First, LoL is popular because riot is investing millions in tournaments.
Secondly, with CS:GO being f2p has alot of up's and down's such as:
-More hackers but alot more players.
-Valve would need to find another way to make money (like the hat's system in TF2).
Making the game f2p won't change alot becuase people just don't like the game.
Actully I believe that if valve would start to invest big money in CS:GO like they did with dota2 and The International tournaments then you would see more and more teams and organisations joining the game.
2013-01-19 00:31:35