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

Chapter 88 I don't think that Dark is that scary.

"Pity!"

Image 1 shows the capture of the ruins, Image 2 shows the loss of the nucleus.

After the final match point was decisively taken by the opposing team, Breathing Bro took off his headphones, rubbed his throbbing temples, and shook his head.

After securing his chosen map's ruins in Map 1, he actually had considerable confidence in the cores in Map 2.

After all, a map like the Nuclear Crisis, with its complex structure and three-dimensional offense and defense, is more suitable for a commander like him who is good at precise calculations and tactical deployment.

What no one expected was that the opponent played the core champion, which was originally assessed as a "pseudo-strong map" for G2, as if it were their own home.

Little Li's tactical arrangements were exactly what he was going to do, and the entire G2 team's performance and teamwork were also excellent.

The fact that the team managed to score 9 points in the first half as the offensive side made Breathing Bro's heart skip a beat, sensing something was very wrong.

In the end, they couldn't hold on. The pseudo-strong map was turned into a real strong map by the opponent, and Little Flame lost the second map, missing a great opportunity to advance directly to the championship group in one fell swoop.

Upon hearing this, RoeJ, a fellow veteran, patted Breathing Bro on the shoulder and comforted him, saying, "It's okay, everyone stay calm and just take map three. The Town map requires more teamwork and discipline, and I think we are better and more resilient than them in this regard."

This statement is not based on blind confidence.

Although G2 brought in the academic-style strategist Xiao Li Zi, intending to make the team's tactics more systematic and less reliant on the individual abilities of star players.

However, observing from the Challenger Group, once the game gets deadlocked or a crucial point is reached, G2 often plays "muscle CS" at its core, relying on players like Ni Gongzi, Xiaohai, or now Dark's sudden burst of power, using unreasonable gun skills to forcefully open up the situation.

In contrast, Breathing Bro's Copenhagen Flame team has a more team-oriented style.

While this lacks the explosive, game-winning power of star players, it significantly improves the team's floor and stability.

Excellent teamwork and tacit understanding mean that sometimes, as soon as Breathing Bro shouts out his tactical instructions and the props explode, the team members can create a numerical advantage through coordination. Sometimes, they can even judge whether a point can be won just by the way the props are thrown.

At this moment, Farlig, the young player mainly responsible for facing Meng Lang in the match, couldn't help but interject, "I don't think that Dark is as scary as everyone says. We can definitely win map three!"

Upon hearing Farlig's words, the other two young and ambitious players, Nicooodoz and Zyphon, nodded in agreement.

“farlig is right, Dark’s firepower is just so-so, it feels about the same level as ours.” nicoodoz curled his lip.

Zyphon added, "I feel like he doesn't even really understand how to play the ruins. On map one, I caught him off guard several times because of his poor map understanding timing, and I just stole his kills."

"Actually, if we hadn't overemphasized the defensive solidity of our core player in map two, I feel we would have had a real chance to win map two."

Farlig's tone carried a hint of resentment.

Several young teammates chimed in, and as he listened to them, Breathing Bro nodded thoughtfully.

Could it be... that I really valued and feared Dark too much?
Maybe so.

After all, the opponent's statistics in the first two games were so terrifying that he had no choice but to be cautious.

Looking back, in today's BO3, apart from his still fierce gunplay, Dark didn't seem to demonstrate the ability to completely turn the tide of the game tactically.

Especially at the site in Figure 1, it does seem somewhat "unsuited" to local conditions.

Forget it, don’t think about it that much.

Breathing Bro shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions.

Since the team members are full of confidence, they should play more freely in the small town in map three.

Wu Zhuge's gaze hardened once more!

……

At this point, the map 3, Purgatory Town, which will determine the fate of both sides, officially loads after the BP (Ban/Pick) phase ends.

Match: G2 vs Copenhagen Flames
Map: Purgatory Town

T side: HooXi, roeJ, farlig, nicoodoz, Zyphon
CT side: NiKo, huNter, m0NESY, Aleksib, Dark
In the 6657 live stream room, the voices of those playing with the machines carried a clear sense of anticipation and nervousness.

"Alright, viewers, this is Ma Xing, the 'Player Machine'! The crucial battle to determine who will be the first to advance to the Antwerp Major Championship Group, map 3 Inferno, the pistol round is now starting! Let's take a look at the lineups of both sides."

"Over here at Little Flame, two sets of standard equipment have been set up, and then... oh? A P250 has been given to sniper nicoodoz, to increase their capabilities in long-range gunfights."

"G2 on CT side, they've got... dual pistols? This dual pistols is for my cousin huNter, to take A floor 2, to prevent Wu Zhuge from doing an unreasonable speed boost to fly to the second floor."

"G2 started with a default 3B2A formation. It seems that Little Li wants to send people to try to control the banana lane first, and then decide whether to heavily defend the 4A blockade or use dynamic joint defense after gathering information."

"But wait! Little Flame started by setting up a parking space with a fireball? And then blocked the front smoke! Wu Zhuge really knows Li Shen! You want to clear the banana lane? I won't let you take it so easily! The T side immediately flashed forward and pushed! They're going to take control of the banana lane by force!"

"Now that Little Li can't take the banana route, he can't smoothly implement the 4A heavy defense tactic. Li Shen can only leave Old Ni and Dark, who play the banana route, in the B area to defend a back point, while he himself will retreat to the connector to prepare for a dynamic roaming strategy to support points A and B at any time."

"What about Breathing Bro? It doesn't feel like this little flame is going to fight B."

The commentator playing with the machine almost perfectly predicted the situation on the field.

really!

After quickly taking control of the banana path, Little Flame left only Farlig at the end of the path to keep watch.

The other four quickly went silent and moved towards area A.

Apparently!

Breathing Bro's initial goal for this point is still to get an A!

This is true.

With about a minute left in the game, Breathing Bro himself had reached the mid lane, while his three teammates successfully controlled the boiler room on the side lane and the second floor of A.

With 50 seconds remaining, Breathing Bro called out to his teammates over the voice chat:
"We can detonate the bomb now. Fire at A as planned!"

The teammates nodded in agreement!
The next moment, a series of precise items flew towards bomb site A, including smoke screens, flashbangs, and fire pits, instantly engulfing the A site in smoke and flames!
On the G2 pitch.

Leonardo DiCaprio's reaction was equally swift!
As soon as the smoke grenade blocked the connector, he keenly sensed that the enemy might try to eliminate his position. Not daring to gamble on how many enemies were coming, he made a nimble turn and, before the enemy's flashbang exploded, slipped into the smoke grenade to rejoin his teammates at the bomb site.

Although this means losing map control, in the pistol round, survival is the priority!
as predicted!

The next second, Wu Zhuge, who had pulled out from the mid lane to clear the connection, and roeJ, who was following behind him, only saw a glimpse of Xiao Li Zi's clothes disappearing into the smoke!
They came up empty-handed.

The sound of someone playing with a machine suddenly rang out: "Oh! Li Shen! He was really slippery that time! He saw the smoke barrier and rushed straight into it! He avoided the first wave of checks on the connection by Breathing Bro and his men!"

Moreover, the cousin who started with two guns chose to defend the second floor of A instead of the usual spot in the pit.

This meant that the tactic of Little Flame's simultaneous pincer attack on A site by Connect and A1 failed to eliminate any CTs, and A1's bombs also failed to create a large crater.

In this way, the smoke barrier that Breathing Bro sealed himself up actually had a "self-inflicted trap" feel to it.

At this point, even if A1's two teammates forcefully push into the bomb site, he and roeJ will not be able to pull out from the connector in time before the smoke clears, thus failing to provide effective crossfire support to A1's teammates!

"Wow! Li Shen's move was incredibly slippery! It really worked! It's making things a bit difficult for Breathing Bro now! Two of them are stuck behind the smoke screen connecting the partition, while the other two are in A1. Their formation is a bit split up!"

"The key issue is that Breathing Bro has absolutely no idea how many people are defending A bomb site. Now the people connecting can't provide backup fire, and the two players at A1 don't have any information and dare not rush in recklessly!"

"What do you mean? Should we wait for the smoke to clear? That might be too late! Besides, bombs have been detonated at bomb site A, leaving only Dark in site B. Old Ni has already started returning from the CT spawn to defend."

"If we wait until then, Breathing Bro might get his butt stolen!"

Just as the offensive in Area A reached a stalemate!
Time was running out, and there were only 30 seconds left in the game!
Suddenly, the machine player exclaimed, "Hey wait! A1's T has retreated! They're silently retreating! Judging from their movements, they're going to connect and rendezvous with Breathing Bro! It feels like they're going to... they're going to directly create a connection and flank B from the police station!"

Countdown to 20 seconds.

The four members of Team T are silently gathering at the connection point!

The next moment, with Breathing Bro's order, everyone set off and rushed from the archway toward the police station, heading straight for Block B!
At the same time, Farlig, which was originally behind Banana Road, also began to move forward rapidly, putting pressure on Area B.

"My God! Really! A split-second 20-second turn! Connecting to B! This is Wu Zhuge's flexible tactics! His ability to adapt to changing situations is off the charts!"

"Old Ni has already made his way to the vicinity of the study. He positioned himself in advance, in a very secretive location! He just managed to avoid the main T force that was turning around from the archway!"

"But he heard a lot of footsteps coming from the direction of the archway! Old Ni can pull him out and give him a good beating from behind!"

But can you really enjoy playing this game?

Puff puff puff—!
The sharp, crisp sound of a USP gun rang out from the police station!
Three shots fired from behind!

"Oh! He's not dead?... He's dead!"

A kill notification finally appeared in the upper right corner of the screen:

G2-NiKo used a USP to headshot and kill CPH Flames Zyphon

But the next second, Breathing Bro, who was leading the team to rotate, suddenly stopped and turned around. He and his teammate RoeJ fired a few quick shots from their Glocks and quickly took down Old Ni, who had come out to shoot from behind and didn't have time to retreat to cover.

Another kill immediately appeared on the screen:

[CPH Flames-HooXi kills G2-NiKo with Glock-18] The machine player immediately spoke rapidly:

"Luckily, it wasn't a Desert Eagle! Old Ni still managed to catch it!"

"But can one be enough? One is definitely not enough! Right now, there's only Dark at B site, and he's facing four Ts coming from both the banana and CT spawn directions! That's too much pressure!"

"Sigh! Old Ni really should have taken on two more back-to-the-basket shots! Even just one more would have eased the pressure on Dark!"

The live stream chat was immediately flooded with comments.

"That's enough! It's good enough that Brother Shrimp can even get one back-to-the-basket shot!"

"If it were a Desert Eagle, I doubt Brother Shrimp would have even landed a single shot; he'd have been completely outmatched!"

"Hilarious! It seems like you can't play with your back to the opponent! You have to face them head-on!"

"Waaah! This is Shrimp Bro! I can only face you head-on!"

"Damn! G2 played terribly in this pistol round! Doesn't one of them know how to use the USP well?"

"A good use of the USP? It seems... there really are some!"

"You mean Dark? No way! His USP has never been that great, except for the last time he wiped out FAZE on the Nuka-Tempo."

"That wave was mainly caused by FAZE charging in recklessly! They didn't treat Dark like humans at all, and the whole group got hit by a self-inflicted flashbang!"

"That's true. Who doesn't eat dumplings during Chinese New Year? Do you expect Dark to eat dumplings every meal?"

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The live stream chat erupted in discussion, with most viewers not optimistic about G2's defensive and recovery play.

At this moment, in the G2 booth.

After about twenty seconds, Xiao Li noticed that there was a lot of noise but little action in Area A, and he already had a guess in his mind. In addition, Lao Ni announced in the voice chat, "All Ts have switched to B!"
He immediately shouted into the voice chat:
"Dark, don't panic! Hold on! My cousin, the kid, and I will retake the base from the CT spawn and the connection right now! You need to stay alive! Let them plant the bomb first, and we'll fight back together when we get here!"

The recently fallen Old Ni instinctively switched to Meng Lang's perspective at bomb site B immediately.

The next second, he was slightly taken aback!
For some reason, this scene has a strange sense of déjà vu!

At this moment, Meng Lang hid behind the three boxes, holding a USP and swaying back and forth, observing the police station and the road leading to Banana Road.

Small town!

Twenty seconds to turn the point!
Three boxes!

Holy crap!

Just as Old Ni was about to instinctively exclaim in surprise, he realized that they were in the middle of a competition and quickly covered his mouth!

But the incredibly vivid facial expressions on his face were still accurately captured by the director's camera, and the live stream chat immediately went wild because of Lao Ni's meme!

"Hilarious! What's with that old nun's expression? Is she seeing a ghost?"

Does this scene seem familiar?

"Oh no! Shrimp Bro has triggered PTSD!"

"Shrimp Bro: This scene looks familiar..."

Dark: Don't panic, this time I'll switch roles!

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The volume and speed of the voices while operating the machine suddenly increased to the maximum, filled with passion and tension:

"Here it comes! This is a four-man T-1 flanking maneuver! Dark is stalking back and forth behind the three crates, but his position has been locked! The good news is that the Ts don't have many utility items left in the pistol round! They used up most of them while attacking A earlier, so they have to physically charge into Dark's line of fire this time!"

"Dark! How many can you take?"

"Take this! If my teammates get back on defense, it'll be a 3v3 disadvantage!"

"Catch two! With teammates in a three-on-two situation, the chances of a successful defensive recovery increase significantly!"

"Three more... and that's a perfect endgame fit for a highlight reel! Go on..."

Before he could finish talking about playing with the machine, Meng Lang, holding a dark-colored USP, peeked out from behind the three boxes with an extremely fast movement!
At that moment, he once again entered that familiar feeling, and the muzzle of his gun was slightly lowered!

This is not a USP!

This is a free Ghostly weapon!

Wa-ye, help me!

puff-!
The crisp sound of a USP shot rang out, a single shot, and it was dead!
Kills instantly appeared on the screen:

G2-Dark used a USP to headshot and kill CPH Flames-roeJ

RoeJ, who was at the forefront of the police force, fell to the ground with a thud!

Meng Lang, however, did not stop at all. He quickly retreated into his three boxes to avoid several Glock shots, and then made an even faster and more unpredictable turn to Repeek from the other side!

puff-!
Another gunshot rang out!

G2-Dark used a USP to headshot and kill CPH Flames-nicoodoz

nicoodoz, a sniper who had just been pulled out of the police station and was holding a P250 to try to cover his teammates, had just stopped!
He was taken out by Meng Lang's lightning-fast Repeek's second bullet, which blew him away in the head!

"My God! Two!"

"Dark took down two in a single exchange!"

"He's still saying it on RE!"

He shouted excitedly while playing the machine.

The countdown timer has already jumped to ten seconds!
The guy in charge of planting the package was getting a little anxious!

He immediately commanded Farlig, who was sneaking in from the banana lane: "Farlig! Hold off the three boxes! Don't let him peek anymore! I'm planting the package!"

6657 speaks incredibly fast while playing on the machine:

"There are less than ten seconds left! Breathing Bro wants to plant the bomb first! Farlig jumped onto a box! Can he hold off Dark behind the three boxes?"

Before he finished speaking -

puff-!
The third shot from the USP, like the sigh of death, rang out once again with pinpoint accuracy!

G2-Dark used a USP to headshot and kill CPH Flames-farlig

One box after another of T fell backwards!

"Oh no! He couldn't hold on! Farlig was also instantly defeated!!"

The sound of playing with the machine has already acquired a bubbly quality:

"Now there's no one protecting the bomber! Breathing Bro has given up on planting the bomb! He pulled out a Glock! Ready to take down Dark!"

"But Dark! He's back like a ghost! He's repeeked out! This is a 1v1 pistol duel!"

Da da da—!
Puff puff—!
One shot to the body, one shot to the head, and the fifth shot from the USP brought this thrilling and dramatic endgame to a close!
G2-Dark used a USP to headshot and kill CPH Flames-HooXi

Haven't you made enough of a scene?!

"One! Two! Three! Four!"

"Wu Zhuge! Wu Zhuge got his head blown off!! Breathing Bro! You are indeed Wu Zhuge! But you're facing an unparalleled Lu Bu now!"

The player roared with all his might, so excited he almost jumped out of his chair, "Dark didn't take two or three hits this time! Dark! He took four! He took all four of the Ts that rotated over!"

"Then what's the point of calling us brothers! You're too generous! I'll just give you this one point and be done with it!"

In an instant,
The chat room was completely stunned!

No?

Last time, the USP Iron Plate got a five-kill streak!

Is this USP getting another triple kill with three boxes?

This is dark?

So you really eat dumplings for every meal?
(End of this chapter)