This update was just released, and /r/tf2 is just discovering what has happened. From what I gather, some cosmetic items in Team Fortress 2 are disallowed from being equipped with others due to clipping or other conflicts. With some glitch involving using +quickswitch (I don't know anything about how you would use this console command on an item or what it would accomplish), you were able to equip two conflicting cosmetic items. I assume this is similar to the old CSGO glitch where you would edit game files to list the bomb as a melee item, allowing you to use a custom name on the bomb that would persist after the files were fixed, but I'm just guessing. TF2's real money economy is one of the oldest in games and primarily based around "unusuals," which are cosmetic hats a character can wear. Unusuals differ from standard hats in that they come with an additional cosmetic effect, such as storm clouds around a character's head, swirling hearts, or something similar. The rarer and more desirable of these hats can sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars. I have no idea how large the TF2 economy is now, but it is much smaller than it once was, as TF2 has been dealing with a declining (real players) player base, rampant hacking problems on official servers, and a large bot problem. In comes an anon looking to have a little fun.
Mad lad posts this thread on /v/, showing an email he claims Valve sent him for thanking him for alerting them to a fake duplication glitch, causing them to remove a real glitch which allowed players to equip extra cosmetics or something. Someone sums it up as
so some hat prices were artificially inflated because they could be equipped in the wrong slot with a harmless bug, you told the dev it could clone items and they believed it without verifying and fixed it, and now people are screaming that their glitch slot hats are worthless?
yes
There's also this great screen cap of him letting people know he's dedicated to fricking over the cosmetic glitchers.
There's a couple /r/tf2 threads about it, and one seemingly quickly growing thread about the update as a whole, but I have no idea if or where a TF2 economy discussion subreddit or forum is, so I can't find too many hat traders seething. Also the /r/tf2trade subreddit hasn't seemed to notice yet or at least isn't discussing it.
A small thread has one good fear-mongering post:
There's also a funny little comment dabbing on the traders.
MFW the price of my virtual items goes down (this was my only income source)
Now onto the main thread!
Fixing a bug that was actually beneficial to the game instead of one that was causing major issues
Shoulda sold when the prices were inflated to all heck, seethe redditor.
Final selection, redditors discovering their favorite set of pixels can't be used in the exact combination that makes them soy out.
This is just occurring, so be on the look out for more coping, dilating, seething, and of course sneeding. If you want, maybe check out http://backpack.tf or some off reddit community to see if they have noticed.
Bonus steam community thread (there are going to be more posts there, so check out the TF2 board).
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Grown men playing with virtual barbies
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wait until you hear about the golden frying pan that's like $3000
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I wish I was joking https://steamcommunity.com/market/search?appid=440#p1_price_desc
meanwhile CS skins can sell for 10s of thousands of USD, though their market is inflated due to the chinese buying skins
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Fun fact: MSL's stickers all sell for over $10 because chinese players use it with an envyus sticker to write NMSL, meaning your mom is dead.
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another big brain move from the danish mastermind.
https://liquipedia.net/commons/images/thumb/c/c5/MSL_at_ESL_Barcelona_16.jpg/450px-MSL_at_ESL_Barcelona_16.jpg
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Holy frick I've not watched csgo in a couple years, but check this shit out. He finally did it, absolute madman
https://img-cdn.hltv.org/playerbodyshot/VeIJfiIahzX-Ql6MITVpCk.png?ixlib=java-2.1.0&w=400&s=7d977280f0950c4c5522a09e12b13c68
I love that he let it get this far before giving up
https://www.hltv.org/gallery/view/133653
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i dont know the last time i even saw him play. feels like he disappeared after north died
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https://www.hltv.org/team/11825/titans Check out this team he's on now, kinda rough to think that sunNy, oskar, and MSL would end up together on a literal who #150 team.
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Totally not money laundering.
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I bought maybe 20 lootboxes in csgo and one of them had a rare knife skin in it that I sold for like $600. Shit is nice when it works in your favor
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I have a golden dota item that's worth a few bucks. If I left it unopened it would have been worth hundreds by now.
Literally nothing about the item is changed by being unopened, its simply the novelty of being a golden 2014 item that was left unopened that makes it valuable.
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Jesus Christ. I can't believe unopened digital shit is a thing.
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zoz
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zle
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Lol, some csgo cases sell for 40 dollars now. I bought a few cases for 3 cents some years back and they are like 3 dollars each now. Its insane. Just wish I bought more.
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Darn that's crazy
I can't believe I wasted my time buying all those magic beans (crypto) instead of investing in gaymer junk that actually appreciated in value
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Whats crazy is that this shit just goes up, I thought now that crypto and pretty much everything else goes down the cs market would crash, but no. G*mers seem to be intent on overcharging moms credit card.
Im fairly sure the whole thing will crash at some point, but its fun to gamble on how much money you can get out of it. I already sold my very expensive stuff though.
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same. tfw former multiple howl owner
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Thanks for the unsolicited advice! I'm sure your expertise in the field of "gaymer junk" has made you a fortune. I'll be sure to invest in that next time instead of following my own research and instincts.
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The point of my post was that I didn't make a fortune because I didn't buy any gaymer junk, bbbb
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The point of my post was that I didn't make a because I didn't buy any gaymer junk, you
You're an idiot if you think that the only reason people buy gaymer junk is to show off. Some of us actually enjoy playing video games and don't need to compensate for our lack of a social life by flaunting our g*mer gear.
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Real men play with real Barbies
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heck yeah brother
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