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@CounterStrike thanks a million! 15 years playing the franchise and over 10,000 hours accumulated. Having contributed everyone’s favorite Mil-Spec in the fever case, this is a trophy worth treasuring. Thank you. When I get more time, I hope to contribute a map in some capacity.

@friendlycsss Pretty sure there was a Valve dev that publicly stated they see item values that exceed Steam wallet limits as a problem

Valve trying to crash skin prices below 2000$ so they get more steam sales has to be the most bullshit thing ive ever heard. I think this is the real reasons behind all these tradeup updates. ⤵️

Can the glove case calm the fuck down?

@ThourCS2 Good ol' Stage 1 major gameplay. I see nothing surprising here.

I’m a LVL 10 / 27k Premier bot, so don’t judge me, but I’ve seen multiple plays in this Major’s Stage 1 that I see every day in Premier. Not clearing angles, two players watching the same angle, throwing useless utility, no crossfires while holding sites...

Can’t believe I missed out on this opportunity. Can I get a respawn?

@ggsarzi “Vote to takeover” 😂

Pressing E to control my bot ass teammate in a premier game

@I_am_jerm Test this against when they update the armory lol. I’ll bet with you that >50% of ‘nevers’ buy another pass.

the most common comment and most upvoted comments I am getting on my youtube videos now are people talking about how they will never buy another armory pass Pretty impressive how hard valve has fumbled this and how they do not have their finger on the pulse of the community at all

What happened to skins being a flex? We used to compare them to owning a Mercedes, a Rolex, and having a wedged jawline.

Really excited to see that we are back on ‘Valve Time’

Guys guys guys, they’re not suppressing supply or fighting over supply. They’re literally trying to increase supply of more rare items to get as many items as possible under the Steam wallet threshold of 2000 USD. It’s not in their interest for a significant portion of the market to be traded off of the steam market. - Trade-ups mean higher demand items increase in supply. - Terminals mean they can controllably undercut prices in the market to ensure that they can adequately pressure supply. - The Sticker shop is a regulatory risk reduction and commercial maximization idea- they literally said this in the update. 3 years of CS2 development, a lack of new content in during the development, an anomalous increase in player base due to COVID + hype for the new game, is what let the market get out of control. Knives and Gloves in the armory are extremely likely, what do you all think will happen then? Valve are not destroying the market, they’re just returning it to their control.

Imagine being so bad at the game you cheat, and so fragile you deceive. Actual scums.

The only way to mitigate the demand increase is to lower the clamp value of the maximum tokens (ie, rather than maximum cost of 2000 USD, they set to 500 USD). Prices will balance equally in between. Very interesting to see if they do it, or just let prices be prices till they remove the major items.

actually tho how tf is the sticker sale gonna work?? cuz this will just mean that stickers will cost much more token/itll be useless so how will it work?

I can’t wait for the day the CS market properly dies and I can craft a 4x IBP Holo Long Dog

I’m usually pretty calm when valve does some bullshit, but I feel like this might be the straw that broke the camels back What sense does it make to hold skins anymore?

@roflm0nster The instability is terrible for confidence. Not good.

This is how you kill a market slowly btw. Same shit happened to magic the gathering

It’s extremely reasonable to think sticker trade up’s will come at some point.

@Musnary @grok please translate this into common man terms

Valve haz algo💀

I’ve woken up 27 times thinking I’m no longer going to be able to redeem these collections, only to see I still have 1 more last chance. Thank you Valve for so many chances. 🙏

70% ROI, Time-cost, and Resales Fees. If the supply wasn’t so extreme, and the future supply of CS items weren’t also likely to be in extreme. It would be great, These items will suffer a similar fate to Paris Stickers. It’s GG for now. BRB, buying more discontinued cases.

@LycheeCs2 Imagine, they release a database…

The symbolic meaning of this update is bigger than its actual impact. It confirms Valve’s stance more clearly than ever: encouraging player-to-player trading while improving asset data transparency. But realistically, Steam Market activity will still remain far below third-party platforms — unless Valve eventually allows Steam balance withdrawals.

This timeline is ridiculous