookkub:  can one have too many sennheisers though? well, yeah probably, but still..
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    #44  Edited By Undeadpool
    @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    " @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    What are you high ?  Thank you.. thank you. "
    *slow clap...slowly stands...slow clap becomes faster*
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    #45  Edited By AhmadMetallic
    @Undeadpool said:
    " @Ahmad_Metallic said:
    " @President_Barackbar said:
    " How about not getting drunk or stoned in the first place? "
    What are you high ?  Thank you.. thank you. "
    *slow clap...slowly stands...slow clap becomes faster* "
    sorry friend i gave up cyber sex years ago 
    and you sound rather slow 
     
    thanks again. thank you !
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    #46  Edited By therealnelsk

    I support the O.P. I just bought Ruse. Must have been fucked up.... 
     
     
    Edit: Yeah. I'm fucked up.

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    #47  Edited By AndrewB

    Valve branded USB breathalyzers coming soon.

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    #48  Edited By Animasta

    yeah OP just make it so steam doesn't save your credit card credentials or whatever.

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    #49  Edited By DrPockets000

    Steam should also sell alcohol.  It would be the ultimate sales scheme: get you drunk and trick you into buying more shit! 
     
    I might have something here...

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    #50  Edited By FesteringNeon
    @beej said:

    " @bukkookkub:  can one have too many sennheisers though? well, yeah probably, but still.. "

    Well considering I had the HD497's, have the EH150's(snowboarding), RS120's, and HD 280 Pro's... Ordering the HD 555's probably wasn't needed... but to answer your question NO! Now I just need to dream about the HD800's :p 
     
    On topic though, I do tend to buy alot of PSN games when they're on special or when i'm extremely careless at that point with my money. I play some of them once or twice then always tell myself that i'll come back to them one day. As far as Steam purchases go, I only have a few, but they were a bargain and worth every penny. :)  

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