Chapter 166: Hope there's no French palace fighting

"Congratulations to Vitality for taking this BO3 match 2-1 and obtaining the first ticket to the Major European region."

When the audience in the live stream was praising Xu Beifang's outstanding data, Wanjiqi frowned and said:

"This European qualifier, Vitality has been in an adjustment phase throughout the entire stage. They actually have big problems in their play."

【Isn't it pretty good? Wanjiqi is just talking nonsense here.】

【The data is clearly explosive, and the journey has been quite smooth. I even feel Vitality has the look of a champion.】

【Sure enough, Machine is Xu Beifang's biggest hater.】

【...】

Even seeing the doubts of the audience, Wanjiqi still looked at this match from his perspective:

"Actually, this BO3, if we talk about the playstyle, Vitality couldn't win against ENCE. They purely relied on outstanding individual ability to turn the tide."

"Xu Beifang and Zywoo played too many, too many clutch rounds, saving the world too many times."

"This is the problem. Don't forget that Xu Beifang plays an entry position. Once he frequently has to take over clutch rounds, it means there is a problem with Vitality's team play."

"And looking at the matches these few days, besides the tacit understanding between Zywoo and Xu Beifang in clutch rounds, I haven't seen very beautiful counter-clears..." Wanjiqi took a breath and organized his language. "It just feels like the current Vitality is more like two top-tier players bringing three passersby to play games. They are all playing their own games, and in terms of coordination, they are not even as good as passersby."

【Now that you mention it, it seems to be true.】

【I just said it felt like this match was so weird to watch.】

【It's always Xu Beifang and Zywoo's 2-on-X clutch rounds, who wouldn't be confused?】

【Previously joked about Xu Beifang transferring from the Polish prison to the French prison, didn't expect it to be true.】

【This match is indeed too smelly to watch. The carries' highlight performance is indeed good, but they can't hold up if they keep playing like this.】

【It seems that if they want to win the championship, they have to change the lineup. If not, let's pull KennyS over. I heard his contract expires in February.】

【What are you thinking? Buy another KennyS, do you think such a small team can afford it?】

Wanjiqi sighed: "I still hope Vitality can adjust their state. Otherwise, with this state, let alone competing for the championship, they might not even be able to enter the Legends Stage."

After all, even if it's a model of individual ability, S1mple and Electronic in NaVi have the 'Lucky Three Treasures'. Fire Flame can occasionally perform, Zeus can call very beautiful tactics, and Edward, although sluggish, can also help the team's carries get information.

Now Vitality, besides the newcomer Zywoo, he didn't see any outstanding points.

Watching matches since 2016, Wanjiqi knows everyone in the CS: GO professional circle. He knows that NBK and RpK have strength, and even if their form has declined, it shouldn't be this serious.

And the most important thing is that Xu Beifang and Zywoo are currently performing passively.

Xu Beifang took half a year to get the Top 9 honor. As fellow countrymen, they are very happy and naturally hope Xu Beifang can go further.

But after a match, they found that they were still trapped in a prison, which is quite worrying.

But Wanjiqi knows in his heart that their worry is useless. It specifically depends on how Vitality makes adjustments.

After ending the ENCE match, Vitality entered a short rest day.

Xu Beifang realized the team's problems, but looking at the team's high spirits, he planned to find them to review the problems tomorrow.

A BO3 match left him exhausted. After returning to the hotel, he changed his clothes and went out for a 5-kilometer run, finally throwing away those negative emotions.

Returning to the room and taking a shower, Xu Beifang adjusted the live streaming equipment and edited the text:

"Laxative, person in Katowice, just got the Major qualification. If I want to win the championship, are there any good suggestions?"

After checking for typos, Xu Beifang clicked to start the stream directly.

Now his Bilibili account already has over 90,000 fans. As soon as he started the stream, many fans flooded into the live room.

【Here!】

【Xu Beifang is diligent, starting the stream right after the match.】

【That 5-kill on A Platform today, I watched it until I was wet.】

【...】

Looking at the barrage in the live room, Xu Beifang's mood slowly improved.

A smile returned to his face, and Xu Beifang asked: "Any suggestions? Should I play ladder or watch demos together?"

【The match has just been watched, why not watch demos.】

【Suggest Xu Beifang go to Katowice to crush S1mple and Device and lift the Major championship.】

【Suggest Xu Beifang solve the team's problems. I don't know what Vitality is thinking, making Zywoo, such a carrying person, buy utility every day.】

【Indeed, suggest Xu Beifang handle the team's problems first, then there will be a chance to compete for the championship.】

【I have never seen any championship team that needs someone to stand up and perform all the time.】

They are in the game, and some problems have been covered up by the joy of victory.

But outsiders can sensitively discover problems from a third-party perspective.

【Beep!】

【Received suggestion: Crush star players like S1mple and Device, compete for the championship. Task difficulty 10 stars, specific rewards depend on completion.】

【Received suggestion: Handle the team's problems first. Task difficulty 3 stars, reward D-grade treasure chest after completion.】

Listening to the system prompt in his ear, Xu Beifang smiled bitterly: "The team's problems are indeed very big. I originally planned to say this problem during the post-match review tomorrow..."

"Forget it, let's do it today."

Xu Beifang said and opened the second match of the European qualifier. "I won't close the stream first. You guys watch the match yourselves, or you can just slip away. I'll solve the problem first, otherwise, it will always be a knot in my heart."

【Good guy, this is so vigorous.】

【Beifang's execution is still so high.】

【Hope there's no French palace fighting.】

【God-tier French palace fighting, if not, let Xu Beifang come back and call Danking to form a team to play matches, not to suffer that anger.】

【...】

When Xu Beifang found the coach, he found him watching the recording of the match just now in the training room.

"Coach, I think we need to specifically review the current problems. If we play matches in this way, we might not even be able to enter the Legends Stage next."

The bald coach looked at Xu Beifang, a bit surprised. "You also discovered the problems existing in Vitality now? The performance we are playing now is entirely relying on you and Zywoo's ceiling to hold up."

"It should be a problem caused by playing qualifiers to fry fish." Xu Beifang replied.

The bald coach also nodded. He thought the biggest problem might be here.

The newly created Vitality needs to play for the qualification of major tournaments in various qualifiers, which to some extent made Apex's progress speed slower, and the IGL's thinking was mostly just calling a default.

Because in the qualifiers, Vitality's simple default could already win most teams, no need for further planning.

But today they met ENCE, this team ranked 11th in the world.

The sun is fierce, and all things are revealed!

Vitality exposed too many problems.

Xu Beifang originally just felt that the recent matches were a bit weird, but in the Overpass just now, he finally understood that the entire team's communication, coordination, and match scoring ideas are too backward now.

What era is it, and they are still using dry-peeking to break points?

Along with Astralis using the team CS: GO way to win NaVi's individual ability, everyone is crazily absorbing the changes brought by the Astralis system.

Xu Beifang himself comes from a dry-peeking big country, naturally he will not slander the dry-peeking way.

But in his view, Vitality's current problem is not about dry-peeking or not, it's completely without awareness, and it doesn't even look like a team when playing.

And he himself is currently in a state of being isolated.

Completely being free-ranged!

Seeming to see his concerns, the bald coach patted his back: "Don't worry, I'll call them over now, and we'll discuss the problems clearly."

"Working so hard to invite you from Huaxia during the off-season, we don't just want to go to the Major for a one-round tour. If there's a problem, we'll change it. Vitality will become a good team..."

"Later I will raise the problems, you say all your views, and then everyone will change together. Now you are the absolute core of Vitality, you don't need to worry about other problems."

Hearing the bald coach's comfort, Xu Beifang breathed a sigh of relief.

This kind of thing ultimately needs to be raised by the coach, otherwise, if it's not handled well, there might be grudges between team members.

The Vitality members dressed in casual clothes were called back.

Apex was a bit puzzled: "Didn't you say the review wouldn't start until tomorrow afternoon? Is there any schedule today?"

This French CS: GO Mr. Bean still had a faint smile on his expression, obviously being able to successfully take the Major qualification made him very happy.

Regarding the coach suddenly calling them to the training room, they were still quite surprised.

"Mainly because when reviewing just now, I found that there are too many problems within the team." XTQZZZ, who is always happy on weekdays, answered with a serious face.

Apex and others also knew the situation was wrong and restrained their smiles.

"First is your IGL problem, Apex. Your IGL on the defensive side is too conservative."

Apex thought carefully for a while and found that it was indeed the case.

But he also had his own thinking: "But the default playstyle can win, why do that kind of risky playstyle?"

Just like the offensive playstyle G2 likes, one offense can win, why change tactics?

"Is our default defense really played well?" XTQZZZ asked back.

Apex subconsciously wanted to answer of course, but recalling the match scene, he was silent.

XTQZZZ was adding: "In a match, nearly half of the defense is relying on Nice or Zywoo's retake to play, and the front only got a few scattered defensive points! You tell me we can win?"

"Which team's defense is always relying on retakes to score??"

XTQZZZ was really angry. The tactical paper in his hand was thrown directly on the table and then scattered in various parts of the room.

The atmosphere in the whole room was tense, and the air pressure was low.

XTQZZZ scolded Apex: "Nice flew from Huaxia to here to play matches, originally promised to take him as the core to play matches, but when it came to the match, he was made a role player?"

"The conventional defense you mentioned can't get normal scores in the qualifiers. Although we got the qualification today, what about entering the Major later? Do you just count on taking that Major sticker to retire?"

Xu Beifang also knew he had to take the initiative to say something.

"Dou Dou, if the team can hold the pressure head-on, then I can indeed become a role player, only responsible for my own area."

"But can we hold the pressure head-on now? We can't!" He said bluntly. "I am not a person who is very good at clutch rounds. Although I can occasionally rely on performance to win clutch rounds, what I am good at is going out to get information and dueling with others head-on."

"Just like on the defensive side of Dust II, if I don't press forward to get A-site information, how many times can NBK and RpK trade for advantage kills?"

"Not brother, we are at least 3-0-2 setup, there are two people sitting in B site, two sets of utility guarding a B site..." Xu Beifang hammered the table a few times. "Is a B-site defense that difficult?"

NBK and RpK were indeed speechless at this, RpK's overall performance was still okay.

NBK sat on the side just silent. Under the trend of the team's overall upward movement, his average rating is 0.99, which already explains many problems.

Xu Beifang once dragged four in VP. In fact, he could accept teammates' unfavorable performance, but if individual state is not good, the team must lean toward team coordination.

When everyone is thinking about working hard for a goal, as long as they try their best, Xu Beifang can accept this result.

He himself is a person who enjoys the process more. Now several matches have good results, but the process is played rottenly, how can he accept it?

Zywoo was at a loss on the side. It was the first time he saw Nice, who was like a good person, lose such a big temper.

Although he himself was not satisfied with the match, he thought about raising problems in the review and solving them slowly, thinking about maintaining the team atmosphere.

But Xu Beifang thought that the current playstyle in the team is more like a stubborn disease, and a strong medicine must be taken.

The bald coach has already started the group, so he can't follow behind and not cover.

"Then how to handle the problem now?" Apex was silent for a long time, and his brain finally became clearer.

The victory brought by the struggle with the qualifier teams in these two months made him lose some enterprising spirit and forget the original purpose of rebuilding the team.

XTQZZZ said: "Develop defensive tactics around Nice. The place he is good at is at the front. You don't need to worry about him being killed by forward pressure, just coordinate with him to develop tactics."

"Then it is to change the utility hand position from Zywoo to NBK. Since Zywoo can play good performance, then this role player position doesn't need him to bear."

"Do you have anything else to say?" The bald coach turned to ask Xu Beifang.

Xu Beifang replied: "We still have serious problems in coordination. Everyone must communicate. I work hard to learn French, not just for cheering!"

"Now Astralis has created a model for everyone on the field. In some places where dry-peeking is not needed, try not to dry-peek. Just like Overpass today, I said I could help give a flash, you didn't even answer, and rushed up with big steps."

"We are a team, not a five-black ladder!"

【Beep!】

【Suggestion task, handle team problems, difficulty 3 stars, completed...】

Watching Vitality start to discuss the possibility of the next playstyle, Xu Beifang's tense expression finally relaxed.

Compared to the completion of a suggestion task, the core problem within the team being solved is the thing that makes him happy.

The current problem-solving is definitely just preliminary, and it needs constant adjustment later.

At least not standing still.

Xu Beifang regained hope for the upcoming Major.

Well, a little bit.

Thank you all for your enthusiastic feedback. I have been adjusting. Later, I will make the protagonist's positioning clearer and also conduct detailed match descriptions.

Thank you again for your feedback.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 167 =====