Create our own profile backgrounds?YES/NO?

[RADKILLA[420]]

Dont you think you should be able to totally customize your own personal profile background?

[chibilibi]

I see no reason to do so. It takes the fun out of trying to trade/buy your way to the profile background you want. And for Valve, the fact that people can't make their own is a big money-maker for them. The Steam Community Market generates a ton of revenue.

[RADKILLA[420]]

so making money for steam is more important to u than being able to customize your own profile the way you want ?without having to buy something from them?......ru a valve employee with stock shares?i think the option would be nice.after all variety is the spice of life.and the best things in life are free.

[MA☝Omgwtfbbqstfu™]

Originally posted by RADKILLA420:

so making money for steam is more important to u than being able to customize your own profile the way you want ?without having to buy something from them?......ru a valve employee with stock shares?i think the option would be nice.after all variety is the spice of life.

Thats how valve works, you have backgrounds because $$$

Just the truth of the matter.

Option = hentai pr0n galore though....

[chibilibi]

Originally posted by RADKILLA420:

so making money for steam is more important to u than being able to customize your own profile the way you want ?without having to buy something from them?......ru a valve employee with stock shares?

Considering I'm perfectly happy with my current background, I don't see why I'd need to create my own.

Also, when did I say that making money off of the Market is more important than being able to customize a background? Oh right, I never did. I'm saying that on Valve's side there's no reason for it. It would destroy a large source of revenue for them, which, if you're a business, is the worst possible move you could make.

[chibilibi]

Originally posted by MA☝Omgwtfbbqstfu™:

Originally posted by RADKILLA420:

so making money for steam is more important to u than being able to customize your own profile the way you want ?without having to buy something from them?......ru a valve employee with stock shares?i think the option would be nice.after all variety is the spice of life.

Thats how valve works, you have backgrounds because $$$

Just the truth of the matter.

Option = hentai pr0n galore though....

This. It would be heavily abused. I forgot to mention that.

Also, you'd have to have a big server to store all the custom images people would upload rather than including them in the client itself.

[RADKILLA[420]]

your main reason again is $$$ for steam.

[RADKILLA[420]]

oh and team fortress isnt full of hentai?

[Shasow]

Originally posted by FuG chibilibi:

Originally posted by MA☝Omgwtfbbqstfu™:

Thats how valve works, you have backgrounds because $$$

Just the truth of the matter.

Option = hentai pr0n galore though....

This. It would be heavily abused. I forgot to mention that.

Also, you'd have to have a big server to store all the custom images people would upload rather than including them in the client itself.

Just like avatars?

[chibilibi]

Originally posted by RADKILLA420:

and the best things in life are free.

Here's some song lyrics for you:

Originally posted by No Rest for the Wicked by Cage the Elephant:

"Oh no, there ain't no rest for the wicked,
money don't grow on trees,
I got bills to pay, got mouths to feed,
there ain't nothin' in this world for free"

[chibilibi]

Originally posted by Shasow:

Originally posted by FuG chibilibi:

This. It would be heavily abused. I forgot to mention that.

Also, you'd have to have a big server to store all the custom images people would upload rather than including them in the client itself.

Just like avatars?

Yeah, but it would take up more space. Profile backgrounds are generally higher resolution than a profile picture.

[RADKILLA[420]]

all the best things in life are free.some random crappy lyric doesnt prove it wrong.sorry.

[Ailes]

The "it would be abused" things isn't really a valid point. If you argue that way all the billion forums and communities around the world would have to close down because they allow you to use individual art. Valve is a company that wants to make money, not some half-charitable social networking organization. But there are plenty of ways to deal with harmful content. Like moderators, backchecks with some dictionaries or image databases or by allowing "some" customization. I suppose law-wise they could just push all responsibility down to the users. "Valve is not responsible for harmful content created by the community. By accepting our community guidelines you..." or so.

You could probably try to abuse the tagging system too. Or the reviewing. Or all you write and put up here. Where you wanna draw the line?

[RADKILLA[420]]

chibibili.wouldnt they get rid of sprays in steams 2nd most popular game(tf2),if that was the problem?because someone could just report anything abusive or harmfull anyways.do u want to also have to buy a spray?

[chibilibi]

Originally posted by Clarity:

The "it would be abused" things isn't really a valid point. If you argue that way all the billion forums and communities around the world would have to close down because they allow you to use individual art. Valve is a company that wants to make money, not some half-charitable social networking organization. But there are plenty of ways to deal with harmful content. Like moderators, backchecks with some dictionaries or image databases or by allowing "some" customization. I suppose law-wise they could just push all responsibility down to the users. "Valve is not responsible for harmful content created by the community. By accepting our community guidelines you..." or so.

You could probably try to abuse the tagging system too. Or the reviewing. Or all you write and put up here. Where you wanna draw the line?

They wouldn't have to close down; Valve wouldn't even neccessarily have to close down Steam because of abused profile backgrounds, especially if they pushed all responsibility to the users. It just WOULD be abused. That's a fact.

Still, I guess you are right about how it can be combated, especially with moderators. I guess it would work like the current system for reporting posts; you'd just report a profile with a "harmful" or "offensive" background.

Originally posted by RADKILLA420:

all the best things in life are free.some random crappy lyric doesnt prove it wrong.sorry.

Technically, cancerous growths developing in your body are free. Is that one of the best things?

[chibilibi]

Originally posted by RADKILLA420:

chibibili.wouldnt they get rid of sprays in steams 2nd most popular game(tf2),if that was the problem?because someone could just report anything abusive or harmfull anyways.do u want to also have to buy a spray?

4 things:

Sprays in TF2 can be turned off.
Sprays in TF2 are still abused anyway (as stated in my previous post, I was incorrect to say that offensive or harmful content is a reason to not have custom backgrounds).
On some servers in TF2 they ban offensive or harmful sprays and/or sprays are disabled entirely.
You can pay someone to make you a spray.

If it could be turned off (clientside), I suppose custom profile backgrounds would be alright. Still, on Valve's side of things they'd be losing loads of cash, so it's never gonna happen.