Chapter 167: The rookie wall was smashed by him!

Having obtained the qualification for the Katowice Major qualifier, Vitality had no matches to play for the time being and entered a short rest.

However, because of the quarrel in the training room that day, they all realized the problems of the current team.

Xu Beifang and the bald coach urgently wanted to change the status quo and find a systematic playstyle suitable for the team.

Apex withdrew from the emotion of victory to review, and also found that he was completely lazy. Except for the occasional bright gamble, there was no very outstanding IGL.

So he immediately joined the Vitality Reform 1.0 team and began to seek changes for the entire team.

Although Zywoo's monthly salary was only 1000 Euros, he was actually unhappy in that previous playstyle.

NBK, who was originally responsible for clutch rounds, gave away points every round, but instead, the entry fragger and sniper had to take over clutch rounds. Who could stand that?

Vitality began to use their break time to intensify their training, grinding out new playstyles in a large number of practice matches.

This was a training match with FaZe. Recently, they basically scheduled matches to simulate actual combat.

The map was Overpass, and Xu Beifang's position was in the corner against the wall on the right side of A Long.

RpK was constantly swaying at the bomb site, and also throwing utility, pretending to be very panicked.

Seeing this scene, a group of FaZe people directly launched a wave of explosive bombs and rushed up.

Xu Beifang heard the explosion of various flashbangs, but didn't rush.

"Coming!!" He reminded his teammates.

RpK, who had no utility in hand, directly peeked horizontally from behind the bomb site cover and sprayed a burst at the three terrorists at A Long.

But he had made too much movement before, and NiKo had already locked this position.

【NiKo used AK47 to kill RpK】

"3 at A Long!" RpK shouted loudly to remind Xu Beifang.

Xu Beifang didn't rush. He originally intended to wait for the opponent to actively search for him, but looking at NiKo who was looking directly at the bomb site, he actively let him pass.

After seeing the second person, he aimed at NiKo and killed him.

Then he turned his fire and took down Rain behind him too.

——Bang!

Xu Beifang was about to peek horizontally to engage with the third person, when he heard Zywoo shout: "A Long is down, watch out for A-small coming up from under the platform!"

He hurriedly turned his muzzle and adjusted his pre-aim.

The sniper rifle sound rang out again, and Zywoo got another kill.

Xu Beifang actively peeked at A Long, confirmed no one was there, and started looking for an angle to look toward A-small.

"I just took down one in the Toilet, the last one's information is unknown."

Xu Beifang searched the spot very cautiously, mainly by swaying to get information.

Successfully deceived the bullets near the A-small trash can, he didn't shoot, but shouted loudly: "A-small trash can area!!"

A-site explosive bomb attack, Apex and NBK at B-site were already pushing forward to Construction Site.

After Xu Beifang explained the information, Apex was already pushing out from the Sewer, saw the back of A-small, and sprayed a burst.

"niceeee!!!!"

The training room rang with Vitality's cheers, and everyone's emotions were very high.

The round ended, the screen froze, and everyone laughed and typed 'gg' on the public screen, saying goodbye to FaZe.

"RpK, that hook of yours was really beautiful!" Xu Beifang smiled and stretched out his hand toward RpK.

RpK stretched out his hand and high-fived Xu Beifang in the air: "It still has to be you who can perform, otherwise even if my hook is full, you empty 12 shots at the back and there's no way."

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"The Big Brother Protection Association is going to send you a lawyer's letter!!" Apex laughed on the side.

Former FaZe commander Karrigan once had a classic embarrassing moment where he missed 12 shots on a back-turned KennyS with a USP and was counter-killed; it is now often used to tease people for missing shots on enemies with their backs turned.

Perhaps this scene will be remembered by CS: GO enthusiasts for a lifetime.

The bald coach looked at the smiles on the young men's faces and also laughed along.

"Zywoo's cover was also on point, otherwise this wave would have been locked in that position." Xu Beifang turned his head and praised Zywoo. "Very timely, brother!"

"It's just that the final score is still behind." Zywoo scratched his head, but the smile on his face told everyone that he was still quite happy.

In the 60-round training match, they only got 21 rounds. Even though Big Brother has been kicked by FaZe, they were still a bit behind FaZe.

The team's frontal firepower still had a gap, but now they chose to spread out their forces and use mutual coordination to defend. The frontal defensive strength was much stronger than playing the European qualifiers.

Even if the score was behind, this was a training match, and Vitality now adopted a new playstyle.

Whether on the defensive side or the offensive side, while maintaining basic tactics, the overall resources leaned toward Xu Beifang.

Just like some French netizens mocked after getting the Major qualification, "Vitality doesn't even know what they are doing. VP clearly gave them a reference answer, but they can't even copy it."

The previous playstyle of free-ranging Xu Beifang and Zywoo was really too brain-hemorrhaging.

After the entire team adjusted the resource tilt, it couldn't be said that everyone played more easily, but at least the pressure on Zywoo and Xu Beifang was smaller.

Their winning rate in training matches also obviously increased.

"Hone the state for a few more days, and we can try that dynamic defense Nice mentioned." The bald coach said with a smile.

An excellent team is composed of a group of different people, and it is normal to have differences of opinion.

Before, he and Nice injected a strong medicine into the team, finally putting the whole team on the right track, and Nice told him a tactical idea of using utility to control the map, which he thought was very suitable for the current Vitality.

After all, the overall defensive strength is insufficient, besides changing people, one has to think of some strange tricks.

Otherwise, one can only change people.

Vitality's top management did intend to change people, but the transfer period had just passed, and where could they find suitable players?

French CS: GO is already disconnected, it's impossible to go to Huaxia to find a player.

So now they can only find ways to improve on the existing foundation.

However, they were quite satisfied with the various situations in recent training.

Inside the FaZe base.

"Feels like Vitality's change is so big!"

"A month ago, they were clearly an ordinary second-tier team, now they can already wrestle with us."

NiKo asked with some doubt.

As the current IGL of FaZe Clan, he very much wanted to know the secret of Vitality's rapid progress.

"2-carrying-3... no, now it can't be said to be 2-carrying-3. Vitality's other few people have also been rubbed into the team's system." Olofmeister took over the conversation.

"That young man is also really fierce, feels like he adapted to the new team's playstyle very quickly."

"Nice is a training maniac, it's normal for the change to be big. He has rushed to 7th in FPL in the last few months." Rain echoed.

During the London Major period, he had a deep impression of Nice.

It's just that there was no thought of changing people in the team, and throwing an olive branch to Nice was just to let him come over as a substitute to test.

Failure didn't matter.

Success was a huge profit.

It's just that later Big Brother's impromptu IGL finally made FaZe unable to accommodate him. In the end, NiKo carried the sniper rifle and became FaZe's first gun-man type IGL.

If they had known this earlier, they might as well have bought Nice over earlier.

FaZe Clan is not short of money!

Rain muttered: "Nice is still as stable and wild as he was at the London Major, always able to maintain high-efficiency entry. Looking at it now, the 2018 Top ranking still underestimated him. If he had played the whole year, his ranking could even be above Electronic."

"If he played 1.28 for the whole year, I would have to give up my Top 3 to him." NiKo complained.

1.28 for half a year, if the state is good in a few months, it is indeed possible to play this kind of data, but only monsters like S1mple can play 1.28 for the whole year, it's outrageous!

"But does this guy not have a rookie wall? Playing so aggressively, no one can cure him?" NiKo was a bit curious.

Olofmeister rolled his eyes at him, "Cure what, he directly broke it with force, the rookie wall was smashed by him directly!"

"He played 1.28 in the first half of last year, and played an average rating of 1.49 in the first two months of the beginning of the year."

"Even if the data of teams below Top 20 is removed, he still played 1.29 data, which is 0.01 higher than the second half of 2018."

After the London Major match ended, because Xu Beifang's playstyle is very fan-attracting, he got the Top 9 honor in the first year.

But some fans who don't like Xu Beifang and rational people said that when the rookie wall arrives, Nice's inflated data will naturally return to his proper level.

As a result, after the matches in the first two months of 2019 were played, Xu Beifang did return to his proper level—his data was higher!

Although they were not played in major tournaments, they were all against data above Top 20, and the gold content was also very high.

"Young people are really terrifying." NiKo shook his head and sighed. "And that Zywoo is also stably terrifying. He gives me the feeling of being like Device."

"Apex and the others adjust their state, feels like Vitality's current lineup can compete for the championship."

"Looks like we have to be careful in the matches against Vitality later."

Rain said quite black-bellied on the side: "Don't worry, Vitality doesn't have many major tournament qualifications yet. I chatted with Nice in FPL before, they seem to have to play against BIG, G2 and other teams to grab qualifications for IEM Sydney, unlike us who are directly invited haha."

The training match with FaZe ended, but Vitality's training did not end.

They discussed the problems encountered in the training match just now, and for different problems, they came up with several different plans, preparing to experiment again in tomorrow's training match.

The positive feedback in the training match was a lot, making their recent training attitude very positive.

They felt that they were becoming stronger because of constant adjustment, and their hearts were quite satisfied.

They were very looking forward to the upcoming IEM Sydney qualifier.

After reviewing the training match, Vitality's training for today was considered over.

"Zywoo, play FPL together?" Xu Beifang asked. The old brothers were already exhausted, leaving only the two young people with hot states.

"Okay, but we might not bump into each other." Zywoo smiled honestly.

FPL is a professional player league of FACEIT. To participate in the matches in FPL, one must have an invitation from a professional player.

And the rules limit them from grouping. If they want to play in one game, they can only click match at the same time, so it is highly likely they will be in one game.

After all, there are quite few people in FPL.

The previous FPL No. 1 was Zywoo, but Zywoo hasn't played FPL much in the last few months, so his ranking has dropped. Now FPL No. 1 is broky.

Xu Beifang has been rushing points fiercely this month, and has also reached the 7th place in FPL. He hasn't forgotten that he still has a suggestion to rush to FPL No. 1.

There was no match for the time being, so he focused on basic training and rushing points.

Erasing the things on the tactical blackboard behind him, Xu Beifang opened the live room.

The two clicked on ladder matching at the same time, waited for more than ten minutes, and finally saw the match success.

Xu Beifang glanced at the opponents:

S1mple, m0nesy, Xantares, Loba, somebody, ISSAA...

There are quite a lot of familiar professional players.

Xu Beifang and Xantares on the opposite side were captains, and started picking people respectively.

He first picked Zywoo beside him, pulling his teammate to his side.

And Xantares, one of the three FPL instructors, although he scolds S1mple in FPL every day, he is actually the one who understands rushing points the most, directly taking S1mple.

Xu Beifang then chose somebody, m0nesy, and a passerby.

And Xantares took Loba, ISSAA, and another passerby.

【Go, so many acquaintances in FPL this time?】

【Normal, all are FPL regulars, Xantares, S1mple, NaVi youth training's m0nesy.】

【somebody also bumped into it, TyLoo should be training in Serbia.】

【Xu Beifang and Zywoo against the two major instructors on the opposite side, feels like the gold content of this ladder is higher than some small matches.】

【So NiKo, where exactly are you?】

Glancing at the barrage in the live room, the familiar professional player IDs made the fans start to speak one by one. They were very curious about what kind of performance Xu Beifang could play against this group of players.

Both sides quickly selected the map, and finally locked it on Mirage.

Zywoo turned his head and handed him a chubby hand, "Come on!"

Xu Beifang nodded: "Let's come on together, crush the instructors!"

Both sides officially entered the map!

There is one more chapter in the evening.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 168 =====