bruh.

I'm not posting my picks again; what a joke. At least I'm glad I didn't put Legacy or FaZe in 3:0

one might call it a Big Black Can

Cringe and misogyny? On my politics app?

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Good things that came out of it:
- someone made a few dollarinos off me, good for them;
- during this entire thing, I bought some Recoil cases with a 20% discount on Steam. You lose some, you win some.
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<8
Lessons learned:
- don't trust that "Best Deals" sorting;
- don't believe that skins will remain available while I deposit the funds, especially during such periods of volatility;
- don't panic sell and don't panic buy
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<7
While searching for items with a price that my balance would be divisible by, I came across Antwerp challengers capsules, and I made amistake of relying on DMarket's "Sort by: Best Deals" option without checking the Steam listing price.

In conclusion, I bought the capsules for 300% overpay.
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<6
I checked a few options: some were above the listing price on Steam (Paris), some were below or equal to the price on Steam (Austin), but I wasn't satisfied.
I wanted to use my account balance fully, not leaving a single cent. Some may understand.
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<5
The remaining reds were way higher.
I decided not to throw good money after the bad and just buy some liquid items and leave. The items that seemed reasonable were sticker capsules, souvenir packages, or viewer/operation passes.
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<4
I found a few covert skins, but by the time I deposited the funds, they were gone. I guess it's fair, me adding the items to the cart shouldn't immediately block other users from purchasing the items. But Lord, I wish that were the case.
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<3
I was searching for some reds to craft my own gloves.
For context, I used to own one pair, but I sold it. If I were to craft one myself, this pair would be special.
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<2
When I saw the update come out, I almost immediately took to the Steam community market and to DMarket - a marketplace that I [used to] like, not sponsored or anything haha
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<1
I'd like to share exactly how I lost the money since it wasn't just due to my inventory value falling.
Potentially to prevent someone else from repeating my mistake, but really to vent.
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If I'm reading it right, Phil got falsely accused of being a pedophile and then attacked for using AI. Some users attacking him were using trans flags in their bios, which Phil pointed out.

Happy Birthday Phil!

AND FNATIC WINS!!! Congratulations to fear, KRIMZ, blameF, CYPHER, and jambo; and a special shoutout to the stand-in jackasmo. Well played, and good luck at the major!

Solid list but I just KNOW that Axe would say "Better be red that a f..." casually