Chapter 121: No one plays this game in Huaxia

"After a wave of forward pushes, the numbers reached 5v2!!" Wanjiqi's tone was very expectant, "Now as long as VP holds this clutch, the match can be declared over!!"

"And the feel of the remaining two people on BIG isn't good... Mid probe, what do you say?"

"byali took down one!! two!!!"

"The match is over!!!"

Wanjiqi hammered the table excitedly, at this moment he could no longer maintain the neutrality of a commentator.

In the live stream, the deafening "Nice!!" from the VP crowd rang out.

They saw the young man who used to be thin and tall, now shouting loudly with a ferocious expression:

"Holy crap!! I released stickers!! I'm so awesome!!"

That intimate national curse made the live stream boil.

【Ah ah ah ah ah ah!!! Nice awesome, Xiao Xu entered the main event!!】

【Holy crap Xiao Xu, awesome!!】

【Xiao Xu is indeed awesome, this intimate national curse haha!】

【Got goosebumps, Lü Bu is too fierce, Hulao Pass Construction Group sends condolences!】

【Cried, we can finally say that we have players who made it to the Major main event!】

【Legends Stage, here we come!!】

Wanjiqi shouted with a crying voice: "Coming all the way from the qualifier, Nice has passed five levels and killed six generals, performing explosively throughout, and finally walked into the Major Legends Stage!!"

A-Yu heard her boyfriend's crying voice and came over to check his state.

"Why are you crying?"

Wanjiqi turned to explain: "A-Yu, no one plays this game in Huaxia, but we have players who made it to the Major main event!"

Wanjiqi explained to his girlfriend, and then turned to see the barrage in the live stream frantically scrolling:

【I'm playing!】

【I'm playing!】

【I'm playing!】

【I'm...】

【...】

These viewers, at this moment, were excited beyond measure, and even after their players achieved results, they could only share with netizens—because CS: GO is too niche, and now there isn't even anyone around them playing this game together.

But precisely because of this, they were even more excited, because even if it was niche, there were still people loving and persisting.

Like Wanjiqi in front of him, like them sending barrages on their phones, and like Nice and Tyloo, these teenagers working hard for their dreams.

Wanjiqi saw the barrage scrolling 【I'm playing】, his eye sockets turned red again, then adjusted his emotions and shouted loudly:

"The stickers were earned by Nice himself, not given by Valve's rules! We can finally say that we have world-class players!!"

In early 2018, Valve changed the Major sticker rules, allowing teams in the qualifier stage to have stickers.

For this group of players and pros, getting stickers was a comfort for their persistence over the years, but if it wasn't earned by their own strength, it really wasn't that happy.

But now, Nice had won the match with his own strength, leading VP into the Major main event.

This time they could uprightly say that their own player's stickers were earned by strength, not sent by Valve's rules!

Wanjiqi then noticed that at some point, the once thin back in front of the camera had gradually become broad.

"Ah!!"

After Xu Beifang cursed a few classic dirty words, his emotions still hadn't been fully released, and he opened his mouth to shout meaninglessly in the battle room.

But at this moment, the VP crowd had no time to care about anything else, all entering a state of complete madness, howling like ghosts, mainly a situation where the apes on both sides couldn't stop crying.

pasha rushed over and kissed Xu Beifang on the forehead, shouting loudly: "Nice, you're too awesome!! 3-1, we're directly into the finals!!!"

While saying this, pasha's eye sockets also turned red, and he cried on Xu Beifang's shoulder.

For an esports player, is the ending of a story important?

pasha had thought about his ending countless times in his mind.

He had debuted at Katowice and made a name for himself.

So when youth was gone and his state clearly declined, he initially planned to end his story at the 2019 Katowice.

Starting from Katowice, ending at Katowice—this might be the most perfect ending an esports player could think of.

But stories always have setbacks, and the world doesn't revolve around him.

Performance declined, the team split, and his own level got worse day by day.

pasha didn't want to disappear quietly from everyone's vision as his performance slowly got worse.

After countless glories, he wanted a perfect ending, wanting to draw a complete period for his story.

Because VP's level fluctuated too much, netizens always liked to call him the gambling king, telling him to eat more if he could.

pasha hadn't participated in gambling many times in his life, but he made a gamble based on intuition before retiring!

He didn't expect that this gamble would make the whole team glow with vitality, and everything would get better.

Team performance improved again, byali and michu's state were all stimulated.

neo also took back the command power, everything was developing in a good direction.

But after entering the Major, they were still nervous, after all, this wasn't any other match!

This was the Major that all CS: GO players valued the most!!

They had once been one step away from that trophy, but missed it.

This level of match left pasha with countless regrets.

This led to them worrying that the newcomer wouldn't adapt when entering the Major qualifier.

Finally, everything was proven.

The person he chose was right, Nice was a true genius.

At the end of his career, pasha also earned the last sticker of his career through his own efforts.

"What are you doing?" neo punched pasha, he was originally in a good mood, but the muscle-bound guy cried, and he also wanted to cry a little.

As comrades who walked together, they knew the hardship and bitterness along the way.

The road down the mountain was too hard to walk.

In the gunfights with those young players, you could feel a clear frustration.

In the process of being counter-killed countless times, they all had thoughts of doubting life.

The final result was good, their persistence had an answer.

Just like what this young man in front of him said, they finally earned their stickers with their own ability.

neo hugged Nice and pasha together, this was why he liked this young man!

Always positive, with arrogance and ability, wanting to get something, he would strive for it bit by bit through hard work!

Seeing this situation, byali and michu also crowded over, and the five of them hugged together.

neo's emotions also got much better, sniffed, and said with a smile: "Next, everyone can think about how to design the stickers!"

kuben came over and patted the team members: "Alright, time to go shake hands with the opponents; we can taunt each other during the match, but there can't be no esports spirit after the match."

As a coach, he was very happy that the team members could achieve results.

But there was also some loss in his heart, after all, after this Major, everyone would scatter.

Whether it was veterans or newcomers, they would all leave this team.

'Ask him again when we gather for dinner later,' kuben sighed, but still had some extravagant hopes in his heart.

The VP crowd then packed up their emotions, led by kuben, and came to the battle room next door.

The cameraman followed VP's footsteps and pushed the lens to BIG's side.

After losing the match, the "fuck" in smooya's mouth couldn't be held back.

But after cursing a few times, he adjusted his emotions; he didn't lose this match unjustly.

Except for Map 1, VP's overall performance on the subsequent two maps was not bad.

And as the core player, his kills were not much different from Nice's.

But Nice's impact was much greater than his, this couldn't be refuted, otherwise it would be pure blind hating without a brain.

tabsen's mood was also not very good.

Before this match, they generally thought their strength was stronger than their opponents.

But the result was that they couldn't even beat VP, this old-man-happy team, which was a big blow to them.

And after losing this match, they had to fight in the 2-2 nightmare dungeon tomorrow, which was the most painful thing.

After adjusting his emotions, their faces were still hard to hide the loss.

Xu Beifang suppressed the smile on his face and shook hands with the BIG crowd one by one.

Reaching out his hand, smooya held it, and then whispered in English:

"Next time we meet, I definitely won't perform like this!"

Xu Beifang opened his arms and hugged smooya:

"We contributed a very wonderful performance, you have already played an excellent performance, hope to meet again next time."

smooya was stunned for a moment, then found that Xu Beifang's expression was very sincere, was silent for a while and then said:

"Have a chance to play FPL together, I will definitely win next time."

"Then let's look forward to the next meeting."

This BO3 made Xu Beifang play very happily.

Whether it was the final victory, or the emotional agitation caused by the twists and turns in the match.

Or the most basic competition in the match!

BIG was actually much stronger than the opponents of the previous two days.

The stats Xu Beifang played today were much worse than before, which was also because BIG's default was done well enough, many times not letting him push forward to achieve such good results, and the overall stats weren't very good.

But CS: GO was never just a fish-frying game, its happiness lay in the constant game between the two sides during the confrontation.

You solve the problems given by the opponent through your own thinking, tactics, utility, and gunplay; this kind of competition with the opponent could bring them a pleasure of breaking through the limits.

After every player tasted this feeling, they would be deeply fascinated by it.

BIG was a very strong team, whether on the offensive or defensive end, their routines were endless.

Xu Beifang had also suffered losses from smooya and tabsen many times, but next, using a series of methods to counter-sanction the opponent, this was the most interesting!

Meeting a stronger opponent might be a huge pressure for the whole team.

But for Xu Beifang, it might also be an enjoyment!

After shaking hands with the BIG crowd, VP returned to their battle room and began to pack up their peripherals and prepare to leave.

"Too awesome!!" Wanjiqi was still sighing in the live stream.

He opened the HLTV stats himself and checked the stats of this BO3 today:

"Undoubtedly this data, Xiao Xu is the final ace of this BO3 today! The comeback was all relying on his exertion, but VP others were also very powerful, no one dropped the chain, which was also very critical."

Wanjiqi looked at the data:

Nice

KAD (Kills/Assists/Deaths): 77/16/59

Non-bait rate: 72.2%

ADR: 94.2

Rating: 1.37

【Another day of fish-frying】

【I originally thought the data would be plain, but found it was still 1.37】

【Anyone big enough to say what this non-bait rate is?】

【If in a round, you didn't deal any damage even for an assist, or were killed by utility assist, it counts as bait, reverse it and you'll understand】

【I thought today's data would converge a bit, but it's still so exaggerated】

【Stickers released! Hope players can achieve results, more people in China will play CS: GO】

【...】

At this time, Wanjiqi also noticed other people's data, and was speechless when seeing smooya.

I saw smooya as the first of the losers.

Played 74/13/57 data, average rating 1.34.

"Hiss..." Wanjiqi took a cold breath, making a huge contribution to global warming.

"This smooya really doesn't act like a human! Even after losing the match, he played such data, 92.3 ADR, this is really not much different from Xiao Xu."

"I originally wanted to say Xiao Xu was the first in the qualifier data, it seems it's really not certain!"

【smooya: I'm directly sitting in jail!】

【Too painful!! Haha】

【Looking at this, VP really won this one dangerously】

【Anyway, the match is over, stickers released!】

【Hope Tyloo can borrow Xiao Xu's good luck and bring us a second good news!】

This BO3 match was over, but the audience still didn't leave the live stream.

Some were waiting for Tyloo's match today, and some were waiting for the subsequent post-match interview.

After the match, Xu Beifang was stopped by the London Major official host, a male host with long hair, and entered the post-match interview session.

"Hello everyone. I am now interviewing VP's Nice," the host said to the camera with a smile, "Coming all the way from the qualifier, you have played against teams like NiP, OpTic, North, and BIG, and finally you defeated BIG and entered the next stage of the Major. Everyone was excited after you won this match, how do you feel now?"

"I am proud of myself, as a CS: GO enthusiast, I earned my stickers through my own efforts, now I can only say I'm too happy!" Xu Beifang's smile was bright.

The host nodded and continued to ask: "In these four matches, you met different opponents, who do you think gave you the most pressure?"

"BIG today," Xu Beifang thought for a while and then replied.

The host was a bit strange: "Why not NiP, that was the only match you lost?"

"The gap was too big, didn't feel much pressure before losing," Xu Beifang said a bit embarrassedly.

【The gap was too big made me laugh】

【Indeed, today's BO3 was full of intensity and pressure】

【Were taken away by those guys from NiP in three or two, where was there any feeling】

【Laugh to death】

"Winning this stage of the match with a 3-1 score, will this give you better motivation after entering the Legends Stage?"

"I think," Xu Beifang smiled at the camera, "No matter what match, I can maintain motivation."

"But it cannot be denied that this match gave us a lot of confidence, and I also expect us to have a good performance in the subsequent matches."

The host smiled when he heard this, youthful spirit is always lovable.

"Then what do you want to say to your fans?"

Xu Beifang thought seriously, and then said solemnly:

"Thank them for their expectations of me all along, and also thank everyone who gave me those suggestions when I seriously started this path, without their support, I might just be a big silver now..."

"Wait?" the host asked with some doubt, "Is there any story in this?"

Xu Beifang explained: "When I first prepared to play this game seriously, it was just a coincidence on the internet. Under the suggestions of fans, I started to practice hard, slowly improved my level, and finally became a pro in a few months."

"I am very grateful to them for their friendliness and harshness at that time, otherwise I definitely wouldn't be able to stand here, sincerely thank you..."

And at this moment in the English live stream, the screen had been filled with wtf.

This chapter was revised and revised, thousands of words were scrapped, and the update was a bit late, sorry.

But there are two more chapters today.

Then the sentence "No one plays this game..." is specifically from commentator Ai Hua, here because of the perspective problem, it was still said by Wanjiqi.

Well, continue to code the next chapter.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 122 =====