Chapter 46: What do these items mean?

"Liang Dui, what do you think our relationship is?" During the preparation time, Jiaoyang asked advent.

"Friends, why do you ask?"

"Then what do you think it would be if our relationship went a step further?"

advent blushed and said, "That's a bit ambiguous, isn't it?"

Just before the atmosphere became somewhat awkward, aumaN stepped out: "Isn't that simple? A father-son relationship, if you want to be my..."

"Then how could I be your dad?" Before aumaN could finish, Jiaoyang asked directly.

"Get lost."

……

Map one, Nuke, VG starting as Terrorist.

Pistol Round, the Qiyou Trio controls Outside, kaze and Jiaoyang take the Bomb to control T-Hall.

A Default start, no need for excessive communication, just waiting for information from Outside.

aumaN throws a flash from the back, zhokiNg jumps down Main Door first, takes a look at Third Floor, and is caught by xccurate.

"One on Third Floor, one below Third Floor."

advent originally wanted to enter Main Door, but upon learning there were many people on Third Floor, he went to trade the kill immediately.

Unfortunately, his aim was too soft, and he was picked off directly by the rotating BnTeT.

However, the arriving aumaN traded the kill in time, but there were simply too many people on Third Floor, and even the person originally guarding Main Door rushed out.

The situation turned into a 2v4, fortunately, the Bomb was not dropped.

The opponents actually left Iron Plate!

advent did not expect Tyloo to use an unconventional defense right from the start, committing almost everyone to the battle for Outside, using control of Outside to prevent the Terrorists from entering Underground through K1, thereby reducing the pressure on B Site.

This was from studying the demo of their match against NaVi!

Without needing him to give orders, the well-drilled Jiaoyang and kaze had already entered B Site from Iron Plate.

"No one in the Dead Corner of Iron Plate." Jiaoyang knew B Site must have retreated to the back, so he searched very carefully.

"Watch the Bomb Site!" advent reminded.

Sure enough, someone peeked out.

【Ori used Glock to headshot and kill somebody】

"Dead, plant the Bomb in a safe spot." The low-health Jiaoyang said to kaze.

The opponents were all near Third Floor, making it easier for them to Retake from Iron Plate, so kaze chose to plant the Bomb at an angle that only exposed him to Dead Door.

Jiaoyang infiltrated directly into Dead Door.

2v3 with the Bomb planted, actually, there was no need to go looking for people to fight.

But they couldn't let the opponents rule out all positions for free, otherwise the pressure to defend the Bomb would be huge; the opponents would only need to hold Dead Door.

Jiaoyang's Pipe wasn't opened, and after checking that no one was there, he didn't need to worry about it anymore.

No one came down K1 either, meaning there was only one angle from which someone might enter—Live Door.

The glass window was shattered...

Jiaoyang didn't shift his crosshair, staring at Live Door.

The door was opened—

No one peeked, and the sound of the Bomb being defused had already started.

Someone opened the door and defused without making footsteps, locking in the positions of the two.

Then, was the remaining person choosing their own position or lurking by the glass window?

The time had reached the limit where it was a "defuse with kit" situation, and kaze opened Dead Door first.

Gunfire rang out! Summer held the angle firmly, a Headshot, not letting kaze return behind the door.

"Only one at the Bomb Site!"

No one had been defusing from the start!

Jiaoyang's brain raced—

Two figures had already peeked out from different directions.

Rat-tat-tat!

【Ori used Glock to headshot and kill Attack】

【xccurate used USP to kill Ori】

CT win.

"What a pity!" Several teammates were already stunned when they saw Ori had moved his crosshair onto xccurate's head.

If he hadn't lost health while dueling with somebody, Jiaoyang might even have had a chance to win this 1v2 moment!

"The opponents have studied us, no wonder they picked Nuke." advent clicked his tongue, thinking he had underestimated Tyloo.

This was the disadvantage of him concurrently serving as Commander and Coach; the personnel allocation of a club like Tyloo that focuses on CS is much more reasonable than VG's.

Having a coach from a European tier-two team help study tactics played a crucial role in liberating the Commander's aim.

"So how do we play next?" aumaN asked.

"Let's eco for a round first, and discuss it."

This is a common technique in matches; when a team needs to discuss tactics, or when the opposing team's feel for the game is too good, they deliberately hold a meeting during an eco round.

It doesn't occupy the time of a Tactical Pause, yet achieves the effect of a Tactical Pause.

It is especially friendly to teams like VG where the Commander and Coach are the same person.

Of course, the coach here does not refer to Jiaoyang.

……

On the other side, Tyloo tasted the sweetness brought by the Coach's tactical document and became much more confident.

"They should be on an eco this round, trying to drag out our momentum." xccurate, having been threatened with being demoted, had now lowered his ego, communicating actively with his teammates, and had even secured a triple kill in the previous round.

"What should we do, boss?" somebody trusted BnTeT's words more and asked directly.

There are generally only two ways to deal with this kind of pure eco "playing dead" strategy from the opponents—

1. Play steady, Default and wait for them to feed, not giving them a chance to pick up guns and turn the tables; map control can be appropriately conceded.

2. Play aggressive, relying on weapon superiority to take the initiative; the advantage is that the team's star players can pad their stats and maintain their feel.

The tactical document provided by the Coach naturally advocated for playing steady; Johnta knew all too well what kind of oddballs Tyloo were, as they could always erupt with some surprises relying on their aim, and the number of times they had pulled off pure eco upsets or been upset by pure ecos was simply too high, which differed too much from the stability under European discipline.

"Let's just follow what the Coach said." BnTeT's familiarity with the map Nuke was only average, and having just been reprimanded in the morning, he knew to restrain himself at this moment.

"Ok." Several others shared the same thought.

Even if waiting was a bit of a pain, they didn't say anything.

Still not attacking? Glancing at the time, only 30 seconds remained, and xccurate at the Iron Plate let out a yawn.

The moment he squinted his eyes, dense footsteps came through his headset, giving him such a start that he jolted.

All five of them rushed straight at him, and xccurate behind the Red Box only managed to take two before being taken down.

Because it was a Default, the CTs rotated very quickly, not intending to give the Terrorists a chance for Bomb Planting, yet this very urge to Retake caused the Terrorists to trade for one more person.

Being traded for 2 people by a pure eco was a bit of a loss for Tyloo.

The score was 2:0, and it was time for the first Long Gun Round.

"Outside first-line smoke, they might be going into K1." Summer, who was controlling Outside, reported the information.

"Should I go support?" Attack prepared to jump into the Pipe.

"Wait, it might be fake, they used it last time against NaVi." BnTeT recalled the content written in the tactical document: Default first, wait until information is gathered before moving.

After thinking for a moment, BnTeT gave the Commander's order: "B Site, hold K1."

somebody replied with an ok.

"Outside is smoked off again, there's an extra waterfall smoke at the Main Door, and a botched Big Warehouse Smoke."

What does that mean? What's the use of the Main Door waterfall? Was the B attack just now a fake? BnTeT's brain was slightly overloaded.

"Outside flashbang, don't know where it's aimed, and they also mixed in a decoy grenade."

Hearing the flashbang and connecting it to the information about the Main Door waterfall, BnTeT immediately held the Main Door.

"Those Outside, check if anyone has entered the Main Door."

"Haven't seen anyone."

"OK, watch out for the Big Warehouse. What about the information on B Site?"

"They didn't go down K1."

Strange, what do all these utility items mean?

Except for the initial fake Outside explosion, everything that followed was too weird, right?

"Holy crap, they're rushing the Iron Plate again."

In the top right corner, xccurate's death notification popped up.

BnTeT was stunned:

No, does a rush B really take that long to think about?