CS: The Last Dance, a Dance That Leads to Professional Success

Chapter 108 Advancing to the Semifinals! Who is the Saint?!

Half time.

In the English-language commentary booth, the two commentators were still reminiscing about the first half that had just ended.

"Kovic was absolutely right before the match."

A white male commentator confidently stated, "Dark is indeed the perfect piece of the puzzle that G2 has been searching for! He's not just a fearsome finisher in the endgame, but also a situation-maker who can single-handedly turn the tide of battle and create huge advantages for his teammates!"

His partner wholeheartedly agreed, nodding vigorously and saying, "Yes! His aiming technique is so clean, so pure! It's also ridiculously exaggerated! Those incredible headshots seem as natural and effortless to him as breathing. If he can maintain this terrifying state, I fully believe he has the potential to become a world-class star rifleman!"

"More importantly,"

The white male commentator added with a smile, a hint of excitement at discovering a treasure, "It seems like he played a joke on all of us. He's not actually nervous in a big arena event, as some pre-match interviews suggested."

"On the contrary, his performance was even better and more consistent than what we saw in the online stage! I have every reason to believe that he is enjoying this stage and every moment of tens of thousands of fans cheering for him!"

At the same time, in the G2 match area.

The atmosphere was cheerful and peaceful, a stark contrast to the somber mood of the green dragon next door.

To be honest, everyone was quite cautious before the match against the Green Dragons.

Although Green Dragons isn't a traditional top-tier powerhouse like FAZE, Navi, or Na'Vi, this young dark horse team has such explosive power and impact that in the past, teams like G2 were most likely to be upset by dark horse teams like Green Dragons.

The characteristic of G2 is that when they are in "godlike" form, they can compete with any top team, but when they are in "ghostlike" form, they can easily be defeated by even second-tier teams!
This is why G2 fans used to try to keep a calm mindset when watching matches, even against teams that seemed weaker on paper, and were mentally prepared for the possibility of an upset.

To put it simply, the old G2 can be summed up in one sentence:

I can't understand how to beat newbies!

But now, Meng Lang's addition seems to have injected a shot of adrenaline and a stabilizing agent into the team.

They are more confident when playing against strong teams, and when playing against slightly weaker teams, they can deliver a powerful blow and secure a victory.

G2's performance at this Major, especially against some slightly weaker teams, can be described as "the strictest father to the weak teams"!
They showed no mercy.

That's pure violence!
The player who left the deepest impression on everyone was naturally the rookie rifleman with the ID Dark in the team. Today, Meng Lang set a new record for the highest single map score in this Major with a terrifying 44 kills and 7 deaths and a rating of 2.65 in the Ancient Ruins map.

Moreover, the record holder before he broke it was himself.

Recalling how he was somewhat disoriented by Da Chao's "Tian Dao Chao" style rotation in the first half, Xiao Li Zi immediately countered with a powerful attack, securing a quadra kill with AK in the mid lane and getting revenge. A genuinely joyful smile appeared on his face.

The prospects for the sports school faction are indeed bright!

There's a lot to be done!

There’s a lot to be done!
6657 live broadcast room.

He ran to the bathroom while playing the game and rushed back. Seeing that the second half's pistol round had just started, he immediately said in a fast-paced voice, "Alright! The pistol round in the second half is also crucial. Although Green Dragon is currently far behind, as long as they can win the pistol round, they still have hope of catching up."

"But if we lose the pistol round, it feels like Green Dragon will be taken down by G2's combo attack without even a chance to breathe."

"Let's take a look at the setups for both sides in this round. Green Dragon started with a pair of pistols and a set of utility items, and adopted the standard 2-1-2 defensive formation at the start. G2 started with two sets of utility items, and the only P250 in the pistol round was given to Dark."

"To be honest, Dark rarely makes any particularly amazing highlights with the P250. In the past, the team usually gave the P250 to Kid or Old Ni. But Dark's performance on the two maps today was just too hot. There's a big brother on the team, so giving him the item is no problem at all. Let's see if Dark can justify taking the P250 in this round."

As the machine was being played, Xiao Li's team also gave their strategy for this round after the pistol round countdown ended.

Unlike Superman, who used his brainpower to execute complex multi-layered transitions, he opted for a simpler, more direct approach: a B-small-B.

"Oh! At the start of the game, Li Shen and his cousin each put a smoke grenade at the terrorist base, directly blocking the VIP and the archway, trying to cut off the CT's vision and support in the middle lane."

"But Coach DaChao played very cleverly! He stood at the edge of the VIP window and peeked out. Because of the smoke grenade's concealment, this position essentially created a one-way smoke! Coach DaChao saw Li Shen and his cousin coming out of the mid lane!"

Puff puff--!
Tie him up!
The two sides exchanged fire briefly through the smoke!

"No? You haven't picked a single one?"

Playing with the machine was surprised, and shook his head and laughed, "Teacher Da Chao is different from Wu Zhuge, the breathing brother. He is more of an strategist, and his marksmanship is not his strongest point. Although he fired first and gained the upper hand, he was crippled by his cousin and Little Li using Glocks to create smoke. He quickly jumped back to save his life."

However, although Da Chao didn't win the gunfight, he gathered enough information and immediately determined that the main attack direction for G2 in the pistol round was B short to B.

The next second, he immediately called on his teammates in area A to quickly return to defend.

After the shootout, Little Li knew that their tactical intentions had been completely exposed.

But at this point, the die is cast, and there's no point in changing course at the last minute; it would only make things worse and expose weaknesses.

"We can start now!" Little Li gave the order decisively.

“OK!” responded the team member on the second floor.

After a brief exchange, Meng Lang, Lao Ni, and the child, who had already made their way to the kitchen on the second floor of Building B, immediately accelerated their attack!
In the 6657 live stream room, the sounds of people playing with the machines suddenly became louder and more urgent:

"Oh! G2 is going to speed things up this time!"

"The kid gave me a bun, the sofa flashed! It started right up, saying!"

"Magixx standing on the balcony with dual pistols, what do you say about this?"

"Oh! Old Ni is going all out! The dump truck has been blown away! The Magixx was sent flying by Old Ni's precise Glock headshot!"

G2-NiKo uses Glock to headshot Spirit-magixx

"Patsi, who was behind the sofa, reacted quickly and dodged the flashbang. Then he turned around and exchanged a few shots with the kid who jumped into the bomb site through the window. Then the kid took him out with a single, precise shot!"

G2-m0NESY used Glock to kill Spirit-Patsi

"Dark's P250 fired a few shots during this process, but unfortunately he didn't get any kills," said Wanji. "Wow! It feels like G2's accuracy in this pistol round is really good! Dark's P250 didn't even have much of an impact, and they easily won this round."

"Now G2 has a 5v3 advantage in defending the bomb. Dark landed and immediately threw a Supermarket Pistol, cutting off the CTs' route back from the CT spawn in A site. This pistol round is over, and it feels like Green Dragon basically has no chance."

"If, just if! If the Green Dragons had a leader who could step up and unleash a flurry of kills with a USP like Dark did in the first half, then they still have a chance!" "But does the Green Dragons have someone like that?"

Just as I was wondering about the machine, a hilarious kill notification suddenly appeared in the upper right corner of the screen:

G2-Dark used an incendiary grenade to kill Spirit-Chopper.

"Holy crap! Who got burned to death?"
"Teacher Da Chao?!"

Playing with the machine was amazing.

It turns out that after Da Chao was whittled down by Xiao Li and his cousin who were using smoke grenades in the mid lane at VIP, he realized that the other side was going to attack B. He sneaked over from VIP through the dog hole, wanting to wait for his two teammates from A, degster and S1ren, to come from B small together and organize a counterattack.

His health is only enough to be used to draw the gun line when he leaves the supermarket.

Unexpectedly, Meng Lang saw that B site had been easily captured and that he still had a fire spell left, so he thought he could just throw it out to interrupt the defense.

The incendiary bomb flew in through the window, and the flames that spread instantly burned the already low-health Teacher Da Chao to death as he quietly made his way to the door!

The director promptly showed Da Chao's first-person perspective, where the screen was instantly engulfed by flames and then turned gray.

Then the camera switched to the contestant's camera. At this moment, Teacher Da Chao looked as if he had been roasted by fire. His face was red, and his expression was full of frustration and helplessness.

"Hahaha, this..."

Playing with the machine, I couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Teacher Da Chao's death was a bit abstract. He was trying to sneak up quietly, but Dark just sent him flying with a random fireball."

At this point, with Da Chao dead, Green Dragons no longer had anyone to hold the line of fire.

The two remaining CTs, degster and S1ren, who were trying to coordinate a simultaneous defensive push from the archway to B-small and the supermarket direction, were completely dumbfounded.

How is this played?
The two struggled only symbolically before being easily taken down by the rested G2 team.

G2 successfully won the pistol round in the second half!

At this point, the score was 13-3.

As a result, the Green Dragons, who were trailing by a large margin in the first half and then lost the crucial pistol round in the second half, were completely demoralized!
Morale plummeted to rock bottom.

In the next three rounds, Coach Da Chao didn't even call a timeout, perhaps thinking it would be useless, and the high-spirited G2 took points in one go!
In the end, G2 defeated the Green Dragon with a score of 16:3, exactly the same score as the Ancient Ruins in the first map!
This also means that G2 swept their opponent Spirit 2-0 in the first round of the Antwerp Major Championship Group playoffs, advancing strongly to the semifinals of this Major!

6657 live broadcast room.

"Holy crap! G2's already in the semifinals?"

Playing with the machine, he sounded a bit incredulous, then immediately got into the zone, "Thanks to 'Nini Kid Major Champion' for the rocket! Thanks to 'Dark666' for the super rocket! May both of you live forever and have endless fun!"

After a series of formulaic thank-you gifts, Wanji's tone became wistful:

"To be honest, I thought G2 would win today, but I didn't expect them to win like this. 2-0, they blew away the Green Dragon in both maps by a large margin. Is this still the G2 I know? They're too aggressive and too consistent!"

Wanji smacked his lips, savoring the quick victory, and analyzed, "Actually, there are clues to why Green Dragons lost so badly today. They were completely dominated by Dark on their most popular map, Ancient Ruins! Tsk tsk! 44 kills, 2.65 rating, it's like a bot was playing a bot! Dark was just too ruthless! If I were Green Dragons, my mentality would definitely be greatly affected."

The live stream chat was flooded with various comments at that moment:

"That Dark is a real villain!"

"Haha, before the match everyone was saying that G2 wouldn't play Ancient Ruins."

Green Dragon: Didn't you say you weren't good at ruins?

Dark: Is this a ruin? I thought it was Green Sands II!

"That's alright then, Green Sand 2 is still Sand 2."

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"When we get to Map 2, Mirage, which is G2's chosen map," Wanjiji continued to summarize, "it's now G2's normal winning strategy."

"That is, Dark came out and farmed like crazy, using his individual skills to suppress the opponent and keep them in check, while also bringing out the form and morale of G2's teammates. Then it was all about the team playing, with everyone stepping up to get kills, and the victory was so easy and effortless."

"However, G2 was able to play so smoothly on both maps today, do you know that there is another person who is also very important? I have to emphasize this point."

He changed the subject abruptly, leaving her in suspense.

"That's right! It's the Green Dragon's Magixx!"

Playing with the machine, he burst out laughing and couldn't help but tease, "Holy crap! This guy is really something, you know? I've observed him closely! In today's two maps, the AKs Dark used on the CT side were basically all sent by Ma Xixi! This guy indirectly helped Dark achieve several key comebacks and highlights!"

"For example, in the first map of the ruins, Dark traded his AWP for Maxi's AK at the terrorist spawn point, and then in the next rush, he wiped out the enemy! Also, in the second half, Dark rushed out of the spawn point and jumped onto the middle road to direct traffic, and that AK was also 'sponsored' by Maxi."

"Some viewers in the live chat are asking about picture two. Of course it's in picture two too!"

When playing on the machine and seeing the comments, I immediately responded.

"It was when Dark and his cousin Li Shen went out of the mid lane, and Dark hid in the corner and let four of them through! That was a crucial, absolutely pivotal moment, you guys know?"

"In the last round, Chopper transformed into 'Tendou Chao,' barely managing to secure a point with his insane brainpower, only to have Ma Xixi flank from behind and disarm him, giving away the AK!"

"What were the consequences? The consequences were that Dark wiped out all four enemy units in the mid lane in one fell swoop! Green Dragon's morale was completely shattered from that point onward!"

At this point, the machine enthusiast couldn't help but joke:
"Therefore! If we're going to distribute 'Saint Points' in today's live stream, I personally strongly suggest giving them to Saint Ma!"

"Holy crap! Someone said where Ma Shengsheng is?"

"Dude, you're really giving us an AK in this crucial game, and it's even going to the opponent! This kind of selfless love that transcends team boundaries, isn't that saintly enough?"

When Wan Ji made this serious announcement, the chat room exploded with comments!

(End of this chapter)