That's a good one! I'll have to buy the pack that comes in next time it's on sale (plus the game looks fun, heh)

Since you mentioned badges from old events this is one of my favourites that almost made the list. The artwork is cute and it felt really cool to win an auction eventhough I didn't have an insane number of gems 😄

Auction Winner (Lost Horizon)

Cool 😎
Thats another special* one I've always would have liked to have - just like those Steamwork dev and Community Translator badges we were talking about further below.
I think that Beta was a year or two before I started using Steam. It seems for a while afterwards you could still get the badge by using the TC Beta item but I guess it's too late for that now and people are just holding on to those items as collectables.

That brings back memories 😅
I spent over 1000 hours as a N7 operative in the original Mass Effect 3.
Made good friends from all around the world and had a great time in general.
Sadly I lost contact with quite a few of them when I made the switch from Xbox 360 to PS4.

Actually you do have a couple because occasionally you get free badges for participating in events and stuff like that but I get what you mean.

Well... as you probably already know when you play a game that has Trading cards you get half a set +1 if the set has an odd number of cards for free, complimentary with your game purchase. Then when you have gotten all your free drops from a game you become eligible for Booster packs. That means every now and then when lots of badges for that game have been crafted you might get a free Booster pack with 3 cards to further help you complete your badges.

You could also take your free cards from game A and swap them with somebody to complete set B. But finding the right trading parter who is willing to do cross set swaps and has the cards you need is time consuming, so as you suggested most people also buy cards from the Community market.

So yeah, all added up it does cost a few € extra but I consider it a nice way to showcase my love for games I particularly enjoyed or show off artwork I like 😄

Well who need heros and princesses anyway?
I always found the villains and jolly kitchen wenches much more interesting anyway 😈

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That's awesome!

😄👍

Yeah, those Steamworks Developer & Community Translator badges are something truely special, simply because of all the hard work and dedication it takes to get them. If you don't mind me asking on which game(s) did you help with the translation?

I remember hearing about the program a couple years ago and wanted to chip in - the german translation of Terraria was insultingly bad back then - but in the end I was too lazy 😅

I did translate some strings into Polish, felt funny to have some sneak peak into sales or features, as they had to translate stuff before it was released.

I tried to log in now and did not recognize this crowdin website. Looks like STS that I used was closed down year ago. Well SG took priority at some point xD

Edit: Now I vaguely remember there was some drama with STS. Not fun. I think I stopped to contribute around that time.
https://web.archive.org/web/20160209220710/https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/44yl24

Cat Worshipper just feels too appropriate!

That's adorable 😍 I also like to pick up Corgi and dog related stuff whenever I come across something but my collection is nowhere as impressive as yours 😅

The Winter Sale 2019 had some nice Corgi emoticons and stickers but out of all sales that was one of the few I was only semi-active and only managed to get a couple of the daily drops. I might have to pickup the missing emoticons later because they're really cute 😄

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I love yours, I am trying to get more or less all cat themed myself. Its so nice to see a well-doned one :D

Very in your face.
I like it

😎

Thank you

😊

Yeah, I like that one particularly as well. I had it featured for almost a year before I got into Despotism and noticed that one has a really cute Lvl 1 badge as well.

I seriously have to get back into Hitman and Hitman 2 and play around more with the rubber duckies. If I remember correctly they work very much like remote C4 but I wonder if people still get suspicious when they see them or if they float when you try to use them in a swimming pool.

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