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[Rosencrantz]

Just gonna say it: I never really understood why so many people are flipping out by this.

No, not saying you guys are doing it by any means, I'm saying it's happened on other forums I frequent. Really, it's Gaben; the guy's pretty much entitled to do whatever the hell he wants at this point :F





ANYWAY
I can't believe nobody here's been talking about the latest happenings. Namely, the wedding rings fiasco and the "Top for the Day" hats. Both of these things are pretty much hurting TF2's image, no matter how much I'd like to deny it :C

In case anyone's still in the dark about this stuff for whatever reason (like not following this game anymore), wedding rings are $100 virtual items that allow you to declare a bromance with another TF2 guy on your friends list. For the record, the item IS cosmetic, and is NOT a backpack space taker like many people originally thought. Top for the Day hats are hats that you earn by buying the most stamps / winning the most duels / sending out the most gifts in a given day. Which translates to "putting a ton of money into the Mann Co. Store to win a hat and have it for a day". Yeah, if anyone's planning on trying to get one of these things, remember the hat is yours for one day only, and then it leaves your backpack until you earn it again.

Both of these are kind of underhanded exploits of the TF2 community's willingness to spend their money on useless virtual goods, but then again I don't think that the TF2 community's image could get any worse at this point!!