[TF2] The 10 Stages of Every TF2 Trader

Each and every trader changes as they progress through their trading career Let's break down this change into 10 stages for maximum hilarity.
Oh boy, the first video since being on summer break and it had to be a huge ambitious one. Since a ton of effort went into making this video, I want to give a massive shoutout to everyone who helped me along the way.
Hamaji Neo - For inspiring me and allowing me to steal his idea
Fluxe - For designing the sfm portion of the thumbnail
Dwarfish - For creating the first 5 stage animations
Stuffed - For creating the last 5 stage animations
Literally all my subscribers - For waiting 10 years for another video
Also, join my discord server for all things trading! / discord
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● Hud: Bud Hud
● Twitter: Twitter.com/VirtualTF
● Main Music: KonoSuba: 04. 女神様
● Outro Music: Vexento - Staring At The Lights
● Outro SFM made by Apple / theapplejhon
● SFM Thumbnail made by Fluxe
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● SFM Stage Animations 1-5 made by Dwarfish
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● SFM Stage Animations 6-10 made by Stuffed
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Thanks for watching!

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

Hope everyone enjoyed the video! Since a ton of effort went into making this video, I want to give a massive shoutout to everyone who helped me along the way. Hamaji Neo - For inspiring me and allowing me to steal his idea Fluxe - For designing the sfm portion of the thumbnail Dwarfish - For creating the first 5 stage animations Stuffed - For creating the last 5 stage animations Literally all my subscribers - For waiting 10 years for another video Join my discord server for all things trading! discord.gg/Twb8SKY Follow me on Twitter twitter.com/VirtualTF And for all those asking: I would say I am personally at stage 9. I've been pretty lazy about trading throughout the last year :p

[@RetroMovie6891]

No offense man but your “holier than thou” attitude kinda puts you on the end of the spectrum.

[@todayivegotnotroublesinsight]

TheVirtualEconomist intro song ?

[@ThatChristianMetaIhead]

TheVirtualEconomist dont kill friendlys

[@ferrikone5583]

No one knows where the road goes~ except the VirtualEconomist, who even included branching paths.

[@smugwaifu8684]

TheVirtualEconomist Can you do The 10 Stages Of Every Demo Main please ?

[@morosov8686]

(optinal stage) mommy's credit card

[@thefirelord1711]

That's a fact

[@lolman707]

but theres a type of credit card in turkey for ages 13 and up so..

[@freedom-man]

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[@geckyoskitz]

@@haidcubic fbdnxjtjzn&@.!.ฯ´`]2938 DIRJDNFJRJ4NRNFBCNFNR MK RDODKHFJRJEJD

[@smort7904]

No no no not optional mandatory

[@dappegames8706]

Updated Steps: Stage 1: Buy A Crate Stage 2: Unbox it Stage 3: 100% Chance to get an unusual

[@GewelReal]

Valve outsmarted everyone

[@philippegagne9324]

Too bad people who did this don't have their easy unusuals anymore.

[@dappegames8706]

@@philippegagne9324 they still have them, it's just trade locked in their inventory.

[@philippegagne9324]

kdusbtiek Than I poorly red the patch notes.

[@fishy821]

Stonks

[@uncurablekill]

Stage 11 -losing all of your fortune in a horrible stock market crash

[@thepiggygamer4288]

*jumps out of window of stock market*

[@BloopersINCjr]

NOT STONKS

[@shimahatusi4456]

STONKS

[@snipuhh__enthusiast2736]

You ammount of procedure to stonking is insuficient.

[@koish1864]

Sell Sell!

[@xdude228]

Cheat code: Have a full time job and buy the $200 unusual you wanted instead of spending a year working towards it by trading

[@SexyArty]

Best part is, you can sell your unusuals afterwards. Not only you get your money back, you don't have to spend years grinding those keys. Back in 2012 or 2013 I bough a few unusuals and other high-tier items I liked, played the game for another year, got tired of tf2 altogether, sold all my stuff. Did not lose any money as the result and got to enjoy being a special snowflake for a while.

[@shadder75k46]

Ye but i rather think most of these ppl are doing it for fun.

[@acrispywaffleiron4014]

too complicated

[@frut_jooos]

Well mate, I don't want to waste any money on frickin virtual items

[@PhilCS]

@@acrispywaffleiron4014 XD

[@simplylucid1504]

this man literally spent 30 minutes on a trade server acting like a tryhard with his unremarkable scattergun telecamping friendly engies

[@ekombotok1771]

Tru

[@cralo2569]

you are the crusader, go eliminate him, the impure creature.

[@MetrixGoat]

Cry

[@osijtcrunch8500]

@@MetrixGoat he said this 3 years ago

[@X-fn8ph]

@@osijtcrunch8500that your boyfriend? hope y’all made it past a year lol

[@gamer47e17]

Becoming a tf2 trader sounds depressing.

[@sagieboi1204]

Im currently on stage 5. Only made 2 keys profit so far. (I started with 10 keys)

[@Neptuneend]

Im on stage 3

[@GibusGang]

i have terminal 7 i don't even know what that means

[@undercover942]

Stage 6

[@flowers6901]

I'm between 3 and 4

[@Astro_Guy_1]

"Key are 35 ref" *cries in 55 ref*

[@jackbennett6902]

Cries in inflation

[@0Ploxx]

*Laughs in blatant scams*

[@Zugliss]

I feel like u predicted something in 2020. They are like 55 ref now

[@sahul9000]

when i started trading keys were 2.33 ref haha

[@LowerH250]

ye it inflated x2

[@Yahiamice]

goddamn, having traded from 2013 to 2018 up to a 5k$ backpack, i see myself in every single one of these stages

[@ninaszafranska4625]

Hi.

[@pun5925]

Hi.

[@ninaszafranska4625]

@@pun5925 Hi lol

[@Pleuros]

Hi

[@NettyKetty]

Im still a stage 1 after 4 years, proud owner of a 10$ backpack

[@wired-one]

instructions unclear sold tf2

[@szylaj]

for pure keys?

[@shtuffs]

Did you sell it for 0 dollars

[@Glowdude]

Instructions unclear: Bought Half Life 3

[@stanlee5345]

if you managed to sell tf2 for more than 1 cent you’re a godlike trader

[@aroachyboachy4716]

Level 100 trading

[@MrRussianDollOfficial]

I always found it funny how the actual official way to start a trade grind that is recommended by every trader under the sun is "You have to rip someone off".

[@samulikelo3614]

MrRussianDoll This

[@CreeperBusters1000]

@@Barlakopofai keys are 40, idk why people even still trade anymore, eco is fucko

[@snippy9084]

@@CreeperBusters1000 was thinking of getting back into trading recently but saw the price of keys and shit and started to think otherwise

[@dumptuckk]

Performage Plushfire They used to be like 2.66 ref each... what the fuck happened lol

[@harrycunliffe1914]

@downward spiral That implies that Value will actually update their game

[@plasticballs]

"300 dollars for flies!? What!?" *_Me, post crate depression:_* Those were the good old days.

[@OnionYeeter]

Lol

[@sanderdegroot4891]

11. They quit, and cry about the tf2 update that had 100% unusual drop rate in crates

[@dominantwomenhmu]

nani?

[@colehinson9306]

Was that a thing?

[@tysenx]

Sander De Klein OMG NOOO

[@freedom-man]

YE YE YE YE YE YE YER YE

[@adgVelaepyaety]

Cole Hinson yes and broke the economy

[@Oscar-fx8bj]

"I will get an unusual, no matter the cost!" "$2000 DOLLARS??"

[@sharpwulff1139]

Or "15$?!"

[@littlepenguinasksaboutclim1286]

@@sharpwulff1139 yeah because not all of them cost a lot right i mean some cost $25 i dont care if it ain't a good unusual effect becuz i am not interested on having one EDIT: i am thankful to have you in this world

[@nikkolasbravo1591]

my reaction to unusuals lol

[@littlepenguinasksaboutclim1286]

@@nikkolasbravo1591 lol I'm still alive

[@deus2243]

3$ "insert Lenny-face here"

[@xenuvelo64]

How to trade 101 1. Play the game 2. Earn weapons by playing 3. Smelt into scrap 4.Turn the scrap to reclaimed then refined. 5. Repeat 6. Save for keys 7. Profit

[@suunflourrr2720]

100 years later. Still have no key cuz of inflation.

[@suunflourrr2720]

U are a dumb wit fuck.

[@baroncosmos6545]

I've been trying this since 2017. I've got one refined and two reclaimed. And that's it.

[@thenightjackal8876]

You need to smelt 800 weapons to get one key (I did the math, 44.44*9*2)

[@W33b-Goblin11]

@@baroncosmos6545 what how few weapons do u have? I managed to get 4 refined after playing the game for only 4 months by scrapping weapons

[@boomeronet7888]

Anyone remember "Hey Heavy, what's that cat on your back?" "It's a waste of $60 that's what"

[@johnfitnesspacertestakamat9824]

Da

[@akumu2225]

Da

[@Comboowo]

Da

[@taozi7204]

Da

[@sergejmaksimovic9960]

Da

[@JohnBread69]

I forgot this was before refined dropped to 4 cents

[@deftomnivore215]

Stage 11. Secret stage Literally a god among men, weilding burning flames unusuals in your right hand and prof. killstreak australium weapons in your left. No offer is too high for you own all the keys, Gaben himself cannot compare to the wealth you have aquired withen TF2. You have the power to destroy the economy by deleting high tier unusuals like thanos with the infinity gauntlet snapping the ammount of unusuals in half.

[@astropan2765]

Linkmon99 but in tf2 and not roblox

[@therealbask]

@@astropan2765 lol

[@baconEGGSandHAM1]

My friend told me I was in this video, I watch it and I'm the Heavy who gets obliterated on the Cart while pointing at people with a skull in my hand. I cant think of a better 5 seconds of me to be on KZbin after like 4000 hours of playing TF2 lol.

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

:)

[@yobrethren]

Go play with serious martin, lol. Yesterday after 800hrs of tf2 play i got mine 15 seconds of fame on his video too

[@baconEGGSandHAM1]

It's OK, I dont care if I'm in a video or not, I just like to play the game. :)

[@yobrethren]

Hamek me 2)

[@az12223]

Hamek i got on KZbin and all I see is me in all Chat saying the n Word..

[@zsolthasko377]

I started scrap banking once, huge huge motivation, traded for months non stop and I went from 1 ref in the beggining to 8 keys, then got scammed with an overly inflated skin. F. (Good old 2015-16 tf)

[@sheddingfeathers3622]

8 keys x $2.49 = $19.92. you could have made 8 keys in less than one day working at mcdonalds.

[@icedqq]

@@sheddingfeathers3622also if you bought them at 1.80/2.00

[@JustAlf87]

7 years ago when I first started playing TF2 I was instantly addicted to trading and the game. Years later I had a backpack worth 33,000$. I sold it all and quiet the game after realizing how much of my life and money I was wasting in front of a computer. I just started playing again after about 2 years and just login for a few PUBs ounce a week for fun just for a hour or so at a time. I recommend people who love this game as I do remember one thing that its just a game not your life.

[@Elokocojo]

Good thing you sold it on time.

[@LoDmg1112]

I started with Dr.buddahs scrap 2 unusual in 1 day vid and now after spending 400+ dollars on steam since like 2013 , I've ammassed a backpack of 2 REF!!! Man that scrapbanking works like a charm!

[@breadpackage4400]

Oof

[@MrRedinator_]

Jeezums

[@markuspolicarpio3584]

Sugma^

[@DrinkExchanger]

I don’t know the words you say

[@Samstar369]

You’re funny! As expected of the Overwatch clowns

[@hamajineo]

is that the real Hamaji Neo. Also while everyone is reading this, virtualeconomist is the last person I plan on letting use this idea. DM if you’d like to use the idea but I’m probably going to say no.

[@CheeseInTheOven]

Hamaji Neo Looks like it

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

no

[@MineNAdventurer]

Yes

[@MineNAdventurer]

@TheVirtualEconomist, it obviously is, his voice sounds identical. It can't be you obviously your offline "TheVirtualEconomist is offline right now"

[@marclapin]

nope

[@keters5090]

“They bust a few weapons instead of keys,” *you didn’t have to do me like that bro*

[@chroma2992]

Watching the gameplay was actually so difficult it’s like playing without a frontal lobe it’s like you sometimes decide to touch the mouse and when you do you’re not turning around or looking around but you’re just staring at an obscure spot on a wall while you walk towards it

[@Piper331]

Fr dude this was the first video I saw by him and thought "did this dude just get a lobotomy or something?" until I saw his "Why traders don't play casual" vid

[@NikoFromOneShot]

Unusual gibus should be added

[@thebulletbot3329]

NightcoRe omg, scorching gibus is my dream hat.

[@MineNAdventurer]

No because then people would be confused if they're f2ps or experienced players

[@thebulletbot3329]

NightcoRe if you see an unusual effect, you know they have at least SOME experience. I mean, I still wear the gibus, I like the hat. FYI, I have 900 hours on tf2 now, and I main spy. Pretty good at it too.

[@xara2830]

I mean, galvanized gibus' exist, otherwise the only actual regular unusual gibus is a beams one that was given to a bug finder

[@NikoFromOneShot]

But in mine opinion regular gibus is way better than this piece of Steel

[@socksooyeahthatsme]

9:27 hurt to listen to, imagine maining pyro and unboxing a cloud nine combustible kabuto only to be scammed out of it the next week

[@deftomnivore215]

I got scammed off of an unusual I bought with pure keys from an australium sniper rifle I got from MVM on my first tour, ive managed to get back to the ammount I had before but it took me like half a year to do so.

[@andersonm.3224]

@@deftomnivore215 I'm sorry to hear, I send my genuine empathy

[@zereon]

@@deftomnivore215 sucks to be stupid

[@God-hp2gx]

Lorelock and it sucks for you to be THAT GUY

[@Starkillerscat]

At stage 6 I got scammed, gave up, did commissions and realized that months of effort trading were equivalent to basically 2 weeks of doing commisions. Got my glorious hat again and never touched trading again

[@MiloWildfire]

Valve: Hey so here's a shooter game based on teamwork Players: ok Valve: ...and a ton of overpriced cosmetics Players: **ANGERY** Valve: and also you can sell those cosmetics to each other Players: _stonks time_

[@Christoff070]

Factoids

[@DemoTF2]

dude that gameplay footage was trade server tryhard 101

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

crap

[@DemoTF2]

E X p o s E D

[@DemoTF2]

Jacob M but if they are not fighting already it makes you "that guy" who destroys everything people were doing

[@mohamednagy3442]

ikr , he kept fcking the party and the gameplay was garbage

[@SrQuack-js6sn]

He is just slaughtering them like they try but he just stomps them, crushes them into a fine powder and then shoot the powder at more freindlys and while he's doing that he's talking about tf2 trading on minecraft servers

[@HellishSpoon]

Frankly Trading in tf2 is some thing you can only do if you have alot of time and patients Which most people don't have.

[@Benny8a]

Didn’t know you had to be a successful doctor! XD

[@jasminc.5295]

I don't have a Ph.D though

[@Man_Aslume]

This comment aged like fine wine

[@ray-ov1sd]

love this video I can always rewatch this again and again truly and great video.

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

:)

[@Lolinatorishere]

Unlike anyone with 2 brain cells they don't buy keys Me:buys 3 keys Also me UNBOX EVERYTHING

[@lOjOc1]

@@0bashie I played TF2 since 2011 and made terrible mistakes like transform weapons I had in double in scraps, to craft token to try to gain weapons like the Huo-long heater... I discovered trading in 2015 and was like "OK I'm dumb. But afterall, I don't need unusual to play that game so I won't be trading !" but now... I want to start trading but I don't know where to begin... Is unboxing bad ? How can I get keys for that ? What should I sell and for what ? I don't want to make mistakes as I did before...

[@0bashie]

@@lOjOc1 Basically, don't ever unbox or do contracts, they're proven as a fact to be unprofitable. Buy keys from Marketplace.tf and better consider trading with around 8 keys to buy a cheap unusual as a quicksell on backkpack.tf or elsewhere. Look into making profit, checking the prices of the items offered in backpack.tf. And when offered lower than your price, ask to add more in metal or overpay in unusuals. I did a mistake when trading schadenfreude for the banjo taunt when the difference is .25 keys. I was basically scared for some reason, now I regret this.

[@dakotaraptor5918]

its kind of a sweet end to the trader, they started, got big. and then faded out, somewhere down the line they probably caused someone t have the same idea as they did upon seeing and unusual. thus starting the cycle all over again. its kind of poetic

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

there you go :)

[@nelsonandres9163]

Hell yeah dude I thought I was the only one but looks like I was late to comment. It's beautiful to think about, really. I don't think the trading journey would be as fulfilling if it weren't so short. Ironic

[@bruhtf8443]

I like that actually

[@scottcrooks9223]

Talk about a cycle, i gave everything away to a new trader

[@DontTouchThatPootisBird]

I had 6 keys. I rework my wealth to 81 keys. I get scammed of 70 keys. quit trading again

[@fortress2270]

You’re basically buying hats for metals then selling the hat for metals. Pretty neat

[@Kill3ditGaming]

It was cool looking back at this vid and seeing that the journey of trading is mutual. It was also cool to see you visit some of my favorite old servers.

[@4n0r15]

Man, these TF2 traders are like that one crazy guy from your neighborhood who in order to make some roast chicken for dinner, would steal an egg from his neighbor's fridge and hatch it instead of going to the shop and buying some fresh meat.

[@scarl2t]

3:07 It would be funny if it didn't hurt inside :(

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

We've all been there lol

[@Zero-lr7xf]

I never done that lol. first thing I brought was a key to open a crate xD and got a weapon basically the same thing

[@thebadmedic89]

I think I brought 5 keyless crate and some taunt

[@cringeycookies500]

in my currency atleast tod tickets are much more worth it than mann co keys, so i just bought a ton of them

[@williambarker1705]

I know right

[@karmascamera5275]

And what did we learn, boys? *The Mid-Tiers shall inherit the servers*

[@mateosebastiancampos7475]

*Indeed. 30-80 keys will dominate all*

[@robocob2243]

Russian revolution incoming

[@shrowd5734]

6:20 straight up gonna kill a friendly.

[@alpha_alex7253]

Hes a scout it makes sence

[@StormTeeVee]

Scunt moment

[@TheWeppyHappy]

26-7 Steam: Mmm you want an unusual.. Sure Steam:You get an unusual and you get an unusual !! Steam: EVERYONE GETS AN UNUSUAL

[@pogizsoli6672]

Remember when a key worth 17 ref? Good times bruh..

[@gozmouz491]

Zsolti Pogácsás Try 7

[@somerandomuser6808]

I played when they were 6 ref

[@blarpo7385]

now theyre 42 ref.

[@blarpo7385]

@@thefakbro504 fug you right

[@dumptuckk]

I played when they were 2.66 and less... it was something like 30 keys for buds and then like 30 buds for a meh unusual

[@thegoldengamer5787]

sad how the economy has become quite shit. 4 years ago keys were worth like 10 ref... now its like 30-40 ref lol

[@nyyxursobad]

I know, its changed too much and I really don't understand why its literally impossible to make profit anymore because everyone will try to rip you off and then just not even negotiate.

[@thegoldengamer5787]

@@nyyxursobad yeah, TF2 economy has just gone downhill from when I started playing and trading to now.

[@acardboardbox8424]

Its actualy kinda better to just buy a key from the mann co store....

[@thegoldengamer5787]

@@acardboardbox8424 True. Less effort, cause work ( depending on where you work ) can be easier than grinding up 40+ ref lol

[@danannytp8509]

now it's 48 ref per key

[@muffy7323]

6:12 Cmon, they are just hanging around!

[@HaugeBauge]

Im at the stage where i just realized that you can get just around any unique quality cosmetic for less than 40 cents on backpack tf

[@orkoverend4331]

got on tf2 for the first time in 2 years could not believe how cheap everything is get a unusual for 15 bucks

[@AziSlays]

crate depression was great. Unfortunately I wasn't playing during it so I didn't get shit :/. At least the market is hilariously oversaturated now so I can buy whatever the fuck I want at like a quarter of what it would have been before!

[@Ieu6054]

What unusual misc were affected?

[@dynamic9343]

@@Ieu6054 bruh this discussion was so long ago, just go to backpack and look through items after price checking to find out, make sure that they are easy to sell though.

[@Axoe]

Crispy_Jimmy none, unusual miscs can’t be unboxed since the 2016 scream fortress update

[@failhail9338]

Why am I watching this I don't trade

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

because it's a good video :^)

[@legitnub]

And i'm not even a player.

[@valipower4468]

I dont even have a PC

[@draxxin282]

Valipower same it died

[@apear4892]

i don't even exist how am i watching this and how am i writing this

[@mandragor4253]

Me: *searching on youtube a great unusual effects* Also me: *check community market and the price is 150$* Also me again: *press buy and regrets* And again: *donate unused unusual to youtuber* CYCLE

[@cloud__zero]

don’t buy or sell on the steam community marjet because a) Steam gets a share of the money and b) it’s cheaper on places like marketplace.tf, bazaar.tf, etc

[@PentaromaLMA0]

Well you can make trade when you have premium And you get a rare item drop that IS FUCKING MORE VALUABLE THAN MY HAT WHAT?!?

[@Thereisnogreatersword]

You forgot the optional 11 th stage; transitioning to CS:GO trading

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

CRAP.... That would have been a really good stage 11. I haven't seen as many people do that recently but in the past there were always tons of people who would swap to CSGO trading at the very end.

[@gentlebootman3347]

how do i trade at early stages nowadays? bots and stuff ruin my early trading life xd

[@getplayed5647]

I did that.

[@StuffedSFM]

Awesome video dude! Thanks for letting me work with you :)

[@Spunow]

With current standards of trading and the economy, it took me nearly 2 years to get from absolutely nothing to an unusual.

[@i_drewproductions]

My first Mannco purchase was a map stamp and a summer crate key. i got a cool spy cosmetic and that shiny pirate hat.

[@QueeQuey]

This was extremely close to what happened to me, I didn't get to the last two stages before I cashed out but I got a few hundred keys then cashed out to help fund my PC build so I didn't have to game on my old laptop; I kept ~40 in case I decide to trade again but I'm not sure. I think you have missed a step, and that's reflection. Now that I look back on trading I see that I got in at an extremely lucky time, now it seems almost impossible to make profit in the lower economy due to bots having buy/sell orders for everything except for unusuals therefore why would anyone want to trade with you instead of automatically with a bot that is faster and probably cheaper. Either way, great video and it's nice to see you upload again (it's reminded me that I need to get back to it)!

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

thanks man! I cashed out most of my initial investment to fund my PC too :)

[@QueeQuey]

I paid a guy who made a reddit thread for commissions. I can't find the thread, and I unfriended him on steam after our business was concluded. Sorry man.

[@QueeQuey]

Ok after I wrote that comment, I found out the guy deleted his profile (thus deleting the thread) but I did end up finding his steam profile again, here you go (spaced out for obvious reasons): s teamcommun ity.co m/id/ gorrahYT

[@nemesis5289]

How much are 100 keys to US dollar?

[@opannefrank1986]

Do something with your life, you loser. You're trading virtual hats, FFS!

[@CodyDockerty]

Step 11.) Your account is used by an idiot friend and they either use your kits on bad weapons and delete your unusuals. 11.5) You stake your backpack with Heavy Boxing

[@aidenandre106]

What happened for me is I had no realization with trading, and had a pretty negative connotation upon it, then I (extremely luckily) unboxed a one in 12 unusual hat, then thought that I could probably sell it ( it was for heavy and I rarely play him) and buy something I actually wanted

[@smiledog6248]

When you mentioned rip off people.. I thought of a video idea. That's if you want. Stages of a Scammer?

[@janreiafrica]

3:07 *Truth hurts*

[@JoJo-xp6wr]

I like how you portray Hamaji Neo

[@meloncell]

"Keys are worth 35 refined" :seizure:

[@dazeen9591]

I never got past stage 1. I'd just rather buy the items and actually play the game.

[@sneet8586]

Weapon skins seem like the new trading meta.

[@xPhoenomenon]

Same. Games aren’t supposed to be stressful >:(

[@Reragi]

I'd rather be an invite player rather than have one of the top bps in terms of value tbh

[@z3ddd]

If u do it right u can make tons of profit and buy lots of aussies or unusuals

[@Grummbbles]

This vid was 100% accurate im not sure about the later stages as i got scammed at 21 keys but everything else was spot on especially when he said "you will rewatch trading series" i have rewatched all of them like 5 times over lol

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

:)

[@draxxin282]

TheVirtualEconomist I just buy unusuals with money. 180$ BP. Evryone is a bot, or an scammer.

[@tobsmonster2]

Mediocre Max Never bothered with those trade videos. Just hanging out in trade servers, scanning Tf2outpost and bp.tf seemed like the way to go. Took me a year to go from a nuts and bolts hermes to a burning crones dome (back when those were worth around 6k$ ).

[@darraghsoldfilmproductions7019]

I lost all my hats and taunts because my brother took my account and went on a trading server and traded all my stuff for nothing (BTW my brother is older so he did it on purpose)

[@space2878]

I thought this was by hamajii neo for a second. Amazing job

[@18ratsinatrenchcoat79]

5 years later, "keys are worth up to 35 refined" pain, suffering even

[@maximilienrobespierre7927]

Once I wanted an unusual. But then I realized how easy it is to lead the enemy team into a false sense of security by just wearing a Gibus.

[@CheeseInTheOven]

How to get unusuals without going through the trade game: 1. Buy the unusual hat on the steam community market

[@MineNAdventurer]

How to lose money by buying unusuals 1) Buy the unusual hat on the steam community market

[@PsychoKern]

Mine N Adventurer _The Aegis Boy_ By trading you lose a fuck ton of time you can't get back while when you lose money you can just go to work abd make some more.....Buy 1 or 2 cheaper unusuals and be happy xD

[@BA7ARO]

Marketplace.tf

[@ViolosD2I]

Considering all the money you could make working even a simple job rather than grinding on trade servers even paying too much would probably be a better deal for most.

[@nataliaborys1554]

I would be very happy if I even got a cheap unusual, therefore I agree with your strategy

[@TeleTrenta]

stage 11. the great depression after the 100% unusuals

[@HexityYT]

5:45 look at the scouts shotgun he reloads in sync with the song

[@ghostyosty1619]

4 years of trading for myself. I had finally gotten a good unusual and retired. 4 Y E A R S

[@dannuman6510]

I traded for about a year. I started when I got a green flames demo afro. I worked up to about a 300 key backpack then just sold everything expect nostalgia hats and bought some friends games for Christmas

[@Brandon-ff1yo]

12:30 PFFFFFTTT who needs a life when i can just spend 20 hours a day trading :P

[@francisfoldnem5124]

I remember I was on the nova server or whatever it was called when buddha was doing that little did I know his video would be an entire meme 😭

[@GabeTheGrump]

I remember when keys cost 15-20 REF and Bill's hat and earbuds were all the rage now I come back to tf2 almost 5 years later I almost spit out my drink seeing they're up to 60+ ref for one key.

[@smith4092]

This really did describe my tf2 experience

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

:)

[@ilikeoranges1408]

Me when I first saw an unusual : OMG who is that godlike figure I will never be like him or get an unusual Me now after get an unusual : This things suck

[@RetroHawk206]

Yeah

[@paper2941]

It’s actually interesting that tf2 has its own economy and trading

[@peika8324]

Ahh unusual haven’t had mine in years, I miss it very much. But it help me as a person grown, thank you

[@ChaozDesignz]

Having gone through all of this (except the trade tutorials part) I can safely say something like this brings up some nostalgia, and it really warms my heart. I was a trader on and off (cashed out 4-5 times now), and it's great how spot-on this whole video was. Even though things have changed for better or worse since I started trading it's amazing to see how it's changed over the course of 7 years, and that the experience is always similar even for those with years apart. Good content, keep it up! :>

[@slidwitch4124]

6:20 Congratulations! You kill friendlies.

[@zuzka9061]

Congratulations! You are a fucking idiot

[@spoonsalsa732]

Congratulations! You don't know how to play the game.

[@theinternetpolice2078]

@@spoonsalsa732 Congratulations! You think there's a "wrong" way to play the game!

[@spoonsalsa732]

@@theinternetpolice2078 i meant he didn't know how to play the game ... killing friendlies is nice

[@scpfoundation7432]

@@spoonsalsa732 congratulations! You're an arse

[@syouji185]

I literally remember seeing someone with a unusual for the first time but I was too busy with the hud because it was broken.

[@hjonkthegoose7235]

I think a decent way to trade is to buy the really cheap bags which give you a random item from the man co store and trading those, they are always normal items but you can do some pretty nice low their weapon trades

[@Ochrehorns]

>looks right at me and says "somehow these traders wind up with a god tier call class unusual they cant sell." lol

[@ThySirBlue]

Always fear Gibuses ,you never know what they are capable of(or not capable of) [Also, I'm pretty sure I saw you on FirePower, huh]

[@dip3408]

☭

[@djebbs1868]

TheHackia STARS AND STRIPES BEAT HAMMER AND SIKLE LOOK IT UP

[@rocketr8968]

Noice

[@praisesolaire7365]

Unusual +gibus= god

[@agrape2887]

There's 2 types of gibus, new players and God tiers pretending to be new players

[@Shinobu_D21]

I remember back in my day when keys were 2.33Ref and I remember when the rocketjumper first came out and I traded mine for a key. Ah the good ol days.

[@garry_185]

I wish I knew about trading back then. I used to smelt weapons and craft stuff. I probably could have got 9 keys just from smelting

[@pigeonidle541]

Just sounds like a hill where you go up, climax, and cash out on the way down.

[@RandomJD]

Damn Virtual, I remember those times, but yet, I still enjoy TF2, and for some traders, we come back, after buying a sick amount of games that we cash out from tf2, and remember how it's still fun to play. Some come back to play as the normal hat wearing [any class here] player. Really Good video.

[@TheVirtualEconomist]

Glad you enjoyed :)

[@RandomJD]

I enjoyed a lot, thx

[@14_IQ.points]

I got to stage 7 and cashed out. Trading is such a weird and wonderful thing.

[@Wilsonbism]

Same

[@queueuof]

My stages: Stage 1 - Look up prices for everything Stage 2 - Buy expensive items Stage 3 - Sell for double the money Stage 4 - *stonks*

[@W42P]

This video inspired me to start trading, thanks

[@louna4341]

U explained my 3 years of trading in this vid XD. Exept stage 10, im currently on my set loadouts and i already cashed out unusuals i didnt use in my loadouts.

[@AuthenticRick]

This is literally me, went through all the stages

[@stanleyauyeung9928]

i started trading with one tradeable weapon that my friend once gave me. with that weapon, i managed to work my way up to an Upgrade to Premium useable item and after that worked up to getting a Max's severed head and many more :)

[@Jessie_Helms]

I got my dream unusual- the Power Surge Salty Dog. “The” as it’s a 1 of 2 hat and the other owner hasn’t been online in 5 years.

[@stryder_01]

epic

[@jimjellyjinjamjimbo]

I remember getting scammed off my Genuine Officer’s Ushanka for some strange Santa hat I couldn’t even find and to this day I don’t know what I was thinking.

[@MYehia-nf1qd]

I was expecting a part where they learn the power of gambling

[@HAMMERTIMEBB]

Good note about trading. There are tons of God tier effects that are sub 60 keys. Like I remember back when I first did trading in the 2012-2014 half the unusual effects were lame. Only like 4 were memorable for me which are the flames + energy

[@sushieat8734]

Came back to this video after a while, can't imagine keys being 30 ref now

[@jordyn.]

Tour of duty tickets aren’t a ripoff... Edit: I actually was smart when I added $5 to my account to buy keys, because I had watched a video telling what I should buy from the Mann Co Store, anyways, nice video.

[@z1u512]

Switch Stop Fan! Me too

[@konny9510]

I never understand why people dislike your vids. There so good!

[@hamajineo]

some have come from my channel accusing him of copying which, is partially true but I granted him permission. Sorry about that.

[@brad2799]

Frag-A-Lot Because some of his videos which are more-community directed or.... category-wise. And people feel this is kind of directed to them.

[@nemanjabosko1461]

I done from nothing to something and i can relate with this video i got good loadouts and some budget for future trades.And never buy painted or strange pro ks weapons.They are so hard to sell.

[@mushroorn]

This video progressed as slowly as Gekyume's circumcision.