what's the point of this
>>737860980you use them in the points shopnot sure why you needed a thread for this
They recently removed the only point to them.
>>737860980For buying pointless customization options like profile pictures, borders, backgrounds, and steam startup animations. Whenever you see people baiting for reactions in reviews it's because they're stinky losers trying to farm points to customize their gay ass profile.
>>737860980Steam has the bones of a social media website on standby for when facebook and twitter collapse.
So you can troon out your profile.
>>737860980For brown people to feel important.
>>737860980It's a harmless bonus that provides value for people who like that shit.
They got rid of the only worthwhile reason to even use it. Unless you wanted a cool background for your steam pageThere was one time (and ONLY ONE) time where you can have a coupon you can buy with them for a discount. They never did it again
>>737860980To raise my steam account level so I can get more random cards to sell
>>737860980It's just fun money for making your profile spiffy, it's not that deep.
>Jesterspammer BTFOlmao, good.
Steam Deck start up videos pretty much, the profile stuff is nice too I guess. Steam does a better job than any other store of giving you little dopamine rewards in their ecosystem to incentivize people to stay with them, probably because nobody else even tries.
pointless goytokens to make you feel accomplished, just like achievements
>>737861102qrd?
>>737861512If you have to ask this, you're a newfaggot tourist who doesn't belong here. Jesus fucking Christ, this board is really shit now.
>>737861730>erm you actually played games and didn't give a shit about when jesters were removed oh my science ur new, okay???bro, you okay?
>>737861730Bitch, that was only 6 years ago and only autists knew about it. Way to out yourself though.
>>737861730There'd sometimes be a thread crying about how they got a jester on the steam forums, but it didn't have much to do with /v/ at allI would call them a nigger faggot and move on
>>737861114>>737860980You increase your level with those purchases and your higher level increases the small percentage of booster card packs you receive
>>737861512steam forum equivalent of a downvote so you can passively aggressively disagree with somebody instead of actually responding to them like a man with testicles
>>737860980Buying shit for your profile and buying shit for the chat like emojis and the bigger ones
>>737861730>this anon took the jester thing seriously what a life you must live
Someone added me on Steam, then gave me "pure gold" and removed me. So I guess it's a way for pussies to insult people.
>>737861730I think you need to step away from the internet for a decade
>>737860980I spend them on steam deck boot videos and keyboards.Also if you get the seasonal badge it raises your steam level. If you have a high level youre listed as a top friend on everyones profile and that makes it funnier when you change your name to a slur>>737861512Jester emote allowed you to call someone a retard when they disabled comments on their retarded reviewSteam removed it.
>>737860980Most definitely done legal fuckery by steam
>>737861102>play fighting game I don't like>stomp scrubs>gift jester on profile>do this for a few days and move on to the next kusogeIt was fun while it lasted
>>737861512Overly detailed explanation:>Steam points let you give steam points to people who make shit in the community and you get some when you buy games on steam incentivizing people who make shit to make good shit to get points>Points otherwise can be spent on wallpapers or profile upgrades to show off cool shit you make like you can go download an animated profile picture from some game you like>Retards make up imaginary economy where you can magically make thousands of dollars with steam points by leveling up your profile (This literally does not work at all if you've ever talked to anyone with insanely high profiles, it caps out at 50 and is already spread so thin across the entire userbase the difference is negligible) or that "the algorithm" looks at profile awards (There is no "algorithm" on steam) and Steam level (Literally the only visibility related thing to Steam Level is that it puts you at the top of your friends friend lists) to decide post visibility>Convince Valve to retire the points system because of retards making low effort posts and spam (This was an has always been a problem: See: This board)>Points now a mostly vestigial system and the only way to acquire more is to buy more shit>For some reason you can still award posts but there is literally no point because as mentioned Awards have literally ZERO impact on visibility the entire point was giving someone currency to buy profile upgrades for making steam community contributionsAnd as a bizarre side effect:>It now costs $50 on steam to get a reskin for the keyboard>Technically you're buying a game, but in practice, it costs $50 to make your keyboard purple or some shit
Didn't you use to be able to exchange points for 10% off coupons or something stupid when they first came out?
>>737862832No, you're thinking of the coupons given out when you craft badges, in 2019 when the system was more or less first introduced there was a special promotion where you were given $5 off any cart of $30 or more, which might be how you're mixing this up.
>>737861730you know not everyone treats steam as twitter and sperg out with all the social features. some people just play games
>>737863090I mean if you're trying to treat steam's social features as twitter, you're doing it wrong and people will probably make fun of you for it.
>>737860980Makes your account look more 1337
>>737862781>Points now a mostly vestigial systemSo same as everything else on Steam, them>It now costs $50 on steam to get a reskin for the keyboardNow do this? qrd??
>>737862781Oh, and further addendum, there's game profiles which could, quite easily theme the entire Steam Client in colors and the schemes are nice, but literally all it does is reskin your profile.Tremendous missed opportunity in my opinion, basically all the hard work to implement this is already done.
>>737863112im saying a majority of people just use steam to play games, buy games, download workshop shit, or trade crap. i have never met another person who likes to go to steam groups and post shit or even leave reviews for games. I see this behavior from internet addicted people, especially when playing tf2
>>737860980so you can flex on brokies
>>737861730>/v/ - Steam Features and UI
>>737863190Qrd: im a huge faggot please rape my face
>>737863190qrd$0.01 = 1 steam pointKeyboard skin: 5000 Steam pointsCan't gain steam points by making community contributionsKeyboard skin technically costs $50But as mentioned, you can't directly buy Steam points, so instead if you buy $50 worth of vidya you can get a new keyboard skin now.
>>737862191Can you still jester someones profile page? Or are these emojis chat only now?
Goy points
>>737863319There is no dedicated "You Retard" sticker now, basically all of them are positive with no real room to use them to call someone stupid.
>>737861512It was essentially a downvote. You'd put it on peoples profiles or their comments to "clown" on them. They couldn't remove them. The michelangelo one was funny to put on trannies profiles for obvious reasons. Steam "retired" them a while back after being up for a very long time.
>>737863317Is the keyboard skin for a game?Or for you profile background?
>>737863383They got a tengu at all?
>>737863406The ones on peoples profiles added before the removal are they still there or gone?
>>737863317>>737863451Yeah, what the fuck is a "keyboard skin"? That's the confusing part here.
>>737863451The keyboard skin is for the onscreen keyboard included with steam if you're like, on the couch using a controller or using a handheld like the deck.Games can also use steam API calls to open up the keyboard if you're using a controller to type shit in game, off the top of my head the only game that I know that does this is Terraria.
>>737863549I still have a jester on my profile, Steam gives the option to hide it, but I wear mine proudly.
>mfw bought an index
>>737863638Oh okay. That makes sense.I was just confused wtf keyboard skin meant.
>>737863691Lots of questions anon.If you did hide it would the number of profile awards show 1 still, or 0.I dont have any profile awards so idk how this works.
>>737861512I was going to answer, but now I'm going to laugh at the butthurt anon over here >>737861730
>>737863605Skins for the onscreen keyboard, it's pretty self explanatory, here's mine.The default one is black and blue like the current steam client.
>>737863605it's for the steam deck when you type a keyboard comes up
>>737863836It's technically for any game or system you're operating with a controller.
>>737861730newfags got asshurt by this post
>>737863885>newfags got mad from a phoneposting fagyep
>>737863836>>737863793>it's pretty self explanatoryI disagree. But thanks for replying! I never knew such a thing even existed.The default Windows one is very ugly, and has been like that since the 90s.
>>737863768It just removes the whole awards section from your profile.
>>737863950No prob bob, if you have any more questions feel free to ask, I guess technically if you haven't been using a Steam Controller instead of a mouse and keyboard on and off for the past 13 years it'd make sense to not be aware of the onscreen keyboard.
>>737860980can't even buy a plain black background for my profile without owning a game that provides one this is some bullshit
I'm obsessed with the animated backgrounds, avatars, frames and mini backgrounds. I keep checking steam exchange to see if they finally release stuff from my favorite games. All this for a profile no one will see.
>>737864249You will see it :)
>>737864249I mean it is kind of a bummer, but if they ever do set it up so your profile skins the rest of the client (which they both can and should) you'd be all set.
>>737863190You should literally have enough for that keyboard if you bought the deck.
>>737864115That will be $12.81 cents if you want a tradeable one or you can buy the game for 50 cent on sale or dollar now and play the game for 2 hours to get it.
>>737864331Yes, but it's dumb that it's $50 worth of points even if admittedly that was designed around point totals people might have when you could actually give points to people.
>>737863254zamn
Bow down mortals
>>737864598wait for the professional rage baiter to show up with his thousands of jesters.
>>737864598>iToddler filename>Photo of a monitor
Was thinking that you can get real money for creating those customized shit, turns out you can't..
>>737863254>>737864527Get on my level faggots
>>737864738Baited.
>>737864863
>>737865060What the fuckdid you spend any? cause I have almost 3.5 million earned over all
>>737865060literally how? do you open csgo cases all day? I have 600 games and havent even broke a million yet
>>737860980>>737861102this, can't care anymore>>737864598only 9?
>>737861278>>737861102damn you think i jester farmed for points, are you retarded? I do it for the jesters themselves. The only thing that changed is now I get the ugly retarded looking laughing emote instead of the cool jester.
>>737861730you're right. also the redditors really did not like this post.
>>737860980I get to show that i like anime breasts in public?
>>737861730Most of us just actually play video games and dont give a shit what happens in the rest of the Steam """"""Community""""""""
Use the pints to make your profile pretty.
>>737863793>skin for something no-one useslmao you'd have to be an actual retard to pay $50 for a purple skin for this shit
>>737861245This. It's pretty much just a dump for account levels unless you want some customization stuff.
>>737869486you can buy it with points you get buying games/items in game like cs/tf2 keys
I just buy dumb emotes.
>>737861730>you're not a real /v/ - Video Games oldfag if you don't engage in ragebait steam discussion threadslmao the absolute state of this place
Ahem
>>737869975>buying
>>737860980I just bought 5 steam deck startup movies with them guess which ones
>>737861032why?
>>737861730based. fuck newfags
>>737863236The steam groups that trigger the libs seem to be hot rn.Like Sweet Baby Detected and other anti-woke curators. Game journos and bluesky types even wrote hit pieces and complain about them especially the Charlie Kirk one. Listing all the devs who openly mocked and laughed at Charlie Kirk shooting, some of them used official dev socials, then got fired for it (lol).
>>737861245I'm level 80 and have around 700 games eligible for booster packs and I get a booster pack like once every 2 years. Totally worthless.
god i miss jester farming
I asked Steam if there was a way to disable all the achivements and dancing emojis on Steam and they said no.Why do they love ruining good apps with gay shit for babies?
>>737861730newfags did not like this post at all
>>737873281you don't need to use or participate in any of that
>>737873594>Use Steam>Profiles are covered in lame images and banners>Use friends list>Everyone's icons are animated>Dancing emoji's for children>Purchase a steam game>you earned Silly Steam Points! Use them at the Fun Shop!>"u dont have to look at it actually bro :^)":/
I just use them to buy badges to level up and get more cards. I got a foil once and sold it for like 2€.
Holy newfag seethe itt
why is picrel sold out ! I need it.>>737868940hey, I have that exact same background profile and it's the only good, decently drawn one with boobs and not flat chested garbo.
>>737861730You're a faggot
>>737873842buy the icons that trigger the libs on the forums:rainbow clowns, Taimanin orc, globohomo emoticons. . .
>>7378611024chan should add these as April Fools And this reminded me, what was this year's April fool? I don't think I visited the board during it
>>737860980points.
to all seething clown niggers just get the balatro ones
>>737861730>normalfag tourists completely raped by 1 (uno) postlove to see it
>>737874705Replaced captcha
>>737861730post your penis shlomo
I just use them to buy the seasonal badges and keep track how much I spent on vidya throughout the years
>>737874306>>737873842why would you ever use the steam forums?
>>737861730Fuck newfags and fuck retards (you)
>>737861102I made a shitpost review of a fairly known game and it's the top featured review with hundreds of these and a 49 post discussion of schizos telling me I'm wrong.
>>737875038You can't reply to a review, so this isn't true.
>>737861102It should be removed from my profile as well. I never asked for this.
>>737875116
>>737875116You can comment on a review so you're wrong.
>>737875226>>737875224Must be a new feature.
>>737861512retards clogged up review sections and boards with thread-derailing posts and posted inaccurate reviews to harvest themgood fucking riddance is all I can say
>>737875116Reviewers can choose if they allow comments, most don't.
I knew a chinese who spammed the forums with multiple accounts for jesters because you could sell the steam points on goldselling websites for some fucking reason
>>737874920Any pic?
>>737875262It's not. You can just disable it for your review the same way you can disable comments on your profile.
>>737863236I like Steam reviews because sometimes people with who have played a game for a lot of hours can provide insight into said game. But this is not usually the case.
do wish there was something to do with the points. i have like, 150,000 or some shit
>>73786098061,828 points to be precise
