A new world opened up to Elijah, and with it a greater desire for skins. In early 2015, after he turned 14, he set his sights on two knife skins that he saw a professional player use on Twitch -- a Karambit Doppler and an M9 Bayonet Doppler. They cost a combined $900, but he didn't have enough money in his Steam account. So he sold his iPad on eBay for $200 and added some money he made working at his grandmother's Hebrew school. He billed the remaining cost of the skins to his father's credit card.
Friday, January 20, 2017
Counter-Strike Turned A Teenager Into A Compulsive Gambler
ESPN has posted a rather lengthy article on the whole class action lawsuit against Valve over skin-gambling. If you aren't up to speed on the whole thing this article will PYAITK.