Chapter 117: Fight for the stickers!

"Fuck!" The moment Map 2 ended, smooya pursed his lips and punched the table with his right hand in frustration.

"Boom!"

Table HP -100.

This time he didn't use much force, perhaps worried about knocking the monitor cable out again.

He looked up at the stats on the screen:

25/4/19.

As the team core, these stats were fine, but they just couldn't win.

The reckless guy on the other side had stats of 27/7/20.

Only a 2-kill difference, yet he was the loser; smooya felt some unwillingness in his heart.

But actually, he understood that the opponent's performance was better; many of Nice's kills were capable of influencing the entire game state.

His own were pressure kills at the start; who was better was hard to say, but the fact was Nice won.

After entering the map Train, he clearly felt that VP's overall performance was much better than on Dust 2.

And from the very beginning of Map 2, even though the first-half score looked better, it couldn't hide the fact that they were trailing.

smooya had long had a premonition that Train might be a loss, but he still held hope in his heart, intending to rely on his own performance to help the team catch up.

But as the attacking side in the second half, the difficulty of catching up was too high. And that forward push by Nice to sneak into T Hall and take four was simply too fatal!

"VP is really a strange team," smooya said in the voice chat after venting his emotions.

The gap between this team's ceiling and floor was just too large.

godb, as the commander, turned to comfort him: "It's okay, VP played great on this map, but I believe we can still turn it around on Map 3."

Being caught up by one map was actually within the normal range.

Their intensity on this map was much worse than on Dust 2, and the win rate was there.

In a BO3 match, unless the strength and state were completely crushed, taking someone out on their map pick was not an easy task.

For most teams, they didn't have any winning-streak obsession, and ending the match 2-1 was acceptable.

Halftime break.

Everyone on BIG encouraged each other and actively adjusted their emotions.

Both sides had taken one map, and the BO3 match was back on the same starting line.

The upcoming Inferno would decide the final team to advance!

The winner could start preparing for the main event, while the losing team would need to continue fighting for the last few spots in the lower bracket.

BIG didn't want to fall into that situation.

"Beautiful! Our defensive side played too well!"

The moment the match ended, shouts rang out in the VP room, and neo, as the commander, was not stingy with his encouragement.

"Nice's forward push was too scary; after I was taken down, I almost shouted out when I saw his position... I was afraid of disturbing him at the time, so I had to hold it in." byali took a sip of water to moisten his throat and then began to talk incessantly.

Xu Beifang thought about it; he had shouted twice at the time, and his own train of thought might have been disrupted; now he really had to thank byali for the "silence."

byali put down the mineral water and asked again: "Nice, how did you think of pushing forward at that timing?"

Xu Beifang's train of thought was still clear, and he said concisely: "At that time, pasha took down one of them at the Olof Position?"

"In this situation, there was no movement in Green Corridor, so I guessed if Green Corridor was completely empty, they might be hitting B; otherwise, if they were pinching A, Green Corridor should have moved too. So I proactively snuck out from the smoke, and it turned out they were executing their utility."

"I knew they were ultimately hitting A, so I rushed forward at full speed, and only started sneaking when I reached the trash can, and finally made it in time."

michu sighed: "You think too much; if it were me, I'd probably just return to the front from the end of Six Paths to strengthen the firepower."

He was a bit helpless; as a new-generation gunner in Poland, his awareness had always been a problem; he wasn't afraid of head-on gunfights, but rarely could he pull off such spiritual plays.

"Watch more demos, put yourself in the opponent's perspective to think; awareness is something that always improves slowly," Xu Beifang said, "We can review the match together when we get back; this is very helpful for improving awareness."

michu nodded to show he understood.

Watching his teammates discuss how to become stronger together, neo felt like he had returned to his younger days.

At that time, whenever they discovered a new piece of utility or a new technique, they would share and communicate with the teammates beside them like this.

The youth was gone, but VP still had a vibrant atmosphere, which made them feel very comfortable.

"So let's win this last map!" neo looked at Xu Beifang, "Complete the comeback, and then truly earn your stickers with your own ability!"

He liked the arrogance of young people; if this arrogance could be combined with strength, that would be great!

Everyone on VP bumped fists and cheered each other on, adjusting their state, ready to complete their feat on Inferno.

Halftime break ended.

Both sides entered the server for Map 3 and began the knife round to choose sides.

After a round of fighting in Mid, nex had the last laugh, and BIG chose to start on the defensive side.

For the map Inferno, whether attacking or defending, VP could accept it.

After all, this map was relatively balanced; whether attacking or defending first, there was no overwhelming advantage.

Entering the pistol round preparation time.

michu was full of enthusiasm: "How to play, how to play?"

"Let's play it simple," neo began to arrange, "Everyone half-armor Glock, michu T Spawn to watch the flank, Nice go to A2 and play on your own, others follow me to Mid, we'll hit Link later."

Because of the smoothness of the previous map and everyone's performance, neo made a relatively bold choice.

To summarize in one sentence—it was to go head-to-head with the opponents!

The countdown ended, and the group bought half-armor and walked out the door.

"Alright, let's turn our attention back to the pistol round of Map 3, which is also the last map of this BO3; who will be the final winner, VP or BIG, let's wait and see!"

Wanjiqi took a breath, scanned the screen, and began to explain the situation of both sides:

"The Terrorists are very fierce! Five half-armor Glocks directly; they intend to go head-to-head. BIG here has flashes, defuse kits, and CZ75s; a rich variety."

"neo takes the lead to swing into Mid, nex gets this information at Link, fires a shot, and runs away immediately."

tabsen got the information that there were many people in Mid, so he took his USP and proactively began to push forward.

They were standing in a 3B-2A formation this round; feeling pressure on A Site, they had to take action on B Site.

He pushed forward alone; if he got information, he could give the opponents a head-on blow.

If he was killed, the two teammates on B Site could also cover him.

Thinking of this, tabsen also became bolder, taking his USP and pre-aiming at possible positions step by step.

During another peek, he saw michu at T Spawn, and the two quickly engaged in a firefight.

But tabsen almost flicked his crosshair onto michu's head in one motion.

【tabsen used USP headshot to kill michu】

"tizian can rotate back directly, I'm heading back."

"They pushed out of B!" michu shouted in the voice chat the moment he was killed.

"Ignore it, accelerate to Link!"

neo said and took the lead to rush into Link, chasing nex.

nex ran all the way to the back of Link, originally wanting to hold an angle at the back of Link and play a crossfire with tizian who was rotating back to the hallway.

Xu Beifang found an angle at A2 and saw the side of a CT in Link.

nex only heard a bang, his perspective tilted back, and he was hit several times until he was critically wounded.

godb, who was on A2, saw this scene and quickly threw a smoke grenade, sealing off the vision of A2 and saving his teammate.

"One person on the right far side of Link was hit critically by me, probably one-shot state."

"Then can you coordinate with us from A2?" neo asked about Xu Beifang's state.

Xu Beifang shook his head: "Can't get out, a smoke was thrown at A2."

"Rotate from CT Spawn to B, Nice, you play as a lurker."

neo quickly made the judgment, and the trio spread out directly in Link, occupying Archway and Library.

tizian, who had rotated back to the hallway, reloaded his weapon, then quickly switched weapons; the opponents had occupied Link, and he wanted to bait them, trying to trick them into coming out.

"Someone is reloading in the hallway!!" byali shouted loudly from Archway.

pasha and neo in the Library swung out steadily, coordinating with byali to find this person.

tizian's baiting was successful, but a bit too successful!

He didn't expect three people to swing out at the same time!

He only fired one shot before being instantly killed.

However, at the same time, smooya also arrived at the retake, stealing neo from the side.

The firefight at CT Spawn between the two sides only resulted in a 1-for-1 trade.

smooya retreated, but pasha and byali couldn't chase him easily.

Xu Beifang held his angle behind the smoke at A2, waiting for the smoke to clear before attacking.

The moment the smoke cleared, he saw a CT holding a CZ standing at the corner, and retreated the moment he fired.

Facing something unreasonable like a CZ, avoiding the first spray was the top priority.

After giving up an angle, godb at A2 was a bit anxious, chasing out with a CZ.

There were only two members defending A Site this round, and nex only had one shot of health left; he had to break the deadlock.

"Pa!"

Xu Beifang giving up the angle wasn't cowardice, just purely putting himself in a more advantageous position.

Seeing the opponent chase out, he fired a headshot directly, easily killing him.

"Only one left on A Site, I tapped his head!" Xu Beifang shouted in the voice chat.

smooya had just appeared at CT Spawn, and tabsen's position was unknown, but he couldn't be on A Site.

Most likely he had gone back to B Site, of course, it was also possible he had pushed to the vicinity of Mid.

But at this moment, only one critically wounded guy was left on A Site!

pasha took big steps from Link to retake, nex stood in the old-man position on the site, holding the headshot angle, wanting to output as much as possible.

But the moment he saw pasha, a bullet instantly killed him!

At the same time, byali, who had stayed at CT Spawn, also heard the footsteps of the opponent rotating back from the hallway, catching smooya's side and killing him in one shot.

In an instant, only tabsen, who had gotten the opening kill, was left to play this clutch.

Xu Beifang, who had moved to under the A1 shed, saw tabsen sneaking over, and directly swung out to aim.

"Pa!"

【Nice used CZ75 headshot to kill tabsen】

"This pistol round was purely relying on VP's individual performance; after they entered Link, they wanted to hit A but couldn't, and rotating to B was also obstructed."

"Didn't expect that in the back-and-forth, the situation really cleared up."

Winning the pistol round, VP directly bought 3 AK-47s plus two SMGs.

After applying pressure on Banana at the start, they went straight to Link, fully utilizing the advantage of long guns.

This round happened to encounter BIG's gamble.

It's just that BIG gambled on B Site, and the lone tabsen on A Site holding a P250 couldn't create any miracles.

After planting the bomb, pasha and neo also rushed to B Site with SMGs, starting to act as special forces to brush up their performance.

Round 3.

BIG, who had entered an economic round, directly bought 5 HE grenades and pushed down from Mid.

But the timing of BIG's grenades this round wasn't good; not only did they not kill anyone, but they also allowed michu to swing to the right side of Mid at the first opportunity, and then a spray-down began, starting his screen-clearing moment in the top right corner.

michu's feel was also up!

For BIG's many fresh playstyles, neo only had one evaluation: "Fancy but useless."

For two consecutive rounds, the opponent only took down one of their SMGs; neo's evaluation was completely correct.

"Actually, it's still useful," Xu Beifang praised his teammate, "Mainly because michu played well this round, otherwise if they spread out in Mid, they could have at least traded two people."

The small trick of grenade-ing Mid on Inferno was still very strong; once someone jumped into the sewer, two grenades could kill them.

Four or five grenades, even if one was 20 health, would almost take you away.

But BIG didn't expect michu to swing wide to the right, and then a spray-down killed them all.

"Exactly, exactly!" michu also chimed in, "The opponent's tactics were clearly very good, they were just wiped out by my wave of god-tier recoil control!"

neo shook his head: "The opponent's little tricks aren't top-tier; next, let me show you what top-tier tactics are!"

The young people boasted to each other, and he, an old man, was also stirred up with a competitive spirit.

"Wait a moment, apply pressure on Banana at the start, byali follow Nice over, at least you two throw two fires."

"After throwing the fire, go straight to A2, we'll give them a speed-up in the first full-buy round!"

"Let's just buy double snipers for defense this round," godb said with a frown, expressing his thoughts.

In the force-buy round, he already had his own plans, laying the groundwork for the full-buy round ahead.

The team's economy was quite good now, just to buy two AWPs and catch VP off guard.

"We'll stick to the standard 3A-2B defense, I'll take an AWP to B Site to strengthen the defense."

"A Site doesn't need to be too aggressive, let smooya's sniper rifle take Mid information."

"Don't be too aggressive, we can play around the sniper rifle."

The countdown ended, and they began to run to their respective defensive areas.

Buying two AWPs came at the cost of scarce utility, so they didn't dare stand at the front points.

They could only hold the crossing with the AWPs, waiting for the opponent to swing out.

But two consecutive fires on Banana forced tabsen out of his angle, forcing him to return to the site to hold the AWP.

And Xu Beifang, who had finished throwing his utility, followed the main force with byali.

"1 minute 30 seconds, VP is already ready; compared to the attack organized by VP, BIG's defensive method is slightly rigid."

"BIG is playing a 3A-2B start this round, but the sniper rifle is in Link, so this is actually a 5v2 locally! Unless smooya pushes through the smoke to help, he won't be able to play a role in the upcoming grenade execute!"

"A grenade execute unfolds! Nice from A2 rushes out and instantly kills nex who was holding A1!"

"godb in the Pit took down byali, but Nice has already jumped down and rushed into his face, directly killing him!"

"VP's fierce attack on A Site allowed them to successfully take A Site at 1 minute 20 seconds."

The offensive was vigorous, and even the two on B Site didn't receive much information feedback before A Site had already fallen.

smooya turned and asked: "Should we retake?"

godb looked at the mini-map and said helplessly: "Save the guns."

Two AWPs might give them an advantage in early defense, but once facing a retake, the AWPs could only be a burden.

It was already a 3v4 clutch, the opponent had the numerical advantage, and they had weapons that weren't convenient for retaking.

Furthermore, the loss on A Site was too fast, the opponent must still have plenty of utility.

Even if they retook, they might not even be able to enter the site.

So saving the guns was perhaps the wisest choice.

The score reached 4:0, godb looked at the score overhead, feeling a lot of pressure.

He understood that his side had to start scoring, otherwise they would really have to play the 2-2 match tomorrow!

My mistake, just checked the data and found godb was the commander of BIG at this time, sweat~

I'll unify the changes after finishing this match.

There's another chapter being coded, this chapter took quite a lot of time to revise.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 118 =====