In other words, this skin is a math problem of rarity. All of the skin’s stickers are “unscratched,” so they similarly maintain the visual quality. However, this specific skin was “Factory New,” meaning the skin’s visual clarity is crystal clear, an extremely rare occurrence. The most common is Battle Worn, meaning the skin will have extreme visual wear-and-tear and a lack of graphic clarity. Skins also have a factor of rarity called “wear,” with several tiers. There are also stickers that can only be obtained through the event’s souvenir crates. In short, only a limited number of Skadoodle-autographed crates exist in the world. They also include “autographs” from players that participated in the matches. “Souvenir” crates are dropped when fans spectate games within Majors, with pre-attached and exclusive “stickers” for the skins. This one was dropped during the Krakow Major such crates are worth $31 at time of writing. Such packages are dropped during a Major, third-party events sponsored by Valve to promote and reward consistent gameplay by teams. The skin, named Dragon Lore, is the rarest drop in a series of loot crates called Cobblestone Packages. Esports fans, personalities and pundits already consider the match to be one of the greatest moments in esports, featuring double-overtime at the end of the best-of-three match.įans around the world balked at the skin sale’s announcement, but skin collectors - and CS:GO fans in general - envy the details of the skin.
The day before, Latham’s team, Cloud9, became the first American squad to win a Valve-sponsored CS:GO event, the ELeague Major: Boston. The skin - here’s the item listing at OPSkins, which requires a login - notably features an “autograph” sticker by Tyler “Skadoodle” Latham. On Monday, one buyer on digital trading site OPSkins purchased a sniper rifle skin for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for $61,052.63, one of the most expensive CS:GO transactions on public record. One wealthy esports fan invested in the digital memorabilia of his lifetime.
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