Custom profile backgrounds and colors

[asteroid]

Im sure its been suggested thousands of times, but I wish they would add the ability to change your profiles color scheme and add your own background from a image file. I can see why it isn't a thing (Storage and Explicit Backgrounds), but I feel it would still be a pretty cool thing. Thoughts?

[fletch]

引用自 HitmanG：

(Storage and Explicit Backgrounds)

On top of this Steam Background have monetary value (you can trade/buy/sell them).
If they changed it so you can upload your own picture they would make them pointless.

[Fumbles]

There's a plugin for chrome called Steam enhanced, which allows you to change the color scheme of your profile, however it only works for the browser.

[Gwarsbane]

You could have used the search feature to see that people have suggested these and its not going to happen.

[asteroid]

引用自 Gwarsbane：

You could have used the search feature to see that people have suggested these and its not going to happen.

I didn't feel like it. Rather have fresh opinions. And since you took the time to point out the obvious, why don't you take the time to add something more to the conversation other than just it's no going to happen. Why do you think it won't happen?

[asteroid]

引用自 Shalltear Bloodfallen：

There's a plugin for chrome called Steam enhanced, which allows you to change the color scheme of your profile, however it only works for the browser.

I guess for some the chrome extension would work for then. But for me at least, the only time I look at profiles is on the steam client or ingame.

[Gwarsbane]

引用自 HitmanG：

引用自 Gwarsbane：

You could have used the search feature to see that people have suggested these and its not going to happen.

I didn't feel like it. Rather have fresh opinions. And since you took the time to point out the obvious, why don't you take the time to add something more to the conversation other than just it's no going to happen. Why do you think it won't happen?

Didn't feel like it.... you didn't feel like it.... well guess what I didn't feel like rehashing whats been discussed hundreds of times JUST THIS YEAR. It has been brought up that much and shot down that much. If you had bothered to use the search feature you would have discovered all the reasons which again has been discussed to death already. You would have discovered that any "fresh options" have long ago been brought up and thrown away because there are no options for this other then hiring 10,000 people just to go though peoples profiles 24/7.

Also part of it was already mentioned in this thread why it won't happen. If people can put up custom backgrounds whats to stop them from downloading the one they like from another profile on Steam and reuploading it, slightly altered to get past any filters? The steam admins that can remove stuff from peoples profiles are already slow enough as it is, now add on that they will have to start looking for stuff thats slightly altered to get past the filters.

The other part, which has now been repeated lots and lots of times is, abuse. Porn, anime porn, animal, child porn, racist crap, sexist crap, homophobic crap and lots of other stuff that breaks the rules on steam. Again the mods/admins can't keep up with the crap thats uploaded now, allowing custom backgrounds would swamp them.

Even google, who is dedicated to information tech and has hundreds of thousands of people working for them all around the world can't stop crap from getting through their filters, what makes you think a gaming company like valve, with around 400 people total would do better?

Let me guess didn't think of all that did you... no of course you didn't. If you would have bothered to USE THE SEARCH FEATURE you would have discovered this and not made a fool of yourself suggesting that there are "fresh options"

Next time don't be so lazy, search for your idea and instead of making a whole new topic on something thats already been covered either add your voice to an already HUGE thread after you have read it to see if you can actually add anything to the discussion. Which do you think would bring more attention to the ideas. One great big huge thread that the mods can point the steam admins to, or a bunch of little tiny single threads no one replies to because most people miss seeing them.

[JPMcMillen]

引用自 HitmanG：

引用自 Gwarsbane：

You could have used the search feature to see that people have suggested these and its not going to happen.

I didn't feel like it. Rather have fresh opinions. And since you took the time to point out the obvious, why don't you take the time to add something more to the conversation other than just it's no going to happen. Why do you think it won't happen?

It won't happen because Steam support already has to deal with innappropriate avatars and artwork that gets uploaded, they really don't want to have to start dealing with reports for custom backgrounds as well. Background images with nudity, sex, violence, drug use, and things that... well, you know those lists of things they say never to do an image search for? Plenty of that will start showing up. Mostly because there are plenty of people out there that don't have the sense to understand that just because they don't find something offensive, doesn't mean other people will.

[asteroid]

引用自 Gwarsbane：

引用自 HitmanG：

I didn't feel like it. Rather have fresh opinions. And since you took the time to point out the obvious, why don't you take the time to add something more to the conversation other than just it's no going to happen. Why do you think it won't happen?

Didn't feel like it.... you didn't feel like it.... well guess what I didn't feel like rehashing whats been discussed hundreds of times JUST THIS YEAR. It has been brought up that much and shot down that much. If you had bothered to use the search feature you would have discovered all the reasons which again has been discussed to death already. You would have discovered that any "fresh options" have long ago been brought up and thrown away because there are no options for this other then hiring 10,000 people just to go though peoples profiles 24/7.

Also part of it was already mentioned in this thread why it won't happen. If people can put up custom backgrounds whats to stop them from downloading the one they like from another profile on Steam and reuploading it, slightly altered to get past any filters? The steam admins that can remove stuff from peoples profiles are already slow enough as it is, now add on that they will have to start looking for stuff thats slightly altered to get past the filters.

The other part, which has now been repeated lots and lots of times is, abuse. Porn, anime porn, animal, child porn, racist crap, sexist crap, homophobic crap and lots of other stuff that breaks the rules on steam. Again the mods/admins can't keep up with the crap thats uploaded now, allowing custom backgrounds would swamp them.

Even google, who is dedicated to information tech and has hundreds of thousands of people working for them all around the world can't stop crap from getting through their filters, what makes you think a gaming company like valve, with around 400 people total would do better?

Let me guess didn't think of all that did you... no of course you didn't. If you would have bothered to USE THE SEARCH FEATURE you would have discovered this and not made a fool of yourself suggesting that there are "fresh options"

Next time don't be so lazy, search for your idea and instead of making a whole new topic on something thats already been covered either add your voice to an already HUGE thread after you have read it to see if you can actually add anything to the discussion. Which do you think would bring more attention to the ideas. One great big huge thread that the mods can point the steam admins to, or a bunch of little tiny single threads no one replies to because most people miss seeing them.

You make perfectly valid points, which is what I was originally looking for. Instead the first thing you go to is being a smart ass. This was meant as a way to read opinions from people without needing to read through troll comments and useless comments on a thread that has 100+ comments. You seem like a person that always has a stick up there ass. I don't know what I expected from the steam discussions.

[asteroid]

引用自 JPMcMillen：

引用自 HitmanG：

I didn't feel like it. Rather have fresh opinions. And since you took the time to point out the obvious, why don't you take the time to add something more to the conversation other than just it's no going to happen. Why do you think it won't happen?

It won't happen because Steam support already has to deal with innappropriate avatars and artwork that gets uploaded, they really don't want to have to start dealing with reports for custom backgrounds as well. Background images with nudity, sex, violence, drug use, and things that... well, you know those lists of things they say never to do an image search for? Plenty of that will start showing up. Mostly because there are plenty of people out there that don't have the sense to understand that just because they don't find something offensive, doesn't mean other people will.

Really good points. Maybe instead custom profile backgrounds maybe just an option to change your profiles UI color? Also, are the current background images only from games on steam or are there custom submitted one?

[Black Blade]

引用自 HitmanG：

Really good points. Maybe instead custom profile backgrounds maybe just an option to change your profiles UI color? Also, are the current background images only from games on steam or are there custom submitted one?

Only from games, or from events (like holiday or summer sales)

引用自 HitmanG：

You make perfectly valid points, which is what I was originally looking for. Instead the first thing you go to is being a smart ass. This was meant as a way to read opinions from people without needing to read through troll comments and useless comments on a thread that has 100+ comments. You seem like a person that always has a stick up there ass. I don't know what I expected from the steam discussions.

First, i really not recommend to be insulting
Second of all you will have also the same posts coming over and over giving the same points, and for all users that are here more then just once in a while its getting a little tiring seeing the same topics coming up over and over and over, giving the same points that get the same reply and so on
I think with that in mind you may understand why its a little annoying when someone decides to post it again when they are fully aware they can search or read old topics on the matter in place of making a new one, meaning others have to use their power to reply the same reply again when they can answer some freath topics in place of that, but one will hate to leave a topics with no reasons at all as if the community does not care that they do

Also as was said, I am also I big believer that one topic with ideas and the like is better than 100000 topics on the same matter reapting them self over and over again, there is a big advantage in numbers, but if you cut them to small chunks they lose a lot of there power

[JPMcMillen]

引用自 HitmanG：

引用自 JPMcMillen：

It won't happen because Steam support already has to deal with innappropriate avatars and artwork that gets uploaded, they really don't want to have to start dealing with reports for custom backgrounds as well. Background images with nudity, sex, violence, drug use, and things that... well, you know those lists of things they say never to do an image search for? Plenty of that will start showing up. Mostly because there are plenty of people out there that don't have the sense to understand that just because they don't find something offensive, doesn't mean other people will.

Really good points. Maybe instead custom profile backgrounds maybe just an option to change your profiles UI color? Also, are the current background images only from games on steam or are there custom submitted one?

They were submitted as rewards for crafting badges for various games. Whenever you get a complete set of Steam cards for a game and craft a badge from them, you receive a random profile background and emoticon from those available for that game.

If you are looking for a specific background you can try completing sets to get them as a crafting drop, or just buy one from the market. Most backgrounds are cheaper to buy, but some rare (or highly desirable ones) can go for quite a bit so it may be worth the gamble to craft if the cards are cheap enough.

[asteroid]

引用自 Black Blade：

引用自 HitmanG：

Really good points. Maybe instead custom profile backgrounds maybe just an option to change your profiles UI color? Also, are the current background images only from games on steam or are there custom submitted one?

Only from games, or from events (like holiday or summer sales)

引用自 HitmanG：

You make perfectly valid points, which is what I was originally looking for. Instead the first thing you go to is being a smart ass. This was meant as a way to read opinions from people without needing to read through troll comments and useless comments on a thread that has 100+ comments. You seem like a person that always has a stick up there ass. I don't know what I expected from the steam discussions.

First, i really not recommend to be insulting
Second of all you will have also the same posts coming over and over giving the same points, and for all users that are here more then just once in a while its getting a little tiring seeing the same topics coming up over and over and over, giving the same points that get the same reply and so on
I think with that in mind you may understand why its a little annoying when someone decides to post it again when they are fully aware they can search or read old topics on the matter in place of making a new one, meaning others have to use their power to reply the same reply again when they can answer some freath topics in place of that, but one will hate to leave a topics with no reasons at all as if the community does not care that they do

Also as was said, I am also I big believer that one topic with ideas and the like is better than 100000 topics on the same matter reapting them self over and over again, there is a big advantage in numbers, but if you cut them to small chunks they lose a lot of there power

If people are going to be smart and call me a fool, I'm going to insult back. But I'm done replying to him. So since the custom profile backgrounds are not feasible, then how about steam allows users to submit backgrounds for some sort of competition. Maybe every few months a winner or winners get selected and they are put into the market.

[asteroid]

引用自 JPMcMillen：

引用自 HitmanG：

Really good points. Maybe instead custom profile backgrounds maybe just an option to change your profiles UI color? Also, are the current background images only from games on steam or are there custom submitted one?

They were submitted as rewards for crafting badges for various games. Whenever you get a complete set of Steam cards for a game and craft a badge from them, you receive a random profile background and emoticon from those available for that game.

If you are looking for a specific background you can try completing sets to get them as a crafting drop, or just buy one from the market. Most backgrounds are cheaper to buy, but some rare (or highly desirable ones) can go for quite a bit so it may be worth the gamble to craft if the cards are cheap enough.

Thanks for the info. Ill probably just stick to buying them off the narket.

[Black Blade]

引用自 HitmanG：

If people are going to be smart and call me a fool, I'm going to insult back. But I'm done replying to him. So since the custom profile backgrounds are not feasible, then how about steam allows users to submit backgrounds for some sort of competition. Maybe every few months a winner or winners get selected and they are put into the market.

I think that be nice, can work somewhat like the Dota 2 and TF2 Workshop for Steam that users "sub" to items to vote for them to get in
But honestly i think that will take away a lot for games background, as will just have sooo much then that it will become *worthless
As i think that background will look likely better then what they will come up with