Gold/Australium Weapons are Not Valuable

[☆ 2 Gallons of Semen ☆]

It's literally just decoration, there are more better war paints then a golden knife. Having australiums just make you more vulnerable to people trying to scams. A golden pan isn't even that good looking in the first place, it's just something people want to have so they are viewed as at least a good player.

An australium weapon is just a weapon that's yellow, nothing else. Hell even a Sunriser Scattergun looks better then the Australium version (Plus the Frozen Aurora and the Neo-ween.)

[Murr [DK]]

Originally posted by The Cummaster:

It's literally just decoration,

Hats and Unusuals are Not Valuable
It's literally just decoration

[Ashyrae]

if skins were bought solely to affect how good someone was at the game, many Australium users would *still* be (and are) hot garbage. It's the implied prestige of either having done MvM or otherwise worked up for it that has *social* value. The glow added to killfeed icons is also another differentiator that warpaints do not have, giving people who'd otherwise avoid it a way to further set themselves apart from people who do not own them.

Betcha think that fiat currency has no value, too. Value ends up being determined by availability & demand subsequently assigned to it. Currency (in our case, ref/keys/etc) just ends up being an abstraction of real-world money.

Just because something has no value to you does not mean it is not valuable. Your priorities are simply different.

[Burks]

Originally posted by Ashyrae:

if skins were bought solely to affect how good someone was at the game, many Australium users would *still* be (and are) hot garbage. It's the implied prestige of either having done MvM or otherwise worked up for it that has *social* value. The glow added to killfeed icons is also another differentiator that warpaints do not have, giving people who'd otherwise avoid it a way to further set themselves apart from people who do not own them.

Betcha think that fiat currency has no value, too. Value ends up being determined by availability & demand subsequently assigned to it. Currency (in our case, ref/keys/etc) just ends up being an abstraction of real-world money.

Just because something has no value to you does not mean it is not valuable. Your priorities are simply different.

I fully agree because I have australiums and I'm still hot garbage

[Cbp846]

Bro every hat in the game is the same way it just has to do with rarity
it takes getting really lucky and a lot of MvM tours (tours are $3 minimum) to get an aussie

[Bandit]

if they arent valuable then how are they worth more than most skins? did you skip economics

[jungus]

I like Australiums

[Frostlander]

Originally posted by The Cummaster:

It's literally just decoration, there are more better war paints then a golden knife. Having australiums just make you more vulnerable to people trying to scams. A golden pan isn't even that good looking in the first place, it's just something people want to have so they are viewed as at least a good player.

An australium weapon is just a weapon that's yellow, nothing else. Hell even a Sunriser Scattergun looks better then the Australium version (Plus the Frozen Aurora and the Neo-ween.)

"Festivizers and Festivied Weapons aren't valuable,
they're just cosmetics."

[Sound]

Only a couple skins are reflective at all, and when they are it’s usually a small amount of the weapon. Aussies are special because they are fully reflective and look unique as a result.

They also always come in strange so you’ll be set in comparison to spending more on a strange version of a skin.

And also they are pretty liquid because bots buy/sell at similar amounts, so they can almost be used as currency sometimes.

[Marteun]

Originally posted by jungus:

I like Australiums

me too

[KOJAKK]

You’re missing the whole point. A majority of their value comes from their rarity. But it also looks great on some weapons making it even more expensive plus it’s shinyyyyyyyyyy

[ktulu84]

Originally posted by KOJAKK:

You’re missing the whole point. A majority of their value comes from their rarity

^

[kakseao]

Originally posted by psilocybe:

Yeah skins and warpaints are better aussies are overrated

stranges?

[KOJAKK]

Originally posted by HoonNZ:

Originally posted by psilocybe:

Yeah skins and warpaints are better aussies are overrated

stranges?

Strange warpaints exist

[kakseao]

Originally posted by KOJAKK:

Originally posted by HoonNZ:

stranges?

Strange warpaints exist

wut

[IRS]

dont care didnt ask i want an aussie because they look cool