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Acerac

Acerac

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Zerokku said:
Seeing all this idle talk is starting to convince me to get 2-3 other accounts

:p
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Same. I thought 4 would be enough but considering how cheap they are it's tough to not splurge on more.

It's not like you need to actually play all of the accounts.
 
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DarkKyo

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My new policy is to make a new premium account everytime they update with new crates. That way I get a new account and a couple keys to try out the new crates.
 
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thunker 9000

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Anyone in need of a Strange Flaregun or Strange Boston Basher? I am itching for a Strange Flamethrower or Strange Backburner. If I get one, I wont have the itch to open every #25 I get!
For now, at least ):
 
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parasight

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Haha, it took me $345 before I hit one Unusual in the flash app. Granted it was a sexy one (Sunbeams Brain Slug). With my luck I should just not buy keys.
 
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Dreams-Visions

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parasight said:
Haha, it took me $345 before I hit one Unusual in the flash app. Granted it was a sexy one (Sunbeams Brain Slug). With my luck I should just not buy keys.
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Nobody should, really. Keep your keys or trade them for hats that will appreciate in value. Then repeat until you actually have something valuable. 1% odds are only acceptable if you don't mind burning a lot of money. Most Vegas games have better odds than that. Those that have found unusuals will admit how lucky they are, I'm sure. That's really the point of that Flash game: you could get an Unusual early...or after you've invested $300 real-life dollars. Or more.

You could get lucky like Dechaios...or you could find yourself spending the equivalent of 2.33 refined on items that will be worth significanly less than said metal...like the other 98% of crate openings. If you have the gambling itch, don't let me stop you...but do yourselves a favor and stop after Unusual find #1.

Lol, this reminds me so much of the beginning stages of gambling addiction. Tread carefully, friends.
 
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Blizzard

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Dreams-Visions said:
Nobody should, really. Keep your keys or trade them for hats that will appreciate in value. Then repeat until you actually have something valuable. 1% odds are only acceptable if you don't mind burning a lot of money. Most Vegas games have better odds than that. Those that have found unusuals will admit how lucky they are, I'm sure. That's really the point of that Flash game: you could get an Unusual early...or after you've invested $300 real-life dollars. Or more.

You could get lucky like Dechaios...or you could find yourself spending the equivalent of 2.33 refined on items that will be worth significanly less than said metal...like the other 98% of crate openings. If you have the gambling itch, don't let me stop you...but do yourselves a favor and stop after Unusual find #1.

Lol, this reminds me so much of the beginning stages of gambling addiction. Tread carefully, friends.
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I get addicted to games too easily, so I stay away from gambling. The one time in my life I went gambling was on a casino ship group trip. I mostly walked around and watched, and finally decided to try the Blackjack table since I actually knew the rules of that game. I paid the minimum bet, got two blackjacks in a row, and immediately walked away with $30, if I recall correctly. Lifetime real money gambling win rate: 100% =P
 
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Yeef

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Borgnine said:
TF2B won't even load.
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Loads fine for me!

Anyway, I'm mainly looking for metal so I can try at crafting the dress uniform again, but if I don't get rid of it in the next few days I'll take your offer.
 
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yeoz

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Yeef said:
Loads fine for me!

Anyway, I'm mainly looking for metal so I can try at crafting the dress uniform again, but if I don't get rid of it in the next few days I'll take your offer.
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How about you sell it to me for metal, and I'll resell it to Borgnine for his hats. Win-win!
 
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Yeef

Member
yeoz said:
How about you sell it to me for metal, and I'll resell it to Borgnine for his hats. Win-win!
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Sounds good! Do you have any of the General's Formals weapons you can trade as well? I used my last one with that craft.
 
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Azure Dream

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Congrats, Dechaios! I didn't think you could find Unusual Party Phantoms since they changed it to a Misc either, maybe they just changed it recently.

People are ravenous for the Misc unusuals, because it means they can stack effects (Burning+Scorching looks really neat.)
 
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evlcookie

but ever so delicious
Idling another 8 hours and still nothing, This time i used my own server.

I'm going to give up. Either i hit the cap without knowing or it just really hates me. Hopefully on thursday and friday i can start idling for new items.

If that still doesn't work then I'm outta ideas!

Will leave it on for the rest of the day while i'm at work for shits and giggles. Idling has never been so much fun.

I wouldn't mind playing on the gaf server since TF2 is getting some love now, But i hate being the guy with a 200+ ping.
 
Grinchy

Grinchy

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Just got a new mouse that feels awesome so far compared to my old one (got the MX518). I was just wondering, does anyone use 'raw input'? I tried it out with 1.0 acceleration, and the best way I could describe it would be to say it felt "floaty."


@evil - The week of the Uber update, I didn't get a single drop on my main account.
 
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JackEtc

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Grinchy said:
@evil - The week of the Uber update, I didn't get a single drop on my main account.
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Were you text idling or in game? I haven't got a drop all week either from text idling or playing the game.
 
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Yeef

Member
Grinchy said:
Just got a new mouse that feels awesome so far compared to my old one (got the MX518). I was just wondering, does anyone use 'raw input'? I tried it out with 1.0 acceleration, and the best way I could describe it would be to say it felt "floaty."
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i hope everyone uses raw input. Also, any acceleration is terrible. I keep it disabled.
 
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yeoz

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evlcookie said:
Idling another 8 hours and still nothing, This time i used my own server.

I'm going to give up. Either i hit the cap without knowing or it just really hates me. Hopefully on thursday and friday i can start idling for new items.

If that still doesn't work then I'm outta ideas!

Will leave it on for the rest of the day while i'm at work for shits and giggles. Idling has never been so much fun.

I wouldn't mind playing on the gaf server since TF2 is getting some love now, But i hate being the guy with a 200+ ping.
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I felt like I should've mentioned this earlier, but, you probably ran out of drops last wednesday or thursday already.
Don't even try idling again until after this coming wednesday.
I've seen accounts get as little as 5 drops. Sucks but all you can do is wait until drops reset.
 
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corn_fest

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I use raw input and 3.97 sensitivity. Seems a little high, though, maybe I should turn it down or at least make a zoomed sniper config or something.
 
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Yeef

Member
corn_fest said:
I use raw input and 3.97 sensitivity. Seems a little high, though, maybe I should turn it down or at least make a zoomed sniper config or something.
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zoom_sensitivity_ratio will set your sensitivity while zoomed in relative to your normal sensitivity.

Sensitivity isn't really a good measure of anything since it means nothing without knowing your mouse's DPI. I recall reading that most 'pro' players set their sensitivity so that moving the mouse about 9 inches does a 360 degree turn. mine is actually a little more sensitive than that (I do a full turn in about 8.5 inches) but it feels good on most classes.
 
Acerac

Acerac

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Argh, once again having trouble charging money on a new account to make it premium. Called the bank and confirmed the problem is on Steam's end. Tried 3 different browsers, the in-Steam payment option, and used my card both regularly and through paypal. Still no luck!

I'd likely have so many more accounts if Steam didn't make it so hard.
 
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mojiimbo

Member
Acerac said:
Argh, once again having trouble charging money on a new account to make it premium. Called the bank and confirmed the problem is on Steam's end. Tried 3 different browsers, the in-Steam payment option, and used my card both regularly and through paypal. Still no luck!

I'd likely have so many more accounts if Steam didn't make it so hard.
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Who knows if it's true, but I read on the Steam forums that you can only use the same credit card for a limited amount of accounts.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23454138&postcount=45

I ended up using my Paypal account instead and was able to get the payment to go through that way.
 
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Zerokku

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
Dreams-Visions said:
Nobody should, really. Keep your keys or trade them for hats that will appreciate in value. Then repeat until you actually have something valuable. 1% odds are only acceptable if you don't mind burning a lot of money. Most Vegas games have better odds than that. Those that have found unusuals will admit how lucky they are, I'm sure. That's really the point of that Flash game: you could get an Unusual early...or after you've invested $300 real-life dollars. Or more.

You could get lucky like Dechaios...or you could find yourself spending the equivalent of 2.33 refined on items that will be worth significanly less than said metal...like the other 98% of crate openings. If you have the gambling itch, don't let me stop you...but do yourselves a favor and stop after Unusual find #1.

Lol, this reminds me so much of the beginning stages of gambling addiction. Tread carefully, friends.
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If people want unusuals (especially specific unusuals) It'd probably be better to just head over to SourceOP and just buy unusuals outright.
 
Acerac

Acerac

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mojiimbo said:
Who knows if it's true, but I read on the Steam forums that you can only use the same credit card for a limited amount of accounts.

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=23454138&postcount=45

I ended up using my Paypal account instead and was able to get the payment to go through that way.
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Well I'm currently on 4 accounts on the same card. Assuming I used paypal to make 2 of them process that'd add up.

Thanks for the info. This shouldn't be too tough to solve now that I know the problem. :)
 
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Chavelo

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So what's the deal with TF2 retail copies on stores now, then? Is it still okay for a store to sell a F2P game now for 20 bucks just to convert the game into premium? Just a thought I had...
 
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Maffis

Member
Would like a price check on a Defiant Spartan w/ Heart effect.

Also looking for a Strange rocket launcher. I'm offering a strange direct hit and a tough guy's toque for it.
 
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Rummy Bunnz

Member
Someone said you can't tie your credit card to more than two accounts. I guess it's a fraud prevention tool. Maybe buy some gift cards to get around it?

Whoops beaten.

Chavelo said:
Each account will need it's own "install". By that, I mean you would have to copy the steam directory multiple times across your PC and set each one up with an account...

Had a question about that, actually... TF2-idlers, what GCFs files do you need to run just TF2 on an idle account? Right now each one has over 17GB in files... Pretty sure I left something in there that I don't need. D:
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Are you that Sandbox method? I made an idle account last night and didn't bother to create multiple directories. Steam just recognized my previous install and copied over some files. The idle account's directory is only 930MB.

Now that I have an idle account I kinda don't wanna pay to make it premium. It's like "Oh hey, I got those items. That's neat! But I don't really NEED them." I can't believe how easy it is.
 
Grinchy

Grinchy

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JackEtc said:
Were you text idling or in game? I haven't got a drop all week either from text idling or playing the game.
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It was in-game idling because I hadn't learned about text idling yet.

Yeef said:
i hope everyone uses raw input. Also, any acceleration is terrible. I keep it disabled.
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Oh, shit. I had read that putting it at 1.0 was the way of disabling it. Hell, I better go back and test things out. Maybe that's why it felt smoother but more floaty.
 
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Kuro Madoushi

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Acerac said:
Argh, once again having trouble charging money on a new account to make it premium. Called the bank and confirmed the problem is on Steam's end. Tried 3 different browsers, the in-Steam payment option, and used my card both regularly and through paypal. Still no luck!

I'd likely have so many more accounts if Steam didn't make it so hard.
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Been wonky for people lately. Wouldn't let me and Javaman gift games awhil back.
 
Cuban Legend

Cuban Legend

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Hazaro said:
Thanks Cuban for the shades and spurs!

Kuro gib keys 4 hats n teddy bears
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It was a swift pleasure trading with you!

Also, swift pleasure trading with Artist Dude. :)

Updated Inventory:
Summer Crate items/hats all 33% off their lowest estimated price
at the Special GAF-Sale Price of 1 Refined each:

1x Security Shades
1x Prarie Heel Biters
1x Stately Steel Toe

Edit: Updated summer Items inventory (@ 7-18-2011 6:00pm EST)

Thanks to these GAFers for their kind and swift business:
(x2) [2K] Gouglas
Dreams Visions
Baha
Darkflight
Grimm Fandango
Undu
Dreavus
ArtistDude88
Hazaro
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Rickenslacker

Banned
JackEtc said:
I'm starting to think my text idling isn't working.

I think I'm doing it right, right?
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Here's what mine looks like and it works just fine.

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MarkMclovin

Member
JackEtc said:
I'm starting to think my text idling isn't working.

I think I'm doing it right, right?
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I've got 4 accounts going, 1 of which I created today and after 2 hours of text idling running 2 at the same time, I've got 2 drops on 1 and 1 drop on another. I also had 9 drops yesterday.

I use :
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\Steam.exe" -applaunch 440 -textmode -nosound -window -nopreload -novid -dxlevel 81 +map "itemtest"

Do you get any unusuals/strange's or hats via the random drops too?
 
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Forkball

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Update

- Added a music clip from Meet the Medic to the menu startup music list.
- Fixed a case where stickybombs could sometimes damage enemies on the other side of a wall.
- Updated duels to apply a short duel ban to the loser if they team switched or disconnected during the duel.
- Updated The Private Eye so it can be equipped by the Medic and Demoman.
- Updated Crafting:
- Added a new "Custom Blueprint" option to the Special blueprints
- Made these items craftable: Copper's Hard Top, Security Shades, Tam O'Shanter, Stately Steel Toe, Nessie's Nine Iron, Rogue's Col Roule, Prairie Heel Biters, and The Big Steel Jaw of Summer Fun
- Removed the redundant Smelt Primary/Secondary/Melee/Misc item blueprints.
- Updated Matchmaking:
- Added a progress bar and server count during the matchmaking search
- Added more filtering on the master server to avoid pinging non-matching servers
- Community Requests:
- Mod makers:
- Added inputs to the player:
- "SetCustomModelRotation": Parameter is a string that specifies the angle rotation (Pitch, Yaw, Roll)
- "ClearCustomModelRotation". No parameter. Will return the model rotation to following the player view yaw.
- Restarted the player's animation cycle whenever the custom model changes.
- Movie makers:
- Added "tf_clientsideeye_lookats" convar. Set it to zero to disable TF players automatic clientside pupil focusing on nearby players.
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