On March 30, 2023, Saqib "Lirik", a popular Twitch streamer, played Counter-Strike 2 and unboxed several weapon crates during the broadcast, including the Dreams and Nightmares case. At first, he didn't expect to get lucky enough to obtain a knife from the loot box. However, fate was on his side, and he ended up unboxing a rare Bowie Knife Black Laminate.
The incident left him stunned, and he exclaimed in surprise:
Lirik spent the first few hours of his livestream on March 30 unboxing various Counter-Strike 2 cases. While opening the Dreams and Nightmares box, the 32-year-old personality stated that he was not expecting to get a rare item from it:
After getting a USP-S Ticket to Hell, the content creator jokingly stated that the skin looked like it had smudges all over it, similar to a "gamer's mouse." He then unboxed another container, and this was the one that gave Lirik his first Counter-Strike 2 knife.
Lirik was shocked after receiving the rare item. He began inspecting it and noticed zebra patterns:
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The Twitch streamer realized that the weapon skin had a "Battle-Scarred" exterior. For context, skins in Counter-Strike have a "float value," which determines the quality of the collectible.
There are five levels of quality, that range from Factory New (0.00 - 0.07), Minimal Wear (0.07 - 0.15), Field-Tested (0.15 - 0.38), Well-Worn (0.38 - 0.45), and Battle-Scarred (0.45 - 1.00)
Continuing further, Lirik added:
The Twitch streamer getting his first knife in Counter-Strike 2 was amongst the top posts on the r/LivestreamFail subreddit. Here's what the online community had to say about it:
While one viewer claimed that a Battle-Scarred Bowie Knife Black Laminate was worth $200 on the Steam Marketplace, another
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