Chapter 127: Buying a Desert Eagle in the Pistol Round, Do You Think You're Ni... Nice?

"This is too perverted, pasha is dreaming back to '14, right?" autimatic complained in the voice chat while doing eye exercises.

This map, Mirage, was their own active choice because their level on this map was pretty good.

Although VP's Mirage win rate had been high recently, from the state the opponent was showing, there wasn't really that strong of a suppression.

On this map, Mirage, relying on Nice's performance alone couldn't save the entire team.

But they didn't expect that today, it wasn't just Nice performing alone.

It was estimated that the old man pasha was exerting force under the table, modifying the time machine to take pasha back 4 years.

pasha's performance with the AWP in Mid today had the strength of the top 3 he once had.

Aggressive and terrifying, even Skadoodle's strength was suppressed by him, and he didn't gain much advantage in the Mid confrontation.

"pasha's AWP is a minor problem, the real problem is A site," RUSH, as the commander, was able to look at the overall situation and find the real problem.

"They defend A site too well, Nice keeps pushing to the near point, basically liberating the defense of A site. This makes pasha, who was originally assisting A, not have to worry about A site, and he can put his focus on Mid. This only requires focusing on the front, naturally there's no pressure."

After consideration, RUSH proposed a solution: "Now there are two choices. The first is to play a conventional A site bomb execution in the second timing, A1 and A2 Floor synchronized, and catch Nice. The defense of A site actually isn't that exaggerated, Nice is the core of this defense, as long as he dies, A site is completely split."

"What about the second one?" golden asked.

"The second is to finish the first wave of utility exchange, directly launch a B site rush, or seal two smokes in Mid and play a fast B Small pinch B." RUSH explained. "Simply put, it's to let that Nice play the clutch, and not fight him in the first wave head-on."

Players who can play the clutch don't necessarily have strong head-on ability.

Especially after watching a few of VP's demos, they discovered this information.

In this Major qualifier, although Nice had some 1v2 or 1v3 clutch situations, he often played very "straight," purely relying on aim to win head-on.

This type of gunner player actually doesn't need to worry much; players like X9 who seem to have wallhacks in clutch situations are the ones who really put pressure on people.

Yeah... but first they had to take down B bomb site and get the match into a clutch situation.

"Let's just play a Mid pinch B in the second timing, avoiding those guys with hot hands." autimatic gave his own thoughts.

Their final choice was to put the attack target on B site.

The countdown ended, giving a VIP smoke and an Archway inner smoke at the start, blocking the output of pasha's AWP.

RUSH came to the T Spawn, threw a fire at the left side of the Sandbag, and threw a flashbang to the left of the Sandbag himself, leading the team to launch an attack.

"The score is 8:0, although VP played beautifully, I still don't want to see this kind of one-sided situation." Ai Hua was using his signature "poisonous milk" to cheer for VP.

Originally, he was also a neutral commentator.

But unfortunately, his commentary was too poisonous; domestic CS: GO fans called him a "mage" because often when he commented, he was casting spells on site, and the poisonous milk effect was immediate.

So in this qualifier, his commentary on Tyloo and VP was pessimistic.

Like saying things like "Tyloo is 5v1 now, this round is over, the opponent has a great chance to turn it around 1v5" as a utilitarian milk commentary.

But fortunately, the final result of the utilitarian milk was good; VP and Tyloo both broke into the Legends Stage matches.

Ai Hua naturally hoped they could go further, so even if he lost some neutrality in commentary, it didn't matter.

"At the start, C9 gave a Mid VIP smoke and an Archway smoke, burned a VIP fire, and Nice's position was forced back."

"But because this is a 3B defense, michu and neo in B Small have actually strafed to B Small to defend!"

"neo was blinded, autimatic sprayed and directly took him out! michu strafed out to help make up the shot, but RUSH also found an angle to make up the shot, michu didn't win the duel!!"

A fierce exchange of fire between the two sides at the start directly brought the numbers to 3v5.

pasha in B2 Floor was carrying an AWP at this time, and took out the terrorist who was silently pushing forward with one shot, bringing the first good news to the team.

However, because of this, his information was also exposed.

"AWP is in B! 4v3, which side to push?" autimatic asked.

"Rotate from Archway to A," RUSH said.

Although B site lost two members, with an AWP guarding it, this wave of B site pinch attack wasn't easy to play.

Because the further the distance of the duel, the more the AWP was favored. Today pasha's state was good, so it was better not to touch his bad luck.

"Must pay attention to that Nice," autimatic reminded.

During the match, they would often make trade-offs because of the pros and cons of an attack, but once they launched an attack, they wouldn't worry so much.

RUSH nodded: "He should be in that A1 area, I'll hold it later."

After deciding on the direction of the general attack, they pushed toward A site from Archway.

They cleared the points quickly, didn't see anyone at first, and chose to place a B Small Archway bomb.

Xu Beifang heard the beeping sound and silently touched out.

Then he was directly held by RUSH on the Bench.

RUSH said excitedly: "I knew this guy was in A1!"

This guy's frequency of pushing forward was too frequent, and he had been completely figured out by them!

But suddenly he remembered, it seemed like there was nothing to be happy about.

After figuring out the opponent's position, they hadn't been able to get a single point until now.

They knew Nice was in A1, but they just couldn't beat him.

This was equivalent to the opponent showing his cards from the start, but you just couldn't play, and for a moment RUSH was a bit silent.

"Nice was held dead in A1, byali is in CT Spawn, not very easy to move!"

"pasha still wants to try, VP is already a millionaire across the board, even if they lose their guns it doesn't matter. If they can find an opportunity with the AWP, there's still a chance for operation."

"But B Small still has someone covering the back, pasha's AWP just opened the scope, and faced a big strafe from the left, and was directly killed."

"byali directly turned his head and walked toward the CT Spawn spawn point. Judging from VP's ideas these days, this is preparing to save an AK-47 for Nice. C9 came over to collect the guns, byali only traded one, this AK finally couldn't be saved."

The moment the round was won, looking at their own score completing the transformation from zero to 1.

The C9 team room erupted in cheers, letting out a long breath.

"It's getting better, brothers!" RUSH turned his head and said to his teammates. "Got the first point, this is a good start. Next, the match will enter our rhythm, continue to work hard, as long as we can get 5 points, we'll have a chance to turn it around in the second half."

Being fully suppressed in the early stage was very uncomfortable.

As long as the team's morale picked up, and autimatic and Skadoodle found their feel, there was still a chance to turn it around.

Now the score was 8:1, both sides had a 7-point difference, but they had achieved a reversal in the Boston Major final, and this was just an ordinary BO1 in the Legends Stage, they believed they could achieve a reversal.

The C9 group bumped fists and invested in the match again with expectations in their hearts.

But 15 minutes later...

RUSH grabbed his hair, unable to believe the scene before him.

The first half ended, and the score between the two sides stayed at 13:2.

After that transformation from 0 to 1, they did indeed start to score.

But they only got 1 point. That Nice on the other side finally didn't stay in A1 for long—

He directly pushed out of A1!

Several pushes, the opponent was always able to win in head-on duels.

And in several rounds, they fought head-on, only to find that the bomb had been forgotten at home.

When they went back to pick up the bomb, they found that a big boss was already guarding the bomb there.

So Nice, was pushing to A1 still too restrained for you?

Everyone was numb!

In the VP player area.

The players bumped fists.

"Played well in the first half, keep a good mood, strive to take it down in one wave!" neo said.

They didn't expect C9's strength to become so abstract now.

As a Legends Stage team, they were now more like 5 ladder random players queuing together.

In this level of competition, they were full of loopholes, neo didn't even make any too specific instructions, most were defaults and then members played their own games, and the match was easily won.

The glory of the North American dark horse in the first half had now dimmed along with the scattering of its members.

The strength they showed now was still there, but it was too far from what it once was!

"I really carried hard this round," pasha said. "19 kills in the first half, it's been a long time since this happened."

As the defensive side in the first half, pasha was really killing it in Mid.

Various dry strafes and peeks directly gave the opponent a one-shot kill, and even repeeked to find the opponent for a duel, directly hitting pasha's confidence.

This was also why in the first half of the first half, Xu Beifang didn't push forward much in A1.

Because teammates could get an advantage in the early stage, one person killing the opponent seven or eight times in Mid, why would he take any risks at such a time?

The second half of the first half was pasha being restricted by the opponent's utility, and only then did he become the team's attacking point, actively looking for opportunities.

And he also had to admit that this Major champion, C9, was in terrible shape now.

After knowing he was going to push forward, they often couldn't hold him, and the person who gave him a forward push also hit his confidence.

It only took 6 months for a Major champion-level team to fall, which was sigh-inducing.

"Maintain this mentality, take the pistol round in the second half, end it directly, let's get a 1-0!" kuben shouted from behind.

The 3-minute halftime break ended, and VP focused their attention back on the match.

Both sides swapped offense and defense, and VP came to the attacking side.

"Since everyone's feel is good, let's find them for a duel, you four all buy half-armor..."

neo hadn't finished speaking when he saw pasha buy a Desert Eagle.

neo: "..."

pasha quickly explained: "Mistake, bought it too fast."

He opened the wheel to buy, and then his hand clicked too fast, don't know how he clicked on the Desert Eagle.

byali asked: "Do you want to apply for a round restart?"

In professional teams, there are many things like wrong purchases of weapons and utility.

Before both sides have caused damage, the tournament group can support a restart.

neo thought about it: "Forget it, keep it for yourself, don't delay everyone's time, a Desert Eagle isn't impossible to play."

pasha shook his head, then threw the Desert Eagle in front of Xu Beifang: "I'm not very good at using this thing, Nice, give me the Glock."

Their frequency of using weapons like the Desert Eagle for single-tap positioning wasn't high. At the current stage, pasha's purchase of pistols was still mainly CZ.

Xu Beifang took the Desert Eagle, smiling to ease the team atmosphere: "Looks like I'm going to be NiKo for a round today."

"We don't need NiKo, we have Nice, that's enough." neo's words were very heartwarming, and then he continued to arrange tactics: "Originally I wanted pasha to buy utility, so byali would buy smoke and flash, you directly give the Archway inner smoke, and this time we won't play A, turn around and play B from B Small."

"Nice, this wave depends on your Desert Eagle performance!" neo smiled.

The countdown ended, although the opening was a bit unexpected, it didn't affect their mood.

VIP smoke and Archway smoke were given one after another, and the main force directly strafed toward Mid.

Skadoodle stood in VIP, saw many people at the first moment, pointed a few shots and wanted to run.

"Bang!"

【Nice used Desert Eagle to headshot kill Skadoodle】

"Ah!!!" Being killed by the opponent's Desert Eagle at the first moment, Skadoodle was a bit dumbfounded, but still hurriedly shouted, "Many people in Mid, that Nice on the other side directly bought a Desert Eagle!!"

He was a bit dumbfounded. He had bought a smoke grenade and a defuse kit this round.

Originally, he wanted to rely on the advantage of long distance in Mid, relying on cover to draw and shoot.

This way, even if the opponent tapped his head with a Glock, he still had health to survive and a chance to react.

Where did he think that the opponent would pull out a Desert Eagle in the pistol round and take him out with one shot.

Damn! You really think you're NiKo!

VIP smoke and Archway inner smoke were given, RUSH was very vigilant about these two pieces of utility, and Skadoodle was killed in Mid, which was an even more dangerous piece of information.

"autimatic, you can go to A to supplement, feels like they are going to come out of Archway to A!"

RUSH, as the commander, analyzed quite a few of VP's recordings before the match.

Among them, VP's tactic of sealing the Archway inner smoke to rush Jungle, he had a deep impression of.

autimatic heard the commander's judgment, and also immediately walked from the outside of B site to the Supermarket to retake.

But just as he walked away, he suddenly heard teammates in B site shouting: "B site flashbang!! Many people in B Small!!"

STYKO frantically asked for help in the voice chat. autimatic had just left, and in the B2 Floor, he was hit by the flashbang thrown by the opponent.

He waited for two seconds and peeked out to take a look, wanting to catch the timing of B2 Floor.

As a result, he found that B2 Floor was empty, and the opponent was all in B Small.

He didn't kill the opponent with a sneak shot, but instead had his position discovered, and a group of people rushed over.

"STYKO was locked dead behind the White Car, killed michu with one headshot and was then made up by pasha. Although it was a 1-for-1, after VP took the bomb site, it was a 4v3 clutch defending the bomb."

"This wave of C9 retake isn't easy to play!"

B site C4 was planted, the A site trio thought about it and chose to group up to make up the shots.

autimatic picked up the smoke grenade and defuse kit dropped by Skadoodle in VIP, and started to gather with teammates to walk toward B site.

VP's utility was mostly used in the first wave, so after taking the B bomb site, there were no smoke grenades to seal the Supermarket.

Now it was in a very open terrain.

But similarly, this open terrain also meant C9's retake wouldn't face it, and they could only fight with real swords and guns.

autimatic pushed a smoke grenade near the Sofa, intending to protect his flank, and then came to search the right side of the Supermarket against the wall.

After the smoke grenade exploded, he strafed out.

"Bang!"

"Da da da!"

The right side of the Supermarket against the wall indeed had someone, but a Desert Eagle from afar hit him with one shot, plus the terrorist against the wall tapping with a Glock, instantly killing him!

【neo used Glock to kill autimatic】

RUSH strafed out to make up the shot, and took out neo at the corner with one shot.

But the Desert Eagle sound rang out again from afar, and a bullet hit his head accurately and fiercely.

Like an arrow, it flew with huge force.

【Nice used Desert Eagle to headshot kill RUSH】

Teammates died one after another in front of him, golden was a bit hesitant.

After waiting for two seconds, he pre-aimed at the B Small Archway and strafed out.

"Da!"

This time there was no Desert Eagle sound, but byali had already touched near the B site Second Box at some point, and with one Glock bullet, he took him out with one shot.

The score reached 14:2, C9's mentality had entered a state of collapse.

They already knew that this map was gone today...

There's an easter egg chapter coming up, it's a sticker picture made by a big shot in the comment section. Thanks to "Xu Mouren Wants to Drink Fat House Water" for making the sticker picture, thanks, big shot.

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