CSGO: This player is too persuasive!

Chapter 494 54. COL, the favorite to win?

"A champion's unarmored Desert Eagle made a comeback, allowing COL to reverse Anubis, and the score was fixed at 13:11!"

The English stream commentator shouted in disbelief: "It is hard for us to imagine that the favorite to win this championship would be defeated by COL with a score of 2-0! The background of this 'space battleship' is more exaggerated than we imagined!"

Looking at the final score of this BO3, the two commentators felt like the world had been turned upside down.

Before the game, they had thought about the score ending at 2-0.

But thinking about this score, the positions of the two teams should be wrong.

Even though COL had performed very well in the group stage a few days ago, and even though one of the two English-language commentators was a fan of Nice, they only thought the result would be 2-1, and believed that COL would lose the game with an "honorable defeat".

But I really didn't expect that the final score would be 2-0, and it was COL who achieved a shutout.

So at this moment they completely released their emotions through the commentary and expressed their inner surprise.

Some team members who came over from a distance to join in the fun were also shocked by the result. He even saw a REZ with his mouth wide open, with a look that seemed to say 'this isn't right'.

Apart from the excited shouts of the two commentators, the only emotion heard in the entire studio was surprise. However, as some people started discussing in low voices, the studio soon became noisy.

COL performed well in IEM Chengdu and won the championship, so everyone naturally paid attention to it.

However, there were not too many first-tier teams participating in IEM Chengdu, and COL had just entered its honeymoon period. The Faze team itself had encountered many problems. So although everyone was surprised that COL had the strength of a first-tier team, their attitude was relatively indifferent.

But today they were defeated by NAVI. Although the gap in Figure 2 was very small, they were still defeated.

This is quite surprising.

If we talk about the confrontation with Faze in the IEM Chengdu final, COL played on the map they were good at, played to their strengths, and surprised everyone with their new style of play and helpless personal abilities.

The current confrontation will show the upper limit of their lineup on a map they are not good at.

Picture 1 is the ancient ruins chosen by NAVI. COL did not play much, but they relied on the players' explosive performances to restrict NAVI.

It is very obvious from the second picture that COL played too roughly, and some of the teamwork was not even as good as in the high-scoring FPL games.

NAVI kept adjusting their strategies, but COL simply relied on their lineup. Even though they were not very good at it and were prone to making mistakes, every player was able to hold on in the endgame.

In the confrontation with Anubis, NAVI is like a hexagonal warrior with more comprehensive strength, while COL is an undead fighter with high burst and endurance.

The gap in overall strength exposed COL to more flaws, but as long as NAVI gave it a little chance, COL could turn defeat into victory.

The atmosphere in the studio was solemn, and the contestants who watched the game were savoring the content of the game.

In the COL player seat, after winning the last round, he took off his headphones with a smile and raised his hand to high-five NIKO.

"Can you imagine this? We won by practicing the map!" NIKO laughed foolishly.

After successfully defeating NAVI, Danking was a little inflated. He came over and patted the two on the back, jokingly saying, "In the training match, I didn't know who I was, but in the match, I was able to kill them with one shot."

"It's like the reverse of Tiangang." Xu Beifang was also happy, and said with a sigh: "They lost to us, this time NAVI is in trouble."

The others looked at him in confusion. Elige thought Xu Beifang was talking about the rest of the schedule. "Not really. If they lose this game, they will just enter the loser group. There shouldn't be a team in Group D that can defeat them. They can still make it out."

Today they were only competing with NAVI for the first place in the group. If NAVI was defeated by them, it would only be one defeat. And even if it was the second defeat, there would still be one last chance for them to revive.

So Brother Ji doesn’t think NAVI will be in a bad situation.

Xu Beifang shook his head. He pointed at Danking and said, "The main reason is that this guy is very petty. If NAVI loses to us once, he can go out and say that he beat NAVI. As long as he beats NAVI once, NAVI will always be his defeated opponent!"

Hearing this, a group of people laughed.

After laughing, Xu Beifang, as the captain, said: "Everyone played very well in today's game. Just now, NIKO said that he didn't expect that we Anubis could win. This is indeed unexpected."

"But because of this, this game proves that our team's ceiling is very high, and we are also able to create a chemical reaction!"

Everyone pondered over Xu Beifang's words and smiled.

They played very seriously in today's game 2, and they were very happy with the final comeback.

During the game, the players showed tacit understanding in playing many endgames, which made people feel very comfortable.

Each of them has more expectations for the upcoming games.

The current chemistry is very good, so what about as we become more familiar with the maps to come?

Katowice, Cologne, or even the Major...

For this group of frustrated people, it is not an unattainable goal.

However, they still have to temporarily suppress their expectations for the future and not reveal their emotions too much. After all, if they are too happy during the post-match handshake, it would be a bit disrespectful to their opponents.

The director also moved the camera to the NAVI player's seat as they walked.

Compared to the joy in the COL player seat, the NAVI players felt a little uncomfortable.

"We still underestimated COL's firepower."

When Leo said this, JL in the quiet player booth sighed: "They are like cockroaches that can't be killed. They can always perform well in the endgame. This is too uncomfortable."

As one of Xu Beifang's loyal fans, Xu Beifang's past experiences inspired him many times during his career. He also took CS seriously and gradually transformed from a second-tier rookie player to the first-tier big brother he is today.

He was originally a bit proud of today's match and wanted to teach the COL guys a lesson.

I also plan to play with the "fans beating up their idols" meme.

After the real collision, I found that the older the ginger, the spiciest it is.

He was defeated in seconds by Xu Beifang in the game. He was defeated in seconds every time he met Xu Beifang. Was there any point in playing?
If he hadn't fought his way up from second-tier competitions, experienced so many twists and turns and had a good mentality, he might have exploded in the competition.

And he had to admit that the COL players had really strong explosive power and were really resilient.

It feels like COL is more like a younger team than them in terms of explosiveness, but more like a group of experienced veteran players in terms of resilience.

In the past, he found it hard to imagine that these two styles would appear in the same team, but now he is convinced.

Seeing the COL players coming over, JL extended his hand to Xu Beifang and couldn't help but tease: "You are really cruel to your fans."

Xu Beifang also gave JL, who had a horse face, a simple hug and responded with a smile: "I have to save face too, otherwise what if you beat me and I lose my following? But today I was lucky to win."

After hearing this interesting statement, JL continued: "It seems I will be your fan for a long time."

As for the luck that Xu Beifang mentioned, he thought it was just a humble word.

Losing is losing, even if the score in Figure 13 is a painful 11:, the result cannot be changed.

Just like the Boston game, even though countless people felt regretful, the outcome could not be changed.

They didn't play well today, but they were not eliminated in this tournament. They would come back later. After Xu Beifang shook hands with JL, he walked towards w0nderful, who was a little smaller than him. However, Xu Beifang preferred to call him 'Wang Defa'.

w0nderful looked at the tall Xu Beifang and took the initiative to speak: "I feel a little bit like what S1mple felt back then. It is really too uncomfortable to play against a superstar like you."

In today's BO3, his performance as a sniper was very limited in both maps.

I finally had enough money to buy a sniper rifle, but before I could get a few kills, I was torn apart by Nice or NIKO.

He had a very uncomfortable playing time in today's game, and even had a red temperature for a while in the middle. Fortunately, he adjusted back later.

Although there are differences between the versions of CS2 and CSGO, the feeling is the same.

Xu Beifang shook his head and said, "You are wrong. At that time, S1mple often lost to us, and a lot of it was because of team structure issues. If we were to face the NAVI team in 21, even if I was in the Vitality period, the outcome would not be certain."

“Also, you and 21NAVI may look the same now, but you have changed a lot. That’s why I said before that you can’t become S1mple. You have to find your own way.”

S1mple and him have similar settings, but their playing styles are actually different.

S1mple has extremely high free fire rights, but w0nderful does not have this resource. He is more focused on finding gaps and shortcomings in NAVI's system and making efforts in the mid-term.

But honestly speaking, this guy's sniper rifle can miss a lot, and the suppression power of the sniper rifle is too small. If he really has Lao Zhu's accuracy, then COL will not be able to win today's game.

After all, when Pigsy was at his peak, whenever his sniper rifle fired a shot, basically someone would die. Even if he didn't fire, that shot was still scary.

Only he and Zaiwu, who are also super giants, can compete with it. In the words of netizens, only monsters can limit monsters that are above the limits of human beings.

And w0nderful's sniper rifle misses too often.

The sniper rifle in the CS2 version has been used less frequently, and his sniper rifle often misses the target, so its effect is not great.

After all, when a player like kennyS loses his accuracy, all he has left is speed.

w0nderful gave him the feeling that he was not as intimidating as m0nesy's sniper rifle.

However, he still admires this young man pursuing his dreams. As a die-hard fan of S1mple, it feels like fate for him to take over his position.

After encouraging the young man a few more words, he soon came to Little Leo's side.

Seeing his old friend, Xu Beifang's tone was not so good: "Huo, why are you still wearing a hat?"

"You bastard." Little Leo punched Xu Beifang directly.

Xu Beifang joked: "Before I made my comeback, I considered bringing you here to be my commander..."

"What League of Losers?" Leo complained bluntly.

Xu Beifang shrugged: "No, I didn't fail."

"..." Little Leo was silent. He found that after not seeing each other for a few years, the sunny boy he used to be had turned into a fun-loving person.

"Thank you."

Xu Beifang patted his shoulder and said, "But I am also very happy to see that you have achieved good results in the Major. Now no one dares to say in the community that you only accept things by default."

"In fact, in 20, I considered going to COL to help you." Leo said as if jokingly: "It seems that we are not destined to be teammates. We can only be friends."

These old players are all very nostalgic.

And Leo can't forget that Xu Beifang helped him a lot when he was at his lowest point.

So in 20, when Xu Beifang left Vitality and joined COL, he really planned to play CS with Xu Beifang.

But due to contractual restrictions and the fact that COL had a commander at the time, the matter was left unresolved.

So even if they haven't seen each other for a few years, they can still chat very familiarly when they meet.

"It's okay. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't know I could command." Xu Beifang joked.

Little Leo leaned forward and gave Xu Beifang a gentle hug. "Although I'm upset about losing today, I still welcome you back to the game."

"Then I'll also send you a belated blessing." Xu Beifang chuckled, "Welcome to join the Major Champion Club."

The official photographer of this event is also an old CS player. He knows the past entanglements of these old players.

So when I saw Leo coming over to hug me, the photo of Xu Beifang sitting on the bench with Leo in the lounge came to my mind.

He pressed the shutter to capture the scene of the two people hugging each other.

So many stories have happened in the world of CS over the years.

But after all, the friendship between the old Dengs will still be missed.

……

Watching the COL members packing up and leaving, people in the studio were still discussing.

"NAVI is defeated. I feel like COL will be the favorite to win this time." Huozai was the first to say.

XTQZZZ glanced at Huo Zai and said in surprise, "When did you feel that they were not the favorites to win?"

Huozai retorted: "But they were practicing the map before."

Because of Xu Beifang, apEX and Zaiwu paid a lot of attention to COL, and they also watched the first few games of COL.

In the first few games, COL had been playing on maps that they were not very good at, so they judged that COL intended to train through competition and had no intention of competing for the league championship.

But now it seems that COL is practicing and rushing towards the final round of the competition.

This is too exaggerated.

"Practicing maps does not mean that we don't have the ability to compete for the championship." XTQZZZ recalled the best memory. "At that time, we also used top-level competitions as practice, but in the end we still won the championship."

"How can it be the same?" The young Huozai was a little rebellious and still not convinced.

The second brother of Little Bee, the Israeli ruthless spinx, said in a slightly strange accent: "Teams like COL don't rely too much on map proficiency. They don't need to be particularly proficient. As long as they practice the map to a passing level, they can play."

"why?"

"Because they rely more on the players' upper limits, they only need to raise their lower limits to a certain level, enough to bring out their personal abilities." Spinx said, "Although this approach makes their upper and lower limits unstable, it also makes them eligible to compete for the championship."

ApEX looked at the direction where COL left and said meaningfully: "After today's BO3, everyone should start studying COL."

"It's just that there's not enough time..."

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(End of this chapter)