![]() ![]() Sadness, for my lost bonnet? Happiness for the virtual weight of my virtual wallet? Mostly, I felt amazed that someone had paid the price I laid out, half as a joke. A pretty sweet-ass hat, I think we can all agree, but a hat nonetheless. Sitting in my Steam Wallet was £100, actual legal tender, for a hat. Surely no one would actually-Īnd then it was gone. Setting my hopes high, I put my beloved on the market for £115, with £15 of the sale going to Steam. Of course, I chose the latter, and in the few years I’d been away the Steam Market had been implemented, allowing in-game items to be bought and sold for real-life currency. It came down to a choice – do I want to hang on to a virtual cosmetic item for a game I no longer play, or do I want to play all these new games coming out in the near future? Soon enough money also became a lot more precious, and the responsibilities of life came a’knockin’. My free time became more and more precious, and newer games and experiences presented themselves, forcing me to abandon the red/blue war, and my glorious ‘fro. I wore my sexy bonnet for a number of years, but as the days rolled on I found myself playing Team Fortress 2 less and less. Supply Crate Key Team Fortress 2 751 Starting at: 2.66 Bone-Chilling Bonanza Key Team Fortress 2 6,462 Starting at: 1.00 Tour of Duty Ticket Team Fortress 2 758 Starting at: 0.13 Genuine Distinguished Rogue Team Fortress 2 1,066 Starting at: 1. The fanbase, in essence, went a little nuts. QUANTITY NAME 20,735 Starting at: 2.30 Mann Co. People used keys as currency to trade for their desired chapeau, incredibly rare promotional items were hoarded like cans of food in a zombie apocalypse. These crates contained the alluring possibility of an unusual piece of headgear. They released a cash store, offering the option to pay for hats outright or to be able to purchase keys for randomly dropped crates. Valve have never been a company to ignore a cash cow when it wanders into the field, and they milked the shit out of it. Idle servers sprang up overnight dedicated to standing around doing nothing, letting the item drops flow, every person hoping against hope that they might be graced by an incredibly rare “unusual” hat, complete with outlandish visual effect. The addition of entirely cosmetic, randomised drops gave me more reason to play what was already my favourite game, and I wasn’t the only one. I’ve been a fan of Team Fortress 2 since its inception, and when the headgear update rolled around I was psyched. I didn’t think entirely virtual hats could fetch such a price. I had just sold my most prized possession for £115. Cosmetic items (previously known as hats and miscellaneous items (miscs)) are items that can be equipped in any one of the three cosmetic slots in the loadout screen. ![]()
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