This, and 9 here.
Sooo what Steam level are you?
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This, and 9 here.
ShroudOfFate
Member
Level 3 
SappYoda
Member
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
10. Can't say I care much about it.
RibbedHero
Member
Level 12. Created two badges very early on in the beta in the hopes that I'd get some sort of reward once the beta ends and so I could reach level 10 and get foils to sell. I have no interest in badges anymore, and I've stopped idling for cards as their prices have plummeted and its no longer with my time for 15p a card.
Smooth Operator
Member
VibratingDonkey
Member
I'm Level 11. Hurray. Or whatever.
Nowhere Man
Member
Level 5... What does this even mean? Is it because I didn't join until 2010? Or even start actually using it until 2012 when I finally got a PC capable of running games made after 2006?
TheDarkKnight774
Member
huh, I'm apparently level 12
rakkadakka
Member
LVL 9
But lets be clear, years of service is more important here.
8.
But lets be clear, years of service is more important here.
8.
I agree !
At first I thought it had to do with your played time/achievments in games but it's just that trading card bullshit.
Mr. Poolman
Member
Level 7 (i think)
I don't care about badges.
I don't care about badges.
buy teh haloz
Banned
Level 4. I don't really know anything about the level system to be honest.
Its also to do with when you signed up, how many games you have and if you have any badges from previous Steam Sale promotions.
I offered an explanation on the previous page:
You primarily earn cards via "drops", which occur on the odd occasion while you're in-game (you don't actually have to be playing; you can just idle in the main menu and alt-tab to do something else). You'll have no drops remaining for F2P games if you didn't spend $9 in the in-game store prior to the trading cards being implemented (or, in the case of TF2, didn't own a copy prior to it going F2P), whereas for paid games, you'll either have an amount of drops equal to half or half+1, depending on the total amount of cards available (e.g. if a game has 8 cards, you'll get 4 drops; if it has 9 cards, you'll get 5 drops).
As for the cards themselves, there are regular cards and rarer foil cards, the latter of which you can flog off for a pretty penny if you beat the market crash; additionally, you can also earn booster packs, which are a set of three cards, with a chance of a foil, that "drop" infrequently as long as you've signed into Steam once in the past week. Obviously you cannot complete a set with the limited amount of drops, so you're encouraged to either trade for or purchase from the Steam Market the missing cards. You can gain drops in F2P games by spending money in the in-game store, but given that you only earn a single drop per $9 spent, it's far cheaper to just buy what you need from the market. While cards disappear from your inventory when you craft a badge, once you've "maxed out" a certain badge, they will remain in the badge section of your profile, so you can view them at your leisure. (Valve will soon be implementing a virtual binder wherein your cards, whether present in your inventory or having been used to max out a badge, will reside.)
Badges can be "crafted" either by completing certain tasks (such as the Steam Community badge) or "spending" a complete set of cards. The ability to "level up" promotional badges (i.e. those not based on cards) varies, but regular card-based badges can be taken to level 5, while the special foil badges can be crafted just the once. When crafting a badge, you earn an emoticon, profile background (both related to the game in question), a Mysterious Card and 100 XP. XP in particular is used to "level up" your Steam Community profile, and with each level you gain an additional five friend slots as well as a showcase slot to show off something of your liking on your profile (rare/favourite games, games/DLC owned, achievements earned, etc.)
Edit: If a badge is not showing up in your list, either because you don't own the game in question or haven't spent enough money in the in-game store, it will appear after you receive a card pertaining to it. For instance, I didn't spend money in Dota 2 prior to the trading cards going live, so the badge didn't appear in my list until I began buying Dota 2 cards.
Edit edit: Sorry, I can't type tonight.
(Yes, I'm a 50ppp peasant.
)
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
RibbedHero
Member
I offered an explanation on the previous page:
(Yes, I'm a 50ppp peasant.
If you do any mobile browsing of GAF then it's 50ppp master race. The poors are those who cannot afford tablets and smartphones in addition to their PCs.
Baleoce
Member
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
Level 9
With 9 years of service
Suck on that losers
I'm Lv. 11 with an equal amount of years of service.
Suck on that, loser!
ashecitism
Member
12. Recently had an itch to level up to 10 and while I was there maxed out my SMB badge. Hopefully I won't feel that again :|
Not a lot, really; if I want to post, I need to use the LastPass browser and it's... not great (no multi-window support, for one, which is essentially mobile's answer to tabbed browsing and thus a frustratingly stupid omission). I do occasionally use a laptop with a 1366x768 resolution, though, which is almost the same thing.
YouEnjoyMySelf
Banned
10. Trading cards were fun for about 5 minutes.
PenaltyMan
Member
15.
Madrugador
Member
I'm level 12.
Pinko Marx
Banned
10. Only badge I've bothered to craft is the Dota 2 one, though I'd like some others for a cool background.
But I honestly can't be arsed to grind for cards.
But I honestly can't be arsed to grind for cards.
Slightly Live
Dirty tag dodger
I'll be 23 in a few hours, 22 atm.
It's so pointless.
It's so pointless.
nabe_shogun
Member
6. I figured It would be lower since I'm rarely on it.
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968850251/
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968850251/
AlphaProspector
Member
Level 14 here. Not that I care much about this but I've some people who are actively hunting cards and stuff. Valve's meta game seems to be working for now, let's see how long the frenzy/fad lasts.
I like the new profiles though. Much cleaner to look at.
I like the new profiles though. Much cleaner to look at.
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Level 4... yikes! Honestly I've no idea what this trading card meta game is about and don't really care to find out. GMG has been great with sales for new games so I just buy off there.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Level 8. 0 cards dropped (system looks like it is designed to aggravate completionists*) and no points for pillar of community.
*-More cards then drops? Then you lose them for EXP? Better get dupes then.
*-More cards then drops? Then you lose them for EXP? Better get dupes then.
D
Deleted member 125677
Unconfirmed Member
13, I think. Most XP from 9 years of service, and games.
Incitemaybe
Member
There are levels?
Level 1! Yeah!
Level 1! Yeah!
Chezzymann
Member
4, first time I've heard about this and I'm not really interested in increasing my level or anything.
Gintoki313
Banned
I'm level 1
I play steam games a lot so I'm not sure why I'm still lvl 1. I'm not even sure how you level up. Oh well, I'm not as caring about my steam level as I am about my PSN lvl or my 360 lvl.
I play steam games a lot so I'm not sure why I'm still lvl 1. I'm not even sure how you level up. Oh well, I'm not as caring about my steam level as I am about my PSN lvl or my 360 lvl.
FantasyFreak07
Member
I am level 5. I don't really care about it though.