We’ve made it past another April Fools day, and civilization csgo skins is thankfully, mercifully still intact. Sometimes, though, April Fools jokes have lasting consequences, and I’m not just talking about people losing their jobs after they Google mic-dropped their bosses.
The Counter-Strike economy—which involves highly sought-after cosmetic items and deals in real money—is still a bit shaken after an April Fools prank by popular YouTuber McSkillet (via Game Zone).
See, in Counter-Strike you can “trade up” multiple weapon skins of a certain quality to receive one of a higher quality. The esteemed Mr Skillet (Esquire) posted a believably edited video claiming Valve launched a new “Trade Up Contract” update, in which he said players could trade ten Covert (read: not super rare) rated skins for a random knife. Rare Counter-Strike knives can go for hundreds of dollars. Covert skins sometimes go for an amount of dollars you can count on one hand. Why wouldn’t you roll the dice on that gamble? 30 or so bucks for a shot at winning hundreds? Rare is the Vegas deal that’s so appealing.
Here’s the thing, though: at the end of his video, McSkillet said the whole thing was an April Fools joke. Problem: many people don’t watch videos all the way through. Problem the second: many treat YouTubers as their primary source of news, so they didn’t bother to check the Counter-Strike blog, a news publication, Reddit, or what have you to verify whether they’d stumbled into a vat of molten gold or steaming bullshit. Plus, markets move fast. They wanted to be the first to cash in on the deal.
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