CSGO: This player is too persuasive!

Chapter 466 27. Nice, let me see your strength!

Before the semi-finals started the next day, Xu Beifang noticed that NIKO looked at Danking with a rather resentful look, and it was obvious that he was still thinking about his first experience with Valorant last night.

Danking felt NIKO's gaze, turned around and said to Xiao Xiong, "I didn't know your luck would be so bad. You ran into teammates like that in a few games yesterday."

It is obvious that when he played Wa himself, he only occasionally matched with cheats. It was very rare for him to be matched with bad teammates or opponents continuously.

NIKO complained: "I feel that the environment in Valorant is still too impetuous. I feel that ordinary players have little patience, at least much less than CS players."

"I should know the reason." The sound of Xu Beifang eating melons came over, and NIKO raised his eyebrows, "Tell me more."

Xu Beifang had no intention of keeping the secret, and immediately explained his thoughts:

"Because Valorant has only been out for a short time, and it is different from community games like CS, ApEX, and Rainbow Six, Valorant's promotion is very effective, and many FPS novices have joined."

Brother Ji was also attracted by their topic and asked in confusion: "Do newbies have any problems? Aren't there a lot of newbies in CS now?"

He knew this. Starting from 18 and 19, the number of CS players began to grow explosively, and CS also had a lot of fresh blood. He felt that this should not be the reason for the difference in the gaming environment between CS and Wa.

Xu Beifang asked Elige a question: "Brother Ji, you are a veteran CS player. What was the CS environment like in the beginning?"

"At the beginning?" Elige fell into reminiscence. "At the beginning, everyone played 10-person games on the LAN in the Internet cafe, and then gradually entered CS:GO..."

Brother Ji was stunned for a moment: "It seems that every time a large number of new players pour in, the environment of CSGO will become bad, but CSGO will soon adjust back."

"You hit the point." Xu Beifang smiled. "This is the difference between community games and non-community games. From professional players to major CSGO anchors, most of them have emphasized communication and cooperation."

“In the community, some famous bloggers always emphasize the importance of communication when they help ordinary players watch videos.”

"For CS players, communication is already a basic skill."

Xu Beifang is a professional who started from scratch, so he feels this very deeply.

In Valorant, many new players and players who switched from other projects do not have the concept of communicating through microphones. Or maybe they do, but they do not communicate subconsciously like CS players do.

In CS games, out of 10 games, there may be 3-5 games that start to play in the mid-game, but there may be only 1 game in which the two players do not use the microphone to report points and communicate at all.

The entire environment can have such strong communication capabilities, a lot of which is due to the crazy emphasis of these professional players and bloggers who are extremely passionate about the game.

Even at their stage, communication has become a skill that requires keeping information brief and clear.

If you still play the ladder like you did before, saying "Fuck" first after being defeated and then reporting the situation, you will definitely be given a special lesson by the coach after the game.

When Danking first arrived at COL, he was often asked to practice and communicate with others.

He remembered clearly that Leon Kai, who was teased as "having only good character except for his neck", would emphasize the role of communication almost every time he explained the demo to his fans. However, because of his unique accent, communication became "bullshitting", which has become a very interesting joke.

However, most players in Valorant do not take communication seriously.

Xu Beifang looked at NIKO and said, "You have to understand. After all, CS has been around for many years, and Valorant has only been out for a few years. It will take time for the game environment to change. It needs people who love this game to slowly catalyze it."

NIKO also figured it out. This was indeed the case. When he played CS before he became an adult, the environment was not as good as it is now.

For example, in a random game, there are always people who don’t know how to use props, some people don’t open the microphone to communicate, or they just go out and fight with others right after the game starts.

But 19 years later, as Team A's systematic style of play became popular, everyone noticed the importance of team CS. Coupled with reminders from various professional players and bloggers, the CS environment gradually improved.

"Plus the time yesterday." Xu Beifang smiled, "Even if you went there to play CS, the feeling would probably be similar."

As for the late-night FPS gaming environment, I can only say that those who understand will understand.

Don't have too many weird things.

"It looks like we'll have to wait a long time before we can play this game properly." NIKO smiled helplessly, "It's quite interesting, but the current environment makes me feel uncomfortable."

JKS answered from the side: "When we have time, let's get together and play in a five-row car. We don't have to worry about the problem of teammates."

"That's true..."

Before NIKO finished speaking, he heard Danking change the subject: "By the way, NIKO, you are about to face your old club today, how do you feel now?"

Yesterday, when a group of them were experiencing Valorant for the first time, the first day of the IEM Chengdu knockout rounds also officially ended.

They successfully eliminated Team A in the bottom half.

The confrontation in the upper half was between Liquid and Faze clan.

After their confrontation ended yesterday, Brother Dianzi, who had been playing away games all over the world, finally welcomed his home court in Chengdu, and the whole audience was cheering for him.

But the result was a bit regrettable after all. The Latvian Berserkers performed too poorly and they ultimately failed to advance to the next round.

Faze, led by Big Cousin, defeated Liquid and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

In the next semi-final, this galactic battleship will face its own youth team Mouz head-on.

Of course, calling it youth training is just a joke.

Today's Mouz is a youth storm led by the strongest commander of the new generation, siuhy, and its combat effectiveness is still quite good. If Faze and his old teammates fail to grasp it well, the battleship may return directly if they are not careful.

However, at this stage, COL has no time to care about the confrontation in the upper half, because their opponent in the second half is NIKO’s old club, the club that is best at making trouble in the world - G2!

As NIKO's old club, G2's current roster is full of familiar faces.

m2nesy, one of the best snipers in CS0, hunter, NIKO's cousin, nexa, nicknamed the God of Gamblers, hooxi, known as Zhuge's Breathing, and dupreeh, my second favorite player among those who play machines.

The fighting power of this group of players is also quite terrifying. Even COL will feel a lot of pressure when facing them.

Now that we have entered the semi-finals, the gaps on paper have become very small.

Every team has the chance to win the championship, and once they get into the game, they must be fully prepared.

"What do you think about the match against G2?" NIKO scratched his eyebrows lightly, "I just feel a little emotional. The once close rivals have become rivals now."

JKS smiled softly: "I would like to play with m0nesy and the others again, even if it's as opponents."

"Our feelings are somewhat different." NIKO shook his head. "After all, I was the one who basically taught m0nesy."

m0nesy is one of the most outstanding talents in the game today. His talent is there and everyone can feel it clearly.

However, m0nesy's talent is not among the most outstanding players.

After he actually joined the first-tier team, he did not easily overcome the rookie wall like Xu Beifang, Zaiwu, and S1mple.

When he first started at G2, his stats were very low for several months.

At that time, it was NIKO who helped him to find out the gaps and taught m0nesy some in-depth methods of using the rifle and some experiences that could be used in competitions.

At that time, NIKO was training m0nesy as his successor.

But in the end, he didn't become famous with m0nesy, which was a bit of a pity.

"However, there is not much I can teach him..." NIKO sighed softly.

Xu Beifang smiled cheerfully: "Then let's see what level that kid's strength is now!"

……

After entering the venue, the host was still extremely passionate, leading the audience in the venue to cheer for the contestants.

All ten players on the field enjoyed this moment very much.

"Now, just a simple question!" the host shouted, "Are you ready?" Then he raised the microphone in front of Xu Beifang.

Xu Beifang naturally cooperated very well, "Meow meow meow meow!"

This answer made many viewers feel dizzy, and in the end they could only say that they were infected by the DANKING virus.

The host raised the microphone in front of Hooxi again. Hooxi did not do what Xu Beifang did. He just cooperated and shouted "yes!"

"Both parties are ready, let's wait and see!!"

The ten players from both sides began to walk towards the contestant seats one after another.

NIKO was still enjoying the host's control over the situation, but after hearing it was over, he quickly followed the rest of the group to the back.

Then the other nine contestants on the stage were stunned.

m0nesy looked at NIKO in confusion: "Brother! Why are you here?"

NIKO came back to his senses and realized that the G2 team uniform was very familiar, so he walked over subconsciously.

Realizing that he had made a huge mistake, NIKO laughed awkwardly towards the sky.

Everyone in COL had a confused look in their eyes at the moment, and he saw a hint of "Is there a traitor among us?" on Danking's face.

NIKO quickly trotted back and laughed, "I'm used to walking with the G2 uniform."

"Stop talking, you don't love me anymore." Xu Beifang had a sad expression on his face.

NIKO quickly shouted: "No, no, no, my baby, I love you the most."

Danking's expression instantly turned into that of an old man playing with his phone on the subway. Even though he knew that the two guys were making a fuss, he still got goosebumps all over his body.

"Alright, alright, go adjust the equipment. Today's game won't be easy, make all the preparations before the game." Coach Xiaoxi suddenly remembered something and reminded him, "Remember to check the version of the driver, otherwise it will be affected by the driver halfway through the game."

He suddenly remembered what happened to device yesterday, and he didn't want this to happen to his own team.

It would be terrible if such a wave suddenly came at a crucial stage.

The COL team also stopped playing around and started to prepare for the equipment before the game.

……

The G2 team is also debugging the equipment.

However, while adjusting the settings, they all turned their eyes to NIKO opposite them.

"I feel like NIKO has become more and more humorous since joining COL." hooxi said to hunter with a smile.

"It's good." Hunter, as NIKO's cousin, actually still wants to play brotherly CS with NIKO.

But he also knew that his performance often dragged down NIKO.

Now that NIKO has transferred to COL and has strong teammates, he seems to be in a much more relaxed state and is becoming more of a fun person.

He was genuinely happy for NIKO.

m0nesy on the side didn't say anything, his mood was a little complicated.

For him, NIKO is his big brother in his career.

But now Big Brother is gone, and even today he has become his rival.

He wanted to see his big brother shine again on the field and get the glory that the ID 'NIKO' deserved.

But today's game is a brutal knockout match, and he also wants to lead his teammates to win the championship.

He also didn't want to disappoint his teammates.

Therefore, in the next confrontation, he will go all out and use all his means to win.

Besides that, he was really curious about this player who was once at the top of the CSGO personal ability ladder.

Constantly challenging yourself and climbing to higher heights, isn't that the fun of CS?

So Nice, let me see your strength... m0nesy looked at the other side of the stage, his eyes filled with burning fighting spirit.

After both players have adjusted their equipment, the BP of this game officially begins at the referee's reminder.

G2 took the lead in getting the first ban right in this game, and as usual, they banned the map they were not good at.

In recent months, Desert Labyrinth has been one of the maps they abandoned. Although Adu joined later, Adu's level of Desert Labyrinth is not very strong, so they kept the original status unchanged.

"COL also bans the map in a regular way, removing Anubis." Masisi read out the BP of the game softly, "But if both sides ban the map by default, then there is some room for maneuver in the BP."

"Since neither COL's Town nor G2's Ruins have been banned, the order of their appearance is worth discussing."

In a BO3 match, the outcome of map is very important because it affects the morale of subsequent teams.

"Oh! G2 directly locked on the small town?" This result surprised Masisi. After all, in his opinion, COL's small town in this IEM was very scary, but G2 actually took the initiative to choose the small town. This was really a bit too bold.

MO added: "They should have chosen it. In the past month, G2 played 11 games in Small Town and lost only one game. They are confident in this map."

"Now it's a head-on confrontation, the two sides are directly confronting each other in the town!"

Masisi nodded: "The first picture is confirmed to be a small town, so what will COL choose in the second picture?"

Something surprising happened again, because COL's choice of picture this time was also unusual.

“It’s actually a building?”

He was quite surprised. After all, in the group stage, COL's building was beaten badly by VP, which was quite abstract.

But he didn't expect that he would be chosen on his own initiative this time.

He thought COL was not very rational, but G2 was sweating a lot.

It’s not that G2 can’t play on the Big Building map, it’s just that their level is a bit poor.

In the past month, I played three games, even though I tried my best to avoid it, and lost all three games.

G2 played very chaotically on this map, and m0nesy's sniper rifle did not get the full play it deserved, which was very uncomfortable.

COL's move put a lot of pressure on them.

Because of this, their chances of winning were extremely low after the game entered the building.

COL removed another Ancient Ruins, leaving Death Amusement Park and Nuclear Crisis for them to choose from.

G2 finally left a Nuclear Crisis as the third picture.

The BP of both sides ended here, and the players entered the final preparation time.

Amid the cheers of the audience, the game is about to begin!
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PS: Let me explain yesterday's content about Wa. Yesterday's content about Wa was the author's personal experience of playing in a duo with a friend. I love FPS games, so I am willing to try most FPS games, but it may be because I switched from CS to Wa, and the environment of Wa always gives me a sense of gap. I really don't mean to criticize it.

(End of this chapter)