Many players have already gotten their hands on capsule stickers in honor of CS:GO's tenth anniversary. It includes over fifty stickers in total, and many of them are notable not only for their colorful and memorable images, but also for the references, wordplay, or jokes hidden in their design. Here are some stories about the stickers from the anniversary capsule.
Dreams and Mimics
The sticker, whose name translates into Russian as «Dreams and Mimics», contains two references at once. First, mimics – dangerous creatures that masquerade as chests, familiar to many players from the DarkSouls series. However, they were actually found in many fantasy works even earlier. Secondly, the picture is not just a chest, but the Dreams & Nightmares case presented as a mimic: it can be recognized by the coloring and logo on the case.
Greens’sProblem
And a sticker called «Greens Problem» refers to a video that became a meme in the CS:GO community. On it, the player first addresses his teammate with the question: «Green, what's your problem?»then kills him, gets banned for half an hour, finally loses his temper and smashes his keyboard. It is this sequence of events that is reflected on the sticker: on the new sticker one player addresses a question to another player, while the erased version shows the keys flying apart from the impact.
.Magic Rush Ball
This sticker depicts a popular toy called «magic rush ball»: think of a question, shake it and get the answer. On the image of a balloon on the sticker, such a question is already written: «Where are we in a hurry?» And if you rub the sticker, it is replaced by another, no less urgent for those who have already decided on the previous one: «What are we buying?» It's a pity you can't use this sticker as a guessing ball during the match.
.Approaching Site
Even those who don't watch anime have probably seen memes based on this scene from «The Amazing Adventures of JoJo». References to this franchise can be found in many works, and now CS:GO is also among them. The sticker reproduces one of the most famous scenes from the manga: JoJo is approached by his antagonist, Dio Brando.
Cbbl
Some stickers will especially appeal to experienced CS:GO players. Those who started playing recently will no longer catch cards like Cobblestone or Aztec (the former was removed from the competitive mode, and the latter – was completely removed from the game). The sticker is a reminder of just that: it shows the name of the first of these classic cards, and when erased, reveals the second.
Blue Gem
Finally, a sticker called BlueGem will especially appeal to collectors of rare skins. Its very name – refers to the category of rare and expensive skins BlueGemCaseHardened. In addition, when the sticker is erased, the number 661 is revealed, and it was not chosen by chance: it is the pattern-index of the most expensive version of AK-47CaseHardenedBlueGem .