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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:01 am
by TheCatt
TPRJones wrote:I doubt they looked at it that way. They aren't that evil. They probably thought more about voting and commenting and the other activities that generate points. But in the end, yeah, spend money = make points. And random team assignment didn't really work out very well for balance, apparently.
Um... maybe I misread, but the only way to make points I read about was crafting badges, which means $.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:21 am
by Leisher
Yeah, the PC Gamer article mentions $ as well. Valve is apparently making a couple thousand a day on this contest.
You don't earn points by voting. It's all about crafting badges. Although going up levels gets you points too...are there ways to level up without spending money?
There's complaining about the whole thing going on in the Steam forums, as you would imagine. My favorite quote:
I miss when valve worked on games and not just ways to get people to practically give them money for nothing.
Less stupid shit like this, more HL2:Ep3...
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:21 am
by TPRJones
Um... maybe I misread, but the only way to make points I read about was crafting badges, which means $.
Not exclusively. You need cards to craft badges and you get the most card drops for purchases sure, but you also get them for voting and participating in the community by doing reviews and various other things.
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 11:49 am
by TheCatt
TPRJones wrote:Um... maybe I misread, but the only way to make points I read about was crafting badges, which means $.
Not exclusively. You need cards to craft badges and you get the most card drops for purchases sure, but you also get them for voting and participating in the community by doing reviews and various other things.
I've never seen card drops for those things.
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 12:38 pm
by TPRJones
You get a Summer card for every three votes. Also non-Summer badges count for competition points, too, so doing game reviews, playing games, and doing the other things that make regular game cards drop and give you a chance of making a badge all count. Well, as long as you make the badges during the competition.
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Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:57 pm
by Leisher
Well, if you've already played games you own enough, you won't get anymore card drops, so purchasing new games will give you card drops...
Meaning you'll have to get new games (spend money).
Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2014 3:01 pm
by TPRJones
And how many of us have played all our games at all, much less enough to get all the drops? I sure haven't. :p
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:40 pm
by Leisher
It's annoying me that Dead State hasn't gone on sale yet.
What is the "Friends List Slot 5 Slot Level Bonus Not tradable" I get when leveling in Steam?
Pink is winning today, so score points.
I figured out how scores go down. I just completed my third summer adventure card, and one of the rewards I received was a token that I could activate to steal 100 points from another team, and give them to the team of my choosing.
Anyone else level up or complete a badge and get a window that pops up with a picture that doesn't load, and a button saying "Manage Guest Passes"? What the hell is that?
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Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:49 pm
by TheCatt
I'll wait til tomorrow to see if I need points.
It lets you expand your friend limit by 5. Of all the useless....
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 8:46 pm
by TheCatt
I made a point.
Holy fuck - Leisher made 124.
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Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 12:00 am
by Leisher
I have no idea how. I did finish off a few badges that I was only 1-2 cards away from, but I thought they were only 1 point each. Hell, even if they were 10, I didn't complete 10 of them today.
OH! I just realized 100 points were from that token I discussed in my previous post in this thread.
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 7:31 am
by TheCatt
I somehow missed the 2nd half of your post. I see now.
And I finished a badge, but didnt get a guest pass window.
As I understand it, anyone who gets a point is eligible for the 3 games, right? Doesnt matter how many points?
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:33 pm
by TheCatt
The points for the final day are suspiciously close to each other. Steam rigging the last day themselves?
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 10:45 pm
by Leisher
To make up for the horribly designed competition, it'd be cool if they had a five way tie to end it.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 8:14 am
by TheCatt
Still looks like it. I went ahead and made a point.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 2:01 pm
by TheCatt
I got two more cards today. Sold them for 20 cents.
I made $3.11 on this sale!
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 10:56 pm
by Malcolm
My contribution to the Steam Summer Sale economy:
Witcher: Enhanced Director's Ed. Cut
Velvet Assassin
Thief I-III
Nethergate Resurrection
Payday I
Witcher 2: Enhanced Ed.
BL2 Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2
Total: $20.08
Shit, I spent that much on beer today.
Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2014 11:01 pm
by TheCatt
I'll blow my money in Winter like normal.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:28 pm
by Leisher
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 1:38 pm
by Troy