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[B]Help Us Pay it Forward[/B]
June 27, 2013 - TF2 Team
Since the Steam Workshop launched in October of 2011, over 1,200 items created by the TF2 and now the DOTA community have been made available for sale. That's added up to a whopping $10 million in royalties paid to item creators.
The thing is, nobody creates a TF2 item in a vacuum. Chances are if you've made something for the Workshop, you've probably gotten some amount of help and feedback from various toolmakers, communities and mentors. A lot of these resources have proven to be immensely valuable to item creators. We'd like to give you a chance to show them just how valuable.
What if we were to tell you that you can now compensate the service providers that've helped you by giving them a percentage of the sales from your in-game item? And then what if we were to notice you walking quickly away from us after we said that? So what if we ran after you and told you hold on, you didn't hear the important part: You'll get to compensate those service providers without any actual money coming out of your own pocket. That's right: The contribution will be made from a set percentage that is redirected from Valve to the service provider, not taken from your royalty.
Starting today, item creators like yourself can leaf through a wide variety of communities, toolmakers and individuals, and decide who most deserves a percentage of your item sales (again, not your percentage). Those who'll benefit are completely up to you—from forums to programs to tutorial writers. You can divide the money between as many or as few benefactors as you'd like.
We've posted the list here, and we realize it's far from comprehensive. So be sure to let us know about other helpful resources we might have missed.
If you already have an item in the Team Fortress 2 Workshop, you can add and set Service Allowances by visiting the page for your item in the Workshop. So get out there and pay it forward like Kevin Spacey did in that movie, Superman Returns, when he gave Superman all that kryptonite, and then Superman paid it forward into space.[/quote]
Facepunch at the top of the list
Woo-yeah.
So when and whom will they add next to the list of awesome people?
It's times like this that I really wish I could model for crap.
[QUOTE=Morgy;41214289]It's times like this that I really wish I could model for crap.[/QUOTE]
Same here, wish I could make icons or texture for shit
[QUOTE=Morgy;41214289]It's times like this that I really wish I could model for crap.[/QUOTE]
I don't want to seem rude, but if you mean that just because there is money involved, you probably wouldn't be very happy. A lot of the people who do modeling do it because they have fun with it, and they just so happened to get paid eventually. So unless you are passionate about it and want to do it for your own happiness. I wouldn't suggest trying to do it just for money.
Looks like the entry bar for getting featured on the user list [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tmfK-xlNn88"]isn't very high[/URL] so hopefully it will encourage people to create better tutorials (and raise it) [img]http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-buddy.gif[/img]
Went ahead and recommended Wallworm to be added to the list because it's a good tool suite.
I'm glad Mnemo is on that list, he helped me out personally years ago and I probably wouldn't have been able to do TF2 mods that early if it wasn't of him.
Valve is so generous. *tears*
Nem's Tools aren't on there, they totally should be
[editline]27th June 2013[/editline]
can't believe they missed that one
What a nice move from valve.
Good on Brad for trying to get community sites some recognition
I mean seriously, we get nothing from Valve
now I can finally get credit for being the ideas guy
right
[I]right[/I]
[QUOTE=geel9;41214994]Good on Brad for trying to get community sites some recognition
I mean seriously, [del]we[/del] [B]scrap.tf[/B] gets nothing from Valve[/QUOTE]
ftfy
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[QUOTE=Insane516;41215382]now I can finally get credit for being the ideas guy
right
[I]right[/I][/QUOTE]
I'm quite sure that if a contributor used your novel idea, they [I]should[/I] write you up as one of the authors of the item
[QUOTE=RandomGamer342;41215386]ftfy[/QUOTE]
valve gives very little support to any community websites
source: I know more community website owners than you do
[QUOTE=geel9;41215402]valve gives very little support to any community websites
source: I know more community website owners than you do[/QUOTE]
This is for persons not directly involved in the creation process of items but have, at some point, been of assistance in some way.
Trading sites have literally zero relevance to this.
[QUOTE=geel9;41215402]valve gives very little support to any community websites
source: I know more community website owners than you do[/QUOTE]
Do all the dozens of (near identical) trades sites need recognition?
That's pretty rad.
[QUOTE=geel9;41215402]valve gives very little support to any community websites
source: I know more community website owners than you do[/QUOTE]
yeah valve made the game y'know
they've done nothing ofc
[QUOTE=Insane516;41215484]yeah valve made the game y'know
they've done nothing ofc[/QUOTE]
That's not at all what I was talking about
I should withhold my enthusiasm when I see 'new blogpost', thought this had to do with an update at first and got hyped.
Still this is pretty cool and is a chance for those who deserve it to get rewarded.
Send me ur money plz
[QUOTE=garry;41215923]Send me ur money plz[/QUOTE]
No, send them to me
Very happy to see Helljumper on the list, I'm sure there wouldn't be nearly as many people modeling for TF2 if it weren't for that guy.
[QUOTE=garry;41215923]Send me ur money plz[/QUOTE]
Isn't getting Rust key beggars to buy gold membership and then post cat pictures in lmao pics giving you enough income this month?
I hear that pogo guy is awesome
Pretty good move of Valve to pay this out of their own pocket.
I mean, technically they would've profited from this if they withheld this feature, right? Or am I missing something aside from general user satisfaction increasing customer loyalty?
[QUOTE=geel9;41215402]valve gives very little support to any community websites
source: I know more community website owners than you do[/QUOTE]
Yes we get it, I rant about it more than you do but this isn't related to the topic on hand so shush.
Nice to see a good few of the helpful members from the community are getting recognised for their modelling work and tutorials, no matter how basic they are.
[QUOTE=geel9;41215402]valve gives very little support to any community websites[/QUOTE]
Don't worry, I'm sure everyone wants to donate their contributor money to a hat banking service because it taught them so much about modeling.
[QUOTE=geel9;41215507]That's not at all what I was talking about[/QUOTE]
oh dear, why on earth are you here to begin with :V
this is like summoning for a massive shitstorm
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