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Team Fortress 2 gets $100 in-game engagement ring

Eddie Makuch
By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Valve introduces giftable "Something Special for Someone Special" diamond ring, calls it "basically useless."

Money can't buy love, but it can buy a $100 in-game engagement ring in Team Fortress 2, Valve has announced.

To mark Valentine's Day, the studio has made available a $100 "Something Special for Someone Special" in-game engagement ring. According to Valve, "it's basically useless."

The Engineer finds the diamonds, you buy them.

The Engineer finds the diamonds, you buy them.

After purchasing the ring, players can gift it to whomever they wish. The ring will appear in that person's backpack, and that lucky gamer will be prompted to accept the proposal. When the proposal is accepted, the entire Team Fortress 2 community will receive a message including both person's names and whatever the buyer decided to title the ring.

After that, Valve said the gift becomes two identical diamond bands, which players can don as they play Team Fortress 2. The ring is untradeable, and Valve did not say what would happen if the proposal was rejected.

Eddie Makuch
By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He lives in Connecticut, works out of the company's New York City office, and loves extra chunky peanut butter.

160 Comments

  • mattman127

    Posted Mar 1, 2012 3:03 pm GMT

    trolololololol

  • Sevenizz

    Posted Mar 1, 2012 12:46 am GMT

    I didn't even know there was that big of a community still playing this game. 5 year old shooter? I found it medeocre and gave up after like 2 weeks, years ago. If this story is true, good for Valve - some people just have too much money. Blizzard has had useless vanity items in game for years now - I imagine they've made millions off them.

  • megakick

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 7:33 pm GMT

    Fake? What happens if the person says no? April Fools Leaked?

  • Warlord_Irochi

    Posted Feb 28, 2012 3:43 am GMT

    First thing that came to mi mind was "whoever pays for this actually deserves to pay for it"

  • Ultimate39

    Posted Feb 27, 2012 12:27 pm GMT

    @dRuGGeRnaUt I think its partly a spoof of this once Free-to-Play racing game I saw (NFS?) where the developers said they added a 100$ car, and they were completely serious about the price.

  • Chrono_Shift

    Posted Feb 26, 2012 11:27 pm GMT

    It's tempting...
    I mean come on, wouldn't it be hilarious to be able to say you've been a part of this? Let alone in a game where it happens? How the hell would everyone react(I picture confetti flying everywhere, everyone just stops what they're doing and they start jumping while spinning shouting obligatory congrats phrases...this needs to be on Youtube)?

  • caffiend7

    Posted Feb 26, 2012 4:01 pm GMT

    welp time to make a new tf2 meme. instead of hats it'll be rings

  • dRuGGeRnaUt

    Posted Feb 26, 2012 12:04 pm GMT

    Any other company did this, it would be blasphemous, but blizzard/valve do it, and its "oh valve you hopeless romantic". I think its fine they sell things like this, dont like it dont buy it, but to come up with justifications why its okay that VALVE does this is ignorant. Blizz/valve have the most extremely dedicated defensive fanbase, and usually are incapable of admiting even the slightest faults.

  • Verenti

    Posted Feb 26, 2012 9:07 am GMT

    Geeze. Valve gives an interesting way to propose to your girlfriend, Gamespot community poo-poos it because it doesn't give enough ingame benefit and/or is too expensive. How does everyone here feel about paying someone to write your proposal in the sky or other silly gestures?

  • fabz_95 Site Greeter

    Posted Feb 26, 2012 1:34 am GMT

    Haha wow, I bet some people will buy this.

  • supertom221

    Posted Feb 25, 2012 8:31 am GMT

    I can't believe people are taknig this seriously.... Even the dumba$$es calling this a milking by Valve.... are you guys mentally challenged??

    THIS IS A JOKE. A jest Valve made for Valentine's Day. They even wrote in it's description--- BASICALLY USELESS.

    Any moron who takes this seriously should probably steer clear of TF2, or any Valve game for that matter, and anyone who is stupid enough to buy this is either a major love sicknerd or is just an idiot, and deserves to have that money taken away from him.

    Well played, Valve, well played....

  • Sgthombre

    Posted Feb 24, 2012 4:07 pm GMT

    Uh, why?

  • Nzilla

    Posted Feb 24, 2012 2:55 pm GMT

    wow, trying to milk money out of lovesick nerds. shame on you valve... shame...

  • RapidFirE53211

    Posted Feb 23, 2012 5:38 pm GMT

    Ffs please just use the money to buy a real ring....

  • GBASWFan

    Posted Feb 23, 2012 5:29 pm GMT

    What would suck is if she said no because you are a money wasting dumb@$$. *frowny face*

  • Ghetto_ninja

    Posted Feb 23, 2012 12:27 pm GMT

    I'm waiting for DLC cars to sale for retail price.

  • klgisme2

    Posted Feb 22, 2012 10:29 am GMT

    does p.t barnum's ghost run valve cause this proves theres a sucker born every minute

  • mtait01

    Posted Feb 21, 2012 10:52 pm GMT

    marry me Valve

  • Lincvattic

    Posted Feb 21, 2012 8:17 pm GMT

    this is so ironic. Valve is like the hipster of gaming devs.

  • Omega_Zero69

    Posted Feb 21, 2012 3:09 pm GMT

    just ridiculous

  • nedrith

    Posted Feb 21, 2012 11:32 am GMT

    Unless your girlfriend is that much into gaming and you really want to marry her, $100 on a fricken valentine's gift for something that can be used only in a single game......get her something better for that amount of money. though if you are spending $100 in a in-game engagement ring hate to see how much you are spending on the real one.

  • Driscoal

    Posted Feb 20, 2012 7:48 am GMT

    "it's basically useless"

    Oh, Valve, you hopeless romantic fool, you...

  • akdiuuuryttt

    Posted Feb 19, 2012 12:49 pm GMT

    in a few months i bet valve will reward the ppl who bought these and make it tradeable and it will end up be worth more then 100$

  • brendanhunt1

    Posted Feb 17, 2012 12:40 pm GMT

    I dont need to buy this.
    *forever alone*

  • Gravity_Slave

    Posted Feb 17, 2012 6:14 am GMT

    well thats sweet, considering the multitude of female gamers playing TF2...definitely useless alright...

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Feb 17, 2012 2:24 am GMT

    @Suikogaiden
    Well, you will have the answers you want when someone else tells you that are being stupid for doing what you think would definitely make your loved one happy then.

  • Suikogaiden

    Posted Feb 17, 2012 1:23 am GMT

    @Gelugon_baat
    No I considered it, then I thought finding one such person that dumb would be hard, finding two who are in a relationship would be impossible. If people want to buy it fine by me, but its still stupid. Whats entertaining about being a fool who pays 100$ for something even the seller calls useless? If being ripped off amuses you then yes, you are stupid. You say you would be critical over this gift but its not stupid, so what it is then? You mean youd just think its stupid but not say it.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 9:44 pm GMT

    @Suikogaiden
    I am not refuting that if one of the pair doesn't seem to have put thought into the gift and had upset the other, that one would have been a fool aplenty.

    But you are not considering that both may be much entertained by such an outrageous virtual gift.

    In this case, I, as an outsider, wouldn't be calling either stupid - it's their money and their own tryst.

  • Suikogaiden

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 7:51 pm GMT

    @Gelugon_baat
    Spending 100$ on a digital ring deserves scorn and insult, even thinking about does, you arent getting any love form you GF or BF by throwing away 100$ on that, more likely he/she would think youre out of your mind. This is just expressing your stupidity. Yeah its the thought that counts, ok, but only if you acually put some thought into it first, such as thinking of what he/she might acually want.

  • RaddaRaddaRadda

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 7:07 pm GMT

    I'm gonna buy two just to flaunt my wealth.

    It's good to have land.

  • Gelugon_baat

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 6:51 pm GMT

    @Suikogaiden
    Hey, I am not going to refute that Valve is being like so many other product-makers that had exploited sentiments of love for profit - actual jewellery-makers included.

    But to lovers, the sentiment of a gift is more important than the gift itself, whatever it is and regardless of how expensive it is. While I personally would be critical over the choice of gift, I wouldn't be pouring scorn and insulting whoever appropriated the gift just to express love.

    That is what you did.

  • beuneus12

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 4:18 pm GMT

    ahahahahahahaha

  • thedemon44

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 2:35 pm GMT

    Don't buy it if you don't want it.

  • kris9031998

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 1:17 pm GMT

    @decebal Thats because they KNOW its worthless, thats the point. Its not like they flaunt it to be an actually USEFUL item. They even say its useless. its for sentimental value only, and couples who both play tf2 might get it anyway.

  • decebal

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 11:27 am GMT

    When EA added a $75 super car that you can actually use, everybody ate them for breakfast. $100 ring it's all great, because it's Valve, and we should all suck up to them.

  • dav2693

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 11:22 am GMT

    @Gelugon_baat
    "Activision and EA won't tell the potential customer that they are wasting their money with a purchase."

    haha true.

  • RIIIIKU

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 11:17 am GMT

    ....the Ultimate Rip-Off.....but i dont know why that made me Love Valve even More

  • Shadowsnake

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 10:36 am GMT

    While it does seem an bit stupid to add a useless Engagement Ring the Unusual Hats go for quite a bit more than $100 sometimes and people still buy them they don't seem to care if its a virtual hat. I hear the next update will release a $200 virtual C**kring. Non-tradable of course. =P

  • npkgardens

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 8:47 am GMT

    There are people that need new ways to dispose of their excess money, and Valve is willing to accommodate them. Why not? As long as the game is making money, it will survive.

    It is hard not to be a little peeved by this if you are scraping to make ends meet, but those folks need to dispose of that $100 somewhere, and perhaps it's better for us that they do so in TF2 than a real jewelers shop. This is the world we actually live in, like it or not. "Fairness" only exists in games and fairy tales.

    Now Valve needs to escalate this strategy, IMO. How about a $10,000 necktie, or a $100,000 pair of sunglasses? That could go a long way toward keeping servers up and running for a while. Heck, throw down $1,000,000 and they can make an island and name it after you.

  • 100proofsoco

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 8:11 am GMT

    Believe it or not, there is someone somewhere that wants this. Guaranteed.

  • SicklySunStorm

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 8:07 am GMT

    Valve are hilarious.

    Can I buy one of these and marry GlaDos please?

  • adam270391

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 7:26 am GMT

    The last game I played that added a $100 cash-shop item started an irl protest (albeit small) outside the company's European office, the game shut down about 2 months later due to lack of profits.

  • valium88

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 7:25 am GMT

    lol?

  • starduke

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 7:25 am GMT

    $100...FOR A DIGITAL RING?! You have got to be kidding me. At least Valve admits it's "Basically Useless".

  • mutley89

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 7:13 am GMT

    Is this a joke? people who buy this don't deserve to have money.

  • Masoodahmedkk

    Posted Feb 16, 2012 6:18 am GMT

    I calmed down when I saw the part where it said "basically useless". Valve is great.

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