Chapter 123

"That is to say, I was killing it in the qualifier, and I'm still only ranked 5th." Xu Beifang laughed.

neo raised his index finger and shook it: "Maybe not even that, because the qualifier matches aren't over yet."

The qualifier isn't over, so there are many unknowns, and the current ranking hasn't stabilized yet.

michu flipped through the later data: "Shouldn't be possible. Most of the teams that haven't qualified yet have average performances. Unless they play several 1.9 super-human stats in a row later, it's impossible to surpass nice."

"That's true." pasha nodded.

However, they didn't care about this point, because no matter how good the stats are, whether they can qualify in the end is what matters.

After all, neo entered the Legends Stage with an average stat of 0.89, while some players who performed well were eliminated instead.

So sometimes the process of esports matches is not that important.

Whether you can have a result and achieve success is the top priority.

"By the way, how is Tyloo doing?" pasha asked.

He remembered that Tyloo's record today was also 1-2, and like them, they had to play a BO3, except VP was fighting for a qualification spot, while Tyloo was fighting for a spot to stay.

Xu Beifang took out his phone when he heard this.

Actually, he knew Tyloo's result. After all, it was the most dazzling achievement in Huaxia CS: GO. In his previous life, in this match, Tyloo once created history and entered the Legends Stage.

But in this life, with Xu Beifang's interference, many things have changed.

He was not sure if the wings of this little butterfly he flapped would affect the people around him.

"I remember they are playing Renegades today. I feel Renegades will win. They have hammered Tyloo many times before." pasha recalled.

neo, having nothing to do, started to stir up trouble: "Who do you think will win this match?"

Because of Xu Beifang's identity, their relationship with Tyloo is quite good.

So for today's match, many of them hoped Tyloo would win.

"Should be Renegades." byali thought for a while and said, "I have a good impression of jks and Gratisfaction, they are very strong."

The title of jks as a cold-faced gunner was already established long ago, and Renegades doesn't feel weak this year.

As for Tyloo's state, it always feels like they are missing that little bit of breath.

"I think Tyloo will definitely win!" Xu Beifang laughed confidently, "How about byali, let's bet? Whoever loses will go downstairs tomorrow to help the team get breakfast!"

kuben raised his hand instantly: "I raise both hands in favor of this suggestion!"

After all, tomorrow is a rest day, they have no training scheduled, want to eat breakfast, but don't want to go downstairs to get it.

And no matter who wins between Xu Beifang and byali, they can enjoy a breakfast service delivered to the room.

"Bet is a bet!"

byali believed in his judgment, and this bet was like nothing, purely for fun.

Hearing this, Xu Beifang said:

"Bring me a whole wheat bread and a glass of milk tomorrow morning."

byali rolled his eyes at Xu Beifang speechlessly—

This serious look, making it seem like he is the Gambler God himself.

As Xu Beifang expected, Tyloo eventually won this match, they beat Renegades with a score of 16:10.

But he didn't get to eat the whole wheat bread and a glass of milk, because that guy byali couldn't get up at all!

However, for Xu Beifang, this was just an insignificant episode, and he didn't have to eat this breakfast.

Immediately after, on the last day of the qualifier, Tyloo's state exploded, successfully defeating Green Dragon and advancing to the finals.

Xu Beifang woke up and received a bombing of messages from danking.

danking: Holy crap, Beifang, you are really outrageous, you entered the Major main event just like that??

danking: Tyloo also made it into the Major main event?

danking: Is the quality of this year's Major too poor or what? How come you all made it into the main event and got stickers, I'm learning English in the club every day, my eyes are red!

Xu Beifang replied: It's okay, we are all brothers, if I have a share, you have a share, you can treat my sticker as yours.

danking: Damn! Heartbreaking!

danking: I have to work hard, you all have broken into the international scene, I can't continue to mix in the youth training. Starting today, I will train seriously! No more talking, I'm going to practice shooting.

A few messages made him feel a lot. The domestic CS: GO circle must be very happy now.

If it was his own successful advancement that made them happy, it would be a pretty good appetizer.

And Tyloo's advancement is a heavy main course!

The facts were about the same as Xu Beifang predicted. The arrival of two heavy news caused the CS: GO Tieba and 5E News comment sections in the country to go crazy.

Xu Beifang and Tyloo both successfully advanced to the Legends Stage, making everyone very passionate.

Domestic netizens are discussing the situation of the upcoming Legends Stage, and many people are pulling various teams to analyze their strength.

It's done very seriously, but it is also the most enthusiastic performance of CNCS today.

For CNCS, it's like the New Year now, too excited.

Some people even called 2018 the first year of CNCS, meaning the beginning of the rise!

And not only domestically, Tyloo's successful breakthrough into the Major Legends Stage is a breakthrough performance for the entire Asian CS: GO.

Because this represents the first time Asian CS: GO has advanced to the Legends Stage, which is a leap forward.

September 10, 2018.

The London Major Qualifier stage has been announced as officially over.

After a qualifier is finished, some people stay with joy and laughter, and some leave with sadness and pain.

Only the players themselves know the taste.

And there are a total of 8 teams that finally entered the Major main event—that is, the Legends Stage—from the qualifier, they are:

The veteran North American powerhouse Liquid! The legendary Swedish club NiP!

The terrifying big devil from Denmark, Astralis! North American second brother COL!

The CIS military academy HR! The German tank BIG!

The rest are Tyloo from Huaxia, and VP where Xu Beifang is.

After BIG was beaten into the 2-2 stage by them, they still won in the final day's fighting.

After the match, smooya tweeted with relief: "It was a difficult journey."

He played an average rating of 1.47 on three maps on the last day, narrowly pushing the team into the Legends Stage.

smooya was exhausted by the match. Xu Beifang saw this result and also sighed that they won in advance, otherwise, he was very worried about whether the old men in the team could survive the intensity of advancing on the last day.

Fortunately, they advanced in advance, so their pressure is not that great.

Entering the first rest day, most teams have relaxation time.

However, since the end of the qualifier, teams have been invited to the venue one after another to communicate with Valve's designers and start designing their own stickers.

"Xiao Xu!!"

As soon as Xu Beifang arrived at the venue, he heard someone calling him from the other side.

Turning his head to look, as expected, it was the Tyloo group.

"Here to design stickers?" bondik asked knowingly.

Xu Beifang was a bit nervous and also a bit expectant: "Otherwise, who am I playing against today!"

"We can also go there and have a match! Haha!" bondik was in a very good mood.

For him, being able to make it into the Legends Stage yesterday also removed a heart disease.

His thoughts were actually the same as Xu Beifang's. During the Boston Major before, although he got stickers because of the tournament format, he was not happy inside, because he also believed that only stickers earned by himself are real stickers.

After all, why were the previous Major stickers so important? Because they came with rewards for the excellent, a kind of honor.

It is an affirmation of the player's strength! You can only get this honor if you become one of the 16 strongest teams in the world, letting fans know your name in the game.

As for the prize money that comes with the stickers, he doesn't care much about it.

"Forget it." Xu Beifang rolled his eyes at him, and then asked: "How do you plan to design your sticker? What style are you using?"

bondik put his hands together and told Xu Beifang his amazing idea: "You know, I like mixing smoke, and I was crazy about playing smoke grenades in this qualifier. I have some talent for smoke grenades."

"So I'm going to draw a smoke grenade directly on the sticker!"

Xu Beifang:???

"Did I misunderstand, or did you say it wrong, draw a smoke grenade directly on it? Isn't this thing usually just a signature?"

mo added from the side: "Sigh, this is where you lack experience. Although it is said to be a signature, designers actually like our way of thinking. Valve people like interesting things. As long as it's not excessive, they will agree."

Looking at Xu Beifang's figure, mo said: "Actually, I really have to thank you."

"Why thank me?" Xu Beifang said in surprise.

"Originally, our pressure was actually very high. You know the opponents are actually not weak." mo said, "Then didn't you lead VP into the main event? At that time, DD said 'Since you can lead VP into the main event, why can't we Tyloo'. Everyone felt their fighting spirit ignited inexplicably, and the subsequent matches went much smoother."

Xu Beifang stopped and looked at mo, touching his chin and said: "I feel like you are praising me, but also like you are insulting me."

DD let out a friendly laugh from the side.

The group chatted while walking to an area similar to an interview room.

The Liquid group was also inside, communicating with the designer on the side, with a translator on standby at any time.

VP and Tyloo entered, and there were already many drafts on the table, drawing sticker designs.

Xu Beifang took a look and found that bondik was right, his sticker was really not excessive.

Because he saw Edward from NaVi, the leftmost side of the sticker was a person's profile...

And fer from MIBR, that T was just the shape of a MAC-10...

As for Niko with Cthulhu font, or s1mple with a smiley face, it's not surprising.

Gambit's AdreN, that is, the big gold tooth, because he was an exchange student at Tongji University, he likes Huaxia culture very much, so he simply wrote "Believe" under his sticker.

Every year's sticker design is a time for professional players to express their artistic flair.

Whose sticker is the most interesting will also be evaluated on the internet.

Hmm... perhaps interesting stickers will also be hyped up.

Only naf's sticker from Liquid was not designed completely. Xu Beifang saw the thin and weak EliGE, and a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.

He stepped forward to say hello, and then asked:

"EliGE, I want to ask, how do you usually train for recoil control and fire transfer? I always feel my fire transfer ability is not as silky as yours."

Hearing this, the Liquid group was quite surprised. electronic, who likes to surf the internet, said: "It seems you are really like the rumors on the internet, you like to find people with high levels to learn."

"I like this about you." electronic said with a smile, and could even be said to envy Xu Beifang's ability.

Once affected by school bullying, electronic's personality has always been a bit introverted. Although he got better after entering the esports industry and being influenced by his friends, he is still not that cheerful.

"Is it inconvenient to answer?" Xu Beifang also felt that he might be a bit abrupt.

He also felt in the previous match that he spent too many bullets on fire transfer, and many times he relied on his hand feel to control it. His basic skills were not as solid as riflemen like electronic and EliGE.

So when he met again today, he took the initiative to ask when he thought of it.

"Although it's a bit sudden, it's not a question that can't be answered." EliGE thought for a while, "But I can't answer you now. After I go back, I'll organize my thoughts and make a video. Otherwise, talking intermittently now might affect you instead."

As a player who tends to be a perfectionist, EliGE still hopes to explain this thing clearly and logically.

"Okay, thank you, thank you!" Xu Beifang and EliGE hugged briefly.

naf's side was also designed, and it was VP's turn to start designing their stickers.

"I remember you, your ID is as impressive as s1mple's." The designer said the moment he saw Xu Beifang.

Unlike other people's IDs, this kind of simple word-based ID is always memorable.

And this ID, nice, might be shouted in every match in the esports industry, he couldn't forget it even if he wanted to.

"So what style of ID do you want to design? Can you tell me your requirements and ideas?" After greeting, the designer's question was also very straightforward.

After all, within a few days, he needs to confirm sticker plans for more than a hundred players, and the workload is very large.

Basically, there is not much emotional feedback, only mechanical image modification.

Fortunately, these clients are also quite easy to serve.

"Just make it relatively ordinary. It's just the little dot on the i, I want to turn it into a small flower."

"And the horizontal line of the e, I want to turn it into a zigzag line like w, making the whole e into the shape of an egg."

"That difficulty is indeed not great." The designer nodded and replied, then quickly drew a sketch on the draft paper on the side.

It can only be said that he is worthy of being a professional. Just a sketch made Xu Beifang very satisfied.

But the other party finished the modification in one draft, which always made him feel something was missing.

So he added some details to the other two letters...

Let the structure of the font become more beautiful...

Xu Beifang finally compared several versions.

"Let's use the first version!"

The designer took a deep breath instantly!

Hard!

The fist is hard!

Finished today's update right on time, thrilling!

(End of chapter)