Chapter 124: Sao 0's Aim Training Advice

The Major qualifiers had concluded, and the players entered a brief period of rest.

However, the CS: GO section on Twitter remained extremely lively. Everyone was discussing the upcoming schedule and predicting the Legends Stage, trying to see which teams would advance.

Most of the bloggers on the forum had shared their opinions; after all, with the Major Pick'Em Challenge here, everyone was very passionate about it.

Whether they wanted to see their favorite teams advance or wanted to prove they were CS: GO experts by showing off that 2018 London Major Diamond Coin, everyone in the forum was arguing heatedly.

For powerhouses like Astralis, NaVi, FaZe, and NiP, everyone generally placed them in the "advance" category.

As for teams like compLexity and HellRaisers, most people either didn't pick them or placed them directly in the 0-3 group.

As for the netizens' choices regarding VP, they were slightly polarized.

Although Xu Beifang had performed very well during the qualifiers, anyone with a discerning eye could see that VP's advancement had been a struggle.

Once they entered the Legends Stage, the difficulty would only increase, so they didn't believe Nice could carry VP very far on his own.

As for the fans in the Huaxia domestic community, they blindly placed VP and Tyloo in their advancement sequences.

Of course, there were some who engaged in "poisonous milk" (jinxing), placing VP in the 0-3 group.

They all hoped their home-grown players could go further.

VP's fans hoped even more that Nice could carry VP through a few more rounds; even if they only won a few more matches, it would be enough to show their style in the Legends Stage.

However, having successfully made it into the Legends Stage, they naturally harbored a secret hope that they could continue to push forward.

There were also some comments suggesting that Nice's aggressive playstyle wouldn't work in the Legends Stage, and they were waiting in the wings to watch the show.

Whether it was cheering or mockery, it didn't actually have much of an impact on Xu Beifang.

In his previous life, he could turn a blind eye to being constantly PUA'd by his boss; these disparaging comments felt weak to him.

Moreover, these negative comments didn't affect his normal life, which was why he could still maintain a good mood.

Xu Beifang ate his breakfast while thinking about today's itinerary.

Aside from the team needing to review matches every night, the rest of the time was mostly free for the next few days.

After all, even if they wanted to get busy, there was no way to do so.

Once they entered the Major, there were no more practice matches to be played.

Theoretically, they could arrange practice with teams that had been eliminated, like Gambit or Grayhound.

But firstly, teams eliminated from the Major immediately lost the right to use the practice rooms.

On the day they were eliminated, they had to clear out their things from the practice room to make space for the members of the previous Major's Champions Stage.

It was extremely cold and ruthless.

So even if the likes of Gambit were willing to help them practice, there was no venue, unless they ran to an internet cafe to play as a five-stack.

Secondly, the Gambit guys had already been eliminated and were now in the "publicly funded tourism" phase.

They were already unhappy about being knocked out; why would they selflessly help you play practice matches?

What kind of sweet dream were you having?

So now, the VP group only needed to maintain a certain amount of basic training every day to keep their feel for the game; the rest of the time was free.

Neo and pasha had asked some local British fans to borrow two sets of gear and planned to go fishing together.

"Nice, are you coming?"

Xu Beifang waved his hand: "On such a beautiful day, I won't go baiting holes with you guys. Don't end up buying fish at the market later!"

Hearing this, pasha was furious and swore that he would catch a full bucket today to show Xu Beifang what real skill was!

The two "air force" members left with a pile of gear, and Xu Beifang enjoyed his breakfast alone.

michu and byali were still sleeping in their beds; only Xu Beifang was idle, preparing to transform into an internet-addicted teenager once again.

He prepared to start his daily training after finishing breakfast.

While eating a sandwich, he scrolled through Twitter.

Xu Beifang saw elige tag him, and below that, he had posted a video:

"Hello everyone, I am elige. At Nice's request, I have made a video today on recoil control and spray transfer training."

"Over the years, I have mastered the technique of spraying, and I consider it my strength. I am very happy that Nice took the initiative to ask me for advice. Next, I will demonstrate how I control recoil and explain my thought process and practice methods. Nice, you can consider how to learn this..."

Ji Ge was so fast!

Xu Beifang was a bit surprised; he had only asked Ji Ge for advice the afternoon before yesterday, and Ji Ge had already made the video!

It could only be said that he was worthy of being a perfectionist academic student, a dual-fan professional player of StarCraft and CS: GO, and the sole defender of vanilla skins.

It wasn't just Xu Beifang who was surprised; elige's fans were also quite surprised, and there was a lot of discussion in the comment section:

"elige posted a practice video again? Time to learn!"

"Received Nice's request? VP's Nice? Is he really as fond of asking for others' advice as they say online?"

"Correction, it's advice from successful people. Nice has an eye for talent. I think elige's recoil control and spray transfer are in a league of their own! Even Coldzera can't compare."

Ji Ge's fans were very happy, and their impression of Xu Beifang was also quite good, because Xu Beifang's request meant that he believed elige's recoil control and spray transfer were very powerful.

This was exactly the same as their own thoughts!

People always look for key points that align with their own views; this is human nature.

Xu Beifang had also gained many overseas fans recently due to his outstanding results.

It was just that he didn't like to come out and interact, which made the fans a bit unhappy.

There were also some passersby who believed that Nice's previous experiences had been exaggerated by fans, and some even felt a bit of aversion toward him because of his high popularity on Twitter recently.

But this video from elige confirmed that Nice was a player who liked to ask others for advice.

A group of passersby felt a strange sense of contrast.

In matches, he was wildly arrogant; the most aggressive position you could think of was often the most conservative position for Nice. He never defended safely from the back, and his entire game style was defined by the word "wild"!

But outside of matches, he would humbly ask other players for advice on areas where he wasn't doing well, giving people the feeling of a humble, sunny teenager.

It was like a seemingly dissolute playboy who was actually just all talk, a wizard who hadn't even touched a girl's hand in over 20 years.

Someone who shouted every day that they were into pure love, but secretly wore a cuckold's mask.

The strong sense of contrast made them instantly like this teenager.

After elige released this video, Xu Beifang's attention skyrocketed.

But he didn't care much about that; instead, he carefully watched the aim training advice Ji Ge had given him.

On the screen, Sao 0 cautiously shared his thoughts: "On this map, Recoil Master, you can practice basic recoil control; this map is already a cliché."

"Next, let me talk about my personal experience. I like to practice recoil control in Deathmatch, doing moving target practice, actively performing spray transfers, and engaging in deliberate practice, about an hour a day."

"Because Deathmatch can simulate too many situations in matches, you don't need to focus on kills, just perform as many spray transfers as possible. This is my practice method for spray transfers; I hope you can get some help from it, Nice. Following this are some clips of my practice."

【Drip!】

【Received suggestion: Practice the method of adapting to spray transfers in Deathmatch for 1 hour. This suggestion is a long-term suggestion; completing it daily will grant a D-rank Treasure Chest.】

Having received another suggestion mission, Xu Beifang's eyes lit up.

However, compared to the suggestion mission, Ji Ge's thought process was even more important to him.

Deliberate practice—this had always been one of Xu Beifang's approaches. Whether it was practicing positioning or watching the POVs of top players, he watched them with a very strong sense of purpose.

He had learned quite a few techniques from this, which were of great help to Xu Beifang.

Previously in matches, he had noticed his shortcomings in recoil control.

Because of his powerful positioning ability, he hadn't actually focused on recoil control; after all, in many head-on duels, he relied on pre-aiming or secondary positioning to secure kills, and most of the time, he wouldn't exceed 7 bullets.

He rarely encountered situations where the opponent rushed him, so recoil control had been shelved.

But after finishing the match against BIG, he realized he still needed to improve this aspect. Otherwise, like that time on Inferno yesterday, if his recoil control level had been better, that AK spray might have had a few bullets left, giving him a chance to get a five-kill.

Unknowingly, his positioning had actually reached a level of 90, while his recoil control was still around 81; the data gap was slightly large.

Xu Beifang continued to watch elige's subsequent Deathmatch footage to gain experience.

Watching the Deathmatch footage of a top player was a kind of enjoyment.

In a Deathmatch room on Dust II, the moment elige saw someone, he pulled his crosshair over, then positioned and sprayed, pulling it onto the second person.

By this time, there was usually no one left in his field of vision, and only then did he start repositioning to find someone else to engage.

Watching this, Xu Beifang discovered that there was still a difference between elige's aiming method and his own.

Thanks to his positioning level and firing habits, Xu Beifang didn't fire the moment he saw someone nowadays; instead, he would pull his crosshair up in an extremely short amount of time, aiming at the opponent's head before firing and spraying.

elige's aiming method pursued stability and efficiency more, dealing damage in the shortest amount of time.

And Xu Beifang's aiming method was to strive for a one-shot kill performance, even if it was slightly slower!

Ji Ge belonged to the traditional aiming method, which had to do with some of the mechanics of CS: GO in the past, leading most people to be accustomed to this spray-based playstyle.

This was also why players like Twistzz, ScreaM, and NiKo, who had extremely high headshot rates, were so famous.

Because at this stage, the single-tap playstyle of players like ScreaM and NiKo was considered a high-risk playstyle.

Even Xu Beifang's playstyle of aiming at the head first before firing was an anomaly among some professional players.

After all, during this period, Astralis even had a playstyle of placing the headshot line at the chest to increase fault tolerance; everyone sought stability more than explosive power.

But Xu Beifang didn't intend to change his playstyle, because he understood that as long as he could persist in training, his floor could be maintained.

And in the future, his way of aiming and firing would be the choice of mainstream gunners.

In the future, players like b1t, Coldzera, Boros, Zywoo, and Broky would all use this playstyle.

Pursuing higher individual returns so that after the duel ended, they would be in a better state to continue attacking or face the remaining clutch situation.

It could only be said that stability was what those who needed to defend their empire, like Astralis, had to do.

For someone like Xu Beifang who wanted to conquer the world, he needed to max out his individual combat power!

The risk of the playstyle didn't matter, as long as the return was high!

Later on, he even prepared to ask NiKo about single-tap and Desert Eagle techniques.

"So there's no need to learn everything. My aiming method will remain as it is: for the first kill, I won't pursue rapid positioning, but rather a headshot one-tap, and only then will I spray transfer."

After Xu Beifang figured this out, he directly typed a reply in the comment section:

"Thanks, elige. I'll go practice and try it out."

The comment section was very hot, and a bunch of people immediately grabbed him to start a live stream.

Although he didn't know how to do foreign live streaming, someone else did!

byali helped Xu Beifang set up the streaming software with a look of resentment before returning to bed to lie down.

Xu Beifang then started his first live streaming journey on an overseas platform.

"Day one of learning spray transfer from elige!"

【It's here!】

【Nice is actually doing it! Too cool!!】

【Let's test Nice's level】

【Streaming on a rest day, Nice is a real model worker】

When Xu Beifang was watching elige's video, he had actually already warmed up his hands, and the 1,000 bots had been finished.

He directly found a TG Deathmatch server to enter for practice.

"Today, the main thing is to practice the plan elige taught me and see if it's easy to use," Xu Beifang explained the reason for starting the stream today.

Xu Beifang first planned to use his previous method to find a feel for it.

The map was randomly selected as Dust II, and he walked out of Mid Doors carrying an AK-47.

Seeing an enemy on the A Short channel, he quickly counter-strafed, pulled his crosshair over rapidly, and fired.

"Bang!"

Then, the moment he walked out of Mid Doors, he saw a head in the distant T Spawn, and made a micro-adjustment to his positioning.

"Bang!"

He strafed horizontally and saw three enemies on the B1 level.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Three rapid positionings, directly clearing the entire B1 level.

Securing these 5 kills in less than 3 seconds, Xu Beifang had already completed several counter-strafe, position, and fire sequences.

The new viewers in the live stream were instantly dumbfounded.

【????】

【WTF!!!】

【Someone is spinning in this Deathmatch!! Nice is playing dirty!!】

【Naive me thought Nice's level was really not good】

【Is this what the pros call 'not good level'??】

【VAC!!!】

【He's just standing in the middle of the road directing traffic. I took a look, this isn't official matchmaking Deathmatch either, this is a TG server!】

Because official matchmaking Deathmatch usually has many beginners, many players with a certain level can also achieve good results when they go in.

But TG servers are usually training grounds for high-level players and professionals, and the quality is very exaggerated.

Yet Xu Beifang was still able to put on such a stunning performance, which was simply eye-popping.

Xu Beifang got 11 kills in one life before finally being picked off by an enemy from behind.

By this time, he had found some feel for it and started trying to practice the method Ji Ge taught him.

The moment he saw someone, he still positioned rapidly and took out the first one, but if a second person appeared in his field of vision, he would directly crouch, pull his crosshair over, and control the spray.

For the first few times, this playstyle didn't give him good feedback.

Because once he decided to spray transfer, his own position was actually restricted.

So this playstyle was actually more suitable for standing in some "all-in" positions.

Xu Beifang suddenly understood why Electronic's recoil control was so outstanding; after all, he stood in the Pit every round, and whenever he encountered someone, it was a group.

The result of poor recoil control was dying frantically; under that kind of high pressure, his recoil control and spray transfer level were trained out.

Xu Beifang started practicing and, based on his own judgment, continuously and consciously adjusted his firing and recoil control timing.

In his view, Ji Ge's practice method was very good, it just had to be used at specific times.

Even if he didn't use this playstyle very frequently.

But professional matches were like this; there were some techniques you might not use, but you definitely couldn't not know them.

For example, if you were holding an angle in a very mysterious position, and the opponent jumped over without any awareness, if you only did a short spray and then adjusted, or if a spray didn't kill the opponent...

Then that was the opponent giving you a chance, and you were the one who wasn't good enough!

Xu Beifang played Deathmatch for two hours, and he gradually felt his recoil control trajectory becoming silky smooth; his spraying felt more intuitive than before.

If before it was just purely memorizing the trajectory, now there was a bit of a feeling of "man and gun as one."

The previous theory was continuously integrating into his muscle memory during this large amount of practice.

Xu Beifang took a sip of water, planning to practice for another ten minutes before dragging Zywoo to play some FPL.

Just at this moment, he suddenly saw a barrage message in the live stream:

【Nice, go look quickly, the stickers are out!!】

Xu Beifang:!!!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 125 =====