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Swisher on IEM Cologne's sticker system: "I think everybody suffered"

In an interview with HLTV , M80 player Michael "Swisher" Schmid went into detail about his team's recent results and the new sticker system that Valve unveiled at the IEM Cologne Major.

Dust2.us7 Oct 2026 · 1 min read

Swisher, like many others in the pro CS scene, wasn't a huge fan of the revamped sticker purchasing system. Fans weren't as keen on buying the individual stickers at a higher price v.

the old system, which saw stickers unboxed from capsules at a fixed rate, but with the chance of getting a sticker that was worth more than the capsule's value.

I think Valve isn't one to go back on things too often, which is a bit of a scare for everybody.

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