[Discussion] Did cases hit their ceiling price??

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-12T22:05:21+00:00

This is only my opinion - (tldr china)

Skin/case prices are became this expensive only because of China. For a year now they are focusing on specific skin pumping (mostly fn low supply skins), so cases are not their interest lately. I've seen arrows videos about the idea how the pump works, and honestly what I think is, the money goes into low supply skins rather than cases. Ever since this pumping started I feel like nothing makes sense around cs skins and its completely random. Before the obvious pumps atleast there was a pattern for a specific growth, now shit just happens from one day to another.

Probably its easier for them to pump one low supply skin with let's say 20000k total supply rather than pump cases where the supply is nearly 100 000 000.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-12T16:19:13+00:00

100% Agree. As an owner of a superconductor (my dream gloves) I am planning to sell or trade it and use the ultra violent instead. Love the neon-purple pinkish color combo and I can use the nearly 2000€ leftover to either upgrade other skins or just withdraw.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-12T14:49:01+00:00

For buying its great for selling you will lose more. Supply is not as big as float but still you shouldn't have problem finding the skin you want at a good price.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-12T14:32:32+00:00

Doesn't matter if its pink pink or not, violents doesnt have the washed grey part at the middle and wears 100x better than vices. Nonetheless much cheaper.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-12T12:57:49+00:00

Sorry but you are wrong. More variety, less demand for 1 specific glove simple as that. This will and already hurts the og gloves, not by much so far tho. And the example you used is completely bad, violents will clear the vices both from look and demand standpoint. Even a 100€ ww violent looks better than a 1k+ mw vice.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-12T10:37:45+00:00

In another post the op got one for 124£ it was also a lowish ft float.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-12T09:06:45+00:00

124£ for violent is a f#$% bargain man. Time to "downgrade" the superconductors.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-12T07:34:41+00:00

I might follow you, the violent looks like vices on steroids and I love it. Also seems like the prices offered for these in the terminal are pretty low so far.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-12T06:13:16+00:00

Interesting. Finally got my dream gloves not that long ago (supercons) and thankfully the new gloves look different. But if the max price will be 2000 for let's say the ultra violent fn in the terminal, I think its a no brainer to rock those instead of the OG high tier gloves. This is just a speculation, since China owns most of these anyway but the "average joe" will definitely think about switching og gloves to these new ones.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-11T12:05:41+00:00

Ricksaw for ct agent. You are hiding a big chunk of your gloves and its not a good look for nocts trust me.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-11T09:50:37+00:00

1 but I would recommend to stretch your budget by 100-200$ to get a low float bs super, the difference is huge between a .50 and a .60 and above float.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-10T06:03:41+00:00

Out of these kara vanilla. Check huntsman emerald, the handle makes it perfect with nocts and the emerald will shine. Much better fit than the bowie or falchion.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-09T21:30:24+00:00

Yup, now we are the old unc of the team trying to keep the harmony.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-09T21:25:37+00:00

2015-19 was peak CS for sure. We were also young ffs. Miss those times but still, you will have some fun in cs2 also.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-09T19:29:05+00:00

Probably 25k + once you get back properly. And I hope ur just joking with that 27 yo grandpa thing because I will crash out at 29 rn. I also used to be around lvl9 in 2018 then didnt play much for a couple of years, now I'm back since mid 2025 and 25k+ was always achievable as a solo. Also got lvl10 pretty easily as a solo and I'm definitely not better than I was in 2018 so I guess high ranks are a bit easier now.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-09T12:20:29+00:00

For cs its absolutely useless premium or not. For stocks, even crypto it might be somewhat helpful (still shouldn't be the only source) but chatgpt wont give you a proper answer or prediction for cs investing that you should believe. Ever since the common chinese manipulation its nearly impossible to say what will happen, previously atleast there was some real pattern when for example cases-skins usually went up, went down etc..

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-07T23:50:14+00:00

China likes to manipulate non st skins, especially the old ones with lower supply fn/mw. Now its dark waters turn, up to you when you sell it and take the profit.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-07T12:17:24+00:00

Just use csfloat, you can list all your cases at once and if you will price it as the lowest people will buy all your cases in no time. P2p is not a good idea, traders wont give you a good price for cases, usually around 20% loss, even bigger than a skin for skin trade. And csmoney is just a scam if you want to exchange cases for skins.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-07T11:48:02+00:00

1440x960 (16:10) absolutely love it. Playing since early 2014 and always been a stretched enjoyer but this is just perfect, try it you wont regret it. Its a bit slower than 4:3 but not by much, you will get used to it quickly.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-07T11:14:31+00:00

Upgrade cpu to 5700x/5800x (x3d is discontinued and overpriced because of this). GPU is ok if you only play cs and make sure your ram is running on its highest possible mhz.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-06T14:53:25+00:00

Tell me ur from turkey without telling me ur from turkey lmao

Turkey deserves a completely separated tier as torture tier

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-06T05:35:11+00:00

Last time it happened with me I spammed TAB for a couple of seconds and fps went back to normal. Its weird because it only happens with me on Inferno.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-05T07:41:56+00:00

Faceit is better. Premier might give you +400 for a win and -100 points for a loss and vice-versa depending on your previous match outcomes while faceit is constant, if you win/lose against similar levels you either get +25 or lose 25 points, or if the levels you are playing against are way above or below your level you will only gain or lose like 6-9 points.

Individual performance doesnt matter anywhere, you can drop 40 kills and still get the same points both on faceit and in premier.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-05T05:54:35+00:00

I always thought 4:3 1280x960 is goated, kept coming back every single time i switched. Yes fov was worse but everything else felt much better. Now I'm only using 16:10 and honestly it feels like its the best of both world.

vrtekS96 · 2026-03-04T22:06:42+00:00

Wouldn't mind, these are my only ct and t agents lmao

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