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[BinaryPork2737]

http://steamcommunity.com/auction

Whats this? :v

 

[AsylumX]

http://steamcommunity.com/auction

Whats this? :v

Wow.. Nice discovery...

 

[jshackles]

http://steamcommunity.com/auction

Whats this? :v

I'm glad they decided to change it from "goo" to "gems", sounds much more luxurious.

 

[FiveElementNinja]

http://steamcommunity.com/auction

Whats this? :v

I like how they made a comic to explain it. http://steamcommunity.com/auction/comic

 

[The Dear Leader]

New Payday 2 DLC and character coming (female heister) on December 16th.

Pretty cool teaser trailer for it too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eaK60YLCGU&feature=youtu.be/

 

[Turfster]

It's already live in your inventory.
Cards are worth a variable amount of gems, the more cards in a badge, the less they're worth.
Backgrounds at a quick glance are worth anywhere between 10 and 100 gems, emoticons something in the same range I think.

 

[MakeshiftChef]

http://steamcommunity.com/auction

Whats this? :v

I like the comic. Interesting idea.

 

[Jawmuncher]

All of those backgrounds I held onto finally are worth something.

 

[AsylumX]

I won't bid, cause my luck I'll waste sure money for fresh air.

Don't bid now... The smartest thing to do is wait a couple of days until people start running out of gems. The first auction will have inflated bids. But after that, even with bad luck, you could win something.

 

[FiveElementNinja]

It looks like you can already turn stuff into gems. I have a button on items in my inventory to do it.

 

[jshackles]

All of those backgrounds I held onto finally are worth something.

Yeah I just traded 10 copies of "Guarded" for 1000 gems.

At that rate, these auctions are going to get ridiculously overpriced in a hurry.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Just made a booster and got this

Sage

The hell is it?

 

[BinaryPork2737]

So winter trading cards are live now, too.

Just made a booster and got this

Sage

The hell is it?

Part of the winter trading card set

 

[lashman]

http://steamcommunity.com/auction

Whats this? :v

so ... volvo is turning steam into candy crush saga then? great ...........

 

[iosefe]

http://steamcommunity.com/auction

Whats this? :v

i just bought 25 backgrounds worth 80 gems

 

[Kiru]

I don't like that bidding thing...
The richest only get ... richer (with games) ?

There's also 420 Blase it.

 

[zkylon]

i was looking at the call of duty thing to see if free weekend was up and thought i clicked in crysis' page by accident -__-

 

[jshackles]

I just "bought" a Trails in the Sky booster pack with my gems (because animu reasons) and....

It gave me a Payday booster pack.

Fuckin' worthless.

EDIT: and now I have the TitS booster... so... yay?

 

[Speevy]

What the hell are all these little tags in my inventory

 

[Chairmanchuck]

I thought the cards had a great price now.

Then I saw its already at 0,06 and 0,08.

 

[Parsnip]

Suddenly I regret giving all those junk items to trashbot.

 

[Turfster]

It's a pity TF2 items aren't included.
Will I never get rid of those damned crates...

Apparently, some foil cards are worth 120 gems, some 20.
Linked to the amount of cards in circulation?

 

[Heebie Jeebies]

5430, let's go Bad Rats.

 

[oipic]

Somewhere, someone out there will already be devising a cunning scheme to somehow exploit this gem/auction system. Let the games begin.

Hopefully Valve have all their ducks in a row this time, and have thought this through...

 

[legacyzero]

Can I buy $20 wallet codes through Amazon? Or is it only the cards that they have to ship to you.

 

[KingKong]

Amazing, you can finally work for the chance of getting some games

 

[iosefe]

2240 get.

 

[KarmaCow]

Well at least I'll have less 3 cent backgrounds clogging my inventory, though I doubt I'll be able to win anything with all the crazies that end up having level 29572057205 holiday sale badges.

 

[Zafir]

Seriously? Even on PC Europe gets fucked over by Blazblue?

I try going to the page and it says unavailable in my region. >.>

Least it isn't region locked I suppose.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Apparently, foil cards are worth 120 gems.

Like with regular cards, it seems to be based on how many there are in a badge. Sword of the Stars: The Pit foil cards convert to 200 gems each since there are only five cards in the set.

 

[Anteater]

I wish I could turn gun monkey into gems

 

[Mr. Doop]

It's a pity TF2 items aren't included.
Will I never get rid of those damned crates...

Apparently, foil cards are worth 120 gems.

Yeah, I have a ton of Team Fortress crap I want to get rid of.

 

[Wok]

http://steamcommunity.com/auction

Whats this? :v

Wow, huge.

 

[FiveElementNinja]

I wish I could turn gun monkey into gems

lol that was the first thing I tried. Sad you can't.

 

[JustinBB7]

Pointless system, rich only get richer like said before. Even if I would turn my entire backpack into gems I'll still get outbid anyway. So what's the point?

 

[Jawmuncher]

I'm turning so much stuff that's worth 0.03 into gems.

 

[Turfster]

Pointless system, rich only get richer like said before. Even if I would turn my entire backpack into gems I'll still get outbid anyway. So what's the point?

Well, it's cleaning out my inventory quite nicely.

 

[Mr. Doop]

Pointless system, rich only get richer like said before. Even if I would turn my entire backpack into gems I'll still get outbid anyway. So what's the point?

Getting booster packs I think.

 

[zkylon]

remember when steam did that achievement thing for xmas

that was fun

remember when steam did fun stuff that didn't involve cards

 

[lashman]

Pointless system, rich only get richer like said before. Even if I would turn my entire backpack into gems I'll still get outbid anyway. So what's the point?

that's EXACTLY the point - volvo hopes you'll buy more stuff to turn into gems ... so they get more money ... and more ... and more ... and more ... the only winner here is volvo - no one else, not really

 

[derExperte]

2014 Holiday Profile
Celebrate the season in style with this decorative holiday profile! Your heart may just grow 3 sizes as you are bathed in Holiday cheer!

Grants a gold effect to avatar and persona name.

Winners of this item can enable or disable the 2014 Holiday Profile by selecting the item in their Steam Inventory and selecting the Enable or Disable action. This item is not tradable nor can it be listed on the Steam Community Market.

This item is good for a limited time and will expire Jan 16th, 2015.

what

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Pointless system, rich only get richer like said before. Even if I would turn my entire backpack into gems I'll still get outbid anyway. So what's the point?

But it's good to finally get rid of all the cheap stuff I own that no one will ever buy.

It seems like buying cheap backgrounds, like some of FTL's $.03 backgrounds, is how you get the most gems for money spent.

 

[FiveElementNinja]

So I guess crafting badges doesn't matter in this sale. At least now I can craft the ones I had waiting.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Should I pack my gems into a sack or free ball it?

You can pack gems 1000 to a stack and sell them lol.

 

[Rhaknar]

All of those backgrounds I held onto finally are worth something.

lol. just turned all my shit into 760 gems, finally my inventory is free

 

[Widdly Scuds]

all this worthless backgrounds are now worth something. thank you gaben.

 

[jshackles]

Pointless system, rich only get richer like said before. Even if I would turn my entire backpack into gems I'll still get outbid anyway. So what's the point?

I think the only way to "win" from this (unless you're Valve) is to turn your gems into booster packs, open them, and sell the cards. So far I've turned about 60 cents worth of worthless items (20 x $0.03) into 3 boosters and sold the nine cards for about $0.17 each.

So I've made $0.93. Please be excited.

 

[Jiggaloboy]

remember when steam did that achievement thing for xmas

that was fun

remember when steam did fun stuff that didn't involve cards

Thanks SAM

 

[swx]

http://i.imgur.com/tGBJPMa.png

sell or gems...

decisions... decisions

 

[KarmaCow]

what

I wonder how how it will go for the by the end, even it only lasts a month,

http://i.imgur.com/tGBJPMa.png

sell or gems...

decisions... decisions

330 gems isn't going to get you shit.