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submitted 1 month ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

The article discusses the new highest-level Steam user, who has reportedly spent over half a million dollars to achieve this status. This user possesses a unique collection of items, including a Discord kitten and a $9,000 Counter-Strike gun that features a racial slur. The article also touches on the user's potential rivalry with the individual currently in third place for the highest Steam level. It highlights the extravagant spending habits within the gaming community and raises questions about the implications of such investments in virtual goods.

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[-] Stern@lemmy.world 117 points 1 month ago

Not the dumbest thing I've heard of huge amounts of money getting spent on it.

You hear about that dipshit who spent 44 billion buying one of the most popular social media sites in the world only to not use its name?

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 20 points 1 month ago
[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

Nah, fuck that blue bird. Glad to see it's demise

[-] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The bird site was great in the early days when it was a bunch of micro blogs. It was basically freely hosted short form RSS feeds. I could keep track of so many things so easily from all my devices.

When the focus changed to more of a "town square" rather than just "hey I/we did this thing and you should know about it in 255 characters or less!" that's when it became a mess.

Musk took a useful platform, failed to see it for what it is at its best, and elevated what made it its worst (gossip, rage baiting, berating, false information, and sensitizationalized content lacking nuance or substance). To be clear, that transition predates Musk and was driven more by users than Twitter the company, but Musk accelerated it (this is fundamentally visible in moves like monetizing the API which prevented Twitter ingesting and outputting various feeds for a large number of use cases).

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

I miss so much my community I had on Twitter

Now it’s gone. People left for a mix of substack, blue sky, and different mastodon instances. Some people just left entirely.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 month ago

But he's a business genius… /s

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For anyone else curious, "Discord kitten" is apparently a (mostly sarcastic) slang term for "suger baby". I was really hoping for actual kittens, but alas.

[-] Breadhax0r@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

I had heard that term before, but was hoping there was some other meaning revolving around something in their steam inventory

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 15 points 1 month ago

Sugar daddies get sex out of it. That's just simping for an egirl!

[-] nek0d3r@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I swear the discord kitten stuff was just a meme and some degenerates thought it was a good idea

[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago

Sometimes, when I think I’m stupid af, I remember that people like this exist and I feel a little better.

[-] nick@midwest.social 24 points 1 month ago

Stop giving these people attention, simple as.

[-] colderr@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

I will never understand why people would spend so much money to be on top of such a leaderboard. And to spend so much money to have a gun that is offensive in a game.

[-] GetOffMyLan@programming.dev 23 points 1 month ago

Because they've got enough money that it doesn't matter at all to them.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Yup. If I recall, this guy is some Saudi prince with more money than he knows what to do with. So some of it gets spent on stuff like this.

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

9000 dollars for a gun in CS!? I spent that much for my entire steam library. Sounds utterly disgusting to me.

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Isn't that not even a crazy amount for CS standards? Don't get me wrong, it's insane to me how people spend money on this. But i thought the most expensive items are in the 10s or 20 thousands.

[-] joucker29@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nah. The most expensive item in csgo is a karambit blue gem. One person offered 1.5 mil dollars for it and the seller declined because it wasn't enough. It is speculated to be worth over 2 mil dollars.

[-] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Sounds like nft without blockchain.

[-] Zoot@reddthat.com 1 points 1 month ago
[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

Rarity. Even though its just pixels, it’s still rare.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

My most expensive item in inventory was about 0.06 euros last time I checked.

Makes me really motivated to spend 15 minutes trying to figure out how to sell that stuff.

[-] zecg@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

What's with the "the article does x" retelling, it gives me the biggest ick. What's wrong with just quoting a salient paragraph or two?

[-] jay@mbin.zerojay.com 13 points 1 month ago

Smells like a AI generated summary to me.

[-] zecg@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

It certainly is and I absolutely fucking hate it.

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 12 points 1 month ago

What the fuck is a discord kitten?

[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

It lands somewhere between a camgirl and a runescape GF.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Apparently it’s his hoe

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Do I even want to know what Discord Kitten is?

And to answer most people’s question, this is commonly referred to as being unwell. It the result of an untreated addiction, plain and simple.

[-] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

If you need to ask, you do not want to know.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 8 points 1 month ago

7 digit steam ID and only level 15. Clearly, my life took a wrong turn somewhere..

[-] Tramort@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Probably Gabe Newell

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