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only if you're on team pink zephyr otherwise no

I've thrown some expensive games on the wishlist just in case tho but yeah most likely just selling the cards, you get one with any craft but I'm presuming by now you can't profit doing that. (I'm sure you can bot it since many sell for less than going rate but it seems so stupid)

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06-19-2014 , 07:24 PM

#9402

weevil

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Originally Posted by ZephyrSpy

What is the strat for maximizing this summer points promo, just wait until its the end of the day and if your team is going to win craft a cheap badge to get 2 summer cards an a chance at 3 free games?

30 people from your team, which is where I lost interest in the idea. You're better off going to the gas station and playing some scratch card lotto tickets. It also doesn't say, but I imagine Steam will pull the 3 least valuable games from your wishlist, or has a premade list of games that are eligible which no one really cares about. I doubt you get to pick.

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06-19-2014 , 07:36 PM

#9403

fnord_too

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Steam member since: 11th November, 2011

Found 94 games with the value of $1,467.14 USD and a total playtime of 3,232.13 hours

That's a lot of time considering the amount of time I have played on non steam games.

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06-19-2014 , 07:39 PM

#9404

Dr. Wily

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Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1,579

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Originally Posted by King of the North

Steam-noob <-

Payday 2 is 67% off. Likely it will go even cheaper than that or is it a gamboool?

Might get cheaper, hold off until last day.

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Originally Posted by ZephyrSpy

You have no chance to win ok, it's just a lottery.

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06-19-2014 , 07:41 PM

#9405

Jiggymike

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What happens on the last day of the sale? Maybe a better question is 'What could you miss out on by waiting until the last day?'

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06-19-2014 , 07:52 PM

#9406

mindraider

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Originally Posted by Jiggymike

What happens on the last day of the sale? Maybe a better question is 'What could you miss out on by waiting until the last day?'

From years past, Steam has made it a tradition for the final day of the sale to be an encore of the best sellers(deepest discounts) throughout the entire sale.

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06-19-2014 , 07:59 PM

#9407

Daer

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You wait until the last day to be sure a game you want to buy isn't a flash/daily/community sale. On the last day you resign yourself to buying games at only 50-66% off.

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06-19-2014 , 08:04 PM

#9408

King of the North

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anyone recommend democracy 3?

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06-19-2014 , 08:12 PM

#9409

ZephyrSpy

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I'm not talking about crafting a Summer badge but just a badge from a random game. Crafting a badge gets you a Summer card (about $0.5 now) and at the end of the day you get 1 more summer card for helping your team ( if you lose) or 2 cards and a chance at 3 free games if your team won. It seems like there are some cheeseburgers to pick up while the summer cards are high.

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06-19-2014 , 08:14 PM

#9410

TheRempel

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Yeah make sure you join a team. At worst you get 1 Free Summer Sale card, but you actually have to opt in.

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06-19-2014 , 08:15 PM

#9411

master3004

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Originally Posted by King of the North

anyone recommend democracy 3?

I like it but I'm a total nerd

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06-19-2014 , 08:15 PM

#9412

master3004

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Joined a team, got a card, sold it, bought Witcher 1 (2 won't run on my comp)

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06-19-2014 , 08:17 PM

#9413

Dr. Wily

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Originally Posted by ZephyrSpy

Oh, yes of course you can craft normal badges. At the beginning of the last sale, I crafted about 20 levels of badges for free because I was just selling the cards I got from crafting.

I've done it a bit today already, but it's time consuming.

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06-19-2014 , 08:31 PM

#9414

Jiggymike

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Originally Posted by master3004

Joined a team, got a card, sold it, bought Witcher 1 (2 won't run on my comp)

I want to do this how did you get the card? I'm guessing it's hard to get cards if you don't buy or play any games on Steam, though.

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06-19-2014 , 08:37 PM

#9415

mindraider

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Originally Posted by Jiggymike

I want to do this how did you get the card? I'm guessing it's hard to get cards if you don't buy or play any games on Steam, though.

Steam Summer Adventure FAQ - http://store.steampowered.com/promotion/summer2014faq

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06-19-2014 , 08:41 PM

#9416

coolnout

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Originally Posted by YouR_DooM

takes a few minutes to buy a card for 0.15 and sell it for 0.30, but i would guess it only gets interesting with a bot.

It's really tedious to refresh refresh refresh and always see "someone already bought it" 4 times out of 5, so imho it's a no-go to do it manually

they're adding buy orders to the marketplace finally

to kill the botters

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/com...46774506273812

currently testing it with a few items. it works with all the new summer cards tho.

Last edited by coolnout; 06-19-2014 at 08:52 PM.

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06-19-2014 , 08:44 PM

#9417

Jiggymike

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^Yeah I was hoping to exactly replicate that sequence of actions but when I joined a team I didn't get a card. I think you need to be level 5 and I'm not even that. Stupid Steam, not giving me enough free stuff even though I've contributed nothing to their community and actually gotten several games for free already.

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06-19-2014 , 08:49 PM

#9418

mindraider

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Originally Posted by Jiggymike

It's level 8, actually.

Also from the FAQ:

Vote for the Community's Choice Flash Sale
If you’re Steam Level 8 and above, you’ll get a card every third time you vote for the Community’s Choice sale. There are 29 chances to vote! (If you reach Steam Level 8 before the end of the sale, you’ll be granted the cards you earned by voting.)

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06-19-2014 , 08:50 PM

#9419

HawkFanIA

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71 games $897 only 137 hours. Lol. Been buying games on sale for years. Just got a PC couple months ago that could actually play them

I see also that the price of your library counts the full retail price and not the sale price

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06-19-2014 , 09:23 PM

#9420

TheRempel

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Red Team sucks ass!

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06-19-2014 , 09:24 PM

#9421

coolnout

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Originally Posted by TheRempel

Red Team sucks ass!

PURPLE NURPLE REPRESENT

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06-19-2014 , 09:30 PM

#9422

Dr. Wily

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lean mean machine, always clean, even in the latrine, eating bean cuisine, pink team.

teams are just a crapshoot for a reward we'll never win, I don't see the point really.

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06-19-2014 , 09:32 PM

#9423

TheRempel

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My only goal this sale is to solely use trading card sales to buy Dark Souls II. Listed ~$30 worth of cards in terms of market value a couple days ago at 30% over market, have sold about 40% so far, so things are looking good as long as the market doesn't crash too soon.

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06-19-2014 , 09:33 PM

#9424

Dr. Wily

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I'm assuming you listed normal trading cards (not the summer ones). Normal cards will mostly go up in price during the sale, as long as their games don't also go on sale (but they will, of course).