CSGO: This Sniper Has 100 Million Points!

Chapter 123 Preparations for the Finals
July 7, 16:19 in the evening.

Faze Clan takes on Natus Vincere in Game [-] of Matchday [-] of the IEM Cologne Knockout Tournament.

Compared with a one-sided game, the audience at the scene may be more willing to see a close game. The process of ups and downs is always more exciting than crushing all the way.

Of course, these two teams naturally lived up to the expectations of the audience and filled the entire BO3 perfectly.

The first map was the Death Amusement Park chosen by NAVI. The attacking NAVI got off to a smooth start, but was soon countered by Faze in the subsequent spear round and played a wave of Perfect.

In the remaining rounds of the first half, no team could take advantage of the scene. The two sides fell into the rhythm of you coming and going to score points. However, NAVI's familiarity with Death Amusement Park is still slightly better. In the first half In the case of being the offensive side first, he scored 8 points and gained a one-point lead.

In the second half, the advantage of the CT map began to show. Even if Faze won the pistol round, it was still difficult to tear through NAVI's defense. NAVI also successfully fixed the score in the first map at 16-12.

However, when the situation in Faze was in jeopardy, the resilience of the Galaxy Battleship was once again shown in front of all the audience. With two consecutive 16 to 14, it was difficult to win the victory of Purgatory Town and Nuclear Crisis, and also won the final A ticket to the finals.

But this time the finals are different from the previous ones. Faze Clan, which was once favored in the past, is rarely favored by analysts or commentators this time.

Even on the handicap of a certain peripheral spinach, Faze Clan once offered [-] to [-] odds of winning the championship.

The reason is simple, the opponent Faze will face in the final is Vitality who is in full swing.

The newly-crowned king of BLAST Lisbon has not even lost a map in the IEM Cologne group stage so far. The average score of each map of the opponent is less than [-]. Vitality almost won the game smoothly , entered the finals with a crushing attitude all the way.

After the introduction of Aether, this old French team seems to be reborn, and with the blessing of two talented snipers, it has formed a special system unique to Vitality.

On the other hand, Faze, although they all defeated their opponents 2-0 before the semi-finals, the game process of each map was somewhat bumpy. Even facing a third-tier team like 00Nation, they did not say that they solved their opponents cleanly.

However, this did not affect the preparation status of everyone in Vitality.

From zonic to the team leader, everyone knows the resilience and terror of Faze Clan.

In all recent offline competitions, as long as Faze entered the final stage of the competition, this international team won the final championship without exception.

Tomorrow is the final showdown with Faze. Of course, everyone will not relax. The famous saying "one moment, one lifetime" is deeply imprinted in the DNA of every player.

After watching the BO3 between FaZe and NAVI, everyone in Vitality left the main stage of the Lanxess Stadium and took a bus to the hotel provided by the organizer.

"Tomorrow is the final of IEM Cologne. It is really hard to imagine that we will stand on the final stage of a world-class competition so soon."

apEX put his arms around Qin Feng's shoulders, feeling his body light and light, as if he was dreaming.

Before Qin Feng came to Vitality, it seemed that Vitality hadn't won a major competition for a long time.The last championship of Little Bee seems to date back to the 2021 IEM Winter Championship.

"Really, I heard that next year's first Major will be held in Paris, France. Maybe we can win the championship trophy at home." apEX thought of the bright future.

Qin Feng let out a "huh" and looked out the window of the bus. The bright stars were particularly eye-catching against the black night sky.

"Let's think about the IEM finals and the Rio Major first." Zonic coughed softly in the back seat, "Don't think too much, it's not a good habit to drink champagne at halftime, and no one knows how the future will develop. "

Speaking of this, Zonic suddenly changed the subject, "But there is no need to have too much pressure. We have been able to get here all the way, which shows our strength. The more games we have without psychological pressure, the better we will play. "

When everyone returned to the hotel, it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening local time in Cologne. Of course, everyone in Vitality couldn't continue training. Instead, they held a meeting to discuss strategies to deal with Faze.

"First of all, the long game of BO5 is not a big advantage for us. You must know that in all the BO5 games of Faze recently, none of them ended in failure." Zonic opened the small notebook in his hand, frowning slightly.

"Secondly, when we play Faze, we need Aether to take on a certain amount of command tasks. If possible, let Aether try to be a free agent first on the first map."

"There is nothing to say about the map. The two maps of the ancient ruins and the death building must be removed in the BO5 match."

"Oh, it is worth noting that Faze has no obvious shortcomings in all the recent competitions." Zonic licked his dry lips, "Even the big cousin who is not strong in marksmanship in people's impression, can Standing up in key endgames many times."

"So when we attack, we don't need to consider Faze's defensive shortcomings, but more to consider the situation on the field and Faze's defensive habits."

"For Faze's positioning analysis and defensive loopholes, the analyst has already printed them out for everyone, and put them on the computer desk in the training room."

"Of course, the most important thing is only one thing." Zonic paused, and said in a deep voice, "That is to restrict the people who get information from Faze, especially ropz. With Karrigan's command idea, if Faze can get a lot of information in the middle of the game , then we will be quite difficult to play both offensively and defensively.”

"Whether tomorrow's game can be won or not, half depends on everyone's performance, and the other half depends on whether we can gain an advantage in the competition for map control."

"..."

The next afternoon, 3 o'clock local time in Cologne.

The match between Vitality and Faze has not yet started, and many communities have begun to discuss the two teams in the final.

From HLTV to Reddit, from MAX+ to Perfect E-sports APP, most of the pages of CSGO are occupied by discussions about the finals.

Of course, thanks to the fact that a team from the Commonwealth of Independent States did not enter the finals, most of the posts did not contain rhythmic content, which made the forum management staff a lot easier.

Although Vitality is in full swing, Faze is by no means a team that can be underestimated.

"God A, Vitality is absolutely true, right? ZywOo has lost a Rating game before, and Aether has been above 1.3 since the group stage."

"Normal, just the basic operation. But Aether brought Vitality back to life, which made me look forward to G2. I heard that G2 will sign HooXi and jks. I wonder if the new commander, Breath, can revitalize G2."

"Fuck, G2 fans are so miserable, it's almost 1000 days? It seems that G2 hasn't won an official championship for three years. Do you know how I have spent these three years?!"

"Actually, I feel that Faze still has the advantage in the BO5 game. Yesterday, I made one chase and two to win NAVI, and the momentum has obviously increased. I look forward to the return of the gods of the Galaxy Battleship."

"..."

(End of this chapter)