How do I find an emoticon in chat?

[BurningCrisis Savage]

how do I fidn an emoticon in chat? Im trying to get the level 2 pillar of the comunity badge.

[BurningCrisis Savage]

Ah I see. is that how you find one for the badge?

[gyaku_zuki]

And there I was thinking I just had to use one in a chat box lol!

[BurningCrisis Savage]

what do you mean gyaku?

[Felix]

Publicado originalmente por gyaku_zuki:

And there I was thinking I just had to use one in a chat box lol!

That is the exact requirement, but it has to be one of the picture emoticons that you get from crafting a badge, such as

[BurningCrisis Savage]

Ah I see.

[Henri Defense]

You have to buy emoticons? o_O

[Valeriaan]

Publicado originalmente por Sneak King:

You have to buy emoticons? o_O

You get an emoticon for creating a badge, which requires a full set of cards. You can find half of each set of cards by playing the respective game, but you'll have to trade for or purchase the other half.

Or, you can buy an emoticon on the market (just like you can buy cards). In both cases, you'll probably have to spend money sooner or later in order to unlock it. Unless you manage to complete the trades with friends.

http://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards/faq

Either way, an emoticon will appear in your inventory. Once it's there, you should be able to use it in the chat window - an "emoticon button" (looking like a smileyface) should appear next to the "send button". If it doesn't appear, you need to go to view - settings - participate in beta and restart the steam client (an update will occur).

After that, the "emoticon button" should appear in the chat window. If you click that button, it will show you a list of available emoticons (in black and white). The emoticon in your inventory should appear there (in colour) but it can take a few minutes for it to appear.

[themartian12345]

once you use an emoticon, is it tied to your account, or can you sell it if you dont like it?

[Chel]

good

[tonyg]

good

[BurningCrisis Savage]

good/

[Jabby]

so it costs money either way unless i get it from a friend? =/

[BurningCrisis Savage]

Publicado originalmente por Jabtangs:

so it costs money either way unless i get it from a friend? =/

Pretty much ya.

[BurningCrisis Savage]

So is there a way to do it without earnign/trading/buying them? Like could I type a certain thing and I get one?

[Felix]

Publicado originalmente por › brothersavage:

So is there a way to do it without earnign/trading/buying them? Like could I type a certain thing and I get one?

No.