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Apthen

Hey folks,

quick question about card drops :-)

  • When I idle a game that still drops cards, can I play a game where I got all cards already (like CSGO) meanwhile?
  • And if yes, is it important that it says "currently in game card game" when looking at my profile, or can I officially play another game and get the card drops the stealth way?

I'm still quite new to the card junkies business, so any answer would help me a lot :-)

Thanks
~ Apthen

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Ragecry

When I idle a game that still drops cards, can I play a game where I got all cards already (like CSGO) meanwhile?

You can, but beware, you can get VAC'd

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Sewaz

Only if he uses an external software.

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Ragecry

Like steam idle master?

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Sewaz

Yup. He never said he is using SAM or Idle master, so no risk of getting VAC banned.

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Ragecry

I see I see, how do you idle without software? Changing the game ID to the game you want to idle?

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Sewaz

You can install the game, click on "play" and minimize it :)

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Apthen

Not using idle master anyways, thanks :)

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Ragecry

No problem.

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rafaelgomesxyz

So when using Idle Master I can't play any other game?

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Ragecry

You can play, just don't connect to Valve secured servers.

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rafaelgomesxyz

But using Idle Master is okay, right?

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Ragecry

Yep, I use it all the time.

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Nicknames

At first it was possible but now as soon as you open another game you stop getting cards from the idled game (learnt it the hard way)

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Apthen

That's what I were thinking.. I were playing a normal game while idling one other these days, and didn't get a card drop this way (yet)

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talgaby

If you have more than one card-eligible games running at the same time, card drop times increase. Significantly. From 10-15 minutes/drop to over 90-120 minutes/drop at least, and it increases further with each new opened game. This is to make sure people don't get tons of cards with multi-idling in short times. And the reason Idlemaster idles them one at a time.

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