Team Fortress 2

[akalazou]

Traded:
Wrangler
Ubersaw (had double of both)

Received:

Huo Long Heatmaker
8 other weapons

you found someone desperate to play engy and medic at MvM. good for you

[C-Fan]

Haven't updated my strange count in quite a while. I've leveled up most of my stranges, lost a couple, and gained a bunch. In terms of acquisitions I'm most excited about the Degreaser and the Shotgun. The Degreaser is fun because of its synergy with the s. axetinguisher/s. powerjack and also because I acquired the attendant hat, which means I can accumulate strange kills while running around 10% faster. I also like getting credit for extinguishing my teammates. I'm also excited I got a strange shotgun, because 4 classes can use it as a secondary weapon, and before I got it 3 of those 4 classes lacked a strange secondary.

"Server Clearing" Stickybomb Launcher- 2539 kills (85 critical kills, 112 demomen killed)
"Rage Inducing" Mad Milk- 2261 soaks
"Rage Inducing" knife-1967 kills
"Face-Melting" medigun -1025 ubers, 2995 assists
"Wicked Nasty" Degreaser -670 kills (143 allies extinguished, 20 posthumous kills, 71 projectiles reflected)
"Wicked Nasty" Sniper Rifle- 632 kills
"Gore Spattered" Shortstop- 455 kills
"Spectacularly Lethal" Bonesaw -315 kills
"Spectacularly Lethal" Rocket Launcher- 276 kills
"Truly Feared" Jag- 261 sentry kills, 13 kills
"Sufficiently Lethal" Axetinguisher- 187 kills
"Sufficiently Lethal" Brass Beast 185 kills
"Notably Dangerous" Black Box- 137 kills
"Somewhat Threatening" Frontier Justice- 83 kills
"Somewhat Threatening" Syringe Gun- 81 kills
"Mildly Menacing" Shotgun-46 kills
"Scarcely Lethal" Bottle-38 kills
"Scarcely Lethal" Ubersaw- 36 kills
"Scarcely Lethal" Powerjack- 29 kills
"Scarcely Lethal" Diamondback- 26 kills
"Unremarkable" Tribalman's Shiv- 18 kills
"Strange" Market Gardener- 3 kills
"Strange" Scotsman Skullcutter- 3 kills

Here's my latest tally of Stranges:

"Rage Inducing" Mad Milk- 1968 soaks
"Rage Inducing" knife-1872 kills
"Rage Inducing" Stickybomb Launcher- 1683 kills
"Positively Inhumane" medigun -820 ubers, 2412 assists
"Wicked Nasty" Sniper Rifle- 505 kills
"Gore-Spattered" Loch N Load- 409 kills
"Spectacularly Lethal" Shortstop- 326 kills
"Spectacularly Lethal" Bonesaw -291 kills
"Notably Dangerous" Rocket Launcher- 136 kills

"Somewhat Threatening" Eyelander- 81 heads
"Unremarkable" Bottle-16 kills
"Strange" Tribalman's Shiv- 4 kills
"Strange" Syringe Gun- 2 kills
"Strange" Persian Persuader- 1 kill
"Strange" Overdose- 1 kill
"Strange" Lollichop- 0 kills

Oh, and if anybody has fall crates, I'm buying them.

[C-Fan]

Hats.

1.What's your favorite hat of all time?

2.What's your favorite hat for each class?

3. What's your favorite hat that you own?

Old question, but now that I've completed my hat collection, thought I'd answer.

1. Favorite hat of all time is the Hat of Undeniable Wealth and Respect (HOUWAR). I've only seen it in person once, and I know it isn't tradable. It's the one which is a tricorn, with an open treasure chest being hugged by an octopus. Looks amazing, and it's rare.

2.

Scout: Ye Olde Baker Boy
Soldier: Killer's Kabuto
Pyro: Rubber glove/Last breath
Engineer: Texas ten gallon
Heavy: Ushanka/Big Chief
Demoman: Tippler's Tricorn
Medic: Magistrate's mullet? The one that looks like an English judge's powdered wig.
Sniper: Trophy belt? Holy hunter? This style
Spy: Familiar Fez/Backbiter's Billycock

3.
Scout: Milkman, which I crafted. Mostly cause I suck at Scout, and need the extra HP from the milkman set.
Soldier: Killer's Kabuto
Pyro: Rubber glove/Attendant, since I like the extra speed. The glove also looks hilarious with the devil wings/tail set.
Engineer: Level 99 Texas ten gallon
Heavy: Ushanka/Big Chief
Demoman: Level 100 Scotch Bonnet, with Scottish Snarl underneath.
Medic: Ushanka.
Sniper: Holy hunter
Spy: Familiar Fez

Just stoked that I finally have hats for all 9 classes, and hats that I really like for all of them.

While I'm here: today I also finally bought a strange minigun. I now have all the stranges I wanted for each class. Combined with the hat achievement, I'm proud I got all the items I wanted in this game without spending any extra money. All the items I acquired were purely from trading, which feels good.

[C-Fan]

Recent trading victories:

Traded:
Rocket jumper

Received:
Nine weapons.


My next best trade:

Traded:
Original (rocket launcher)

Received:
Random weapon
Fall crate
Pyro's Moonman backpack (apparently worth around 3 ref)
Flamboyant flamenco hat for pyro (which looks amazing with the devil wings and tail)

And finally:

Traded:
vintage deadringer
3 scout weps
3 spy weps

Received:
Deus specs
Strange overdose
Strange rocket launcher
TWO strange sticky launchers

[akalazou]

i tihink the first guy deserve his place. i don't want to play against him.

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[rjadamson]

I am not too into the TF2 economy so today I traded a bunch of junk to Ken so that he can use it as capital for his own bartering purposes:

• Vintage Bonk Helm
• Dr. Dapper's Topper (painted Pink as Hell)
• Vintage Killer's Kabuto
• Genuine Brain Bucket
• Copper's Hard Top
• The Birdcage (uncraftable)
• Handyman's Handle
• Vintage Frenchman's Beret
• Genuine Nanobalaclava
• Genuine Company Man
• Pink as Hell
• Mann Co. Supply Crate Key (x8)
• Ellis' Cap
• Alien Swarm Parasite
• Dealer's Visor

[C-Fan]

[*]Genuine Brain Bucket

Sold for 1.66 Refined.

[*]Copper's Hard Top
[*]Genuine Nanobalaclav
[*]Ellis' Cap

I fucked up really badly here. I traded these three for a strange tomislav...for some reason I thought that was rare, and i was in game so I didn't check prices. I think i lost 2 ref on this deal...fuck. I'll do my best to flip the tomislav for more.

OK, flipped the tomislav for 1 ref and a clean hat. So its as if I sold the Ellis hat for a ref (good), traded the hard top for the topi (even), and only lost the nanobalaclava. So really a 1.6 ref loss on this deal.

Sold the genuine company man for 1.44 refined...which is below value, but not by a lot?

So far I've turned Reilley's stuff into 4.7 metal, but lost about 2 ref in value. Think I can sell the Kabuto for 2 keys 2 rec, which would be good.

For me tonight I traded a machina for a nametag, so hopefully I can flip that for some value and contribute that to Reilley to make up for the mistake tonight. It's been a tough start so far, but i'm trying my best.

[C-Fan]

Progress to date:

[*]Dr. Dapper's Topper (painted Pink as Hell)

Sold for 1.66 refined

[*]Genuine Brain Bucket

Sold for 1.66 refined

[*]Genuine Company Man

Sold for 1.4 refined

[*]Copper's Hard Top
[*]Genuine Nanobalaclava
[*]Ellis' Cap

Traded for clean Sola Topi and 1 refined (overall loss)

[C-Fan]

[*]Vintage Killer's Kabuto
[*]Vintage Frenchman's Beret

Sold, for 6 refined and one key. Feel a bit better about my overall trading now.

[C-Fan]

[*]Alien Swarm Parasite

Got my first official steal for you.

Traded the Parasite hat (about a rec) for two tour of duty tickets in MVM (about 3 refined).

BAM!

EDIT: Uncraft birdcage sold for 1 refined, one scrap.

[akalazou]

and with 6 tour of duty tickets, you can play all 6 missions and get a strange botkiller (silver or gold) weapon

atm, i got a silver wrench, a gold sticky luancher, a gold minigun and a silver rocket launcher. i'll prolly get my 5th today

i dont care paying in this game, it gets me so much fun, i have a damn good job and i dont have big payments each month.

i LOVE mvm !

[akalazou]

*edit* hooray for double posting !! the new modified's interface didn't fix it

[C-Fan]

Today I traded a guy a rainblower, for clean burning bongos and a crusader's crossbow. So basically I swapped one basic wep for another, and also picked up an item that's worth 2 keys!

[C-Fan]

[*]Handyman's Handle

Traded this for a clean surgeon's stethescope tonight. The stethe is worth more, so I'm hoping that I can eventually sell it, and thereby have increased value for Reilley.

[*]Pink paint

Sold for a key tonight.

[*]Clean Dealer visor

Traded this for a clean Western Wear hat for engie tonight. Based off spreadsheet prices, I got about double the value in this trade.


On my front, the big trade today was:

Strange Scottish Resistance

for

A key!

I was asking for less than one refined for the SR, and this guy offers me a key. Wow.

[C-Fan]

For my own record-keeping purposes, here's a recap of how I've done with Reilley's inventory as of 9/26/2012.

From worst to best.

[*]Genuine Nanobalaclava

Essentially lost this in a bad trade (s. tomislav). So far my only real mistake in this whole experience. Through some good trades later on I've come out ahead overall, but in terms of accounting, I think it's cleanest to mark this as a loss, and just record the lopsided wins as they are.

[*]Copper's Hard Top

Traded for clean Shooter Sola Topi, equal value. Topi sold for 1.33 refined.

[*]Vintage Bonk Helm
[*]Mann Co. Supply Crate Key (x8)

Unsold.

[*]Ellis' Cap

Sold for one refined.

[*]Dr. Dapper's Topper (painted Pink as Hell)

Sold for 1.66 refined.

[*]Genuine Brain Bucket

Sold for 1.66 refined.

[*]Genuine Company Man

Sold for 1.44 refined.

[*]Pink as Hell

Sold for one key.

[*]Handyman's Handle

Traded for Surgeon's Stethescope, which is worth more. Will try to sell Stethescope.

[*]Dealer's Visor

Traded for clean Western Wear, which is worth twice as much. Will try and sell the WW.

[*]The Birdcage (uncraftable)

Sold for one refined and one scrap (very good for an uncraft hat)

[*]Vintage Killer's Kabuto
[*]Vintage Frenchman's Beret

Sold for 6 refined and one key.

[*]Alien Swarm Parasite

Sold for 2 Tour of Duty tickets in MVM.

So if I had to give everything back to Reilley today, he'd be getting:
2 TOD tickets
His 8 original keys back, plus 2 new keys.
Vintage bonk helm
Clean Surgeon's Stethescope
Clean Western Wear
14 refined metal
0 reclaimed metal
1 scrap metal

Overall not a bad job. I'm going to still try and flip the clean weps, but this is my tally as of today.

EDIT: Sola Topi sold for 1.33 refined.

[C-Fan]

Asking you all for some advice here.

In a nutshell, my situation is this: I have a strange minigun with very few (382) kills on it, which I overpaid for (over 3 keys). The current market value for a strange minigun is 3 keys. I have a strong suspicion that in the next few months though, one of the new crates will also have strange miniguns, which would make the value crash. This happened with the strange rocket launcher and sticky, and will almost certainly happen with the strange scattergun (crate #49 has them now). So my question is: should I sell my minigun now, while it still has value, on the assumption that I'll be able to buy another one for cheap when the new ones drop? I'm leaning yes. If I can sell it for 3 keys now, and buy a new one later for 1 key, then that's a 2 key profit in exchange for a little uncertainty, and its not like 382 kills was that much of a time investment either. Thoughts?

[C-Fan]

Sold Reilley's clean high five taunt for 5 refined metal.

[C-Fan]

Clean Western Wear sold for 1.33 refined.

[akalazou]

i dont see you online so i'll ask here, Ken would you help me sell my silver botkillers ? i would love to have keys. i already have plenty of hats so i dont need refined,

i would love to trade 3 strange silver botkiller sniper riffle, i got a carbonado one. i dont need silvers
i also got a silver wrench and a rust wrench too, i just got my carbonado

would you help me ?

i also have plenty of strange stuff that i dont use.

[C-Fan]

Yeah sure, I'd be happy to help you sell stuff. I use this spreadsheet as my basis for item value. If you're on board with that, I'll try and sell all your stuff for spreadsheet values or higher.

I'll be online tonight, so if you want to make a trade request, you can send me all the items you want me to sell in exchange for like a basic wep. Whatever you end up giving me, I'll note in this thread, and then similar to what I did with Reilley I'll make updates here as I sell stuff, and then eventually trade you back all the keys in exchange for my original basic wep. Should be fun. If after a month I somehow can't manage to sell some of the weps at spreadsheet value, I'll confer with you and see if you want me to still try and sell them for a lower price.