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[jester]

Hmmm. New update, the bribe people with a hat for who can throw the most money at us each day update.

I find it so funny that people always claim that Activision or EA are such evil companies, but whenever Valve tries to manipulate people into forking over yet more money for TF2 they just lap it up.

I see nothing wrong with Valve manipulating other people into forking over more money, as long as I'm not expected to partake in the forking.

I can happily ignore stamp purchases, or duel wins, or strange part purchases, or whatever other cosmetic purchases are available. It's a heck of a lot harder to ignore map packs or game modes that are added to standard map rotations. I've never been dropped from a TF2 server because I didn't spend $14.99 for whichever map the server is switching to. 

Ditto, EA does unlocks and map packs for cash, valve does purely cosmetic items that you could still get in a trade server with a little bit of clever trading with only the 5 bucks or so you would have spent getting the game off free to play.  I know a guy who only ever spent the original 10 bucks on the game a few years ago, recently sold the stock of unusual hats he had built up for enough to buy himself a new computer, its silly, but it shows you can have all the weapons and many cosmetic items for only the initial purchase whereas I own battlefield 3, and there are a pile of weps and maps I wont have access to unless i fork out more cash. 

[Strangething]

Sent you a friend request as 'Sizzilin Bacon'.

Oh, that was you? I was wondering. You aren't part of the DF Steam group, so I wasn't sure where you got my name.

Feel free to ask for any of my dupes. I'd rather they go to a good home that be broken down for scrap.

[Enzo]

the 5 bucks or so you would have spent getting the game off free to play.

Heck, you could buy a $4 game during a Steam sale and spend the change on a Sticky Jumper. BAM. Premium account.

As long as they continue to stay far away from Pay-To-Win, I'm willing to put up with Valve's shenanigans. Nobody is forcing you to buy hats or keys. Right now you're required to make a single purchase to unlock all the premium benefits (which didn't sound all that restrictive anyway). Pretty much everything in the store is available from drops (or trades). Maps and new weapons are made available for free. If Valve's making metric shit-tons of money, which they are, it's because players are throwing it at them. I have no problem with them releasing silly cosmetic items for people to throw money at.

[dragonshardz]

Like I've said before, Valve has done microtransactions right.

Unlike some other developers (CCP and EA, for example).

[Jackrabbit]

the 5 bucks or so you would have spent getting the game off free to play.

Heck, you could buy a $4 game during a Steam sale and spend the change on a Sticky Jumper. BAM. Premium account.

On top of this, taking this route nets you the best gun in the game. Do this.

[LASD]

If I'm not mistaken, around half of the stamp money actually goes to the people that made the maps, so they are pretty much making the community pay to make the community produce more things for the community. Community.

Possession of the hat is not permanent and is limited to a single day.

Wait, what? I didn't get that at all from the Administrator text. I'm not sure if limiting these to a day makes the hats better or worse.

[PTTG??]

It's only one day... and they're pretty ugly if you don't like top hats...

[Duke 2.0]

 Valve should go to the dark side and provide Anti-Stamps. You buy money away from going to a map.

 Lookin' at you Hoodoo

[Strangething]

Yes, I'm necroing a months-dead thread just to brag about this:



Genteel pipe smoke, yo. I did not buy or uncrate it, it was a totally random drop, and for my second-favorite class, too!

[Jackrabbit]

That's crazy awesome.

You know what else is crazy awesome? The Huntsman. I never used to use the thing, because I am a dreadful shot at the best of times but man am I getting the hang of it, and it is brilliantly fun, especially when you plink scouts as they try and double jump out of the way.

[Putnam]

months-dead thread

it was barely more than a week >_>

[Thexor]

months-dead thread

it was barely more than a week >_>

Hey hey hey, the last post before his was in March, and now it's April. That's a whole month difference! 

[klingon13524]

Well since the TF2 trading thread is truly months dead, I'll leave a strange shop here.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Selling stranges. The price in metal is non negotiable, it's already below market price. Open to offers.

S. bazaar bargains (3): 2 rec 2 scrap
S. bonesaw: 1 scrap 1 weapon
S. amputators (2): 1 rec 2 scrap
S. Boston Basher: 1 rec
S. Blutsauger: 1 rec 2 scrap
S. Southern Hospitality: 2 rec
And eventually, a S. Big earner for 1 rec 1 scrap

http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198027628076

Go ahead and try to find a better deal, http://tf2tp.com/searchMongo72.php and http://www.tf2outpost.com/search are waiting. The link to my profile is http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198027628076 for when you realize how futile your quest is.

[The Scout]

I like that Blutsauger and Amputator. I'll see what I can do.

[Orangebottle]

That's crazy awesome.

You know what else is crazy awesome? The Huntsman. I never used to use the thing, because I am a dreadful shot at the best of times but man am I getting the hang of it, and it is brilliantly fun, especially when you plink scouts as they try and double jump out of the way.

Oh god I love the huntsman.
I had one epic moment on 2fort with it.

I was sitting between the bridge and the entrance to my base, and I see this enemy scout halfway across the bridge's roof. I shoot straight up and get a headshot on him. Blind freakin luck.