# Steam 5 day black friday sale **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 24, 2010, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823 "2010-11-24T23:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/61 "2010-11-30T19:25:52Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > Cool, add me to your friends list on steam then and I’ll tell you when we’re organizing games. Looks like we’ve got 4 or 5 new SDMB players with a few maybes. Since we already had enough people to fill an 8 player game on occasion this should result in frequent full games. I’m already on your friends list; i’m one of the ones who gets lambasted for having no mic. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/62 "2010-11-30T19:29:09Z")
I yell at everyone for having no mic, you damn cheap bastards. You could be one of 3 or 4 people. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/63 "2010-11-30T19:47:16Z")
Seriously man. PC microphones cost like five bucks now-a-days if you don’t get a headset type deal. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/64 "2010-11-30T19:52:46Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > I yell at everyone for having no mic, you damn cheap bastards. You could be one of 3 or 4 people. …who can’t seem to spare $10. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/65 "2010-11-30T19:57:40Z")
It’s generally not a huge deal, I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t get one - it makes communication faster and more personal, and they cost like literally $8-12. And they’re almost essential for some stuff - I’ve been skipping over inviting micless people whenever we play realism in l4d2 since you become such a liability that way. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/66 "2010-11-30T20:10:51Z")
I saw PC mics at a dollar store once. I even bought one, but never hooked it up to see if it somehow wasn’t worth a buck. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/67 "2010-12-01T00:16:12Z")
The day after a steam sale is depressing. Ah well, only a month till the gigantic Christmas sale of doom. I’ll be making a thread for that. In the meantime, post random good deals in our [continuing thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=544389) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/68 "2010-12-02T18:45:45Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I saw PC mics at a dollar store once. I even bought one, but never hooked it up to see if it somehow wasn’t worth a buck. This turned out to work fine, FYI. Worked as well as the 10 buck one I bought previously. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/69 "2010-12-02T18:50:34Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > It’s generally not a huge deal, I just don’t understand why you wouldn’t get one - it makes communication faster and more personal, and they cost like literally $8-12. And they’re almost essential for some stuff - I’ve been skipping over inviting micless people whenever we play realism in l4d2 since you become such a liability that way. I just recently replaced my mic. I couldn’t find one for less than $20. Best Buy, Office Depot, Target, the cheapest was $19.99. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/70 "2010-12-02T19:02:11Z")
There are dozens of mics on [amazon.com](http://amazon.com) under $10, and headsets under $15. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/71 "2010-12-04T02:51:12Z")
I regret not buying left 4 dead 2 when it was $5. However to be fair I bought L4D part 1 about a year ago for $5 on steam and never played it. So I figured I should play it a bit instead of buying part 2 when I saw it was on sale. It isn’t bad, but I’ve only done about 1/4 of the maps. maybe part 2 will be on sale again during christmas. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823/72 "2010-12-07T08:01:49Z")
I wasn’t expecting another steam sale to hit until the Christmas sale somewhere around Dec 22, but steam is having a “treasure hunt” sale leading up to the Christmas sale, so I started the holiday sale thread early this year and combined them. I figured everyone subscribed to this thread would be interested, so [here’s](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=588313) the new thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-5-day-black-friday-sale/561823.md?page=3)