CS2: My reaction speed is the limit of human capability.

Chapter 96 Krakow

Unlike the gradually heating up Donk's side, Tang Ye and his group of five were thoroughly enjoying the fight.

Tang Ye experienced the purest CS fun in his gunfight with Donk, and the two were evenly matched. Meanwhile, 259 and the others were simply enjoying themselves.

After all, the opposing team only has three bots plus one sunside, which is still too difficult for them to face active professional players like Xiaoju Hamburger.

Later on, the other teammates really didn't want to go into the gang's quarters to fight with Xiao Ju and the others, so they simply went outside to get some fresh air, and incidentally interrupted Tang Ye and Donk's duel.

"Breet, why did you guys come?" Donk was having a great time playing with Don, and he was clearly unhappy to see his teammates arrive. "I was having a really good time."

"Come on, Daniel, we're playing Faceit right now, can you be serious?" Sunside said irritably.

Donk shrugged: "Okay."

Now that Sunside has spoken, Donk has temporarily stopped his gunfight with Tang Ye and started playing the game normally with his teammates.

In this game, T decided to launch an inside rush, with their first and second-ranked players, Donk and Sunside, breaking through from the Yellow House and Iron Gate respectively.

However, the intention of this inside rush was very obvious. The moment the CTs fired their weapons from the yellow room, they basically understood the terrorists' attack intentions.

At this moment, the ones guarding the inner area are Bao Dian's machine player and Tang Ye on the third floor, while Xiao Ju at the main entrance is unable to follow up with a shot due to the smoke at the main entrance.

"They're speeding up, I'm going to fire back at the yellow room!" Tang immediately threw out his item to counter the rush, and Wanji also set up his gun, waiting for the enemies to come out of the yellow room.

At that moment, he could even hear the sound of the machine being lit, and his heart was in his throat.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. The machine player had tried his best to hold the line, but Donk didn't care where he was. After flashing out of the yellow room twice, he rushed straight to the bomb site.

Of course, even playing with machines couldn't stop Donk's big pull. Although, frankly, not many people could.

"The children of Nancun bully me because I'm old and powerless..." Playing with machines only brings empty sorrow.

Fortunately, just as Donk killed the machine operator, Tang also finished him off on the third floor, and then, together with Xiao Ju who was blowing smoke at the main entrance, they took down Sunside's head.

Of the remaining three teammates, only the two who exited the yellow room survived; the passerby who went through the iron gate was also killed by Xiao Ju. Although the two successfully planted the bomb, their subsequent retake was also perfectly executed.

When Donk saw his teammates, he could only shake his head and sigh.

"When can you win without killing anyone...?"

"6

Donk reminisced about the days when he played exhibition matches and was teammates with Kyosuke Zywoo.

"I said, weren't you supposed to be protecting me so I could enjoy my score? Why did you just rush straight for the bomb site?" Sunside, already annoyed by the beating, spoke in a different tone. "You should have cooperated with me to make sure the inner lane was clear before coordinating with your teammates to rush in! I've already been killed at the front gate!"

"This is really tough for me!" Donk exclaimed. "My teammates behind me didn't dare step on the fire or put out their smokes. I rushed into the bomb site and killed one person. If my teammates could finish off the enemy on the third floor, this point would almost certainly be a sure win!"

From Donk's perspective, this point was actually very simple: a quick push followed by a good follow-up shot would have won. However, the teamwork between his teammates was simply unsatisfactory. Perhaps it was EL0 who stepped up, and Donk felt powerless at this moment. Coupled with Sunside's comment, Donk's tone also became unpleasant.

"No, what kind of attitude is that?"

Sunside got angry: "From now on, just follow my instructions to play the game, and don't say anything else."

Sunside's idea was simple: to have Donk play games with her, staying by her side at all times to protect her and help her get some kills and have a decent gaming experience. After all, the couple was genuinely having a headache from being tormented by their three god-like teammates.

But both of them were in a bad mood, and Donk got a little angry after hearing that.

He waved his hands incessantly, saying to Sunside on the other end of the phone, "Play games according to your instructions? What, are you telling me what to do?"

"I was a Major Katowice champion in my very first year as a professional player. For a rifleman, it's the highest mountain and the longest river. If we're talking about following orders, then it's you following mine!"

"If there's even a sliver of hope for winning this round, it's if you guys focus your attacks around me, let these three teammates create firing lines for me, and then I'll clean up their mess."

Sunside retorted, not to be outdone: "Come on, Daniel. The longest-serving rifleman is clearly Niko. He's been playing for so many years, and he's won more honors than you."

Donk, however, was somewhat unconvinced, muttering, "He's never won a major..."

'

Sunside's face darkened: "What did you say?"

"I said, women will only slow down my shooting speed." Donk smoothed his hair, picked up his AK, and walked to the outside.

Tang, on the other hand, was completely unaware of the couple's conflict and continued to tacitly accept the situation from the start.

In this round, Tang also took the sniper rifle and went to defend the outer front line.

Firstly, on the Nuke map, the AWP's position is generally quite fixed, mostly around the third floor, because this position allows for quick support of the inner area and the metal plate. However, if the AWP needs to be positioned outside, the situation becomes more awkward.

The sniper guarding the outer area mostly operates around the warehouse, but it's obvious that the terrorists are aware of this information, so they will throw cigarettes or smoke from the warehouse to block the sniper's line of sight.

Furthermore, the sniper rifle is also very limited in its role in the warehouse. If the enemy provides smoke and you don't use grenades, it's basically no different from being AFK. It's also easy for the terrorists to catch you and kill you with flashbangs. So, if you want to manage the outer area, the sniper rifle is basically set up on the third floor and use smoke to catch the timing.

However, this time Tang, who was in charge of the outer field, did not choose any playing style, but instead aggressively went directly to the red box in the outer field.

After discarding his cigarette and flashbang, he used the smoke as cover and moved towards the red box, aiming at the water tower.

When defending the outer court, the main focus is on protecting the two lines.

The first line is the K1 line leading from the red box to K1, and the other line is the warehouse line leading from the main gate to the warehouse, which can also be called the main gate line.

The first attack route for the terrorists, K1, involves using two smoke grenades to push down K1 and put pressure on area B. The other route, through the main gate, aims to create a pincer attack on area A inside the field; see the fastest legend for details.

Tang Ye's sniper rifle arrived at the red box position and immediately held the front point of both lines. The reward and risk were both very high. However, with the help of teammates and their items, the chances of getting the first kill were not small.

"Forward smoke and flash? Something's not right..."

'

However, Donk, a veteran of many battles, was not to be underestimated. He immediately sensed something was amiss when he observed the opponent's use of the items.

Logically, if CTs wanted to manage the outer area, their first move should have been to use fire and grenades to slow down the terrorists' attack. However, the opposing team immediately used smoke and flashbangs, which clearly indicated their intention to push forward and engage in a head-on confrontation.

Although there's a chance the opposing team might be baiting the terrorists, getting them to use more items to retake the K1 red chest and extract even more items, Donk simply couldn't afford to take that risk. After all, if he died now, this round would be completely hopeless.

The victory in this round was directly proportional to his remaining health, so Donk immediately called his teammates over.

"Bro, you go first, I'll cover for you," Donk instructed his teammates behind him.

Faced with the request from the Major champion, the random teammates listened to the instructions and helped Donk hold the line of fire along the red box.

Tang had already clearly heard the bandits' footsteps from the red box.

"Xiao Ju, give me a quick break!"

Xiao Ju threw a flashbang at the main gate, and the flashbang was able to reach the White Bandit's mouth.

Donk heard the sound and immediately warned, "Don't rush in, flashbang!"

After the flashbang exploded, Tang immediately pulled himself out of the red box and killed the random teammate in front of the red box.

The shot was very fast, and Donk, who was dodging, had no chance to follow up.

"Sukabul... I told you to stop..."

"

Donk cursed under his breath and immediately strode forward, wanting to finish the shot. Otherwise, if the sniper successfully retreated, they would be out of the game.

However, Tang Ye was prepared. The moment he heard Donk's footsteps, Tang Ye retreated and reported the information. After throwing the flashbang, Xiao Ju immediately threw a grenade towards the red box to delay the bandits' time to finish them off. Tang Ye then immediately used the cover of the smoke screen to pull back.

"Bang..

'

Donk was hit by a bomb and immediately felt dizzy and couldn't hear anything. However, it was the trajectory of the bomb that allowed Donk to pinpoint Xiaoju's location.

Donk waited for the grenade's slowdown time to pass, allowing Sunside at the terrorist spawn point to throw a flashbang. He then pulled out, catching Xiaoju perfectly in time to switch positions.

But Tang's plan goes far beyond that. This red box advance tactic was 259's command, and at this moment 259 had already circled around to K1.

On the surface, Tang Ye's advance with the red box was to get the first kill and open up the situation. After getting the first kill, he immediately retreated to the front gate. At this moment, 259 became the hidden side, and could quietly sneak around.

After seeing Donk's back, 259 transformed from a chick into a Tyrannosaurus Rex and blocked the back, then threw fire and retreated.

...Phew. Donk was so dizzy from this tactic that he leaned back in his gaming chair and sighed deeply.

"Old 9, your tactics were pretty good!" Tang Ye couldn't help but laugh when he saw 259 had just turned Donk's back.

"Of course! CS is all about brains." 259 chuckled darkly. "Back in the day, even Simple couldn't beat me!"

Xiao Ju has something to say: "I know a commander who, in every game against Mongolia, made me scout and feed, and then I got 0.05 RT (Replay Rate)..."

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"Oh dear, if you're bad, just practice more. How can you blame the coach? My rating is a full 0.1 higher than yours!"

On Donk's side, apart from some coordination with Sunside, he felt like he was fighting against five opponents all by himself. The opponents' tactics and teamwork completely overwhelmed them. The only few rounds they won were due to his individual skill.

The CT team gained a numerical advantage with the 259 tactic, and the opposing team's carry, Donk, was also killed, so the CT team naturally won the round.

The first half ended in this rhythm, with the score at 2-10.

Although nukeCT had the advantage, the terrorists needed at least 4 points to pass, and the huge 2-point difference put them under tremendous pressure in the second half.

In the second half pistol round, 259ca1I's order was to immediately attack the inner area, a classic pistol round acceleration. Donk on the third floor managed to kill two people with his marksmanship. However, instead of choosing to stay alive, he chose to jump down to the bomb site to continue picking up people.

Donk knew he couldn't win the game without killing five people, so he could only continue trying to kill people at the bomb site.

However, what Donk didn't expect was that while he was still in the air as he landed, Don also used a Glock to complete the aerial lob at the iron gate.

At that moment, Sunside arrived at the main entrance, intending to finish off Tang Ye, but Tang Ye had already killed Donk.

Without hesitation, he immediately turned around and shot Sunside twice.

Donk stared at the black and white screen, speechless for a long time.

"This guy..." Donk muttered to himself, "Is he really just a newbie?"

Sunside also fell silent in the voice channel.

She looked at her black and white screen, then at the perspectives of her other teammates, and felt utterly hopeless.

In the final round, Donk also opted for an unarmored AWP to push the metal plate with Sunside, leaving the rest of his teammates to defend the inner area. However, Tang Ye's team immediately chose to speed up the inner area, turning the situation into a 2v5 for the Condor Heroes.

Unsurprisingly, they lost the last game.

The player on the machine exclaimed, "Huh? I won already?"

They didn't do much while playing with the machines, and then they took a large lead and won the game.

259 was in charge of command, the other three professional players were responsible for the actual work, and he only needed to plant the bomb.

The key point is that the opponent is Donk, yet they played so easily?

Meanwhile, Sunside quit the game immediately after being killed, even leaving voice chat empty, leaving only Donk.

One person, using an unarmored sniper rifle, is playing a 1v5 clutch situation.

While going to jail is a necessary experience for every TOP1 player, Donk never imagined that playing ranked games would lead to jail time.

Dok hadn't expected that the rookie sniper from TyLoo would be so strong...

Speaking of TyLoo, after winning ZEM, they just met the qualifying standard for IEM Krakow.

In the end, Donk was helpless against this 1v5 situation, and was riddled with bullets as soon as he showed himself.

donk:gg

After finishing the ranked game, Donk finally escaped the torment and lay back in his gaming chair staring at the black screen.

At that moment, the door was quietly pushed open, and a beam of light shone into the dark room.

It's Ma Xixi.

"Hey, Donk, you're done playing with your girlfriend? I see on Steam you guys are losing by a large margin. Need me to carry you guys?"

"Bretter, stop messing with me, bro..."

Donk swayed back and forth in his gaming chair, his eyes glazed over: "Maxi, have you ever heard of g0d? How much do you know about him?"

"g0d?"

Ma Xixi frowned at first, then nodded, recalling, "Oh, you're talking about the rookie sniper from Team TyLoo, right? He's a true aiming machine! Our team's analysts were dumbfounded. That marksmanship... wow..."

"Oh?" Donk's interest was piqued. "Is it really that strong?"

"His strength is absolutely top-notch. Shiro even said that this kid's firepower might be even stronger than yours."

Donk's face darkened.

"Did Shiro really say that?"

"Just kidding, just kidding..." Seeing Donk's expression change, Ma Xixi immediately changed the subject. "However, the tournament G0D plays in, ZEM, is not a top-tier tournament. His opponents are all unknown teams with relatively low world rankings, so there's a lot of inflated data. It's hard to say what kind of data he'll produce when he faces a top 20 team in the world. So for now, it's just a matter of looking forward to the future."

"Is the future promising...?" Donk nodded to himself, a smile playing on his lips.

"I really look forward to meeting you on the field, g0d."

(PS: The encounter between Faceit and Donk is written as a transitional chapter between the two events, and it will not be written for many chapters. It will end within 5 chapters before the official Krakow journey begins.)

I recently had a fever and my brain was fried, so the transitional chapters might have been a bit disorganized and not very interesting. I hope you won't mind. The next chapter will immediately begin the official competition.