Top CS:GO news for July

Player activity growth 

As for the number of players, according to SteamCharts it showed a steady growth in June and July. While there was a slight drop in the average in spring, especially in March, it started to increase again in June and July. The average number of users playing CS:GO simultaneously exceeded 580 thousand, and the peak number – 900 thousand. 

The prices for many cases in CS:GO showed a noticeable increase during the summer months. For the most part, this is a natural price dynamic associated with increased activity in the market. As more and more users decide to invest in cases, there are fewer of them on the trading platform, which means that their price rises if the demand persists. 

Therefore, if you are thinking of replenishing your collection, it is better to use Lis-Skins.ru without delay, especially since our prices are more favorable than on other similar platforms. It is not excluded that the increased activity is also connected with the lags of exchanges in Steam, which have been noted by users several times in a month. Those who are planning to buy skins in the near future, information about the dollar rate on the trading floor will also be useful. As of July 24, $1 = 61.69 RUB.

Sticker Contest and Community

Another news that attracted the attention of the community in July was the sticker contest that Valve decided to hold for the ten-year anniversary of CS:GO. The best stickers created by users will be included in a capsule that will be available to players on August 21.  Along with regular stickers, the community's works include stickers that change their appearance depending on the angle of view. This is noticeable both when looking at the item in the character's hands and when placing it on the weapon. 

Take a look, for example, at Miguli's Stickerception: the impression is quite unusual, especially when several copies are attached to the weapon's body.

Another example of such work – sticker with TV Installation animation effect by a user named oKeyush. The creator also submitted it to the contest through Steam Workshop. 

Officially, the developers did not add animated stickers functionality to Counter Strike. Judging by Miguli's comments, the game's existing features, such as the holographic effect with hand-tuned settings and carefully selected gradients, are used to create the illusion of movement. 

We can expect that stickers with this effect will become very popular among players, which means that despite the labor-intensive nature of their creation, new items in a similar style will appear. Other works that qualify for the anniversary capsule can be viewed in the Steam Workshop by tagging CSGO10. The contest entries closed on July 21, so now we have less than a month to wait to find out which CS:GO stickers will eventually become part of the official version of the game.