Trading is is now here!

[crazydog]

Minigames?

[Hare Doctor]

I'll support your thread instead of taso's 

Yeah, I wonder what the mini-games are? And I thought they were planning to release a 6th polycount pack that didn't win the contest. (was hoping for medic items)

Also, does the scout's milk replace scattergun? It looks that way, otherwise the set bonus wouldn't work.

[crazydog]

I am officially against micropaymen for Tf2 items.

[Frag_68]

I am officially against micropaymen for Tf2 items.

Agreed.  But at least you can still get them through drops.

[crazydog]

Oh my god.
LOOK AT THE PRICES FOR THESE THINGS.
MAY I REMIND YOU THE GAME ITSELF COSTS $20 ($10 NOW WHILE ON SALE).
What kind of idiots would pay $17.50 for these things? The answer? Any kind of idiot! Valve is going to make a SHIT TON of money off of these things, and it's all because people are stupid.
Wow. just wow.
Also, remember that EVERY ITEM can be found from random drops!

[Lyriq]

Kind of late to the party here but there is going to be a dueling minigame, where you get an item that lets you challenge an opponent to a duel. If you win, you get a point. Every 10 points gets you a level, every 25 levels gets you a badge. It's the the catalog.

[kline]

I am officially against micropaymen for Tf2 items.

I bought the bundle, I view it as contributing to the continued development of my favorite game.

[Frag_68]

I think Valve is brilliant.  Judging by the number of people in the TE server alone, they've paid salaries for a month or two from this.  Everyone wins... Valve gets money for a game they've been supporting for free all this time and the community is happy that they spent money on ... hats.  Those who don't want to spend a dime don't have to.

[LTK]

I am undecided about these changes. I am not a fan of micropayment as a rule, but I understand this is (sadly,) the future of gaming. As a business move, this was genius. Valve will milk a shit ton of money from its rabid fan base. But as it contains significant gameplay changes, I am not necessarily happy about it.

I know you can have it all through random drops. Which is cool, to balance it out a bit, but its still annoying. Also, I easily have over a thousand hours logged in this game and I have found exactly 0 hats from random drops.

[Mustard]

I think that the 17.50 for a hat is a little nuts, but the micotransactions are ok. I mean, we've been playing this game and getting consistent updates for 3 years, which is far more than anyone else supports games these days. It's optional, and valve certainly deserves the money.

[Taso]

^This.

[Frag_68]

Apparently it's not just Valve raking in the money from this...

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66120

I say again:  Brilliant.  They just made HUGE money off a 3-year old game.  And those who didn't want to spend a penny... didn't.

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