CS2 players are already using new sticker update to write slurs on weapons
ValveIn a surprising move, Valve’s latest CS2 update now allows stickers to be placed almost anywhere on weapons, and in any rotation. This has instantly led to some creative crafts, as well as some downright offensive ones.
Ever since stickers were added to CS:GO, they have been limited to four pre-set spots on weapons. This meant that while players could personalize their skins, they didn’t have total freedom.
On February 6, the first major content update for CS2 went live, and threw a spanner in the works with the ability to place stickers anywhere on weapons, as well as all weapons now supporting five stickers.
Of course, the inevitable happened, as players quickly found ways to make bizarre, funny, or simply offensive words or drawings with the sticker placement.
Although it was already possible to spell out three or four-letter words with some sticker combinations, this new update has made it far easier.
Because some stickers include lettering, such as ‘GG’ (good game), these stickers in particular have shot up in price on the Steam market.
The obvious reason for this rise is players using the sticker to spell out words – in some cases, very offensive words.
Others are using the new tools to make predictably juvenile shapes.
This would have been a predictable outcome too, considering the same has been done in other games like Call of Duty, whenever this level of customization is permitted.
Whether or not creating offensive sticker crafts would ever be a bannable action though, is unknown. In Call of Duty for example, players reported for creating offensive emblems would often lose the ability to make emblems.
The sticker update generally in CS2 has caused confusion, as the skin market tries to react. Some of the most expensive stickers in the game are worth tens of thousands of dollars, and this update could either make them even pricier or crash the market entirely.