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[–] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 21 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Oh, I thought this was going to be about the trading cards they implemented in steam. Those are so lame and cheap I wasn't bothered by this.

For any non-readers-of-articles, this is about a loot box mechanic added to counterstrike (which is fair criticism imho)

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I've bought games just from sitting there for an hour and selling those cards. All these years and i still have no idea why people buy them.

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 2 points 1 month ago

They are needed to craft badges, which level up your profile. Higher level profile means more customization. So if youre into the social aspect of steam then they are required at least a little bit. Obviously for you they aren't needed so yeah you can just sell them to others and make a buck, and thats a pretty cool system imo.

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