Thread 718158517

>skin gets removed from game
>makes you a millionaire
and people still have the nerve to talk shit about Steam/Gabe...

Quick run down?

>>718158932
Original, already rare and sought after skin used stolen artwork. Skin was redone in with a similar look, barred from drops and crafts and branded with a new, ostentatious category called "Contraband" to reflect that, turning it into a very exclusive skin that can only be traded for.

>>718159295
>More rare thing is visually inferior and uses stolen art than the available thing, only valued by NPCs for it's rarity
Kek, that's like if some chink factory produced like 3 shitty looking offcolor deteriorating plastic toys of Sonic or something and it was more valuable than a quality toy because it's more rare

How are you gonna cash your steam money?

>>718159453
thirdy party gambler monkey sites

>>718158517 (OP)
you were hoarding howls?
the only way for you to become a millionaire from this is if you had bought at least 200 factory new howls more than 10 years ago and kept them until recently.

>>718159453
by buying any game I want + DLC + tip, of course

>>718159453
>>718159612
there are gray market sites where you can list/buy items. most sales happen through escrows to preserves anonymity and ensure security. Thanks to steam mandatory 15% cut when you sell shit on the market, gray market sites can take 12% and people will still find them more attractive. Especially since you get real paypal money instead of steam 'money'

>>718158517 (OP)
Why did I sell the howl sticker for $80 years ago bros...?

>>718158517 (OP)
it wasnt worth that much even after getting removed

>>718160159
it was worth like 400 dollars. 2-3 years later it was already worth 2000.

>>718158932
skin got removed from game and it now makes you a millionaire

>>718160405
hardly a million...

>>718159818
>Thanks to steam mandatory 15%
eckshualy, it's 13%

>>718158517 (OP)
>millionaire

>>718160492
see >>718159735

with an initial (bold) investment of 30000 usd you would have become a millionaire.

>>718160609
by that logic if you boughted bitcoin you would have become a billionaire

>>718160784
well, kato capsules and some stickers had better ROI than bitcoin until recently

>>718161541
to clarify, you would have only had to buy 40 dollars worth of kato capsules in 2014 to be a millionaire today.

>>718161612
fuck my gay and retarded life

Imagine a world where valve never added cosmetics to tf2 and csgo

>>718160608
>didn't hoard 72.3536647131 perfect condition stattrack howls
NGMI

>>718158517 (OP)
the original skin was already like 40 bucks when it first came out, too expensive for me

>>718163047
I did but the skin buying sites take a 50% cut so now I'm still not a millionaire.

>>718165052
That's a faliure of capitalism

>>718159442
that's an actual thing atleast when it comes to post stamps and coins
misprints and misstamps are insanely valuable

this dogshit game has a more stable economy than most countries, actually bizarre
bought my stupid overpriced screen tablet by selling some of my old shit

I have a bunch of shit from when CS:GO first launched, is it even worth re installing to check if its worth something?

>>718168138
you probably have a bunch of crates worth $40~$50 each