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[Jørdan]

I need that for Anno during the sale and it's not like I had much in my wallet to begin with hence the gems for mashing out cards. It's obviously a paltry amount and far less than others, it still stings.

I think JaseC is right though, they'll be a substitute surely as many people bought them in good faith from the market. Although I bought them for an expressed purpose so if I end up getting 40k gems back to use and it's not applicable to boosters I'm going to be miffed

 

[AsylumX]

Reboot the market!

They can't do that, people won't trust them anymore and it will be the same as closing the market. They just need to suck it up and fire the guy who coded all this event...

PS: I'm still making badges... because... why not.

 

[agniswarm]

Whats the maximum level for 2014 Holiday Sale Badge

I am at level 5 and still saying I can level up

 

[Metalic Sand]

I just woke up and saw this whole gem crap, can someone explain me real quick what happened? please?

People start turning their unused inventory items into gems and some notice their current pile of gems is getting double/tripled, This ends up leading into a giant crash of the market since you could buy booster packs with gems.

If the game auctioning w/ gems ever went through it would have been a clusterfuck.

 

[The Dear Leader]

This is like the gaming version of what Bane wanted to do in TDKR. Bring down this tyrannical market!

 

[JustLynx]

People start turning their unused inventory items into gems and some notice their current pile of gems is getting double/tripled, This ends up leading into a giant crash of the market since you could buy booster packs with gems.

I see, so you recycle items, get gems, buy boosters and start over?

 

[PetriP-TNT]

Whats the maximum level for 2014 Holiday Sale Badge

I am at level 5 and still saying I can level up

I think the max was 250 in the summer

 

[Deques]

I woke and saw the news about auction on my phone. When I get to a computer to see what the deal is and the auction is down?
I guess I missed something

 

[Atraveller]

This is like the gaming version of what Bane wanted to do in TDKR. Bring down this tyrannical market!

The market is still up and everyone is fucked.

 

[SmithnCo]

I just woke up and saw this whole gem crap, can someone explain me real quick what happened? please?

Valve introduces a system where you can buy gems to bid on games during the sale. You could use these to craft booster packs of three cards, but the value of the gems tanked, so you could buy 1000 for 3 cents, craft cards for 600-1200 gems, and then sell the cards back and make a profit. This obviously tanked card values and add in the fact that you could duplicate gems via a bug (why the gem value tanked probably) and it was a total mess.

 

[agniswarm]

I think the max was 250 in the summer

oh then 5 is max for me will sell the rest off

 

[Metalic Sand]

I see, so you recycle items, get gems, buy boosters and start over?

Exactly. Buy boosters then sell the cards to buy more gems ridiculously cheap. The only limit was 1 booster per game a day but people with huge libraries had A LOT of boosters to buy.

craft cards for 600-1200 gems, and then sell the cards back and make a profit.

A few games were even 400 gems for the booster. Wasteland 2 was one of them.

 

[JaseC]

Remove all the listings?

And delete the items!

They can't do that, people won't trust them anymore and it will be the same as closing the market. They just need to suck it up and fire the guy who coded all this event...

I wasn't being serious.

 

[NingenJanai]

Volvo makes such weird decisions most of the time, it's like they don't think stuff through.

 

[JustLynx]

Valve introduces a system where you can buy gems to bid on games during the sale. You could use these to craft booster packs of three cards, but the value of the gems tanked, so you could buy 1000 for 3 cents, craft cards for 600-1200 gems, and then sell the cards back and make a profit. This obviously tanked card values and add in the fact that you could duplicate gems via a bug (why the gem value tanked probably) and it was a total mess.

Exactly. Buy boosters then sell the cards to buy more gems ridiculously cheap. The only limit was 1 booster per game a day but people with huge libraries had A LOT of boosters to buy.



A few games were even 400 gems for the booster. Wasteland 2 was one of them.

thank you

 

[Deques]

So the Auction crashed because Valve are incompetent in how a market works?

 

[Atraveller]

So the Auction crashed because Valve are incompetent in how a market works?

Mostly due to gem duplication glitch.

 

[AsylumX]

I wasn't being serious.

It's good to know...

Volvo makes such weird decisions most of the time, it's like they don't think stuff through.

Being the devil's advocate... The event was fun, all went to hell when gems were increased out of nowhere due to a bug. But if you don't take that into account, it wasn't a bad meta for the sale.

 

[tmarg]

So the Auction crashed because Valve are incompetent in how a market works?

No, because they let a bug through that allowed people to get billions of extra gems.

 

[baterism]

So the Auction crashed because Valve are incompetent in how a market works?

I believe it's not the market. It's the glitch. Without those glitch it won't be as bad as it is. Gem price falling because the glitch double gem amount by doing some tricks.

 

[_hekk05]

So the Auction crashed because Valve are incompetent in how a market works?

Nah. There was simply a bug that people exploited to double their gems.

Market got flooded, market burned to the ground

 

[Rhaknar]

Nah. There was simply a bug that people exploited to double their gems.

Market got flooded, market burned to the ground

your _ is making my ocd twitch

 

[Deques]

Oh, it was mostly a glitch that caused a crash. Stupid Volvo

 

[Backlogger]

lol, what a mess. someone tell jshackles there is soon to be a job opening over at Valve...

 

[AsylumX]

Gems are back... I got 'em all

Edit: gone again... but this could be a sign that they will be back soon.

 

[JaseC]

So the Auction crashed because Valve are incompetent in how a market works?

"So we hold a few auctions, right?"
"Right."
"And people use gems to bid, which they can get from recycling unwanted inventory items or the Steam Community market, right?"
"Right."
*launch*

 

[Atraveller]

your _ is making my ocd twitch

Your lack of capitalization and punctuation marks don't?

 

[BinaryPork2737]

This is like the gaming version of what Bane wanted to do in TDKR. Bring down this tyrannical market!

I now want to see Gaben in a Batman costume.

 

[cicero]

Gems are back... I got 'em all

Edit: gone again... but this could be a sign that they will be back soon.

Still haven't shown up for me.

 

[_hekk05]

your _ is making my ocd twitch

*whispers* I put it there on purpose *whispers*

It also elevates me automatically to the first on any list if they sort by alphabetical order.

Too bad PSN doesn't allow a symbol to be the first letter.



I'm getting inventory is unavailable at the moment. I just wanna admire my card collection T.T

 

[Rhaknar]

Your lack of capitalization and punctuation marks don't?

no they dont

they sure dont

dont

'

'

dont

 

[Sajjaja]

2 weeks into December and no Dark Souls migration.

 

[The Dear Leader]

2 weeks into December and no Dark Souls migration.

We just have to wait until the last few days of the month so they can announce they have pushed it to January.

 

[Bubbavelli]

Jesus Christ Postal 2 is getting DLC and I kinda want it?????

 

[Knurek]

We just have to wait until the last few days of the month so they can announce they have pushed it to January.

Better yet, PC exclusive DX11 version, only $29.99 with 10% off for previous buyers.

 

[Servizio]

It is a contrivance built purely to influence their card economy and generate revenue for them. The upside is you're under no obligation to participate and can have deep, hearty belly laughs at the resulting shenanigans.

Like so: Hoohohohoho!

Once more: Hooohoohoohooo!

 

[Cth]

13 badges crafted. 4 foils.

Going to bed.

Long trip ahead of me tomorrow and I need the sleep

 

[JaseC]

Better yet, PC exclusive DX11 version, only $29.99 with 10% off for previous buyers.

Sounds good.

 

[Tizoc]

King of Fighters 98 UM is releasing today, get hype!
Call your buddies over, hook up some sticks or controllers and don't pick Athena for some good times~

 

[ViviOggi]

Why must such a thing happen during EU nighttime now I won't get the compensation hats

 

[Monooboe]

Whoa, I missed the whole ordeal with the gems. I was fun reading the last 15 pages though. Glad I missed it, seems I would have done some bad choices with my 1000 cards.XD But when it comes back, the gemcrafting, is there a benefit to crafting badges?

 

[Jørdan]

Why must such a thing happen during EU nighttime now I won't get the compensation hats

It's alright, Valve knows where my wishlist is.

 

[inm8num2]

13 badges crafted. 4 foils.

Going to bed.

Long trip ahead of me tomorrow and I need the sleep

9-10 crafted here, no foils.

I'm debating to just sell cards instead of crafting, as holiday card prices are too low.

 

[Knurek]

Sounds good.

Sold as a DLC, so no +1 for you
(Scamco hates us all equally).

 

[Kaleinc]

I want the game I bid on with 100 gems as a compensation.

 

[Danielsan]

Guess I missed the boat. I wonder what will happen to the 5.000 gems I made last night...

 

[Tizoc]

Careful, that's modded.
Haruka does not fight physically at all. She just has idol singing and dancing contests.

(I wouldn't wait anyone buying the game because they think THIS gif is true)

I await 10 years from now when SEGA brings many of their games on Steam, and Yakuza 5 being one of them. That is modded so hard so I can kickass as Haruka *.*

 

[Knurek]

I await 10 years from now when SEGA brings many of their games on Steam, and Yakuza 5 being one of them. That is modded so hard so I can kickass as Haruka *.*

More importantly, can you play Mahjong as Haruka?
(Or was that only in Yakuza 2?)

 

[bobnowhere]

Gems are back in my account, seems like the same amount as before. Still not tradeable.

 

[JaseC]

Sold as a DLC, so no +1 for you
(Scamco hates us all equally).

+1 to DLC is still +1! It's just not the ideal kind.