Showing posts with label steam trading. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steam trading. Show all posts
Thursday, June 28, 2012
PSA: Steam trade no inventory fix
So you've been trying to trading those Bazookas and Balloonicorns and Scorched Keys and (&$!@)&!! no TF2 inventory comes up! Be patient. Hit "F5" until you see it pop up in the list. This may take a minute or two but it does work. Tell the friend you're trading with the fix also. Enjoy!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Steam Trading down & Poll results
There is nothing more anti-capitalist than when you can't trade items at all! Currently Steam trading is not in good health and has been experiencing issues since yesterday afternoon. As far as we know there is no official word on what is going on or when things will be back online. We'll keep an eye on it.
And that segues to the poll results: you resoundingly hate steam trading! Sure there's 15% of you who thing its the cat's meow but a staggering 79% of you hate it. All across TF2 land there are calls to bring back the old system. The current steam trading issues don't help either! And then there's the confused 4% of you, who likely also love your Bombinomicons and Paper hats and any other snarky answer we have on the polls. Keep on rocking, we love you all too.
Votes so far: 3692
Poll closed
And that segues to the poll results: you resoundingly hate steam trading! Sure there's 15% of you who thing its the cat's meow but a staggering 79% of you hate it. All across TF2 land there are calls to bring back the old system. The current steam trading issues don't help either! And then there's the confused 4% of you, who likely also love your Bombinomicons and Paper hats and any other snarky answer we have on the polls. Keep on rocking, we love you all too.
Genius! | 573 (15%) |
Fail! | 2947 (79%) |
What's trading? | 172 (4%) |
Votes so far: 3692
Poll closed
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
New poll: steam trading for everyone!
The one constant in gaming is that things never stay the same. Valve has decided to get rid of the old in-game trading system in favor of the Steam trading popup window. Gone is the 8 item limitation and having to add someone if you want to do any trade beyond the average. It's a plus now you don't have to add someone you're going to delete two seconds later. It's also a shortcut if you want a steam coupon or Spiral Knights items (does anyone?) or Skyrim.
Then there's the downside. It's painfully slow, timeouts and errors often occur, and your backpack is completely unrecognizable. To make it worse there's the random trades which are even more annoying when you have to wait to find out someone wants to sell you a non-craftable batters helm (we believe the same dirty batters is making its way around the planet).
So vote on it and tell us your opinion. To the right. That is all.
Then there's the downside. It's painfully slow, timeouts and errors often occur, and your backpack is completely unrecognizable. To make it worse there's the random trades which are even more annoying when you have to wait to find out someone wants to sell you a non-craftable batters helm (we believe the same dirty batters is making its way around the planet).
So vote on it and tell us your opinion. To the right. That is all.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Steam trading verdict is in
What do you think of Steam trading? It's a great idea | 306 (90%) |
It's a passing fad | 25 (7%) |
WTH is Steam trading? | 6 (1%) |
Votes so far: 337
Poll closed
Friday, September 16, 2011
Trading patience is a virtue
Sometimes we get feedback regarding prices and how long it takes to unload an item. Sometimes players claim that since it takes a long time to sell something then our prices must be wrong. Wrong! We are very capable of making mistakes. However, in TF2 trading land there are a lot of choices and beyond the always hot Team Captains and Bills some items we don't want tend to sit a long time in our backpacks waiting for a home.
Take for example Genuine Volcano Fragment. This was a hot property when Rift first came out and all the controversy about it being tradeable before the game's release. Now, it takes a loooong time to sell one. Does that mean it's value has gone down? To some extent yes, but that's not the only answer. It can take several days to a week to sell one at "full" price (currently between 2 and 3 refined). The reason is simple: because there are more (genuine) items available spreading demand out. So if you have one you need to spread the word out that it's for sale. That means trading servers during peak times (Thurs-Sun), reddit tf2 forums, Steam TF2 trading forums, Source Op item trading forums, and tf2tp.com. Start a new thread, keep it simple and post a link to your profile so people can easily add you.
When you've exhausted all avenues to sell an item then lower your price.
Take for example Genuine Volcano Fragment. This was a hot property when Rift first came out and all the controversy about it being tradeable before the game's release. Now, it takes a loooong time to sell one. Does that mean it's value has gone down? To some extent yes, but that's not the only answer. It can take several days to a week to sell one at "full" price (currently between 2 and 3 refined). The reason is simple: because there are more (genuine) items available spreading demand out. So if you have one you need to spread the word out that it's for sale. That means trading servers during peak times (Thurs-Sun), reddit tf2 forums, Steam TF2 trading forums, Source Op item trading forums, and tf2tp.com. Start a new thread, keep it simple and post a link to your profile so people can easily add you.
When you've exhausted all avenues to sell an item then lower your price.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Trading with Steam: the birth of a movement?
As many of you are aware, the new Steam trading feature is out of beta and now officially live. It allows you to trade TF2 items with other Steam games or other items within Steam games (for now Portal 2 and Spiral Knights). Valve plans to add more games and inventories to this list and make this an ongoing feature for new games. Steam trading FAQ here.
Seeing the success of TF2 customization and item trading, this is one of those moments where everything is new and the possibilities are limitless. It could end with a fizzle as many seemingly great ideas do. Or it could be one of those must-have pieces that developers incorporate into their upcoming games. Some games will allow themselves to item trading such as role-playing games, while others like sports games may spawn their own new content as their trading currency. Perhaps an NFL game will have throwback jerseys, or a Premier League (that's soccer to all you scratching your heads) team will have fan chants...the possibilities are limitless.
Seeing the success of TF2 customization and item trading, this is one of those moments where everything is new and the possibilities are limitless. It could end with a fizzle as many seemingly great ideas do. Or it could be one of those must-have pieces that developers incorporate into their upcoming games. Some games will allow themselves to item trading such as role-playing games, while others like sports games may spawn their own new content as their trading currency. Perhaps an NFL game will have throwback jerseys, or a Premier League (that's soccer to all you scratching your heads) team will have fan chants...the possibilities are limitless.
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