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FaCE_1
Canada6180 Posts
Now, i'm #22 with 6 or 7 game sold. | ||
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LaNague
Germany9118 Posts
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zev318
Canada4306 Posts
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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
On December 16 2014 07:35 zev318 wrote: when's the steam winter sale or whatever start? December 18 | ||
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ObeseHydra
Brazil196 Posts
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jxx
Brazil307 Posts
On December 16 2014 04:58 dabom88 wrote: I feel old. You kids and your fancy schmancy trading cards and hats and gems and whatnot. Why, back in my day *insert rant here*. Now I'm an old grandpa at 26 and can't figure out darn tootin' what this Steam auction stuff is, tell ya what doncha know. I feel you man, I'm the same. I look at that crap and have no idea what's going on. | ||
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Trumpet
United States1935 Posts
On December 16 2014 08:34 ObeseHydra wrote: Who gonna buy KOF 98UMFE? I really love KOF and 98 is by far my favorite, but I fear the netcode... =/ I probably will eventually. Hard to want to spend money on it when GGPO was free for so long though  | ||
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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
On December 16 2014 09:35 jxx wrote: I feel you man, I'm the same. I look at that crap and have no idea what's going on. Make us 3, im 25 and i said: "screw that, way too complicated" ç it does seems cool to get games for "free" | ||
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killa_robot
Canada1884 Posts
On December 16 2014 11:57 Faruko wrote: Make us 3, im 25 and i said: "screw that, way too complicated" ç it does seems cool to get games for "free" I'm just confused as to how the hell they have so many gems and cards. I have like 6, giving me a total of around 80 gems. Then these people come in bidding thousands. Gee, what a fun system. | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On December 16 2014 14:18 killa_robot wrote: I'm just confused as to how the hell they have so many gems and cards. I have like 6, giving me a total of around 80 gems. Then these people come in bidding thousands. Gee, what a fun system. Backgrounds and Emotes are worth a lot more Gems. That said, people are obviously buying stuff off the market to convert, and the auctions aren't very cost efficient. On the plus side, if you had any Backgrounds and Emotes, they've gone from like $0.03 to $0.15. | ||
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Yurie
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DPK
Canada487 Posts
On December 16 2014 14:18 killa_robot wrote: I'm just confused as to how the hell they have so many gems and cards. I have like 6, giving me a total of around 80 gems. Then these people come in bidding thousands. Gee, what a fun system. Lol, I'm 28 and I don't find any of this confusing at all. It's very simple. Trading cards/Emoticons/Backgrounds can be "crafted" for some gems that you can then use to bid on games. Highest bidder win and there's a new auction every 45mins if I'm not mistaken. As to why there's so many gems, it's actually simple, people have a ton of games in their library and a lot of those games gives trading cards. So for every games that gives you trading cards, there's the possibility to craft a badge that will give you an emoticon and a background as a "reward". Those, as mentioned above, can be use to "craft" gems or can be sold on the market, you can also buy/sell gems on the market but only by stacks of a thousand. So, since a lot of people already had some badges that gave them emoticons/backgrounds prior to this bidding event and most didn't bother to sell them because of the low prices and high amount on the market, people started to buy them on the market at low prices to make gems out of them, others put theirs on the market and prices started to increase over time. You would be surprise by the amount of people who are/were collecting those thing. When it comes to cards, it's because of the new "Booster Pack Creator" that they added with this event. With X amount of gems, you can craft booster packs (3 cards), prices vary depending on the game. It goes from 450 to 1200 gems I think. Another thing would be the dupe bug that screwed up everything. During it, I was able to buy nearly 20k gems for 0.03 per stack of a thousand and I was able to craft some booster packs that I've sold on the market. They later reimbursed me all the money that I've spend on the market for gems lol. So basically, I was able to craft a couple of booster packs for free and I made money out of it. Hope this will help. | ||
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Craze
United States561 Posts
On December 16 2014 15:43 DPK wrote: Lol, I'm 28 and I don't find any of this confusing at all. It's very simple. Trading cards/Emoticons/Backgrounds can be "crafted" for some gems that you can then use to bid on games. Highest bidder win and there's a new auction every 45mins if I'm not mistaken. As to why there's so many gems, it's actually simple, people have a ton of games in their library and a lot of those games gives trading cards. So for every games that gives you trading cards, there's the possibility to craft a badge that will give you an emoticon and a background as a "reward". Those, as mentioned above, can be use to "craft" gems or can be sold on the market, you can also buy/sell gems on the market but only by stacks of a thousand. So, since a lot of people already had some badges that gave them emoticons/backgrounds prior to this bidding event and most didn't bother to sell them because of the low prices and high amount on the market, people started to buy them on the market at low prices to make gems out of them, others put theirs on the market and prices started to increase over time. You would be surprise by the amount of people who are/were collecting those thing. When it comes to cards, it's because of the new "Booster Pack Creator" that they added with this event. With X amount of gems, you can craft booster packs (3 cards), prices vary depending on the game. It goes from 450 to 1200 gems I think. Another thing would be the dupe bug that screwed up everything. During it, I was able to buy nearly 20k gems for 0.03 per stack of a thousand and I was able to craft some booster packs that I've sold on the market. They later reimbursed me all the money that I've spend on the market for gems lol. So basically, I was able to craft a couple of booster packs for free and I made money out of it. Hope this will help. wut. Sounds like Freemium Business, but it's steam so it can't be evil... | ||
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On December 16 2014 16:09 Craze wrote: wut. Sounds like Freemium Business, but it's steam so it can't be evil... Steam is literally just a DRM platform for games. The point of these random events and cards, badges, etc. isn't "pay us to unlock more content", it's "you're already locked into our platform, so here's some random shit that involves the platform". If you don't like the random shit, cool, just stick with what Steam is...a DRM platform for games. That said, I like Steam's random shit, because I've paid for 5-6 games purely from the "free" junk that they've added in. | ||
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ZenithM
France15952 Posts
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ViperPL
Poland1775 Posts
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WolfintheSheep
Canada14127 Posts
On December 16 2014 17:25 ViperPL wrote: Any chance Dark Souls 2 will feature on Steam's winter sale? Like 99% chance. No guarantee that it'll be a good deal, though, probably 33-50% off at most. | ||
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DaMuffinman
Germany1705 Posts
On December 16 2014 17:28 WolfintheSheep wrote: Like 99% chance. No guarantee that it'll be a good deal, though, probably 33-50% off at most. I wouldn't bet my money on it. It wasn't discounted at the Black Friday/Thanksgiving sale. If it's on sale, I'd say it's 25% or 33% at best. | ||
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ahswtini
Northern Ireland22208 Posts
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FaCE_1
Canada6180 Posts
as for the sale, any chance that "the war of mine" go on sale? it's like the only game i'm looking forward to maybe buy. | ||
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