No more clowns for ragebaitersSteam makes a new set of Community Awards, you can't use the first set, so no more clowns, point also don't transfer so people have "less incentive" to farm awardsrip Steam clown farmers
Based Gaben for putting a bunch of jewish microtransactions on his social media bloatware platform!
>>730764663>awards no longer transfer pointsWtf? How will I feed my egirls now fuck off man
>>730764663I've never given or received a single community award because steam is for playing video games.
>>730764712Calling Steam "social media" is grim and cringe
>>730764712>Microtransactions>It's all literally free and let's you unlock stuff for freeWhat did he mean by this bros
I can actually call out clowns for being retarded without rewarding them with points? Based GabeN.
>>730764986>>730765023Thanks for the clowns. Too ez
Anything can be the ratio/insult/downvote/OP is the faggot/etc award If you want it to be. It's easy: Coffee is now the eyeroll reply for any game/post that's more about virtue signalling than actually being a good game. Flower means you're calling somebody a faggot. Treasure chest is for calling somebody a paypig whale or a game pay to win gambling garbage.
It's a shame they removed the clowns.Goddamn if people got super fucking mad when you gave them, especially on their profiles.
Peak DEI in action, specially when people dropped truth nukes or made useful tutorials on game problems..Then again guess who's cheering this ? Trannoids as usual.
>>730764663So what us the new clown going to be?
>>730765525How did a clown upset them that much? They gave it meaning, the clown only means funny
>>730765619The laughing face obviously
YOU CAN ONLY REPLY TO THIS POST IF YOU HAVE A CLOWN AWARD ON YOUR PROFILE
>>730764663>Awards no longer transfer pointsLMAO. It's over for Reddit gold.
>>730764712Seething EGS shill.
>tfw you never got your profile clowned
>>730765727Here.
>>730765727
>>730765727Can I come in?
>>730765727I have one but I have no idea why or how. I never post anything on steam. Some guy must give clowns to everyone he plays with or something
It was fucking funny whenever a bad post ftom a dev or publisher got spammed with clowns
>>730765689Yep, this is the new jester. It'll only be a matter of time until they take that away too.
Darn. I liked giving clown awards to developers.
>>730764663As somebody who thrives in the down and dirty Steam reviews it disappoints me greatly. As somebody who reads closely steam reviews for a hobby this pleases me greatly. As somebody who contributes to the Steam Community with great vigor it relieves me. So all in all, I'm grateful to Gabe. Thanks, Gabe.
>>730764663>badges for giving awards is goneTHANK GOD. I never gave out any because the festering wound badge you get for doing so literally makes me want to vomit.
>>730764663The ragebaiters were literally always third world shitholers. No clue what the purpose was
my clown virginity is safe
>>730766376No no, wrong! Wrong. I befriended a few and they were all very much American!
>>730765727None on my profile, but I did get 85 clowns for a complaining about a game with a rabid fanbase on the forums.
>>730765525People were doing both of those before reactions, people will be doing them after reactions.
>>730765727>Look guys I'm a retard zoomer! isn't le clown face so funny?!!Fuck off zoomer.
Isn't that 100 emote just a 1:1 copy of a twitch or discord emote?
>>730766458South Americans aren’t “American” anon.
>>730764663A flower and a fucking donut? These are awful
This just means Reddit is going to start posting HOT TAKES to get a SPICY PEPPER award; nothing changes.
>>730765727Yes, well yes. I do. But I am not too proud of it! No, not at all!
Profile awards 'Clever', 'Heartwarming' and 'Gotta have it'Feels good man
>>730764663I'm going to miss this little nigga like you wouldn't believe
>>730766565They already had one for hot takes.
I can't believe you fags unironically used this shit along with emojis in chat and profile comments.
>>730766550They were not South American! You're wrong again! Wrongness!
>>730765727not too shabbyI think almost all this came from a single review
>>730766638People literally only used the clown one, which is why it was removed.
>>730766638They aren't the same!
>>730764663Good thing there's nothing that could be used instead.
i rarely post but somehow i got awards and they are all from this year.also i always had to dig thru my posts to figure out which one got an award, what a shit system that you dont even know which post got said awardidgaf aboot awards
>Go to a F2P game filled with russians, like Dota 2 or CSGO>Post "Slava Ukraini">Get clowns from russians>Get wholesome chungus awards from redditors
>>730766664How do you find this?
>>730764663I think the float will be the new clown
>>730766871I for one will be sporting the flower! A clown's squirting flower trick no less!
>>730767000go to your profile > Profile Awards on the sideshould be next to all the shit like Badges and Inventory
>>730764663Ok let's decide now.Which one is gonna be the new clown?The one we're gonna decide actually means "this guy is a retard"
>>730767000>>730767145If you've never gotten a profile award, the link isn't there to view forum awards, but you can put /awards after your Steam profile URL to see it.
>>730767169The flower! Pick the flower! Flower power!
>>730766968i mean from 2025
>>730767169meh, the only one that could remotely convey that someone is a retard is the laughing one but it's not as good.
>>730767169This. Fuck their "positive vibes only". There needs to be a way to show you disagree with somebody or brand them as an idiot.
>>730767169life preserver, because it looks like a donut.
>>730767350also retards need extra safety equipment so it works both ways. better choice than the laughing face for sure
Calling it now, the light bulb is going to be used as a star of david.
>>730764663these are ugly and boring as shit
I got a clown for a review once but I couldn't tell if it was a haha clown or a passive aggressive clown
>>730764663>Awards no longer transfer points.Doesn't this mean that you can troll people with clown awards but without rewarding points, therefore making the trolls happier?
>>730767604The problem is there is no clown award anymore.
NOOOO! MY FARMS!!!!
>>730767659They will just use the laughing one instead.
>>730767169
>>730764663The flower looks closest to the>here you go, retardaward
>>730767169The donut.
>>730764663Wtf, these look really ugly
I never understood the point farmingyou can't use the points for anything substantial
Let me guess. You NEED more?
>>730767969when the number goes up, third worlders pretend its an investment portfolioit is the exact same reason they love looking at steam charts so much
>>730767969it's like an idle gamenumber go up is all that matters
>>730767969third worlders sold a bunch of points for a dollar or two which is profitable apparently
>>730767969I've seen people say that there were some users who pay you to award their profile and supposedly the clown farmers offload the points they get to those people to get money. I kind of believe it because there are some absolute degenerates on Steam but I doubt it was that big.
>>730764663>someone advocates for trans rights>laughing emoji x 5000good work Steam
>>730764663The flower is so bland. I don't know why anyone would even give it
>>730765727Standing by. I received one for a negative review; all negative reviews received one, due to a developer going apeshit.
>>730764663these are beautiful and exciting as reddit gold
>>730765525>>730765679They are complaining about posts like this which make up like 90% of every community discussion posts in any game that has more than like 100 players.Basically you just make up something like "Why isn't Steve from Minecraft a gay nigger from outerspace?" and then you get 100 clowns and keep the points. They are saying it lowered the quality of the forums, but I am sure people will still ragebait.
>>730765679Lefties & trannies love to "moderate" what people say because it gives them their precious validation. They would often jump into steam threads do defend these blatant woke slops like Veilgard and AC Shadows, get buttfucked ( the irony ), jerk each other off or mass report people ( and that is when they arent profile stalking you ).No wonder these tards have low life expectancy. And the Valve support is pretty much DEI hiring at this point so they came to the rescue of those few fragile trannies.
>>730767969The classic green profile theme costs like 20k or something.
>>730764663>577 upsreally popular change, just valve things
>>730768316They're going to all be very rare now that they no longer give points. Other than the clown, most of the awards were given to people as a way of thanks, and the steam points were considered a gift.
>>730765619Life preserver, because fags be drowning.
Damn you retards think I was farming points? And that i will stop baiting steam forums since I won't get points anymore?LolThe points are worthless.I was farming the clowns themselves, and I will be farming whatever the new "damn this guy is a retard" reaction is.
>>730768536yeah what's the point now?I only earn points by spending money, and then I spend them on these little stamps that do nothing? why would anyone ever engage with this system again?maybe that's the point. it was a shit system anyway
>previous awards gave a definable assement to... those? theye even look really low quality
>>730768501*Campo Santo
>>730768617This change kills the award economy. Now you can only get more by buying games
I have had a Steam account for almost 17 years and I don't think I've ever posted once.
>all these fags whining about ragebaityou could just not take the bait?>>730765727got mine from a mass clowning someone did on a Wild Assault thread I posted in kek.
treasure chest and cup of coffee are weirdwhat emotions/reactions do those represent?
>>730768617>yeah what's the point now?To be more of a paid feature. Valve and "free things" are not friends.
>>730768536I expect it'll be about the same. I don't think most people care about the points. It's a useless award that gives useless things. It's just for the "thought" of it.
>>730768470Yet they can post "TRUMP RAPED KIDS" on off-topic boards, or blatant marxist/ anti straight man threads with minimal issue.I get a warning message from the steam support for a reply saying "Christiano Ronaldo on Mass Effect when" after the Saudis bought EA, replied deleted and "you can say that" warning. Of course IRL they would get their faces turned into punch bags but on the internet is another story.
>>730768705right, so why would I give awards at all, positive or negative?like the Take My Points award was usually for when someone answered a question or put useful fixes and workarounds for game problems. if I'm not giving them the points as thanks, why the fuck should I spend the points at all?steam awards are fully dead (and that's a good thing(unironically))
>>730764663>No more clowns for ragebaitersJust use the medal or the laugh emote
>>730768786Nothing but that's the thing. Awards needed to be safe, innocuous, insipid. "Safeawardy" if you want.
>>730765727I got my first one last month because I told a guy trying to scam me to hurry up or fuck off instead of dragging out the story before posting the phishing link
>>730768819May have been an actual mistake by valve. The awards are supposed to give points when given
>>730768786treasure chest makes sense, like "this post is valuable and feels like finding treasure buried in shit"the coffee, I have no idea
>>730768786Treasure chest: the post was very valuable, the internet equivalent of a hidden treasure inside a buried chest.Coffee: it was a post that relaxed people who read it. Like remembering something from your childhood.
>>730764663I NEVER send or received a single award. I'm not using Steam like a social media platform. All this shit is irrelevant to me.You're all cucks.
>>730768786>>730768979the coffee is apparently meant to be ""wholesome"">>730765854
>>730768930>May have been an actual mistake by valve.Yes, of course.
>>730769060steam forums should ban every single post that isn't related to troubleshooting issues. everyone treating every website like social media is what ruined the fucking internet
This will backfire on Valve sooner or later, you are basically pushing a lowkey censorship even when people post game fixes or handy tutorials.Next they will censor game reviews, nevermind they did it with KCD2.
>>730764663Why do you normalfags have to turn everything into tweddit or whatever. Fuck off. Play video games.
>>730764663soulless newspeak slop
>>730768486That doesn't seem muchI've never made any forum posts or farmed shit, only ever bought games on deep sales with highest being ~20 bucks and the amount of games I've bough is in double digits
>>730764663>no more free pointsoh well it was fun while it lastedunreal that for so long. people were actually giving me a reward for being an asshole
>>730769153>This will backfire on Valve sooner or later
I think the life raft/tube/whatever will probably be used as the next shitposter thing, but obviously nothing will top the jester.Maybe like "damn you're so fucking stupid you need to be saved"
>>730769153this doesn't affect a single person with a net worth > $1 who still has their penis
>>730769184>I've never made any forum posts or farmed shit>amount of game I've bough is in double digitsBullshit. I've bought over 700 games on Steam, many full price, and gotten hundreds of forum awards and I've only got 170k points.
>>730768786cup of coffee = mug
>>730769345I've wasted a lot of money but have way fewer games and way more points
>>730765727Almost all of mine are from one review saying Talos Principle 2 was designed for people too stupid for the first game, and I didn't even say it in an inflammatory way
>>730769345I wrote one review that blew up and I have almost a millionI think half is from purchases though. never seemed like points were hard to get
>>730765727I have one my sis gave me, but we don't go to those places on steam (we were giving each other awards we thought that were fitting). For a while I even showed this award on my profile because I had no idea, until one day I read some question on discussion tab and I saw lots of clowns on some bait answers and found out. Thanks for reading my blog
I have a few clowns from my steam reviews. I always just write quick shitpost reviews because it makes the review popup go away for longer than just declining to review.
I've been using Steam for years, and have no idea what these awards are.
>>730765727i non ironically feel bad because now I will never have one.I wish they gave prior notice at least, so I could use up my 10k+ points clowning trannies.
>>730764663Soulless.>no longer transfer pointsDouble-edged sword. No clown baiters, but also less incentive for putting in effort.
i actually know a faggot who RMT'd a living off of this shit
>>730770063this guy hasnt played a game since october third
Even my no profile pic Steam account has a jester award x2
>>730770128what are you talking about you fucking mexican?that just means I don't use the chat feature. You can still play games while offline (and you should, honestly).
>he got a single awardyikes!
>>730765727What do I win?
>>730769420[mug him]
>>730764663damn I didn't know valve was this reddit. Is this the end of based valve?
>>730765727Many I have.
>>730767350>>730767857Look for another since that one will be used as a ponut substitute.
>This set is designed to make it quicker and easier to choose and keep the vibes positive>New awards are completely bland
>>730768470Every system has its retard. I do not care if retards spam "jester farm" posts on every game, it's up to the mods to delete and ban them, not my problem. Every fucking commons is destroyed by the minority.
>Valve pulls the equivalent of YouTube removing Dislikes>BASED GABEN, OMG SO HECKIN BASEDERINO, BASEDBASEDBASEDBASED!
>>730770721well if it isnt you boy racer
>>730767169Closest one would be the life preserver. I really don't think the average person is going to think the life preserver means, "this post was a lifesaver." It's more like you're too retarded to swim so you need a life preserver. Flower is kinda gay and I have no idea what it's supposed to mean so that could be one too. You get a flower, you're gay.
>>730770453>Is this the end of based valveYou retards held that frame beyond 2020 even when they were openly hostile. I give up on Steam and it's long being decaying rapidly anyways.
>>730770848They did that long ago already in mid-2010 where you're now only allowed to see the amount of people who marked your review as helpful. Before, it showed you the percentage.
>>730770848Nobody needs likes and dislikes for forum posts
>>730769420mug moment
>>730770848no you don't understandpeople were clowning ME
>>730764663>also don't transfer so people have "less incentive" to farm awardsThat's actually good. People farming updoots was obnoxious
>>730771073The least they can do is allow users to call each other faggots.
>>730771021idk do they really lose the title if there's nobody to give the title too?
This will kill their point shop, but there trannies got their safe space now.
>>730764663This genuinely sucks wtf
>>730764663I remember when my steam got hacked and after regaining control the only thing that had changed was someone had gifted away all the steam points. Why do people even care about this shit?
>>730771454There has to be some way to convert it into steamcash or something via esoteric means.
>>730771454venezuelans make a living off of it
>>730771498There is. For some fucking reason.
>>730765935have you ever reviewed a game? i think i got a clown from there once.
>>730765023>illiterateYou're a troon.
>>730765727anyone want to buy my account with 5 original first edition now unavailable clowns
>an account can no longer get the jester awardholy fuark brehs
>>730764663Oy-fuckin'-vey. Maybe this will become the new clown? What a retarded change. Imagine getting rid of stuff that has been there since the Community Awards program started. Yeah, there were issues like point farmers, but completely gutting it is just retarded. You even removed incentives for people to do things good in the community like being helpful in various ways.
>>730771802>>730764663If it doesnt work for a year then they do community award season 3. It's not like people are losing money over this.
Personally, I'm not going to engage with the new system. Even ignoring the lack of jesters they're simply soulless and vague now. I liked giving out extra helpfuls to people who posted genuinely good reviews warning about abandoned games and such, now that's gone.Wonder what amount of decline in using awards will be enough for valve to realize they fucked up.
>>730771553Do you know the conversion rate? I want to know how many thirdie dollars my 91k steam points were worth.
Honestly, i will miss giving out my cute little fella. There really is no point now.
>>730764663I'll probably use the laughing emoji, the lightbulb if peolle start saying it looks like the star of david, and probably the flower just because of how dogshit it looks lmao.
>>730772148But isn't a cup of coffee so much better?That's such a weird idea for the "whole award". At least reuse the blanket dude.
>>730767169the LaughingEmoji.gif or life preserver. my interpretation of the latter is "someone help this fucking retard."overall this new set seems less versatile
>>730771892It does cost goodwill, plus doing that just proves the people saying it was bad were right all along.
>>730764663>click the profile of the first reply to the discussion of the newsI'll admit, this guy is a master of his own work.
>>730772079As far as I know, it was never a big market so you would have had to get in contact with some schmuck who actually pays for awards and negotiate a price. Too late now though.
>>730772504Goodwill is a meme in the steam forums lmao.
>>730771454Because faggots can't farm points with puerile bait threads or anonymously insult people any more. Now they'll have to directly quote or comment on the profile of whoever triggered them, opening them up for retaliation in the process.
>>730772647Comments are going to be next aren't they?
>>730772680No?
>>730772641Perhaps, but I meant generally. You could even give awards to mod makers for creating good content for example. Steam removed an incentive for people to want to do stuff like that or for other things.
>>730772927Points are useless.Before it people just said +rep.
>>730773082Which was a complete eye cancer when you were trying to read certain things.
>>730773268I know thats why at least awards helped. And fuck we even have a +1 award now.
Damn can't believe that guy who spams the thread about the clown emoji actually won
Hot take but clown awards were actually fine to use on genuine retards (which is basically 99 percent of steam forum users) And the other awards were just fine too. Now it just looks like corpohomo shit
>>730764663heart looks litke gutsman's ass dundunn
>>730773986NO they weren't.it's a reddit downvote fanboys would use instead of actually having to defend their shitty game and justify why it's so shit.
>>730774258Anything can be a downvote. Not just clownsAnd arguing in steam forums is a fools errand. Either you see bad faith posts or the thread gets locked by some jannyClowns were good for the sole reason you could make fun of some idiot who didn't know anything but still lash out at the person trying to fucking help them in the first place
>>730764663I always thought the clown looked cute, I'm gonna miss him
>>730771802>Oy-fuckin'-veyI need to work on my jew jitsu I didn't realize the potential of that one until you pointed it out. Lurking forever now.
