The shift from f2p to premium.

[Santa Heavy]

When did it happen for you?

Or had you paid in the first place?

 

Mine was the summer of '12 when I paid about 80$ for keys on the store.

;_; My moneh... However I uncrated my first (and only) unusual at this time.

My initial reaction was literally: "Oh cool a hat."

Then I realized it was of some value since a lot of people traded me to buy it.

Never gave it up however, it has too much sentimental value. c:

[AwesomeMcCoolName]

Got the game as a gift back in 2008 before it was F2P.

[The Killjoy]

Was never F2P.

I did get a Guest Pass before purchasing the game though, and the three days were mostly spent learning how the weapons functioned and getting the new achievement weapons.

[Scott Bakula]

I bought the game back in 2008.

 

I shudder to think of how many keys I've bought since the store opened, but I have yet to obtain a single unusual.

[Synister]

Paid for game in 2011, and here I am today.

That wasn't a good story at all..

[Santa Heavy]

Was never F2P.

I did get a Guest Pass before purchasing the game though, and the three days were mostly spent learning how the weapons functioned and getting the new achievement weapons.

I had known about tf2 but wasn't old enough to get a good cpu to play it.

 

I bought the game back in 2008.

 

I shudder to think of how many keys I've bought since the store opened, but I have yet to obtain a single unusual.

#cr8life

 

Paid for game in 2011, and here I am today.

That wasn't a good story at all..

Cool story bro. c:

[MC22]

dad bought game in orange box in the olde times

[Mr_Crud]

I got it in the orange box but didn't play it till someone at school recommended it.

[Hatch Rawer Beryl]

I bought it in 2010. However, my computer (at the time) couldn't handle tf2. So around July last year, I got a gaming computer. So the first thing I did was play tf2.

[Pyrocide]

Bought the game before it was F2P.

[a peanut]

I got into tf2 right after it became free and never dealt with f2p. So I suppose I was lucky.

[Vince_]

I pretty much instantly became premium after obtaining TF2, in December 2011.