Same story, 1400 hours in TF2, and traded enough hats to sell em all for an Index. Great deal!
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graymess@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s not really worthy of Patient Gamers because I bought it shortly after launch (in an actual box at Best Buy), but the Orange Box was one of the most absurdly good deals I’ve ever seen. I can’t even calculate how many hours I’ve gotten out of it because it ended up on an old Steam account, but TF2 alone is easily my most played game ever.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Bosht@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Okay thats a level of crazy I never thought Id see. Trading in digital items for enough cash to buy a freakin VR set. Madness. Congrats!
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Thank you! I got wrongfully terminated in my early 20s and got a bunch of money. Took a year off from working and played like 40-60 hours of TF2 a week hahaha
I didn’t gamble a ton on hats, but I had a “key guy” who would sell me 2.50 keys for 1.20. Probably spent 200 total on keys and one single unusual I pulled sold for 450! A bunch of others sold for 100-200.
I quit like eight years ago with tonnns of crates in my inventory. One day there was a glitch that made all old crates ONLY drop unusual hats. I logged on and had like 40 of those crates, usually selling for .03. They went for like 8.00-12.00 that day… spent all morning at work listing them on the market!
DABDA@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I was really hoping for an Orange Cube around the announcement of Half-Life: Alyx.
korny@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I bought this for the 360 and it blew my mind at the time. I had never played a Half Life game before, and that coupled with TF2 lead me down the path to PC building for the superior gaming platform. I owe a lot to The Orange Box!
graymess@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Dang, Valve stealth indoctrinated console gamers to Steam with the Orange Box lol.