Damn you, Idle Master

I get this regularly. First I'll feel good because I got an achievement nobody else got, or set the high score among my friends. Then I'll notice the telltale card-gathering pattern. They never played at all. I'm comparing my performance to an idling script.

I do use idlemaster because of my backlog, but I wholeheartedly agree. I also have an issue with leaving a game running minimized while doing other tasks, and that can really rack up the hours too, which I find disappointing.

the idlemaster is just a tool to farm cards. if idlemaster don't exist, the games will remain waiting for be played.

so, basically, idlemaster has nothing to do with nothing. this ONLY happens because steam separate cards from achievements.

since steam don't even plan to integrate cards with achievements, the cards farming will still mean nothing besides that the game will be waiting for be played when the owner have time to do it... steam knows that happens and they don't care. why we should...?

Pretty sure I'm one of the 22, sorry about that ;)

Then whats the point in having the game?

Happens all the time.

Some guy messages me "Hey how is that game ? I heard great things about it , should I buy it ?" and they get angry when I say I was just idling for cards :(

I know what you mean.
I get really excited when a game I've given to a winner gets played immediately.
A few of them have been idled ;-;
But I do the same thing, so I am in no position to judge. Hopefully it gets played to completion. :)

They should make a real time and a idle time, and Steam should make his own idle programme for cards.
People spend money on a game so they have rights to get cards of it for free or in any way.

I do that achievement checking thing too, except I ignore those with playtime less than 6 hours. Never liked Idle Master.

890 cards not found yet.... better run it for a while.
I still intend to play the games, but the cards are growing and growing...
Also now it is frustrating to have to play a game for 4 hours just to get all the cards. I don't like some games but still want the cards.

I don't care about achievements.

i use it only when a game i have already finished gets cards afterwards.

it is valve's fault by implementing such a tedious way to get your cards

I still avoid using it so that I don't mess up my playtime...
But lately I've been asking myself, is it worth it? I'd rather have the wallet I could earn through idling than have an "impeccable" playtime.

I am beyond guilty of this but I agree. It's definitely a fun aspect of the community to compare achievements, especially if one is particularly easy or difficult. But hey, it's a balance. I get why people idle. I mean heck before IdleMaster when I would download any game I wanted to idle, I'd try it for a bit. But most of the time I didn't really want to try it so I'd minimize it after five minutes and go watch something on Netflix. But hey, what can you do. If it's a game you particularly enjoy you should suggest your friends actually play it. Double so if it's a co-op game!

Welcome to the PC community mane, I read in MGS: Phantom Pain Pc players had unlocked a bunch ton of nukes and had like military supremacy or something, but big buzz killer most players claimed they discovered the nukes by cheating.
here is the note:

http://www.pcgamer.com/pc-players-have-nearly-all-the-nukes-in-metal-gear-solid-v/

I dont use idle master but i am guilty for running a game on the backround just to farm the cards i do that with all of the games once i activate them or buy them to farm the quick after that some i dont play cause it was bundle trash i bought just for the cards and the rest are completed or going to the backlog i hope to finish one day

This vent would be better if people didn't farm cards before idling programs.

To me I really wish there was a way to make idle master NOT add to the game time, because I myself like to see how long I've played a game, but seeing as I have 400 games, many of which have cards... :,)

I agree, it's disgraceful

Totally agree... Looked up some friends: "Playtime last 2 weeks 200h in 100 different games...". Have like 1400 Card Drops left. Not worth it. Only idle manually if Cards are added to a game I already finished.