CSGO: This player is too persuasive!

Chapter 496 56. The Victim Meets the Yellow Hair
When he woke up, Xu Beifang saw Danking yawning in the bed next to him.

"The EPL competition is too rushed. There is no time to rest."

Yesterday they reviewed various training sessions until the early morning, but this morning they had to get up at 10 a.m. to start warm-up training, and go to the venue at around three or four p.m. to prepare for the competition.

Danking felt like he was about to get dizzy. He felt okay during the previous IEM Chengdu, but this time it was a bit too stressful.

Xu Beifang added: "This time the EPL has compressed the game time, which makes the schedule very tight."

The EPL league has always been a bit long and boring.

A total of 32 teams participated in the competition, and the format was BO3 starting from the group stage. If it was played in a cup format, it might take more than a month to complete this competition.

However, the EPL officials have arranged more events this year, so the overall schedule is quite tight.

He got up and put on his clothes, while comforting her: "Just get over it, we're actually pretty good. We won 3-0 straight away. For example, NAVI, who lost 2-1, had to play a BO3 in the loser bracket yesterday."

Playing one more BO3 consumes a huge amount of energy.

The two of them got up from the bed, washed up and prepared to start the day.

Xu Beifang felt a little bored while washing up, so he took out his cell phone and casually browsed the forum to pass the time.

He took a quick look and found that there were obviously more discussion posts in the forum than in the group stage.

Xu Beifang thought about it and quickly understood.

The EPL group stage was too complicated and actually not very good for the audience.

Because there are too many games held in a day, even fans of the game cannot follow them all at the same time, so they are more inclined to choose to support the games of their favorite teams.

The feelings about the team's victory or defeat are not that strong.

But then we enter the knockout stage, and if we lose the BO3, we will be eliminated directly.

Let’s take a look at the teams in the knockout stage.
The youth storm Mouz, the galaxy battleship Faze, the favorite of machine players Astralis, the holy land of fun people G2, Liquid who is still in the running-in period, Vitality who has cargo, and the elderly kayak COL.

At least players who pay a little attention to the game will be dazzled at first glance.

Huo, they are all old acquaintances!

They also have their own evaluation of the strength of this group of people, unlike some niche teams. At first glance, they don’t even recognize a few of their names, and they have no idea about their strength and playing style.

There was even a lot of discussion in the forum about the follow-up of the knockout rounds.

Some netizens released the match schedule for the first day of the knockout rounds.

Mouz vs G2, COL vs VP, Astralis vs Liquid, Vitality vs Faze
In just half a day, the number of comments and replies exceeded five hundred.

[I laughed when I saw this grouping. It's a case of revenge and grievance. EPL knows how to group.]

[It’s a bit sad. Although COL played well in the last IEM Chengdu, the only thing was that they lost to VP. This time they faced each other again. I feel like COL is going to shut down.]

[It feels like God is going to control Danking and NIKO again]

[Don’t be so pessimistic. Last time when they played against G2 in IEM Chengdu, COL Building also played well.]

[It's very simple, just demolish the building, right? ]

[Actually, if you ask me, the most interesting one is Team A vs. Liquid. To use Masisi’s words, it’s like a father vs. his son. Top bloodline suppression, haha.]

[You know what, today's feud is full of grievances. The historical conflicts between Team A and Liquid, and the conflicts between Brother Pian and the system of Team A are really interesting.]

[On the contrary, the fight between the little bee and the galaxy battleship at the bottom seems to be full of fighting power, but there are not so many gimmicks]

Danking wiped his face delicately with a washcloth, then stood on tiptoe to glance at Xu Beifang's phone screen, "Where is the forum again? What are the netizens talking about?"

Xu Beifang watched him finish washing up, pick up his things and walk out. As he walked, he shared with Goblin: "The netizens are really talented. If they hadn't told me, I wouldn't have realized that we are playing Team Liquid against Team A."

"Brother Dianz is leading the Liquid team, and they are full of hype." Xu Beifang analyzed it one by one for him. "As a team, Liquid and Team A are like enemies who are extremely jealous of each other. As for individuals, Brother Dianz was poached by Team A three times when he was in Team X..."

"Good fellow, this is the victim who meets the yellow-haired guy in the ring." However, Danking noticed the details in Xu Beifang's words, "It actually happened three times?"

Xu Beifang nodded: "The first time was probably in 19. At that time, FPX had just won the league's S championship and was planning to enter CSGO, so they wanted to acquire the Heroic main team."

"The FPX in the League? The FPX with top laner GimGoon?" Danking was a little surprised.

He doesn't pay much attention to news in the industry. Even when he surfs the Internet, he just watches what netizens are doing. He pays limited attention to the information dynamics in the circle.

At this point, Xu Beifang mentioned a small episode: "FPX also came to negotiate at that time, wanting to buy me to be the big brother."

"Then why didn't you go then?"

Xu Beifang shrugged and said, "Why should I go? I was playing well in Little Bees. Although FPX plans to enter the game, it is a new team."

At that time, he was still playing in Little Bee, and he had nothing to do, so he ran to play in a new team.

Besides, Heroic wasn’t very strong at that time.

"Heroic was very eager to be acquired. After all, after the whole team was acquired, their income would be stable, which was great for a second-tier team at the time. Then, when they were about to be acquired, Team A bought them out to es3tag, a member of Heroic at the time."

"FPX originally wanted to acquire Heroic's entire lineup, and they definitely wouldn't accept it if one person was missing, which led to the failure of this acquisition."

Xu Beifang was also a little sad. The failure of this acquisition actually had a huge impact on CNCS.

Because if the FPX acquisition is successful, then such a European team entering Asia, this kind of systematization can bring a lot of changes to Asia.

At least those talented young people have a new choice.

"The second time was a little special. It was the coach of Heroic at the time. This guy was really disgusting. During the online era, he directly packaged up the entire system and tactical library of Heroic and sent it to Team A, wanting to use it as his resume."

"Ah!!" Danking was stunned. "Isn't this a spy?"

As a professional CSGO player, he knows too well the influence of those things.

There is a saying that has been circulating in the professional player circle: "There are no secrets in CS."

Because no matter whether it is tactics or playing style, as long as you are willing to work hard, you can study it from the game video.

But studying these things requires time and energy, and you don’t know whether a player’s move is part of a tactic or just a flash of inspiration, which makes studying tactics much more difficult.

Previously, the official of the Blast event leaked the voice communications of the teams during the game, which led to a boycott from all the first-line teams.

Because the communication voice is so important, other teams can use this voice to quickly infer the tactical content of other teams.

At that time, all of Heroic's tactical content was released to the coach, which was basically equivalent to showing Heroic's underwear to Team A.

Although Team A did not open the email sent by the coach, the feud between the two teams was completely established.

"As for the third time, you already know about it. It's about the Snake and Rat brothers."

After hearing Xu Beifang's explanation, Danking also sighed: "I didn't expect that Brother Dianzi's experience would be so turbulent. Today's game between Liquid and Team A will be very interesting."

They had already walked into the training room. Hearing the two people's conversation, NIKO smiled and said, "I think Liquid will still lose. Judging from their state, Liquid played too chaotically."

"Alright guys." Coach Xiaoxi clapped his hands to pull them out of their melon-eating mood. "Compared to paying attention to Brother Dianzi's story, the next match we have to face is not easy either!"

"We lost badly to VP at IEM Chengdu before, so we have to work hard to get back on track today."

Danking and NIKO shut up immediately after hearing this. They were definitely the ones who had to take the blame for the previous loss to VP. So they quickly adjusted their emotions and put aside those distracting thoughts.

When Coach Xiaoxi saw their expressions, he didn't say anything special, but took them to quickly review VP's recent videos.

Even though there is not much time left before the competition, we still have to make the necessary preparations.

……

"Alright guys, we have footage of the game!"

In the 6657 live broadcast room, the player playing the machine happily opened the live broadcast of the game.

As a Douyu anchor, he never had the copyrights for these competitions before, so he could only broadcast some niche treasure competitions.

Niche treasure competitions are certainly good, but being able to commentate on the competitions of these old acquaintances is the most enjoyable.

Especially thinking about Team A's game in a few hours, I was already getting excited about playing the machine.

"Okay, without further ado, we saw that the BP of the game has already begun. Today, VP got the right to ban the map first. They came up and directly gave Nuke away. VP does not play this map."

"COL chose to remove the amusement park, but still released Anubis. It seems that they will release Anubis regularly in the future. Obviously, the victory over NAVI yesterday gave them the confidence to release it."

When it came to VP's first choice, VP didn't think too much and directly locked on ancient, which is the ancient ruins.

If VP locks Ancient Ruins, COL doesn't really care. After all, they have been playing very well on the Ancient Ruins map recently, and it is now considered a relatively strong map for them.

After careful consideration, COL directly locked the building.

"You didn't choose a town?" The guy playing the machine was a little surprised. "This COL still wants to practice something. He's really a bit bold."

"And many people probably remember that when COL played against VP before, they lost to the building."

“It’s a pity that this EPL did not adopt the new version model, and the building has not been completely updated.”

"Both sides banned one map each, leaving only Desert City as the third map."

After watching the BP of the two teams, the player couldn't help but joked: "It seems that even after reaching the quarterfinals, it is still the same. It is just a formulaic CS, either ancient ruins or skyscrapers. Everyone is ordering these niche maps."

As he was joking, he heard the background music of ESL and immediately knew that he was about to enter the game.

COL vs VP
Map: Ancient Ruins

T: Jame, Fame, electronic, F1LT, n0rb3r7
CT: Nice, NIKO, Elige, Danking, JKS
The game officially begins.

Xu Beifang briefly recounted the previously agreed-upon tactics: "Danking, give me two dual guns, and then I'll lead Elige out of the dark room, and you cooperate with NIKO to take the B slope."

"Remember to give me the flashbang. You dodge and we'll move out from both sides at the same time to clear the B area."

Similar to the previous match against NAVI, this time we still use a lineup that focuses on defending gambling points.

However, there is a difference in structure, as when they played against NAVI, they gambled on area A and mainly waited for the opponent to make a move.

When playing against VP today, they bet that B would take the initiative to counter-clear.

Only JKS was left at point A.

After the countdown ended, Xu Beifang and his teammates set off to Area B.

He rushed directly into the dark room with the USP in hand, then pushed forward using his positional advantage.

The double guns were in Brother Ji's hands, so that Brother Ji could help him reload at any time.

Danking threw a flash bomb, and with a "bang", Xu Beifang jumped out of the dark room.

But the moment he jumped out, he and NIKO shouted in unison: "No one outside B!"

"JKS, try to delay the game. The opponent is going to score an A on this point!"

The bet was made in the wrong area, and the pressure was instantly put on JKS who was on single A.

……

"VP started with a VIP smoke, and then planned to quickly clamp A. Originally, CT was in a 4B1A position, so JKS was very passive at this time."

"This formation requires JKS to work hard to delay time. The more time he delays, the faster his teammates will return to defense, and the longer he can survive."

"As soon as Donut's footsteps sounded, JKS chose to break out from one side. His position was a little dangerous, but he took the initiative to break out from the top of A!"

"Fame, who had no armor, was shot dead by him! And he also heard the footsteps of n0rb3r7. He was circling the bunker inside A-Da and performing the Qin Wang circling the pillar! This wave of JKS is still dragging on!!"

JKS's smart playing style bought a lot of time for other COL players.

After knowing that VP was going to attack A, Xu Beifang directly took Elige to defend from the middle lane.

They were numerous and were not worried about the other side leaving some people behind to cover their retreat.

Because that would be a 1 for 1 at best.

However, when they reached the diving platform, they did not see any bandits leaving VP.

Instead, Xu Beifang and Elige caught two bandits at the entrance of the donut. They immediately opened fire and killed two people in an instant.

"VP's offensive rhythm was too slow. A was delayed, while A was still stable. This gave COL a chance to defend later."

"The defense at the back has already arrived. This time, VP is stuck in the donut. JKS was also killed by n0rb3r7 at A. Jame is the only one left and can't do anything!"

"Jame's attempt was fruitless and he was killed by NIKO who came over to defend. COL successfully got an ACE!"

The score came to 1:0.

Xu Beifang praised directly in the voice chat: "JKS played really well in this wave, and it was crucial for A to hold on!"

The gambling point brings the team stronger firepower locally, but if the opponent does not collide with their main force, then their firepower will be rather embarrassing.

JKS, who only had A, had no props and could not delay the game, but he fought his way out.

JKS smiled and said, "You guys are quick to reinforce the defense. Otherwise, when the opponent comes out from the donut and attacks me from both sides, I won't be able to do anything."

Only when an individual performs well and teammates provide timely assistance can the effect of 1+1>2 be achieved.

Otherwise, even if A handled it, it would only delay the process for a few more seconds.

After winning the pistol round, they started to load up their ammunition.

Knowing that the opponent was most likely ECO, they specially equipped two submachine guns.

Then in this round, Brother Ji used the Car King to get a quad kill, and the economic reward was maxed out.

Although Brother Ji was replaced in the end, it did not affect the situation any more.

COL successfully won the second point, and the game will soon enter the first rifle round.

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(End of this chapter)