Guwahati, Aug. 12 -- LAN cafes from Itanagar to Imphal once rounded out quiet evenings with puzzle titles and mobile-strategy matches. Over the past year, though, screens glow almost exclusively with the spinning dial of the case-opening roulette in Counter-Strike 2. The mechanic is simple-buy a key, click Unlock, and watch a coloured ribbon slide past rows of weapon icons-yet the after-shocks reach far beyond on-screen fireworks. In towns where weekend leisure options are limited by distance and cost, CS2 cases deliver suspense, shared celebration, and a doorway into a global secondary market. Hostel corridors now ring with victory shouts when a friend pulls a pink, and tea-stall chatter often includes overnight knife prices alongside cr...