If you like to trade, jump into Dota2. Dota2 trade is rising.

I've pretty much stopped trying to trade to amass earbuds for the last month or so, and surprisingly have fallen back in love with TF2.

I pretty much happened to sell off a good majority of my backpack to buy games with the intent to just buy my way back, and sort of just had that feeling after that putting money into trading and trying to get profit isn't as fun as it used to be. Too many people trying to scrounge any amount of profit has made everyone's opportunity to profit pretty much disappear.

Pretty much setting goals to casually trade for rather than going for sheer profit has taken out a bunch of the unfun parts of trading and made everything fresh again. I'd say if you're on the fence about trading, go for a smallish goal and see if it's fun to achieve it, if it's fun you should continue, otherwise just walk away.

I cashed out a few months ago because I needed the money. I'm sure many of those who cash out are just in need of it too. There's a lot of it happening in the TF2 world, but yeah, there's a lot more competition now than used to be a years ago.

People cash out more around when school starts. It is not just the economy, some tend to focus on education or find little time to trade (although many people who cash out then come back later)

Originally posted by eddy:

If you like to trade, jump into Dota2. Dota2 trade is rising.

Yeah, I know that. 350k+ people, I'd be shocked if it weren't.

Originally posted by Blue Screen of Dea†h:

I cashed out a few months ago because I needed the money. I'm sure many of those who cash out are just in need of it too. There's a lot of it happening in the TF2 world, but yeah, there's a lot more competition now than used to be a years ago.

I started cashing out a few months ago because I had no cash but really wanted a few $60 games and never bothered to pick up on the slack.

Originally posted by RecK:

People cash out more around when school starts. It is not just the economy, some tend to focus on education or find little time to trade (although many people who cash out then come back later)

IN MY OPINION, that didn't happen as bad as it did this year. Last year I had steady profits and trades all year. This summer? Nothing.