Steam and these poxy trading cards.

Fenris · 13 Aug 2013 at 23:32

Simple question, can I turn off the stupid bright green inventory icon that appears every time I play a game telling me I have yet another one of these poxy trading cards?

I have no interest in them, I am not going to sit and sell the several dozen I have acquired in the past few weeks one by one, neither am I giving them away because frankly that will just justify their existence.

All I want is to not have to deal with them in any way, that includes being distracted by a stupid green box making me think something interesting might require my attention.

Boycey0211 · 14 Aug 2013 at 00:18

if you don't like them just ignore them, the popups will stop pretty quickly and you dont 'see' them unless you choose to.

Semiskimmed · 14 Aug 2013 at 00:30

Sho said:
By the looks of it, you cant opt out. We're stuck with them. Looks like i'll have to put up with. Not going to sell them as it'll be time wasting for me.

you could try ticketing valve but i dont think itll work, the positive vibe around them must far outweigh the negatives but you never know.
its a shame you cant spare the time to sell them though, they all add up, sell nearly instantly if priced right and could be used to save a few quid off another steam game whenever youve accumulated enough :cool:

CaptainRAVE · 14 Aug 2013 at 00:49

It is a shame imo to see Steam becoming increasingly bloated with all of this nonsense. I just try to ignore the features that don't interest me.

On another note, lets try to stay civil people

Davey_Pitch · 14 Aug 2013 at 01:40

At the OPs request, I've deleted pretty much everything in the thread that doesn't relate to the initial question. If you can't help regarding the question in the OP, please don't post.

nin9abadga · 14 Aug 2013 at 08:55

wow train wreck thread

on topic, i don't think there is a way to turn off notifications (that I have found). If you find one please post it!

Mockingbird · 14 Aug 2013 at 09:06

Does turning off Steam overlay do the trick? (obviously, it has side effects, but I don't know how much you use the overlay so thought it was worth trying.)

Turambar · 14 Aug 2013 at 09:09

There might be a custom steam skin that at least doesn't have the mailbox icon on it.

V4NT0M · 14 Aug 2013 at 10:50

Nope. Cannot be turned off.

Myshra · 14 Aug 2013 at 11:13

Well with each game they should go off within a few cards but there's no way to turn off mail alerts. At least you can quickly delete them (although I'd still advise to just sell them, you can make back a few quid towards your next game fairly quickly).

Notification settings (eg for people coming online etc...) are in the options I'm 95% sure nin.

Rezident · 14 Aug 2013 at 13:08

I think some of them look pretty great, some good artwork I haven't seen before and only for the games you play. If you don't want them then just sell them and you get money. 'Money can be exchanged for goods and services'.

FrenchTart · 14 Aug 2013 at 13:30

They're kind of annoying (though I've sold a few now for a small discount on a game or two (in work time of course - my own time is too valuable

)). As there doesn't seem to be a way to turn them off I guess the way to be least irritated is to load up a game you plan on playing and leave it idling for a bit before you play (perhaps whilst getting dinner/whatever). That way at least you'll have probably had your maximum amount of card "drops" before you're back at your computer and won't be annoyed by new cards popping up all the time.

Darujhistan · 14 Aug 2013 at 13:41

What on earth are they for?

I have no idea. What are you supposed to do with them?

Columbo · 14 Aug 2013 at 13:44

I wish I could somehow turn off this utter garbage as well.

They are pointless to the extreme for anyone aged over 8.

mcleish · 14 Aug 2013 at 13:47

They are annoying, and I feel the same. But I find it amusing that people actually pay me for these virtual things.

5960xNvidiaGamer · 14 Aug 2013 at 13:52

I dont see the point of them, just keep selling them.

CaptainRAVE · 14 Aug 2013 at 14:12

I have sold mine just to keep the inventory clear. No idea why people pay money for these things. How long do you have to idle to get the badges for a game?

5960xNvidiaGamer · 15 Aug 2013 at 16:21

You have to play whatever games it says onto the badges page to get them i think

Pestilence · 15 Aug 2013 at 16:42

CaptainRAVE said:
I have sold mine just to keep the inventory clear. No idea why people pay money for these things. How long do you have to idle to get the badges for a game?

You "craft" the badges with the cards.

So, say a game has a total of 8 cards for a badge, it will only "drop" 3 through playing the game.

The remaining 5 you would have to trade other cards for, or pay money for on the marketplace.

Once you've accrued the full 8, you "craft" a badge, the cards are used up, and you get a couple of bits like a profile background, avatar icon etc. of varying rarity. You can keep or sell those, too.

The badge then goes on your Steam profile, and you get XP towards your arbitrary Steam Level.

So, yeah... unless you're obsessed with e-peen just get all the drops you can by leaving the games running while you're making dinner or whatever, and sell 'em on.

Manged to buy "Papers, Please" using money entirely from selling cards, and also well on the way into a hefty discount for Space Hulk (once I hear some feedback on today's release).

rhysduck · 15 Aug 2013 at 16:55

Excuse my downright ignorance but what is this Steam Trading card thing you peoples go on about?

Seriously need to play some games on the weekend!