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Hiyori's-Boyfriend
08-10-2011, 02:33 AM
"As we all know, Jonas Salk invented money in 1955 so he would have a way to earn a living from his polio vaccine. Before that, people just traded things they found for things that other people had found. So you might "sell" somebody a scrap of carpet, say, in exchange for an old bottle. It was a perfect system with only one drawback: people spent their lives bartering for piles of garbage before dying of polio.

But wait. What if we told you that you could barter for things that weren't garbage, AND not die of polio? Steam Trading Beta lets you securely trade your in-game items for other in-game items from participating games. You can also trade Steam gifts (games on Steam that you've purchased but not yet added to your Games Library).

Want to try it out? In Steam, go to Steam > Settings, and opt into Steam Trading Beta. That's it! Now your Steam Community profile will have an item inventory, and you'll be able to view the item inventories of every public profile in the Steam community.

Now that you've opted into the Trading Beta, you can invite people to trade through Group Chat, and trade with anybody in your Friends List who's also opted in. Just right-click on their name and select "Invite to Trade" from the dropdown menu. Once your friend accepts your offer to trade, a trade window will open up. The first time you open the trade window, a step-by-step walkthrough will guide you through your first trade.

That's it! Opt in and get trading, or surf over to the Trading Beta FAQ (https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6748-ETSG-5417) for the nuts and bolts. And remember: Trading is still in beta, so don't forget to give us your feedback here on the Forums. (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2047727)"

Trade unwanted Games, and ingame items with anyone on steam ^_^

(Above taken from the TF2 Official blog: http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=6040 )

So does anyone have any Unwanted games they want to trade away?

Konata Suzumiya
08-10-2011, 04:43 AM
This is going to be so easy to exploit each steam sale.

Veldin
08-10-2011, 12:09 PM
Indeed.
This is NOT the way how it schould be played!

If you want to play a game. you pay the defeloper.
if you trade 2 ppl have played the game, but only one guy payd.

jbm0592
08-10-2011, 06:15 PM
Oh boy, I don't even play TF2, can't wait to trade Bills Hat and crap for some games. And you can't just give away unwanted games, only games that are gifts. So if somebody wants your bunny hat or whatever, the other person has to buy the game that you want as a gift and then trade it to you. Games that you own are tied to your account.

Hiyori's-Boyfriend
08-10-2011, 09:28 PM
Oh boy, I don't even play TF2, can't wait to trade Bills Hat and crap for some games. And you can't just give away unwanted games, only games that are gifts. So if somebody wants your bunny hat or whatever, the other person has to buy the game that you want as a gift and then trade it to you. Games that you own are tied to your account.

If you do have a Bills hat... 90% of the TF2 Community would trade their games for it. I can guanity it

jbm0592
08-10-2011, 10:04 PM
If you do have a Bills hat... 90% of the TF2 Community would trade their games for it. I can guanity it

I know, I've already gotten offers for it. It's a shame I didn't get that bunny hat or the medal a while ago. People are apparently trading full-priced 60 dollar games for those. What's the big deal? Aren't they just cosmetic?

brupielink
08-10-2011, 10:11 PM
I know, I've already gotten offers for it. It's a shame I didn't get that bunny hat or the medal a while ago. People are apparently trading full-priced 60 dollar games for those. What's the big deal? Aren't they just cosmetic?
They are, but because they are of the older limited editions, they are quite rare, and some people do anything to get it.