[PSA] The TF2 spreadsheet may not be legitimate

[Jesus_Faction]

This is the same thing that happened with the old spreadsheet. The admins of it manipulated it for their own gain.

http://backpack.tf seems like a nice site, thoough

http://www.reddit.com/r/tf2trade/commen ... dsheet_at/

[The Spanish Inquisition]

backpack.tf seems just as corruptable.

[Plinko]

Any such system is so corruptible, markets need transparency and liquidity to function properly. TF2 item trading has neither.
If Valve wants to have a functioning market (and I'm not sure they *really* do want one), then stuff like this is inevitable.

[ketchuo]

I saw this coming, some of the prices of the items seem a little too high for trading for metal/keyes.

[Jesus_Faction]

backpack.tf seems just as corruptable.

At least that site is done by voting rather than just a few guys setting whatever they like

[Plinko]

But, as pointed out in the reddit, a few people could easily conspire to influence the voting, it would be a touch harder but the same possibility of manipulation is there.

This is the same as InTrade's political markets only easier - if there aren't enough transactions occurring it's easy for someone to manipulate the market.