Steam badges.....what are they for?

[Raymond Lin]

It's better to ignore them unless you value your time at so little that you'd go through all that effort of clearing them out for 2p a time.

I made 30p while I took a poo!

(There is a button on the phone app that "select all" for each game.)

 

[spudbynight]

I am nearly at Steam level 100.

If you find out the point of any of this please let me know

 

[docsonic]

I used to clear them out by selling them but then ran into a yearly cap, after which I could never be bothered.

 

[kayone]

It helps level up your profile which in turn for me stops the majority of toxicity on CS2 when people are spamming "cheater". As they see my profile is 21 years old and a high level they then sometimes refrain from the toxic spam

 

[nitr0uk]

Currently level 42. Usually just clear out the majority of cards on the market.

 

[kayone]

What I could never fathom is that you still get drops og cards where you've fully completed all the badges for a particular game.

 

[xaldub]

What I could never fathom is that you still get drops og cards where you've fully completed all the badges for a particular game.

There's a random chance of getting new drops periodically ; every time another player completes a badge someone else is given a card drop. Your chance of being the recipient increases with your profile level.

 

[kayone]

There's a random chance of getting new drops periodically ; every time another player completes a badge someone else is given a card drop. Your chance of being the recipient increases with your profile level.

I thought it was based on your own playtime as you don't receive drops when you don't play for example.

 

[xaldub]

I thought it was based on your own playtime as you don't receive drops when you don't play for example.

The initial drops are based on you playing the game, but after that it's via the mechanism I described above ... I've had loads of drops for games I haven't played in ages.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Or have the fragile mentality of a 10 year old

You’ve just described about 80% of posters in the graphics card section of the forum.

 

[kayone]

The initial drops are based on you playing the game, but after that it's via the mechanism i described above ... I've had loads of drops for games I haven't played in ages.

Neve had any personally unless I've been playing.

 

[xaldub]

I'm not making it up ! You can read the FAQ on Steam for badges etc to confirm what I'm saying.

 

[Noxia]

You’ve just described about 80% of posters in the graphics card section of the forum.

You mean GD?

 

[cheesyboy]

I once made a set of cards, and then did whatever the next stage is where I seemingly traded cards for a wallpaper which was worth less on the market than the cards I'd traded it for.

I have no idea what the wallpaper is for, nor the cards, really.