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[Caerith]

Someone should be sadistic and buy a foiled set of cards and see what happens when you craft it.

There has to be a reason why there are foils.

You mean masochistic? You get a foil badge.

 

[WarMacheen]

Invite market crashing, must have sent out more

I signed up yesterday at about 15k members nothing yet

 

[Toma]

Invites below 65 cents.

 

[KingKong]

Invites below 65 cents.

now to wait for people to get cards, craft and sell

Only a matter of time for all those backgrounds and emoticons to crash crash crash

 

[Gintoki]

I've seen some have "Showcase Achievements" option when they're at level 10, but I don't seem to have that. How come?

 

[CountAntonius]

Bought two more invites. Gonna give one to my nephew.

 

[Toma]

I've seen some have "Showcase Achievements" option when they're at level 10, but I don't seem to have that. How come?

I have it but I am at level 11, maybe levels add features to the box?

 

[Wok]

I signed up yesterday at about 15k members nothing yet

Only 1k more invites were sent. The market price will rise again thanks to speculators.

 

[Caerith]

I've seen some have "Showcase Achievements" option when they're at level 10, but I don't seem to have that. How come?

"Achievement Showcase" should be the first one in your list. (You have earned some achievements, right?)

 

[vazel]

I got all my CSGO cards within 1.3 hrs. Weird how some were complaining about long drop times for that game.

 

[Gintoki]

I have it but I am at level 11, maybe levels add features to the box?

Probably. I'll see if other options get added when I get another level.

 

[Wok]

Only 1k more invites were sent. The market price will rise again thanks to speculators.

Okay, it is crashing indeed. Speculators are panicking and selling as many invites as they can to stop the loss.

 

[Caerith]

Probably. I'll see if other options get added when I get another level.

I got mine at level 10, so that's not it.

 

[MMBosstones86]

I finally get in and the card market crashes....damn you Valve

 

[KingKong]

btw here's how the backgrounds look in your profile

http://steamcommunity.com/id/viktorstay/
http://steamcommunity.com/id/CrystalTheory/
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nazgul1119/

 

[CountAntonius]

THE MARKET HAS CRASHED! SELL SELL!

 

[Toma]

THE MARKET HAS CRASHED! SELL SELL!

Everyone selling now is stupid I am actually buying again to sell in about 10-13 hours, but its futile mostly. I bet there are dozens of others doing the same thing. Barely get any key right now.

 

[Uriah]

I don't have an option for showing achievements either. I am level 10.

 

[JustinBB7]

I wish you could actually pick the achievements you want to show though..

 

[Wok]

Everyone selling now is stupid I am actually buying again to sell in about 10-13 hours, but its futile mostly. I bet there are dozens of others doing the same thing. Barely get any key right now.

How much do you pay for each? I try to buy some for cheap, but every time, someone has bought them before.

 

[Toma]

Yeah, I bet some group is doing it on a large scale by now. They wont let the keys drop below 1$ anytime again, so that they will always make profit on the keys they are introducing back to the market.

How much do you pay for each?

Got 1 for 0.03 and 4 for between 50 and 60 cents, but I give up now. Some people are doing it on a large scale, picking up ALL keys on a single page within 1-2 seconds. People are coordinating with others to do it this efficiently.

 

[Vamphuntr]

I bought an invite for like 0.75 $ haha

 

[KingKong]

What I find interesting is that different games drop cards at different rates (Dont Starve and HL2 were apparently very quick and CS:GO was very slow)

 

[Wortany]

Darn, saw one listed for 0,03€, wasn't fast enough though. This market is crazy.

 

[Celegus]

Is there any word on when it's going to go public? I don't mind waiting... but I don't wanna wait that long... curse you Valve!

 

[Toma]

Is there any word on when it's going to go public? I don't mind waiting... but I don't wanna wait that long... curse you Valve!

You could just grab one for 1$, which is a fair price considering you can get the money back currently by selling cards. No mention when its out of Beta though.

 

[Fox318]

I will trade a copy of portal for some HL2 or CS:Go cards

 

[Fox318]

now to wait for people to get cards, craft and sell

Only a matter of time for all those backgrounds and emoticons to crash crash crash

As they should.

This should be a fun hunt not a way for people to make money.

 

[zkylon]

am I the only one that feels this is terribly explained?

anyways, I'd love to fill that don't starve set, anyone needs/wants a wendy/heavy card?

 

[Vamphuntr]

How do you win cards exactly? Simply playing the game? According to my profile page I can get 5 for TF2 and DOTA2 and 4 for Portal 2. Are the drops going to reset or do I have to buy more in game items for it to increase?

 

[HoosTrax]

10,000 additional invites were just sent, check your e-mails.

 

[Toma]

As they should.

This should be a fun hunt not a way for people to make money.

Blame Valve for being greedy and creating a system that supports greediness.
#Iampartoftheproblem

 

[Toma]

How do you win cards exactly? Simply playing the game? According to my profile page I can get 5 for TF2 and DOTA2 and 4 for Portal 2. Are the drops going to reset or do I have to buy more in game items for it to increase?

Simply start the game and have it idle. You cant get new cards atm, they might reset later with ingame purchases though.

 

[Wok]

Blame Valve for being greedy and creating a system that supports greediness.
#Iampartoftheproblem

Is there an API somewhere so that I can write a bot which buys everything under a given price?

Bad idea: http://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/1e03tn/iama_steam_market_bot_writer_who_recently_got/

 

[Vamphuntr]

Simply start the game and have it idle. You cant get new cards atm, they might reset later with ingame purchases though.

Nice. I'm auto spectating the DOTA 2 international matches so it will go up quickly.

 

[Toma]

Is there an API somewhere so that I can write a bot which buys everything under a given price?

I was thinking about that too actually, but I dont think its adviceable. Your best bet is to have 10 guys refreshing the page at the same time and every guy takes one spot on the list to click on and tries to purchase it if its below 1$. Should give you at least 2-3 keys every time if others arent doing the same thing.

Nice. I'm auto spectating the DOTA 2 international matches so it will go up quickly.

Dota 2 is the only game that is bugged atm and doesnt activate properly for most people

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Is there an API somewhere so that I can write a bot which buys everything under a given price?

People have gotten trade banned in the past for this

 

[Wok]

People have gotten trade banned in the past for this

Okay, it is not worth it.

 

[Vamphuntr]

Dota 2 is the only game that is bugged atm and doesnt activate properly for most people

Time to play TF2 and Portal 2, then

 

[Fox318]

Is there an API somewhere so that I can write a bot which buys everything under a given price?

People have gotten banned for doing this.

Valve needs to decide what they are going to do with the Steam Market and other TF2 shops or else its going to turn into EVE online.

 

[Toma]

Time to play TF2 and Portal 2, then

The F2P games require you to buy an ingame item (for whatever price) for them to drop if you didnt own the paid version (in the case of TF2) before.

 

[Zeknurn]

I'm still looking for a Wendy card. Add me if you're interested a Wolfgang, Willow or Alyx card.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/zeknurn

 

[Toma]

People have gotten banned for doing this.

Valve needs to decide what they are going to do with the Steam Market and other TF2 shops or else its going to turn into EVE online.

They want to make money, which works nicely for them right now.

 

[Caerith]

I wish you could actually pick the achievements you want to show though..

Seriously. I made a thread about it on the Steam TCG discussion forum, but it got buried under invite begging.

 

[Vamphuntr]

The F2P games require you to buy an ingame item (for whatever price) for them to drop if you didnt own the paid version (in the case of TF2) before.

I've bought items in TF2 and DOTA 2 so I'm good to go.

 

[Toma]

I've bought items in TF2 and DOTA 2 so I'm good to go.

Collect away then!

 

[Iadien]

I've bought items in TF2 and DOTA 2 so I'm good to go.

You might not be good in DOTA 2. There's an issue for some people not receiving drops atm.

I see Valve decided to flood the market with invites, good good.

 

[Wok]

I've bought items in TF2 and DOTA 2 so I'm good to go.

Check your badge profile page first. There is a bug with DOTA 2, at least for me.

 

[Fox318]

They want to make money, which works nicely for them right now.

Don't you think it will turn waye a large portion of their base though?

If the cards weren't limited in Spawning then their wouldn't be an issue here.

I have a ton of TF2 items so I might not be the best to talk though.

 

[mephixto]

I left Half Life 2 running on my PC all night, didn't drop any card. It seems somehow that steam knows if you are actually playing it.

Also sold my first card for $1.00 Alyx Vance