Chapter 255

"Nice!!!!" As soon as Mirage ended, the members of Vitality took off their headsets one by one, shouting excitedly.

Everyone looked at Xu Beifang in disbelief; they all thought they were going to lose this wave, and the word "pity" had already rushed to their throats, almost popping out.

But Xu Beifang used a wave of movement techniques to survive in the hail of bullets.

All one can say is—Too cool!!

Jackz's face was already filled with smiles; he lightly punched Xu Beifang's solid chest muscle and said: "You could even pull off an operation like that; the opponents must be stunned. I really want to see what you looked like from their perspective right now."

From their perspective, Xu Beifang was just climbing the stairs rapidly, then his view was spinning wildly, and suddenly he was bouncing around.

"How did you pull that off?" Shox asked curiously.

"Actually, it's quite simple." Xu Beifang took a sip of water and, looking at his teammates who were eager to learn, explained: "Three techniques, really. The first is to press W and A simultaneously while climbing to accelerate yourself..."

The Vitality members nodded; this technique was relatively routine for professional players, and they all knew it.

Climbing with WA is about 1.7 times the speed of normal climbing, which is very practical.

"Climbing mainly gives yourself an acceleration to pull up your ground speed, so when I climbed to the very top, I used a ladder jump technique to launch myself out. At this point, I used the acceleration to perform a spin jump, which is how I opened up the distance." Xu Beifang was also quite proud inside.

Ever since he started asking Ropz about movement practice over a month ago, he hadn't slacked off on training, even during the off-season.

Moreover, CSGO movement techniques inherently have a kind of fun in them; he had now learned all kinds of movement techniques, and it was just a matter of proficiency from here on out.

Some things, being able to use them in training, doesn't mean you can use them in a match.

Previously, Xu Beifang only felt that he was more proficient at jumping to B Small on Mirage, jumping to Three Boxes on Inferno, and other routine spots like the Shed, without even needing to aim deliberately.

This was the first time he had used movement techniques to turn the tide in a match.

But just like the saying by Xiang Yu: "To be wealthy and not return home is like wearing brocade in the night."

If the massive amount of daily training couldn't play a role in the match, wouldn't he have practiced in vain?

Zywoo took a sip of milk tea, and the first sip he got a pearl made a smile appear on his face: "I thought you would wide-peek and one-tap him at that moment."

Xu Beifang shrugged: "I wanted to do that too, but the spot under the A2 floor can be wallbanged by the opponent. I had no armor, and it would be very easy to die instantly from a spray."

Apex laughed: "I remembered Zeus."

He remembered the last person to pull off a classic counter-kill with movement under the A2 floor was Zeus.

Pain! Too painful!

Niko, who had already been eliminated, was watching the live stream with Rain.

The scene of Xu Beifang bouncing around like a rabbit on the A2 floor made him uncontrollably recall the scene where he was counter-killed by Zeus back then.

Why was the memory so fresh? Because that was the first time Niko felt that movement could play such a big role; in his eyes, Zeus was like a bouncy ball, bouncing left and right under the A2 floor.

"I don't know what you're thinking; the hotel isn't far from the venue, why not go to the venue together to feel the atmosphere?" Rain listened to the exciting shouts on-site and couldn't help but feel his heart racing.

But not going to the venue today made him feel like something was missing.

"It wouldn't be good to be recognized if I went today," Niko said somewhat embarrassedly, "There are quite a few fans who came just to cheer for us, but we didn't even make it into the playoffs; I feel a bit ashamed to see them."

"You still care too much about what others think," Rain's tone softened, "You should look at the opinions on the internet more optimistically."

He knew Niko had been under a lot of psychological pressure recently.

Previously, for the sake of results, FaZe kicked Karrigan and let Niko become the team's commander.

But now, not only had the results not improved, they were even gradually declining; some radical FaZe fans were complaining on forums, saying Niko had ruined this Galaxy Battleship.

Although Niko was still smiling on the surface, as a close friend, Rain understood that this guy liked to hide his worries in his stomach and digest them slowly by himself.

Rain was also worried; with the results gradually declining, if this continued, the pressure of public opinion would only be greater, and Niko might receive more blame later.

Niko was a person who valued others' opinions very much.

Throughout his entire professional career, the process had been filled with encouragement and blame from others.

Starting from playing CS 1.6 in his own small internet cafe, amidst the cheers of friends in the internet cafe, he gradually walked into the entire region and into the entire world.

But even as one of the best professional players in the world, Niko couldn't reach the peak on his own.

In this situation, self-doubt was normal.

Looking at the Vitality members laughing and joking on camera, Niko also felt a trace of envy in his heart.

The barrage in the live stream was flying:

【This Beizige really dares to operate; Vitality turned the tide against Ence with five armorless USPs, explosive】

【EZ4Vitality!】

【The might of the North God!】

【This last round Beizige was really top-tier, right? Nice pushed up and snuck two, and finally dragged the time out by force】

【...】

Soon, the data for Map 1 was released by the director.

Rain's eyes widened a bit: "Whoa! Good guy, this Nice can really kill!"

The screen showed Nice's data for Map 1:

KAD: 31/4/20

ADR: 134

Headshot Rate: 80%

Rating: 1.72

【Is he fish-frying here?】

【In this Mirage match, as long as Beizige gets a long gun, I feel Ence's A site is in jeopardy】

【As an Ence fan, I feel like this little Xu is a bit too outrageous; I just keep seeing him killing】

【Frying the professional scene (dog)】

【Those waves of finding opportunities in the first half definitely saved Vitality】

【Shushu's 1v3 clutch was also great; it made me nervous as hell】

【...】

The exaggerated data caused the live stream to fall into discussion.

Xu Beifang's agile movement just now left a deep impression on everyone, but the final data also reminded them that this guy's data was also this exaggerated.

"1.72 rating, Beifang is indeed playing very well on this Mirage map." Niko had always appreciated this guy Nice.

He believed that before he switched to commander, he and Nice were the same style of player.

Both of their playstyles were aggressive, and they would strive to expand the advantage for the team and get as many kills as possible.

However, he played the star position and sometimes needed to be more restrained, considering more for the entire team.

While Nice played the entry position, and this guy was truly not afraid of death.

Compared to players like Niko who liked to use small jiggles to find enemies, Nice was not afraid of his information being discovered by the opponent, because Nice had the confidence to kill the opponent before they could kill him.

This was consistent with Nice's aggressive style.

He wasn't afraid of failing an aggressive push, but even if the push was just a trade of numbers, if Nice survived, his opponents would be quite disgusted.

Xu Beifang didn't know FaZe was watching the match; the victory in Map 1 made them very actively discuss the next match.

Map 2 of this match was Nuke, which was Ence's map pick, so Vitality chose to start on the defensive side.

The pistol round started, and Ence chose a wave of routine A site explosive bomb speed-up.

But Karrigan's flashbang wasn't very white, or rather, Zywoo at the Main Entrance handled it very well, seizing a timing to force through the smoke, instantly tapping two people with a USP.

Apex's pistol on the bomb site also played well, killing two people with three bullets in a row, directly interrupting Ence's offensive rhythm.

The last remaining Allu wandered with the bomb and was also caught in the back by Shox at the Iron Plate, who gave him a backstab, making the audience on-site happy.

In the second round, Ence chose to adjust their economy; although Sergej's gun feel warmed up, it was ultimately just a Glock, and in the end, Vitality won this round at the cost of a 3-for-5 trade.

Entering the first long gun round, Xu Beifang still controlled the Outside as usual.

But Ence had clearly studied his playstyle, and only after his first round of utility ended did they start to act, throwing a one-line smoke to take K1.

In the second timing, Shox delayed a lot of time inside K1 and accomplished the feat of a 1-for-2 trade.

But on the Iron Plate side, Xu Beifang had just arrived to provide cover when he was hit by a pop-flash and killed by Karrigan pushing his face.

Then Ence synchronized the Iron Plate and K1, successfully planting the bomb on B site, and the A site trio's retake didn't go well either; Ence started to take the first round of the match.

Losing the long gun round, Vitality's economy exploded, and Ence's commander Karrigan gradually entered his state, carrying out variable-speed strikes based on Vitality's economy.

The score quickly reached 2:3, and Ence achieved a comeback in the score by relying on a wave of economic suppression.

However, after finally saving enough money to buy long guns, Xu Beifang also started to exert force, with a wave of active strikes on the Outside.

Under the condition of exposed information, he forcibly relied on moving left and right behind the Red Box to kill two opponents and leave one crippled.

There were no problems in this round, and Vitality won it smoothly.

But the situation didn't improve as they expected; instead, Ence carried out a fast attack on A site and the Iron Plate, scoring crazily.

In the following rounds, except for Apex's 4-kill on B site, Shox's 1v2, and Jackz's 3-kill while spinning under the Yellow Room facing an A site explosive bomb, they didn't get any other rounds.

Finally, the first half ended, and the score was fixed at 6:9.

Although it was one of the most classic scores in CSGO, this map was Nuke, which was a CT map!

As the defensive side, they only got 6 points, which was obviously a failing grade.

Fortunately, the pistol round scramble in the second half went very smoothly, with a wave of number exchanges on A site, and finally relying on Zywoo's 1v2 to finish, which gave them a breather.

But in the second round's force-buy, Allu, who had always played like a "Lao Liu," was very brave and played a 1v3 clutch, forcibly turning the tide for them with a Desert Eagle.

Vitality's just-warming-up feel instantly became incomparably cold.

In the following rounds, they relied on encouraging each other to stabilize their mindset and forcibly chased back some points.

But the gap in the economy couldn't be erased.

Finally, for Map 2 Nuke, the score was fixed at 10:16.

Ence reclaimed a map, the BO3 score came to 1-1, and the match officially entered the Map 3 decider!

Wanjiqi looked at the Vitality members on camera with furrowed brows; they no longer had their previous ease, and their expressions were slightly heavy:

"Ence's performance on Nuke was very good; Sergej played a 1.32 rating, proving that he is still Ence's thigh."

He understood clearly that this map wasn't actually a performance issue, but a gap in map understanding and details.

Although Vitality's new lineup had good chemistry, the details on this map weren't done well.

In the confrontation in the first half, it was often a number exchange after the explosive bomb, and they had already fallen into a passive situation, and could only rely on the few remaining people to play a clutch with a numerical disadvantage.

It was not easy to get 10 points in this situation.

It had been less than a month since the Katowice Major ended, and many Vitality fans also recalled that match in the Major top four, where Ence also took the Nuke they chose and then killed the match.

Now, a similar scene made them feel a bit ominous in their hearts.

They wouldn't be turned around by Ence today, would they!

Although they could see that Vitality's individual ability was stronger.

But CSGO confrontations sometimes don't just depend on individual ability.

If it were just about individual ability, FaZe fans wouldn't be regretting it off-stage; FaZe's nickname was Galaxy Battleship, precisely because the players on their team were all big brothers from other teams gathered together!

The problem was that Vitality's overall performance was worse now; even if the score was one-to-one, they had subconsciously considered Vitality the weaker side in their hearts.

After all, Ence's performance in the last few months had been very good, while Vitality was still a brand-new lineup, still in a difficult period of integration.

On the player stage, Karrigan put his handsome smile back on his face.

Map 2 Nuke, this tactical map, was a field for commanders to show their talents, and many of his tactics had played out amazing performances.

Using a well-constructed tactical idea to win for the team was a completely different feeling from winning with gunplay, and he felt physically and mentally comfortable now.

The audience on-site was cheering; Karrigan listened to these shouts and raised his hands slightly, signaling that the sound could be louder.

Taking Map 2 smoothly allowed Ence to take a deep breath.

But when he looked at the other side of the stage, the Vitality members were still smiling, and he didn't see much emotion of defeat.

Seeing this scene, his emotions from winning Map 2 also subsided slightly.

The failure on Mirage in Map 1 was truly unexpected, but in a best-of-three, no situation was surprising.

But Nuke was indeed one of their trump cards; in the current situation where unpopular maps hadn't been developed, Ence relied on Train and Nuke to make a name for themselves among top-tier teams.

This match was also a flat push against Vitality.

Their Overpass was also not bad; they had also analyzed Vitality's Overpass before the match, and it wasn't considered too strong.

Just looking at Vitality's relaxed expressions, he was a bit unsure.

Could it be that Vitality had hidden a trick?

But Ence had guessed wrong.

Vitality's Overpass didn't hide any big moves; it was just that the current team atmosphere was relatively optimistic.

Furthermore, they had made predictions before the match.

Ence's map pick, unless their state exploded, was very difficult to take.

As for the next Map 3, the effect played out after the new lineup had always been quite good.

Moreover, man proposes, God disposes!

Xu Beifang leaned on his gaming chair to rest, listening to his teammates' discussion about the upcoming Map 3.

When the referee reminded them that the match was about to start, he changed his sitting posture, felt the light shining on his face, and he was about to start fighting with all his might!

I was idle today and watched an S-tournament, which delayed some time and ruined my mood; that's all for now.

And then, although I know you don't believe it, I will let you see my strength tomorrow!

(End of chapter)