do you remember when you could get a really nice high tier gloves and knife combo for so much cheaper in csgo days? now you need to sell your kidney to afford that, lol.

and we just hit a new market ATH just today. $5 billion economy for a bunch of pixels is just crazy.
but i can't complain since i make a good amount of money flipping skins.

the armory on the other hand was such a genius move from valve, players literally print money just by playing, valve earn shit amount of money, and they get a constant player base.
i myself have gone through 11 sets of passes already, and i think i have made around $400 just playing as i normally do.

and i fliped him right back

that's one of the things i like about cs, it's as real as it gets, no filters, players can say thier mind, shit talk and all that since valve doesn't get involved into every small details, or try to implement stupid rules to cater to normies.
if this was valorant (can't miss the chance to hate on it, hehehe), apex would have been banned from future events, forced to apologize, and all the bullshit they force players to follow.