Chapter 238: 243. Chapter 238 You what champion? I am the Major showmatch defender

243. Chapter 238 You what champion? I am the Major showmatch defender

The news of Vitality stopping at the top four caused intense discussion in the domestic CS: GO forum.

Everyone generally expressed regret; after all, looking at the post-match results, Vitality at least in today's BO3 didn't have much of a gap with ENCE.

The audience in the forum also expressed that this year's Katowice Major was simply synonymous with regret.

pasha, who accompanied the youth of many CS: GO players, retired.

flusha and dupreeh's relatives passed away before the match.

NiKo, s1mple, and Nice all left the arena with regrets.

Causing the audience who liked watching matches to not be in a very good mood these two days.

However, strictly speaking, everyone could still accept Vitality's result.

Vitality's entire team had only been established since November last year, less than half a year from establishment to now, yet they had already entered the Major Legends Stage and even reached the top four, which could be said to be unprecedented.

For Xu Beifang, except for a few black fans, most people's evaluation of him was still very high.

In this Katowice Major, Xu Beifang played an average rating of 1.34, ranking first among all players.

It could only be said that Vitality lost, but Nice didn't lose.

And last year's top eight, this year's top four, at least it was a step forward.

Having progress was a good thing, and no one would expect a team established for only half a year to punch Liquid and kick Astralis right away.

Although the achievement of punching Liquid had already been achieved, the difficulty of kicking Astralis afterward was not just a little bit higher.

On the day the match ended, Xu Beifang didn't have much real feeling about the failure, but when night fell, he would involuntarily think about some fragments in that match.

On Group A's side, ENCE achieved the final victory and successfully advanced to the Major final.

And Group B's confrontation was actually destined long ago; Astralis defeated Liquid on the first day of the Legends Stage and advanced to the semi-finals.

Although it was very metaphysical, it had to be said that Liquid was truly Astralis's big supplement pill.

Originally, they were a bit bumpy against Liquid in the Legends Stage, but in the semi-final against MIBR, the Godfather's head was beaten to pieces.

Finally, as expected, Astralis and ENCE would compete for the championship in this Katowice Major.

The internet was very curious about whether ENCE would become the biggest dark horse of this Major or if Astralis would defend their championship and become a three-crown dynasty.

Regardless of whether ENCE wins the final or Astralis defends their title, a new king will be born in Katowice!

Xu Beifang knew the result of the match in advance; Astralis's methods were truly cruel.

Even so, he still went with Vitality's teammates to enjoy the atmosphere of the venue and witness the birth of a legend.

Just as Xu Beifang was swiping his phone, preparing to see what to eat for lunch today, the door was knocked.

"Shushu, open the door."

Zywoo opened the door, but a man wearing a work badge walked in.

"Hello, player Nice, I am the director of this Katowice event." The man reported his name as soon as he came up and also briefly explained his purpose, "Mainly to ask if you want to participate in the showmatch tonight."

"You know, the response to the showmatch last time was very good."

Xu Beifang agreed directly: "Sure! I can participate tonight; Zywoo, are you going?"

"I'll pass; that female host will come to ask me questions again later," Zywoo replied.

The event director couldn't help but laugh.

Zywoo's "I don't know" at the London Major showmatch last year was too interesting.

The event director didn't leave, thinking for a long time but not knowing how to speak.

Xu Beifang asked with some confusion: "Is there anything else?"

"Just want to ask, do you have any good ideas for the showmatch?"

As the organizer of the IEM event, they really hadn't done a showmatch before.

After all, it was the first time hosting a Major; previously, it was held as an IEM series event, and there was no such thing as a showmatch.

Originally, they wanted to cooperate with the chicken-eating mode newly released by CS: GO to hold a showmatch, but after thinking about it, they found that it didn't seem to have much to watch.

The showmatch last year was so interesting, with the pearl in front, they were instead tied up.

They were professional at organizing matches, but how to make the showmatch interesting was a bit difficult for them.

"I do have ideas, it just depends on whether you dare to do it," Xu Beifang said with a smile.

The event director immediately said: "You just say it; we can all try."

Xu Beifang said with a smile: "As long as it's not so rigid, CS: GO can become a very interesting thing. Since it's a showmatch, let's not do those regional confrontation matches from before."

The showmatch last year, at least in terms of personnel, had some changes, and players were chosen very casually.

In the showmatches before 2018, it was a confrontation between veterans and newcomers, just like the event organizers in Huaxia would hold showmatches, which would definitely be a China-West confrontation, making it tasteless to eat but a pity to discard.

"The showmatch is generally to let the audience have fun and relieve everyone's tense emotions. The truly competitive part has to be the final."

Zywoo nodded with a smile: "I agree with this point; I have no impression of the showmatches of the previous few years."

The event director said: "It seems there's really no need. Originally, we intended to create some competitiveness, and the final winner would get a map graffiti..."

"Then there's even less need," Xu Beifang refuted, "If you create a map graffiti now, you will instead be questioned about fairness. No matter what, a showmatch can't reach that gold content."

Map graffiti are the most classic scenes in CS: GO.

The most typical ones are Coldzera's jumping AWP and s1mple's blind AWP angel; such scenes with wide dissemination and surprise are worthy of map graffiti.

For a showmatch, it's just simple entertainment, so don't come to touch porcelain.

"You haven't said what good ideas you have yet?" the event director asked.

Xu Beifang thought for a moment: "Actually, it's very simple. Since it's for entertainment, you can sacrifice some competitiveness."

"You can add specific rules to some specific rounds, such as a heavy armor warrior suddenly appearing in a certain round, or a round with infinite utility items, a round where you can shoot through walls, and you can even set up an invisible man..."

Zywoo said with a smile: "That must be very interesting."

The event director raised his eyebrows; Xu Beifang's ideas gave him a lot of inspiration, and they continued to expand around these contents.

Half an hour later, the event director closed his laptop.

"It seems the showmatch tonight will be very brilliant," the event director smiled.

"Just be happy."

Watching the other party's departing figure, thinking about his ideas just now, if they were really used, it would definitely be especially interesting.

Thinking about it, Xu Beifang took out his phone and started interacting with fans on Bilibili:

"Astralis is on the road to defending their championship, and I have also embarked on the road to defending the Major showmatch championship. Beauties, give some suggestions: should I let the top gunners see the intensity of the showmatch?"

【Drip!】

【Suggestion received: Let the top gunners see the intensity of the showmatch, difficulty 3 stars, after completion you can get a D-rank treasure chest...】

Backstage at the Spodek Arena, Xu Beifang looked at the suggestion task in the system panel and nodded satisfactorily. Although it was still a D-rank treasure chest, this thing accumulates over time.

Besides, most of his data improvements now rely on this little bit of accumulation.

"Nice, didn't expect us to meet in the showmatch again," rain said, patting Xu Beifang on the shoulder.

Originally, he didn't plan to come today, but after hearing the director say Nice would come, he felt that this showmatch would definitely be very interesting, so he came to play as well.

Being a temporary teammate with Nice last year left a deep impression on him.

gla1ve on the side also joked: "Are you ready to be blasted to pieces by me later?"

Today's showmatch, they have the Liquid trio plus rush and a commentator.

Xu Beifang has himself, jks, rain, jackz, and a commentator.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the host raised the microphone for a pre-match interview: "Nice, I heard you are here to defend the Major showmatch championship this time. Do you have confidence in winning?"

Xu Beifang nodded and replied: "Of course, I am invincible in the showmatch!"

The arena was filled with laughter; for veteran players, the joy of the Major showmatch last year left a deep impression on them.

So seeing Nice appear in the showmatch lineup again, many people had some expectations in their hearts, intending to see what kind of tricks Nice could pull off in this Major showmatch.

"That's not necessarily true, we are also very strong!" naf still had a sleepy look on his face, and the harsh words he released were also unconvincing, but the audience found it exceptionally interesting.

The event director had already opened the room, and a group of players started joining the room.

During the waiting time, the players who had already entered the room started chatting:

twistzz: 【ツ】 Good evening, everyone!

rain: Are you ready to accept Nice's shockwave? Go to hell, boys!

Nice: Refuse to be hyped! The newbie is shivering

naf: Why hasn't the match started yet??

Xu Beifang looked at jackz's pitch-black screen next to him and laughed.

Nice: jackz's screen is dead, waiting for repair

twistzz: Can only say this is very CS: GO!

nitr0: Welcome to the big Major stage!

Everyone teased and chatted with each other, and the mood was quite good.

jks on the side was still expressionless.

It wasn't that he was cold; it was mainly social anxiety. He really wasn't familiar with these guys next to him!

He didn't know how to join the conversation.

At this time, jackz's computer was finally repaired, and the director announced the rules of this match on the public screen:

"Next, we will enter special rounds at irregular intervals; please pay close attention to the public screen information..."

The 2019 Katowice Major All-Star Showmatch officially begins!

Map: Dust II

T: twistzz, naf, nitr0...

CT: Nice, rain, jackz, jks...

The pistol round officially begins.

"How to play, how to play?" rain looked at Xu Beifang, already a bit impatient.

Noticing rain's gaze, Xu Beifang said: "Just play casually; everyone can say whatever ideas they have, just play happily and relax."

While speaking, Xu Beifang bought a smoke grenade and a defuse kit.

After the countdown ended, everyone started buying guns and dispersing.

Xu Beifang bought a smoke grenade and a defuse kit and went directly to the Ninja Spot on A platform to start waiting.

"The pistol round starts, Liquid leads the team to rush toward A Long, fully showing their aggressiveness!" However, the English commentator looked at everyone's pistol round configuration and sighed regretfully.

These guys didn't play at all; only rain bought a CZ, and everyone hadn't truly entered the atmosphere of the showmatch.

"Even if the 3D area can lose Tifa, CT cannot lose A Long. After getting the information of the A Long confrontation, all members of Nice's team are walking toward A Long."

"But Twistzz's gunplay is as exaggerated as ever, just like his hairstyle today."

"CT only managed a 3-for-1 at A Long, and jks, who rotated back, is looking for his own opportunity at A Short, but he only traded one..."

"Wait! Why is Nice idling alone at the Ninja Spot?? With this utility configuration, what does he want to do?"

Xu Beifang waited for a while, watching Twistzz walk from in front of him toward A Short, and he knew the plan had succeeded.

"Holy crap, it seems like you can directly steal the bomb!" rain looked at Xu Beifang incredulously.

He originally thought Xu Beifang didn't intend to pull tricks this time; after all, he didn't even buy an R8 to play with.

Now he finally understood: as long as you have a heart for pulling tricks, the weapon won't be a limiting factor.

Xu Beifang typed on the public screen: Director, please play some passionate music.

The Major director understood and immediately started playing an exciting piece of music.

The music gradually stirred the emotions of the audience in the arena. Xu Beifang heard that the 10-second countdown was almost up, and directly took out the smoke grenade and smashed it toward A bomb site.

Although it was just a showmatch, Liquid's discipline was still very solid.

They waited at A bomb site for a long while before habitually running toward the Pit.

But after taking a step, they suddenly found a smoke grenade exploding on A platform.

naf instantly had question marks all over his head: "What??"

At this moment, huge jeers came from outside the headset, and he instantly knew something was wrong.

"Stealing the bomb at A platform! My f***ing god!!" naf laughed in surprise, then kept firing at the platform with the USP he picked up.

And from the God's eye view, Xu Beifang, who had the defuse kit, defused the bomb at an extremely fast speed inside the smoke grenade.

The audience's cheers rose with the progress bar of the defuse, and the moment the bomb was defused, it reached its peak!

"Yeah!!!!"

【CT side won this round】

【MVP: Nice successfully defused the bomb】

In this instant, Xu Beifang's headset was filled with "Holy crap" and "My f***ing god" from jks, rain, and jackz.

But the match hadn't ended, because after he defused the bomb, footsteps had already come to his side, and someone wanted to knife him directly!

Xu Beifang also started slashing with his knife inside the smoke grenade, soon feeling the sound of the blade entering flesh, instantly following up with a light slash and a heavy slash.

【Nice used Butterfly Knife to kill naf】

"An Akali inside the smoke grenade, how can this Twistzz team win! naf, who wanted to smoke an electronic cigarette, became Nice's first victim under the knife. This showmatch seems to be getting interesting!!"

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