We can finally craft booster packs and trade steam cards with one another!! Trading cards are finally going to be used like what they were intended to be used for!!
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STEAM | December 2014 - Read OP for winter sale questions
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We can finally craft booster packs and trade steam cards with one another!! Trading cards are finally going to be used like what they were intended to be used for!!
Volvo: all according to keikaku
Jawmuncher
Member
If you have Final Fantasy XIII-2 you need to idle that shit.
I need people to trade cards with. Already have 2 dupes.
I need people to trade cards with. Already have 2 dupes.
Visualante2
Member
I am so confuse by this whole thing. I feel like I'm missing out big time. I'll catch up on it tomorrow night I guess.
Lol you traded all them cards with me yesterday night. I don't have FF XIII-2. Got FF XIII cheap for 6.40 this morning though
Squeenix sale when
Can you min-max and math and do you have waifu games?
Yes: you're missing out on marginal profits
No: don't get suckered into the deep abyss that is the steam community market right now
Chairmanchuck
Member
What happened? I dont have my gems anymore, but about 6 in my wallet 
You either bet that this shit will eventually blow over and prices will rise, or you sell them now.
Selling seems to be the more popular option
I'm keeping mine to craft, and selling winter seal cards instead. Unexpected revenue sources lawl
Jawmuncher
Member
You were just sitting on a throne of stuff I needed.
Got so many badges finally done thanks to you.
Well the gems and ability to craft boosters is staying after the sale, so the number of cards on the market is going to be less than pleasing.
Just crafted the badge with my gem boosterpack + idled cards :x
The Final Fantasy emotes are usually really nice (except for FFIV fuck those)
corrosivefrost
Member
I'm surprised Dragon: The Game doesn't have any bids on it yet
I'll go bid right now!
What happened? I dont have my gems anymore, but about 6 in my wallet
Yesterday never happened.
It never happened.
Except for those that made money, they got to keep it.
Supaidaman
Member
Well, just bought 10 Risk Of Rain emoticons to craft some gems and get me some boosters for my animu games
People are forgetting that there are other ways to make money using the gems right now.
I crafted a loren booster for 60 cents, crafted the badge, got a winter seal card (20 cents) and a waifu background (90 cents), so I made 50 cents. See how that works?
The profit will come to you if you embrace the market
I crafted a loren booster for 60 cents, crafted the badge, got a winter seal card (20 cents) and a waifu background (90 cents), so I made 50 cents. See how that works?
The profit will come to you if you embrace the market
and those that got community banned were unbanned as well (some of them anyways).
Starwolf_UK
Member
Wow I have a foil card worth 30 gems. Like taking the worst buying order and gambling on emoticons seems better than that.
Edit: misread? As it says continue making...
It doesn't sound like the ability to turn items into gems will stay though.Jørdan;143065279 said:
Edit: misread? As it says continue making...
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
So, for the Winter Sale, is Day Z going to be on "discount" again?
YianGaruga
Banned
Just found out that these exist
I need them /ho
I need them /ho
Just found out that these exist
I need them /ho
Oh boy ragnarok online emoticons
Just what I needed
Why not? Valve already said it will...
Honestly, it's pretty much hoping you get a foil and breaking even if you don't, with maybe a small profit if you're lucky.
Lol I'm already sitting at a profit, and I still have my gems
Gonna craft boosters to make badges now
I win gabeN. Your shenanigans will not stop my min-maxing
YianGaruga
Banned
AlphaProspector
Member
Then it means emoticons and backgrounds will become more scarce because in the last 24 hours we probably saw people wiping out at least 60% of them for gems. Cards themselves may also balance out if people use those to craft gems, which I'm probably sure nobody is going to do. (Until cards are so cheap that between spending an era selling at $0.05 you might as well cash them all for a booster or something.)
Woody Invincible
Banned
During this event though, crafting cheap badges is offset with the reward trinket taking $.20 off the cost. Plus, if nothing else, gems. Now is definitely the time to craft.
Just one for each crafted badge.
Everything is better with RO emotes
Do you happen to still play? I've yet to find a private server pre-renewal without disgusting cash shop crap
AngryChinchilla
Member
Euro Truck Simulator 2: M&K or controller?
What have you done!Just found out that these exist
I need them /ho
Do you happen to still play? I've yet to find a private server pre-renewal without disgusting cash shop crap
I played RO for 7 years of my life and sometimes, I think about going back to it.
It's like in my blood or something.
YianGaruga
Banned
Do you happen to still play? I've yet to find a private server pre-renewal without disgusting cash shop crap
I haven't played since 2005, haha. I quit just about when the Rebirth update hit euRO. I just looked over a emoticon page in some wiki and got major nostalgia. Such a great game
I doubt I can ever go back to it though
I haven't played since 2005, haha. I just looked over a emoticon page in some wiki and got major nostalgia. Such a great game
I doubt I can ever go back to it though
Join me, my brothers, in the long wait for Tree of Savior.
old manatee
Banned
The last time I played it it was a fucking nightmare to set up a controller but it was awesome to play with one. My biggest wish for American Truck Sim is proper controller support.
Yeah, used the market and buy orders to get a nice profit yesterday but from today on, margins will be very tight for the most part. Pretty much makes it not worth the effort of buying backgrounds/emoticons to trash for gems and then hoping to sell the cards you get at current prices, at least for the majority of games.
So uh... Yeah... If anyone has left-over gems... Do shout. I need me some boosters for me badges, matey!
Seriously though, 0.03 euros compared to 0.03 dollars makes me cry every time.
Eurolanders are never allowed to have fun!
SteamTradeMatcher, man. You gotta use it, that shits dope.
Sir professional min-maxuru-san, what's the best stuff to jump on atm? I want more boosters just for making badges, because I'm an OCD-whore like that.
Seriously though, 0.03 euros compared to 0.03 dollars makes me cry every time.
Eurolanders are never allowed to have fun!
SteamTradeMatcher, man. You gotta use it, that shits dope.
Sir professional min-maxuru-san, what's the best stuff to jump on atm? I want more boosters just for making badges, because I'm an OCD-whore like that.
People want gems.
someguyinahat
Member
Thanks to jshackles, here are some impressions for Nightmares from the Deep: The Cursed Heart:
The story: You play a female museum curator named Mrs. Black (if there was a first name, I certainly can't remember it) who's ready to display the corpse of a pirate because, you know, God forbid he gets a burial somewhere. You're aided by your hot, but nameless, daughter:
And this isn't a case of "I forgot her name," the protagonist only calls her "my daughter," the photos of her in your office have a letter from her to her mom but she never signed the note, and even the Steam trading card of her merely says "Daughter." This is some Of Mice and Men "Curley's Wife" shit going on, I think, where her lack of personality is reflected in her lack of name. She looks like a "Mandy" to me, although "Tiffany" isn't out of the question either. What would you call her? Anyway. A storm brews, the corpse disappears, and when the smoke clears he's taken Mandy into a pirate ship he summoned out of nowhere and that crashed into the museum. You have to make your way through the ship and through Skull Island (the originality!) to confront the pirate and save Tiffany. There's a little more to it, but I don't want to spoil. Needless to say, the story is simple, not that creative, but not bad. Dialogue is minimal, and what's there isn't that great, but there's some...passable voice acting. The skeleton crew members are probably the best of the bunch voice-wise.
The graphics: Just look at her, man! Okay, in a bit more detail they're well done, the environments look great and the characters look good, but the cutscenes are done in a lower resolution so be prepared for that switch from high to low and back as you gain and lose player control.
The puzzles: Mostly good. I'm trying to think of any clunkers and none come to mind. The hidden object scenes were also quite well done, although they made the bizarre design choice to skip puzzles and play mahjong instead. I didn't play them (because there are achievements for doing all of the puzzles) so I can't say how good or bad they are, but I'll probably do them in a second playthrough (because there are mahjong achievements.) There is a "normal mode" and an "expert mode" where the latter doesn't give you sparkly hints and penalizes you for clicking wrong too many times in a hidden object scene. I would have preferred to turn off hints but not go for penalties, but you can't get everything I suppose.
The length: The first playthrough took me 4 hours, which is longer than most and a solid length for a game of this type. There's also replayability to get those extra achievements, and a bonus chapter I had yet to do, so there should be no complaints in that department.
The verdict: As far as hidden object games go, this is better than most. If you're looking for something to cleanse your palate between epic open-world RPGs or collectathon action platformers, this would be a good choice. Or if you just like adventures and puzzles. I would recommend it, and give it a hot nameless daughter out of 10.
The story: You play a female museum curator named Mrs. Black (if there was a first name, I certainly can't remember it) who's ready to display the corpse of a pirate because, you know, God forbid he gets a burial somewhere. You're aided by your hot, but nameless, daughter:
And this isn't a case of "I forgot her name," the protagonist only calls her "my daughter," the photos of her in your office have a letter from her to her mom but she never signed the note, and even the Steam trading card of her merely says "Daughter." This is some Of Mice and Men "Curley's Wife" shit going on, I think, where her lack of personality is reflected in her lack of name. She looks like a "Mandy" to me, although "Tiffany" isn't out of the question either. What would you call her? Anyway. A storm brews, the corpse disappears, and when the smoke clears he's taken Mandy into a pirate ship he summoned out of nowhere and that crashed into the museum. You have to make your way through the ship and through Skull Island (the originality!) to confront the pirate and save Tiffany. There's a little more to it, but I don't want to spoil. Needless to say, the story is simple, not that creative, but not bad. Dialogue is minimal, and what's there isn't that great, but there's some...passable voice acting. The skeleton crew members are probably the best of the bunch voice-wise.
The graphics: Just look at her, man! Okay, in a bit more detail they're well done, the environments look great and the characters look good, but the cutscenes are done in a lower resolution so be prepared for that switch from high to low and back as you gain and lose player control.
The puzzles: Mostly good. I'm trying to think of any clunkers and none come to mind. The hidden object scenes were also quite well done, although they made the bizarre design choice to skip puzzles and play mahjong instead. I didn't play them (because there are achievements for doing all of the puzzles) so I can't say how good or bad they are, but I'll probably do them in a second playthrough (because there are mahjong achievements.) There is a "normal mode" and an "expert mode" where the latter doesn't give you sparkly hints and penalizes you for clicking wrong too many times in a hidden object scene. I would have preferred to turn off hints but not go for penalties, but you can't get everything I suppose.
The length: The first playthrough took me 4 hours, which is longer than most and a solid length for a game of this type. There's also replayability to get those extra achievements, and a bonus chapter I had yet to do, so there should be no complaints in that department.
The verdict: As far as hidden object games go, this is better than most. If you're looking for something to cleanse your palate between epic open-world RPGs or collectathon action platformers, this would be a good choice. Or if you just like adventures and puzzles. I would recommend it, and give it a hot nameless daughter out of 10.
If it makes you feel any better, there's not much left at $.03 that gives 80 gems anymore, everything is up to $.04.
Sir professional min-maxuru-san, what's the best stuff to jump on atm? I want more boosters just for making badges, because I'm an OCD-whore like that.
Most 100 gem backgrounds/emotes are now 6 cents, and most 80 gem background/emotes are now 5 cents.
The best transactions now are 60 gem stuff at 3 cents each, which will give you 20 extra gems as compared to each 100 gem emote for the same price
Anything more expensive and it won't be worth it anymore.
Almost all the portal 2 stuff was at .03 like two minutes ago. Ofcourse... I don't know if it'd show stuff that's .04 to you as .03 here, but I kind of doubt it... But what do I know?
Beelzebubs
Member
Not a fan of this auction. I own around 300 games, I've kept backgrounds/emoticons, turned them all into gems, got about 10k. it's 2 days before the auctions start and stuff like Beyond Earth is already at 70k gems, I'd imagine that would quadruple at least before the bidding ends so what's the point?
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Big name stuff will of course go for the most. But there's 100 copies of each game, and they will all be sold off over three days. The final copy of most of those games isn't going to go for anywhere near that much.
There's like 1900 other games you can bid on.
YianGaruga
Banned
70.000 gems at a rate of about $0.30 for 1000 gems comes to about $21 for Beyond Earth. Still seems quite cheap.
PixyJunket
Member
I haven't been very active on Steam lately, did I miss any beta badges or such since the summer sale?