alanschu Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 While not caring about the cards, I am also vindictive and a giant troll, so I obstinately refuse to trade my cards with those that really want them. Probably the only person I would give them to would be someone that didn't want them at all!
HoonDing Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 I just ignore them. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
melkathi Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 While not caring about the cards, I am also vindictive and a giant troll, so I obstinately refuse to trade my cards with those that really want them. Probably the only person I would give them to would be someone that didn't want them at all! I forbid you to ever give me your cards! I would never accept cards from YOU! Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Deraldin Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) While not caring about the cards, I am also vindictive and a giant troll, so I obstinately refuse to trade my cards with those that really want them. Probably the only person I would give them to would be someone that didn't want them at all! I forbid you to ever give me your cards! I would never accept cards from YOU! I've already tried that tactic. He's immune to reverse psychology. He does this just to taunt me with his inventory of cards. Wait a minute... he has extra sleeping dogs cards! He's been trading with someone! D: Edited August 12, 2013 by Deraldin
alanschu Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 Nah, I suddenly got a "gift pack" that had 3 cards. I assume from the game due to some sort of retroactive reward. Unless someone gave them to me without knowing.
melkathi Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 Nah, I suddenly got a "gift pack" that had 3 cards. I assume from the game due to some sort of retroactive reward. Unless someone gave them to me without knowing. Nah booster packs are given out to random eligible random people whenever someone completes a badge. You got the luck of the draw You are eligible with each game for which you have gotten all your own drops. Chances go up the higher your steam level. Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Labadal Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 Wals, they're all lying. The card thing is totally not your thing and you should pass on the burden to me. *cough* I'd do you a favour! *cough*
Keyrock Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 While not caring about the cards, I am also vindictive and a giant troll, so I obstinately refuse to trade my cards with those that really want them. Probably the only person I would give them to would be someone that didn't want them at all! You know Alan, I don't really care about those cards one way or another. They just sort of take up (electronic) space. Meh, whatever. I'm completely apathetic toward receiving cards. RFK Jr 2024 "Any organization created out of fear must create fear to survive." - Bill Hicks
Zoraptor Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 Typical Valve. Hire a real life economist and all he comes up with at the end of his contract is a microtransaction scheme for those blessed with OCD. If only he could've done the same for Greece they'd be saved. I can certainly understand selling the things since it's free money store credit, but who buys them? Someone must be doing it, and I'm torn on my reaction to those poor unfortunates. I can at least understand the reasoning for most stuff people do but I just can't quite twist my brian to understand that. I don't get it, I don't get it at all.
Enoch Posted August 12, 2013 Posted August 12, 2013 I've made about $2 selling those cards. It's really just like a rewards program for Steam players. The amazing thing is that it's a rewards program that makes money for the seller. (Well, revenue, anyway. There is, of course, some cost in setting up the system, running the marketplace, etc. I have no idea if the revenue Valve sees from its vig on the transactions is sufficient to cover this cost and generate net income.) I have ignored the stuff they've thrown at me (mostly CK2 cards, and a couple things that I think I got for spending money in the summer sale). But that's nothing new. I've still got 2 whole games sitting in my steam inventory that Valve gave me in the 2011 holiday sale. (An Oddworld game and something called "Lightfish")
PK htiw klaw eriF Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 I was expecting something a bit more sexy. "Akiva Goldsman and Alex Kurtzman run the 21st century version of MK ULTRA." - majestic "you're a damned filthy lying robot and you deserve to die and burn in hell." - Bartimaeus "Without individual thinking you can't notice the plot holes." - InsaneCommander "Just feed off the suffering of gamers." - Malcador "You are calling my taste crap." -Hurlshort "thankfully it seems like the creators like Hungary less this time around." - Sarex "Don't forget the wakame, dumbass" -Keyrock "Are you trolling or just being inadvertently nonsensical?' -Pidesco "we have already been forced to admit you are at least human" - uuuhhii "I refuse to buy from non-woke businesses" - HoonDing "feral camels are now considered a pest" - Gorth "Melkathi is known to be an overly critical grumpy person" - Melkathi "Oddly enough Sanderson was a lot more direct despite being a Mormon" - Zoraptor "I found it greatly disturbing to scroll through my cartoon's halfing selection of genitalias." - Wormerine "I love cheese despite the pain and carnage." - ShadySands
Gorth Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 Never heard of those cards. Maybe I should check my account some day. I do have somewhere between 50 and 100 games on my steam account (although 2/3 of those are Humble Bundle and similar games). “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
AwesomeOcelot Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 I've made about $2 selling those cards. It's really just like a rewards program for Steam players. The amazing thing is that it's a rewards program that makes money for the seller. (Well, revenue, anyway. There is, of course, some cost in setting up the system, running the marketplace, etc. I have no idea if the revenue Valve sees from its vig on the transactions is sufficient to cover this cost and generate net income.) They already had the market place, wallet, the badge system, a way of recording when people play particular games. I doubt the card system took a lot of money to develop, the bandwidth can't be that much, I think it's safe to assume it's making a profit. Rough calculations for each unique card: the Summer Sale cards are making ~$30-50 per day, the most popular games ~$5 per day, less popular games ~$2 per day, when they introduce a set there can be 10 times more transactions for a few days, there was a period of a few days when each Summer Sale card was getting over 1000 transations an hour. There's well over 1000 unique cards now, but the addition of cards has slowed quite a bit. Foil and booster packs make more per transaction, but are rarer. I doubt Valve gets over $10,000 a day from Steam trading card transactions. It's not about net income from transactions it's about selling games. It's about bundling in something that doesn't cost Valve money that makes a game more valuable to the buyer. It's got trading, lottery, and collecting features, and if those aren't interesting you can sell them, get $0.40-1.10 from Steam users (not including minor fees to Valve and the publisher) that goes into the Steam wallet so you can buy more games.
melkathi Posted August 13, 2013 Posted August 13, 2013 What the Ocelot said. And it got a lot of people onto the market place. So if they ever decide to do more with that... Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
melkathi Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 Sold quite a few of the cards lying about in my inventory. Made 6.50 in a day. Decided to spend 2.50 of those to use a 75% off voucher I had. Turns out I am locked out of my Steam Wallet... again. Because since I moved from Cyprus back to Greece end of December I haven't paid money into the wallet, only paid dircetly with credit card for purchases. I can use the wallet in the Marketplace but not the Store... *sigh* Unobtrusively informing you about my new ebook (which you should feel free to read and shower with praise).
Deraldin Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 Sold quite a few of the cards lying about in my inventory. Made 6.50 in a day. Decided to spend 2.50 of those to use a 75% off voucher I had. Turns out I am locked out of my Steam Wallet... again. Because since I moved from Cyprus back to Greece end of December I haven't paid money into the wallet, only paid dircetly with credit card for purchases. I can use the wallet in the Marketplace but not the Store... *sigh* Should have just given the cards to me.
Labadal Posted August 15, 2013 Posted August 15, 2013 Got an Organ Trail booster pack. Got €0.09 for the cards combined. Still not going to spend the money I've gotten from cards. I'm slowly going to build up funds until Christmas.
IndiraLightfoot Posted August 20, 2013 Author Posted August 20, 2013 I've been "playing" Shadowrun Returns and some other game that just turned into steam card slot machines. Thank you for another two euros. It was sorely needed after my recent M&M X Legacy Deluxe purchase. Easy come, easy go, I suppose. *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
Maria Caliban Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 Who cares if that something is utterly useless, idiots are paying money for them! Money! Future EA executive. "When is this out. I can't wait to play it so I can talk at length about how bad it is." - Gorgon.
Leferd Posted August 21, 2013 Posted August 21, 2013 I've been "playing" Shadowrun Returns and some other game that just turned into steam card slot machines. Thank you for another two euros. It was sorely needed after my recent M&M X Legacy Deluxe purchase. Easy come, easy go, I suppose. Grrr...does that mean I have to replay Shadowrun to get them cards?? "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
IndiraLightfoot Posted August 21, 2013 Author Posted August 21, 2013 Leferd: Not exactly. Just press play and turn down the volume under Options and wait like 3 h, then you'll have your four cards. Hence, my use of quotation marks around playing. *** "The words of someone who feels ever more the ent among saplings when playing CRPGs" ***
Leferd Posted August 22, 2013 Posted August 22, 2013 Leferd: Not exactly. Just press play and turn down the volume under Options and wait like 3 h, then you'll have your four cards. Hence, my use of quotation marks around playing. *mind boggled* "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
Deraldin Posted August 22, 2013 Posted August 22, 2013 (edited) Leferd: Not exactly. Just press play and turn down the volume under Options and wait like 3 h, then you'll have your four cards. Hence, my use of quotation marks around playing. *mind boggled* Protip: You can (often) run more than one steam game at a time. Collect cards from multiple games at once. Edited August 22, 2013 by Deraldin
Leferd Posted August 22, 2013 Posted August 22, 2013 Egads. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle
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