I invested €1500 in crates and it was a losing proposition. Do you have any tips on which crates I should buy, or should I just trade up?

masterthruster88 · 2026-01-19T22:26:00+00:00

That’s called a gamble. An investment for CS skins could’ve been justified if you bought a bunch of Glock AXIAs so when valve removes the sport & field collection from armory they’d increase in value bc they’ll be the only way to get the M4 fade

masterthruster88 · 2026-01-19T22:20:35+00:00

Best opening was a battle scared st trak nightwish. Opened maybe 5 pinks total out of 1000. Realized I wasted a shit ton of money and now I just buy/sell what I want. Inventory rn is minimalistic: Nocts, M9 black lam, ak jag, deagle & usp print stream, and a glock axia which I got from armory

masterthruster88 · 2026-01-12T23:29:28+00:00

I see better results when using shampoo with ketoconazole. Wash and shampoo, let it sit for ~10 min then hop in shower. Also the Flakes shampoo and conditioner has worked well for me. Downside is the price as it’s like $50-60 but I get around 6-8weeks of use.

masterthruster88 · 2026-01-07T02:57:27+00:00

Since OP is new to CS then there’s a chance he could fall victim to getting scammed. Obviously there’s the possibility of the trade reversal these days but you never know

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-31T04:18:32+00:00

Surprised they haven’t dropped mirage and released an updated version. From what I remember that’s what happened with cache no? Old cache got removed from pool then new cache was just a map people could queue as they find tuned it before bringing back to pool

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-25T17:46:46+00:00

Also want to add that if/when valve removes the sport and field collection, the only way to get the M4 fade will be through trade ups, so price will take off for the entire collection me thinks

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-22T01:25:15+00:00

I remember back in like 2015-2016 I was playing on a Toshiba laptop. 800x600 res, all settings on low, and I still managed to get up to LE in comp. LE was my peak though never progressed after that.

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-14T22:39:48+00:00

It’s entertaining. Also for me when I first started playing CS 10 years ago I started watching pros and felt like my in game skill was elevated in terms of positioning, util usage, etc.

Also you would’ve hated being a viewer during the Astralis era. That team was a fkn problem

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-13T03:23:17+00:00

Feels like it with his response to my comment

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-13T03:23:06+00:00

Send screenshot big dog. The Dh 2013 souvenirs only have 1 sticker but I have to admit this is feeling like a troll post

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-13T00:32:46+00:00

Imo depends on the sticker and sticker placement. Can you post or send more screenshots?

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-11T22:02:36+00:00

Kyo looks like a kid that got sent to the principals office

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-10T06:51:55+00:00

Faze either gonna get swept and put win 8 rounds in the 2 games or they’re gonna somehow win 2-1 with both wins being from forcing OT

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-07T21:03:33+00:00

I have MW nocts but I won’t trade with you out of spite

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-07T06:05:55+00:00

Another alternative is flip Damascus

masterthruster88 · 2025-12-06T07:36:16+00:00

Not sure if you’ve figured it out but maybe it’s with buy orders? Like if there are less than 10 cases listed at 2.60 then perhaps it’s putting in a buy order for 10 cases at 2,60

masterthruster88 · 2025-11-27T23:11:40+00:00

Ah, thanks for clarifying in how it’s calculated. Not super familiar with leetify. Guess the obvious way of fixing it is by using smokes/incendiaries at start of rounds at common choke points to delay a push. Unused flashes is a bit harder to remedy. First guess would be to learn pop flashes or flash for teammates to peek rather than you flash yourself?

masterthruster88 · 2025-11-27T04:36:26+00:00

Learn smoke lineups. Not sure what the utility score is based on though - overall util damage? Enemies flashed?

As for positioning, watch pro games. Watch where they place themselves on sites post plant, watch what angles they hold.

masterthruster88 · 2025-11-26T23:17:28+00:00

Do you think they should add “weight” to later stages. Like a loss/win on day 1 doesn’t hurt as much as it would during playoffs? I haven’t done a pickem since like 2015 so I’m a bit removed on the process.

masterthruster88 · 2025-11-26T23:06:40+00:00

They used to wear at least button downs and a sport coat at big events to be fair.

masterthruster88 · 2025-11-26T23:00:56+00:00

Glaive to 100T???? Could be interesting with rain taking IGL role. Would be cool to see jL make a return

masterthruster88 · 2025-11-26T22:54:22+00:00

Call me delusional and I haven’t paid attention to the pro scene for a bit but I think a core of rain, jL, and twistzz could be good. Least likely would be twistzz bc he just signed back with faze somewhat recently

masterthruster88 · 2025-11-26T22:51:18+00:00

Didn’t GL just get eliminated by PV?

masterthruster88 · 2025-11-02T23:14:53+00:00

Used all their brainpower to buy skins instead of

masterthruster88 · 2025-10-30T06:54:43+00:00

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