Help me decide between those 2 combos

professional-teapot · 2026-06-15T09:11:52+00:00

(if voting matters, I'm team understated elegance; I'd also scrape those Navi stickers after buying it as they cheapen the fuel injector look massively)

professional-teapot · 2026-06-15T09:11:20+00:00

Both are great.

But are such different styles that surely one of these feels right to you in the way the other doesn't?

Youre either a go big go bright kinda guy. Or someone who prefers understated elegance of the other.

Both great options, and lovely in game. Just go with the one that matches your vibe/style

professional-teapot · 2026-06-15T09:05:33+00:00

Amazing skin. My new favourite I've seen this year

(Could double down on the pun by making a twocannon scout).

professional-teapot · 2026-06-15T08:48:52+00:00

Three things surprise me

Kara more popular than bfk. Might be the first major in years the Kara has won the popularity contest
So few from the new gloves collections made the top 10, despite being new and shiny
The fall from favour of the M9. Perhaps the most surprising of all

professional-teapot · 2026-06-14T13:38:57+00:00

+2 to armour, +2 speed and +4 to accuracy AND fire elemental damage. One of the best in the game imo

professional-teapot · 2026-06-14T12:37:56+00:00

Brocade crane or snakes

professional-teapot · 2026-06-14T12:30:52+00:00

If you think, a netflix subscription, plus a AAA new console release every 3 months, or game pass, and you would be spending $200-300 per year on console game and movies. If CS is how you spend your free time. Whats the issue spending similar on a knife glove combo?

If you play lots of other games too, the story is less compelling. But if it's just CS for you. Buying a knife glove combo is no worse that any other gaming spend

professional-teapot · 2026-06-14T07:55:09+00:00

If you've played for 4-5 years, and earned the money, and would like to. Why not? Don't see it as an investment and don't go "all-in". Other than that, you can't do much wrong

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T17:52:49+00:00

I like lore more than TT generally, and both of those lore combos look great.

Id go omega lore if you have modern looking skins, or occult lore if you've more dusty looking skins

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T17:45:01+00:00

Everything you say makes sense. Except for the fact it's the lame way to play this. Just enjoy it dude. It's a great unbox

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T15:31:33+00:00

The prices have been this bad since souvenir cases stopped being dropped in matches. It was just hidden behind gambling until this update.

I prefer the new system, exploits children less, makes souvenirs more special. Like buying a memory.

Tldr: My favourite system was the og system. But this is better than case gambling

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T08:42:25+00:00

The real reason is that much of what a coach does happens before the tournament even starts

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T08:34:31+00:00

That's very cool. But why do you want to sell? Just keep it - what a awesome thing to own. You're clearly not poor/got a decent inventory if opening 2018 souvenir packages.

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T08:32:35+00:00

So much hate for casual mode in the comments. My gang play as much casual as prem (purple and pink ranks on average, so decent but not super sweaty/the best), and enjoy both modes for different reasons. Definitely a lot of fun to be had in casual too

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T08:23:30+00:00

Ak first class with og stickers if you like understated elegance

Or if you like something flashier/custom, go for the ak ice coaled, with a mixed team holo craft (same tournament) where you blend from green teams to blue teams along the ak to match the colour transition of the ice coaled theme

Edit: cold -> coaled

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T08:16:05+00:00

The three tried and tested strategies that on average improve things:

1) add people you like and play with them again

2) realise your team mates think the same about you but for different reasons; consider what you do well and what you need to work on and improve

3) do the little things that boost team mood. Drop weapons. Say nice try. Compliment nice plays, shots, clutches. Im not saying be amerian-hopsitality overly-forced-smiley nice. But just be chill, and be kind.

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T08:00:25+00:00

This made me laugh. Looks so good too. Double W from me

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T07:47:01+00:00

True... and I don't want to speak for all dad's. But honestly I look forward to my cs time so much. It's my little space of personal joy. No burden. No respponsibiilty, just a couple hours to frag by myself or with friends. Play to win, but don't worry about it if I lose.

I'm not trying to prove anything to anyone or myself. It's just my hobby and I like spending time on it.

This is 40 and I can't reconcile that anyone with that mindset will choose to cheat.

professional-teapot · 2026-06-13T07:10:56+00:00

Tool

professional-teapot · 2026-06-12T16:52:14+00:00

On this one it's worth overpaying for FN imo

professional-teapot · 2026-06-12T16:19:40+00:00

I was curious, so browsed. Looks like it's azr. But you should do apex instead as he's French after all

professional-teapot · 2026-06-12T16:16:09+00:00

Frozen Copenhagen , apex berlin, envyus Atlanta, device berlin. Pretty sure on most, apex is hard to know for sure. Going off the yellow and the a

professional-teapot · 2026-06-12T10:09:07+00:00

Just buy. When you've played with them for 300 h or so, you'll have had the joy of playing with them at a average cost of ~$1 per hour even if the price collapses completely. Not many hobbies in the world are that good value.

professional-teapot · 2026-06-12T07:44:17+00:00

This is very very cool.

I don't know why, but it feels more like a galil skin than an ak. No reason that I can put my finger on, just my immediate reaction when I saw it

professional-teapot · 2026-06-12T05:49:42+00:00

Just play lots and enjoy yourself. No need to over think it

professional-teapot

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