CSGO: This player is too obedient!

In 2018, China held several relatively successful international events, such as the CAS Asia Summit, CAC Asia Invitational, IEM Shanghai, Hong Kong Zotac Cup and a series of other events.

This game, which was only in public beta for 17 years, has gained a lot of popularity.

Among them, the news recently came that Tianlu, the first domestic team, and Xu Beifang, who is the VP, will participate in the Major qualifiers. Audiences in domestic forums are also looking forward to it.

[Nice and Tianlu are cheering for each other abroad! I look forward to them reaching the main draw of the Major this time and getting good results. 】

[Bold prediction, Tianlu was eliminated 0-3]

[Farewell, Tianlu is currently ranked 11th in the world, and the previous Majors are all at the level of competing for Major qualifications]

[VP here feels that they can enter the main draw, but also feels a lot of pressure. The level of the old guys is too unstable]

[In fact, if Snax is called back, there will be no pressure. Now except Xiao Xu, there is no other core output point in the VP team]

[The road ahead is very difficult, and Nice’s style of play may not necessarily lead to good results in competitions]

There are various voices in domestic forums, including expectations, belittling, utilitarianism, cheers...

VP and Tianlu, who were far away in London, also ushered in their first day of competition.

Tianlu met Red Star on the first day of grouping, and the overall pressure was not great.

After all, they have already seen the strength of Red Star in the IEM Shanghai game. Although there was no specific match against Red Star, we can know from their overall performance and post-match analysis that this team's level has declined seriously after Zeus left.

However, Tianlu is still prepared. After all, it is the first day of the game, so it is best to get off to a good start.

On the VP side, the results were not very ideal.

Because they met what can be said to be one of the strongest teams in the entire qualifiers, the legendary team from Sweden-Ninjas in Pajamas, or NIP for short, nicknamed Ninjas in Pajamas.

When it comes to the history of CSGO, we can’t talk about one team in the past.

As the first batch of teams to transition from CS1.6 to CSGO, coupled with the strong personal abilities of the team, they played an extremely terrifying dominance in the early CSGO games - a terrifying record of 87 maps without losing a single one.

This outrageous 87-game winning streak has yet to be broken by any team.

This team has countless fans around the world, and there are legendary players like GeT_RiGhT in the team. Wherever they go, their home court is.

Many people in VP are fans of this legendary player.

Moreover, there are also strong gun players like f0rest, REZ, and dennis in the team, and VP is under great pressure to face them.

We can also notice a lot from the current state. NIP is currently ranked 6th in the world on HLTV, while VP is 19th.

At 8pm London time, everyone from VP came to the competition room in the venue and took their seats.

The NIP people were in the battle room on their left, and they even greeted them very friendly just now, but the VP people couldn't relax.

After the BP of both parties ended, the map was finally determined to be the Lost City.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were still a few minutes before the start of the game, Kuben, as the coach, started the pre-match training session.

"Everyone, adjust your mentality. Let's try our best to show our style in this game." He didn't come up to the first game and met one of the strongest teams in this qualifier. For a moment, his mentality was calm. Direct pressure to pull full.

"Fortunately, it was Maze City they chose. Our recent performance on this map is not bad, especially as the defensive side starts first."

These words also gave some confidence to the VP players. After all, in the last three games in Desert City, they performed very well overall and finally won.

Then Kuben came to Xu Beifang's side and began to calm him down: "Don't be nervous, just play like you are playing on the ladder or in previous games. Although NIP is ranked high, you think about MIBR's ranking. Damn, doesn’t he just bow down to us?”

"So as long as we can play at our usual level in this game, we still have a chance to win."

Xu Beifang nodded as he listened. The most advantageous thing for them is that today's BO1 map is Lost City in the Desert. This map has a simple structure, but is very comprehensive and can make up for some of their shortcomings.

But he thought well, but when he actually entered the game, Xu Beifang really felt the pressure.

NIP's wave of explosions from Zone A in the pistol round, the connection between prop shots and the speed of refilling the gun made him feel the intensity of the Major level. The gap between this and the previous competition in Asia was instantly widened, which is equivalent to Finals level intensity.

Fortunately, Xu Beifang performed well in the pistol round, relying on bunkers and constant dodges to get a wave of three kills, helping the team win this point.

But in the second round, NIP chose to go strong. In 40 seconds, a wave of speed boosted Area B. MICHU was instantly killed by REZ's Sand Eagle, announcing the fall of Area B.

When Xu Beifang returned to defense, Dennis, the sixth man hanging on the top of the VIP, followed him and knocked him to death with a sand hawk.

VP was overturned immediately.

Entering the third round, facing the strong rise of VP, dennis, the Swedish pistol king, also killed him with 4 headshots, officially announcing the arrival of the Major to Xu Beifang.

Later, when we came to the long gun round, NIP's mid-lane map control rhythm was also quite smooth. Even if Pasha used a big sniper, he couldn't gain much control over the mid-lane.

Their information about the map was being eroded bit by bit by NIP using props, and then they quickly advanced directly with a wave of A or B.

Even though Xu Beifang was able to get advantageous kills from the front, MICHU and NEO came back to defend in area B, but they couldn't win the endgame.

The score came to 1:7 before I knew it.

Xu Beifang finally figured it out. He couldn't hold the frontal defense, so he gave up on collecting points.

He once again started the great cause of pressing forward, and this scene made the audience in the live broadcast room scream back.

A forward press captured all the information in area A, and VP entered a gambling point state. Coupled with his outflanking from the back, he successfully scored a point on this metaphysical score.

But in the face of VP's gambling point, NIP reacted very quickly, and immediately made adjustments after the follow-up, which did not make him so rampant.

Xu Beifang's subsequent forward pressure was often able to gain an advantage by relying on his marksmanship, but the success rate was much lower than in Hong Kong. After all, the opponent sent REZ over.

This is the direct disciple of old F, the successor of Friberg, and a top-notch gunman with the duality of gods and ghosts.

In the confrontation at the previous point, I had a back-and-forth with Xu Beifang, although Xu Beifang had a higher winning rate.

But often after getting a kill, you can only retreat with remaining health.

He was able to win steadily in the game with REZ, but Pasha and others couldn't win in the gun battle with the kobolds.

At the end of the first half, VP only scored 5 points.

As a CT, this is a failing grade.

But during the half-time break, they could only encourage each other and look forward to playing better in the second half.

They prepared a lot of offensive tactics on the maze.

It's just that CSGO is a marksmanship game after all, and the role of tactics is only to better display your marksmanship.

The opponent is not a weak team. Although Xu Beifang performed well in this situation, it was not enough to carry the team away.

In the pistol round, there was a wave of B small mentions of B, but F0rest hit a triple kill on small B, and the pistol round was declared defeated.

Entering the spear game, Xu Beifang used not-exaggerated accessories and started the mysterious Dongfang Ganla. A wave of acceleration caught the three NIP A zone defenders off guard and successfully allowed the team to win the point without any injuries. .

But NIP responds very quickly, knowing that you like to play unconventional, and will do a good job by default.

In this case, VP can only hit a wave of explosive bombs.

Although Xu Beifang performed well in the subsequent rounds, it was not enough to tilt the balance of victory towards VP's side.

The final score was fixed at 11:16.

VP faced the strongest opponent in the group stage and lost the first day of the game.

Xu Beifang scored 24/3/18 on this map, but he finally felt the strength of the world's top teams.

After losing the game, Xu Beifang rubbed his temples.

Although I had psychological expectations, I was still very unwilling. At 11:16, it seemed that the difference was only 5 points. It seemed that I could come back even if I worked hard. This makes people even more disappointed.

While packing the peripherals, the NIP players came over.

The kobold walked up to him and held out his hand.

Xu Beifang held hands with him.

"Young people are playing well. Come on, don't lose heart."

Xu Beifang's depressed mood improved a lot because of his opponent's friendliness. He smiled and replied:

"But I still can't win against you."

The kobold smiled: "If we are defeated by this new guy when we come up, will all our years of hard work be in vain?"

"Come on, come on! I hope to see your outstanding performance later."

The kobold patted Xu Beifang on the shoulder with a sincere look.

He really felt that the newcomer VP played very well, even though VP lost the game in the end.

Because no matter in terms of statistics or difficulty in the game, the young man in front of him ranks first.

After being overpowered at first, they directly sent REZ to guard against this guy, but they didn't expect that REZ couldn't guard him. This is a bit interesting.

On the subsequent offensive end, I kept seeing this guy killing and scoring points.

After shaking hands and leaving, the kobold looked back at Xu Beifang, who was packing away peripherals, and sighed:

"It's a pity that he can't achieve results in VP. How about optimizing F0rest? I'll ask Pasha to buy him over."

"Hey! I'm still here."

"Oh, let's talk about this later when you're not around."

REZ looked at the seniors talking angry words to each other like children, and his mood improved.

To be honest, they were all young people. When he was arranged to face Nice head-on, he didn't feel anything.

But when he touched it, he found that he couldn't beat him from the front, which made him a little frustrated. You must know that Nice still presses forward, and he usually adopts a gun-raising posture.

But he was a little speechless. In many rounds, the guy on the opposite side shot forward like a clairvoyant.

It looks like a blast! Don't give people any way to survive.

Fortunately, they won in the end... REZ breathed a sigh of relief and followed the main force.

VP lost the first day of the game in a collision with NIP.

Everyone in Tianlu felt very sorry for this, but they could understand it. After all, if they were to collide with NIP, they might die on the road, and the strength gap would be a little big.

Although their match against Red Star on the first day was thrilling, they finally defeated the flagging Red Star and entered the 1-0 group.

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On the second day of the qualifiers, VP faced OpTic, whom they had met once before in the Hong Kong Zotac Cup.

The BO1 map is still Lost City in the Desert. This time it is VP's map selection. They attack first as bandits.

A purely Danish team led by Konfig, Xu Beifang has a certain impression of this player, after all, it is the last straw that will bring down Team A in the future.

Xu Beifang's only impression of him was that he had bad bones and lacked calcium, and he still had no idea of ​​his overall strength.

But since it was a team that had never even beaten the Little Penguins in the Zotac Cup, he didn't care. Xu Beifang had marked his opponent as a weak player before the game started.

Perhaps the feeling of losing to NIP yesterday was still hidden deep in his heart, which made him perform a very exaggerated performance today.

Even though the rest of VP was in poor condition, Xu Beifang played 26 rounds on the entire map. Xu Beifang played 31-3-18 and had a post-match rating of 1.56. He helped the team win the game.

After the game, everyone in the live broadcast room of the CSGO national server expressed great surprise.

【Turtle! 31-18, what about the people who said Nice was not good at the Major? ? 】

[Yesterday everyone shouted "Baimen Tower", "Hulao Pass is so hot today!" ! ! 】

【This is an opening! ! 】

[One thing to say, OPTIC lost unjustly. Area B was penetrated so many times, but Area A was penetrated by Lu Bu every time]

[Today’s NICE is like NIKO, invincible from the front. Damn it.]

The moment he won the game, Xu Beifang shouted loudly in the room.

The rest of the team was also very excited. Although they met OPTIC who was slightly worse today, NEO and Pasha still haven't recovered their condition.

In this level of competition, the team's minimum limit is a very important part.

They were holding the team back at the lower limit. Fortunately, Nice played bravely enough and helped the team win. How could they not be excited about this.

After gathering his emotions, this time it was VP's turn to come to the opponent's side for a post-match handshake.

The same process, but the two people give people very different feelings.

While shaking hands, Konfig looked at the high-spirited Xu Beifang. He wanted to say something harsh, but after looking at Pasha, the guard with a knife, he swallowed the harsh words.

And if you think about it carefully, it was not unfair for them to lose this round.

After all, as the number one player on his own team, his data is 22-21, and the gap between him and the guy opposite is close to 10 heads.

Being able to get this kind of score depends more on the performance of the team.

They rely on the team members to be in better shape than the opponent's veterans, but they can rely on the team to find opportunities on VP.

VP was able to defeat them with the newcomers' personal abilities.

They had expected the result of this game, but they were still unwilling to accept it. After all, after losing today's game, they entered the 0-2 group. If they still failed to win tomorrow's BO3, they would simply come to London. It’s a round trip.

VP did not know their emotions.

But the fast-paced schedule made his excitement of victory quickly fade.

After returning to the hotel training room, NEO also made an important decision:

"Next, we will treat Nice as the absolute core and build our tactics around him!"

NEO knew in their hearts that their decline in status was not obvious in Asia. Perhaps Nice's cover-up concealed these situations.

But after entering the Major, all teams are firing on all cylinders.

Direct sunlight leaves no room for shadows, and their shortcomings are exposed.

In this situation, if you still rely on the default play style before, you will only be defeated by these players unknowingly.

Instead of doing this, take the initiative to change into a more adventurous style of play and give full play to the team's strengths!

Exploiting strengths and avoiding weaknesses is a very important point in all competitive events.

"Do the rest of you have any ideas?" NEO asked.

Everyone shook their heads and said it was okay.

But Byali frowned and asked: "Is it the same as NAVI's previous royalist tactics? But we have also seen the effects of royalist tactics. Does this really work?"

He is not opposed to playing with Nice, but he has opinions on this tactic.

"This tactic has great limitations." NEO also understands this, "But its limitation is based on competing for a championship. Do you think we can compete for the championship in our current state?"

Byali was immediately silenced by these words.

“So we just use this style of play to push us to better results!”

"As for his limitations, we don't have to worry about that much right now."

NEO turned to look at Xu Beifang again: "Nice, what are your thoughts?"

The first impression that flashed in Xu Beifang's mind when he made this suggestion from the conductor was RNG's 4 guarantees and 1.

He was quite emotional. He didn't expect that he would unknowingly switch from the position of younger brother in the team to the position of emperor in the team.

Sudden change of the core play style is a huge gamble for NEO, because it represents a strong unknown.

But the current state remains the same, and Xu Beifang has no doubt that they may be eliminated in the qualifiers.

Xu Beifang thought for a while before solemnly replying:

"You can always trust me!"