What is the smartest way valve could resolve this dilemma?

Who cares? it's some stupid hats. Just leave it how it is and introduce a new even rarer tier called "super unusual" and retards will keep buying them.

>(you)

>They can't punish the exploiters without courting a bunch of legal bullshit

Imagine believing this. Were your parents related before they were married? Valve can legally do anything they want with "your" items.

>doubting people's hat autism

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Don't. Leave the hats that are locked to trade as locked to trade. Everyone who bought them knew full well they were bugged. Everyone who bought anything yesterday knew there was a chance it would get deleted/reverted, and did it anyway. Let them keep the hat because who gives a shit, but make sure it doesn't hold """""value""""".

Delete TF2 and pretend it never existed.

The fact someone went out of their way to make this image is pretty sad

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>Buy boxes that valve fucked up the coding on to get unusuals
>Don’t inject code or alter program in anyway
>>>>>CHEATING

Exploit, yes. Cheating, no. Exploits are always the fault of the developer.