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[bigzgod]

derExperte trembling in fear

He's in good standing, so I'm guessing Valve only hammered those who exploited and tried to profit off it by selling the sacks.

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

ok im seling boosters at the buying price and making money... slowly...

i'll probably get my $5 back and reduce this whole ordeal to just having wasted like 4 hours of my life

why did you even bother unless you had like 30+ items on you.

 

[alr1ght]

I crafted and unpacked 30 boosters and no foils! Selling them all now for massive profit.

 

[freshVeggie]

I need a guide to this gem market.

Step 1: Get a chair

Step 2: Watch and laugh while everything burns down

 

[derExperte]

https://steamdb.info/calculator/?player=EmoRin&currency=us

Lol, looks like those who exploited the gem bug got community banned.

Why a community but no trade ban? And how do you know he got banned because of the gempocalypse?

 

[corrosivefrost]

This gem stuff is nuts. In putinbucks 1 sack costs like 0.24 rubles (0.003&#8364 compared to 0.03€ in the euro market. Where does the extra money go?

What extra money? :lol

As much as some people seem to think everything hinges off the exchange rate, it actually doesn't (and shouldn't). This is why there's a EU region 2 price category and not just an EU category for the Euro (and very much the reason why Santa left me a copy of The Talos Principle :3)

Step 1: Get a chair

Step 2: Watch and laugh while everything burns down

I have taught you well, my padawan.
At least we managed to maybe make you some profit before everything was just ash.

 

[zkylon]

imagine if steam store ran as fast as humble store

wouldn't that be nice

 

[bigzgod]

Why a community but no trade ban? And how do you know he got banned because of the gempocalypse?

Well, so far, I've checked 2 different users that had a ton of gems from the exploit. Both were community banned and both had millions of gems from the bug. I'm guessing the ban and the millions of gems are related but I won't know for certain until there's more data to correlate.

Edit: In case it matters, both also had tens of thousands of sacks of gems. I'd imagine that means they were attempting to sell them, which probably lead to the bans.

 

[baterism]

Gem no longer marketable.

Pack it up guys. I get every booster pack that I can before the redomination.

 

[BHK3]

Lamo no way I'm blowing almost all my gems(1499) on just one booster(1200), do booster gem prices change at all?

 

[KenOD]

Honestly I think the most fascinating thing about this is going through the auction list and seeing what games get what bids. Poor point and click adventure titles, always rather low, sometimes even lower than games that simply do not work or are incomplete.

 

[Annubis]

Well, so far, I've checked 2 different users that had a ton of gems from the exploit. Both were community banned and both had millions of gems from the bug. I'm guessing the ban and the millions of gems are related but I won't know for certain until there's more data to correlate.

Edit: In case it matters, both also had tens of thousands of sacks of gems. I'd imagine that means they were attempting to sell them, which probably lead to the bans.

Problem is, even with the bans, there's millions of x1000 gems on the market now from everyone that had the same idea.

 

[JaseC]

but you can do what we cannot

get bitten by deadly & venomous creepy-crawlers <3

aussie is love, aussie is creepy life

That's true. I'm living the life.

 

[Lomax]

It's all fine and good for them to ban those people but if they didn't remove the gems, which they obviously didn't, it's all for nothing.

 

[freshVeggie]

I have taught you well, my padawan.
At least we managed to maybe make you some profit before everything was just ash.

50cents towards the winter war chest!

I am gonna buy every game I ever wanted with that

Spoiler

as long as it's 50c lol

 

[derExperte]

Well, so far, I've checked 2 different users that had a ton of gems from the exploit. Both were community banned and both had millions of gems from the bug. I'm guessing the ban and the millions of gems are related but I won't know for certain until there's more data to correlate.

Edit: In case it matters, both also had tens of thousands of sacks of gems. I'd imagine that means they were attempting to sell them, which probably lead to the bans.

I sold a few sacks that I made thanks to the exploit but probably nothing compared to some others. If I'm banned in a few hours we'll know for sure.

Gem no longer marketable.

Pack it up guys. I get every booster pack that I can before the redomination.

Interesting. Could be good for the price of certain 100 gem cards.

 

[someguyinahat]

I didn't go too hard buying gems - just sold off a few cards, bought about 20 sacks, now I have 5 badges ready to go and hopefully a few more once I can get some trades going.

I assume it's prudent to cash in the badges once the sale starts and not before?

 

[StAidan]

Well, I made a few booster packs but never succeeded in buying those cheap market gems. At least I'll get some nice new badges out of the deal.

 

[Turfster]

Honestly I think the most fascinating thing about this is going through the auction list and seeing what games get what bids. Poor point and click adventure titles, always rather low, sometimes even lower than games that simply do not work or are incomplete.

No. This is good.
Means I have a better chance of getting the games I want cheaply!

 

[baterism]

Still hundreds of gem sacks to be clicked. My hand is tired...

Edit: I remember auto clicker that I used to debug my game. Through some window adjustment I no longer need to click. Sweet. Free Mouse Auto Clicker is the name.

 

[Annubis]

Technically, that 7,000,000 gem for the holiday profile is still 210$ even at 3 cents the 1000 gem.

 

[Phawx]

No. This is good.
Means I have a better chance of getting the games I want cheaply!

There is still 3 days left for the auction to end. No way bids will stay this low on everything

 

[freshVeggie]

Honestly I think the most fascinating thing about this is going through the auction list and seeing what games get what bids. Poor point and click adventure titles, always rather low, sometimes even lower than games that simply do not work or are incomplete.

someone should make a thread with hidden/cheap gems which got overlooked in the auction house.
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That's true. I'm living the life.

you sound sad, coupled with that avi

i really do wish for you to see the endless greenery here in germany

and aussie is a beautiful place. many would love to change with you!
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what happened? sacks are dropping and its market page won't open.

 

[Cth]

Unpacking a bunch of boosters, got 4 foils so far

 

[Atraveller]

Technically, that 7,000,000 gem for the holiday profile is still 210$ even at 3 cents the 1000 gem.

And the profile will expire, people are crazy.

 

[Annubis]

The millions of sacks just disappeared.
Only 75,000 left.

 

[Elija2]

Welp, fun's over, guys. Oh well, can't complain about a $2 profit.

 

[Last Baron]

I'll probably turn my crappy backgrounds and emoticons into gems and sell them, this auction business seems too much like work to participate in.

 

[freshVeggie]

valve hit the panic button, hah

 

[KenOD]

Not a good game for it's genre, but yet I can see why someone might latch onto Mirror Mysteries while it's highest bid is sitting at 400 gems. http://steamcommunity.com/auction/item/1053-Mirror-Mysteries

 

[Chairmanchuck]

valve hit the panic button, hah

What happened?

 

[Turfster]

Unpacking a bunch of boosters, got 4 foils so far

Sorry to be the one to break the news, but foils, like all other cards and things, are becoming worthless

 

[JaseC]

you sound sad, coupled with that avi

i really do wish for you to see the endless greenery here in germany

and aussie is a beautiful place. many would love to change with you!

One of my mates was supposed to study abroad in Germany for a semester, but I don't think that's happening anymore.

 

[freshVeggie]

What happened?

almost 2 millions sacks vanished from the market and you can't open the sacks market page anymore

indirect acceptance that it didn't go as planned

 

[Chairmanchuck]

almost 2 millions sacks vanished from the market and you can't open the sacks market page anymore

indirect acceptance that it didn't go as planned

But that has more to do with the bug that people got millions of gems at once. Not that I can complain. Finished some badges, still have 150.000 gems and I have about the same money as I had before.

 

[alr1ght]

Well I managed to get 20 more sacks before it was pulled. Maybe I should hold on to them.

 

[NingenJanai]

Morning guys.

What did I miss? what's that bidding thing? :\

 

[Chairmanchuck]

Morning guys.

What did I miss? what's that bidding thing? :\

You can use gems to enter an auction for some game.
Or use gems to craft a booster.

You missed some bug on Steam, where people got millions of gems all at once, then sold them on the market for 3 cents.

 

[Atraveller]

Morning guys.

What did I miss? what's that bidding thing? :\

Tears and regret.

 

[Turfster]

Well I managed to get 20 more sacks before it was pulled. Maybe I should hold on to them.

You can always convert gems back to sacks

 

[Elija2]

Man, now the market's not working for me at all. I actually want to buy legit stuff this time!

 

[iosefe]

So much chaos

 

[BinaryPork2737]

Morning guys.

What did I miss? what's that bidding thing? :\

You missed the beginning of the Great Winter Crash. The market for cards has been cut down in its prime.

 

[JaseC]

So much chaos

There's a chaos gem joke in here somewhere.

 

[bobnowhere]

Morning guys.

What did I miss? what's that bidding thing? :\

The complete destruction of the card market.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

There's a chaos gem joke in here somewhere.

 

[Volimar]

There's a chaos gem joke in here somewhere.

I think you found it.

 

[Zia]

Sacks are back.

 

[alr1ght]

You can always convert gems back to sacks

Well I was going to craft them into boosters, then unpack and sell them. Card market hopefully recovers and then I'll be set.

 

[iosefe]

There's a chaos gem joke in here somewhere.

Completely unintended.

This whole thing is outrageous.

Truly, truly, truly outrageous.