CS: I became Top 1 by grinding my skill level

Nine o'clock in the morning, Jinan, Weilai Gymnasium.

The stadium's exterior is composed of slightly curved silver-gray metal panels and dark glass curtain walls. Judging from its size alone, it could probably accommodate more than two and a half football fields.

The exterior glass curtain wall is covered with various posters, most of which are promotional posters for ElectroSnake's own products, such as new gaming chairs, co-branded motherboards, mini cases and a series of other ElectroSnake products.

Compared to large-scale CS tournaments like IEM and PGL, the number of spectators queuing for tickets at the main venue entrance was naturally not large. However, the staff checking tickets knew that thanks to the holiday and the low price of 20 yuan per ticket, all 1500 electronic tickets were eventually sold out.

With so many spectators, the stadium is likely to be packed. Judging from this, the atmosphere during the match should rival that of some B-level events.

At this point, there were still ten minutes left before the teams from Group B were to take their seats.

Inside the venue, in the OG Orange team's rest room, Han Tian was checking the panel, making ample preparations for the big battle.

First, he opened the weapon menu, which was arranged in order of quality from high to low. At the very top was the [Pink Classified - AK47] [buff: Lightweight].

In fact, Han Tian wasn't sure what level his shooting skills were at. According to the system's evaluation, the base value of this pink-quality AK47 should be at the average level of this year's HLTV Top 20-10 players.

Han Tian had specifically looked at the rankings and selected a few players in the middle of the Top 10-20, such as yuurih ranked 14th, Brollan ranked 15th, and HEN1 ranked 16th. Based on their AK shooting skills, Han Tian should be at roughly the same level.

However, it is clear that this is only at the same theoretical level, because Han Tian's AK47 has an extremely abnormal buff - [Lightweight], so compared to the other three, Han Tian can more easily perform some unbelievable operations in actual combat.

Further down: [Pink Classified - Dual Pistols] [buff: Her Joy]

[Purple Restricted Level - M4a1]

[Purple Restricted Class - Desert Eagle]

[Dark Blue Military-Grade USP]

[Light Blue Industrial Grade - Bison] [buff - ballistic prediction]

[Light Blue Industrial Grade - AUG]

......

From AUG onwards, the quality is basically all light blue and white. They're playable in ranked matches, but they're not good enough for competitive play, simply because quality has a huge impact on a weapon's overall performance.

Han Tian originally wanted to upgrade the Glock to purple quality, but looking at the proficiency balance on the panel [Available proficiency: 580 points].

Han Tianren was exhausted. In the past three days, apart from a few hours of training in the afternoon, he had been playing Crazy Ladder almost non-stop, playing at least 13 or 4 games a day. He could drink three or four bottles of [Bohe Shrimp Oil] a day to replenish his energy.

However, the proficiency points awarded are far too few. A win grants +10 points, a loss +5 points, while MVP awards only add 20 points. Over the past few days, Han Tian has endured the platform's awful ELO system, playing dozens of ranked matches at a 70% success rate, and only managed to earn around 500 points.

Fortunately, there are pink-quality dual pistols, which can be somewhat effective in the pistol round.

Therefore, Han Tian temporarily abandoned the idea of ​​upgrading the Glock. Since the second course of the [Hunter Master Class] had not yet been unlocked, Han Tian decided to try not to accumulate proficiency before the end of this competition and to use it as needed.

As for the third lesson of the [Ropz Master Class] that Han Tian was eagerly anticipating, which required 10,000 proficiency points to unlock, Han Tian planned to grind the ladder as much as possible after the tournament ended and he had plenty of time to do so.

Han Tian swiped left to access the [Master Class] page.

Gold [Ropz Masterclass]: Excellent [Estonian Sunshine Positioning] [Unlocked], Epic [Porsche Silent Flanking] [Unlocked], Legendary [Pixel-Level Peek] [10000 points, not unlocked].

Purple [Hunter Masterclass]: Excellent [Eagle Eye] [Unlocked], Epic [Kovic Bloodline] [500 points, not unlocked], Legendary [Shaking Wine Bottle] [5000 points, not unlocked].

After a slight hesitation, Han Tian still chose to invest 500 points of [Proficiency] into [Hunter Master Class].

"【Kovich Bloodline】Unlocked. Effect: During an allied ECO, secondary weapon targeting speed +10%"

"This effect works perfectly with the newly acquired dual-wielding buff, 'Her Joy,' which should significantly increase the chances of turning the tide in an ECO round."

Han Tian scratched his head, feeling as if he had forgotten something.

"Oh right! And the car owner's [Estonian Sunshine Location Selection]."

This also depends on the map. If it's a map like Purgatory Town, which is relatively small and has many hidden corners, then the three skills can easily work together to achieve results.

However, if you encounter a map like Sand 2, which is relatively large and has relatively few hiding spots, then the effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

That's all we can do for now. We don't know how many proficiency points we'll get after the final tournament results.

Han Tian casually switched the task bar. [Event Task: First Blood]: Win a championship in any event. Reward: One universal pink classified catalyst, 10 chances to draw from the Wishing Pool.

Speaking of which, he hasn't completed the first event task given by the system yet, but it will be soon.

"Snap—"

Han Tian snapped his fingers, deactivating the control panel.

Ekko's howls continued, "I know all those guys on the other side, a bunch of old noobs hiding in PL!"

"But the sniper on the other side seems to be routing..." Du Sinian was still looking through the online tournament data of this mysterious sniper, whose 1.48 rating got him into the offline tournament.

"Snap—"

The door to the lounge was suddenly pushed open.

"Kids! Time to go home!!!"

After shouting those words, Du Chengzi leaned against the door, panting. His fluffy bangs were slightly curled upwards, indicating that he had run all the way here.

"Stop fooling around, the competition is about to start."

Du Sinian sighed and adjusted his glasses. His sister was getting more and more unruly, even though she was now... a temporary coach.

"Yeah, the game's over, we can go home now!"

"it's over?"

Having just received 400 points of post-match proficiency from the system, Han Tian, ​​sensing something was amiss, stood up from his stool and looked thoughtfully at Du Chengzi, who was leaning against the door.

"Could it be that something's wrong with the opposing team?"

"Bingo! Their sniper got away!! Can't find him! Hahaha!!"

Speaking of this, Du Chengzi rubbed her face, which had just gone numb from laughing. She recalled the time when she was in the lobby with her brother, discussing map bans and picks with the referee and the opposing coach, when one of the opposing players suddenly came up to their coach and shouted, "The routing guy ran away!"

The young coach on the other side was completely dumbfounded.

There were only fifteen minutes left before the start of the match. The referee gave them ten minutes to find the player, and the players even ran into the street to look for him, but they still hadn't found him. When the time was up, they were forced to forfeit the match.

"Wow! I guess I really am Lady Luck! Miss Du Chengzi returning to her loyal Orange Team definitely brings a bonus!"

"Then please, for the next semi-final too! Could you just do something to make the entire opposing team oversleep?"

Han Tian put his hands together, bowed his head, and said.