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[bigzgod]

You can now break down unwanted and otherwise worthless marketplace items into gems, which can be used to buy card boosters or bid on games.

The gem crafting system is broken somehow, and people have managed to get billions of gems.

A lot of people speculated on gems, and have lost money, because they are now effectively worthless, since there are billions of extra ones out there.

Valve can't get rid of the gems, because they are marketable, and legitimate customers have spent money on them by now.

The better question is what happens to those that exploited the bug to get gems that they then sold on the market?

 

[Speevy]

You have to put the dragon mask on and turn around and this isn't Dark Souls what the hell

 

[MUnited83]

So how did you do it?

He already said it. Converting items in quick succession. Not that it matters, it will be fixed when crafting is up again.

 

[Kiru]

I turned a foil into gems. Was 320. It later became 120, that was before gem crafting was down. Valve, why...

 

[inm8num2]

Nobody bid on the games on which I'm bidding, please.

 

[Fare Godmace]

So, the Auction FAQ says this:

What if something goes wrong?

Valve won't be liable for bids or transactions that are late, misdirected, garbled, or otherwise invalid. Attempts to transact or bid by automated means may be blocked or otherwise rejected. If the Holiday Auction is disrupted for any reason, Valve may, in its sole discretion, reverse invalid transactions or provide an alternative for game auctions and/or other Steam Gem transactions.

Looks like they didn't mention possible Steam Gem conversion fuckups :lol

 

[Tenrius]

Nobody bid on the games on which I'm bidding, please.

Okay, tell us which ones you're bidding on so we can avoid bidding on them

Spoiler

or not

.

 

[73V3N]

502 Bad Gateway

nginx/1.6.2

rip in peace

 

[Salsa]

So, the Auction FAQ says this:

if they can reverse the transactions and get rid of the extra gems with everyone going back to the state they were then great

sounds nuts tho

 

[Kiru]

Nobody bid on the games on which I'm bidding, please.

Yeah I'm also trying my luck with small amounts of gems on obscure and not sought after games.

 

[Anteater]

valve is probably going to replace derExperte's gems with bad rats

 

[tmarg]

The better question is what happens to those that exploited the bug to get gems that they then sold on the market?

It might be an interesting question, but it's relatively unimportant to what's going to happen going forward. The damage has pretty much already been done.

 

[Lirrik]

It was fun while it lasted. RIP $0.09 gem sacks.

 

[Beelzebubs]

No clue why people are already bidding... it's a waste of gems. Wait til it's every 45 minutes.

 

[MillionStabs]

I don't really feel the need to convert cards to gems for a chance at winning a game. There will probably always be someone who beats your bid, then at the end of the Auction, you lose the gems anyway.

 

[MUnited83]

No clue why people are already bidding... it's a waste of gems. Wait til it's every 45 minutes.

Nope. Bids go through to the next round. So all those insane bids? They carry over.

I don't really feel the need to convert cards to gems for a chance at winning a game. There will probably always be someone who beats your bid, then at the end of the Auction, you lose the gems anyway.

You don't lose the gems.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I don't really feel the need to convert cards to gems for a chance at winning a game. There will probably always be someone who beats your bid, then at the end of the Auction, you lose the gems anyway.

You don;t. You can keep them to make boosters.

 

[someguyinahat]

I got to 50.000.000 but couldn't reproduce the glitch consistently, it just happened sometimes when converting items in quick succession

Maybe you clicked the golden gem and got x777 gems for 13 seconds.

 

[Lirrik]

No clue why people are already bidding... it's a waste of gems. Wait til it's every 45 minutes.

Bids are kept until you cancel them, they will transfer to those 45 minutes auctions.

 

[zkylon]

what was so special about that guarded background?

 

[Lomax]

No clue why people are already bidding... it's a waste of gems. Wait til it's every 45 minutes.

Yes, exactly this. Now is the worst possible time to bid.

what was so special about that guarded background?

It was the easiest and most obvious way to convert 3 cents into 100 gems.

 

[YianGaruga]

No clue why people are already bidding... it's a waste of gems. Wait til it's every 45 minutes.

It doesn't matter when you bid, bids carry over between auctions.

 

[Salsa]

I don't really feel the need to convert cards to gems for a chance at winning a game. There will probably always be someone who beats your bid, then at the end of the Auction, you lose the gems anyway.

boosters

fuck bidding

 

[darkchewie]

No clue why people are already bidding... it's a waste of gems. Wait til it's every 45 minutes.

All other previous bids other than the winning one carry over though, so even the next auctions will be inflated because of the initial auction.

 

[Jawmuncher]

boosters

fuck bidding

Exactly what im in for.
If the page would ever come back up.

 

[tmarg]

I don't really feel the need to convert cards to gems for a chance at winning a game. There will probably always be someone who beats your bid, then at the end of the Auction, you lose the gems anyway.

Wait, you lose your gems on a failed bid?

 

[YianGaruga]

Wait, you lose your gems on a failed bid?

no

 

[Woody Invincible]

Yep gimme dem boosters

 

[tmarg]

what was so special about that guarded background?

Presumably, it sold for the market minimum of 3 cents and converted into a relatively large number of gems.

 

[bigzgod]

It might be an interesting question, but it's relatively unimportant to what's going to happen going forward. The damage has pretty much already been done.

Agreed. The only ways I can think of to fix it are to either scrap the entire system and refund everyone who bought sacks of gems during that time period (everyone else who bought backgrounds are screwed) or they try and figure out who exploited and bring the hammer down on them while fixing the gem totals.

Both solutions sound complicated and hard to pull off.

 

[zkylon]

It was the easiest and most obvious way to convert 3 cents into 100 gems.

ah ok

so is this something worth getting into

will i lose my money when trying to turn stuff into boosters?

ughhh i fucking hate this shit

 

[Lirrik]

Wait, you lose your gems on a failed bid?

That would be cruel. Especially in this economy (on Steam).

 

[Turfster]

Twitter got infected with server problems too, I can't even post to complain about this.
NOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?

 

[Kiru]

Twitter got infected with server problems too, I can't even post to complain about this.
NOW WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?

Oldfashioned Pidgeons.

 

[Salsa]

ah ok

so is this something worth getting into

will i lose my money when trying to turn stuff into boosters?

ughhh i fucking hate this shit

I bought 100 guarded and already regret it for the clicking alone

in theory you could get some money but mostly you get a lot of random draws where you can get foils from boosters or craft badges or whatever the shit

basically I thought easy money and all I got was being balls deep into this game I wanted no part of

fuck everything

 

[Lomax]

I think there's reason to believe the gem system will exist after the auctions simply for conversion to boosters and future promotions. Which is yet another reason why they have to figure out some way to fix the glitch gems that happened.

 

[Fare Godmace]

ah ok

so is this something worth getting into

will i lose my money when trying to turn stuff into boosters?

ughhh i fucking hate this shit

If you want gems, you should wait and pick up a bag of gems. You can get 1000 gems instantly, which would cost you $0.30 if you converted Guarded backgrounds (10 * 0.03).

Don't get burned like the rest of us, girl

 

[r3n4ud]

I bought 100 guarded and already regret it for the clicking alone

in theory you could get some money but mostly you get a lot of random draws where you can get foils from boosters or craft badges or whatever the shit

basically I thought easy money and all I got was being balls deep into this game I wanted no part of

fuck everything

This is why you should stick to your ds.

 

[tmarg]

ah ok

so is this something worth getting into

will i lose my money when trying to turn stuff into boosters?

ughhh i fucking hate this shit

I wouldn't get into this stuff until we know what Valve are going to do about the current situation.

If they don't figure out something, the extra gems on the market could absolutely cause booster/card prices to plummet, and you could lose money.

 

[Kagemusha]

I went from Level 77 to 0. Now I'm at 89.

 

[TheMadMan007]

Man, I don't know if I'm down with this whole Gem thing. Spending money and items just for a CHANCE to POSSIBLY, MAYBE get the OPPORTUNITY to buy something at a slightly less price, when the Steam sale is next week seems stupid.

 

[Maniac]

Oh... I think we just found why you can't craft boosters for now.

Imagine how many boosters you'd get for 3 billion.

(Someone said they were 450 gems)

Good point. And alrighty, ta.

 

[gabrielt16]

Is booster creator down? Its not opening for me

http://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards/boostercreator/

 

[Phawx]

GUYS

 

[Jawmuncher]

Is booster creator down? Its not opening for me

http://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards/boostercreator/

Been down for a little bit. Were all waiting.

 

[iosefe]

iu think i've wasted my time and money.

who wants 2240 gems?

 

[zkylon]

I bought 100 guarded and already regret it for the clicking alone

in theory you could get some money but mostly you get a lot of random draws where you can get foils from boosters or craft badges or whatever the shit

basically I thought easy money and all I got was being balls deep into this game I wanted no part of

fuck everything

I wouldn't get into this stuff until we know what Valve are going to do about the current situation.

If they don't figure out something, the extra gems on the market could absolutely cause booster/card prices to plummet, and you could lose money.

If you want gems, you should wait and pick up a bag of gems. You can get 1000 gems instantly, which would cost you $0.30 if you converted Guarded backgrounds (10 * 0.03).

Don't get burned like the rest of us, girl

ok thanks i think i'll just not do anything for my sanity's sake

how do i buy games tho

Is booster creator down? Its not opening for me

http://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards/boostercreator/

yea been down for a while

 

[Turfster]

I think there's reason to believe the gem system will exist after the auctions simply for conversion to boosters and future promotions. Which is yet another reason why they have to figure out some way to fix the glitch gems that happened.

Auction page pretty much states that gems will keep existing after the sale ends.

 

[tmarg]

Man, I don't know if I'm down with this whole Gem thing. Spending money and items just for a CHANCE to POSSIBLY, MAYBE get the OPPORTUNITY to buy something at a slightly less price, when the Steam sale is next week seems stupid.

The auctions are just going on for a few days. The long term intended purpose of gems was supposed to be buying boosters, which you should still be able to do even if you don't win any auctions.

 

[MillionStabs]

You don't lose the gems.

You don;t. You can keep them to make boosters.

boosters

fuck bidding

Oh, didn't know that. Reading is too hard.
And so is loading the store page, one or the other.