Hot dog monopoly.
Who would go crazy collecting a meaningless emote on Steam? This kind of thing really happens to some players with unique hobbies.
Brian Haugh is a seemingly unremarkable Steam player, but click on his account and you may be surprised by his custom message box and the dense hot dog emoji in the item display cabinet.
These “hot dog people” with small feet are one of the “Summer Picnic Special” themed emoticons designed by V agency for summer promotion in 2016, and the product name is “:2016weiner:”. Usually these emoticons are used in player chats, discussion boards, messages, etc., and can also be displayed in the inventory. Players can get these Steam emotes in a variety of ways, or they can be traded on the Steam Community Market.
And those hot dogs in Brian’s showcase are the ones he bought from the community market. Over the past six years, this user has collected more than 2,500 “hot dog people,” and while most of the time an emoji costs less than a few cents, so many: 2016weiner: still cost him $250.
Brian even made a price data change table for “Hot Dog Man.” However, the price changes of: 2016weiner: in the community market are most likely caused by his bulk purchases.
Almost all of these bulk purchases were made to clear out all the inventory that was on sale at the time—Brian would often buy out all the “hot dog people” of the day, unless they were outrageously priced (like someone priced it over $400). On the one hand, it is really unnecessary. On the other hand, considering the default pricing principle of Steam, once you really buy it, the starting price of the market will also increase accordingly the next day, which is very unfavorable for his subsequent purchases. of.
Most people have a hard time understanding why Brian is so crazy about this hot dog. According to an interview with Brian by foreign media Kotaku, this also starts with his pranks in the summer of 2016. Brian used to play Mount & Blade: Napoleonic Wars in a group with friends. For fun, he used this emoji to send harassing messages non-stop, and the team leader asked him to stop using this emoji.
This time Brian and his close friends were not happy, and many people joined the team to “swipe” with this emoji, so that they were finally kicked out of the game group. And this experience of “being cheap” in his youth made him feel more for “Hot Dog People”, so he spent many years collecting expression packs.
Right now, Brian and his “Hot Dog Man” were discovered and reported by the media and netizens, and soon became famous. A situation that was not ideal for him appeared – “:2016weiner:” is inexplicably receiving more With the attention of the players, the number of buyers has risen sharply, and the average price has also increased by dozens of times. Now it is obviously not so easy for him to continue the great cause of “Hot Dog People” collecting all.
An emoji that once sold for as low as 0.04 cents has recently been fired for as high as $4.73 a piece. In the face of the media who promoted the emote and its story to the majority of players, Brian expressed his sincere thanks, “Although your article has increased the price of (emote) fiftyfold, I will not sell (my collection) ,thanks.”
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