Counter Strike Global Offensive and how it is slowly eating at my life

[maximusfuller]

On the 18th of August I bought Counter Strike Global Offensive, a purchase that I regret and don't regret at the same time.

I am writing this post on the 2nd of November which means that I have had the game for 76 days. In that time, I have put 317 hours into CS GO meaning that on average, daily, I spend 4.17105263 on the game. This does include idle time however, causing this to be a unreliable number because I have left the game running overnight and whilst I'm at school accidentally.

This is the amount of time that I have spent IN GAME. I say this because I have spent many hours watching professional CS GO games, streamers play the game and other Counter Strike related media.

I bought the game for £5.99 (About $10), this means that I paid £1 for every 52 hours of the game. This number however is skewed by the fact that I have spent about £60 ($100) on in game items such as cases and skins (cosmetic IN GAME items that bare no value on the way you play, yes, I know it's sad) some of which I lost due to betting on professional games. (I lost a £24/$40 skin betting on a team that was going through an amazing winning streak when they played a team on a losing streak and lost) This takes the amount of hours to played ratio to £1 for every 4.8 hours. I am also saving up for a knife that costs about $150 (I will hopefully get the money from trading),

All of the time that I have spent playing CS GO have triggered many headaches. I suffer from migraines, caused by staring at screen for to long, dehydration and no sleep. Before I started playing I got maybe 2 a month, in the last 2 and a half months I've probably had about 10.

My overall point of this post is to tell you not to buy CS GO, it is fucking up my sleep cycle, school work and other things in my life. I say this as I am about to put down a bet on Fnatic to beat LDLC in the ESWC final. God I hate myself.