CS: Oh no, he's really become the GOAT!

Chapter 63: A large number of Last Dance players are logging in!
After a brief day of rest in Malta, the entire RA team returned to Serbia.

EPL is an invaluable training tournament for them, and they have gained a lot from this competition.

But with the Paris Major approaching, they need to review their performance and make adjustments based on their results in this tournament.

RA's performance in EPL has received unanimous praise in China, and netizens highly approve of their performance.

As a newcomer, Yang Yu received a lot of attention.

Yang Yu's Douyin account has grown from 2 followers to 1.1.

This made Yang Yu happy for a while, and she posted several ugly photos of herself with the number 259 on Douyin to celebrate.

The club rewarded his outstanding performance by promoting him to the starting lineup.

RA was ranked 63rd in the world before EPL.

After defeating Liquid and Team A, their ranking jumped to 19th in the world.

This result is very encouraging for RA.

Ranked 19th in the world, this position, while not high, proves that they are qualified to be a top 20 team.

Several of RA's sponsors, knowing the outcome, sent RA a variety of brand-new peripherals for their use.

In addition, various short interviews from different game media outlets followed one after another.

All of this made the RA team realize that in esports, results are the most important thing, without exception.

So after returning to Serbia, the RA team made some simple adjustments and then began intensive training.

Yang Yu's training has also undergone many changes.

Starting with 259, his training was significantly adjusted, and he was helped to review the game content every day.

Before playing in EPL, during his training camp, he might have to play practice matches on two maps a day.

But after EPL ended, he didn't miss a single training match during the entire training camp.

All of this further solidified Yang Yu's determination to achieve results.

Everyone in RA is undergoing self-training.

259 is having a video call with Ah Zhong.

Although he has retired, Zhong Weijie has not completely left the RA circle. Before 259, they even asked Zhong to come back to be a coach for RA, but Zhong was still considering it.

"We also have to thank Danking," Zhong Weijie said. "We really struck gold this time; the potatoes are amazing."

Although he has retired, he is genuinely happy that his former team has been able to regain their form and achieve some success.

Although they were eliminated in the EPL playoffs, it was a great start for this brand-new RA team.

"We really struck gold." 259 had a lot to say about Yang Yu. "You wouldn't believe it, even though he's a newcomer, I felt like he could do everything during training."

“In recent scrims, he’s been getting 30 or 40 kills in every game. Yesterday, he played a scrim against NIP and got a 10-1 score against REZ.”

"This kid's skill level isn't just limited to EPL; it's always been there."

Zhong Weijie was intrigued upon hearing this: "Now that you mention it, I really want to go and see how he plays."

CNCS has long yearned for geniuses.

Now that someone has finally emerged who can make a name for themselves in the world championships, they are naturally overjoyed.

At this moment, Zhong Weijie thought of something and immediately added, "Tudou is so talented, you have to take good care of him and not let him go astray."

"Don't worry, with me, Liang Zhuo, around, you can rest assured about the atmosphere at RA," 259 said, patting his chest.

Zhong Weijie agreed with this statement.

With 259 around, it's unlikely that the post-match celebrations will involve going to nightclubs to drown one's sorrows or to karaoke bars.

At this moment, Zhong Weijie thought of the source of his video with 259 and said to 259, "Old Jiu, have you seen Valve's announcement? CS2 is finally coming out."

"I saw it, I didn't expect CS2 to still be coming." 259 said with a hint of regret.

Rumors about CS2 have been circulating for a long time, with rumors starting as early as 18 that CS2 would be released soon.

The phrase "Operation Tomorrow, Origins 2 the Day After Tomorrow" has been joked about countless times by netizens in the community.

But this time it's for real, because Valve released an announcement this morning, officially launching the CS2 closed beta. After releasing a CS2 demo video, they also began randomly distributing closed beta access to players.

This announcement basically means that CS2 is coming soon.

Meanwhile, Valve designers revealed that CS2 will be officially launched in the second half of the year.

This news also means—

The upcoming Paris Major will be the last Major for CS:GO!

"The last Major! I saw a bunch of veteran players forming teams on Twitter, kennyS, NBK, happy, and LaoF all want to have their last dance." Zhong Weijie clicked his tongue twice, "This makes me want to form a team and join in too."

For many professional players, CSGO is the entire story of their youth.

Now, their story, which represents their youth, is coming to an end. Regardless of the outcome, they want to give it a perfect ending.

"Let's get a few old guys on the team," 259 urged. He still quite liked seeing that old gearshifting veteran on the field.

“Sure, I’ll ask aumaN to hang out with me.” Zhong Weijie laughed. “Let’s not talk about me, it’s mainly Lao Jiu. You have to do your best in the upcoming matches. It’s the last CSGO Major, so don’t let me down.”

"Me?" 259 chuckled. "I'm not going to play next."

Zhong Weijie frowned instantly. "This joke isn't funny."

Seeing this, 259 began to explain to Zhong Weijie.

259 had actually been thinking about retiring for a long time, but the problem was that there were no suitable commanders available in China, so he had to stay in this position.

This time, Yang Yu had to play due to an unexpected illness.

Even without him, RA still managed to defeat both Liquid and Alliance.

259 suddenly felt a sense of 'destiny'.

Yang Yu's performance exceeded his expectations.

Even in his absence, RA still manages to create miracles, albeit with some stumbles and setbacks.

259 knew it was time to let go.

These days, he has been forcing Mo Siyu, Hamburger, and Jamyoung to take turns directing during training matches.

As for Yang Yu, he dared not let the commander delay the child.

Ultimately, Mo Siyu and Hamburg were relatively better suited for the command position.

But Mo Siyu was absolutely unwilling to take it on.

Previously, there was no commander in the team, and Mo Siyu gave him a suggestion on the spot. However, when he thought about having to be the commander every day, Mo Siyu was very unwilling and argued with him for a long time in the training room.

So ultimately, the command fell into the hands of Hamburg, the breakthrough player.

Although Hamburger sometimes overloads when he's in charge, 259 thinks it's okay and he'll just have to practice more.

“Now that you’re off the field, shouldn’t the entire playing style also be adjusted?” Zhong Weijie asked.

259 originally thought he would just play it the way he always had.

But recalling Yang Yu's outstanding performance in the competition and training matches, he fell into deep thought again.

"It seems that things really do need to change."

……

The announcement of CS2 is the final countdown for CSGO.

The players in the community are now rushing in as if they know their beloved game is about to shut down, wanting to reminisce about the past.

However, the CS:GO alumni's final memento of CS:GO was signing up for the Paris Major qualifiers.

Every single streamer in the CS:GO community in China has started forming teams to sign up, which has also influenced ordinary players in the community.

University students still on campus, office workers who have temporarily put CS aside due to work, middle-aged people who haven't played CSGO in a long time to keep up with life...

Whether it's to join in the fun or for the sake of a past passion.

Many CS:GO players are focusing their attention on the Paris Major qualifiers.

The community's exaggerated enthusiasm for the open selection resulted in a staggering 9,000 teams in China by the time registration closed.

From professional players to ordinary casual gamers, the attention surrounding the Paris Major is constantly increasing.

The participation of a large number of passersby made the entire audition process more interesting.

However, the gap between professional players and ordinary casual players is still quite large.

RA achieved three 16-1 victories throughout the audition process, securing their place in the next round with overwhelming force.

LvG and TyLoo also progressed smoothly into the later selection rounds.

It's worth mentioning that TyLoo encountered cheaters twice during the preliminary rounds, leaving Danking speechless throughout the entire process.

Unsurprisingly, all the teams that made it to the Major Asia Map Qualifier were professional teams.

However, in the first round of the closed preliminary round of the Chinese RMR tournament.

RA encountered their old rival – Tianlu.

After training for so long, RA performed at their best when facing a real professional team.

Perhaps it was because the Major was approaching, or perhaps it was because of the high expectations placed upon him, but 259 noticed that the usually composed Potato was now somewhat nervous.

The match is about to start, and he's still practicing on the defense server.

However, upon closer inspection, he noticed something amiss.

After Yang Yu finished his defensive maneuver, 259 curiously stepped forward and asked, "Why are you practicing your pistol while defending with long guns?"

Yang Yu thought for a moment: "The normal defensive intensity is too low. I need to increase the intensity of my defense."

259 had never seen such a strange reason before, but Yang Yu had his own plans, so he didn't continue.

In reality, Yang Yu is simply paying the price for his current abilities.

During the training camp, he successfully completed the payment for [Elige's gun control skills].

Thanks to the EPL settlement blind box, Yang Yu's map proficiency is quite good.

At this point, he originally intended to draw upon his 'position control' abilities.

However, the reputation score required for truly top-tier players to control their positioning is too high.

Yang Yu chose to settle for second best and pre-emptively used the [SH1R0 pistol ability].

sh1ro is one of the best snipers in the CIS and an extremely strong player.

His sniper style is conservative, which is very worth learning for ordinary players. Yang Yu has been watching his match recordings recently to learn positioning.

However, Yang Yu prefers his pistol to his sniper rifle.

Because sh1ro's pistols are really good; he's a traditional pistol king.

Yang Yu is quite skilled at masturbating.

However, it relies more on awareness and aiming to operate, and there are no particularly outstanding aspects to its use of pistols.

Therefore, we ultimately opted to use the SH1R0's pistol capabilities.

sh1ro's pistol skills have raised his level of all pistols except the Desert Eagle by half a level.

Yang Yu has now become a master of handgun shooting.

However, the price is...

[Payment Price: Achieve 200 kills with a pistol in Counter-Strike mode (7/60 days)]

Yang Yu has really suffered a lot in the defense these days. After all, others can use long guns to fight in the defense, but he can only use small guns like USP and Glock.

This can be considered another form of imprisonment.

Now there's finally a match to play, and the opponent is my friend.

Yang Yu, who has finally been released from prison, is ready to go all out.

He wanted to let Danking experience what it felt like to be in prison.

……

Tianlu training room.

The players from Tianlu are also making preparations for the competition.

Danking is practicing his aim on the map, frantically aiming and getting his hands hot from shooting.

Freeman glanced at the match schedule next to him and suddenly felt a pang of pain in his teeth: "We're playing RA today..."

RA had just delivered a stellar performance in the EPL, and remembering how they had been crushed by Liquid and Alliance, he felt a pang of fear. "What's wrong with playing against RA?" Danking looked at Hong Kong and said very seriously, "The match hasn't even started yet, don't let me see you lack confidence!"

Freeman felt a lot of pressure, while Danking felt great.

After training, RA shone at EPL. They also trained in Serbia for several months, playing practice matches every day to find problems, just waiting to make a name for themselves at this Major.

"Don't lack confidence in yourself." Danking put his arm around Freeman's shoulder and said quite enthusiastically, "Winning this BO1 today is still very easy. I'll contain Potato."

"You're going to limit Potato?" Freeman didn't think it would be difficult, since a good sniper can indeed limit the opponent's performance.

"What about Kaze?"

“Kaze’s sniping is all about missing shots, you don’t need to worry about him,” Danking said confidently. “You guys just need to take care of the others. As long as you’re in better shape than the rest of RA, you’ll win this round.”

It's not that Danking is arrogant; he just wants to give his teammates confidence.

However, he did feel that RA had done a lot of preparation for its performance in EPL.

TyLoo and RA, these two unfortunate rivals, have been playing against each other for so many years, so it depends more on the form of the players on both sides.

Whoever is in better form wins, it's that simple.

Danking feels he's in good form and has a real chance of winning this BO1.

If we win this BO1, given the groupings for this closed qualifier, we'll basically advance to the final round. We'll only need to play a BO3 against LVG from the upper bracket to qualify.

The match began quickly, and after a brief draft phase, the final map for the game was decided to be the Desert City.

When it came to choosing sides in the knife fight, TyLoo had a slight edge and successfully won the right to choose sides in this match.

Tianlu was not surprised and chose to defend.

Map: Lost City in the Desert

T: Mercury, Jamyoung, KAZE, TuDou, Moseyuh
CT: Attacker, aristo, Danking, summer, Freeman
Seeing the countdown about to begin above their heads, the RA group got excited.

"It's open! It's open! Keep it up!!"

"Don't feel pressured, just play like you do in training."

"Brother Dou, just say what you think!"

Hamburger, as the commander, also gave instructions at the start of the pistol round: "Douge, how about you get a set of utility and go to B? Go over there and put some pressure on us with the P250 first, then use two utility items to blast us in the second round."

"Then let's launch a bomb barrage from side A."

RA currently focuses on Yang Yu in its tactics, but in certain rounds, Yang Yu will also become a role player to support the tactics.

Yang Yu understood Hamburger's idea.

Hamburger is planning a scam within a scam.

First, use the P250 to bait out the items in the opponent's B site, making them move towards B site. When the opponent thinks they are faking it, then use a bomb blast to pull them back.

If we detonate the bomb at point A at this point, it might result in a group attacking one person.

Preparation time is about to expire.

At this moment, everyone in RA shouted in unison, "3, 2, 1, Go! Go!!"

A group of people stepped forward and began to execute the pistol round's tactics.

……

Huya Channel 123123.

Inside the CSBOY live stream room.

As the match footage officially appeared, Ma Xixi, one of CNCS's best commentators, also became serious.

"Alright, welcome to the match between RA and TyLoo. I'm your commentator, Ma Xixi!"

"I'm the commentator captainMO!"

"I'm your assistant, Asuka!"

After a brief greeting, Ma Xixi interacted with the live stream audience as usual: "Who are you guys!"

I am Niu Dongdong.

I am UZI

I'm a rotten egg who plays with machines.

【…】

The competition officially began amidst the interaction among the viewers.

“Okay, let’s take a look at the pistol round setups for both sides.” Masi looked at the UI. “RA has two sets of utility, and Potato went to B alone with his utility?”

"He opened fire with his P250 right at the start, which scared the guys in B site so much that they immediately handed over their smokes. Seeing that there was no movement in B site, TyLoo immediately sent two people back to defend."

Masi laughed: "But RA doesn't plan to attack B, so they gave us another set of items for area B right away."

"This is a top-notch scam within a scam, but... it seems this scam isn't working anymore."

Because when the bandits didn't come down in the second moment, Bai Cai from B Xiao noticed something was wrong. He pushed towards the bandit's entrance and was shocked to find that there was no one there. Then he ended up hanging there.

Yang Yu immediately fired another cigarette from the supermarket window and a speed booster. Tianlu, seeing no movement, instantly understood what was going on, and a group of people rushed to A to reinforce the defense.

"RA accelerated their attack with a bomb blast in Area A, but there were countless people in front of them. Danking threw a flashbang, and the attackers were blown up!"

After giving out the items on B2, Yang Yu prepared to return to the terrorist spawn point to try and catch the mid-lane defenders.

Then we saw a fierce firefight taking place in Area A.

In the ensuing exchange, RA only managed to get one kill with Hamburger; everyone else was eliminated.

“That shouldn’t be the case…” Hamburger said, somewhat puzzled. “Why isn’t Tianlu replying to any of them?”

Soon he knew the answer.

Just as Yang Yu stepped out of the television room, bullets flew from the direction of the bandit's mouth.

Yang Yu was shot and quickly retreated.

But soon he went out again in a crouching peek position and quickly arrived at the slope leading to the TV room.

Bai Cai couldn't kill Yang Yu directly with the USP, so she kept firing at him in short bursts.

Seeing Yang Yu retreat, he immediately gave chase.

Yang Yu heard footsteps approaching.

If he goes to the opposite side of Peek in this area, he really doesn't have much of an advantage.

But if Bai Cai takes the initiative to leave from the side of the cover and go to fight him, then he won't tolerate Bai Cai.

Pull out the P250 and fire a shot.

"Snapped!"

TuDou used a P250 to headshot Attacker.

"The last one was at the bandit's mouth, and two shots were fired." After Bai Cai was killed, all she could do was report the location.

Danking secretly lamented that he hadn't seen Baicai finish the pistol round.

“Don’t give him a chance. Let’s play it safe and just hold the bomb,” Danking said.

C4 was dropped at Exit A1, and the remaining three people are all in Area A. As long as they set up this formation in Area A, Potato will have no chance to make any moves.

The Tianlu trio quickly made some adjustments.

The A2 platform is directly connected to the A1 point, the sandwich platform is directly connected to the A2 platform point, and the jump platform looks towards the arch.

This is a fairly solid crossfire formation.

Danking glanced at the minimap and breathed a sigh of relief.

They used to get repeatedly outnumbered and then get wiped out, but now they've learned their lesson and this kind of crossfire is no longer going to work.

"This endgame is unwinnable." Ma Xixi made a professional judgment after seeing Tianlu's change in positioning.

"If Potato exposes his position even slightly at A1, the two people above and below the platform will instantly double pull him, leaving him no room to maneuver at all."

Yang Yu carried the P250 to the A1 near point.

After his tactics failed, he had no choice but to fight this endgame situation.

As the attacking side, this point is won with an unarmored P250; saving the weapon means there's no economy from a lost battle in the next point.

So even if it's a free kill, he has to give the opponent the kill before the round timer expires.

However, Yang Yu still wanted to give it a try.

Even if I can't turn the tide, I'd be happy to win another game and get 300 yuan.

Since he didn't have any armor to begin with, Yang Yu advanced silently the entire time.

After reaching the A1 point, Yang Yu even peeked from a half-body position.

He aimed his crosshair at the jump platform, then looked at the long box, and then pulled back to warn of the jump platform—he felt that it was impossible for the opposing team to place a jump platform in a 3-on-1 situation.

After two rounds of observation, Yang Yu still couldn't see any movement from the other side, so he zoomed out to look at the direction of the short box.

As he pulled to the right, he suddenly saw a dark figure in the corner of the A2 building, and Yang Yu instantly pulled his crosshair towards it.

"Snapped!"

The P250 bullet struck CY1 precisely in the head, killing him instantly with a headshot.

The moment Yang Yu received the kill, he immediately took a step back and retreated towards cover A1.

In this round, he was ultimately using an unarmored P250, unable to engage in direct gunfights with the enemy. He could only rely on timing or utilize cover.

He also had a strong feeling that the diving platform would definitely be used to replace him.

As Yang Yu pulled back, he also positioned his crosshair on the platform, ready for the opposing peek to come out and take a shot.

wrong!

Yang Yu suddenly pulled his crosshair down.

He heard footsteps coming from the sandwich shop.

Sure enough, as soon as he lowered his crosshair, he saw a fly's head emerge horizontally from the sandwich.

Yang Yu immediately pulled the trigger.

One second!!
The moment the P250 shot him in the head, he simultaneously moved to the left side of the cover.

But at that very moment, someone appeared on the diving platform he had been wary of.

The enemy's follow-up shots were very efficient, and we couldn't get into cover anymore.

Yang Yu stopped abruptly on the spot and swung the gun upwards sharply.

"Snapped!"

The crosshair hit the opponent's head precisely, and the fly-head who was on the jumping platform instantly fell to the ground!

TuDou used a P250 to headshot and kill summer.

TuDou used a P250 to headshot Freeman.

TuDou used a P250 to headshot and kill Danking.

And this moment happened in less than two seconds.

Ma Xixi had only just started her commentary in the live stream and hadn't quite gotten into the flow yet.

"Potato probably doesn't know there's someone standing on the A2 floor doing a vertical lift... Holy crap, aim down and swing up!! It's open!!"

"But TyLoo's finishing shot... Sandwich's Freeman got instantly killed, Danking's finishing shot..." Ma Xixi's scalp tingled as she watched, "Potato!!!"

"What the hell is this?! Three bullets in two seconds, taking down three people." Ma Xixi's face was full of disbelief, and her voice was somewhat strained due to shock.

"Is this really not auto-aim + automatic trigger?!"

"Holy crap, Tianlu called a pause."

In the Tianlu training room.

The players from Tianlu looked at each other.

Everyone is confused.

……

(There's an Easter egg chapter later that's similar to the protagonist's performance in this pistol round.)

　It's a little late, but I still managed to write 10,000 words a day. I'll pick some of the Major matches to write about, and I won't write about all of them.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)