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[Metalax]

Well this came out of nowhere. A revamp of the steam profiles with cards earned through playing participating games that can be crafted into backgrounds, emoticons for wherever you type, game coupons and possibly other things.

http://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards

To join the beta for this you need to join the http://steamcommunity.com/groups/tradingcards/ steam group. Invites will be sent out via email in the order people join.

[umiman]

Group joined!

[hemmingjay]

I joined, but if either of you get an invite before I get in a would appreciate it and will obviously pay it forward here.

[Metalax]

I joined, but if either of you get an invite before I get in a would appreciate it and will obviously pay it forward here.

Just got one and sent you a pm.

edit: or you already got in

If anyone else is interested in an invite I have twothreeOne more, send me a pm with a link to your steam profile. They have to be traded in a similar fashion to the various coupons.

[Levi]

I don't really like the idea of turning my game playing habits into a game and then restricting the client features if I don't participate.   

[umiman]

What exactly is getting restricted? It's basically achievements. It means nothing and is just fun to collect.

I have a bunch of invites as well.

[WealthyRadish]

Leveling up earns you non-tradable items like profile showcases, extra friends list slots,

Oh god, please don't let this actually affect functions of Steam. It's not like I have a kergillion people added on Steam, but I really hope this doesn't happen.

[umiman]

Ah right. I still don't see why it matters though heh. It's not like we've been suffering without those features to begin with.

[Shadowlord]

This sounds stupid.

[KillerFrogs]

Why not, I'll take an invite if you someone still has one available.

That said though this is something that I really did not expect steam to do, but so far they haven't made that many bad decisions (greenlight), so why not give it a shot.

Edit: ok nvm, I found someone on my friends list who had a few spare invites, so I don't need one now.

[Walter Sullivan]

Well, at least this will make me play some of the games on my list that I haven't played in a while to get the cards, just like the summer sale where you needed to play games to get coal.

[BigD145]

This sounds stupid.

It's the new Steam-themed casual achievement game.

Yes, it's stupid.

[nenjin]

I don't really like the idea of turning my game playing habits into a game and then restricting the client features if I don't participate.

[Frostbite]

Sounds like an interesting time sink , wouldn't mind getting an invite too it

[Metalax]

The only thing that has any real effect beyond being able to customize your profile page a bit more that I have found so far, is that you gain an additional 5 places on the maximum number of people you can have on your friends list for each steam level. If I recall correctly the base number of places is 200. So I've picked up an extra 55 spaces on the list and won't have to prune it quite as harshly.