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Re:Counter-Strike's player economy is in a multi-billion dol... by matsemann on Friday October 24, 2025 @04:35AM (#45692309)
> If you vote this down, pretty curious what you are thinking?

That you used a straw man. The $20k cosmetics weren't mentioned, and even if some buy these, the thing itself can still very well be targeted as gambling towards children.

Re:Counter-Strike's player economy is in a multi-billion dol... by semanticist on Friday October 24, 2025 @06:44AM (#45693205)
"Prior to the most recent update, some Knives, like a Doppler Ruby Butterfly Knife, could fetch around $20,000 on third-party storefronts like CSFloat."

They're mentioned right there in the article this is nominally meant to be a discussion thread about.

Re:Counter-Strike's player economy is in a multi-billion dol... by matsemann on Friday October 24, 2025 @07:15AM (#45693400)
But the argument was "they're running an online casino directed at children", the fact that someone buys the result of the gambling for adult money / $20k doesn't mean it's not, and is basically irrelevant to that statement.