DiamondHavoc. Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 What did you do and how far did you get in your first year? In a year I have gone from a craft hat to $720 bp, all with just $7 put into the game. Tell your stories
knavesmith Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 I'd like to believe I'm still in my first year of trading, but my inventory history shows that I actually started around early May. I've achieved 40+ games and ~$100 backpack from trading alone. I did redeem a $20 Steam Gift Card, but I spent it all on two copies of Terraria.
Captain Soldier Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 lele i jus dropped liek 5 hatz,1 misc and i put 20$,ima gona get bud from my friend,but a lot of time later IMA NUB U GOT DAT??? secret message ^^
Sgt. Paincakes Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 Spent well over $150 and have a ~$100 backpack (that is if I add the bits that backpack.tf doesn't calculate) Mostly smissmass. I opened something like 10-12 crates and didn't get a single strange festive. And I have the worst uncrating luck.
Castiel666xD Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 This is a while ago but, I bought 2 keys for premium, unboxed an unusual, got sharked immediately. Then I started to save up again via trading and adding a little steam wallet money to sell the keys to buy hats. I decided to unbox some keys and I unboxed 3 unusuals in one weekend, all low tiers and I sold one for 4 craft numbers under 100 xD Try to collect bubbling unusuals for every class, buy my favourite hat from Osiris (mvm/unusual god) Get phished from outpost (lol) Lose all my items, cry and freak out because I had credit details saved into steam. Cancel credit card. Get account back and all my items. Sell them all because I decided I hated tf2 and wanted to quit (Sold stranges miscs (1st gen, all made by me) all my unusuals) Friend talks me into staying. //Continues up until now// Somewhere in here: -i bought every single robotic boogaloo hat and sold the set for 13 keys. -Loaned items to a friend, who sold it for pure and unboxed it (owed me 6 keys, was huge for me) -Put a whole page of my bp and 2 unusuals on hold for a friend who would save up (2 months later backed out and deleted me) So yeah. Some ups and downs and about 100 mistakes. I was such a noob xD Notes: I was a 16 y/o girl who had only ever played offline games from fear of the community, first online game was tf2 set up by my boyfriend who I trusted (and had no idea what he was doing. He said 9 read was a fair deal for a misc unusual)
λngelღмander Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 Started early september 2013, quit in january, resumed in april, and have a 39 bud backpack, but that's inflated because I got a 30 bud unusual for fifteen. It's really around thirty. Yes, I realize my backpack is private, don't ask why. Coming up on my first year anniversary of trading. Started with five dollars, bought two keys, bought a genuine warsworn helmet with one and got a strange wrap with the other. Warsworn I didnt sell for months.
BigBlackMan Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 Still in my 1st year of trading. Never put any cash into the game. Got paypal scammed once when i had about 6 buds. Then from almost $0 i worked my way up to a $1700 backpack. #winning
3v1lcl0n3 Posted July 9, 2014 Posted July 9, 2014 on july 22 i'll be celebrating my first year of trading lol -got 1250 games via trading -level 110 -3500~$ backpack (908 keyzzzzzzzz) best invested 20$ ever
Consiglieres Handlebar Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 What did you do and how far did you get in your first year? In a year I have gone from a craft hat to $720 bp, all with just $7 put into the game. Tell your stories God damm man. Brings a tear too my eye. I remember back when when people would use spreadsheet as a legitimate source of prices and I looked at items worth 10 keys with sheer awe. My freind and I got a salvaged #40 for a "really good deal" and I remmeber I got really pissed of when he didn't share the profit with me and I threatened too bruteforce his account. Everytime I made profit of .33 (God forbid 1 whole refined) I would be soooooo pumped. Ah, good times. I remember it took me just over a year too go from a strange shovel and a genuine stove pipe snipers shako too cashing out 35 buds pure. so mani feels P.S I've only ever put £4 into my TF2 trading and I was a retard and spent it on gift wrap because I was such a fucking noob and I crafted a untradble Spartan and I thought if I gift wrapped it and sent it too my alt, it would be tradble. Never happened and I promptly forgot the password too my alt. GG NO RE
Shpiro Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 This is a while ago but, I bought 2 keys for premium, unboxed an unusual, got sharked immediately. Then I started to save up again via trading and adding a little steam wallet money to sell the keys to buy hats. I decided to unbox some keys and I unboxed 3 unusuals in one weekend, all low tiers and I sold one for 4 craft numbers under 100 xD Try to collect bubbling unusuals for every class, buy my favourite hat from Osiris (mvm/unusual god) Get phished from outpost (lol) Lose all my items, cry and freak out because I had credit details saved into steam. Cancel credit card. Get account back and all my items. Sell them all because I decided I hated tf2 and wanted to quit (Sold stranges miscs (1st gen, all made by me) all my unusuals) Friend talks me into staying. //Continues up until now// Somewhere in here: -i bought every single robotic boogaloo hat and sold the set for 13 keys. -Loaned items to a friend, who sold it for pure and unboxed it (owed me 6 keys, was huge for me) -Put a whole page of my bp and 2 unusuals on hold for a friend who would save up (2 months later backed out and deleted me) So yeah. Some ups and downs and about 100 mistakes. I was such a noob xD Notes: I was a 16 y/o girl who had only ever played offline games from fear of the community, first online game was tf2 set up by my boyfriend who I trusted (and had no idea what he was doing. He said 9 read was a fair deal for a misc unusual) holy crap, you're super lucky and super unlucky .-.
ProPain Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 Now this is the story all about howMy life got twisted, upside downAnd I'd like to take a minute just sit right thereI'll tell you how I became a trader called ProPain Started in early September 2013, i worked my way up to 30 keys trading cheap things like hats, miscs, stranges, etc, then i fucked up and spent the keys on a Dead Presidents Def Spartan, my first unusual, i didn't have a clue of unusual trading back then. Luckily some guy bought it from me for 3 buds and like 5 keys. (wow) Then i fucked up again and i bought a Terror Watt Armored Authority for 50 keys, it was a bitch to sell and even got 2 really good offers but i lost them because i hesitated too much (Beams Tricorne, Searing Kabuto). I ended up trading the AA for a Miami Texas Ten Gallon and like 6 keys (yay me again). I wanted to quit trading around February because of how pissed i was for buying the AA in first place. I finally got rid of it on a trade server, for a Professional Killstreak Festive Sniper and 9 keys (that was before stranges and killstreaks tanked so much in value). Then i sold the rifle for a Max Head, i was so happy. Since i got my first Max i have worked my way up to a 26-28 Buds backpack :3.
Blatch Posted July 10, 2014 Posted July 10, 2014 I've been trading for well over a year at this point. I didn't really go anywhere in that first year, spending about $50 or so mostly on keys and other stupid shit, and ending up with a backpack worth a little over a bud. My second year, however, has been much more eventful: I've traded for (and unboxed) my first unusuals, and now I'm hanging sweetly with a BP worth nearly 6 buds, and a decent all-class unusual (Memory Leak Human Cannonball, which I hope isn't a bitch to sell).
xoㅤ Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 I didn't do much in my first year (except low crafts) it was about this year of 2014 i really started to do trading in which i went from about $30 to a $170 backpack which is kind of a huge goal for me
Cedarium Posted July 11, 2014 Posted July 11, 2014 my first year of trading brought me from a .2 bud bp i think to a 22.7 bud bp. I'm about finished my second, which has brought me to 117 buds at the time of this posting (i have cashed out like 1k+)
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