Card Farming Algorithm

While farming cards, you may see SteamUtility.exe (idle) processes start and stop. This is normal — SGI uses the following sequence to trigger card drops as efficiently as possible:

1. Idle each game for 5 minutes
2. Stop idling for 1 minute
3. Idle each game for 15 seconds (first card drop should occur here)
4. Stop idling for 1 minute
5. Idle each game for 30 minutes
6. Stop idling for 1 minute
7. Idle each game for 15 seconds (next card drop should occur here)
8. Stop idling for 1 minute
9. Repeat from step 5