CSGO: This player is too persuasive!

Chapter 451 12. Failure is like a slap in the face, it keeps people awake
The second day of competition came to an end.

To be honest, due to the CS2 competition system, even if a match went into overtime, the overall time was still very short, giving people a very unreal feeling.

It was not until the VP players came to shake hands that the COL players suddenly realized that they had suffered their first defeat after the reorganization of the lineup.

Losing is not a good feeling, especially when you have worked hard to prepare for the competition and when you go into the competition, you even feel that you can win this game.

This feeling is quite bad.

Xu Beifang suddenly began to hate the post-match handshake. He felt that it might be better to replace the post-match handshake with an elbow bump.

He glanced down and saw that the other people in the team were not in a good mood either.

That’s for sure. They successfully defeated Faze on the first day and their morale was high. But suddenly they were beaten by VP. That was definitely not a good feeling.

JKS's expression was a little confused. In today's confrontation, his performance was average and he didn't put in any outstanding performance.

Elige was packing up his peripherals, but as he watched the VPs walking away, there was still some reluctance in his eyes.

NIKO ruffled his hair in agitation, and his whole face turned red.

Danking, who usually loves to play, became silent at this moment.

Of course Xu Beifang was also somewhat unwilling.

He personally felt that he should win against VP.

On the map of the building, they should have won and achieved victory with three maps.

But inside the building, problems occurred in multiple rounds, everyone was making mistakes, and the game did not develop as planned.

Obviously, VP did better in today's game.

But think positively, sometimes failure is like a slap in the face, which makes them realize their current situation.

This is also good news for COL's subsequent development.

Xu Beifang originally planned to pack up and go back to review the situation with his teammates.

However, the IEM Chengdu staff informed him that there would be a post-match interview.

At first Xu Beifang wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he still needed some channels to communicate with the outside world. Even the netizens wanted to know their current status, so he agreed.

"Hello, nice. You just finished a wonderful game. What do you think of the building in Figure 3?" the reporter asked bluntly.

This was too straightforward, causing Xu Beifang to gasp. "It feels really bad to lose a game. I haven't had this feeling for a long time. The difference between the ladder and the professional level is huge. When playing offline, our emotions will be infinitely magnified."

"We really wanted to win this game, but the result was not good. We made some small mistakes with the new lineup."

After waiting for Xu Beifang to answer the first question, the reporter continued to ask: "So what problems do you think you have encountered? Can you talk about it?"

Hearing this, Xu Beifang frowned. If they were to talk about what problems they really encountered, the biggest problem must be that NIKO did not play well on the yellow cloth, and Danking missed the timing in the middle lane in several rounds due to lack of experience.

But whether as a player in the past or as a commander now, he is not the kind of person who would pass the responsibility to his teammates.

"It's mainly because we're not proficient enough on this map. Frankly speaking, I'm actually quite satisfied with my teammates' performance, but I think I could have given better instructions in some rounds in the building." Xu Beifang let out a long sigh, "So it's still sad that we didn't win today."

“That’s how I feel at the moment.”

After hearing this, the reporter realized that Xu Beifang's patience had run out, and said, "Your personal performance in the building was as good as ever, but losing to VP only meant entering the loser group. I look forward to your performance next time."

After the interview, Xu Beifang quickly returned to the lounge and went back to the hotel with his teammates.

On the way back, the teammates had dealt with their emotions and appeared quite calm.

As if this confrontation was simply insignificant.

In fact, the failure of this game did not have that much impact.

But Xu Beifang understood that even if they still had room for error later on, the failure in the first game after the new lineup would definitely not give everyone a good feeling.

While everyone else was resting with their eyes closed, Xu Beifang opened his phone to check out netizens' discussions after the game.

As a new generation of internet celebrity team, COL has received a lot of attention.

The defeat in this confrontation also sparked a lot of discussion.

The performance of both sides in the first two maps was actually quite acceptable. Map 1, Amusement Park, was VP's specialty, and Map 2 was COL's specialty.

But it is a bit abstract that COL could lose to VP in the third building.

After all, VP’s building is not the best one.

In the post-match comment section, Xu Beifang found that everyone's evaluation of him was still good, but the discussion about NIKO and Danking was more pointed.

[Based on the performance of Boston Prawn, even if he ran over to hug Nice's thigh, would he be able to do that? ]

[After entering CS2, he has been changing settings like crazy. NIKO thought he couldn't find the right settings, but he just couldn't admit that he was not as good as before]

[G2 traitor seems to be]

[To put it bluntly, your personality limits your own performance. You only put pressure on yourself like a fool. You won't let him pull the gun line in the front. You throw the props yourself and break through by yourself. As a rifleman, you like to play sniper. What's the point?]

[It’s too torturous. The North can’t hold back.]

[I can only say that this building is too humorous]

The comments about Danking are more aggressive:
[Mr. Wa, come on, you always lose in the mid lane when fighting against snipers, you are just an economic black hole]

[Forget it, just come back to be a streamer, being in COL will only hurt your grades]

[How many times have you given up the first kill in the middle lane? There is no way to make up for it from the front]

[It is better to turn around and be a slacker]

【Can you help me? 】

These are still relatively peaceful comments, and there are quite a few that directly curse.

As the number of CSGO viewers increases, online discussions have become more extreme. This is even more obvious among teams with high traffic.

Take NIKO for example, this guy has been controversial since his debut.

After joining COL this time, Danking has already shown signs of becoming the number one CSGO anchor in the domestic scene. While gaining traffic, he sometimes also faces backlash.

Those attacks can be pretty painful if not executed well.

"What did those people on the Internet say about me?" NIKO asked casually while looking down at his phone.

Xu Beifang continued to read the comments and said without raising his head, "It means that you and Danking Building didn't play well or something like that. Today's game was beyond their expectations."

He had no intention of hiding it from NIKO, because NIKO could see this thing even on the Internet, and the Internet might be more aggressive.

"Don't feel stressed. Our lineup is still in the running-in period, so it's normal to have some problems." Xu Beifang put away his phone and looked at NIKO. "As for those comments after the game, your performance today was not very good, so they must have found an outlet to vent their anger."

"It's okay, I'm used to it."

Xu Beifang has a very good relationship with NIKO, and he is also very clear about the real reason why he left Faze in 19, which was because of too much pressure from public opinion.

At the beginning, whenever NIKO’s grades were not good, he would be attacked by netizens, even if it was not NIKO’s fault.

Even in the G2 period, as long as he didn't perform particularly well as a carry, he would still be the target of attack after losing the game.

Take the Stockholm Major for example. His performance in the final was actually quite good, but everyone only remembered the three shots he made with his back to the basket.

"The loss of the building is also my fault." Xu Beifang took the responsibility on himself, "I made some inappropriate decisions in a few rounds."

NIKO shook his head and just looked down at the Apple headphones in his hand: "My performance has not been very good recently, this is also a fact, and my building has not been stable enough, these are all problems."

His recent state has actually been quite tormenting, and his personal condition has not been good. He always feels that his aiming is not as smooth as the one he had during his CSGO period.

At first he always thought it was caused by the CS2 version update, but later everyone got used to it, but he was still in a state of torture, which made him begin to doubt himself.

He inexplicably recalled what Xu Beifang said to Danking yesterday: "If you are only a little bit behind in training, then when you really need to perform, you will be much behind."

He once thought that he was a gifted kid born for CSGO.

He made a name for himself at a young age, became an idol for countless players and spectators, and staged one wonderful performance after another in the CSGO arena.

But as a child of destiny, he is always just a hair's breadth away from honor.

In terms of individual performance, his highest result was TOP2, but he was still far from the real TOP1.

In terms of honor.

During the Mouz era, Faze's dream was shattered in Boston, and during the G2 era, they fell in Stockholm.

He was just a few rounds, a few bullets, and a few drops of blood away from true glory, which led to him struggling for many years but ultimately only achieving a big runner-up result.

He once joined G2 and Hunter to play CS with his brothers because his level was at its peak at that time. He felt that as long as he performed stably in the team, he could compete for the championship like Nice, device, S1mple and others.

But now that he has reached the end of his peak, he must find a way out for his future.

He was in a bad mood today, not really because of his bad statistics.

He actually didn't have high expectations for statistics. For example, on the first day of the game, his final statistics were the last on his team, but he won the game smoothly and was still in a good mood.

But in today's game, in the crucial round, the factor that ultimately led to failure was because of himself.

This is hard to accept.

After all, he had to put in a lot of psychological preparation before leaving G2, but after the transfer, the team's performance proved that his decision was correct, and COL's combat effectiveness is indeed strong now.

Nice, Elige, and JKS are all very strong, and Danking is also the player who can liven up the atmosphere. Everything about the team is going well.

But the problem lies with him.

Even though this was just a group match, a not very important group match, NIKO inexplicably thought of the future scene.

In the final of the Shanghai Major, the other players performed well, but he played extremely poorly on a map he was not good at, just like in today's game, once again recreating the nightmare of the Major.

When he thought of this, he felt a little confused.

Xu Beifang looked at NIKO who put on headphones and started listening to music, and did not disturb him.

This is NIKO's character.

When you are on the same team with him, he can allow you to perform poorly, but he cannot allow himself to perform poorly.

NIKO has many character flaws. He gets easily impatient, likes to put pressure on himself, and tends to get nervous in real competitions.

But he also understood that NIKO also had many advantages. As a rifleman, he was extremely confident. He had a strong competitive spirit that many other players did not have. He dared to laugh at himself and was quite humble towards other teams.

He is a teammate you can rely on.

Now all we need to do is give NIKO some time.

On the contrary, Xu Beifang felt that it would be more troublesome to help Danking, who seemed heartless, to adjust.

While the others put on their eye masks and began to rest, he was passing the time by browsing his phone.

The 5E community is quite aggressive, and many people think that Xu Beifang should not have chosen such a group of talents.

But he believed that his choice was correct, so he didn't want to explain anything to them at the moment, and returned to the embrace of the small broken station.

Compared with the 5E community, the comments in this small site are more moderate.

They discussed a lot about today's game, but they discussed more about some problems they encountered.

For example, Danking lacks experience compared to first-line teams on the Building map and is prone to making some wrong judgments.

For example, NIKO has a very difficult time playing in the yellow cloth position and often dies suddenly.

Most of the netizens on the small broken station discussed these two issues.

Then Xu Beifang saw several discussions.

[It is actually quite easy to solve. In the past, the North played with yellow cloth. Now we can completely switch the North over and let NIKO play A slope while the North plays with yellow cloth.]

[It is actually quite simple to let NIKO play with the yellow cloth. Just ask Beifang to teach him. There are a lot of old maps in Beifang, and many positions are known. If the two of you exchange experiences with each other, you can actually solve it.]

[Danking's situation is not that serious actually, it's just a lack of experience. Let the veterans in the team teach them.] Xu Beifang was looking at these comments and the fans who @him below, when he suddenly heard a familiar voice ringing in his ears.

【drop! 】

[Received suggestions to help NIKO and Danking get through the difficulties in the building. The recommended difficulty is 5 stars. After completion, you will be rewarded with a B-level treasure chest...]

Xu Beifang raised his eyebrows. This was a pleasant surprise.

After all, this thing was meant to be solved.

His personal character is to try his best to solve problems when they arise. Throughout his career, if he didn't know how to use a sniper rifle, he would practice using it; if he didn't know how to play an endgame, he would ask other endgame masters for advice and spend time watching DEMOs.

When encountering a problem, he never wants to escape or blur it out. Solving it is the only way.

It just happened that netizens made this suggestion, so I can do a suggestion task at the same time.

Thinking of this, Xu Beifang replied under this comment: [Sun Xiaochuan 258 received! ]

Then he put on an eye mask, but closed his eyes and rested.

After waiting for a while, the car finally arrived at the destination and they all returned to the hotel.

As soon as they returned to the hotel, the group, led by Coach Xiaoxi, entered the training room and began to review the game.

This is Coach Xiaoxi’s habit. He reviews the game immediately after it ends, so that he can recall his thoughts and ideas in the game to the greatest extent possible.

Then after the building was reviewed, Danking couldn't help but say, "I'm going out for a cigarette and will be back soon."

After that, he walked to the terrace at two ends of the hotel corridor and started to light a cigarette.

Hearing footsteps, he glanced back and found that it was Xu Beifang, so he handed one over.

Xu Beifang took the cigarette in his hand. He didn't smoke, he just came out to relieve Danking.

Danking lit a cigarette and looked at the busy traffic on the sidewalk downstairs of the hotel.

From here, you can even see traffic police catching people riding electric bikes without helmets. If you have nothing to do, you can sit here and watch all day.

The cigarette was already half smoked, and they just stood there watching quietly for a while.

Finally, Danking couldn't help but ask, "Is the gap between me and the first-tier teams really that big?"

After the game, from his own perspective, he just thought that his timing was bad and that the opponent's choices were better.

But after the game, when he reviewed the game from a bird's eye view, he found that he was the one giving the opponent opportunities in many rounds. He made too many insignificant moves and too many actions that he took for granted.

Although he had retired before, he was beaten up by Xu Beifang and Zaiwu in turn at that time.

He also believes that it is impossible for him to achieve outstanding results in the current team.

But in fact, he thought he could at least have the strength of a first-line sniper rifle.

But in today's battle, VP gave him a good beating, as if it had brought him back to reality.

Xu Beifang did not give a direct answer. He looked at the busy streets and replied quietly, "If you are new, practice more."

"NMMDW!" Danking originally thought that Xu Beifang could comfort him for two games, but when he heard this answer with an expressionless face, he felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

"What can we do?" Xu Beifang smiled and shrugged. "You've retired for so long. Even when you were a professional, you weren't known for your experience and sophistication. It's normal for you to be completely defeated by a disciplined killer like VP."

"Then why do you come here and mock me?" Danking's face was full of resentment.

Xu Beifang sighed: "How did I mock you? Think about how I got here, brother?"

"You'll listen?"

Xu Beifang gently shook his index finger: "No, I solve problems when I encounter them, and ask questions when I don't have the knowledge. To put it simply, you can also understand that if you are not good at it, you should practice more."

"If you're not good at shooting, go ask how to practice shooting. If you're not good at awareness, go ask the kid how to play the endgame." Danking thought about it, "It seems to be true."

After hearing this, Xu Beifang knew that he was halfway to success.

"So you see, you and I are close at heart, but you are playing tricks on me." Xu Beifang looked sad. "I won't say anymore. Our relationship has faded."

Danking immediately said, "Ah, ah, ah, I am just sad, please understand me brother."

Seeing Tiedan become heartless again, Xu Beifang knew that this guy's mentality had adjusted.

Although netizens have been teasing that Danking is a COL relative, Xu Beifang actually does not think Danking is weak. He did not build the team randomly this time, and the choice of sniper was also a well-thought-out decision.

Danking hasn't played on the first-tier stage for a long time, so he must have some experience problems now, after all, his condition has not reached his peak yet.

But he has reaction, positioning and explosiveness.

It's okay to be a sniper in a first-line team, even if you can't compete with a true T0 level sniper.

But it meets Xu Beifang's needs very well.

that's enough.

After all, this guy retired for two years. Now that he's back, he's definitely not used to the playing style of the first-line team. This is quite normal.

"But Beifang, please give me some advice. I really lack experience now. How should I adjust later?" Danking asked bluntly. He believed in Xu Beifang. Xu Beifang had rich theoretical knowledge along the way and had encountered too many situations.

Xu Beifang thought for a moment and said, "The best way to gain experience is to accumulate it through playing games."

Tiedan immediately thought that what was lacking now was the number of performances.

Xu Beifang immediately said: "But the current conditions do not allow it. If you want to quickly accumulate experience, there are two ways."

"Elaborate."

"One is to ask experienced people. Our team is full of old bastards with rich experience. You can take the initiative to ask. Regarding the selection and timing of the rifle, you can ask Brother Ji."

Danking was a little surprised: "Ask Brother Ji? Shouldn't you be asking you and NIKO?"

Xu Beifang shook his head. "NIKO and I are in a special situation. It's just like S1mple, you know. In fact, we don't recommend others to learn our playing style, because we are top guys who know too many things. You don't have enough experience now, so it's useless to learn it."

"Niko is not in a good state recently. You don't understand it yourself yet, so it's not appropriate to ask."

Danking nodded: "That's true, I think NIKO has been playing a bit messy lately."

He took another drag on his cigarette, then said, "Then I'll bother Brother Chicken later."

Xu Beifang nodded: "As for the sniper, you can ask NIKO more."

"Didn't I just tell you not to ask NIKO?"

Xu Beifang grinned and said, "His sniper position selection is based on the rifleman's gameplay, so after you understand NIKO's position selection, carefully identify it and choose the useful position to learn. As for the rifleman's position selection, it is equivalent to helping you eliminate the wrong answers."

"You really are a good conductor."

"I'll take it as a compliment." Xu Beifang said with a smile.

"What about the second method?" Danking asked.

Xu Beifang thought for a moment and said, "It's actually quite simple. This is a method NIKO told me. You can look for yesterday's or today's games, look at the opponent's perspective, and think about how to beat 'Danking'."

"I hit myself?"

"You can think of it this way." Xu Beifang responded, "It sounds a bit abstract, but it's actually quite useful."

This is actually how top players play. Because top players are targeted too many times, most of them will use similar methods to counter-target.

Seeing Danking's thoughtful look, Xu Beifang said, "Okay, just finish this draw and you're almost done. We just lost to VP. Tomorrow's game is the key one. If we lose that BO3, our home advantage will be completely gone."

The group stage adopts a double-elimination system, and they have already lost one game.

If they lose one more game, they will be eliminated directly, and then they may only be able to watch the offline competition of IEM Chengdu as a spectator.

After Danking figured it out, he smoked the cigarette butt and followed Xu Beifang.

When I walked to the door of the training room, I heard the coach's voice coming from inside.

"You don't have to blame yourself too much. I also had some problems with my BP in this game. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."

Xu Beifang felt warm in his heart. Smiling Coach was still the same. Although his coaching talent was not particularly outstanding, just like in the early days of COL, after losing a game, he would not put all the responsibility on the players.

He opened the door and walked in, and immediately the eyes of several other people in the room came over.

"Alright, we just lost a BO3. There's no need to be so upset." Xu Beifang looked around the room. JKS and Elige didn't seem to be showing any major emotional fluctuations. Only NIKO was still like a pressure cooker.

"We have also reviewed the problems with the building just now. NIKO, you have no objection to those questions, right?" Xu Beifang gave an example, "It's just that the building is not proficient enough and the settings are changed frequently."

NIKO pursed his lips, already waiting for the accountability from his teammates.

"Since the problem has come out, play more games in the building during your training. Try more settings. I believe in your feelings. There must be a reason why you are not used to it now." Xu Beifang walked to the computer and took the charging phone. "Okay, let's go to dinner now. After dinner, tomorrow's opponent will come out. Then we can talk about BP and watch a video of them."

After that, he started walking out with his teammates.

NIKO was expecting his teammates to blame each other and there would be a quarrel in the training room, but Xu Beifang's words were just a lot of noise but little action, and it ended so simply that he was stunned for a moment, "That's it?"

Even Elige and JKS were a little surprised.

After all, quarreling after reviewing a game is a normal occurrence for an e-sports team.

Various forms of blame-shifting, small groups, and isolation are very common.

But Xu Beifang downplayed the failure, which surprised them a little.

Xu Beifang looked at their eyes and roughly understood what they were thinking about writing. He said speechlessly: "Even if you don't believe in yourselves, at least believe in my vision."

What does it mean to not only not believe in yourself but also believe in his vision... NIKO wanted to roll his eyes after hearing this.

Is this guy so narcissistic now?
"It's a fact that NIKO is not playing well in the Tower right now. He also didn't play well in G2, you all know that."

Elige and JKS nodded. When they mentioned NIKO, they thought of humorous yellow cloth or even humorous shrimp paste.

His building is too extreme, either he explodes into a C or he turns into a red devil.

Xu Beifang said, "Since there is a problem, why don't we solve it? His building is not playing well now, so NIKO should practice more. As long as NIKO doesn't reject it and takes the initiative to practice, I think it won't be a particularly difficult thing for him."

"If we really try hard and that position doesn't suit him, then we can just make some adjustments within the team."

NIKO took a breath and looked at Xu Beifang: "No more talking, we are brothers in our hearts."

The expressions of Elige and JKS also changed a little. At this moment, they finally felt the charm of "Nice".

Putting aside other things, there was indeed nothing wrong with the way things were done today.

If there is a problem, solve it instead of arguing to the death.

This is just right for them.

"No, you should play with the yellow cloth first." Xu Beifang said jokingly, "Your yellow cloth is really humorous."

NIKO rolled his eyes.

As expected, you can't say anything nice about this guy.

"Okay, let's go finish eating. We have to watch the video when we come back after eating."

After saying that, Xu Beifang and his teammates started walking out to have dinner.

To be honest, he felt inexplicably emotional.

When I was in the old VP, Pasha was responsible for regulating everyone's emotions and comforting them after the game.

Now he has also embarked on Big Brother's path.

Commanding not only means having a strong voice, but also carries heavy responsibilities.

It’s hard to lead a team.

……

PS: It's OK after some revisions, not to make the story so bitter and vengeful. The main thing is to lift the emotions of Danking and Ni a little bit, otherwise it will be meaningless if COL becomes a pure mud truck creator.

(End of this chapter)