If I had a dollar for every time I was told about Australian Federal legislation in a TF2 KZread video, I would only have 2 dollars, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened twice.

@admiralAlfonso9001

Жыл бұрын

Keep on tranglin

@stefanandrejevic2570

Жыл бұрын

Spend those 2 dollars all on lolichops, help us inflating the economy

@hextheprotogenfox

Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure someone made a tax exemption based item

@hextheprotogenfox

Жыл бұрын

If that's what you're referring to

@TurkeyMuncher117

Жыл бұрын

@@hextheprotogenfox yeah, that was elmaxo, the same person who made this video lol

TF2 economy tries not to get destroyed by a random item challenge (impossible)

@noshutup6617

Жыл бұрын

I am in pain

@kingdouchebag1889

Жыл бұрын

Bonzai Chargen in da sunshin

@davisdf3064

Жыл бұрын

The beauty of digital markets

@Crayzo_A.s.

Жыл бұрын

Sondsmithtf2

@SourceGameEnjoyer

Жыл бұрын

HOLY SHIT THE STRANGE LOLICHOP NOW COSTS £10 HOLY FUCKING CHRIST THE GRAPH JUST GOES VERTICALLY UP WTF IT WAS £0.54 BEFORE HOLY SHIT

Lollichop might not be the best weapon, but people that use it sure have a good taste

@matomatic4599

Жыл бұрын

"slow clap" + upvote no more elaboration.

@Bocchi_the_Rocket

Жыл бұрын

You can tell that they do have quite a sweet tooth

@hollowknightfan5938

Жыл бұрын

@@kavemuta9299 you don't know. How about you visit my kitchen and find out?

@svshhsbs

Жыл бұрын

@@matomatic4599 dude.. this is youtube

@TheStudioArchitect

Жыл бұрын

👏😐

What 5 years lack of major updates does to a community

@billy12345

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@LuxTheFolf

Жыл бұрын

Noooooo😂 I hate it but it's true!

@hlelh211

Жыл бұрын

lichop

@WheatMuncher3000

11 ай бұрын

@@hlelh211 lichop

@ManMan10136

11 ай бұрын

Oh if only he know what just happened

plot twist: lollichop doesn't change value, but The Vaccinator sees a surge in demand due to this video

@therobertguy2436

11 ай бұрын

Likely case lol

@paccie9689

4 ай бұрын

Vaccinator my beloved

I started playing TF2 when Meet the Pyro came out and I was so hyped to get a Lollichop 😂

@notdouglas1966

Жыл бұрын

no way its mr chippy

@joeJOE-zy7rw

Жыл бұрын

hey its chippy! starting off in tf2, all the items feel unique to you. more games should do that.

@yulovery6398

Жыл бұрын

Yoo

@magentaissocool23

Жыл бұрын

chippy gaming moment

@fruktumkalasbajen9647

Жыл бұрын

ain't no way Chippy is here, small world

if a tf2 player went outside to prove his point, you know it’s serious

Roughly about 20 hours after this video was released, somebody in a server I was in found a lollichop from random drops, and that made the entire voice chat go mad with the desire to destroy the steam market.

@Smashburrogames

4 ай бұрын

Was it on 2fort

owning a collector's lollichop has never felt so good

@BreacherYT

Жыл бұрын

Kek

@user-di4vq3cy7d

Жыл бұрын

I just got late of this 7 hours ago and totally miss the incident.......blasted thing

@user-di4vq3cy7d

Жыл бұрын

update: since I totally miss the opportunity to buy a strange Lollichop............... so I give myself a good excuse and get my own Professional Killstreak Strange Rainblower(which is cheaper than the current Lollichop) and it brings back good memories XD

@toddoverholt4556

Жыл бұрын

I got a strange one

@Jackiechun_

Жыл бұрын

Is that the greatest gamer of all time

9:59 Tall, lanky man with a modernised short-cut mullet shouting to a sea of annoyed people about market manipulation and pyramid schemes is honestly never what I expected from this channel, but I am eager to see how this chapter progresses.

@TheStudioArchitect

Жыл бұрын

As am I. At this point, I can't tell which is more entertaining: The Sandvich Saga or The Elmaxo Lollichop Scheme

@zaroio2533

Жыл бұрын

@@TheStudioArchitect both and i'd call it the "Elmaxo Videomatic Universe"

@blurayden

Жыл бұрын

@zaroio2533 the E.V.U

@macros1852

Жыл бұрын

The funny

@TheStudioArchitect

Жыл бұрын

@@zaroio2533 It's... perfect. YES!

Props to this man for going out in a business suit and placing himself in the most socially awkward situation possible

@yesseru

3 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, the classic "market manipulation" awkward situation.

"I'm running a pyramid scheme" just the delivery of that line ended me

This is why tf2 never dies. Stuff never stops happening

@pastatheh7041

Жыл бұрын

Holy shit you are right

@TheStudioArchitect

Жыл бұрын

I honestly believe TF2 players can't get bored. No updates? Just inflate the price of a virtual lollipop!

@fekkas

Жыл бұрын

i'm stuff

@gameappreciation

Жыл бұрын

@@fekkas hi stuff I’m buff

@user-di4vq3cy7d

Жыл бұрын

I miss the opportunity to buy a strange Lollichop............... so I get myself a Professional Killstreak Strange Rainblower(which is cheaper than the current Lollichop)

A STRANGE LOLLICHOP COSTS 10 EUROS ALREADY. WHAT THE FUCK HAVE YOU DONE and honestly how the hell did it happen so quickly. Genuinely impressive

@ace-o-spuds4255

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it's almost 10 USD as well

@susanafinkbeiner1913

Жыл бұрын

@@ace-o-spuds4255 oh dear god

@vilemk.2289

Жыл бұрын

How much was it before?

@tsukiarii

Жыл бұрын

@@vilemk.2289 around 0.60 USD like yesterday now its 10.06 USD

@JeremyBaconThe1st

Жыл бұрын

@@tsukiarii meet the investor

Imagine going to Australia, and being approached by this man saying "I got a business proposition".

10:00 "Im running a pyramid scheme" LMAO, what a great quote

@globalincident694

Жыл бұрын

technically it's a pump and dump but close enough

@the-letter_s

Жыл бұрын

@@globalincident694 i think that phrase might raise eyebrows among people that aren't into economics, though

@migolo1415

Жыл бұрын

@@globalincident694 you might not wanna be yelling "I'm running a pump and dump" in public 💀

Found this 7 hours in, I remember the strange lollichop being 0.18 cents... ITS 12 DOLLARS NOW.

@manwithgun9768

Жыл бұрын

The revolution has begun.

@ldoeterminator2332

Жыл бұрын

Everybody spam ,, Buy loli chops Chippy ,, in ChippyGamings comments.

@JeremyBaconThe1st

Жыл бұрын

I found this 8 hours in and from 26 cents ( at least what I saw) was 12.50 Euros

@tawumpas

Жыл бұрын

Keep me posted on its CRASH.

@doxdod

Жыл бұрын

​@@tawumpas back down to a euro now

SoundSmith: raises the prices of hats Maxo: raises the prices of weapons

@ZaxTheAl1en

Жыл бұрын

strange duped shovel.

@gilition

Жыл бұрын

Wrong. SoundSmith raises the price of duped items

@Ghostly3011

Жыл бұрын

@@gilitionLone Survivor, my friend.

@TheStudioArchitect

Жыл бұрын

Maxo

@NuclearNecro

Жыл бұрын

@@ZaxTheAl1en sans shovel

Guys!!! I've just checked Elmaxo's channel and it turns out Australia is a real country and not a funny fictional place in TF2 universe!!!

as a lollichop user i am very pleased to see that you have taken interest in it. i truly love pyrovision and the high pitched voices you get when using it and i think that gets overlooks a lot, thank you elmaxo :)

Seeing elmaxo standing around in public shouting "Market manipulation" reminds me I will never be socially competant

@society1876

Жыл бұрын

common gamer L

@dorussecondaccount

Жыл бұрын

I mean, you could also try standing around and shouting that, whether you should is another question from what I can imagine, it's probably easier to explain if you have someone recording you and you have a youtube channel

@pyro4843

Жыл бұрын

common youtube user self-deprecation, its not funny, its just sad

@bbbbbbb51

Жыл бұрын

@@pyro4843 go outside

@ldoeterminator2332

Жыл бұрын

Everybody spam ,, Buy loli chops Chippy ,, in ChippyGamings comments.

I was genuinely planning on buying a strange version once my market restriction was over and this happens

@Armadill0h

Жыл бұрын

RIP

@zaroio2533

Жыл бұрын

a moment of silence for our brother o7

@Infinitytacos

Жыл бұрын

good luck, its now nearing 20 US dollars on the steam marketplace

@bottleoftide4657

Жыл бұрын

oh the misery

@itzrokian

Жыл бұрын

It's often back to normal within a few days, just give it a bit

Just straight up going "we're running a pyramid scheme" is one of the funniest things you could say while trying to hand out the fliers.

If anyone has a card that maxo was handing out, imagine what a collector's item that is.

As a "Certified Lollichop Invester" with 10 strange lollichops, and a pro ks collector's one. This is truly the TF2 inflation of all time! o7

@TechPriestFred

Жыл бұрын

Holy fucking shit it already inflated hard

@Infinitytacos

Жыл бұрын

you just made so much money

@AverageConsumer-uj8sm

2 ай бұрын

im so sad

I feel like I've heard of this before. My brother had it on his computer. Something called lolli inflation or something I'm not sure

@hirokisasada

Жыл бұрын

LOLLI INFLATION BRUH

@thetrangeinfsh

Жыл бұрын

man

@BronyMontages

Жыл бұрын

This is the single funniest comment I've read on KZread in my whole life Cheers mate

@vintagememelord8168

Жыл бұрын

Max's W rizz

@tntblue

Жыл бұрын

broo 😭😭

4 months and I realise I had seen you in the streets doing this... Damn knew I should've joined the pyramid scheme

Its so surreal seeing somewhere i visit so often in content I watch,, thank you elmaxo :)

the lollichops have already gone up by dollars on the community market since this video dropped, may god bless us all. 🙏

@zanwrightmfwr756

Жыл бұрын

I checked, strange lollichop (in my currency) it has risen from 8'000 rp to 128'000 rp. A total of 1600% increase in value.

@Dr._Heinz_Doofenshmirtz

Жыл бұрын

the steam graph shows that the price went up immediately after elsexo uploaded this video

@mrkoblih4335

Жыл бұрын

its insane

@Wrl2008

Жыл бұрын

I'ma bouta have some fun

@John1sm43l

Жыл бұрын

God bless

Elmaxo has inspired me to preform morally dubious acts such as market manipulation and *_committing straight up theft_*

@captainspock4370

Жыл бұрын

Let's demand him!!!

@parsat4t4r14

9 ай бұрын

Godspeed Brother.

@Sniper_TF2_REAL

5 ай бұрын

#relatable

Honestly, so much respect for shamelessly going up to people to ask random people on the street if they wanted to join in lmao

Speaking of the trading system... There's this really cool thing that allows F2Ps to get strange weapons Its called "random drops" Think about it.2 random drops of the same class=1 scrap. 3 scrap(6 weapons)=1 reclaimed. 3 reclaimed(18 weapons)=1 refined. Let's take the cheapest strange(probably a MK II botkiller minigun) as 3 refined. 1 strange=54 weapons. It's a long and slow process,but it seems beautiful to me.

I gifted this to my friend who started playing tf2, now he mains lollichop pyro

@masterdoge17

Жыл бұрын

what an uplifting story

@SkFan5

Жыл бұрын

He will be rich in 2 weeks

@imd7omyx687

Жыл бұрын

@@SkFan5 well mate even less

damn cant wait for the sequel "elmaxo goes to prison for securities fraud"

@zweboi1094

Жыл бұрын

yup he's gonna get banned for sure

@bbbbbbb51

Жыл бұрын

@@zweboi1094 almost certainly not. There's not really any legal arguments you could make unless he's flipping them.

“Money costs money.” -Bilbo Baggins

I had a lolichop when I started playing tf2, I don't remember how but I think someone gifted me the lolichop. I though it was cool and it looked different so I started using it. After a while I deleted it from my inventory because the lack of space and instead, I replace the slot with a volcanic fragment because when I was brand new I though it look cooler than the lolichop. And now I could have made a lots of profit. I regret it every single day since I deleted that lolichop from my inventory. Thanks, Elmaxo.

You know you are watching a good youtuber when he asks to help him inflate the price of a silly little virtually lollipop.

@FireRappers

Жыл бұрын

Valve will trade ban anyone who does this

@GodBidoof

Жыл бұрын

@@FireRappers nah.

@FireRappers

Жыл бұрын

@@GodBidoof It already happened when streamers manipulated the price of CSGO graffitis

@TheStudioArchitect

Жыл бұрын

The fact that he actually went out in public and did this is amazing.

@zweboi1094

Жыл бұрын

@@GodBidoof Yeah bro i have no idea why he's doing this, it will be looked at like fraud.

The part at the end of the video where he just goes up to people like he’s forming a massive scam is just comedy gold.

That's it I've seen enough, I'm subscribing. It's absurd how entertaining you make this stuff.

i never expected to see a TF2ber go to prison in real time

I'm sorry sir Elmaxo, I'm already a collector of Ham Shanks (at a total of 600 Ham Shanks) But I wish the rest of us the best of luck, lord bless the lolichop!

@garethmorgan5156

Жыл бұрын

Amen

@Crit-a-cola

Жыл бұрын

Crit-a-cola

@shalax7881

Жыл бұрын

Would you like a genuine killstreak shank?

@shoulderpyro

Жыл бұрын

But good sir, we require your assistance in rallying the lollichop army. We can raise the Shanks next!

@LoganMega

Жыл бұрын

@@Crit-a-cola no fucking way crit-a-cola

The Lolichop has a unique taunt and thats pretty cool

@user-di4vq3cy7d

Жыл бұрын

speaking of unique taunt.......... ..........doesn't the Rainblower also have a unique and useful taunt?

@kayraurkmez2032

Жыл бұрын

@@user-di4vq3cy7d pyrovision economy crisis 2023

@AverageConsumer-uj8sm

2 ай бұрын

Does it?

@CheerioBrain

2 ай бұрын

@@AverageConsumer-uj8sm yeah pyro waves it around the air instead of playing air guitar with it

I can say without a doubt that thru my 3000 hours in TF2 I've never seen any pyro use the Third Degree or the Volcano Fragment. Not once.

@ali_m_

Жыл бұрын

I’ve played for about 500 and today I got killed as medic by the third degree through the healing beam

@Michiganhobo

2 ай бұрын

I use the volcano fragment a lot I'll get you one day

Never forget the Team Captain collector whose wife left him for the creator of TF2 Outpost even though they were on different continents

7 minutes since this video came out and all strange lollichops have already sold out

Elmaxo artificially inflating the price so he can sell off his lollichop stash lmao

@mauroghen9157

Жыл бұрын

If its not him its someone else taking advantage and its gonna be a mess

@EwokBb

Жыл бұрын

Has real world value because you can exchange between skins and dollars so it's just illegal 💀 hopefully this doesnt blow up in his face

@dbelow_1556

Жыл бұрын

He said he won't/shouldn't do it, but I say do it! Create a follow up video with how much money he got in profit from doing this, as a scientific experiment of sorts

@faceless2302

Жыл бұрын

@@EwokBb You can't take wallet funds from market sales and convert them back into real money, so I don't think it'd be an easy conviction if someone tried to pursue him on criminal charges. As elmaxo said, it's pretty fundamentally different from manipulating the stock market. There doesn't seem to be any real legal precedent from what I could tell from a quick search and, at least in the US, it seems that virtual items like NFTs don't meet older legal definitions allowing them to be regulated by organizations like the SEC. Obviously it might be a bit different with him living in Australia, but I just don't think most judges would want to touch this case when digital items are still pretty up in the air.

@TwoBasic2Foolish

Жыл бұрын

@@faceless2302you can sell them for money on external sites like backpack.tf though

“the internet’s funniest and most attractive micro celebrity” bloody facts mate

My man's done illegally manipulating market using his influence 💀💀💀

The strange lollichop has now gone from 0.6$ to 10$

2 hours and the price of a strange lollichop has skyrocketed to 10 euro. You monster Elmaxo. Godspeed!

I haven't actively played TF2 in probably over 6-7 years, not even occasionally hopping on. Regardless, I have watched all of elmaxo's content as a means of nostalgia, and honestly, the content has been so refreshing and amazing. I look forward to every new upload and will sit thru the entire thing no matter the length or topic. The script is always well thought out and clever. The balance between humor and great narrative despite even the most silliest subjects for videos always has me entertained and in awe. Maxo's honestly rly talented and I'm sure he can be making videos about almost anything else and churning out just as great content, but it warms my heart to see his dedication to TF2 despite how much this game has aged. With that all said, my former 15 year old self thanks you, elmaxo, for bringing me back that feeling of absolute joy and fun I got from this game for a long time, even if I don't play it anymore. Keep up the astonishing work!

This is such an amazing video, im so happy I watch your videos 😭

Lolichop: For people who don't wanna equip the Pyro Goggles

@AverageConsumer-uj8sm

2 ай бұрын

Fuck you got me

you've blessed me, ive had over 40 strange lolichops from case unboxings from ages ago, and now ive been able to sell 24 of them at an average price of $3.50. So i guess if i ignore inflation from 2015... i profited?

Just checled, 10 months later the Lollichop is still half a scrap. We failed. Edit: Just double-checked and holy fuck did the strange variant inflate.

12:40 “When you manipulate the market” 💀

I have a feeling that this is gonna turn into a huge thing that gaming news sites are gonna call lollipop gate.

@AlfurAldric2211

Жыл бұрын

Lollichopgate

It's actually kinda scary how much influence TF2 content creators have over the trading economy. Like, the fact that they can inflate the prices of items to several times what they were prior by complete accident feels like it should be a source of existential dread.

Thank you elmaxo for increasing the value of the Profesional killstreak lolichop kit so that the one I had sitting in my backpack for years was now worth selling.

Awesome midroll disclaimers! Thanks for protecting your moral integrity

The fact you went out in person and did this is just amazing it shows how much you go above and beyond just to entertain us

Elmaxo's irl acting adds so much personality to his videos it cannot go unappreciated

i feel like elmaxo is on track to becoming the most popular tf2ber

waiting intensely for new elmaxo video!!

5:30 Was a pleasure to have been shouted out in your video, thanks for allowing me part in this :3 Can't wait for you to be in mine next muahahahahah

@creepyghost2001

Жыл бұрын

Absolute madlass vaccinator collector

@tuff_lover

Жыл бұрын

@@creepyghost2001 adhd crackhead hoarding loonie

@alejandrocontreras6362

Жыл бұрын

Least schizophrenic vaccinator fan

As of 1 hour after posting, the strange lollichop has gone from ~$0.60 to more than $10 on the community market

It’s not about the money, it’s about the funny -The Joker

How did this actually turn out? elmaxo never made a follow up video

A truly elite level businessman at work.

Wow that did not take long. Less than an hour and strange lollichops went from £0.40 to £8.89

I’ve had a strange lolichop for years and I’m all for it current kill count 1537

Just now watching this and it all makes sense now. THATS why every pyro I see has a lolichop. 🤯

Lollichop to the Moon!

Elmaxo is offically SoundSmith Lite at this point, and I am TOTALLY here for it

@zanwrightmfwr756

Жыл бұрын

It's always the soldier mains who comes up with the most ridiculous ideas isn't it?

@kevintheboi_

Жыл бұрын

@@zanwrightmfwr756 Yeah.

this is so insane! I searched up tf2 inflation to know more about this and its really complex

Damm it Australia,STOP BREAKING THE TF2 ECONOMY!!

Love the transparency when asking people if they would like to participate in market manipulation 10:27

i would not have even *near* the confidence to go out and hand out posters for a virtual lollipop weapon, props to you

Mom: Why did you buy 200 $ worth of virtual candy? Me: For the funny.

You know I respect the fuck out of touching real life grass in order to sell virtual lollipops. Respect

It's only been four hours. It's 20 times more expensive now. The sheer *_POWER_* of the man

Lollichop went up to $13 on a spike :)

Wooo new elmaxo vid 💯💯💯💯

Finally, some love for the Lollichop. When I joined TF2 the first thing I did was buy every Pyrovision item and create the ultimate schizo loadout

@AverageConsumer-uj8sm

2 ай бұрын

are we the sqme man

My man just made the silliest market manipulation ever happend☠️

@sussy_gaemer693

Жыл бұрын

@Fennec K Finesse sus

"for the funny" that's just the truest phrase i've heard this year

Please do a video asking Valve to add strange variants for all weapons that currently do not have stranges. For example: Eureka Effect, Dragon's Fury, Vita-Saw, etc

I actually ran into Lucy in MVM once. She was on medic, and needless to say she was running the vaccinator She carried it the mission hard, and helped me get my highest demo damage on empire that run :)

I had 4 strange lollichops just sitting at my backpack for 6 months straight until I saw this video...needless to say I'll leave the rest to your imaginations

@majesticed9329

Жыл бұрын

You now have 40 of them

Darn it, I've been sat on my Lollichop for YEARS and I missed this video by two fucking weeks 😭

I think this is illegal

@artifactU

2 ай бұрын

watch the entire video

Every day TF2 as a community grows more insane and I'm glad to embrace it. Hail the lollichop.

I'm a trader and I'm glad to say that the price of the lollichomp is skyrocketing

Is this what happens when you don't update a game for over a "few" years?

I'm really glad I stockpiled these weapons. I caught the wave as the entire market was moving 1-3 weapons a day at $0.6 profit. I made a balling $2 per day

This entire situation is so absolutely ridiculous 🤣 And this actually made me want to get a lollichop. Literally just for the haha funny

@furious_445

Жыл бұрын

Exxo

if i had a nickel for every time a tf2tuber tried to manipulate the tf2 economy as a joke i would have 2 nickels

"I interpret the ending of the Clown as the end of its beginning. No one cares or understands. The Clown is now happy and the pain, and finds it interesting." "I explain the end of the Clown for the end of its beginning from scratch. No one cares or understands. I am happy about the pain now, and I find it interesting." -Flute Musician

@Kernwadi

Жыл бұрын

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

10:56 Just realised that my bus drive past Newtown here when I get home from school, so there's a possibility I might've seen you outside

Recently there has been a wave of steam market manipulation attempts, especially for Consumer grade CSGO weapon, this is pretty much equalent to an unique weapon in tf2. If you take a look at the AUG Storm minimal Wave, you can see that the price got incredibly inflated and still is (as of writing this). What I want to add is that loads of people that has been trying to sell the AUG on the steam market at this inflated price, has recieved community bans with the message "This account appears to have been used for fraudulent activity". This is most likely just temporary for most users who wanted to profit, but some can be permanent. TLDR: Pump prices all you want, but be careful if youre actually gonna try to take profit. You might get hit by steams automated anti fraud systems

@zweboi1094

Жыл бұрын

Someone got their accounts banned until 2039 for doing what you described so yeah.

@EwokBb

Жыл бұрын

I don't think elmaxo thought this through 🤣