I hope you found this information useful. Meaning if you preordered a game or bought it when it first came out, Valve would simply give you a Genuine item the next time you played TF2. Genuines are promotional items given to those who purchased a certain Steam game at a certain time. This is because after the patch, crafting recipees became cheaper, and Valve wanted to reward those that crafted before the update. Vintages are items that were crafted before the Mapatch Meaning if you crafted an weapon or hat before 3/15/11, after the update it was automatically upgraded to Vintage quality. Type in clshowbackpackrarities 1 (without quotes) into the TF2 console this will change the color around different types of items (Vintage, Unusual, Strange, etc.). This is because they are both limited edition items. There just more valuable and have a higher trading value. Vintages will appear as a deep blue text while Genuines will appear as an olive green.īut what do they do you ask? Nothing. This means that they appear before the items name and they will be a certain color.

Have you ever seen a TF2 player with a Vintage or Genuine weapon or hat and wondered here he/she got them, how you can get one, and what they do? I am here to explain that.īoth 'Vintage' and 'Genuine' are item qualities for your TF2 items.

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