[abyss22]

Most of the time, if there are keys bought, it's only in order to trade that for refined metal. And if the key, say, is sold to another trader for 2 refined, that trader will then attempt to sell that key for 2.33 ref, making 1 rec of profit. But where I'm going with this is that nobody actually unboxes. Only people not interested in profit unbox, making it rare so very rarely do I see people even unbox the keys they have. In fact, I'm pretty sure keys are just traded down until they find someone who doesn't care about profit and wants to open it. And so you have to count on that little man to unbox a new unusual that can be added to the mix, otherwise it's the same unusuals and the same money in circulation.

and the vultures refresh databases constantly looking for those people who unbox to get the unusuals from them for NV hats and weapons and then add that unusual to the market.

the problem is, very few people who get unusuals actually care about them and just want profit even if that profit is only a few refined.

I would rather have an unusual i like then a bunch of promo's i can use to hopefully get something better. that said, i actually play the game and like a hat with a particle effect versus 10 earbuds sitting around doing nothing.