Chapter 151: The supreme Nice arrived in his loyal Paris today!

The grand transfer period is passing by. Apart from the small game of helping Nice find a team constantly upgrading in the community, there haven't been any major personnel changes unexpectedly. For a time, it looks like "loud thunder but small rain."

In the entire first-tier tournament, there are not many transfer records.

After Xu Beifang rejected Fnatic, Flusha finally joined C9; STYKO's poor performance couldn't satisfy the ambitious C9.

As for Fnatic, as expected, they chose the Headshot Brother and Twist (Little Director) in the first place, but after the trial, they didn't accept the Headshot Brother's joining, and finally set their sights on a player named Brollan from Red Reserve.

And the Danish team Optic, which didn't perform well at the Major, bought North's Little NiKo back.

Then there is the former SS big brother Xantares, the FPL chief instructor chose to leave SS, but now he hasn't found his next home and is in a state of unemployment.

Then there are some slightly interesting transfer news, such as:

A Latvian player named YEKINDAR joined a team called 100Pro.

A Danish amateur team named Fragsters chose to officially start their professional path and began looking for an agent with vision. Their roster is as follows: stavn, dragonfly, torben, bubzkji, refrezh.

This team only started their official professional path in July this year. Before July, because stavn was still in school, they didn't put much energy into the game's competition.

But even so, the team's ranking is still as high as 25th in the world!

And there is a very interesting thing: stavn, dragonfly, and their coach lifedance in this team are three brothers.

From the small to the big, one can see the terrifying development power of Danish CS: GO today.

These transfer news are certainly eye-catching, but the players in the forum are more curious about one piece of information.

Where is Nice's next home?

October 15, 2018.

Paris Airport, France.

Forgot the front, forgot the middle... The supreme Nice arrived in his loyal Paris today!

"apEX, I've arrived in Paris."

After walking out of the airport, Xu Beifang immediately told apEX his itinerary.

"You walk outside, we are holding a sign outside, you should be able to see it." As he was speaking, apEX saw the tall figure walking towards him not far away and immediately waved to signal, "Nice, I'm here!"

Xu Beifang scanned a circle forward and saw two middle-aged men at the airport entrance holding a "Nice" sign and waving at him.

He recognized that it was the French "Humble Bean" apEX and the French "Big Cannon" RpK.

Carrying his luggage, he waved and walked towards them.

"Nice, hello!!" apEX waved very enthusiastically, and then very naturally took a suitcase from Xu Beifang's hand.

Being able to finally win this "fragrant bun" during the transfer period, apEX's dreams recently were all scenes of lifting the cup.

"Yes, you are apEX and RpK, right? I am your fan."

RpK immediately widened his eyes and hurriedly said: "You really shouldn't be my fan."

After the London Major, Xu Beifang crazily knifed and shocked Olof in the show match, which caused Xu Beifang's sentence "I am your fan" to become a small-scale popular meme.

Plus the fact that he also had that sentence when he beat Pasha on FACEIT before, now he has become a professional at beating idols.

"Don't stand here and chat. Welcome to Paris. Let's go to the parking lot first. Coach XTQZZZ is waiting for us in the parking lot."

The three soon arrived at the parking lot, and Xu Beifang also met this bald coach.

Although there wasn't a single hair on his face, XTQZZZ's smile was still very warm.

The two greeted each other, and they drove back to the Vitality club.

"Zywoo and the others originally wanted to pick you up, but worried that you brought too much luggage, so I didn't let him come." apEX explained to Xu Beifang.

Xu Beifang nodded: "It's okay, but you have to speak slower. I have no problem listening now, but if you speak too fast, I need time to react."

After deciding to come to Vitality, he started working hard to learn French, but language learning still takes a certain amount of time.

He can understand most of it now, and can barely communicate daily.

However, apEX, who speaks non-stop like a machine gun, was a bit difficult for him.

apEX nodded, also realizing that because of Xu Beifang's performance, he treated him directly as a Frenchman. However, from the current situation, communication wouldn't be a big problem later.

He slowed down the rhythm of his speech and introduced some characteristic places along the way to Xu Beifang, saying he could bring him to play when resting.

"If there are no accidents, we can reach the club in just two hours." The coach XTQZZZ in front replied casually.

But if there are no accidents, there will always be accidents.

"Why is that group of people gathered together in front?" Xu Beifang asked curiously.

apEX waved his hand: "Hi, just parading, nothing important."

Xu Beifang looked at apEX with some doubt; he couldn't believe the answer he heard.

apEX also reacted to the different regional habits and explained to Xu Beifang: "Parades are very normal in Paris, you'll get used to it. We have parades every Saturday here, and sometimes there are different parade teams with different demands in one area."

"Parades have become daily??" Xu Beifang felt like he was listening to a heavenly book.

But the large crowd in front and the accustomed expressions of RpK and coach XTQZZZ next to him all told him that this was indeed a very normal thing.

And besides parades, French cars must also yield to pedestrians, which caused the driving speed to slow down again after entering the city.

XTQZZZ reminded: "It might be a bit slow today, you can take a nap in the car, and I'll wake you up when we reach the club."

Getting off the plane, Xu Beifang originally had some sleepiness, but everything in Paris was fresh to him. He was like "Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden," how could he sleep?

RpK had no sleepiness. Hearing the coach's words, he took out a book about Cthulhu from the back of the car and started reading it as if no one else was there.

And Xu Beifang watched for a while, and suddenly thought of one thing.

"By the way, have you seen the update V-Valve made on the 10th?"

apEX nodded: "There are more choices after losing the pistol round. Now if you can't plant the bomb, it's the best choice to buy nothing."

On October 10th, V-Valve ushered in an update for several mechanisms of the CS: GO competitive system:

First, the economy after the pistol round was adjusted.

Before this update, the side that lost the pistol round only had 1400 economy, but now it has become 1900 economy. If there are more consecutive losing rounds, add 500 on this basis. The overall increment is 1900, 2400, 2900, 3400, and 3400 is the maximum economic reward.

Losing the pistol round, if you don't buy guns in the second round, you can have more than 4300 economy in the third round.

Coach "Big Baldy" in front replied: "And there is an advantage. If it is the offensive side, you can have full guns and full grenades in the third round, and the combat power is directly reversed. I have to say that this update by V-Valve has accelerated the overall rhythm a lot."

RpK nodded and added on the side: "Indeed, it was a bit too powerless if you lost the pistol round before."

With only 1400 economic support before, it was hard to do any tricks. Now everyone has 500 more economy, and the overall optional plans are many.

"Now if you plant the bomb in the pistol round, you will have about 2700 economy, and you can even scrape together a Hero AK."

apEX thought, "It's not just Hero AK. If you follow the way VP played before, after a force buy, you can even have three long guns in the second round. The probability of a comeback in the second round is so high!"

Although he saw the update before, he just felt that there were some changes after the pistol round and didn't pay much attention.

Discussing it specifically now, he realized that this small economic change would have a earth-shaking impact on the overall battle situation.

Xu Beifang was a bit strange: "Could it be that you haven't paid attention to the changes in firearms?"

The adjustment of the economy will certainly make the game change greatly, but the biggest change this time is actually the firearms!

"CZ75 has been weakened. Both the rate of fire at close range and the accuracy at medium range are much lower than before. V-Valve wants to reduce the probability of ECO comebacks. This change is indeed very obvious. Everyone will pay more attention to the Desert Eagle in the choice of pistols." The coach replied in front.

"Tec-9 has enhanced accuracy at medium range, but it doesn't feel better than the Desert Eagle."

Vitality was not sensitive to this update, which Xu Beifang expected.

After all, only NRG and ENCE benefited from this update.

Various contract matters have been discussed, and he only needs to sign his big name on the contract next, and he will become a member of Vitality.

Here he no longer hides: "Brothers, the biggest change in this update is actually the changes that happened to the two scoped rifles!"

apEX was a bit surprised. He didn't expect Xu Beifang to have this idea. "But SG553 and AUG haven't been enhanced in this update! M4 and AK47 are enough to use."

As professional players of an FPS game, their mainstream concepts haven't been placed on studying the game mechanism itself.

Even internally, they more or less carry a bit of discrimination, thinking that those are "rookie guns!"

And before, SG553 and AUG should have been too expensive. Some professional players didn't even use them once in professional matches for a year.

Xu Beifang counted with his fingers, explaining his understanding: "I don't know if you have tested the firing speed of several main battle weapons? I tested it on the 10th. Whether it is the defensive side or the offensive side, the two scoped rifles have a DPS far higher than conventional main battle weapons."

"And it only costs 50 more economy, and you can get long-range fire capability. This is simply too cost-effective!"

apEX couldn't believe it: "There is such a thing?"

"And I guess you haven't practiced the recoil of SG553 much usually. Its recoil trajectory is much easier than AK47. After hitting the first two shots, just press down to the lower left. Even if I let Pasha play, he can press SG553 very well."

"Similarly, you also underestimated AUG. In the case of similar economy, its effect is far higher than M4. AUG can open the mirror to frame the crossing point at long range, and at close range, it can even explode the head of full armor with one shot!"

RpK was a bit surprised: "This thing can also explode the head with one shot??"

In their impression, the only ones that can explode the head with one shot with head armor are AK47, SG553, AWP, Auto Sniper, Scout, Desert Eagle, and close-range FN57.

For the situation of AUG exploding the head at close range, it was really in their knowledge blind spot.

Mainly because this thing, they basically didn't use it much before, so they didn't know enough.

"Only close range can explode the head, similar to the balcony of the town's A2 floor hitting people on the flying floor. This distance can explode the head of full armor." Xu Beifang explained.

Actually, it is similar to FN57, the damage reduction is very severe at a slightly longer distance.

"It turns out that there are so many things hidden in this update?" apEX said to Xu Beifang in shock. "It seems that the entire professional circle will be reshuffled soon!"

The changes brought about by such a huge update can allow teams that seize the opportunity in advance to soar directly.

And those teams that didn't learn it in the first time can only be beaten passively.

How did NiP's invincible winning streak come about? A large part of the reason is that they were exposed to CS: GO in advance and began to study various props and tactics in CS: GO very early, leading the entire CS: GO in all aspects.

"Let's try it after returning to the club. Borrow an analyst from the League of Legends division next door, and let's calculate the fault tolerance and output per second of the firearms." Coach "Big Baldy" in front also knew the seriousness of the problem.

Before, they didn't care much about these basic firearm data in the game, because they all came from 1.6. Many of them relied purely on feeling. Galil is better than FAMAS, M4 is better than Galil, and AK is the best weapon among all rifles.

These are all understandings of actual combat and experience, but they have never thought about calculating with economy, which is why they are not sensitive to these contents.

But coach "Big Baldy" is also a very smart person. From this conversation with Xu Beifang, they discovered this young man's sensitivity to various data in CS: GO, and also began to consciously prepare for test comparisons.

And he also realized that the club now needs a full-time analyst.

He looked at Xu Beifang, who was talking eloquently in the rearview mirror, as if he had discovered a treasure!

He suddenly felt that building this new team this time might be a very important choice.

Xu Beifang looked at the parade team outside the window, and there was a longing for the future in his heart. Borrowing the east wind of this version update, he felt that Vitality might be able to get ENCE's script!

Even these legendary players of Vitality are not sensitive to this update, what about other teams?

If he remembers correctly, all major first-tier teams started to use it slowly by following the trend. If Vitality becomes the first person to eat crabs, what will be the result of their professional matches next?

Very looking forward to it!

Regarding the insensitivity to firearms, I read an interview with a professional player about cold knowledge before, about AUG being able to explode the head at close range, Desert Eagle not being able to kill with one shot at long range, etc. They didn't know these, and Vitality didn't eat the bonus of this version update in 18/19, which also explains some things.

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