BrokenEchelon
Banned
Mentally ill.
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Guy spent (still going) ~$3,000 on Steam Winter Sale Badges
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Family Fry
Member
He's currently got 9,690 items in his inventory. If he sold everyone of those for $1 he would get $9,690!
We all know some of those items sell for WELL over that. Crazy.
We all know some of those items sell for WELL over that. Crazy.
opticalmace
Member
Holy crap level 1000.
Rickenslacker
Banned
998... 999...
1000!
1000!
PetriP-TNT
Member
Wooot! I thought my DP badge was better level but I was confused with the foil one 
zephervack
Member
So other than a few characters on you screen saying you are LEVEL 1000, what else did this guy achieve by doing this?
Marauder Shields
Member
He hasn't even reached his final form. Soon he will be the most powerful being in the universe.
10 minutes of internet fame!
Family Fry
Member
He got a thread on GAF?
PetriP-TNT
Member
It unlocks Half Life 3. But the shitty thing is that you can't talk about HL3 or you will lose your Steam account
Alec
Member
He probably wants to be the only guy in the world to have maxed out these particular badges.
Yep, and just imagine Valve is getting ~5¢ each time a card is sold. Go to the snow globes in the market and try to buy the first item that appears on the list. You'll literally never get the first one since they sell so fast. I even refreshed, went straight to page 3, and still couldn't buy a card since it had sold already.
It's a great revenue stream for Valve, and the game devs to a lesser extent. People that participate gets the badges and items, and the ppl that don't can sell them and make a few bucks. Everyone wins.
Why not?
Viewing it also crashed my browser. Perhaps this is the new test and we can throw the Crysis question out now? But can it view PalmDeserts Steam Inventory?
Playtimes weren't introduced from the start.
RibbedHero
Member
If he wants to spend $3000 on it then more power to him. I don't see why you all feel his spending habits need to be policed, he's obviously well off.
It's like judging you for spending on video games instead of more practical things. If he gets joy out of it then let him do it. $3000 is not a lot of money for a lot of people.
It's like judging you for spending on video games instead of more practical things. If he gets joy out of it then let him do it. $3000 is not a lot of money for a lot of people.
...What?
maniac-kun
Member
1000!
Rickenslacker
Banned
Steam achievements are incredibly trivial to spoof, even if you're not using an external program like Steam Achievement Manager, there are sometimes servers you can go to in-game to unlock large swathes of them with a chat command.
I wonder if that economist that Valve hired had anything to do with the badge program.
I also wonder if this person has a problem with his brain's impulse control center.
I am so glad that I've never been that obsessed with anything.
I also wonder if this person has a problem with his brain's impulse control center.
I am so glad that I've never been that obsessed with anything.
A handie from Gabe.
ab.aeterno
Member
I suddenly feel way less bad about dropping $1.50 to grab all the backgrounds and emotes from the winter sale.
endresults
Member
I wonder how often this guy gets booster pack drops.
crimsonheadGCN
Banned
If I had that type of money, I would do the same.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
I was just on this guys profile before, didn't even notice how much it costs to get to that level. lmao wow.
Hey guys I think we've found the guy!
Either he's mentally ill or extremely rich. That's a lot of money to spend on something like this.
endresults
Member
To you maybe. It's probably some rich yakuza or miyamoto.
HamPster PamPster
Member
Every time you craft a badge to get an item or two you can sell. Everything I've ever gotten was worthless though (like 5 cents). Of course I'm not crafting level 1000 badges :lol
GrizzleBoy
Banned
I know right?
dragonlife
Member
Tsk, tsk, Soultron. Fixed.
I got 3 levels of the snow globe badge for fun. My wife and I have an account each, and between voting and me crafting a few badges, we didn't really have to buy anything. I even came out ahead, since one of the snow globe cards was a foil card, which I promptly sold for $1.75.
Anyhow, in the process of selling duplicate cards and buying the ones I was missing, I started thinking of how much those commissions add up. Even on the stuff selling for less than a quarter (which includes most cards), Valve is making 2-3 cents on every transaction. Thousands of those snowglobes were being sold per minute this morning judging by refresh rates. That stuff has to add up.
Anyhow, in the process of selling duplicate cards and buying the ones I was missing, I started thinking of how much those commissions add up. Even on the stuff selling for less than a quarter (which includes most cards), Valve is making 2-3 cents on every transaction. Thousands of those snowglobes were being sold per minute this morning judging by refresh rates. That stuff has to add up.
Version 3.0
Member
You can sell those stupid things? Great.
...on second thought, I can't even bring myself to do that. It's too stupid.
...on third thought - can we replace all microtransactions and DLC that actually negatively affect games with this stuff? Then everyone wins.
...on second thought, I can't even bring myself to do that. It's too stupid.
...on third thought - can we replace all microtransactions and DLC that actually negatively affect games with this stuff? Then everyone wins.