i had the same problem, but thank you for your patience Faron8.
So to prevent answering the same questions over and over all the time,
it might be a good idea to make a guide, and sticky it.
How to spot duped items?
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So to prevent answering the same questions over and over all the time,
it might be a good idea to make a guide, and sticky it.
Once the hat gets duped there's no more "original" one and "duped" one since they share the same ID.
I could probably put something together at some point. The problem is that Valve's trade API is difficult to work with, and since trades between private backpacks are impossible to track (which is where a lot of dupes happen), it makes it difficult to tell with 100% certainty what is or is not an actual duped item.
For instance, the Max Head I was looking at with Zombie had a very recent creation date (which is obviously a dupe), however TF2Items doesn't seem to link it to any items with the same original ID. This leads me to believe that maybe a new dupe bug exists, which creates a new original ID (which will make tracking many dupes near impossible), or perhaps Valve has changed their process when they restore items, and they make restored items with a new original ID (which is also problematic, as this means that it's even harder to track duped hats).
The bottom line is that I could write out an incredibly detailed guide for spotting duped items, and it could go obsolete within days, since Valve is constantly changing their own processes for dupes, and since the trade API is so wishy-washy.
Derpingson
Totally Ordinary Human
Ohhh! Now everything makes so much more sense. I think me and Zombie had thought that when an item was duped, there was a original and duped version of it.. thus the continuous barrage of questions. Thanks!
Derpingson
Totally Ordinary Human
Heh yeah xD Heres how I thought duping worked. Pokemon style.
> Wild ditto appeared!
> Go.. Magikarp?
> Ditto used Shapeshift/Transform/Whatever Its Called!
At this point, I would see the Magikarp as the original and the ditto as a dupe. But in reality, both of them are now dupes.
Yes, and since they share the same original id, they share the same item history too, not like one only exist since it was duped...
Karticialz
Scarcely Lethal Noob
Hi can I ask you if my item is duped? Because I'm kinda worried now. The orgin says found in crate but then the history says "This item potentially still exists. Check the user's backpack to verify." Heres the link:http://www.tf2items.com/item/1187743721
Derpingson
Totally Ordinary Human
It should say somewhere on this thread, that when tf2items.com says something potentially still exists keyword is potentially. It may or may not be duped. You need to manually check that guy's backpack to be sure.
A duped item means an item with the same Original ID, meaning there are more than one copies of the exact same item.
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Somewhat Threatening Sniper
Thanks for this. I really didn't understand duped items. Very useful.that shows the hat trade history, who traded it to who. So Super Meat Boy unboxed it and sold it bla bla bla. Somewhere along the way it got duped. The person that owns the hat should be on top, for example
The person on top owns the hat, when there is a person above the person who owns the hat its duped.
SgtGiraffe
Legendary Skial King
People forget to check dates on posts but at least the thread served its purpose and helped someone