Why?

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Do you use trading cards to level up?

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Yes, leveling up has a lot of advantages (?)
No, I just sell them to get $ for gamez
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happy cakeday

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happy cakeday

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can we say happy factory day? P:

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WELL... Since you cant blacklist me twice, HAPPY CAKEDAY LILLIES! :D

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Merry pie date ♥

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5 friends per level and 1 profile showcase slot every 10 levels, i think

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and you need to be level 5 or 8 to do vote and get stuff during the holiday sale things

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8

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What's the initial friends list size limit?

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Where's the option for the people that do both?
I've sold hundreds of cards but I've also crafted a fair amount of badges.

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i sold all my cards until steam implemented the hold system. now i dont really give a fuck and i have like 2500 cards

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I just gave in and installed the app on my phone.

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If you dont need them mind to trade for bundled game?

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Do you feel compelled to level up? Why?

It's a shame that they've monetized features that should be available within a community platform regardless. To gain levels you need badges, which you need cards, which are available on the Market for a price. I like the idea of trading cards in concept... cards for a game that you can collect and trade. However monetizing it has turned it into a bad thing. If it were not for cards, there might be less incentive to create the crap that's on Steam now.

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I level up really slowly. (currently lvl 24)I spent $5 on cards 2 years ago and thats all. now I just play games and get the card drops and participate in community events like the awards, 4 cards a day, crafted lvl1 badge, sold the rest and purchased cards for my other games. I'd trade but I don't have the patience for that

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I've been seeing for a while a lot of people in my friends list with a level over 200 or 300. I wonder if it really brings you any advantages

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+chances of drop boosters

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I feel it could be worth it if you have something to advertise (like a youtube channel or trading service) or sell (like a card bot or whatever)- for visibility's sake. Fill up your friends list and get to a high enough level 200-800 and I'm sure you'd get quite a few page views. ...Maybe?

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What's the relation between having a high level and getting page views?

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You'll likely appear at the top or near the top of friendlists/the preview of it. For example at the top of yours is Student123 and then Fint. It hardly ever takes more than 5-6 clicks between users to get to people like HASOON, StrikeR or PalmDesert, and you'll see that on any of these super high level profiles (I'd say around 500+) if left open; they get hundreds of pages of comments if not thousands. Just cause of the amount of people that stumble on their profile.

Hell, some of these top users even get sponsorships by the looks of it. :P

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level up to lv 8 to participate in sales event
level up to lv 10 for a profile showcase + 20% booster pack drop rate
level up to lv 20 for another profile showcase + 20% booster pack drop rate
level up to lv 30 for another profile showcase + 20% booster pack drop rate
level up to lv 40 for another profile showcase + 20% booster pack drop rate
level up to lv 50 for another profile showcase + 20% booster pack drop rate
beyond 50 you'd just do it for extra friend slots and profile showcases
beyond 350 you'd just do it for the sake of leveling

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+1 this. At some point there's enough friend slots really, I only make some badges that I like just for fun sometimes now. It's not too hard to get to ~20 for a few showcases and friend slots.

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So basically, leveling up beyond 50 is pointless. Thank you.

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beyond 50 you'd just do it for extra friend slots and profile showcases

And for another 20% boosts per 10 levels?

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u mean the 0,002% , system is a lie , its like magic find in Diablo...

and ït changes, they decrease drop rate by time...

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On 50 lvl you receive booster every 7-8 days. On 80 lvl every 5-6 days.

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You can get the same amount on level 1 as well. The major factor in booster drop rate is the amount of eligible games on the account, not the level. I am over level 180 and get a single drop maybe every 3-4 weeks. My level 30 storage account gets more than twice as many drops as I do. :)

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You right it depend from eligible games on start, but in my statistic after 1000 eligible games it mostly depend from Steam level.

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Actually the major factor for games is how popular they are since the booster drops are created by crafting badges. I have plenty of games that have never dropped boosters and then some that can drop couple per week.

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i didnt change level for around year... the period gets longer when many people push their level or on some other base...

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I received 80 lvl in december 2015 and still receiving booster every 5-6 days.

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I have 150lvl for few months right now, and I get booster every 1-2 weeks :P

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Yes its worth it

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yes you should level up, there are many benefits. its very important for people to level because how else am i going to sell my cards.

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If you have a lot of games with eligible booster packs then I would say leveling to at least 50 is worth it over time.

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I am not a really knowledgeable person of the platform, all I do is buy and play games and look for curators and updates for the games of my interest. So you should not take my words to the heart.
I think that a reasonable Steam account is around level 20, where you get all the benefits of the platform. You will be eligible to receive booster packs, you can customize your profile and you will have enough friend slots. Sure, if you level up until 50, you will get the maximum booster pack drop, which can generate some $ for you to spend on further purchases. But beyond that? nah, it is not worth it.

Cheers!

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I like getting boosters every day.

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Do you really get it every day with your current level?

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I don't think so, I have more games and much higher level and I don't get a drop every day. Though I haven't kept a close eye on it as I also buy a lot of boosters.

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Not every single day, under 6 a week.

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Just got another booster and a 50 cent foil.

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Anyone can get daily boosters during winter and summer sales when people are actually crafting badges and causing booster drops. Doing it all year around is a totally different thing.

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Cool. I have been getting them almost daily all year round.

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You are funny :D

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Thank you. I'll give you tomorrows booster when I feel like it.

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That is an interesting proposition considering your inventory with zero boosters at the moment. I am game!

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I got another one, but it was either very late or very early and I missed a day.

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Well I stand corrected. There is some black magic controlling steam. And thanks for standing by your word, much appreciated.

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It is very much possible to get daily boosters if you have as many cheap bundle games as he does. The badges of those are crafted all year round, since these are the cards the many level-up services peddle in.

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So the levels of steam profile don't matter that much in the end as advertised by steam.

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They give only a marginally low boost in your chances. The 20% part is totally true, but it is not a flat modifier but a multiplier, it just multiplies your original odds by 1.20 on level 10, 1.40 on level 20, and so on. Thing is, the original odds are usually in the 0.001% territory.

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I see, thanks for info. I guess I will stop levelling, 121 is a nice round number to end at.

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6 booster each week? Story -.- I have more levels and definitely more games than you and get just 2-4 booster each week.

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More like just under 6. Levels after 50 stop increasing your chances, so it is the RNG rolling in my favor.

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No it doesn't, people need to learn what etc means.

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Ask several people at level 2000 if they get a booster every day.

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I asked a dictionary instead: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/etc. You can go ask the only level 2000+ if you care that much, I don't have any interest in how many someone other than me gets.

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That is nice, goodbye.

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More like 2 per month

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Not really. Unless you have lot of friends or want to spice up the profile. Some levels however are good to have.

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"worth"

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It is reasonable to level up to level in order to 8 to participate in the sale events and sale card drops. If you have enough games, the account is old enough, and participated in the nomination events, you should be able to be level 8 without crafting a single badge.
Over that, the only reason to do it is to use the vanity showcases on your profile and to get more friend list slots. If you do not care about "myspacing" up your profile and having a large friend list, then there is little point in badge crafting besides viewing it as a collecting hobby. The booster drop rate increase is so marginally low in reality, once you know what that "20%" actually means, that it will never return any investment.

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My main reason for leveling up was to get profile showcases (you get one showcase every 10 levels). I like to customize things to my preference or personalize them and my steam profile is no exception to that. So for me it was worth leveling up. I also spent some money buying backgrounds I like on steam market, I don't regret those purchases either.

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I don't see much benefit after you have reached lvl 8'

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But you are level 10 -.-

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I have done nothing intentionally to increase my level. I don't care about it.

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Well, I do it for nothing more than my personal enjoyment. Having more levels allows you to have different customizable options in your profile to showcase different things, so that's why I do it. I like my Steam profile to be pretty and appealing to me because I enjoy doing so. But others do it for profit, for the cards (as your level has to do with the amount of booster card drops you randomly get), just for the number on their level. There's several reasons.

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It's not "worth it" but is nice n.n

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I don't really care about my steam level these days. Maybe back when the system was first introduced? But now I make badges as symbols of support for games/developers that I like or appreciate. Devs get a tiiiiny cut of every transaction regarding their game so I figure I can help the ones I like out a teensy amount while showing a badge of respect for their studio on my profile.

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It depends on you who value each thing. If you don't want to waste time on other than playing games, you don't need to touch any. I guess it's the case for majority of steam users outside SG.

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not worth it imho
also using the inventory or app is a awfully slow wasting you lots of time...

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To some degree, but after a point it has no practical value.
The features it affords you honestly seem like they should just be available to begin with.
I was already using Steam and stuff before level related things were really introduced so I've never actually been effected by any of it much myself.

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I like crafting badges for games I've really enjoyed - mostly just lvl one badges, I got two foil badges for the hell of it. Unlocking different showcases and getting backgrounds to spiff up your profile is nice.

Not necessary at all, though, and your mileage definitely varies.

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