What could be cooler than actually see the items on a hero as they will be seen in game? Nothing! True, there are veiwer bugs and most likely they'd make it into the workshop view. Some items show specular WAYYYY off from in game, etc... particles, blah blah. I can still see use for in game shots and promos, but this would…
@Remixx Not necessarily. It'll be up to the artist whether they choose to make something awesome or cater to other people. But the information basically shows which region cares about the item (If the information includes positive/negative votes). Knowing which regions give more votes can also vaguely show the consumer…
The combination of the "No" and "Not Interested" isn't a good thing. It may more accurately represent the percentage of users who will actively seek out and buy that item, but it heavily favors the popular heroes. Will a pudge item get less downvotes than a chen item? How will that affect the visibility of the items? How…
The lamest ones are when you're given for example a week to bring out fully designed set for a hero, just so it can heavily flunk and have Valve say ''no'' because it's rushed and not well done. I don't have anything against well established collaboration where there's limit set up for yes's and no's. (if I can put it that…
I don't think there's a question whether or not people want singles. It's just that when you show someone a single these days, the follow-up question is almost always going to be "Where's the set?" Singles apply pressure both ways, too. Making a set with a unique weapon these days can be challenging for certain heroes who…
On top of that, I need to address this issue regarding our Workshop rules and guidelines. The purpose of setting up rules is to keep matters in order and assure we're on the right track in terms of item creation. Submitting lore-breaking hero sets will receive negative feedback from the community for instance. Recently…
I have no data and knowledge about DC hat sells so I will no comment on that. However there is one thing I really got impressed by. I saw some games casted by SUNSfan and he is actually talking a lot about cosmetics. Maybe it does not infuence anyone from us directly here, but I think in general that spreads interest in…
Agree with everything kite mentioned. I prefer how the TF2 community presents the Electric Boogaloo update for one factor: Fan artists. Hats aside, they contributed an entertaining mini comic and a gallery of amazing fan works! Not only Youtube personalities are promoting the update, you can see fan artists on Tumblr…
One very straightforward way to make the Workshop better would be to make Steam faster overall ! I am not sure if that's the case for everybody, but on my end browsing pages (like the current Workshop and Store) through Steam is extremely slow compared to doing the same in Chrome. It's especially obvious compared to Hulu…
I'm just going to drop in something somewhat unrelated but somewhat related here about what my experience has been with the Valve selection process. When you submit an item or a set to Valve as part of a tournament ticket, or a chest, or anything that "forces" Valve to make some kind of statement regarding what's going on,…