We are giving away two Eerie keys right now. They are going to emailers #27 and #127 (one each). Email us now, one email per person, and include a link to your steam profile (many names have duplicates). Contest details and answers to most of your questions are here. Don't send multiple emails, no warnings and instant disqualification if you do. If you don't win, tell your friend and maybe he or she will.
Update: keys have been won. no more emails for this contest please.
This contest's winners were Frog Boy and "Epalaka, Acutulus Unus". Congratulations to them both and good luck to everyone for the next Halloween giveaway! Details are here. Some of you have asked questions that the answers to are right there in the link, including our email address. Take a moment to read it if you have questions.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Two Eerie keys up for grabs right now (keys won, no more emails)
We are giving away two Eerie keys right now. They are going to emailers #26 and #126 (one each). Email us now, one email per person, and include a link to your steam profile (many names have duplicates). Contest details and answers to most of your questions are here. Don't send multiple emails, no warnings and instant disqualification if you do. If you don't win, tell your friend and maybe he or she will.
Update: these Eerie keys have been won. No more emails for this giveaway. Many more giveaways to come....keep checking back and tell your friends.
This contest's winners were Eu-L.C.F. and ScorchedEclipse. Congratulations to them both and good luck to everyone for the next Halloween giveaway! Details are here. Some of you have asked questions that the answers to are right there in the link, including our email address. Take a moment to read it if you have questions.
Update: these Eerie keys have been won. No more emails for this giveaway. Many more giveaways to come....keep checking back and tell your friends.
This contest's winners were Eu-L.C.F. and ScorchedEclipse. Congratulations to them both and good luck to everyone for the next Halloween giveaway! Details are here. Some of you have asked questions that the answers to are right there in the link, including our email address. Take a moment to read it if you have questions.
Eerie keys. boo.
So in celebration of the Halloween event, we will be giving away a bunch of Eerie keys! Keep your eyes out for giveaways that will happen in the normal way. We will announce with each giveaway what and how many we are giving away.
Spectral Halloween Special
Team Fortress 2
- Scream Fortress Event 2012
- Fixed a bug where buildings would be invisible during their setup time
- Mann vs. Machine
- Added the map Mvm_coaltown_event with a special Halloween mission
- Fixed a bug where players money would not be set properly when restoring a checkpoint
- Fixed server crash on vote to restart mission
Undocumented changes
- Updated the localization files
- Added the Ghostly Gibus, Rump-o'-Lantern, Sir Hootsalot, The Master Mind, The Scarecrow, The Crone's Dome, The Executioner, The Bonedolier, The Plutonidome, The Spooky Shoes, The Spooky Sleeves, The Zipperface, The Boo Balloon, The Unknown Monkeynaut, The Grand Duchess Tutu, The Grand Duchess Fairy Wings, The Grand Duchess Tiara, The Dead Little Buddy,The Voodoo Juju (Slight Return), The Exorcizor, The Wraith Wrap, The Coffin Kit, The Bat Outta Hell, The Skull Island Topper, Halloween 2012 Community Bundle, Voodoo-Cursed Item (Armory),Voodoo-Cursed Old Boot, Voodoo-Cursed Skeleton, Voodoo-Cursed Bag of Quicklime, Voodoo-Cursed Robot Arm, Voodoo-Cursed Novelty Bass, Voodoo-Cursed Sticky-Bomb, Voodoo-Cursed Nail, Voodoo-Cursed Soul (Armory), Zombie Scout, Zombie Soldier, Zombie Pyro, Zombie Demoman, Zombie Heavy, Zombie Engineer, Zombie Medic, Zombie Sniper, Zombie Spy, Pile of Curses, Eerie Crate, Eerie Key, Strange Part (Armory), Strange Part: Halloween Kills, Strange Part: Robots Destroyed During Halloween, Halloween Paints, and UGC Season 6 Medals
- Added new unusual effects: Knifestorm, Misty Skull, Harvest Moon, It's A Secret To Everybody, Stormy 13th Hour.
Screamfortress is coming very soon!
Looks like it begins tonight and goes for 2 weeks until November 8th. If history is any guide, it will be sometime soon...around primetime on the West Coast of the US. We will be all over the new items and their prices, of course. Plus we will be having giveaways for the entire event. Stay tuned. Plus plus, we will have another one of Terry's scavenger hunts this weekend - the prize? TBA - but it will be worth a good amount of candy.
http://www.teamfortress.com/blizzbobarrabas/
http://www.teamfortress.com/blizzbobarrabas/
Friday key #1 (key won, no more emails)
goes to emailer #31. Email us now, only once, and include a link to your steam profile (many names have duplicates). Contest details and answers to most of your questions are here. Don't send multiple emails, no warnings and you will be disqualified from this and other giveaways.
Update: contest is over, this key has been won. no more emails please.
This contest winner was Team Rocket Grunt. Congratulations to him and good luck to everyone for the next giveaway! Details are here. Some of you have asked questions that the answers to are right there in the link, including our email address. Take a moment to read it if you have questions.
Read our response to a reader's recent question on our Trade-scanning software and Pricing here.
Update: contest is over, this key has been won. no more emails please.
This contest winner was Team Rocket Grunt. Congratulations to him and good luck to everyone for the next giveaway! Details are here. Some of you have asked questions that the answers to are right there in the link, including our email address. Take a moment to read it if you have questions.
Read our response to a reader's recent question on our Trade-scanning software and Pricing here.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
There once was a key named Thursday (and he's gone, no more emails)
and he went to emailer #50. Email us now, only once, and include a link to your steam profile (many names have duplicates). Contest details and answers to most of your questions are here. Don't send multiple emails.
Update: key has been won, no more emails please.
This contest winner was Flash Gordon. Congratulations to him and good luck to everyone for the next giveaway! Details arehere. Some of you have asked questions that the answers to are right there in the link, including our email address. Take a moment to read it if you have questions.
Update: key has been won, no more emails please.
This contest winner was Flash Gordon. Congratulations to him and good luck to everyone for the next giveaway! Details arehere. Some of you have asked questions that the answers to are right there in the link, including our email address. Take a moment to read it if you have questions.
Read our response to a reader's recent question here.
Trade Software / Pricing Question
Typically I try to respond to most emails we get asking questions. This one came in and I thought I would share:
"Can you explain the trade analysis software you claim to use? Someone said that you manipulate prices on this sheet for your own gain like that silver medigun. I think your prices are fair but your response would be helpful to me.
-rckcndy"
First off, our software runs 24/7/365. It is still a work in progress and for our site revamp we are going to have it integrated into the site so that we are real-time. It shows prices of trades that occur and the value in keys and/or metal that is exchanged. For now, I go through the output which is a mysql database and examine each trade.
Many of the trades from the software (80-90%) confirm prices already on the spreadsheet. So if you don't see a price change, it often means that is just where a price has 'settled'. If a trade shows a price different from the spreadsheet I try to confirm this with feedback from my pricers as well as publicly listed prices for items (outpost, tp, trade servers). About half the time a trade is not for the price listed, there is no confirmation in the marketplace. In that case, the price stays the same. What causes this? Typically a quicksell, someone just trying to liquidate. The other half of the time, the price has indeed shifted and after the same research as above, we adjust the price on the sheet. And if there are multiple trades in the database showing a real change in price then we look for confirmation but ultimately require less proof since it is already there. Most often in this case the price is adjusted.
Secondly, we do not manipulate prices. I reduce prices of items in both my and my contributors backpacks every day. I have been estimating TF2 item prices for close to 3 years and update the site daily. We don't let anyone just 'vote' on prices. If we get feedback we check it out and respond accordingly but never allow direct changing of prices.
The overzealous reddit witchhunt was based on one reddit user's opinion of one item's price that differed from ours. He had followed us for many months looking for anything and that's all he could conjur. Reddit labeled my account(s) 'scammer' and saved the world for all the cute kittens. However, in response to that issue I stopped trading personally to ensure that there is no appearance of impropriety. A pretty large sacrifice on my part since I enjoyed trading but I get how things looked.
Anyway, I hope that answers some questions. We're moving forward and you will see some big changes soon.
"Can you explain the trade analysis software you claim to use? Someone said that you manipulate prices on this sheet for your own gain like that silver medigun. I think your prices are fair but your response would be helpful to me.
-rckcndy"
First off, our software runs 24/7/365. It is still a work in progress and for our site revamp we are going to have it integrated into the site so that we are real-time. It shows prices of trades that occur and the value in keys and/or metal that is exchanged. For now, I go through the output which is a mysql database and examine each trade.
Many of the trades from the software (80-90%) confirm prices already on the spreadsheet. So if you don't see a price change, it often means that is just where a price has 'settled'. If a trade shows a price different from the spreadsheet I try to confirm this with feedback from my pricers as well as publicly listed prices for items (outpost, tp, trade servers). About half the time a trade is not for the price listed, there is no confirmation in the marketplace. In that case, the price stays the same. What causes this? Typically a quicksell, someone just trying to liquidate. The other half of the time, the price has indeed shifted and after the same research as above, we adjust the price on the sheet. And if there are multiple trades in the database showing a real change in price then we look for confirmation but ultimately require less proof since it is already there. Most often in this case the price is adjusted.
Secondly, we do not manipulate prices. I reduce prices of items in both my and my contributors backpacks every day. I have been estimating TF2 item prices for close to 3 years and update the site daily. We don't let anyone just 'vote' on prices. If we get feedback we check it out and respond accordingly but never allow direct changing of prices.
The overzealous reddit witchhunt was based on one reddit user's opinion of one item's price that differed from ours. He had followed us for many months looking for anything and that's all he could conjur. Reddit labeled my account(s) 'scammer' and saved the world for all the cute kittens. However, in response to that issue I stopped trading personally to ensure that there is no appearance of impropriety. A pretty large sacrifice on my part since I enjoyed trading but I get how things looked.
Anyway, I hope that answers some questions. We're moving forward and you will see some big changes soon.
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