CSGO E-sports Manager

Chapter 593 Team A's life in Cologne is not ideal
"Team A won its first defeat on the second day of the IEM Cologne group stage, but the outstanding performance of Zaiwu and DD also attracted a lot of attention.

However, in the next two days of competition, they did not play so smoothly.

Under the restrictions of the rules of the double-elimination competition system, Team A, which has already lost a game, has no way out. Every subsequent game is an extremely difficult life-and-death situation, and it is difficult to treat it with a normal heart.

On the third day of the game, they ran into YJ, a dark horse team in this group stage.

YJ's performance in Cologne this time was quite impressive. It was the first time they entered a large-scale S-level event. They won the North American MG in the first day of the battle, which surprised many people.

However, there is still a gap between the second-tier team and Team A in terms of experience and strength.

In this BO3, Broky was in a very good state. He beat the Spaniard with one player in the front and ran away. In the end, he won the game with KD 67-30 in the two maps.

It's just that in the last day of the group stage, Team A's performance was not satisfactory.

"What's the situation with you guys?"

In the hotel room, S1mple, who had watched the whole game, asked in puzzlement, "Your state today is too different from playing AE."

gla1ve leaned on the sofa, pursed his lips, and did not speak.

Meng De sat in front of the computer, and the screen showed the results of their last match in the group stage.

It can only be said that everyone in Team A is out of shape today.

No... loads should be excluded here.

In the last day of the group stage, their opponent was FG who also lost to AE on the first day.

Before the game started, many people on the forum expressed their expectations.After all, this is the first time kennyS has played against his old club after leaving the team, and they are all looking forward to who can perform better.

From the performance of the group stage, the performance of the two teams can be regarded as evenly matched, and the audience hoped to see a wonderful game today.

But this BO3 didn't even enter the third picture. Team A struggled for a long time and was taken away by FG.

Team A received two maps in a row by FG ​​and directly entered the next airport stage.

If today's game was played by kennyS, that's fine.

The problem is, in this BO3, the best performer is actually the load.

He dominated the audience with the data of 58/13/36 in the double map.

The best stats on the winner's side were 46/11/33 by kennyS.

On average, each map carried 6 more kills than the opponent, but this still failed to help Team A win the game.

That's why S1mple would question them after the game.

"Huo!" S1mple moved closer to the coach, saw the data on the screen, and understood why Meng De kept frowning.

"Broky, your state is a little too lazy. It's useless to carry things around if you want to fly."

Seeing that Team A was silent, S1mple walked up to Zaiwu, patted him on the shoulder and said emotionally: "Young man, don't worry, you have to take your time like this."

"You know, I've been in more prisons than you have played in games, so I feel better."

Hearing S1mple's "comforting" words, Zaiwu shrugged, "I don't feel bad, just play hard next time."

"It's okay, I understand, young people, you are saving face, I will give you a pair of dungeon wallpapers when I go back, so that you can get used to the feeling of being in prison." S1mple comforted the talented guy in front of him with a face of "I'm from here."

They've been doing pretty well lately.

After winning the Major final, although he didn't spend as much time on CSGO as before, the strength of his teammates was significantly higher, which made the IEM Cologne go smoothly in the group stage this time, and has played 6 cards so far map, the winning rate is 100%.

Now the mood is very beautiful, even a little carried away.

"I'm not talking about you guys. It's too much for Zaiwu to have one green and four reds in today's game."

Listening to the sarcasm in S1mple's words, gla1ve said angrily: "It's almost done, it's just that I'm not in a good state. I thought too much about the game today, but it led them astray... Losing the game is already annoying, so you Stop chattering around here."

Listening to the anger in gla1ve's words, S1mple didn't continue to suffer, but said with a smile:
"Don't, it's not enough to make fun of your mentality? You have to learn from me. I am scolded by the black people in the forum every day. I read it with gusto without blinking."

After winning this Major championship, S1mple felt that the most obvious thing was that he finally had the confidence to face the abuse of black fans during the live broadcast.

"Play DOTA every day like you?" gla1ve rolled his eyes at S1mple, feeling better after being played around by him.

"The training time is definitely different from yours." S1mple looked at the back in front of the computer with some guilt, "After all, you are a new lineup, and you will definitely need more time to get used to it."

"We just have to keep the basics..."

Seeing that there was no reaction from that back, S1mple was relieved.

Meng De finally watched the two games from the perspective of God, stretched in his position, and let out a foul breath.

At the end of today's game, he was a little angry, thinking that he shouldn't have played so poorly.

But after the game, he watched the entire game from the live broadcast perspective, but he calmed down instead.

After sorting out his thoughts, Meng De got up and looked around the audience, as if he wanted to see the mental activities of the players through his eyes.

The final result made Meng De quite satisfied. Everyone in Team A did not show timidity, and behaved fairly calmly.

Faced with the result of being eliminated, they did not appear too disappointed.

It's not that they don't care about this game, but for them, the preparation and tactics of this game are actually not bad, but some adjustments are not done well, which is quite a pity.

"The second team didn't play very well in today's game. Except for the loading, everyone's performance was very poor, but I took a closer look and found that you are actually not bad when you are facing the gun. It is more because of the continuous The transfer made me miss the good timing, especially Brother Electronic..."

gla1ve blamed himself: "Today I have the biggest problem. We discussed a lot of things in the replay after the two-day game. When I met kennyS today, my mentality was actually a little anxious... I tried some immature ideas in the game. Let Broky and the others run around the map all the time, playing a bit messy."

"It's a good thing you can understand." Mengde said, "Actually, I just took a look at it, and I discussed some things with you a long time ago, such as the default time compression attack, and dynamic defense..."

"Some of your instructions and layouts in the game today already have the embryonic form of those styles of play."

Wang Yuning, the commander of the first team, asked in doubt: "Then why didn't they start learning this style of play before?"

As long as he could remember, the coach had indeed mentioned these concepts to them.

"I originally wanted to let them practice and expand around these styles of play after the Major ended, but during the offseason..." Meng De shrugged and did not continue.

Others also understand that with the departure of kennyS and Tig after the offseason, Team A is now in a vacuum of substitutions, and the plan is naturally delayed.

Subsequent additions of loading and DD made Team A almost a "new" team.

The new team naturally focuses on running-in. The first requirement must be to explore and master the tactics they have mastered before.

As for new things, at least let the team get used to it for a while before discussing it.

gla1ve wanted to use some new tactics and new ideas to fight against the enemy in today's game, but because of the immaturity of these tactics, their rhythm was very chaotic.

As a sniper, Zaiwu was not affected too much in the team's position of replenishing guns.

And the people at both ends of the team, like Broky, DD, and Electronic Brother, have been greatly affected.

This also turned today's game into a green belt and four reds.

"But today's game is not for nothing." Meng De said here and looked at gla1ve, with a smile on his face, "gla1ve's command talent is really amazing, and his understanding of tactics is as good as mine. And Hehe, in terms of some tactics, can be regarded as an extension of my ideas."

"If I provide these sets of offensive and defensive ideas in the follow-up and let you try and make mistakes on the field, what will the result be?"

"Don't think too much, then you will definitely lose. After all, thinking is thinking, and there is still a big difference between talking on paper and actual confrontation."

gla1ve deeply agrees: "Even if we have a team that keeps trying and making mistakes with us in the training games, some tactics still fail to please us when we play them in the game."

One trick will never work in the world of CSGO, because the opponents they encounter will always find a way to counter their tactics. They may succeed in their tactics for the first time, but it is only when they are conquered by someone with a heart. Normal result.

"A lot of ideas of gla1ve today, although they made us fail, they also helped me avoid a lot of detours in this thinking."

They have not yet started to practice the two ideas of silent attack and dynamic defense. If they really have to practice for a period of time and go to the field to find out these mistakes, it will take too much time to correct them later.

According to Meng De's estimation of their strength, even if Team A made it to the knockout stage this time, it was only a day trip.

In contrast, the samples brought about by this failure were of great help to them.

"Our information collection is already one of the best among the first-line teams, and we can gain more information by using dynamic defense." Mengde looked at gla1ve, "As for the static card time attack, I think gla1ve you should You will put this offensive method at the right time, so in the next few months, your task is to fully control these two sets of offensive and defensive thinking while running in."

"By that time, your firepower will be comparable to others, and you will also have multiple sets of play systems that can be adjusted in terms of tactical thinking. I think that not only will you be able to restore the level of the Major, but you will even become a phenomenal team."

After solving the problems that plagued my mind today, the air in the whole room seems to be relaxed.

Listening to Meng De's painting, gla1ve's heart became hot, and after a while, he dragged his teammates to replay the game.

……

After briefly arranging the work of the second team, Meng De turned his attention to the first team.

In this IEM Cologne group stage, the performance of the first team is phenomenal.

They advanced to the knockout stage without losing a single game, which led to a lot of discussion about them in the forum.

And what are the substantive benefits of total victory?
In the knockout stage, they can start directly from the semi-finals. That is to say, even if their follow-up matches are just nonsense, the lowest score will be the semi-finals.

Group B also entered the finals with a complete victory. They just defeated AE in the Major finals. They also advanced to the semi-finals with a complete victory.

There are a total of six teams in this IEM knockout round, and they divided the six teams into two groups.

Except for the two teams that advanced throughout the process, the remaining four teams played a BO3 match. The winners of Group A will advance to the semi-finals with VC. The same goes for the winners of Group B.

The two teams that finally stood out from the semi-finals will have a BO5 battle in the final.

In Group A, besides VC, the remaining teams from Group A are Poseidon from North America and Samba from Brazil.

The teams that advance to Group B are FG, which was joined by kennyS, and GG, the world's top sports team.

At first glance, the strength of VC in Group A can crush Samba and Poseidon.

But the ups and downs in strength shown by Poseidon and Samba after the offseason are actually huge.

Take the samba as an example. During the qualifiers, they could be easily carried away by Team A.

But after entering the group stage, they were able to beat YSG to the north.

After that match, the ogre was in a daze.The Brazilian's wild attack made him overwhelmed, and it was the first time Mengde saw a player with the character of an ogre dejected.

The strength of YSG is obvious to all. Samba can win them, at least it shows that they have played well at some points.

Then VC can't underestimate these two seemingly disparate teams.

"Are you confident to win the championship in Cologne?" Meng De asked.

"That must be won!" NIKO looked confident, and did not forget to say something about S1mple, "Even if S1mple paddles every day, I can still beat the entire team."

"Then I'm relieved." Meng De smiled. "During the Major interview, we uttered big words about building a dynasty. Don't be slapped in the face as soon as you blow it out."

"If that's the case, I think S1mple will line up with the netizens in the forum all day long." The director laughed at the side.

But what he said was just a joke, he didn't want to see that kind of scene.

Successfully won the Major championship. On the one hand, the confidence of the whole team has improved a lot, and the combat effectiveness shown has also become stronger.

But on the other hand, after winning the Major championship, at the very beginning stage, they also lost the goal in their hearts, and they may or may not be a little slack.

After all, the goal they once dreamed of has been achieved, and they have no motivation for the game.

But fortunately, with the help of a psychologist, most VCs have come out of that state.

He attached great importance to this IEM Cologne game, and even dyed his hair in pink before the game, just to keep himself in better condition.

Just like the words that the coach told him when he first joined the team a long time ago:

"Get a new hairstyle and keep yourself brand new."

He now uses this sentence in his attitude towards the profession, even though he already has a Major championship.

Still have to maintain the same desire to win as the beginning!

Only in this way can he stop regretting after failure and say that if at that time...

Although he didn't say it, the director is determined to win this IEM Cologne and even the next few championships!
(End of this chapter)