CSGO: This player is too persuasive!

Chapter 450 11. Nice rides NIKO, invincible!
Xu Beifang slowly woke up from his sleep. Perhaps because he was returning to the game, his sleep quality was surprisingly good yesterday.

In fact, it is normal. After all, this team was pulled together by him. Although the lineup is very strong, they have never played against top teams after all, and they don’t know what their current level is.

Yesterday we successfully defeated Faze in Purgatory Town. Although it was because the opponent didn't understand their playing style, we still won in the end.

Moreover, in this confrontation, the entire team was operating according to his ideas, and it can be said that the battle went very smoothly all the way.

The players in the team didn't have much thought in arguing with him, and the instructions he issued were all implemented quickly.

In terms of personal ability, although NIKO didn't kill many people, he and Banana Road cooperated very well. The two excellent Banana Road players understood each other's ideas very well and could cooperate tacitly in many cases.

At point A, Brother Chicken in bald state is really powerful. He can often withstand the pressure of the opponent's single touch in the middle of the round and can exert stable force in the middle period.

As a sniper, Danking is also very proactive in looking for kills. Although he still lacks some experience in some decision-making and positioning, he will be of great use as long as he can adapt later.

JKS didn't show much in this confrontation. After all, he played well in the head-on battle and didn't need to transform from a free man to a responsible god. However, he also had many outstanding performances in the advantageous games.

Overall, there were no particularly serious problems.

"It's just that my personal positioning and playing style need to be adjusted. They are a bit too conservative." Xu Beifang thought.

After transforming into a conductor, he is still adapting to the changes between the two roles and needs some adjustments.

This is not a big problem. After all, it is a newly formed team and it must continue to fight and adjust.

A strong team grows in fierce confrontation.

Although they won the game yesterday, Xu Beifang still saw many shortcomings.

After going over this information in his mind, he got up, put on his equipment, went downstairs for a morning run around the hotel to wake up this beautiful day.

After jogging for 40 minutes, he returned to the hotel. While waiting for the sweat on his body to dry, he took out his mobile phone out of boredom to check the latest developments in the community.

You don't know until you see it, and after seeing it, you will find some important news.

For example, the vacation agency suddenly released a dynamic announcement in the early hours of this morning.

The general meaning of the dynamic is that a certain bug has been fixed, and then it was announced that Death Amusement Park would be withdrawn from the service map pool in the next event. Considering that they have not yet decided which map to add, it was announced that the classic old map 'dust2' would return for a limited time.

This is a breaking news, and it will have a huge impact on the entire front-line profession.

So during breakfast time, Xu Beifang mentioned this matter to his teammates.

"Is Sha Er returning?" JKS frowned, "I thought it would be a new map."

These active professionals also have a feeling that the vacation agency needs to make adjustments.

After all, the activity on the field depends not only on the players to develop new tactics and skills, but also on the resort agencies to adjust the maps, withdraw those maps that have been developed, and release some new maps.

CS2 has been around for a while, and several new maps have been updated almost completely. JKS thought that Vacation Society would come up with some new tricks.

Danking was eating noodles nearby, and when he heard this he asked, “Will Sha Er suddenly come up at IEM Chengdu this time?”

The coach who was tasting the steamed buns was speechless, "Of course not, otherwise those amusement park stunt teams would protest."

This time, Sha Er was pulled into the service map, and the amusement park went down with him. If the competition rules took effect immediately, many teams would be in a state of panic.

Therefore, generally speaking, changes in the rules of this kind of competition will not affect the competition that has already officially started.

"I remember it like that too, I'm just afraid I remembered it wrong." Danking laughed again, "But it doesn't matter, we are all masters of Sha Er in this room! This wave will take off directly!!"

After hearing what Tiedan said, the other people in the room also smiled unconsciously.

Sha Er is a relatively pure gun-combat picture, and there isn't much else in their team except for a lot of gunmen.

Although the requirements for command are relatively high in a stalemate, yesterday's game also made them realize that Xu Beifang's command is trustworthy.

In this way, even if Sha Er appears, it will be a good thing for them.

Even with just a little training, Sha Er might be able to take it out and use it.

"Of course, this will definitely be a disadvantage for us." Xu Beifang still saw the crux of the problem, "Because we now have to train the old version of things, and also spend some time preparing for Sha Er."

During the competition period, there is nothing we can do about it.

They can also choose not to train Sha Er at all in this IEM Chengdu, but other teams have trained for half a month in advance, so they are definitely ahead of them in terms of proficiency.

Elige had finished his breakfast and was now in deep thought. "And several teams will become stronger due to the appearance of Sha Er, such as Big..."

In the professional scope, Sha Er and Big are two maps that are almost bound together. Although later everyone discovered that Big's Sha Er was just that good, Big's Sha Er is after all a unique skill and the level is still very high.

In today's top teams, Green Dragon's Sand II is also quite good. The Sand II confrontation between Green Dragon and Faze during the CSGO era is still a classic game until now.

"What are you afraid of!" Danking finally finished his breakfast and said confidently to Xu Beifang, "The others are just Sha Er's special skills brothers. We have Sha Er's top god king here!"

"Several of Sha Er's record holders are still in our team."

A group of people suddenly reacted and said, yes.

Compared to those guys with special skills, their current captain is the heavyweight.

On the map of Sha Er, Xu Beifang has developed several abnormal props and performed countless brilliant operations.

All of Sha Er’s current half-court kills, full-court kills, and even the map rating holder are due to the guy next to them.

When it comes to the biggest beneficiaries of Sha Er's return, it seems that they are really the ones.

When they thought of this, they all felt better.

"I'm not actually worried about Sha Er's return." NIKO frowned and said seriously, "I'm just thinking, if a team like GL, who is good at amusement parks, knew that the amusement park was gone, wouldn't they retire on the spot?"

Although what NIKO said was a bit outrageous, the description of retiring on the spot was still a bit too apt, which was indeed a bit difficult to accept.

"It's just a pity." NIKO felt a little resentful again.

Xu Beifang gave him a puzzled look.

"It's good that Sha Er is back, but why isn't Forklift back?" NIKO started wailing.

For this former forklift king, he really wanted to make progress in forklifts.

NIKO's two most eye-catching highlights were the two inhuman pentakills he achieved with the Desert Eagle on the forklift.

On the Forklift map, he felt like he could really carry the game.

"There's no chance that the forklift will return." Xu Beifang interrupted NIKO's fantasy. "The maker of the forklift map will not accept a buyout from the resort agency. That means that as long as the forklift appears once in the game, the resort agency will have to pay the forklift maker. Who can stand this?"

NIKO shrugged: "Everyone always has some regrets."

He actually expected that the forklift would not be able to return, but unfortunately, that's how it is, it always makes people look forward to it.

It's like he has lost many times in the Major, but he always looks forward to being able to prove his worth and show his style in the next Major.

"Everyone has finished eating, so it's almost time to start today's training." Coach TC reminded.

Everyone started their daily training routine one after another.

For the European teams, the morning training is actually similar. Most of them are personal basic exercises to maintain basic condition for the day.

The training matches are scheduled in the afternoon, but once they enter the competition period, there is no need for training matches and they can go directly to the venue to compete.

After the morning warm-up training, Xu Beifang leaned on the sofa and browsed his phone while waiting for lunch.

The first day of IEM Chengdu has officially ended. As Xu Beifang's first offline event after his return, it attracted quite a large number of spectators.

I posted the recording on a small broken website using a machine, and it had 20,000 views in just one day.

There are quite a few people doing something interesting below.

[I found that everything may be destined. You see, the core of COL is destined to belong to niCe, nikO, and eLige]

[Don’t be too ridiculous. I can only say that today’s small town show was indeed impressive, but I’m not going to exaggerate it to that extent.]

[Evil Doctor NIKO tried to create the perfect conductor, and finally he found Nice!]

[I can only say that Bei Shen is such a great commander! ]

[Is Beishen really the only true god? He dominated the world with force in the GO era. Now in the CS2 era, if he evolves into a strategist, can he still suppress these old rivals? 】

In addition to those who were bragging about the game, many players were also discussing the level of COL revealed in this first confrontation.

The first thing that caught their eyes was definitely Xu Beifang's performance after his return.

The return of a former star player does not necessarily mean that he or she will perform well.

This was demonstrated to everyone by S1mple, who has temporarily disappeared to run an e-sports class. He was bought by the Oil Team to be a firefighter, but the final result was only mediocre.

Many viewers who were expecting S1mple to perform explosively were somewhat disappointed.

But Xu Beifang's return this time, at least in this game against Faze, his data was quite good.

In terms of aiming, although he didn't perform as frighteningly as before, it felt to the fans like he had returned to basics. He played smarter now and he would never miss a kill if he deserved it.

Moreover, the issue of transitional command has also caused a lot of discussion.

[Is Nice's transformation into a commander successful? 】

[After watching the first day of the game, I personally tend to think that it has been successful. Nice was a commander when he was in Little Bees before, but at that time he was more of a supporter of the apEX commander to complete the instructions. But you have all seen what the apEX commander has become in the following years.]

[Indeed, Doudou’s command is only occasionally strong with his guns, but shooting is already the basis for Beifang. In today’s small town match with Faze, the mid-term decision directly gave Faze an explosion, which is a bit scary]

Even the player who plays the game machine couldn't help but say something: [From now on, Nice's command level is really good. You have to know that the best part of Big Cousin's command is mid-term decision-making, but he was beaten by Beifang in his strongest point. Even if it was just one game, it fully proved that Beifang has the potential to become a commander.]

Later he added: [But Beifang has no psychological burden. Even if his transformation is unsuccessful, it would be impressive enough if he just plays his original style.]

Xu Beifang glanced at the time and saw that he replied at 4 o'clock this morning.

Have you ever seen a small broken station at 4 o'clock in the morning?
Yes, I’ve seen pig’s head.

Maybe we got a little too excited while playing games last night and started interacting directly in the comment section.

A netizen asked below: [Play Shenrui and comment, is this COL lineup a scam or a space battleship? ]

Answer from the machine: [I personally think it was the space battleship. After all, in COL's first offline match, Beifang turned into a ship destroyer and was torn apart by Faze. And you need to know that COL is still in a running-in period. Both Beifang's command and other members are in the adaptation stage. At this stage, they can already beat Faze. How terrifying will it be when they really enter the honeymoon period?]

[When Beifang debuted, everyone always liked to call him Lu Bu. Now, Beifang has the potential to be the best spear commander in the world. With NIKO's breakthrough, it forms Lu Bu riding Dian Wei, invincible in the world! ] There is also a photo of Lu Bu riding a horse below, but the comment users photoshopped Xu Beifang and NIKO's head shots onto Lu Bu and the horse's heads respectively, which made people laugh.

【It's hard for him! 】

The subsequent comments quickly went off topic.

Xu Beifang couldn't help laughing when he saw this.

However, he doesn't particularly care about netizens' comments.

Especially for the title of the world's number one conductor, there is no psychological fluctuation at all.

He wanted to be the commander of this team simply because he was more suitable. He didn't have any dream of being a commander, but it would be easier to win the game if he called the orders and tactics himself.

However, he still appreciated the praise from netizens.

But he doesn't think that he is really the 'world's best gun commander'.

Just like what he thought when he woke up and reviewed the game this morning, he felt that his command was still not flexible enough and the playing style of each person in the lineup needed to be adjusted.

After all, they are a professional team, and it is not as simple as five players getting together to play a game.

When playing against Faze, he focused more on mid-term decision-making, and neglected his personal strength - early first kill design.

He also didn't arrange his position well.

What he considered before was that as a commander, he couldn't consume too many resources, otherwise the other people in the team might have a hard time.

But if you think about it carefully, he is not actually that resource-hungry person. It’s just that when he was in Little Bee, he was needed to consume resources to perform miracles.

In other words, on the defensive end, he could actually position himself further forward, try to deal more damage in the early stages, and then let others take over the rest of the game.

He switched to the 5E mobile app and checked the match situation of other teams in the first round yesterday in the software.

First, let’s look at the battle between the two domestic teams. LVG faced Black Panther on the first day, and the final map chosen was Ancient Ruins.

In the end, they still died due to the same old problem that domestic teams face - details!
In the high-intensity confrontation, the details of LVG were squeezed and deformed, and people always died inexplicably when attacking.

Once a kill occurs in the game, the formation of the entire team will instantly be messed up.

Next was Tianlu. The opponent Tianlu faced on the first day was Mouz, led by the new generation commander siuhy.

I thought Tianlu would die silently in this battle, but I didn't expect that Tianlu would unexpectedly achieve good results.

They once tied the score to 11:11, but unfortunately, they lost the game in the end.

Xu Beifang was quite surprised, so he took the initiative to find the video of that game and watched it on his computer.

When he was halfway through the game, he heard Danking shouting speechlessly: "259 this..."

"This……"

Danking was stuck in his complaints because he was completely confused. He was also bored and had nothing to do, so he saw Xu Beifang watching the Tianlu game. He almost gave up the Tianlu spirit by catching up with him for a few points.

But in the crucial round, 259 faced Tec-9 and fired a volley of bullets sideways but failed to kill any of them.

It was really hard for him to understand that the person sitting in front of the screen was a professional player.

Then, in the last round, he saw 259 at the close point of the long tube. When his teammates first crippled the bandits, he pulled out a shot but failed to make up for it.

"259 really should practice shooting. Even his cousin can't match his shooting skills." Danking already put on the mask of pain.

Whether it was him or Xu Beifang, they always held a glimmer of hope for Tianlu. After all, they had seen Tianlu achieve some results back then.

Unexpectedly, these hopes gradually turned into despair.

To be honest, Mouz is a team that was able to advance to the quarterfinals of the Major with a 3-0 record.

It's not bad that Tianlu was able to fight Mouz like this. We can even brag about it and say that it was an honorable defeat.

But it's always that little bit short, which makes people feel really disgusted.

It’s like you have the ability to reach the finals of major tournaments, but you are always just a little bit short of winning the championship in every final.

The result of runner-up is already good enough, but I will always feel unwilling to accept it.

"This scene gave me some PTSD." Tiedan complained, "When I was in Tianlu, it was always like this."

The reason why he has not returned to Tianlu is partly because of this.

When he was in Tianlu, he always had some hope and a chance to create some upsets in every offline competition relying on his performance.

But it’s often just a little bit short.

Xu Beifang smiled and said, "So you can't slack off in your training, even if it's just to help you get one more kill. You always feel that your training is about right, but when it comes to the crucial moment, you're always a little short."

Danking was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled and said, "Why do you want to be Yang Jian again? The old TV series are still interesting."

He changed the subject, but Xu Beifang understood that Danking had already heard it.

He continued to watch the battles of other teams. After Tianlu and LVG both lost in the first round, they happened to meet in the second round.

Perhaps because Mouz had defeated their morale, in this civil war within their own division, Tianlu played very badly, and LVG finally won.

C9 met the Australian team flyquest in the first round. This Australian team was the previous Greyhound lineup.

Everyone originally thought that C9 could easily win, but unexpectedly there was a big upset. C9 was beaten badly by the Australian team on the Ancient Ruins map.

Then there are the other two veteran powerhouse teams in Group B, Astralis.

To be honest, Xu Beifang wouldn't feel any pressure if he were playing against Team A.

This team has just been reorganized.

The snake-rat brothers Stavn and Jabbi joined in.

The team that could really put pressure on him has now been scattered among the various teams.

The members of Astralis during their peak period, just like their system, quietly melted into the CS circle.

Now there is only device in this team, and he has transformed into a commander in this competition.

To be honest, the fighting power of Team A is not weak.

Although the Snake and Rat brothers have a bad reputation, they do have strength, otherwise Team A would not have thought of poaching them during the offseason.

Including the human limit device, Team A has a total of three TOP-level players, which is a very high level.

But if we compare the strength on paper, COL is only stronger now.

……

Unfortunately, in the second round of the group stage, COL did not face Team A, but the opponent they least wanted to face - VP.

Xu Beifang knew VP very well. After all, Jame's playing style was quite interesting. Questioning Jame, understanding Jame, and becoming...

No, no one can be Jame yet.

Jame's playing style is quite special, and the lower limit of this team can be said to be one of the highest among the first-tier teams.

And Jame has also proved with his strength that his style of play works even in the Major.

But since we are facing each other, we should try our best to play every round well and try to win from VP.

Starting from the second round, the BP of the group stage changed to a BO3 format.

After three rounds of BP, the final game map was fixed on Death Amusement Park, Purgatory Town, and Death Building.

Death Park is one of VP's specialty maps. Logically, they don't want to release it, but COL's map pool is not rich enough at this stage, so Anubis is banned by default.

So the Death Amusement Park was forced to be released.

However, from the moment they entered the amusement park, they felt the gap in proficiency between them and VP on this map. VP was always able to get kills by making last shots or choosing positions, and their number would decrease as the fight went on.

Although the two sides had been fighting back and forth in the early stages thanks to their strong endgame abilities, the gap gradually emerged as the battle line lengthened.

Especially after entering the second half, the failure to win the pistol round had a huge impact. They had no room for error at all. They worked hard to get two points, but were still defeated by a wave of push.

The score in Figure 8 is 13:.
After entering the town, the situation was reversed. On this map, COL played relatively comfortably.

Xu Beifang also completely released himself. He usually cooperated with NIKO and two others to directly blow up a point, and the others would come to plant the bomb. VP was also straightforward. Many times, when they saw an area was cleared, they didn't even think about returning to defend and started to protect their guns directly.

There are too many chances to save the gun, which provides some tolerance, but tolerance is meaningless if you can't score.

In the final map of Purgatory Town, Xu Beifang and NIKO together achieved 50 kills.

The score was locked at 13:7.

Then the game entered the Death Tower, which many viewers disliked.

The attack and defense on the Death Tower map is relatively boring, and the VP game is also relatively boring. Putting these two BUFFs together is a bit torturous.

But in this picture that decides the outcome, VP's Jame and Fame are performing like crazy.

On the COL side, Xu Beifang was still killing people crazily on this map, but because of VP's strong discipline, he did not dare to play so arrogantly.

Fortunately, he has Elige as his solid backup, which reduces the pressure on him.

But the problem is that NIKO's performance on this map was not very good. Under such high-pressure circumstances, he became a little anxious and made mistakes many times.

As a sniper, Danking was not in a hurry at the beginning, but the problem was that he lacked experience against top teams and suffered from lack of experience many times.

Both players performed poorly and did not play well in some key rounds.

Even though Xu Beifang and Elige tried their best to drag the game into overtime, they still lost in the first overtime.

Finally, in the second round of IEM Chengdu, COL suffered its first defeat after forming its lineup.

They woke up from the ecstasy after the upset, realized where the problem lies at this stage, and were forced into the loser group with a score of 1-1.

……

(End of this chapter)