Rare Items

[@EmperorLemon]

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[@cheeplethebulldog1420]

Btw, guns are even worse. Some can go up to the millions.

[@ahoy1014]

Man, that was one of the most American sponsor products I've seen to date. You guys have to pay for your ATM transactions?

[@louistech112]

If I was stupid rich I’d just buy all this shit and let it sit.

[@lemOwOnade]

………

[@hyphaex]

I know you know I know you may know I know you may have read this.

[@Peterscraps]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="119">1:59</a> It's worth noting some of those are duplicated and some are locked in trade banned scammers backpacks, so the amount of original unlocked and marketable Burning team captains being sold is tiny.

[@Batmans_Pet_Goldfish]

I wonder how many of them are still tradeable.

[@j.peters1222]

Right. A lot of them are locked into people's backpacks for various reasons.

[@einoro6816]

Peterscraps!?

[@aSmallGreenDot]

Peter!

[@Ropsuguy]

Good clarification, nice comment

[@Shyguymask]

Suddenly, $16,000 doesn't seem like a lot of money anymore.

[@antusFireNova]

Hy pvz expert dude

[@farelitoh4810]

@@antusFireNova we don't talk about that anymore

[@nightmagnus7595]

I mean, it's costing a million for a house in Sydney and roughly half that in outer Brisbane. Inflation + sellers market = a devaluation of money

[@tekdaystar345]

for a car, that's kinda reasonable. You could actually get a pretty good used sports car or lightly used normal car for that price. But I will never understand the Unusual trade market.

[@mworld2611]

Me, a car enthusiast: "never has"

[@eko2418]

Oh boy can't wait to see an unreasonably well-edited video about something I previously had no interest in become my new obsession for two weeks

[@rickjohnson1719]

I feel called out

[@imjasonyo1418]

Yessir

[@SangheiliSpecOp]

Pretty much

[@steamytaco7]

True

[@d1psh1tc1ty]

Do something with your life. 👍

[@Yeast255]

I was at a convention once a while ago, and was at a VR booth. After I was done, I talked to the main booth owner, and the topic of TF2 came up. This guy was a sniper pro and owned a burning team captain. Never saw him again.

[@JohnnyLad]

i couldnt own something that expensive that i couldnt physically understand. id be happy to own a car worth a million but i can hold that, its actually there

[@when-do-we-get-a-block-button]

@@JohnnyLad i get that, but my issue is "what happens if it just disappears?” the game can go down, or it could literally just disappear one day from some game issue. id be fine owning something intangible but not something that is completely controlled by the whims of some game code

[@MrJuliankilla]

@@when-do-we-get-a-block-button if you think about it, your money in the bank is basically just code. Like when that guy became the richest person in the world for like 15 minutes because of a fuckup. The money doesn't exist technically its just numbers on a computer

[@sirllamaiii9708]

​@@MrJuliankillayeah and because of fractional reserve banking, your money doesn't exist as soon as it goes into the bank. You have the right to essentially charge the bank a bill for your savings account, but the money is no longer yours as soon as you deposit it. The bank can loan it out, spend it, invest it, etc. that's why banks fail when people rush them and withdraw all their cash.

[@fortnitesexman]

no wonder you didn't see him again, he was probably dragged into hell where sniper mains belong

[@leaveacomment]

I'll have to be honest, that Lego shield collection is one of the most impressive collections I've ever seen

[@calebcrook5875]

you got that right. It's lit

[@topviber8476]

i was blown away

[@johnr797]

Jokes aside, Lego is eminently collectible because of how hard it is for them to retool their production for set-specific pieces, so many times it's just one production run and done . Not to mention that shields especially were in a lot of very old sets when purchasing and keeping sets unopened wasn't really a thing, and they are some of the easiest pieces for kids to lose. But also just imagine how much pu$$y that collection would get you.

[@purpleYamask]

@@johnr797 Lego Goat. One set in like 2010. They never got around to making more before inevitable mold scrapping. A single lego goat, a piece of white plastic about an inch long, is now $100 minimum.

[@thecrimsondragon2379]

That’s completely awesome considering I have most of those

[@TheL0rd0fSpace]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="310">5:10</a> It's worth noting that the artist of the Black Lotus, Chris Rush, sadly passed away some years ago, so any of his cards with his signature would gain even more value to someone who prizes signatures. He's behind much of the iconic art in the rest of the game too. Brainstorm, Lightning Bolt, even the original mana symbols themselves were his. He was a beloved architect of much of mtg's history, and will be missed dearly.

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

Step 1. Make card Step 2. Die Step 3. Profit?

[@PikaFan2001]

A signed black lotus now sells for 511,000 dollars

[@TommyWashow]

rush signed more cards than anyone hed literally sign stacks of them if you mailed him

[@duglife2230]

Imagine innocently getting a rare item from a loot crate, somebody asking millions for it, and then never having to strike a lick at anything in life. That is some good RNG.

[@medsforyou9035]

that is csgo in a nutshell

[@Reikianolla]

So... lottery.

[@theSato]

@@Reikianolla But a lottery you didnt know you were entering, you were just randomly going for a virtual item for a couple bucks to make yourself slightly happy.

[@dubbernaut69epicstyle]

the only way to get real money is selling ur steam account

[@bruhmomentum9560]

@@theSato in csgo i have a 200 dollar skin that i didnt know was valuble so for most of my playtime i just didnt use

[@collectaBK7]

Its amazing how this video is only about a year old and the most expensive sports card has gone from $5.2mil to $12.6mil

[@Uniquenameosaurus]

Holy shit I was just thinking about this yesterday. Thank you. This video is a gold mine of things that don't have copyright and can legally be replicated, but still have immense value in being the authentic original. That makes this a great case study for monetising original creations in a world without copyright.

[@pacefactor]

Uh, "don't have copyright" is not quite true there. In fact, alot of the stuff mentioned is protected intellectual property and has massive governments and corporations that would gladly destroy little people if something they did risked the value of the property. You're on the right path though. You can replicate just about anything, you just can't mass produce it and sell it -or- misrepresent what it is (such as creating fraudulent "fake" versions and representing them as the original - no matter how well made). It's far more detailed that you would realize. Copyright/IP needs some fixing, but it's an essential part of a creator's power and ability to profit from their often difficult and hard to measure work. The problem arises, as most things do, when an organizational structure with a "fluid" concept of property is able to be equally represented in legal terms to an individual - basically giving massive corporations and governments the ability to just steal and control things as they please. Fight to remove the idea that a corporation has legal protection and rights as if they were individuals - both culturally and legally. Remember, individuals have rights - organizations do not. Observe this and anyone will see one of the core root issues with modern property right laws; when a fluid and massive corporate structure can act as if they were a person in the eyes of the law, you have a board of "directors" and "shareholders" acting in unison with all of the monetary power and collective skill against anyone who is standing as an individual.

[@blobofblutack]

@@pacefactor Just look at Disney trying to protect their precious mouse against the public domain.

[@pacefactor]

@@blobofblutack my point exactly

[@styno9295]

@@pacefactor wow, that was educational thanks

[@Slimurgical]

Hilariously I was thinking about this during the video and here you are, 16 hours prior to me being here. Same void whale i guess huh?

[@clockhanded]

To this day , Valve still remains the darling and sweetheart of gamers, entirely removed from the guilt of playing an integral part in one of gaming's most heinous theme.

[@vermin5367]

But dude muh half lyfe ;(

[@SaikoRhythm]

Because FIFA did it first with their Ultimate Teams.

[@mobiusone6994]

Because everything was cosmetic

[@nepnep1453]

Valve didn’t start it, Japan did with Gacha which was originally physical toys but started entering video games in the late 90s early 2000s

[@Tridd666]

Its okay when nint- uh i mean valve does it

[@JC20XX]

Here's the thing, I actually opened a flames team captain when I was a teenager. Immediately people added me bidding and I sold for $200 USD. Hated myself for a long time for that one. I've since come to terms with it.

[@bingoccolon]

similar to the time i really wanted a b.a.s.e jumper so i gave the guy who was selling it 14 ref lmao

[@ADJAXhardcorecraft]

Probably any teenager in the world would have done that. Don't blame yourself. It happens My little bro lost 300 bucks because he equipped a rare cs go skin on his gun. Heh. You lose some...

[@shamus8687]

Some of the magic cards I've lost, traded away, or had stolen are now worth thousands. I started playing in 1996 when I was 6 years old, I cringe at the memory of owning power 9 (the most valuable cards in the game, black lotus is one of them) and touching them with sticky juice fingers and lending them to friends for their commom cards cause they have a cool picture of a knight on them. You're right though, you move on.

[@turmspitzewerk]

the community market is a horrible investment, you shouldn't take it seriously. there are actual investments with far better returns

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen1051]

thanks for the thing

[@kenlemonspankerfromutah9640]

Update: The Burning Flames Team Captain (7,600 keys) now is no longer the most expensive item in TF2, with that title now going to the Darkblaze Antlers with a sale of 9,600 keys in the form of 3 Golden Frying Pans valued at 3,200 keys each. The Darkblaze Antlers are the only one of the effect on that hat in existence, with it most likely being that way forever. The Antlers are all class as well as have a limited time Halloween event effect, and to top it all off is a Misc. Meaning that it doesn’t take up the “Hat” region that something like a Team Captain would and can be worn with items like it instead making the Antlers even MORE expensive as a result. I honestly don’t think that an item will sell for more than this one here, for a VERY long time going to show how significant this purchase is.

[@hazemabdalla193]

A nebula captain space mann sold for 8030 keys recently. Pretty impressive

[@snickpea97]

​@3dvision It's still a really fun game, and that's all it takes I suppose! The bots are a huge problem in the wee hours (2-6 am) from my experience, but I somehow still put in another 40 hrs last year 😅 like, i hadn't even thought of unusual hats in years, but the lust struck me all over again, and before you know it you're in a trade server with a little disposable income

[@JohnnyLad]

i love that items have got so expensive that a ridiculously expensive item is a currency to buy them

[@zonkedmc]

Virgin behavior

[@absolutezerochill2700]

​@@3dvisionsi don't know about that

[@MusicDecomposer]

*WOOO I LOVE THE ECONOMY*

[@the_metamancer]

Hatconomy**

[@zhongxina8086]

I would fuck the economy

[@GaffsNotLaffs]

Is this a Scott The Woz reference?

[@zhongxina8086]

@@GaffsNotLaffs y e s

[@walkingglasses6264]

YEAH I FUCKIN LOVE THE ECONOMY *mic peaks*

[@mr.boxhead4075]

This is the closest we're gonna get to "There will never ever be another game like TF2".

[@thatguybrody4819]

unless...

[@nutsackvlogz8892]

shit idea you could say that for any trendy game ever

[@thomasnicholls6584]

@@nutsackvlogz8892 Tf2 is 'trendy' in 2021?

[@massiveidiot77]

@@nutsackvlogz8892 that statement is so, so wrong

[@burnstjamp]

@@nutsackvlogz8892 TF2 really isn't a 'trendy' game, and I definitely think it exists in a unique state which makes it extremely fit for a Never Ever episode.

[@joshuas135]

There will never ever be another KZbinr like Emplemon

[@xenostra]

Eh. Theres plenty of people on yt who look way too into something. Maybe bot overweight acne ridden and vegan but same content stuff

[@alexm.a.d892]

He's nothing special TBH

[@Dazertron]

No you are right, you never get a youtube with such a unique style and history

[@joshuas135]

@@Dazertron been watching him for years and his videos keep getting better. Easily my favorite KZbinr.

[@jons5756]

There will never ever be a more original comment

[@Jack-dw4cd]

You forgot to mention: that the owner of the “blue gem” Karbit received an offer for 1.5 million British pounds. And he rejected it, saying it was “to low”.

[@pannnella]

It was 1.2 mil british pounds which translates to 1.5mil usd. Still and absolutely ungodly amount of money.

[@spimbles]

baller as fuck

[@fakenamerealchungus9851]

Sigma

[@ilya1488krutoj]

Fiat currency isn't backed by anything, but a unique "blue gem" karambit is, simple as.

[@dzhang4459]

It'd be funny if an update suddenly deletes it

[@commiecat5879]

This is why I love the tf2 community, they understand how big and scary the world is but they all put it aside for epic hats

[@Extremezotako]

Yes

[@Scroolewse]

I've been playing TF2 for 1000+ hours and the only things I've bought are a few strange killstreak weapons that I payed for with money from selling steam trading cards. I own maybe 5 hats that I've gotten from drops

[@ihappydawnz]

@@Scroolewse 5 hat drops? jeez, i have only gotten 1 hat drop ever

[@pennydime4562]

there is no big and scary world. the world is tf2

[@alejandrosotomayor6081]

Oh shit I have over 40 unusuals

[@Foekoe]

I'll give you 4 ref for that burning hat, take it or leave it.

[@ethhics]

I bid 3 Stout Shackos

[@Mathtriqueur]

4 ref and like 50 cosmetic cases.

[@erkenred]

No bro I swear this engineer cap is worth 3 times as much as your team captain bro

[@sillyfegart5455]

How is your insanity going from spam comments?

[@G_Macks]

Seems fair

[@SendixBunny]

Augustus Caesar returned to Rome after defeating Mark Antony. Upon his return, a man in the street showed him a Raven that shouted "Hail Caesar, Victor Imperator." Augustus bought the bird, which had no real function, from the man for 5,000 denarii. As it turned out, the man had a business partner with a bird trained to say "Hail Antony, Victor Imperator" in the event Antony won. Augustus bought the bird as well, and descended into buying several birds that were trained to speak various phrases... culminating in Augustus paying a large fortune a man who was so distraught that a bird could only keep repeating "Stupid bird, all my money and time wasted."

[@512TheWolf512]

Any sources to that, m8?

[@arforafro5523]

Romans: the original shitposters

[@killgoreslayer2171]

Ey historia civilis

[@soolop9000]

@@killgoreslayer2171 came here to post that god tier channel

[@Em-yd9jn]

@@512TheWolf512 Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith. “Triumph.” Augustus: First Emperor of Rome 211.

[@samdilophosaur9787]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1275">21:15</a>, okay yeah I get it, but that mammoth flute is literally culture itself. It’s evidence of music from 40,000 years ago. It is our ultimate culture

[@staringcorgi6475]

But classical period is more well known we know the impact composers like bach beethoven, handel, and mozart had during the time some of their songs are even cliche in our culture today do you hear this more than prehistoric flute music

[@samdilophosaur9787]

@@staringcorgi6475 hey dipshit, you can’t get to the classical era without the cavemen making flutes out of mammoth bones. That’s the beginning of it all, at least in terms of what we’ve seen

[@LearningRunner]

It is everyday things no one appreciates that sometimes end up being valuable.

[@a_skellington]

Its missing several factors though: --It isnt excellent craftsmanship / made by an excellent craftsman --It isn't aesthetically appealing / it does not have a detailed examinable appearance --It isn't part of a group or collection meaning the access to a community granted is uncertain --It is not correlated to something or someone that is already famous on its own

[@ITalk69]

Awesome video! You can literally make anything sound interesting, even when I know I'm going to enjoy the topic!

[@wengoszmleczny2802]

if I had 10 million dollars, I'd buy a kebab in pita with garlic sauce and fries and pepsi with ice

[@lilithspicynugget]

I talk here? wtf :0

[@gjrl7035]

@@lilithspicynugget a youtuber watches other people's content because its interesting? wtf?? :000

[@42LMS]

@@wengoszmleczny2802 i'd buy that even if i didn't have 10 million dollars

[@HonkyTonkManYeah]

Even when you KNOW youre going to enjoy the topic, he still manages to make it sound interesting? Isnt that the most obvious example though?

[@leemastah3391]

Really like how this video was structured, I didn’t know whether he was going to go on a Rick Harrison rant or just keep adding on to the new price ceiling with each new item. Nice video emp lemon

[@weedspagon4522]

frankly I'm glad rick harrison wasnt even mentioned

[@leemastah3391]

@@weedspagon4522 true but Rick Harrison deserves the hate

[@ZachFuller]

This is a very well put together video

[@smorf8505]

That would be one way to put it, esteemed KZbinr ZACHxFULLER.

[@jellybean5929]

Oh for real I didn’t know

[@ZachkTV]

Up until the mid-video ad when there are already ads on their video... cmon man.

[@SmokePudding]

@@ZachkTV yeah, because KZbin ads alone pay you soo much..

[@XxEvanxX97]

Thanks

[@charliemcmillan4561]

My grandfather collected baseball cards as a kid. He took it very seriously and had a huge collection. After opening them, he'd keep them protected in a laminated binder so all his cards were mint condition. Some time in the early 60's when he moved out, his mother threw away his baseball card binder clearing out the attic, and inside that binder? There was a pristine MLB rookie season Babe Ruth trading card that apparently goes for around a million dollars. Sometimes I remember that and I seethe.

[@Hdjhsjdhhshu]

Oof

[@Rocketjumpingspy]

Women ☕️

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Wait. If he cared so much about them, why wasn't that binder the first thing he took with him? If I had a collection of something that could easily be mistaken for being worthless (not sure why she threw it out, guessing either she didn't realize what was in the binder or didn't realize how valuable the cards were/could be), then that'd be the first thing to come with me.

[@charliemcmillan4561]

@@randomlyentertaining8287 it was something he grew out of, and as such was put in the attic. he stopped when he was around like 10, years pass, he leaves town to go to college, and then the draft for Vietnam hits. idk I guess he didnt expect it to get tossed. And I cant ask his mom because she passed a few years ago

[@SuperWiiBros08]

I love that this went from the worthless PNGs digital items up to the actual super valuable items over history. this also reminds me, I have a wii points card (2000 wii points) still on its plastic package but a bit damaged, I wonder if it will be ever be worth a lot after a couple of years

[@msamars]

Indeed it was rare items

[@daltondavis4093]

If there's one thing to be said about Nintendo collectors it's that they will pay tons for literal garbage. There was an official rubber band that was used during some Nintendo event that sold for more money than a rubber band should sell for. So it's safe to say that, yes it will probably appreciate. But how much? We may never know.

[@DemMedHornene]

I think value is in the eye of the collector. A PNG is as worthless as some splashes of well-placed paint on a canvas. Everything would be worthless if we didn't care about them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@ma99954]

well considering the wii shop shut down not long ago its probably completely worthless right now maybe in 20-30 years itll be a novel thing to have but im sure theres some gamestop warehouse that has 50,000 of those cards in 1 palletized container

[@E579Gaming]

I think the points cards will habve future value in escpially in 20+ years when people will want them as a collectable (I have a bunch so It might be wishful thinking)

[@Heidegaff]

Nice to see FUNKe back at making TF2 related videos.

[@burnstjamp]

+2

[@striderwhiston9897]

wdym

[@guylivinginmaine]

i’ve always thought this

[@franciscomendez8314]

@@striderwhiston9897 it's because they have similar voices

[@groovygrabs6164]

There will never ever be another movement shooter like Titan Fall 2

[@Xenro66]

What I find most interesting about the value of rare items is that it doesn't matter *IF* it's rare, it's that the item only holds value if many people both know of it *and* want it yet can't have it. Like, I could create some random stone carving and it would be absolutely unique in every way, both the composition of the stone, the carving itself, etc... Yet it would never appreciate value because a) no one knows of it, and b) no one wants it.

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

And no one cares about the person who made it

[@MentokTheMindTaker]

But say Elon Musk made the same carving and then died, it would be worth much more

[@brofran]

now if you made a series of those that garnered attention, then maybe people will start to buy. see where i am going with this?

[@kylegonewild]

@@brofran So what you're saying is I need to start carving rocks with algorithmically generated monkey faces on them?

[@paperhat_boi]

@@kylegonewild probably

[@absentcoder4552]

You almost made me respect NFTs until I remembered they’re idling cars printing sudokus.

[@UBvtuber]

@@slurmygunch6010 > asking an emplemon viewer to watch a breadtuber that emp himself has literally made fun of before.

[@slurmygunch6010]

@@UBvtuber damn, sounds like emplemon is a bit lame then. The hell is a breadtuber

[@UBvtuber]

@@slurmygunch6010 He made fun of folding ideas because they literally said "removing dislikes isn't just a good thing: it's a great thing". Also, a breadtuber is a left wing youtube. Or more specifically, a left wing youtuber who makes left wing politics a big part of their identity and channel.

[@slurmygunch6010]

@@UBvtuber Dan Olson was very clearly pointing out that dislikes are easily weaponized by single-minded people, and anyways even if that's a bad take, that's ONE bad take. Like, build opinions off of more than one thing, man. Also, his content isn't mostly left wing, guy barely talks politics. On KZbin, at least. If his Twitter is political, that's not surprising, Twitter has so much politics now.

[@slurmygunch6010]

@@arksiane projecting

[@pleaseno7555]

I’m so confused at how this guy can consistently release bangers with every single video

[@prospec538]

Why

[@non1263]

Yoooo, is that the fabled Alien NFT in your pfp?

[@8ENSON]

still better than nfts

[@Ayuraos]

Agree!

[@Yikes_]

Facts but more expensive

[@saturatedcranium]

23:30

[@kitno6415]

And thats why you are not gonna make it

[@daquan6213]

@@kitno6415 Thanks for saying that

[@GAIUSJAKE]

That painting of the guy showing off his roman coin genuinely gets me to feel the childlike joy he probably felt from having it. And I was never aware of the fact that augustus was intrested in coins.

[@BorntoOrnn]

Broke: Emp makes an interesting video on what collecting is and hwta it means to so many people. Woke: Emp bought a Burning Team Captain and wants to make other people seem dumber for wasting more money on "a bunch of worthless pixels".

[@vivelespatat2670]

Monk: he want to artificially inflate the price of burning team captain to sell it for 2x it's current value

[@dav786]

What are you talking about

[@paperhat_boi]

@@dav786 well did you lost 16000 dollars?

[@NightTimeDay]

Karl Jobst's new video on the current market manipulation of vintage videogames is absolutely essential viewing after this.

[@simanolastname2399]

I watched that video right before!

[@Rick586]

This one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKevd3iebLtkbqM

[@hotmommy]

@@Rick586 that's the one

[@kingbash6466]

This wasn’t the TF2 video I expected Emp to make, but I’m not complaining. This is still great.

[@TheShuckmeister]

Notifications should be classified as a Rare Item and I was lucky enough to get one

[@relentlesschaos835]

Same

[@crossingtheline2189]

I gotta agree

[@crossllc]

I didnt and just got lucky to find it

[@isamu541]

Damn, I didn't get one

[@notrickroll4905]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKTWppiMrtiShpI ... .. ..

[@achiiro]

Fucking love the use of Vince's face for each level of price

[@liammcnicholas918]

“A meme is the fastest way to put an idea in someone’s head”

[@Nintendofan570]

The most desirable item for me is the chess hat that changes with more kills

[@pierrebegley2746]

The original Killsteak item.

[@aSmallGreenDot]

i love how everyone here is just talking about tf2

[@danibnnuy]

that one's worth like 50 dollars iirc

[@TheFerociousWolf]

grandmaster

[@dkskcjfjswwwwwws413]

What about the special variant of heavys table taunt? Or the community, self made, valve, normal items

[@sparks3430]

Its unhealthy how excited i get for every upload you make

[@BotSupportIronValiant]

Ah yes, one of the oldest sayings in the book. One man's trash is another's treasure.

[@rachelthesheep]

One Mann's Trash :^) [Sponsored by Mann Co.'s Saxton Hale]

[@scoutszewc8989]

@@rachelthesheep beat me to it

[@StewHeisenberg]

One man’s trash is another man’s pleasure

[@jon952]

As someone who belongs to a specialized group of collectors, I can say that the sense of community and belonging is stronger than any other group I've belonged to in my life, and I haven't met most of the people I deal with in person. There is unquestionably a degree of tribalism - friends, enemies, legacies, legends - in the micro-cultures of collectors.

[@Teunslang1999]

there wasnt "a" General Lee car, they had like 40 of them. Most of them were wrecked beyond repair after the iconic jumps they did.

[@TheSetherbee]

I think they used like 300+. But yeah, there was more than one. Edit: 321 cars. Source: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y5DCkIqEqLd3kNk

[@KaminariHouse]

As with a lot of movie cars, but you know what Emp means.

[@-Raylight]

"This is rare items" "Dear GOD" *"There's more"* *_"NO"_*

[@pieynot9084]

"I have done nothing but teleport bread for 3 days."

[@ori4186]

I have done nothing but unbox crates for 3 days

[@bocodamondo]

this does make me wonder if there ever was a planned artificial scarcity scheme to make something look appealing to collectors and therefor make its name in that community

[@benjamindang5384]

that’s…how every collector’s item works? Things are only ever produced in limited quantities, digital or otherwise, and the entire point of NFTs (however stupid) is that anything can be a collector’s item if you only make 1 of it.

[@anoninunen]

I submit for consideration: Games Workshop

[@sid6645]

Thats how the majority of the digital collector items took off lul

[@ssjjshawn]

Diamonds

[@OrionsVantage]

Actually yes. Although outdated now, one of the most expensive baseball cards of the 90's was the 1989 Ken Griffey Jr Rookie card from a fledgling company named Upper Deck. It was printed as card #1 in Upper Deck's first full run of cards in 1989, before Griffey Jr even took the field in the MLB. This card was touted as an almost guaranteed get rich quick investment. If you could pull UD's 1989 #1 you were going to make your money back, 10-100x in just a few years. Added upgrades in quality in card stock, packaging and photo resolution, Upper Deck created a monster that changed the industry. The problem? Even though it was highly coveted in the collectable industry, it wasn't really all that scarce. A whopping 90k KG Jr 89 Upper Deck rookies have been graded, over double the next most valuable card from that set, the Randy Johnson rookie. The card was estimated to be printed 1 million times in its first run alone, and was reprinted when the second half of the set was printed later that year. Additionally it was involved in 2 runs of the complete set boxes printed. Its also rumored that 500 count boxes were being shopped around at trade shows, purely to bank on the fact that the general public believed this highly coveted card would be rare and increase in value over the years. It is very likely that the 1989 Upper Deck KG Jr Rookie card was the most printed card by Upper Deck that year.

[@trilobiteterror8015]

As a fairly serious collector of various antiques and collectibles (who has been collecting for decades), great video! I see some confusion in the comments, value of a collectible (like anything) all comes down to supply AND demand. Something can be rare/one of a kind but be worth very little because there is not much demand for it (for instance, a piece of art I made in high school). Alternatively, Something can have high demand but have high enough supply that the demand is reached and is thus not worth much (such as water).

[@ElecWaff]

I love the mention of “the assasination of Julius ceasar” is accompanied by god damn sans’s theme of all things

[@smurfadoodlethewise4584]

* you too, kid?

[@npc6817]

Brother killer?

[@winah]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1260">21:00</a> "Should my wife get half my CS skins in the divorce?" LMAOOOOO

[@georgeliquor1236]

Redditors man...

[@benwatt7179]

when your cs inv is worth over a million you start to wonder

[@seronymus]

Reddit Moment

[@lolxdlolmfaololxdd8879]

both NFTs and virtual items may just be pixels but for a NFT you can literally just click “save as” while a virtual item is impossible to obtain that easily

[@gengegaming5467]

Also for most nft sites, when you purchase the nft you're not purchasing the copyright, just the right to say "I paid for this", so the original artist could still copyright strike you if you decided to use it in marketing

[@aespair]

What's more valuable, an original Picasso or a JPEG of a Picasso? The original, obviously. It has value because you know Picasso himself painted on that very canvas. That is essentially what an NFT is. It uses encrypted code and is stored on a blockchain much like a Bitcoin is, only an NFT is not currency. Its code allows someone to verify that the NFT is, in fact, the original piece of digital art, and thus it holds value. NFTs also don't have to be 2D images. They can be 3D models. Imagine a CS:GO where all of the skins were NFTs made by users. They would hold stories of their own much like rare stamps. A rare skin once used by an eSports player would have much more value despite being identical to the other skins that look exactly like it. Hopefully that explains things a little better.

[@erdalguclu]

@@aespair Just use a PNG instead

[@WoodChoppa911]

@@aespair NFTs are like a signature for a digital asset, usually a picture, but is also an asset that could be traded. The valuable thing about NFTs is not because it's the original content of the artist but instead more for collection or an investment. Picasso is a well renowned artist from history, there is internal value to the art, and preserving items through history is expensive, considering wars and other conflicts that could've destroyed them; you can't compare NFTs and other digital assets to historical pieces of art or antiquities, .

[@2-Way_Intersection]

yeah, like, with tf2 hats/csgo guns, you actually *own* the hats/guns. you cant just equip a 661 case hardened AK or burning team captain whenever you want. its virtually tangible. nfts are literal jpegs. you can make a case for everything else in this video being worthwhile, but not this.

[@NOlR.]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="22">0:22</a> quite the radical concept there

[@Ducksen]

now i want to collect despite never having cared about collecting anything in my entire life

[@jamesthe27th94]

Duck

[@magnumopiss244]

Cope

[@weeble4749]

Hey uh, got $800 million to spare?

[@johnmendoza7028]

Just collect money

[@nataliaborys1554]

I collected those stickers you find on fruit when I was younger. My best possession of those is one from a banana I received with lunch in primary school and have never found the same fruit brand since

[@linc_inc]

Pricelessness is the amount of money my dad thinks we lose if I leave the door open or light on

[@PA-1000]

Same bro...

[@htoad360]

It adds up. You should remember to shut off the lights.

[@salsamancer]

You'll get it when you start paying bills

[@linc_inc]

@@salsamancer I already do 😔

[@skadoosher7747]

Hearing "we are happy landfill" in an emp vid is so surreal. Its a personal favorite and way under appreciated. Great taste Mr lemon sir.

[@burnstjamp]

Emp's a pretty big Gorillaz fan, based on the number of times he's used 19-2000 in his video soundtracks.

[@aturchomicz821]

Its not the Trash the Planet OST smh🥴

[@42LMS]

he's used it a lot of times

[@uranium54321]

I think he also used an instrumental version of Dirty Harry in at least one of his other videos

[@raretrash9702]

I know I’m late to the party but I love you putting “We are Happy Landfill” in here at the start of the memorabilia section. I never would’ve thought to put that as a background but it really rocks here!

[@TNTMan93]

Dude! You’re #21 on trending!!

[@JonathanGaeta]

Didn’t expect to see a legend here

[@Chu_SunCai]

I used to watch you in 2013

[@pseudoe]

that’s rare

[@MarshalerOfficial]

well bois, Trending is evolving to promote awesome channels

[@Maggerama]

That's the spiral I can get behind.

[@Yeah12831]

I love how this video goes from tf2 history to the way us humans think of our social value so seamlessly. 10/10

[@stopanti-whitepropaganda6650]

me too

[@example5237]

I swear EmpLemon PUTS SO MUCH EFFORT into his content its nuts!

[@EnaTenkiyoGamer]

Nuts like sandy the squirrel.

[@pigsareit]

Thanks for making this video. That part at the end <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1080">18:00</a> onwards has been on my mind the last 3 days, really accurate way of how the world works.

[@flame_warden]

I just rewatched the "There will never ever be another driver like Dale Earnhardt" minutes ago and you dropped this... What a godly perfect timing

[@MichaelTurner856]

Nice

[@declanisgaming2887]

Everyone: “why would you buy an overly expensive in game item?” CSGO players: “money”

[@cooldudemcgee4457]

you mean “to lose as much money as possible”

[@declanisgaming2887]

@@cooldudemcgee4457 and that too

[@HellishSpoon]

money makes more money

[@Extremezotako]

LMAOOOO

[@drakechaston9151]

I like how the description classifies all these groups of items as "worthless" in their own special way.

[@jesustirado5449]

“A hell of a price to pay for a bunch of pixels”, what a way to end the video with a perfect call back to the first rare item mentioned. 10/10 video thank you for your content.

[@Sidges]

Emp's videos are just such an amazing treat. I love how most of his videos have that one quote that sticks with you.

[@zonkedmc]

Yeah notice he said "worthless" too.

[@TKmeh]

I’ve been collecting things for a long time, my dad loves it. He started collecting sports cards years ago and alongside that Pokémon cards and old coins, I’ve collected stuff like books, Pokémon cards, games, and hats both virtual and real. Glad to see someone as dedicated as me to collecting things justify it lol.

[@brumptychipmunksey361]

I've been playing TF2 for half of my life and that intro explained the Mannconomy more than anything I tried to look up.

[@aqlize]

The transition between the diffrent subjects is amazing. I instantly got hooked on the new subject even tho i was completly hooked on the one before. Good job Emp.

[@thesye1014]

I've binged your videos a hundred times but this last round I decided to comment. I've commented on a lot of your posts because they're in themselves artwork. If I had the money I would purchase your videos because they're amazingly informative while being entertaining and relatable in an unreal way. The way you break down culture to its abysmal state has me questioning everything. You make me feel like I'm not just a rat in a maze but at the same time you make me realize I am still a rat in a maze. I love you man and I hope the best for you for and your life. 😅

[@thesye1014]

I appreciate you lol

[@somenobodyaspresident]

I feel so validated knowing I was not alone in my weird childhood obsession of collecting die-cast NASCARs

[@dylanpage4447]

I'm still in that obsession

[@tannermattey]

I’ve gone broke collecting diecasts

[@terribleauthority]

It's not weird at all. I'm serious.

[@owloddity9297]

by far the most expensive and priceless piece of art ever created by humanity, EmpLemon

[@lunarpsychocpg]

When he dies, he should be built a statue or art to commemorate him for future KZbinrs a Century later to show people that there's someone who was passionate about his hobbies.

[@nageorgiou2]

Emp Im glad to see you have grown such a loyal and devoted audience. You deserve it man.

[@sid6645]

He really does. He doesn't even do scummy shit like clickbait.

[@fryBASS]

@@sid6645 I was thinking while watching how many times he could've gone for a "Check out this video I did on this!" Nope. Just quality content. No "Like, Comment, Subscribe, Share!" BS. Emp #1

[@crashthecon5303]

96 Crown Vic

[@nageorgiou2]

@@fryBASS It's how he became big. He actually told people to unsubscribe back in the day because too many people were just not doing anything on his channel.

[@jakedanielsen4512]

Emp video make me feel high; instantly interested and emotionally invested at every fucking turn and phrase. A true master at balancing editing with excitement.

[@5ilverstreak854]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1380">23:00</a> Ah, a man of true culture. Kitty0706 lives on in our hearts

[@endure_the_rain]

wow, I'm surprised someone still remembers him...RIP...

[@JonathanGaeta]

RIP

[@roo2385]

Kitty is in heaven and they have the Heavy Update there, he's in a better place

[@endure_the_rain]

just thinking back on sfms...dasboschitt, air tf2...who's cooking dinner...

[@dcj991]

I miss him

[@thebracc1835]

This is a certified hood classic

[@canerbaykara4591]

How did you even watch it

[@PhantomFelix211164]

I like popping in to see Emp's videos every once in a while, the way his content has evolved over time is something that helps this channel feel unique.

[@LukeAB951]

Man oh man I swear if EmpLemon and Summoning Salt found a way to collab it would be the best thing ever.

[@ScorpioIsland]

Please this. We need to perfect cloning so we can have SS videos more than every two months

[@aidenh.2782]

When researching stuff like this I'm consistently impressed by how many supposedly irrational behaviors are a result of the human brain being effectively stuck in the Pleistocene.

[@mbsb1376]

Any seemingly irrational human behavior is the most rational of all, its a reflection of our instinct. And yes, barring illnesses, I do mean any.

[@enderofbarts]

Rationality stems from necessity. We no longer need those instincts, so their manifestation is irrational. Natural? Maybe.

[@cameron6538]

I wouldn't put undue stock in evo psych, the actual cause is generally an interaction between our physiology and the world we currently find ourselves in - if you could explain this video to any ancient hunter gatherer human they'd think the concept was truly absurd. Dopaminergic innervation is a goal orienteering phenomenon in like every mammal. That fact alone doesn't explain *why* we value what we do currently, just how it's possible that we do value and pursue. Well, some of us do, I can't really wrap my head around collecting, i guess my ancestors must have been agriculturists 😉

[@mollywhoppedsouls_pvp]

@ᴍʀ ꜱᴍɪʟʏ I don't think they know either😉

[@crediblesalamander8056]

@@cameron6538 I completely agree. Most evo psych theories are literally unfalsifiable, unless you somehow travel back in time. It's not science!

[@SMmania123]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1260">21:00</a> props to Lemon for just so casual brushing over that title, I was laughing so hard at that lmao

[@CaptCool88]

ShOuLd My WiFe GeT SoMe Of ThE CsGo SkInS. My god, some people are insane

[@eisgnom7383]

@@CaptCool88 well, it's assets with value. Depending on the divorce, his wife may actually have claim to that.

[@joem1950]

@@eisgnom7383 If they dont know about it, dont tell em..... its honestly not even a question he should be asking.

[@TheRealMattKronik]

@@joem1950 Bet. Like, dude, why're you snitching on yourself?

[@1g.]

@@CaptCool88 when your skin collection is approaching over 100K USD these are very reasonable questions

[@jmanfro1]

I think I'm gonna start collecting EMPLEMON videos, I have a gut feeling these are gonna skyrocket in value.

[@glazestelar]

the way it all circles back to TF2 is so insane. How are you so good at making videos like this? Your skill absolutely breaks my brain

[@angel_of_rust]

TF2 is one of gaming's signature landmarks so it's earned that kind of treatment.

[@PickSurprise]

I like how you used Gran turismo 3 auto dealer music when talking about cars. 👍

[@jey78637]

And mario kart music lol

[@thetutorialhd5927]

4

[@llamathenerd1672]

The people who bought those cars raced at Red Rock Valley in the Gran Turismo All Stars series.

[@andrewrj2123]

Close it’s Gran Turismo 4 arcade mode music

[@rarewhiteape]

I’m pretty sure the music at 19:00 is Gran Turismo music too.

[@rockid7970]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="803">13:23</a> I remember a comic starring Donald Duck, where Scrooge bought that stamp... And Donald found an entire bag of those while stranded on an island, making it almost completely worthless Also, about <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="818">13:38</a>... Chceck out Aureus polonus, it's also an interesting story about first Polish gold coin

[@afrizaldaniswaraali8980]

That's odd, the one i remember was where Donald and his nephews went to British Guiana to find it, into the forest and there was a pyramid(temple?) and met the man made of gold (Eldorado?)

[@stalememe3305]

I keep coming back to this video. I think it's one of my all time favourites you've ever done, and that says a lot considering how good all of your other content is

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

I watched his video games video twice, the second just today. On accident too and I went with it.

[@magnaplated]

Gotta hand it to you Emp, your videos fill such a specific niche that I really have a hard time finding videos like yours anywhere else. It's such quality content. Keep 'em coming, man.

[@maks_____]

From A to Z without missing a beat, fucking unreal writing on this one

[@DragonRagovi]

The way the Super Mario Galaxy music flared up with the reveal of the Mona Lisa at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1064">17:44</a> was very inspiring and such a cool little detail. It's like you really wanted to emphasize just how important the painting truly is, and if that was your intention, you did it very well. 👍

[@bakariscott8486]

hey man i just want to thank you im doing my senor research paper on this topic and you video was a great source and helped me pass.

[@Litepaw]

Plays sans music while talking about the assassination of Julius Caesar in a video about collectible items. This is why I love you Emp.

[@Kasum_ish]

I noticed your comment when the sans music started playing and read "the assassination of Julius Caesar" as Emp was saying it. Damn.

[@wesleyf2446]

@@Kasum_ish that's a new thing KZbin is trying out with putting comments posted at or about around the time you're watching on top

[@titusjames4912]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1156">19:16</a> This video was worth it for the picture of all the legi shields. My god! This is beautiful.

[@fernando47180]

legi shields... that sounds so wrong

[@f4micom]

the STAR_ rap intro took me back to 2014 for a split second wow

[@Aaron-ud8md]

When I was like 13 I unboxed a Flaming Hot Rod, as my first ever crate I've ever opened. Some guy who was probably twenty seen me get it. He eventually convinced me to trade with him for probably like $30 worth of things. Ever since I had realized my mistake my thirst for rare skins has been unquenched.

[@OfficialMaxBox]

instant click, btw anyone wanna buy a shiny rocket launcher? maybe a funky lookin' hat with a funky lookin' effect? edit: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="406">6:46</a> by far my favorite track from Toy Story 2. gosh dang i love your videos, dude

[@ell.....]

verified

[@giantclaw138]

@@ell..... ?

[@samtar2756]

Its lmaobox man!

[@punch4871]

@@ell..... ?

[@marineguy2286]

@@ell..... he’s verified cause he has impersonators, what is the issue?

[@FlamingoRadio_]

Fantastic video! This perfectly explains my love for collecting animation cels. When you own one, it can only be held by you. Physically owning a frame of scenes from Spongebob, Ed Edd n Eddy, Space Ghost, and etc makes me feel like I am in possession of a one of a kind piece of art.

[@SonicHaXD]

Burning team captains owners : You wouldn't get it XD

[@todipodi9479]

Big big chugn

[@EternumTagerMain]

How expensive would KK's Wheelchair be?

[@realhumanbean7915]

Literally

[@jakespacepiratee3740]

This SonicHa guy is a Furry, btw. Avoid him.

[@JawnGG]

I remember having 4 additional steam accounts (so 5 total) to idle in TF2 each week. Then I'd craft the weapon drops into metal and trade them for keys. I managed to unbox 3 unusals in my time with TF2, and I got a lot of games back then from trading. Good times.

[@ScholasticAkuma]

I love how it looped around. Really makes the whole thing more satisfying.

[@michaelisokay390]

Great video! I’ve been collecting World War I Militaria for 4 years and this opened my eyes to the psychology of it. Thanks so much man!

[@yasinmahmudchowdhury1412]

This kind of videos as also considered as a rare gem on KZbin.

[@baccarah7010]

I collect computer keyboards of particular vintage, anywhere between keyboard genesis and the late 90s. I do because its nice to have something this old just on your desk, it gives a sense of personality not really available anymore, there were a huge number of switch types back then so there is bound to be on for you. Also it's one of the few collecting-centered hobbies that allow me to use the things I collect on a daily basis with pretty much no worry.

[@pogobod2128]

i collect rotten cheeseburgers in the dumpster

[@shift431]

Love when you use Gran Turismo 4 ost as background music, brings so many memories

[@starry4471]

Incredible how far EmpLemon and his channel has come. This content is some the best on the whole platform.

[@ladnavar]

Agreed! His videos are like small gems

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I love how this video comes out right when I start collecting Vivillons. That’s almost poetic.

[@bryanmanuelbaes7871]

Same. My urge to collect old books coincided with the video. How strange indeed.

[@SgtFunBun]

i remember watching your YTPs back in the day, and then this shows up in my recommended, very very well done video, emp, im proud of this character arc