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[lazerfox]

I guess shutting down all the gambling sites hurt them more than I thought.
What a cheap and stupid cash grab...

 

[Zoon]

Reminder that you can still get these by leveling up.

 

[antitrop]

The HL1-era Counter-Strike fan in me weeps.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

This is pretty vile. I'm resigned to our microtransaction-riddled future, but this goes a bit beyond the typical monetization of customization.

 

[DouglasteR]

Just imagine how HL3 is going to be.

 

[Plywood]

What's the purpose behind it? To prevent spamming?

To print money.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

I'm waiting for a Overwatch ad showing off infinite sprays.

"For only $39.99, you can get up to 100 okay 50, that's fifty non-dupes of sprays instead of the skin, emote or highlight reel intro that you actually wanted, but hey you can use them as much as you want!"

 

[Kard8p3]

Sounds like the river vials from TI6 to me.

 

[KarmaCow]

...and they're still in random chance crates.

Of course.

 

[Corleth the Fey]

No it won't.

Oh, the delicious irony of Clint Beastwood claiming someone is Untouchable. You did it on purpose right? Nice.

 

[Conkerkid11]

I didn't even know GO had sprays.

Do they treat TF2 sprays this way, or are they still custom?

 

[ScOULaris]

I think I've had it with Valve. This is just filthy.

 

[randomusername]

This is pretty dumb lol like what the hell valve?

 

[Creaking]

Modern Valve

Not even once.

 

[rackham]

Literally shit tier company now. It's enough that they left half life in the ether. Fuck em.

 

[zerokoolpsx]

Limited use. What??

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

I didn't even know GO had sprays.

Do they treat TF2 sprays this way, or are they still custom?

Last I checked, TF2 sprays were still pornographic custom.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

I didn't even know GO had sprays.

Do they treat TF2 sprays this way, or are they still custom?

For the time being you can still customize your own TF2 sprays. I don't expect that to last much longer if this makes money for valve.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Sounds like the river vials from TI6 to me.

In the entire time they were active, I never saw one used, ever.

- Limited use item
- Only lasted 15 minutes
- Had an expiration date
- You have to use an item slot and physically walk to the river to use it

Seriously, why even bother adding the feature to paint rivers at all with all those dumb restrictions! When having it work like literally every other map item in the game would have made them so much better as items and a better value.

 

[epmode]

I like Steam and Valve's work with VR but it's pretty amazing to see how awful they've become.

 

[Yukinari]

They don't care enough about it to even bother lol.

They stopped caring for a lot of features they add to TF2 then immediately stop updating or improve upon unless it makes money. So if its not an unusual or strange item nobody cares.

 

[SoundPulse]

For what it's worth, sprays haven't been a thing in CSGO. This is probably more a case of just not thinking of a way to implement them (sans the porn) back in until they saw Overwatch do it.

Doesn't excuse the consumable bit, though.

They don't care enough about it to even bother lol.

Hey, they still care about TF2. Valve finally noticed that pl_swiftwater was a good map. It only took them like seven years.

 

[K.Sabot]

limited use and provides a competitive advantage.

 

[Emitan]

Just imagine how HL3 is going to be.

Your gravity gun has run out of energy. Wait 3h 12m for it to recharge or buy Black Mesa Gems to instantly refill it!

 

[Nzyme32]

Removing an 18 year old feature to monetize it. Sounds like valve

They didn't remove it from CSGOs, it was never there iirc. CS S still reigns supreme for fun and absurd sprays causing people to stand and stare

 

[GoldandBlue]

Man the more I read from the FAQ the worst it gets.

How long does my graffiti last?
One application of graffiti lasts 7 minutes and degrades over time until it is no longer visible.

 

[belteshazzar]

Wow...

 

[backflip10019]

Hilarious, Valve truly does not give a fuck.

 

[TheRedSnifit]

Fun fact: Since your last installation of TF2 or CSS, every spray that a player has used in a server you were in is saved onto your computer. All of them. Warning: sprays may be nsfw.

Man the more I read from the FAQ the worst it gets.

Wat

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Nice business skills

RobertDeniroPointing.gif

 

[SoundPulse]

Man the more I read from the FAQ the worst it gets.

Honestly, I'm legitimately surprised they didn't go for spray conditions for the extra $$$. Freshly sprayed, battle hardened, and such.

 

[Whales]

Rofl and people here still act like Valve and Gaben are gods

Valve is one of the greediest gaming company around

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Fun fact: Since your last installation of TF2 or CSS, every spray that a player has used in a game you're in is saved onto your computer. All of them. Warning: sprays may be nsfw.

I've had sprays turned off in TF2 for the entire 7 years I've been playing the game.

 

[Aselith]

Can I still spray titties tho?

 

[CarbonFire]

Valve is embodying the "You either die a hero...." meme way too well these days

 

[Kard8p3]

In the entire time they were active, I never saw one used, ever.

- Limited use item
- Only lasted 15 minutes
- Had an expiration date
- You have to use an item slot and physically walk to the river to use it

Seriously, why even bother adding the feature to paint rivers at all with all those dumb restrictions! When having it work like literally every other map item in the game would have made them so much better as items and a better value.

valve has clearly shown to be stupid at times.

 

[Tagyhag]

I can understand not allowing custom graffiti (Although they should for private matches).

I can even understand monetizing it.

But limited uses? Now that's just going above and beyond in greed.

 

[Bronx-Man]

Valve.


in 2016.

 

[Doffen]

Praise lord Gaben!

 

[BibiMaghoo]

If I could use any picture under the same terms as avatar images on Steam, then I would consider this a good thing.

But no. It just isn't. Reticules are next for sure.

 

[LurkerPrime]

Wowser.

No words.

 

[Nzyme32]

Rofl and people here still act like Valve and Gaben are gods

Valve is one of the greediest gaming company around

Where are these people? That hasn't been the case for ages when concerning these microtransactions. Only good thing is that CSs still exists!

 

[Hierophant]

this is greedy af and I'd like to see someone spin it another way

 

[PtM]

pay to spray brehs

Chuckled.

 

[Talyn]

HAWKEN did this. No one plays HAWKEN now.

Just saying.

To be fair, almost no one was playing HAWKEN before that either.

 

[Nickle]

I don't think there's a company more out of touch with their fans then Valve. It's almost like they are actively trying to spite CS fans.

 

[Nzyme32]

I can understand not allowing custom graffiti (Although they should for private matches).

I can even understand monetizing it.

But limited uses? Now that's just going above and beyond in greed.

Yeah, I never understand the consumables. And they know full well people loved expressing stupidity through custom sprays.

 

[Hip Hop]

Rofl and people here still act like Valve and Gaben are gods

Valve is one of the greediest gaming company around

They've been one of the worst companies for a while now.

People say Ubisoft and EA are bad? That to me has been Valve instead.

 

[Tagyhag]

They've been one of the worst companies for a while now.

People say Ubisoft and EA are bad? That to me has been Valve instead.

Lol ok now you're just being hyperbolic.

Let me know when Uplay is even close to the level of Steam.

 

[soultron]

People have been asking for these ever since they've were removed, which was when CSGO shipped without them. But what they seem to forget is that sprays can be used to bait players in competitive play, since any change to a surface fucks with map memorization. Hell, back in older CS games, people made sprays that were fake 2D versions of in-game character models so it would look exactly like a real player peeking their head over something.

It's a bad idea in pretty much everything but casual MM modes. Don't even get me started on the monetization aspect of limited uses.