Should I keep my Trading Cards

[ItchCream]

In my steam Inventory I have several Trading Cards (or whatever the're called) and I just realized you can trade them for gems - I have no idea what they do - and I also l also just learned about the Community Market... Basically I'm just suuuuuppeeerrrrrr confused on what to do with all this new information, someone plis teach me the ways of the steam market 🙏🙏🙏

[ItchCream]

Okay, so I kind of get the market, its pretty simple, you buy/trade in game items for cheap $$$. I'm just confused on what gems do.

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https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/358415738192251109/

The gems were for an auction event that ended awhile back, but you can still use those gems and create a booster pack, or put 1000 together to make a sack of gems and sell on market

[ItchCream]

ugh sorry i keep updating this, what do XP and steam badges do, I was just introduced to the community part of steam and im like ITS A WHOLE NEEWWW WORLD

[Ratsak]

http://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards/faq

[ItchCream]

Originally posted by Corgi Named Dog:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/358415738192251109/

The gems were for an auction event that ended awhile back, but you can still use those gems and create a booster pack, or put 1000 together to make a sack of gems and sell on market

Thanks. That cleared up a bit on that... So I'm assuming I should not sell cards for gems?

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Originally posted by NotAUsername:

ugh sorry i keep updating this, what do XP and steam badges do, I was just introduced to the community part of steam and im like ITS A WHOLE NEEWWW WORLD

it's ok, it was confusing for me too

A link to steam XP chart.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=722062281

I got the next part from
EDIT: It's a very old guide, once you get to steam gems you should probably skip it
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=212414540
Every 10 Levels earn 1 Profile Showcase to the max of 16 catagories as listed. Plus you can choose amoung your items what you want to showcase. That allows you plenty of flexibility to "mix it up" at any time on your Profile!
Leveling up also increases max friends by 5 for each level, at level 0 you start at 250, so at level 10 you'll have a max of 300

EDIT: throwing thiings in
When you get started, it takes 100 XP to get to the next level. The amount needed to level up increases every 10 levels, meaning after Steam Level 10 you'll need 200XP per level, after level 20 you'll need 300XP per level, etc.
there's more in that link

Originally posted by NotAUsername:

Originally posted by Corgi Named Dog:

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/358415738192251109/

The gems were for an auction event that ended awhile back, but you can still use those gems and create a booster pack, or put 1000 together to make a sack of gems and sell on market

Thanks. That cleared up a bit on that... So I'm assuming I should not sell cards for gems?

Well the first time you turn a card or something into gems you get a badge, but after that I woudln't do it.

[Ratsak]

Originally posted by NotAUsername:

So I'm assuming I should not sell cards for gems?

Up to you. You can complete your sets, via trading or the community market, then craft badges with them instead. Most of the time, turning cards into gems gives you a very little amount of gems (6-40 ish).

Originally posted by Corgi Named Dog:

Well the first time you turn a card or something into gems you get a badge, but after that I woudln't do it.

Do this. Use a 3 cent item, turn it into gems for the badge.