Chapter 114: This Sniper Play? My Grandma Could Do It in a Wheelchair!

The nightmare on Dust 2 passed in a flash.

With such a disparity in strength, VP ultimately lost this map chosen by BIG.

Before Xu Beifang was reborn, even though BIG had the nickname "Senior Sister," the "Senior Sister" of this era was still not someone that the green, inexperienced little brothers of VP could touch.

Although their 65% map win rate was somewhat inflated due to frequently playing against tier-2 and tier-3 teams, it was still far stronger than VP's Dust 2.

Even when Xu Beifang later picked up the Sniper Rifle and became the team's Secondary Sniper, he still couldn't make much of a difference.

When the opponent lacked a top-tier Sniper, he could rely on good Positioning Ability and slightly immature Sniper skills to put up a decent performance.

But as a genius Sniper from the Great British Empire who debuted this year, smooya was not weak at all; even against top-tier Snipers like GuardiaN, he could still trade blows back and forth.

Although he was mocked by s1mple as a tier-4 Sniper, his true strength was a stable tier-1; it was just that his big mouth left him no opportunity to realize his potential.

Glancing at the screen, the score was locked at 8:16, and Xu Beifang felt a bit irritable.

It wasn't because of the loss on Map 1, but because smooya in the adjacent match room was too noisy!!

Whenever he had a highlight play, that guy would start shouting directly, making people feel restless.

The key was that they hadn't had a chance to talk back on Dust 2; VP's performance on this map was truly abysmal.

"It's fine, Map 2 is our home turf!" byali said, "Wait until we step up and crush them!"

Although byali's various encouragements during Map 1 seemed like a total "poisonous milk" jinx, in reality, the gap in strength was just too large.

Now, this encouragement really wasn't problematic at all.

They had always held the nickname "Train King," and even with the overall decline in VP's form, they still maintained a 54% win rate.

Meanwhile, BIG's Train win rate was only 51%.

Moreover, their recent win rate on Train was exceptionally high; this was their own map pick, and they had ample confidence in it.

"Let's go, let's go!!"

During the halftime break, VP adjusted quickly, bumping fists to encourage each other, hoping to put up a better performance in the upcoming Map 2.

Otherwise, if they lost this map as well, they would be eliminated and sent into the 2-2 group.

That would truly be a life-or-death match, and for this group of old guys on VP, the pressure was immense.

If they could help it, none of them wanted to compete in that kind of high-pressure environment.

The halftime break ended, and the ten players from both sides entered the server for Map 2.

Train was VP's own map pick, so they started as the attacking side.

neo began to set up the tactics: "For this round, let's execute a pincer attack on Red Stairs and T Spawn."

"In a moment, you three buying Half Armor go to Red Stairs, pasha throws a CT Mid Smoke at the start, then gives two Flashbangs above Red Stairs to send them out."

"I will throw a Smoke Grenade at the end of Six Tracks, then molly the Sniper Position and the Car area; after that, it's just a frontal gunfight as we push into the Bomb Site."

With the tactics explained, the group communicated a few more details on the execution.

The countdown ended; leaving two throwers at T Spawn, the other three headed straight for Red Stairs.

……

"Alright, welcome everyone to this Map 2 of VP versus BIG! I am Wanjiqi."

As Map 2 was announced to begin, Wanjiqi also gave his customary opening, drawing everyone's attention into the match.

"On the previous map, VP ultimately couldn't win on Dust 2. nice's performance today is also a bit less than ideal; he only got a 1.12 rating on Map 1. I hope he can improve on this map."

【Wanjiqi's commentary is so biased, and he calls it neutral commentary】

Noticing this bullet comment, Wanjiqi quickly explained: "It is indeed correct; the streamer is a commentator with a Chinese perspective, referred to as neutral commentary."

Ignoring the scrolling bullet comments in the stream, Wanjiqi turned his gaze to the match.

"Let's first look at the utility loadout of both sides. First, on the attacking side, there are two Smoke Grenades, two Flashbangs, and one fire. pasha threw a CT Mid Smoke right at the start, so the other smoke should be for the end of Six Tracks."

"The defending side only has smoke and a Defuse Kit."

There was no time for further descriptive commentary, as both sides were about to make contact, so Wanjiqi sped up his speech:

"After pasha throws the Smoke Grenade, two Flashbangs at Red Stairs directly send nice out of Red Stairs!"

"VP is going for a direct push to Outside right at the start! nice pulls out from Red Stairs and headshots tabsen at the end of Five Paths, leaving him at one HP, but smooya takes down michu in CT Mid."

"The frontal contact between both sides is very fast, and the player count is also exchanging rapidly!!"

After Xu Beifang headshot the CT behind the train car at Five Paths, he immediately signaled byali to cover him at CT Mid, then he pushed forward to perform a Trade Kill.

tabsen still hadn't left; he was holding an angle behind Five Paths, wanting to rely on head-level aim and Reaction to counter-kill Xu Beifang.

The main reason was also that he simply couldn't leave in this situation.

With one HP left and sounds coming from T Spawn, he could only stay in place and contest his Reaction against the opponent.

But to his frustration, the opponent pulled out while crouching, avoiding his Pre-aim.

By the time he went to adjust, he had already been trade-killed by the opponent.

【nice used Glock to Headshot tabsen】

Xu Beifang succeeded in the Trade Kill, and both sides were now one-for-one.

smooya, who was next to the CT Mid Smoke, strafed out wanting to trade for tabsen.

Xu Beifang kept peeking and Firing at close range, playing a game of movement and Reaction with smooya.

But he was already near the Car, which was the kill range for a Glock.

With a "pop" sound, smooya was struck in the face by a Glock bullet, his head blown open!

【nice used Glock to Headshot smooya】

"smooya's timing was good, wanting to push through the smoke to rotate, but he got taken out. nice has taken two kills in a row, completely clearing the entire A Bomb Site. The bomb is planted accordingly, and knowing someone is in the CT Mid Smoke, he chooses to plant a Red Stairs bomb."

"Now the two in CT Mid have been discovered and choose to go through CT Spawn to flank the bottom line; nex in Green Corridor is still looking for an opportunity."

"But he gets one-tapped by pasha while hiding in the Smoke Grenade!! It's a 4-on-2 Clutch!"

Wanjiqi commented on this Clutch from BIG's perspective: "Now that nex is dead, the difficulty for the two at the bottom line to Retake is very high. Although they have smoke and a Defuse Kit, there are too many positions they need to clear, and it's not easy to spread out."

"godb chooses to clear under Third Floor first; he guessed someone was standing at the corner. nice is taken out by a shot, but byali pulls out from the Car and directly takes out tizian behind him!"

"byali doesn't get greedy for more kills after trading one. Now let's see how godb handles this 1v3 Clutch! He must hurry, otherwise pasha and neo will both come over to help!"

"But byali pulls out again and instantly kills him, not even needing his teammate's help. godb simply cannot handle this Clutch!!"

Under the camera, Xu Beifang is very spirited. After byali's wave of Trade Kills and Double Kill, he opens his mouth to shout loudly and even clenches his right fist. Clearly, losing Map 1 has not left his mood feeling that relaxed.

"Hiss~" Wanjiqi catches his breath, then summarizes the Pistol Round, "This defensive play at the back didn't achieve the intended effect. The vp utility just happened to split up the big positioning Outside. In this situation, smooya pulling out to Trade Kill was a bit too aggressive, and the most critical thing is that he didn't even win."

"I can only say that nice is worthy of being the best offensive player in the qualifiers. On the front line, he is like a sharp knife, fiercely stabbing through the opponent."

……

smooya takes a sip of water; he can finally understand why North lost to vp.

Although he won against vp on the previous map, he can still feel whether the opponent has skill or not.

That guy on the opposite side named nice is a player who can go toe-to-toe with him.

And because of nice's outrageous resource consumption, smooya feels he might not necessarily be able to firmly suppress the other party in the match.

As fellow talented players who debuted this year, smooya is also stirred by a desire to win in this match.

Entering the Force Buy round, big attempts to solve the problem of this point with Half Armor CZs and no-armor Desert Eagles.

But as soon as they start, the two members of big attempting the Green Corridor are taken out by the opponent's AK47s, accelerating the collapse of this round.

Subsequently, big chooses to gamble on B Site, but it eventually turns into a Save Weapon.

Coming to the third round, during a wave of B Site speed-up by vp, smooya hits the opponent four times with an SSG 08.

Two Headshots and two body shots, coordinating with teammates to complete a Reset.

Then smooya can't help it; he stands up and shouts loudly toward the next room: "vp, are you letting me practice my aim??"

The Leader looks at smooya like this with a headache.

Here he goes again. This new Sniper of the team is indeed strong, it's just that one person putting pressure on nine people makes it a bit hard to bear.

……

The shouting coming from next door makes Xu Beifang laugh and cry at the same time.

In some respects, smooya's taunting actually makes their Mindset quite good.

After all, he knows that as one of the few big pressure-monsters in professional CSGO, the other party has no malice and purely treats taunting as a hobby.

"Need to pay a little attention to the details. That CT Mid smoke wasn't crooked; smooya wouldn't have had a chance." Xu Beifang's Mindset is good, but these old men are under a bit of pressure.

Fortunately, having won two consecutive rounds before, their economy is still quite good now, and by scraping together, they can still afford an AK47 for nice.

But the situation has not improved for the time being.

Train is a map that heavily favors the CT side; even if Xu Beifang wants to find an opportunity, the difficulty is still not small, not to mention that smooya has directly pulled out a Sniper Rifle.

The match begins to enter big's scoring rhythm.

It isn't until the 8th round that vp manages to score a point by relying on pasha's Sniper Rifle to pick off two members at A Site during a wave of speed-up with grenades.

"Let's go, let's go! We've already gotten the third point!" byali calls out, encouraging the teammates beside him.

The score on the screen is now 3:5. For vp, the overall pressure is not great; after all, this is a map that heavily favors the CT side.

As the attacking side, scoring is still relatively difficult.

"212 basic offensive Default; we'll spread out to get some information first, then decide where to group up to hit." Although the previous round's attack went smoothly, it was also based on pasha's two kills.

neo has not fully read big's defensive habits.

This is the difference between a strong team and a weak team; strong teams have many defensive variations, and it is difficult for you to accurately grasp their positioning and overall defensive habits.

As the strongest dark horse this year, big has many layers to their defense, making it difficult to target and handle.

neo needs to spend some time to figure out the opponent's positioning and habits.

The countdown ends, and Xu Beifang also follows michu to the B2 Floor, carefully holding the B2, guarding against anyone from the B2 Floor potentially pushing forward.

Today, this big is not a quiet one either; in the previous few rounds, they also attempted a forward-pushing playstyle, and that round dealt a heavy blow to vp.

But before the opponent's B2 Floor counter-clear could happen, the sound of a Sniper Rifle rang out on the other side of the map.

【smooya used an AWP to kill pashabiceps】

pasha's Sniper Rifle is picked off, and byali goes out to Trade Kill immediately, but smooya's Positioning Control is too good; he pulls back behind cover immediately after shooting, and he didn't even see a shadow.

Losing a man at the start makes the hearts of everyone on vp sink. The match, which has become quiet again, makes people feel the pressure even more.

"This wave of details from smooya; before the Green Corridor smoke dissipated, he threw a fire on the right side to confirm no one was there."

"Then he held the left side at an extremely small angle—aggressive yet rational—allowing him to get the Entry Kill for the team."

"At the second timing, he doesn't intend to stay in the Green Corridor anymore; he calls his teammates over and then turns around to run toward B Site. smooya's Sniper Rifle is constantly running back and forth on the map; as his opponent, it's very difficult to target such a player."

"Now it's a 4v5 Clutch for the attacking side. nice and michu are carefully clearing the B2, guarding against areas where the opponent might be standing."

"Is this wave going to be a direct grenade hit on B? But is a 3B defense really easy to hit?"

After silently finishing checking the close points of the B2 Floor with michu and confirming that no one was standing at the close points of the Low Slope, Xu Beifang walks toward the High Slope alone.

Preparing for a wave of grenade hits next, he wants to open up the shooting lane for the team.

After walking to the High Slope, because the information about this High Slope area has always been unknown, Xu Beifang's Pre-aim is very cautious.

"smooya's Sniper Rifle has already arrived at the High Slope Coil. He is directly positioned against nice. It seems no one gave nice a flash this wave; he needs to operate by himself. Can smooya hit this shot?"

smooya's Sniper Rifle holds the High Slope, his peripheral vision glancing at the minimap. There has been no information feedback from the team, which makes him a bit worried.

Because it is currently a double A defense, if A Site starts to be hit and they lose men too quickly, their subsequent Retake will be under great pressure, and he has a Sniper Rifle in his hand, which is not convenient for a Retake.

After thinking about it, smooya still doesn't change his position, increasing his focus to continue holding the High Slope. After all, there is still 1 minute left, which is relatively early.

Then, the image of half a figure suddenly appears in the scope...

"Bang!"

The director's camera is like seeing a ghost; a Terrorist walks out, and it's just one shot.

【nice used an AK47 to Headshot kill smooya】

"Oh!! Nice just tore apart the Sniper with a rifle! He pushed right into smooya's Pre-aim and one-tapped him!!" Wanjiqi exclaimed, "smooya was already holding the High Slope, but there's really nothing you can do against a one-tap like that; he just stepped out and fired once."

The kill in the top right corner instantly shifted the situation on the field.

The utility set that VP had prepared was deployed immediately!

A Smoke Grenade for CT Mid, a Smoke Grenade between the second and Three Paths, plus an Incendiary Grenade in the middle of Three Paths and a barrage of Flashbangs.

The main force of VP began their charge.

Near the Car Head on the first path, nex had his Crosshair constantly holding the High Slope.

But after Nice finished his kill on the High Slope, there was no more movement, leaving nex feeling resentful, yet he could only turn his head to look toward the Low Slope.

His first spray didn't hit the Terrorist who strafed out; the opponent went straight toward CT Mid immediately, not letting him get the Trade Kill.

But the two Terrorists who subsequently rushed into the Bomb Site were met with nex, who managed to spray down one of them.

Yet, just as he was preparing to move to a different angle to hold, bullets from above his head killed him instantly!

"Nice got the Trade Kill on nex. godb from CT Mid strafed out wanting to get the Trade Kill, but he was also one-tapped by Nice at long range. B Site was completely broken through by him alone!"

"This 3B defensive setup was completely crushed by Xu Beifang on the high platform! Now the player count is 3 vs 2. The leader, who was Retaking CT Mid, took a grenade to the face."

"The leader chooses... sigh, he's giving up, he's saving his weapon! I can't play this Clutch!"

"No one knows what the B Site defender just went through. That shot tearing apart the Sniper, plus the shot he hit on the backline, were both extremely exaggerated. He just clicked on them with two bullets and they were dead."

"If I didn't look at the ID, I would really think this playstyle was NiKo in a match."

The match entered garbage time, and the director, being very savvy, immediately cut to the replay of the recent kills.

In the footage, Xu Beifang could be seen Pre-aiming several spots in succession before his Crosshair looked directly at the distant High Slope.

A micro-adjustment, then Firing.

"Bang!"

【From smooya's perspective, this Nice is no different from a cheater】

【I stood up, one-tapped him, what else is there to say?】

【smooya couldn't even get a shot off, that's the scariest part】

【What kind of suspect perspective is this】

【Looking from the victim's perspective, it really looks like running and gunning】

【This kind of kill is too destructive to the confidence of the person holding the angle】

【He popped out like a ghost】

From the main perspective, it might not have looked like much, but they had just clearly seen smooya's victim perspective.

Xu Beifang walked out as if it were nothing, then one-tapped the Sniper on the High Slope; the visual effect was extremely exaggerated.

Inside the VP match room, byali, who had already been killed, saw Xu Beifang's subsequent two kills and was also shocked by the kill where he one-tapped the backline.

"Are you really using the opponents to practice your aim?"

This remark also reminded Xu Beifang that he hadn't found an opportunity before, having been mocked by that guy smooya so many times.

Now that he had finally managed to put on such a brilliant performance, he couldn't just let it pass so blandly.

He stood up, took off his noise-canceling headset, and shouted toward the next room: "smooya, are you really a Sniper?"

"My grandmother could push a wheelchair through the angle you're holding!!"

This taunt didn't make BIG feel embarrassed; instead, they found it very interesting.

After all, their own Sniper had already mocked the other side countless times on Map 1, so it was perfectly normal for the opponent to mock him back.

Moreover, the guy on the other side didn't mean to insult the whole team; he was just targeting smooya.

The fact that the opponent dared to interact with them could even stimulate smooya's state, making smooya focus his attention on the opponent instead of constantly pressuring them.

There are still many good players in the professional scene!

Furthermore, in professional matches, as long as it's not an insulting taunt, this kind of interaction is quite exciting.

"Both sides are playing with such energy. You have to have interaction for a match to be passionate, right?" Wanjiqi also felt that today's match was becoming interesting.

There should be another chapter tonight, but my condition really isn't great; it took 3 hours to write this chapter... I'll recover slowly.

(End of chapter)