Nowadays, it has become popular for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive players to have many different weapon skins in their inventory that do not affect the gameplay. Not everyone can afford to buy CSGO skins and other cool things… But is it necessary at all?
Should I buy CSGO skins? Many players ask this question… After all, there is a whole variety of beautiful and bright skins. In general, it is impossible to give a definite answer to this question. Why? – you ask. Now we will put everything on the shelves, and you will understand everything yourself.
What are skins for in CS:GO?
You will not be able to kill opponents with one shot, jump over textures, and fly around the map with the help of skins. They do not make physical changes to the game, except for visual ones. Probably, the main task of buying skins is money, or rather their senseless waste. If you are unable to purchase skins for one reason or another, you should not be upset. And to be honest, after buying it, you will experience a joyful feeling for only a couple of hours (or 10 minutes), and then you get used to it and will not even notice its presence. There are several reasons for buying skins.
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Skin game;
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Favorable exchange;
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Gambling for profit.
Ways to get skins
There are many ways to get skins.
Free (easy) ways:
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Increasing the level in the game. (For some level-ups in CS:GO, you will be given a random item).
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Gift from friends. (This method is not very good, because it can be considered begging, but still … You can receive an item from a friend if he agrees to send you something).
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Practical jokes. (In many social networks there are groups dedicated to CS:GO and there they can often play a skin among subscribers).
Paid (hard) ways:
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The most common way is to buy on the Steam marketplace (Regular donation).
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Playing on roulette sites. (You submit skins to the site along with other players, and the system randomly selects a winner who takes all the skins submitted).
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Opening cases in CS:GO (In CS:GO there is an opportunity to buy a key and use it to open a case and you will be given a guaranteed skin, the probability of payback of which is small but still there).
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Opening cases on third-party sites (Also, cases can be opened on sites that are not related to CS:GO and Steam. There is a very large selection, but an extremely small probability of payback (less than in CS:GO itself).
Pros and cons of buying skins
Imagine that you have hundreds of expensive skins in your inventory, and it seemed that it could be bad, but in fact, there are also negative sides to having skins.
Pros
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Respect from the players and the desire to communicate with you.
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Lots of friend requests.
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Hundreds of comments per profile.
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Pleasant and varied gameplay (In principle, the original task of the skins).
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Constant maintenance of capital (you can sell skins on the Internet at any time and withdraw money in real life).
Minuses
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The likelihood of fraud and theft of things.
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Constant requests to let me see the skin in voice chat (Hinders playing).
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Extra waste of money.
Conclusion
In this short guide, we tried to explain what skins are for, whether they are worth buying, etc. For each player, skins are presented in their own way. Everyone is an individual and someone wants to buy skins, but someone doesn’t need them at all. Any person must choose whether to spend money on skins or not. Therefore, if you ever wonder “Is it worth buying skins?”, then think carefully and try to answer your question yourself.