CSGO: This player is too persuasive!

Chapter 447 8. NIKO: "Brother, I'll throw a flash at you, and your youth will return!"

The competition system of the IEM Chengdu group stage is relatively simple.

The entire group stage adopts a double-elimination system. Except for the first round which adopts a BO1 system, the remaining rounds are BO3 confrontations.

The winner of each group will advance to the semi-finals, while the second and third place winners will advance to the quarter-finals.

After knowing the opponents in the group stage, the COL team can prepare appropriately.

The first round format is a BO1 confrontation, so they only need to consider the final game map.

Several people in the team are working very hard to make various preparations in order to face the upcoming IEM Chengdu debut.

Although the auditions have been officially held several times, the strength of the audition opponents is still a bit lacking, making it difficult for them to get motivated.

As for the next map in BO1 with Faze, Xu Beifang focused more on Purgatory Town.

After entering CS2, Faze has always been one of the teams with the highest level in the town. The "Mid Lane Faze Smoke" developed by ropz to block the bandits' vision has set a trend.

During the CSGO period, the map that Xu Beifang was best at and played best was Purgatory Town.

If they don't ban the town, there is no reason for Faze to take the initiative to ban the town.

After all, this is not the Major final, and Faze will not use a map that Faze is not very good at.

Xu Beifang watched Faze's recent game videos several times, leaving a general impression in his mind. He also made several counter-targeted strategies, and his pre-match preparations were basically completed.

Next, you just need to wait for the game to actually begin.

On the afternoon of the day of the group stage, after packing up everything in the hotel, the group headed to the offline venue of IEM Chengdu Station in advance to prepare for the game.

"You haven't played a game in a few years? Do you feel a little complicated now?" JKS asked Xu Beifang in a low voice in the car.

Xu Beifang smiled and said, "Actually, I am a little nervous. I haven't played an offline game for a long time."

NIKO was holding up his phone to take pictures of the scenery of Chengdu. Hearing this, he laughed and said, "That's rare. Are you the only one who's nervous?"

"But don't worry, I'll give you a few good flashes in the game later, so you can kill a few waves, and you'll feel like your youth is back again!"

NIKO laughed to himself and then turned to ask Danking: "Dan, are there any giant pandas to see in this city?"

NIKO is in a particularly warm mood today.

A few people were chatting in the car and soon arrived at the offline venue.

Only then did they realize that Xu Beifang was right to reserve extra time, because there were too many fans waiting at the venue entrance!

You should know that there were no spectators in the group stage, and everyone watched the game online. But for Xu Beifang's first match after his real comeback, many of them still came to cheer him on.

The moment Xu Beifang got out of the car, the crowd cheered excitedly.

"oh!!"

"Nice, I love you!!"

"Come on, Ni-sama!!"

"Anchor Wa must exert his strength!"

This familiar scene made Xu Beifang feel a little emotional. When he was around 20 years old, there would always be such scenes.

It’s just that this scene hasn’t appeared in his life for a long time.

But I think I will see it often in the days to come.

So he raised his hand and greeted the crowd.

But his raised hand soon paused, because he saw a fan wearing a Little Bees uniform with an A4 paper hanging on his face, and on the A4 paper was Xu Beifang's face.

This guy directly COSed the former Xu Beifang.

So Xu Beifang shouted in surprise: "You are Nice, then who am I?"

The crowd suddenly burst into laughter.

Then Xu Beifang waved to them and said, "We are going to prepare for the competition. Bye!"

"come on! Come on!"

"I'm going to be a shipbreaker today!"

"The most uncomfortable episode of prickly heat powder."

Amid everyone's interesting conversation, Xu Beifang led his teammates into the venue that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

……

In the 6657 live broadcast room.

The player playing the machine is explaining the contestant Xu Beifang to new audiences.

Then he saw the live broadcast of IEM appear, and he quickly switched back to avoid being teased again by everyone for "6657 not having a pistol round."

"It's about to start!" The guy playing the machine rubbed his hands in anticipation. "Look at this COL. Right now, Beifang is the only one sitting in the middle. Whenever his teammates on either side play poorly, he'll start hammering them!"

"With his muscles in such good shape, he can easily handle 1v4 alone!"

"Who is the anchor supporting in this match? Please don't try to lead the discussion, 6657 is a neutral commentator and will be a very 'objective' observer."

"Okay, without further ado, let's take a look at the BP situation for today's game."

"Faze banned the maps first. They banned Tower and Anubis. It was a reasonable choice. These two maps are their worst. For a team like COL that reorganized during the offseason, it is quite reasonable to remove their weaknesses."

Play the machine and continue to look at COL's ban selection.

COL directly removed the ancient ruins and death amusement park, so the only maps left were Nuclear Crisis, Purgatory Town and Desert City.

Faze’s level on these three maps is actually pretty good, but the command ideas of both sides are similar.

Faze removed Desert City, COL removed Nuclear Crisis, and finally left the town of Purgatory.

"This is getting interesting." The guy playing the machine raised his eyebrows. "Everyone knows about Faze's town. It's quite strong. As for COL, Nice was once the world's number one banana player. During the CSGO era, no one could beat him in banana playing. NIKO's banana playing is also unique. Otherwise, banana playing wouldn't be called shrimp playing later."

“However, now that the entire town has been reset and has changed drastically, it is still debatable whether their understanding can still play a role.”

At this moment, the player suddenly heard a passionate shout from the live broadcast room: "Nice, Let's go!!"

Then, they witnessed a very loving scene.

After Big Cousin shouted to liven up the atmosphere, the members of Faze all waved in the direction of COL, greeting this old rival whom they had not played against for a long time.

The director turned the camera to Xu Beifang, who also smiled and gave them a thumbs up.

[These are the old CSGO guys, so interesting]

[My cousin cheers for the other side, haha]

[It's like a group of old friends getting together to fight a civil war haha]

[This scene is so funny]

[Speaking of which, the relationship between these 10 people is really complicated. NIKO has been in Faze and is a teammate of several people in Faze now. The new Han Wang in Faze is considered half a student of Beifang. Faze almost bought Nice many times. JKS has also been a firefighter in Faze.]

[I am moved to tears. This is the feeling of men]

Amidst laughter, the ten contestants from both teams interacted with each other by sending emoticons on the public screen.

Soon the warm-up time was over and the game officially began.

The BO1 match was carried out in a system of knife-fighting and side-selection, with both sides engaging in close combat.

But in the end, the cousin with a butt plug was no match for the cunning NIKO, and COL won the knife fight.

Xu Beifang naturally chose to start the game as a defender.

COL vs. Faze
Map: Purgatory Town

T：Karrgian、rain、frozen、Broky、ropz
CT: Nice, NIKO, Elige, Danking, JKS
The game officially begins!
"Brothers, let's get excited. As long as we win this game, let Danking treat us to a big dinner!" Xu Beifang made a simple opening remark, which caused his teammates to cheer in unison.

As for the pink goblin's wailing, no one cares.

After livening up the atmosphere, Xu Beifang began to plan for this point.

"Let's use a formation that is more towards A for this point. NIKO, can you do reconnaissance alone in area B?" Xu Beifang asked NIKO what he thought.

In the map of Purgatory Town, which has a relatively special structure, he and NIKO are mainly responsible for the defense of area B.

Let NIKO play in area B instead of him, mainly because he needs to perceive the information of area A to play the defensive game.

"No problem!" NIKO smiled cheerfully, "Just give the order, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

He had been a commander before, so he knew that if Xu Beifang resisted, it would be difficult for him to carry out his command.

"Then it's 4A1B. NIKO, you do reconnaissance in area B. I'll rush back here if anything happens. I've got two flashes and a lightning pincer. If you feel pressured, just tell me and I'll dodge."

The countdown ended and everyone set off.

As the first person, Danking rushed directly to the middle lane, then jumped over A1 and took a look at the bandit's information.

"They went to Banana Road. NIKO, please pay attention."

Xu Beifang went over the information in his head. "Brother Ji, reply directly to me. Dan and JKS, you can post the link and come to the second floor to fight."

He made the mid-term decision quickly.

I didn’t miss the pistol round when I played the machine, and I quickly explained it when I saw the countdown end:

"Faze, as the attacker, played the pistol round a bit exaggeratedly, equipped with 3 sets of props, and seemed to be preparing to launch a group B-area bomb, but NIKO was not in a hurry on Banana Road, and he ran away after hearing the message."

"The two guys at point A are coming over to reinforce the defense." The guy playing the machine raised his eyebrows. "The North's decision-making instructions are so fast!"

He noticed the changes in the CT formation.

Originally, 4A was standing at the front point, but after realizing that the pressure in the B area was too great, after the link was released, Danking and JKS did not covet the control of the middle lane. The two of them were stuck directly on the A2 floor and the balcony. It was a complete strategy to protect the second floor.

The fight was very rational.

"It took some time for Faze to attack and search the site. They didn't push in all at once, which gave the CT time to return to 3B. However, the north didn't stick to the site, but grabbed the props in the corridor."

"They are planning to launch a counterattack, but Faze is also exploding bombs head-on. Now it depends on whether the two flash bombs from the north will be in vain!"

Xu Beifang quietly grabbed a flash bomb from the stage, and he had quickly communicated with NIKO. As long as NIKO felt that the opponent was about to speed up, NIKO would immediately block the smoke, and then he would flash, send Elige to the police house, and NIKO next to a box to double pull, and attack the enemy who wanted to forcefully break through the smoke.

NIKO was nervously shaking in a box, and then he heard the sound of three people jumping at the same time. He immediately handed over the smoke bomb in his hand and shouted, "Get out of here!"

Xu Beifang fired two flash grenades in succession.

Elige was very experienced. He did not wait for Xu Beifang's flash bomb to explode. Instead, after hearing NIKO's shout, he immediately peeked out from the police house and fired a preemptive shot.

This premature shot did not allow him to hit anyone, but it attracted the attention of the Rain God.

Originally, when Yu Shen saw the trajectory of the smoke bomb, he planned to come directly over to grab the CT behind the box. However, when he saw someone in the police house, he was forced to divert his attention to the police house.

Although NIKO countered the smoke bomb, the Rain God still rushed in without hesitation.

They have trained on this set of tactics for the pistol round.

Three sets of props were poured down, which could help them share most of the pressure of the gun, but now the props had been given out, and if they didn't dare to rush out, they would not be able to continue fighting later.

So I could only jump into the smoke and rush out.

The other people behind him had the same idea.

Besides, the Rain God in the first position has jumped out to pull the gun for them, so they must follow him out to make up for it.

Then, they seemed to see Tiga.

"Faze chose to rush to the end, but he couldn't kill anyone with his white eyes! The North's flash bomb was very white, and NIKO and Elige did not live up to the effect of his flash bomb. One, two! All the people rushing into the smoke were knocked down!!"

"COL's timing for this anti-Qing wave is perfect!!"

After Xu Beifang fired two flash bombs, he saw a wave of messages in the upper right corner that started to flood the screen.

[NIKO+Nice flash bomb uses USP to headshot and kill Rain]

[Elige+Nice flashbang uses USP to headshot and kill Broky]

[Elige+Nice flash bomb uses USP to kill Karrgian]

[Elige+Nice flashbang used USP to headshot and killed Frozen]

"Good guns!!" Danking shouted in the voice chat, "Beautiful brothers, great shooting!!"

They only gained some WeChat steps at point A, so as the atmosphere group, they must provide adequate emotional value.

Ropz, who was left behind, saw that his teammates had been killed, so he could only try to mix in the smoke.

But Elige was holding up a cigarette, and he was eventually captured by the opponent after trying to escape from the smoke.

"Quadruple kill in the pistol round, you're a bit perverted, bro!" Danking was possessed by the spirit of drama, "You'll make the opponent lose confidence by doing this!"

The others were also very happy. Danking was really good at creating the atmosphere in the team.

Elige smiled happily, "The captain's flash was thrown well. The timing was perfect. The opponent didn't even open his eyes from beginning to end."

Xu Beifang also teased: "NIKO, don't worry, I'll find another opportunity to throw a wave at you later, so that you can also get a quad kill."

"Come on." NIKO rolled his eyes.

Xu Beifang did not keep chatting, and quickly issued the early arrangements for the second point: "Brother Ji, let's go with the spear, NIKO and I will go to control the banana road with full armor, MP9 and props. They have no bombs, and only have 2000 gold, so we still have to be careful. NIKO and I will control the banana road first, and then I will make up for it."

After the town map was reset, it became easier for CT to control the banana road.

However, in this small map, the probability of ANTI-ECO being overturned becomes higher, and the number of rounds becomes shorter, making the game in each round more important because the overall tolerance becomes lower.

Xu Beifang and NIKO easily controlled Banana Road. He left the extra props at the police house and let NIKO jump on the stone slabs to investigate. Then he returned to Area A for a heavy defense.

"No bomb was planted, but Faze actually fought back, very brave." The player briefly explained the configuration of this point, "Faze didn't want to fight with the opponent for the banana lane with this configuration. Beifang also expected this, and made a basic control on the banana lane, leaving NIKO alone, and the formation became a 4A heavy defense."

"Beifang's movements were ridiculously fast. In the second, he even reached the groove near the middle. He was a fully armored MP9, and this position was a good exchange area."

"Faze immediately sent out a link smoke, trying to attack the middle lane."

"But Elige immediately countered a mid lane smoke, but Faze didn't seem to be stopping."

There was some worry in the machine's tone, because Faze gave him a link smoke, so he was the only one in the middle area for the time being, and Elige could only shoot through to help him.

If he didn't hit any of them, or only took down one, he would have lost a lot in this wave.

The cousin might be able to figure out that NIKO is the only one at point B, so he turns back to speed up the process.

"This time it all depends on how the North handles it."

Xu Beifang was holding an MP9, listening to the opponent's undisguised footsteps in the middle lane, and knew that it was almost obvious that Faze was going to clear the middle lane.

But fortunately, his position was not obvious, and Elige gave him smoke bombs and grenades during the link, which attracted some attention to him.

He quietly collected information, then turned around immediately after hearing the sound of the prop being used.

"Bang~"

After the flash bomb exploded, Xu Beifang turned around and saw a bandit rushing out from the smoke bomb spreading in the middle.

He fired a volley of bullets.

[Nice killed karrigan with a headshot using MP9]

At the same time, the thunder bag also fell in the middle of the road.

This scene also made Xu Beifang realize that the opponent did not want to test or simply clear the middle lane, but planned to speed up and make the final decision.

That means someone in the boiler room must have come out at the same time.

So Xu Beifang directly launched the biggest bonus of CS2 - running and fighting.

He faced the boiler room door, holding his MP9 and running to the left.

Broky, who came out of the boiler room, still thought he was very mysterious. He wanted to slowly get information by feeling the edge of the smoke bomb and use Tec-9 to knock down Xu Beifang.

However, he did not expect Xu Beifang to fire a wave of advance shots at him, and he was startled by the "ding ding" sound of two gunshots.

After killing Broky with a burst of bullets, Xu Beifang ran out of bullets. He did not retreat into the link smoke in a panic, but thought in reverse and went into the smoke in the middle lane.

Sure enough, the moment he quietly walked into the smoke in the middle of the road, he heard two footsteps coming towards the middle of the road.

Elige, who was in the link, saw Xu Beifang's position, understood what he meant, and opened fire at an oblique angle to help seduce him.

Danking at the bomb site did not rush out to make up the gun, but said: "I have an A1 flash, North, don't look at A1."

After saying that, Danking fired a flash grenade.

Xu Beifang caught a glimpse of him firing the flash bomb out of the corner of his eye, and immediately looked in the direction of the link and crawled out of the smoke bomb.

Yu Shen and Han Wang came out from the smoke in the middle lane and wanted to finish off the enemy, but found that Xu Beifang had disappeared. They immediately used Tec-9 to quickly fire a burst of bullets at Link, but did not see anyone.

"So fast..." King Han complained.

But the next second, a bullet came from behind.

"boom!"

[Nice killed Frozen with a headshot using an MP9]

Only then did Yu Shen realize that Xu Beifang was not returning to the link, but was hiding in the smoke waiting for an opportunity.

He turned his head immediately, but was hit head-on by a flash bomb and could only shoot with his eyes rolled back.

But in the end, he couldn't escape death.

"The members of Faze came over one after another to finish off the enemy, but Nice's experience was much better than they thought, and a wave of reverse smoke came directly behind them!"

"Oh!! This time he's roaming the middle lane with his MP9!"

"We've already got a quad kill this round, is there a pentakill?"

"The last ID left is ropz. Knowing that he was playing on the second floor, Beifang rushed directly into the second floor to look for him. Could ropz defeat him? He didn't either! ANTI-ECO got a pentakill!"

The player watching the game laughed: "This was really a great game for Beifang. It was the one that Dazhuang envied the most. But this was actually a half-armor economic game. Faze had Tec-9 available, so it was quite valuable."

The director gave a wonderful replay of the kill, and the player watching the video said: "This one point can't be considered as aiming, okay? It's just the experience of this old bastard. You see, he completely guessed what the opponent wanted to do. It can only be said that even if this guy holds an MP9, he can play a crucial role."

"It makes me sigh, it is worthy of being the first step in the CS:GO era!"

……

The player in the live broadcast room was extremely excited, but the Faze people who were serving as the background all started laughing.

The Rain God scratched his head and said, "I thought his level would decline a lot after a few years of rest, but he's still so difficult to deal with."

Nice is a guy like this, his presence in the game is ridiculously high.

Even though there was no direct gunfight with him in the last minute, his flashbangs still affected the situation.

This time, he killed them all by himself.

You have to know that they also have half-armor Tec-9 in their hands, and the difference between it and MP9 at that distance is actually not that big.

But even so, Nice still managed to finish the fight for them.

They didn't even have a chance to fire.

It's really disgusting when young people like donk use guns to shoot relying on reaction and aim.

But Nice is a very experienced guy, and he has so many weird tricks, and then...

This guy's reflexes and aim are also top notch.

With this point and this head-on fight with him, they seemed to have returned to 2019 and 2020.
At that time, whenever they faced Xu Beifang, they would feel sweaty.

In the minds of these old men, Nice is the opponent they most want to fight against, but also the opponent they least want to fight against.

It is a pleasure to play against old rivals again now, but when we really enter the game, everyone is very serious and will try every possible way to get points and win the game.

"This is the rifleman version after all, so he'll definitely be more difficult to deal with." My cousin consoled him, "I expected that, but now that he's become a commander, his marksmanship will definitely be affected. The impact may not be as strong as in previous versions, but we can still handle it."

"Let's wait for the next rifle round..."

……

(End of this chapter)