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sLiniss
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States849 Posts
March 09 2011 19:26 GMT
#1
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For the past few months, I've been trading significantly in Team Fortress 2. I started it out with very little, traded items around for the purpose of making a profit, then yesterday I finally sold my items for $100.

For those of you who play or know about TF2 trading:
+ Show Spoiler +
I started with around 5 Refined Metals
After 1 month, got my 1st pair of buds
After 2 months, got more buds/bills
After 3 months, I got a Searing Plasma Kabuto for 4 Buds
Sold Searing Plasma Kabuto for 5 Buds
Sold 5 buds for $20 each
Made $100


I was explaining this phenomenon of buying and selling in-game items for real money and a friend reminded me of SoJ's in Diablo 2. Back in the day, an SoJ in Diablo 2 could get you around $30 each! I guess my main question now is...

Are there games out there right now similar to TF2 and D2 in the sense that people will buy in game items for real money (excluding WoW please)?

also

Does anyone else have their own stories about selling game items for money?

Kutsuki
Profile Joined April 2010
United States29 Posts
March 09 2011 19:29 GMT
#2
How long does it take to grind a bud? Is say 20 dollars a bud worth the time it takes?
My better is better than your better
drag_
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
England425 Posts
March 09 2011 19:30 GMT
#3
Not to be an asshole or anything, but I really hope you had fun doing this, because $100 really isn't that much cash for 5 months.
Deja Thoris
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
South Africa646 Posts
March 09 2011 19:31 GMT
#4
Eve-online. A guy I know claims to have sold a titan for $5k RMT is not allowed in the game but its still pretty rampant. I guess that kind of money would be good if it was kind of a windfall but if you had to grind it you'd be better off working a normal job.
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
6995 Posts
March 09 2011 19:32 GMT
#5
On March 10 2011 04:30 drag_ wrote:
Not to be an asshole or anything, but I really hope you had fun doing this, because $100 really isn't that much cash for 5 months.

Isn't it obvious that he's in it for the money? No fun in video games like duh obviously.
DoubleZee
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada556 Posts
March 09 2011 19:37 GMT
#6
Unless you're bot farming in WoW I don't think there is anyway to make money playing a video game. That's if you consider botting to be playing...which it really isn't.
Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!
Puosu
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
6995 Posts
March 09 2011 19:40 GMT
#7
On March 10 2011 04:37 DoubleZee wrote:
Unless you're bot farming in WoW I don't think there is anyway to make money playing a video game. That's if you consider botting to be playing...which it really isn't.

This sentence on TL.net, didn't quite expect to see it.
sLiniss
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States849 Posts
March 09 2011 19:42 GMT
#8
On March 10 2011 04:29 Kutsuki wrote:
How long does it take to grind a bud? Is say 20 dollars a bud worth the time it takes?

Well it depends on what kind of people are trading. I usually check in every once in a while on trading sites.


On March 10 2011 04:32 Puosu wrote:
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On March 10 2011 04:30 drag_ wrote:
Not to be an asshole or anything, but I really hope you had fun doing this, because $100 really isn't that much cash for 5 months.

Isn't it obvious that he's in it for the money? No fun in video games like duh obviously.

From my experience, trading in TF2 =/= playing TF2. Trading is like... leisurely making money/something on the side. I wouldn't compare it to a real job at all. When I play TF2 to actually play, I enjoy it
Djagulingu
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Germany3605 Posts
March 09 2011 19:46 GMT
#9
On March 10 2011 04:40 Puosu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 04:37 DoubleZee wrote:
Unless you're bot farming in WoW I don't think there is anyway to make money playing a video game. That's if you consider botting to be playing...which it really isn't.

This sentence on TL.net, didn't quite expect to see it.


I'm laughing my ass off right now.
"windows bash is a steaming heap of shit" tofucake
awu25
Profile Joined April 2010
United States2003 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 19:54:05
March 09 2011 19:51 GMT
#10
I forgot the game name but on Yahoo they mentioned in some game that someone sold a virtual island for 6 figures. But in that game I think everything costs money but he made a considerable profit

EDIT: found it
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/new-record-set-for-most-expensive-virtual-item
Nvm, someone bought the island from the game company and will try to make a profit off it
WiljushkA
Profile Joined March 2006
Serbia1416 Posts
March 09 2011 19:58 GMT
#11
eveonline is the mecca of rmt.
"As much as I love the image of me F5-ing paypal every 15 minutes while fist pumping and screaming "SHIP THE MONEY BITCHES"" - Day9
DoubleZee
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada556 Posts
March 09 2011 20:02 GMT
#12
On March 10 2011 04:40 Puosu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 10 2011 04:37 DoubleZee wrote:
Unless you're bot farming in WoW I don't think there is anyway to make money playing a video game. That's if you consider botting to be playing...which it really isn't.

This sentence on TL.net, didn't quite expect to see it.


Well, I mean without being a super talented pro gamer.
Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!
Torte de Lini
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Germany38463 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-09 20:07:36
March 09 2011 20:06 GMT
#13
For the longest time, I've been thinking of selling my shit: http://www.tf2items.com/id/0825771

I know some hats in the game go for 3-400 dollars. It's so ridiculously stupid.
https://twitter.com/#!/TorteDeLini (@TorteDeLini)
sLiniss
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States849 Posts
March 09 2011 20:21 GMT
#14
On March 10 2011 05:06 Torte de Lini wrote:
For the longest time, I've been thinking of selling my shit: http://www.tf2items.com/id/0825771

I know some hats in the game go for 3-400 dollars. It's so ridiculously stupid.


Pretty impressive! Especially the max head. I'd say you could get more than $200.
hammeronetime
Profile Joined June 2008
United States64 Posts
March 09 2011 20:34 GMT
#15
I sold some adena (gold) I made in lineage 2 through botting. I never got serious about it and sold it to a reseller. I think I made a couple hundred dollars - it was so long ago.

I also sold my WoW account.

If I wanted to get serious about selling virtual items I would learn how to program bots. It's a matter of scaling and you can't individually make a lot of money manually playing.
Kaal
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Djibouti2539 Posts
March 09 2011 20:39 GMT
#16
Two games, that I know of. One is Tibia, a game extremely popular in Brazil. So much so that the most uttered sentence is "Br, br?" I had a buddy of mine who sold his character for $1200 USD. The second that I know of is Ragnarok Online. On kRO you can sell third class Trans characters to players for anywhere from 500-1000$ USD. Certain Items, like Golden Thief Bug card which drops one in a million on a monster that spawns twice a day, used to sell for 5000-10000 USD on iRO server.

There's also EVE online, but I don't know much about that.
NIIINO
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Slovakia1320 Posts
March 09 2011 20:40 GMT
#17
Well im doing Athemes challenge for 1k
also i was teaching my good friend playing SC2 for free food in his restaurant, god i miss that times
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
March 09 2011 21:20 GMT
#18
EVE online is very similar to WOW, in that you need to pay to play, but you can certainly make a lot of money buying and selling stuff in game.
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Diamond
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States10796 Posts
March 09 2011 21:26 GMT
#19
Ah brings back the days when I got a Windforce in DII and sold it for something like $500-$600. Those were the days....

I don't know of any games offhand you can buy/sell and it's worth your time anymore, but best of luck I guess.
Ballistix Gaming Global Gaming/Esports Marketing Manager - twitter.com/esvdiamond
echO [W]
Profile Joined July 2010
United States1495 Posts
March 09 2011 22:28 GMT
#20
On March 10 2011 06:26 iCCup.Diamond wrote:
Ah brings back the days when I got a Windforce in DII and sold it for something like $500-$600. Those were the days....

I don't know of any games offhand you can buy/sell and it's worth your time anymore, but best of luck I guess.

Haha. Back in the day, I had a Level 86 Amazon and I was so young at the point I trusted some guy who turned around and stole my account. It didn't have AWESOME gear on it, but it was still good and I was still FURIOUS. However, I contacted Blizzard, gave them my CD key, and they reset the account's password and gave it back to me.

I got my Amazon back FULLY DECKED OUT with Windforce, hex charms, white rings, white gloves and I believe there were also Shakos etc etc.
"Or a school bus over a bunch of kids" - Tasteless --- “A man's errors are his portals of discovery.” - James Joyce
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