Chapter 104: Trophy-lifting moment!

"Congratulations to VP! Winning the final victory with a 3-1 score in this BO5 match!!" The official commentator's voice at the venue was passionate, resounding throughout the entire venue.

The audience at the venue was very active, waving their cheering sticks continuously.

Although they watched four maps in a row, thanks to the quick endings of Map 1 and Map 3, the entire BO5 was just under 4 hours, not leaving them wanting more, nor turning into the "old man fighting" they were worried about.

Just right!

So now the emotions of the audience in the venue were quite full. The moment the match ended, accompanied by white gas columns spraying from the front of the stage, the audience raised their beverage bottles, cheering sticks, and small team flags to cheer together.

At the same time, they all took out their phones, pressed record, and prepared to record the following scenes.

Inside the VP training room.

The moment the match ended, the air wave in front of the stage erupted, blurring the boundary between the players and the audience.

But looking through the glass of the training room, Xu Beifang saw the foreign guy holding a camera and filming, as well as many Hong Kong compatriots who came to watch the match in the audience.

"You guys played so well!!" Neo, who was always emotionally stable, shouted at the top of his lungs. If it weren't for the fear of damaging his image, he would have shouted a few times like pasha.

Looking at those audience members holding cameras, Xu Beifang no longer felt afraid, but could calmly accept the existence of these camera monsters.

After all, most of them were in their 20s; they should have cameras growing on their heads too.

Xu Beifang recalled this meme from the future and couldn't help but smile.

Perhaps no one among the thousands of people at the scene could empathize with him, but at this moment, they were cheering excitedly for Xu Beifang's victory.

Sure enough, my choice to take the path of CSGO was correct.

This feeling of winning in competition is truly refreshing!

"Kid!! Your performance in this BO5 was great!! Keep up this performance, and you can become a top-tier gunner in the future!" pasha said, patting Xu Beifang on the shoulder.

Even if Xu Beifang's performance wasn't ideal on Overpass, they wouldn't forget his brilliant performance on other maps, saving VP from fire and water time and time again.

As one of the parties involved, pasha understood Xu Beifang's role in this final too well.

"It's been too long!!" After laughing, pasha listened to the cheers coming from the crack of the training room door, looking at their excited expressions, and felt his eyes turn red for no reason.

From snax leaving to them lifting the trophy again, this road took them too long.

Long enough that he was about to retire, long enough that byali and Neo were about to step into the second line.

If they couldn't lift the trophy this time, then after retiring, his memories would surely all be scenes of regret... pasha thought in his heart.

The tournaments they would participate in next were destined to be few; the London Major might be their last dance.

The VP team members were all normal people and wouldn't think they had the possibility of winning the championship with this strength.

So thinking about it this way, this might really be his last trophy.

Xu Beifang looked at the raised arms in the audience; he could clearly feel the excited emotions of the audience, and the light from the phone cameras blurred his eyes.

"What's wrong?" byali asked.

"Just feels a bit unreal, too dreamy." Xu Beifang asked again, "Just like that, we became the ZOTAC Cup champions?"

Five months ago, he was still a confused bean bun.

Five months later, he lifted the first championship trophy of his life.

Even if this championship wasn't a Major, wasn't an IEM, Blast, or ESL championship.

But he was still a real champion, a champion who would be recorded in HLTV tournament history!

michu walked over. He wasn't as sentimental as Xu Beifang. Since winning the championship, the smile on the face of this professional player with the lowest edpi in the world hadn't stopped.

"Borrowing a word from kuben, you're just being pretentious now!"

This sentence made the room burst into laughter, and Xu Beifang also scratched his head embarrassedly.

Amidst the silly actions of this tall boy in front of them, the VP group slowly recorded his appearance in their minds.

"So don't worry so much now, everyone organize your emotions, it's time to shake hands." pasha laughed heartily, then looked at Neo obscurely.

Neo smiled and shook his head at him.

pasha smiled even more happily.

"3-1! VP didn't give the little penguins too many opportunities. On this map of their own choice, they didn't let the little penguins chase even one match point!"

"Awesome!! Congratulations to VP for winning the final victory of this BO5!" Wanjiqi's voice was a bit hoarse. "Four older players plus one top-tier newcomer, they did it!! Breaking through five passes and killing six generals, the final point showed their overall level, killing the game directly!"

"When Lü Bu rode the Red Hare to push forward and only traded one person, the old men finally exerted their strength, not letting the young man bear everything! Let's congratulate VP. pasha's eyes are moist here; it's been a long time since they last reached the finals. This Polish giant bear's journey hasn't been easy!"

"nice's eyes are still a bit confused; clearly, he hasn't reacted to the reality brought by this victory."

【Lü Bu is awesome!!】

【Invincible Fortress Construction Group sends condolences!】

【Little Xu is too awesome!! Watched him go from a terrible level to a professional player, and now he's lifting the championship, too awesome!!】

【Little Xu is really the top newcomer this year!】

【CNCS is going to get better!!】

The barrage in the live broadcast room was scrolling frantically. As the only international tournament recently, the ZOTAC Cup attracted a lot of attention.

Along the way, everyone watched the weak VP slowly rely on their own performance to explode, and finally advanced to the ZOTAC Cup finals.

Although the opponent, the little penguins, wasn't the top-tier, as VP's opponent, it was enough!

In the Team Kinguin training room.

The atmosphere was dull, and there was no sound in the voice chat.

The long-awaited cheers sounded from the audience, but at this moment, they were so harsh, making their hearts feel blocked again.

Before the start of the match, their goal for the ZOTAC Cup wasn't actually high.

It could even be said that there was no specific goal; just play wherever they could.

But they didn't expect everyone's form to be quite good, and they walked all the way to the finals.

taz didn't expect that the opponent in the finals would be his old teammates.

Former comrades-in-arms becoming opponents—this feeling was too complex to describe.

But since they had reached this step, taz still wanted to lead the team to win this championship!

They relied on hard work to reach the finals; why not go one step further?

They had already seen the appearance of the trophy; why not reach out and lift it?

They wanted more prize money, wanted to enjoy the cheers under the gaze of thousands of people at the venue, and even more wanted a good result to prove themselves!

But they still couldn't do it.

From the bottom of their hearts, they were actually very convinced by VP's performance this time.

pasha and the other veterans maintained the level they should have, didn't explode, but didn't become the team's breakthrough point either.

As VP's newcomer, nice told them with strength how much influence he had in the match.

The current VP had already convinced them with strength.

"But still unwilling!!" rallen hammered the table, sighing with red eyes.

For second-tier players like them, perhaps it takes half a year, or even a year, to participate in such a major tournament.

And being able to reach the stage of the finals takes several years.

For ordinary people, all professional players are geniuses.

But there are differences among geniuses; not all professional players can debut in first-tier teams and shine in various major tournaments.

Genius players like nice are even rarer.

Ordinary professional brothers like them who mix in second-tier tournaments are the most common group in the profession.

VP's journey hasn't been easy, and what about them, who can only show their ID in major tournaments once every few years?

They are unwilling to accept the fact that they reached the finals but could only become the runner-up. But they also know that VP's performance deserves a championship.

These two points don't conflict.

VP's players walked over, and they also saw the culprit who made them lose.

Compared to a group of familiar Polish faces, that tall, well-featured guy should be nice.

A large part of the reason for losing this match was the inability to restrict this guy.

He looked gentle, so why was he a guy who liked to push forward as soon as he got into the match?

After complaining, everyone shook hands one by one.

Neo, as the winner, took the initiative to let taz have a meal together after returning home, which was considered moving past that matter.

After the post-match handshake, the VP group began to walk toward the middle of the stage.

Everyone at the venue knew what was going to happen next, and for a moment, it became quiet.

The music at the venue slowly calmed down, and the lightly dressed beautiful host returned to the stage at some point: "I know what everyone is looking forward to now, so may I ask, who are the champions of the 2018 ZOTAC Masters Global Finals??"

"VP!!"

The sound from the audience wasn't uniform; various cheers, shouts, whistles, and audience responses were mixed together.

"I didn't hear it, can you be louder?"

Even though they knew this was the most basic hosting technique, the VP fans and passersby in the audience were willing to be fooled.

"VP!!!"

This time the sound was significantly more uniform than before, and the female host didn't delay time, shouting: "Then next, team players, please walk onto the stage..."

Under Xu Beifang's reminder, everyone began to walk to the trophy.

"Who lifts the trophy first?" Xu Beifang asked.

pasha and the others pushed him forward directly, the meaning self-evident; this is also a tradition in CSGO, for the newcomer to lift the trophy first.

Xu Beifang was at a loss, but still placed his hands on the trophy.

The entire trophy was about 40-50 centimeters, just a common cup appearance.

Black base, covered with golden patterns, not very beautiful, but they still liked it.

Xu Beifang placed both hands on the trophy, and rustling sounds began to ring out; everyone was looking forward to something.

Xu Beifang gripped both sides of the trophy and lifted it high!!

Passionate music sounded, stirring the emotions in the venue.

Fireworks around the stage erupted, and the lights above shone.

With a "bang," this time it wasn't a flash grenade, but the long-prepared ribbons were released.

Golden ribbons fluttered above the players' heads, as if a golden rain had fallen.

"Awesome!! Holy crap!!"

"Old Ma! Old Ma, say something!!"

At home, Xiao Ming was shouting excitedly, forgetting to eat the fried chicken he ordered on the table.

"Beifang is really awesome, he took the trophy directly??"

Ma Dong's voice came from the phone, and he said with emotion: "Your godfather suddenly realized it; this ZOTAC Cup was played like fish-frying."

He smiled again: "Makes me want to go professional too."

"Then are you going?" Xiao Ming asked.

Ma Dong smiled: "If I had that level, I would have gone long ago; don't have that ability, you know."

He also felt a bit magical now. Two months ago, the two of them often played happily with Xu Beifang in official matchmaking.

Now he could see his roommate lifting a major tournament trophy on his phone.

And he said he wanted to go professional, just saying it; he understood his real level, and even more clearly how outrageous Xu Beifang's level was now.

They watched VP's matches throughout the ZOTAC Cup, watching him explode and kill all the way, and every time VP was behind, they were looking forward to his performance.

He also gradually accepted the fact that his former roommate had become a professional brother.

"Any gap?" Ma Dong asked with a smile.

"Gap? This thing is definitely... really not." Xiao Ming gave an answer Ma Dong didn't expect.

"Why?"

"If you say envy, that's definitely there; Beifang suddenly soared into the sky, very unreal, okay." Xiao Ming explained, "But combined with his training day after day in school before, I think it's acceptable."

"Every time I open my eyes, I see him sitting in front of the computer. Even if such a person doesn't become a professional player, what can't he achieve in the future?"

With Xiao Ming's explanation, Ma Dong also realized.

In school, his CSGO level was much higher than Xu Beifang's, but he had never spent too much effort on this game.

And ever since that realization, Xu Beifang began crazy training, even making them think Xu Beifang had suffered some blow in his relationship.

But in the end, it was found that this guy's thoughts were pure, and he just wanted to treat the game and life seriously.

And now the scene of lifting the trophy in his hand was the harvest of his countless days and nights of training!

The VP group lifted the trophy that wasn't heavy but had been longed for for a long time together on the stage.

Even if this trophy wasn't very beautiful, wasn't very aesthetic, it still made them very happy.

The young man on the phone held the trophy, radiant, and at this moment, he became the protagonist of his own story.

He looked like an ordinary CSGO player watching outside the lens, but couldn't help but mutter to himself:

"Beifang, keep your enthusiasm, keep your unruliness, carry my unrealized dream—

Strive to walk toward the professional stage!"

There is another chapter later; I always write slowly (sad)

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 105 =====