So, here's the question I'm gonna have to ask about knives sold in Steam Community Market for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive: how the f are those knives are so goddamn expensive like you want to buy the smartphones today?
Most of the knives are labelled StatTrak™ with a star and colored purple. And the price is seriously undoubtable; it costs ranging from one million Rupiahs (US$ 71.33) to the most top price I can find on three pages: 14 million (US$ 998.67).
Idk how and where they can get it, but the price is seriously undoubtable in this case. The most common case scenario of getting knives like those with the crazy price tag (I even asked my sister about the price of iPhone X she bought, and that's almost same with the price I get on a "black" Karambit knife) is by using trading sites, of which I had to avoid to prevent loss of my Steam account.
I'm thinking that knives in CS:GO is a symbol of wealth, and not just a symbol of usual close-quarters combat. Even default, new, and one-of-a-kind knives are priced really expensive like you want to buy a brand-new cheap or used smartphone on the market.
How this question was out of my head? I just recently from a thread of some kind, at Off Topic or so... damn... looks like I forgot which thread I was visiting, because I was busy with this... people pleading for their bans (VAC ban or game ban) to be removed. Now it's only one question left to answer: about game hub.
Anyway, selling their knives at the Community Market mean one thing: money, for their Steam Wallet, of course. Either they want to buy more things they want on the market, or they want to use it to buy TONS of games.
I'm guessing this: people really have so many ways to get money just for one thing in game, and you can't pay it with dirt. If they can't afford knives, they can just go to buy some cheap skin sets for the weapon they like. For the case of mine, I have purchased some of the cheap skins I found worth using in CS:GO when I want to go practice shooting or out in the competitive match (one day, though). Few have StatTrak™ names on it.
They're priced really cheap in the market, but there're also some with price nearly equivalent to knives that're sold out there. Again, symbol of wealth like sultans out there are in the weapon skins; that's why, if you want to cheat, you'll have to think twice or more. The punishment if you have a ban (either VAC or game ban) will include inability to trade with friends and selling it to the Community Market.
I've seen cases in VAC discussions that people with skins worth more than US$ 300 (~ Rp. 4.204.350) cannot be tradable or sold because they have a VAC ban or game ban on their profile. And it is indeed a part of the punishment stated by the Steam Support pages concerning VAC. That being said, once you're banned, you can't trade or sell it, which that means the money you spent on buying skins can't go anywhere.
Like many people said, "account security is your own responsibility", and "never sign in your Steam account to an untrusted computer or third party sites". That includes internet cafés and shops (warnet in Indonesian), as well as gambling sites for skin trading. You'll never know when the hijacker have access to your account, so it's better off to put several security layers, just in case.
2FA (two-factor authentication), strong password, using Steam Guard (from the Steam app), clean computer with better antivirus (Windows Defender will suffice, though), and not touching sites that gambles for skins, are the best and strongest layer of security you can put on your account. I recommend using random password generator and store it either conventionally or by using a trusted password manager.
I hope this can bring you some light about why knives sold at the Steam Community Market for CS:GO are so damn expensive, and how to prevent your skins cannot be tradable or sold to the market. Stay safe, stay true, and don't become a cheater if you want to combat cheats.
Most of the knives are labelled StatTrak™ with a star and colored purple. And the price is seriously undoubtable; it costs ranging from one million Rupiahs (US$ 71.33) to the most top price I can find on three pages: 14 million (US$ 998.67).
Idk how and where they can get it, but the price is seriously undoubtable in this case. The most common case scenario of getting knives like those with the crazy price tag (I even asked my sister about the price of iPhone X she bought, and that's almost same with the price I get on a "black" Karambit knife) is by using trading sites, of which I had to avoid to prevent loss of my Steam account.
I'm thinking that knives in CS:GO is a symbol of wealth, and not just a symbol of usual close-quarters combat. Even default, new, and one-of-a-kind knives are priced really expensive like you want to buy a brand-new cheap or used smartphone on the market.
How this question was out of my head? I just recently from a thread of some kind, at Off Topic or so... damn... looks like I forgot which thread I was visiting, because I was busy with this... people pleading for their bans (VAC ban or game ban) to be removed. Now it's only one question left to answer: about game hub.
Anyway, selling their knives at the Community Market mean one thing: money, for their Steam Wallet, of course. Either they want to buy more things they want on the market, or they want to use it to buy TONS of games.
I'm guessing this: people really have so many ways to get money just for one thing in game, and you can't pay it with dirt. If they can't afford knives, they can just go to buy some cheap skin sets for the weapon they like. For the case of mine, I have purchased some of the cheap skins I found worth using in CS:GO when I want to go practice shooting or out in the competitive match (one day, though). Few have StatTrak™ names on it.
They're priced really cheap in the market, but there're also some with price nearly equivalent to knives that're sold out there. Again, symbol of wealth like sultans out there are in the weapon skins; that's why, if you want to cheat, you'll have to think twice or more. The punishment if you have a ban (either VAC or game ban) will include inability to trade with friends and selling it to the Community Market.
I've seen cases in VAC discussions that people with skins worth more than US$ 300 (~ Rp. 4.204.350) cannot be tradable or sold because they have a VAC ban or game ban on their profile. And it is indeed a part of the punishment stated by the Steam Support pages concerning VAC. That being said, once you're banned, you can't trade or sell it, which that means the money you spent on buying skins can't go anywhere.
Like many people said, "account security is your own responsibility", and "never sign in your Steam account to an untrusted computer or third party sites". That includes internet cafés and shops (warnet in Indonesian), as well as gambling sites for skin trading. You'll never know when the hijacker have access to your account, so it's better off to put several security layers, just in case.
2FA (two-factor authentication), strong password, using Steam Guard (from the Steam app), clean computer with better antivirus (Windows Defender will suffice, though), and not touching sites that gambles for skins, are the best and strongest layer of security you can put on your account. I recommend using random password generator and store it either conventionally or by using a trusted password manager.
I hope this can bring you some light about why knives sold at the Steam Community Market for CS:GO are so damn expensive, and how to prevent your skins cannot be tradable or sold to the market. Stay safe, stay true, and don't become a cheater if you want to combat cheats.
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