Valve Introduce Dynamic Pricing System to CS:Source

[Dav0s]

Well, looks like Valve messed up big time

Today, Valve have announced that as from October 11th, Counterstrike:Source will use a dynamic pricing system to decide the prices of the in game items. Prices will be decided like a stock market system, with more popular guns from the previous week being priced higher than less popular ones.

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[BloomerzUK]

I think this sucks ass..

I hope it's a variable thing, so the Admin can choose.

 

[Ham]

I thought it was centalised to valves servers.

This is grade A bs. wheres that partition dave? gonna sign it for all my family, including the cats and dead horse

 

[FarFarAway]

Signed already. This is frigging stupid!

 

[Ares210]

Signed.

 

[macgamesrule]

Signed. They should at least make it a server toggle rather than forcing it on everyone

 

[jiffz]

Also, all players ranging from newbies to experts will be buying m4 + AK a lot, so the prices will keep rising. The awp however is banned on many servers, or like ours - 1 per team and not everyone buys awps anyway. So, if this price thing goes ahead - the day the awp is cheaper than the AK is the day I quit CSS

A server option would be a good idea, as most would turn it off and steam would notice how bad an idea it really is.

 

[Dav0s]

Digg it

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Valve_Introduce_Dynamic_Pricing_To_CS_Source

 

[ai_01]

signed... that is crapola.

 

[NickS]

I think it's pretty cool

 

[FarFarAway]

I think it's pretty cool

How is it good for clanwar situations? And for the eco round we have machineguns....cause nobody buys them...

 

[Dav0s]

not to mention that I (or whoever is calling) has to memorise new prices every week, to decide whether to eco or buy guns

 

[JN]

Total rubbish. If this goes ahead, i'm done with CSS

 

[FragTek]

Signed and Digged.

 

[NickS]

Maybe if they have an option to disable it on servers it'd work out.

 

[PV5150]

There is according to 'Steam Powered Forum'. It seems that the competitive players got their wish, over the pub players, but it appears that it's gonna be able to be turned on or off via cvar.

 

[Dav0s]

ah good find PV, thats a load off

 

[PV5150]

Hell yeah

 

[llwyd]

that is f**king rediculous, makes me think that valves programmers are just bored kids who can write games rather than people who give a

about gameplay. signed the petition and think i might email them and voice my discgust at what theyre doing to the game

 

[deaf.k]

uh lets clear this up for you.

Email via the Linux HLDS mailing list from Alfred Reynolds:

There will be a cvar controlling this new functionality, mp_dynamicpricing, you can disable it if you wish by setting its value to 0.

- Alfred

But it's up to the leagues if they enforce it, in matches.