Chapter 221: 225. Chapter 221: Who Hired a Booster for a 35-Kill Performance on a Single Map?

225. Chapter 221: Who Hired a Booster for a 35-Kill Performance on a Single Map?

The final kill on Inferno appeared, and the various expressions of the players were shown on screen.

Inside the livestream, Liuzhou Shaman was the first to applaud Vitality's victory.

It was already the middle of the night domestically, but he still lowered his voice and said excitedly, "Let us congratulate Vitality for winning the first map of the bo3 with a score of 16:9!"

"To celebrate the success of Map 1, I'm rolling 30 packs of snail noodles in the chat. Everyone can participate in the draw by sending the message 'Go Vitality'..."

【Go Vitality!】

【Go Vitality!】

【...】

Looking at the barrage scrolling across the screen, Xiao Bo felt very satisfied.

Although before the match started, he had joked about Vitality, saying that as long as "Nice explodes on one map and Zywoo explodes on another," they could win this bo3.

But everyone knew that was just a joke.

"The way Vitality is playing today is simply too foul."

As one of the most aggressive players on the professional circuit, they were now able to view Xu Beifang's various forward pushes and aggressive playstyles with a normal perspective, but in today's Map 1, Xu Beifang's performance still exceeded their expectations. Looking back at the match, they only felt constant surprise, unable to figure out why he could play so fiercely.

After the match ended, when they carefully savored the duels on Map 1 and looked at the game just now with a rational mind, they felt even more astonished.

Whether it was the team Liquid or the player Stewie2k, neither could be classified as having poor skill.

Even though this map was Vitality's own pick, this was Inferno, one of the most iconic maps in CS: GO—even if a random team were brought up, they could still pull off a few tricks on this map.

In their recent Inferno matchups, Liquid had only lost to Astralis.

And as for Stewie2k, although many people didn't like this player, they had to admit that his addition was the final piece of the puzzle for Liquid.

As a former Professional Player, Wu Runbo understood it even more clearly.

The addition of Stewie2k allowed Liquid, a team with too many Dages, to have a coordinated player, letting Ji Ge and the "Sloth" focus on their own work.

Moreover, Stewie2k was very well-rounded; aside from his Multi-kill Ability and Trade Kill efficiency, he was almost among the top tier of players.

Yet, such an outstanding player was beaten by Xu Beifang to the point where he couldn't even enter Banana.

Regarding this, Xiao Bo's inner feeling was—it felt so good!

At this moment, the director's camera cut to the Liquid team room.

Elige, nicknamed the "Esports Civil Servant," had a sullen face.

Within the entire CS: GO esports scene, he was never a player with a particularly good Mindset.

Ji Ge didn't like to pressure his teammates like Smooya or S1mple; he was more of an internalizer, or in short—he would shut down.

After the match ended, Nitr0, as the In-Game Leader, was on the side soothing their emotions.

Ji Ge didn't respond, but the last round of the first half flashed through his mind.

That AUG Spray Transfer from Nice, from the victim's perspective, looked as if he had spun around on the spot.

Even without seeing the main perspective, Elige, as a veteran, could reverse-engineer the general picture.

"Has he already reached this level?"

Elige's mouth twitched, but then he felt the atmosphere was off and quickly pursed his lips.

He was feeling very conflicted inside right now.

Last year, Nice was still a fledgling rookie Entry Fragger.

As a top-tier Rifleman, he could clearly see that Nice's technical and tactical skills were lacking in various areas, and among them, the Spray Transfer was a huge gap for a top-tier Rifleman.

Later, when Nice abruptly asked him how to practice Spray Transfers, he had thought about it very seriously and spent quite a bit of time making that aim-training opportunity into a video.

In truth, he didn't hold any expectations that Nice would actually practice it; he had just been unable to refuse at the time.

But he never expected that Nice really was working hard on the training plan he had provided, and wasn't just messing with him.

The feeling of having one's hard work recognized really was quite good.

The reason for his complicated mood was that Nice had used the results of this training in this very match.

To be crushed by a "disciple" he had taught himself—what kind of situation was this?

He had even taught himself an opponent... Elige sighed.

"Keep your Mindset steady, it's just one map lost, it's not a big deal. We'll just chase it back; the upcoming Dust 2 and Mirage are our strengths."

Noticing his teammates' expressions, Nitr0 was also a bit disappointed. After all, he had considered himself to have outplayed Apex in terms of decision-making, but he hadn't expected a problem to arise because of a Banana.

However, in the face of danger, there is only responsibility!

As the team captain, Nitr0 knew clearly that he had to keep the team's Mindset intact to deal with the next two maps.

The match was still not over; they still had a chance for a Reset.

As long as their form was adjusted, a reverse sweep wasn't impossible.

"Don't have too much pressure. Inferno was just Nice having an explosive performance. We'll find our rhythm slowly later; this match is still fine. Vitality's Dust 2 isn't very strong."

"Everyone needs to be more confident."

On the side, Stewie2k awkwardly touched his nose; the numbers in his field of vision were a bit glaring.

11-21

11-21!

When Xiao Bo pulled up the post-match stats for Map 1 from HLTV, Stewie2k's -10 kill-death ratio came into view.

【Who brought the boss for an 11-21?】

【Banana, please pay attention to your timing when entering the site】

【Understandable, Beizige gave too much pressure on Banana】

【Banana, this Banana has been beaten into a banana peel】

【They were even corpse-camping in the first half, and this is the result? Hilarious.】

【...】

The viewers in the livestream were all laughing their heads off.

Trash-talking on the field is never a big deal, but if you have a flamboyant personality yet fail to perform at the expected level, you have to face the backlash that comes with such arrogance.

This point is fully reflected in players who enjoy interacting with others, such as s1mple, smooya, or apex.

Immediately after, Liuzhou Shaman subconsciously turned his gaze toward Vitality.

Having watched the entire match, everyone already had an answer in their hearts regarding the choice for MVP.

But having watched the process, he still wanted to see the results, to see exactly what kind of stats nice had put up.

"Holy cow!! Holy crab!!"

The exaggerated stats made Xiao Bo exhaust everything he had learned in his life.

As seen on the screen, the first row for Vitality was Xu Beifang's stats:

nice:

KAD (Kills/Assists/Deaths): 35/2/17

KAST (Kill, Assist, Survival, Trade): 96.5%

ADR (Average Damage per Round): 149.2

Rating: 2.07

【???】

【How much??? 2.07 rating??】

【Even if I were cheating, I might not be able to pull that off.】

【149 Average Damage per Round!!】

【Today's Banana is truly top-tier!】 【Do you understand the gold content of the boss in his Second Stage, firing on all cylinders?】

【...】

Seeing these exaggerated stats, Liuzhou Shaman recalled the match on Map 1, and Xu Beifang's many brilliant kills on Banana surfaced in his mind.

It seems we wronged stewie2k; when the opposing player is in this kind of form, what can you do?

For a moment, the livestream was once again filled with praise.

Inside Vitality's match room.

Everyone's faces were filled with the joy of victory; although they had only won one map, winning Map 1 gave them a margin for error in the BO3, and they had secured the Match Point for the BO3 first.

Next, they only needed to win one of the remaining two maps, and the match would be declared a victory.

As the in-game leader, apex had experienced what it felt like to be a cheerleader on Map 1.

He just gave some commands in the back, threw some utility, and the match was won.

"Map 1 was played perfectly!" apex extended his fist and bumped it with Xu Beifang's, his face beaming with a bright smile, looking just like Mr. Bean walking out of a movie.

Seeing Xu Beifang extend his fist, he continued: "Your Banana today really left the opponents stunned."

He had always known that nice's level on Banana was quite good; since the team was built, he had rarely seen him suffer on Banana.

But he still hadn't expected that even when facing an opponent like Liquid, nice could still put up such an outstanding performance.

apex was emotional, sitting in his seat and talking incessantly about some of the scenes from the first half.

Xu Beifang shrugged: "With so much practice time, it has to have some effect, right?"

His massive amount of daily training made him, at the very least, one of the hardest workers in the entire FPL.

Because he understood that even with the help of the system, his lower limit still had to be improved through his own efforts.

If he wanted to stand on the big offline stage and enjoy the cheers and shouts of the audience in front of people.

Then in those days when no one was watching, he had to work twice as hard.

He also clearly understood that the reason he had come this far was by being willing to listen to advice and slowly walking onto the right path.

But the massive amount of effort he put in was also the key to being able to reach today.

"nice played Banana well, but everyone's performance this match was outstanding!" xtqzzz paced behind the players, also highly praising their performance on Map 1.

He wasn't just trying to put the players in a better Mindset; he genuinely believed their performance this match was indeed good.

nice's outstanding face-to-face combat on Banana overshadowed the roles of the others.

But this Inferno match, whether it was the tactical design or the face-to-face performance of the others, was worth noting.

Everyone encouraged each other, and for a time, Vitality's morale was high.

Hearing the voices of the bald Coach and Mr. Bean discussing, Xu Beifang pushed his monitor further away and leaned back in his gaming chair to close his eyes and rest.

His performance on Map 1 was indeed outstanding, and he had entered a state of "Flow State," but once Map 1 ended and he pulled himself out of that state, he felt his eyes were sore and unbearable.

Thanks to Map 1 ending quickly, Xu Beifang felt he hadn't reached his limit yet, but if he could rest, that would be for the best.

After a simple halftime break, both sides began to enter Map 2—Dust II.

This was Liquid's map pick, so Vitality started as the CT side.

This Dust II match was far more difficult than Xu Beifang had imagined.

The Pistol Round began with the standard 302 setup.

The victory on Map 1 had brought out Xu Beifang's confidence.

So, after realizing no one was rushing A Long at the start, Xu Beifang pulled out a Handgun and pushed forward.

This push happened to run into the Liquid duo who were doing a Default, but to everyone's surprise, Xu Beifang, holding a Handgun, fired two bullets and got two consecutive headshots, filling the livestream with question marks.

Xu Beifang pushed to the top and got two kills, and discovered the bomb had been dropped outside the A Long doors; Vitality followed up to expand their advantage and successfully took the first-half Pistol Round.

Liquid went straight to an eco, and the score successfully reached 2:0.

Arriving at the first Long Gun Round, Liquid, after some consideration, chose not to provoke A Long.

These Gunners from North America had already somewhat conceded in their hearts.

To continue looking for trouble at A Long now would simply be asking for pain.

They chose a mid-round pinch on B from Mid, coordinating from Sand Pit and B Tunnel.

Vitality fans beamed with joy at this sight, because from the spectator perspective, they could clearly see that Vitality was currently stacking 3 players on B.

But unexpectedly, Elige, holding an SG553, charged out of B Tunnel and carved a bloody path; Ji Ge was like a bulldozer, flattening everyone who appeared in his line of sight.

Zywoo, holding an SSG 08, did intercept the bomb carrier at Sand Pit, but was quickly taken down by a Trade Kill.

Facing a terrifying 1v4 Clutch, Xu Beifang helplessly chose to Save Weapon.

Liquid had found their rhythm, but Vitality was also seeking variables.

In the following round, after Xu Beifang took A Long, he directly relinquished control and chose to return to A Short with his teammates, setting up a 3-man A Short package.

Liquid used a Flashbang to clear A Short in the middle of the round, walking right into their crosshairs.

After a wave of trades, Vitality secured the victory for this point at the cost of a 1-for-4 exchange.

For the remaining scores of the first half, both sides began a fierce battle, trading rounds and constantly chasing the score.

It was Vitality's economy that collapsed first, and subsequently, Twistzz also found his rhythm during a Four Kill.

Finally, the first half ended with the score locked at 6:9; after finishing as CT, Vitality trailed by 3 points.

During the halftime break.

3 points was within Vitality's acceptable range; as long as the second half Pistol Round went well, the score could be tied.

But the worrying thing happened: in the second half, Vitality sped up to hit A Short, only for Naf to hold the Slope Headshot Position and get a Three Kill, and they lost the Pistol Round as expected.

The score reached 6:12.

Arriving at the Long Gun Round, Xu Beifang began to contest control of A Long.

At the A Long News Conference, he pulled off a brilliant 1-for-3, taking the first round of the second half for his side.

In the following round, the attack on A Site was not very smooth, losing three members in succession during the push.

Only Zywoo and Apex remained to face a 2v4 Clutch.

Just as Vitality fans felt things were looking bad, Zywoo stood up once again, winning this Clutch with an inhuman display, making Apex stand up and howl.

This Clutch also caused Vitality's momentum to heat up rapidly, and the subsequent attacks went very smoothly.

However, Liquid still used a timeout to adjust their state.

After the timeout, they chose an aggressive B2 push to counter-clear, catching Vitality off guard and successfully salvaging the situation.

Both sides entered a stalemate once again, and under the anxious gaze of the fans, the match eventually went into Overtime.

After entering Overtime, Stewie2k, who had been dazed by Xu Beifang on Map 1, finally stood up; several Sniper Rifle defenses blocked Vitality's attacks outside the Bomb Site.

Finally, during an attack on B Site, Vitality regrettably lost Map 2 with a score of 17:19.