Chapter 264: The First Student of the Nice Academy!

Inside the mouz training room, ropz had just finished a practice match and was keeping an eye on recent tournament trends.

As Professional Players, they must have a sufficient understanding of the new playstyles and tactics appearing in recent matches.

Within the mouz team, ropz is responsible for this role, though he is a high-intensity surfer himself and does not find it bothersome.

He was watching the post-match interview from last night's StarSeries; nice's interview had already been translated into English.

"If we can really win the championship, it must be the result of hard work," ropz murmured. "What a beautiful sentiment."

nice did not attribute his current results to talent, but simply summarized it with the word "hard work."

But only ropz, who is equally willing to spend time and effort studying in CS: GO, knows the bitterness within.

Studying map movement in CS: GO is just like reviewing matches—there is never any fun to be had, especially at their level, with the mountain that is Astralis weighing on their hearts; one must think of every possible way to become stronger.

Under these circumstances, what does talent even count for?

Is his talent not high?

When he debuted, he was mocked by the entire internet, and even the professional player he once admired most sprayed him to his face, calling him a cheater, which once shattered his Dao heart.

In the end, it was with the help of niko that he successfully proved his innocence, becoming the recognized genius teenager of the entire European professional scene.

Yet, despite such high talent, he had only achieved meager results, and he remained very far from becoming a true top-tier player.

Moreover, that mountain called Astralis just stood there, daunting to behold.

Talent is merely the threshold to meeting those Danes, and to truly have the qualifications to compete with them, one needs to put in unimaginable effort and climb over mountain after mountain.

The scenery while climbing upward is naturally beautiful, but who can one tell of the confusion after failure and the self-doubt in the dead of night?

ropz could deeply understand what nice said: if you win, it is the result of hard work.

"I suddenly thought of kennys." While ropz was lost in thought, Han Wang leaned over at some point.

He took a bite of an apple and spoke eloquently: "kennys was once the idol of so many, the synonym for speed and talent, but now it has been a long time since we've seen him in top-tier matches."

"kennys, huh..." ropz shook his head; that guy who was always coughing had already become a famous cautionary tale in the circle.

In the CS: GO professional scene, one cannot avoid talking about kennys when discussing talent.

Because he is the "white moonlight" for too many people.

Once upon a time, kennys's talent was just too high!

As long as he still had a Sniper Rifle in a match, the audience felt there was still a chance; no matter how adverse the situation, kennys could always make plays with that Asiimov of his.

That exclamation from the commentator on Inferno: "Lightning fast!" became a memory for so many.

kennys naively believed his talent could overcome everything.

But time is always ruthless—

It silently punishes the slothful; the once fast and accurate kennys is now only fast, and fans watching this scene cannot help but miss the green, inexperienced kennys.

Talking about kennys, even though he is still active on the circuit, Han Wang and ropz were surprisingly in agreement: they both believed kennys would not go far on his professional path, let alone in a team like G2.

As a famous "traffic" team in the circle, G2 places great importance on public opinion and commercial value.

If there weren't a genuine shortage of capable Snipers on the market, kennys might have been kicked off the team at the beginning of the year.

Looking back at kennys's career, it inevitably gave these two genius teenagers a feeling of "the rabbit dying and the fox grieving."

"Let's not talk about this." Han Wang finished the apple until only the core remained before discarding it. "Did you watch the semi-final between Vitality and Renegades yesterday?"

ropz shook his head: "I just finished watching the match between NAVI and BIG; I haven't seen the Vitality and Renegades one yet, but I just scrolled past nice's interview."

"What's there to watch in the NAVI match? I fell asleep watching it yesterday," Han Wang said, his interest piqued when returning to Vitality. "This BO3 was terrifying. jks got a 1v5, and Zywoo and nice each pulled off a 1v4. It really is like everyone starts 'popping off' once they're on LAN."

He rubbed his hands in anticipation. Yesterday, huddled under his blanket watching the match, even if it was just on his phone, the passionate cheering of the Huaxia fans made him feel as if he were in the stands of the arena, experiencing the passion of a LAN tournament on-site.

And when nice pulled off that 1v4, he was so excited he threw off his blanket; thousands of people in the arena were shouting one name together.

If they were shouting "frozen," he wouldn't even dare to imagine how good that would feel!

After finishing the Vitality and Renegades BO3, he felt a bit unsatisfied, so he waited a while to continue watching the clash between NAVI and BIG.

Then he fell asleep.

One can only say that NAVI is worthy of being the best sleep aid in CS: GO; watching them, one's eyes just naturally close.

Upon hearing this, ropz opened the recording of the Vitality and Renegades semi-final on his computer, turned off the commentator's audio, and began watching at an accelerated speed.

Han Wang said: "No need to watch Map 1; the play on this map was pretty trash."

Whether it was Renegades or Vitality, their performance on this map was abstract-level; he couldn't even bear to look.

Plus, after StarSeries ends, Vertigo is set to appear in the active map pool and the forklift map is set to go offline, so there's no point in them studying this map anymore.

ropz agreed, and under Han Wang's guidance, he opened the Inferno map.

Watching the match content, Han Wang clicked his tongue in wonder: "Seriously, why is this nice's aggression so strong? If Renegades doesn't call for help, this Banana cannot be controlled at all; it keeps getting blown open..."

ropz watched a few rounds and also saw the point: "Renegades' calling is no good. Playing 3B and still playing Banana so slowly—basically every time, nice gets away unscathed. The point of controlling Banana is lost."

For the CT, time is also a part of resources. Astralis even has a special tactic on Inferno: using five Smoke Grenades to continuously extend the B Tunnel defensive smoke to force the opponent into a full-scale rush.

Renegades played 3B, but their initial Banana play was like a scumbag—neither proactive nor rejecting.

If you ask if there is a 3B second-timing map control play, of course there is.

But that is a special design, a method used to counter-flash, catch people, and get kills. Yet, looking at the match footage, Renegades had absolutely no intention of pre-designing it.

It's like how Karrigan once designed a set: in a Force Buy round, starting 3B with one person standing behind the Stone Slab, one at the corner of the Yellow Wall, and one behind at the Bomb Site to catch flashes.

Once someone gets information, they fire the moment they counter-flash. After killing the Terrorist at the Stone Slab close-point, they even go straight forward to catch the Terrorists in Banana.

"But it also has to do with nice's playstyle," ropz said. "Look at this round. Renegades gave a T Spawn smoke immediately, but look at how nice plays it: a Stone Smoke, a Mid fire... these were originally a set of anti-rush utility for the CT, but he throws them out at this moment and it becomes a counter-push."

"His sense of smell during offense and defense is too sharp." Han Wang nodded, having a new understanding of this guy nice's playstyle.

He used to think nice played very recklessly and had accurate aim, but now he realized that not only is his timing for attacking good, but he can also handle counter-attacks under immense pressure quite well.

He specializes in being solid and stable.

With Renegades' 3B start, nice might not be able to gain any huge advantage alone in Banana, but he can still restrict Renegades.

This one person exerted the effect of three people, allowing the other Vitality teammates to smoothly expand their map control into A2, Mid, and so on.

Then, seeing the next few rounds, Xu Beifang adjusted back, and with the coordination of his teammates, he began to fiercely attack Banana; Han Wang finally couldn't help it and asked very frankly:

"ropz, you and nice have a really good relationship?"

ropz nodded: "If you really go ask him, he won't refuse."

Hearing this, Han Wang rubbed his hands in relief and said: "Then ask him to come play a few games, let's play together."

"Sure, I'll ask him, but they have the finals tomorrow, so he might not have time."

"Ask him first."

……

"What is the streamer's dpi? 400x1.77, you guys can use it as a reference, but the most important thing is to find your own settings." Even though he had answered this question many times, Xu Beifang still replied earnestly.

Because he knew very well that it was under the guidance of these netizens that he had slowly gotten into CS: GO in the beginning.

Now that he encountered some newcomers getting into CS: GO who wanted to imitate the settings of Professional Players like them, he was also very happy to become an object of imitation for these Professional Players.

Or rather, it is precisely because CS: GO has an extremely high barrier to entry by nature that the attitude of these veterans toward newcomers is extremely friendly.

【Self-disciplined as always】

【Checking in, 52nd day of watching Little Xu's stream】

【Family, why is he able to be so hardworking】

【Looking forward to tonight's finals, go Little Xu!!】

Xu Beifang was practicing movement on a T3 KZ map, occasionally glancing at the bullet comments on his phone to pass the time.

Just then, he heard a notification sound coming from outside.

Xu Beifang alt-tabbed to take a look and found that it was a message sent to his Steam by ropz.

【The student is here again!】

【ropz plays secretly every day, haven't really seen him stream much】

【That's just how Ropz is, he likes to play secretly by himself】

【The student must have been beaten up in FPL and came looking for a carry】

【Nonsense, ropz himself is a top-tier carry】

The viewers in the stream had a pretty good impression of ropz; first, he was known by many as a genius teenager, and coupled with the tragic color brought by his personal experience, it made their impression of ropz even richer.

ropz: Play a couple of games together?

Xu Beifang: You're still in Europe, the ping is so high...

In the past, he could dominate on FACEIT while dealing with 100 ping, but as the old saying goes, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

In the servers for offline CS: GO tournaments, many are local servers, and there have even been ultimate experiences with 0 latency.

At times like this, going back to play on a 100-ping server, things like rubber-banding or hit registration issues might occur.

Of course, the opponent might not take damage when hitting him either.

ropz: It's fine, you're a veteran high-ping warrior, come on!

ropz: By the way, let me play with that 661 of yours.

Since ropz had said as much, Xu Beifang didn't refuse anymore.

Xu Beifang turned on his accelerator and opened FACEIT, and at this moment, he unexpectedly discovered that his old teammates pasha and byali were both online.

He simply invited them to join the lobby.

Soon, a familiar voice came through the TS voice chat:

"oh! myfriend!"

"Can't you say something else, you muscle-head?" byali made the retort that Xu Beifang wanted to make.

pasha's "myfriend" had already left a heavy mark in the history of CS: GO.

Xu Beifang said happily: "That's the only English sentence he says well."

"Haha." byali also let out a ruthless laugh.

Soon, ropz and Han Wang also joined the TS voice chat, and Xu Beifang clicked match, starting his own leisure time.

Although the match was starting tonight, they had already finished some pre-match preparations and review content last night, and xtqzzz gave them a day off today to avoid too much pressure on them.

For Xu Beifang, playing FACEIT or even FPL with friends was already very relaxing.

The five of them all had very high ratings, so it was difficult to match against opponents of equal strength for a while.

"Beifang, you guys are playing the finals against NaVi tonight, right?" pasha said.

byali asked curiously: "Any confidence in lifting the trophy??"

ropz and Han Wang weren't as open, but they still pricked up their ears, wanting to hear some inside information.

"How could I not." Xu Beifang's answer was a bit arrogant, but his next words almost made them stumble: "After all, even if we use the 'wear out the old man' tactic, we can still wear NaVi to death today."

The format for this StarSeries was a BO5.

This format was slightly unreasonable; after all, with five consecutive matches plus halftime breaks, the fastest finish of 3:0 would still take 3 hours.

But if both sides were evenly matched, then a full BO5 would take at least 5 hours.

Even,

if the play was intense and the match went into Overtime, the battle between the two sides could last 6-7 hours.

If the two teams played beautifully, the audience Under Platform could watch with great excitement.

But a match of this duration would be a huge test for the players' stamina.

Xu Beifang couldn't help but think of the ancient era where there was even an outrageous BO7 format; that kind of match was purely disgusting.

It didn't just wear out the players, but even the casters and the audience.

As for this BO5 in the StarSeries finals, in a situation where regular matches are BO3, a BO5 is a reasonable choice; you have to make the finals more exciting, after all.

A BO5 match is a treat for the audience, but for many professional players on the field, the pressure is also quite significant.

Because under high-intensity confrontation, the players' consumption of energy and physical strength increases exponentially.

It is fine for these young players; they maintain their form well and can keep their performance normal.

But for those older players, once they reach this level of grueling battle and the tug-of-war lasts too long, their brains already turn into mush.

"Saying it like that, I feel quite sympathetic toward Zeus and Edward," Pasha said with a gloating expression on his face.

As an older player who has already retired, Pasha understands the pressure of this kind of match all too well.

He vaguely remembers that in the very early days, during an overtime in a final, as a CT he won a retake, and he was looking for the bomb everywhere, thinking that since A Bomb Site was cleared, it was time to plant the bomb.

It wasn't until his teammate was defusing that he realized he was playing as a cop.

This is the pain of older players in battles of this level; the further it goes, the more chaotic their thinking becomes, and they start making mistakes.

Once they make a mistake, they become even more afraid to play, leading to errors in positioning, and they start selling out their teammates, forming a vicious cycle.

Edward and Zeus are now at an age where they should retire; their Gunplay can no longer satisfy the needs of NaVi. Pasha does not believe that in tonight's match, these two old guys can stay clear-headed until Map 3.

Byali said: "It was such a pity that we were defeated by NRG in Shanghai before. Beifang, this time you must carry our share and charge forward!"

He didn't pay special attention to the StarSeries in Huaxia, but the content of this tournament recently was truly quite exciting; after he stumbled upon it, he started following it.

Xu Beifang smiled, though he had just lent his own 'AK47 | Case Hardened' to Ropz to play with. He is not the type of Skin enthusiast like EliGE; his demand for Skins is not high, but he still hopes the firearms have a little bit of color.

So after thinking about it, he entered his Warehouse and found an AK47 Redline with four stickers that he had crafted a long time ago.

As one of the most classic AK47 Skins, the Redline is a Sticker Skin.

The four stickers Xu Beifang applied on it were none other than 'Pasha', 'Byali', 'Neo', and 'Michu'.

It was a four-sticker Redline that Xu Beifang crafted himself exclusively for VP after the 2018 London Major ended. Many VP fans saw this scene and swarmed the screen with 【Teary-eyed】 emojis.

But there was no time to be moved; this Ladder match finally found a match.

"Good heavens, it's all your fault for having such high ratings, you active players; we've matched against a five-stack of Professional Players," Byali said upon seeing the opponents' IDs.

The opponents were also their acquaintances, none other than the current world number two, Liquid from North America.

Three from the Liquid Primary Team, plus the Liquid Coach and a random player.

Xu Beifang said somewhat speechlessly: "Didn't we say we were coming to relax?"

The intensity was dialed straight to the max; if those Liquid guys got serious, the paper-thin combat power would rival tonight's final.

Everyone also got serious immediately.

The map was Dust II.

After the knife round ended, they started as the attacking side.

The Pistol Round began, and Pasha, who had previous IGL experience, spoke up: "Brothers, how about we do a classic A Short speed rush?"

Everyone had no objections. Xu Beifang still intended to slack off for a while, so he voluntarily dropped a P250, then bought a Smoke Grenade and a Flashbang.

He threw the Xbox Smoke right at the start to cover his teammates as they rushed toward A Short.

After the countdown ended, Byali jumped down from T Spawn into Dark, intending to pull off a quick play and catch the opponents off guard.

But before the Smoke Grenade even popped, Byali saw someone moving toward B Site through the gap in Mid Doors, and then the next second, the opponent strafed back.

"Bang!"

【NAF used USP to Headshot Byali】

"Byali, can you stop feeding!!" Seeing his old teammate give away the Entry Kill, Xu Beifang immediately transformed into a pressure-kid and started a verbal offensive.

"What do you mean stop feeding? It was clearly because your Xbox Smoke was slow. If it had popped a few seconds earlier, would I have died before delivering the goods?" Byali was still being stubborn, "So for this Entry Kill, you have to take at least half the blame."

"Fine, fine, fine, so that's how we're playing."

"So my Xbox Smoke delayed your feeding, is that it?"

This remark made everyone in the voice chat laugh.

This led to them struggling to even maintain their aim when the real attack unfolded, and in the end, they only took out the weakest one, Stewie2K, and the Pistol Round ended.

However, the speaker spoke without intention, but the listener took it to heart.

Byali's words unlocked Xu Beifang's sealed memories.

If he remembered correctly, in his past life, Ropz's claim to fame was researching an extremely absurd Xbox Smoke.

Yes, that was a Smoke Grenade so fast that the CTs couldn't get any vision of Mid; if Xu Beifang threw it, it would definitely be able to limit the speed at which Byali gave away his head.

However, the difficulty of researching that kind of pixel-level Smoke Grenade is not small.

Keeping this Smoke Grenade in mind for now, Xu Beifang refocused his attention on the match.

With Ropz's help, they also got to know the new Mouz player, Han Wang.

In the early stages, everyone wasn't playing seriously, and because Pasha and Byali kept goofing around, there was constant laughter in the TS voice chat.

It wasn't until the score reached 1:7—that international metaphysical score—that Byali, coordinating with Han Wang, won a 2v4 Clutch, which finally ignited their desire to win.

At this point, everyone was tacitly working hard to catch up on the score, and it wasn't until they had secured 6 rounds in the first half that Ropz spoke up:

"Shall we try to see if we can Reset them on this round?"

Their entire team finally started to coordinate seriously, communicating and performing very proactively, and even started using some small tactical combinations.

The scores of both sides were constantly seesawing. Xu Beifang had been very relaxed before, chatting with the audience for a while between rounds, but they could also feel that as the score closed in, the Liquid team also started to get serious.

The two sides thus began a high-quality battle.

Often, just as Xu Beifang's side secured a point, Liquid's side would take one back relying on the performance of EliGE and NAF.

The Professional Players on both sides kept performing, and the audience watching called it a blast.

But for the group of protagonists on the field, it might have been very fun at the beginning; Pasha and Byali felt a long-lost sense of competition.

In this kind of match, every player is performing, there are small combinations between each other, there is a game of overall tactics, and it is truly very enjoyable to play.

But,

As the match entered the first Overtime...

The third Overtime...

The fifth overtime...

The... eleventh overtime!

Everyone's expressions were somewhat pained, and they even felt a burden on their bladders.

By the final moments, everyone was slightly delirious.

Everyone unanimously wanted to end this confrontation; after all, they were exhausted to the point of collapse.

But then they thought, having worked hard for nearly two hours, if they lost now, they would lie in bed at night and suddenly punch the mattress, uttering the painful words, "I shouldn't have made that mistake in that round today."

The two-hour process was certainly painful, but if they actually lost in the end, they wouldn't even have a shred of consolation.

Fortunately, in the end, Xu Beifang and ropz withstood the pressure and took this round.

Liquid's little jalopy of a team was overturned by them just like that.

"Take it!!!"

"nice!!!!"

The moment it ended, the sounds of celebration within the TS voice channel were somewhat relieved.

In this confrontation, even though Liquid wasn't playing the Ladder by bullying people, the current Liquid was truly pure aim-botting; the pressure Xu Beifang felt head-on was immense.

The moment the match was won, Han Wang glanced at the final scoreboard and couldn't help but complain: "nice, you're truly terrifying. We played 97 rounds, and you got a total of 104 kills; you're just a pure booster."

Dust II is a very classic aim-duel map; this map is a stage for a Gunner to perform.

But even Han Wang didn't expect that after this bladder-busting match ended, he would have a 30-kill gap with nice.

Xu Beifang laughed: "Normal, I'm in the middle of a tournament recently, my form is just right."

ropz got 88 kills in this Ladder match, a dozen fewer than nice, which he felt was quite normal, but he was also amazed at nice's terrifying form.

From their many spectator perspectives, nice's kills were almost just: see person, Positioning, instant kill.

Extremely simple and brutal.

Usually, you can see these top-tier Gunners, even someone like NiKo, have moments where they Counter-strafing and empty an entire magazine.

But once they enter tournament form, these top-tier Gunners in a match kill the moment they see someone.

Because in a match, if you can't kill your opponent in the shortest amount of time, you're the one who has to lie down.

This is a very cruel fact.

"Phew..." pasha let out a long breath and said in the voice channel: "Beifang, I can't do it anymore. I'm going outside for a run to relax; this match has truly exhausted me."

byali also spoke up: "I'm going to lie on the bed and watch the stream too, I can't take it anymore."

For these two retired Professional Players, just a single confrontation of nearly 60 rounds was already more than their bodies and minds could handle.

Before leaving, pasha nagged like a mother: "I'll watch your match later; you must play well for me today!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll work hard."

"What 'work hard,' you must win for me!" pasha said, "Don't hold a 'just get by' Mindset; you have to give it your all!"

He rambled on a bit more, and Xu Beifang listened with a smile.

After saying goodbye to his old teammates, Xu Beifang glanced at the time; it was already 11:30.

He said to ropz: "Let's play together again next time. Today's match was indeed a bit tiring, and we have to eat in half an hour."

Zywoo, who was playing Dota 2, suddenly popped over: "Time to eat? What are we having for lunch today?"

"You get all excited the moment we talk about food." Xu Beifang pushed Zywoo's big face away.

And in the mouz base, hearing that Xu Beifang was about to run off, Han Wang got a bit anxious.

"No, we only played one game..."

He had planned it out quite well: play a few more rounds, and when they got to Inferno, nice would be popping off on Banana, and he would take the opportunity to ask him about Banana strategies and techniques.

But this was only the first game, they hadn't even reached Inferno yet, and nice was already running off?

Xu Beifang replied: "This game was a bit tiring, and I need to rest for a while after eating to ensure my form for tonight."

ropz looked at Han Wang's tsundere attitude and took the initiative to say: "It's just that frozen hasn't quite figured out Banana in recent scrims, and you're a famous Banana God of War, so he wanted you to give some advice."

【Beep!】

【Advice received: give frozen some advice on Banana gameplay, difficulty 5 stars, B-rank Treasure Chest can be obtained upon completion...】

Xu Beifang was stunned for a moment.

"If it's inconvenient, then forget it," ropz said.

Xu Beifang quickly replied: "Convenient, it's not inconvenient at all."

His momentary daze was mainly because, all this time, he had been the one humbly asking other excellent Professional Players for advice; he really hadn't expected that one day, he would become the Professional Player being asked, and this shift in identity made him feel a bit unaccustomed.

On the other end of the voice channel, Han Wang instantly clenched his fists in happiness.

As a newcomer just promoted from the second tier, perhaps because he was correcting previous bad habits, his recent entry-fragging had lost its former agility, which made him very anxious.

"Alright, then let's enter the map; I'll tell you about my understanding of Banana, and it'll be good for me to organize my own thoughts as well." Xu Beifang was also very happy.

The once timid lizard who couldn't even walk the path properly could now become a guide for other players; this shift in identity gave him a sense of immense vanity.

He turned his head to look at his phone, and as expected, some buddies who understood English had translated their conversation, and the livestream chat instantly boiled over.

Previously, when Xu Beifang asked Xiaogui, EliGE, NiKo, and other Professional Players for advice, everyone knew that Xu Beifang liked to seek advice from the strong.

This led to the fact that even though his results were already quite good, in everyone's impression, Xu Beifang was still a player in the growth phase.

Yet they never expected that now, Xu Beifang had also become a target for other Professional Players to consult.

They instantly had the feeling of raising an electronic pet, like their own kid had grown up.

【He's made it, Little Xu's level is now good enough to teach other professional players】

【Damn, it's lit, in one year, Little Xu's life has undergone a qualitative change!】

【Please be sure to teach this first student well!】

【I also want to learn Little Xu's Banana gameplay, I want to become a Banana God of War!】

"You guys can learn this too, but I can't guarantee you'll be able to master it," Xu Beifang said to the viewers in his livestream.

Three people had already entered the stream, and Xu Beifang asked first: "Do you mainly want me to talk about attacking or defending?"

"Attacking," Han Wang said, "I feel like your attacking has more tension."

"Alright," Xu Beifang nodded, "then let's talk about my standard playstyle."

"My playstyle is built upon a large amount of match footage; basically, before every match, I'll go through the opponent's demo to understand their playstyle."

Watching opponent footage before a match is something basically every professional team does.

However, when Xu Beifang watches footage, he doesn't focus on the big picture, but mainly looks at the areas he is responsible for, and then adjusts his playstyle based on the opponent's style.

"If the opponent's Banana playstyle is aggressive, then I'll annoy them in the first few rounds..."

"Annoy? Tell us specifically." ropz was also a bit curious.

Xu Beifang explained: "For example, you guys at mouz love to control the first wave of Banana and then run away; you don't like to go deep. I'll spend several consecutive rounds throwing grenades at the Yellow Wall corner right at the start, or even call my teammates to throw grenades together, plus a few variations—like having a teammate help hold an angle immediately, then throwing fire at the Yellow Wall corner, and coming directly to fight you."

"Aren't you afraid of just feeding?" Han Wang was shocked listening to this; what kind of playstyle was this?

Using utility on the first wave at the start and coming up to fight immediately sounds a bit brainless.

"It's fine. I might feed, but once I've locked down your positions, I can just have Zywoo come over and push later," Xu Beifang said with an indifferent expression; Zywoo was his source of confidence. "Besides, an Entry Fragger's main job is to be confident. I don't believe I can't trade at least one. As long as I can trade one, the CT's overall formation will fall apart, and then it's our rhythm."

"As long as I can do that for a few rounds, you'll either have to call for 3B or back off, and my goal will be achieved."

"Hiss..." ropz was a bit surprised, "I thought you were a thick-browed, big-eyed guy, but your schemes are all in here."

He also understood why Xu Beifang wasn't afraid to share his playstyle experience; it was an open conspiracy.

Even if you know he wants to disrupt your playstyle rhythm, after being played like that by Xu Beifang a few times, do you change or not?

If you change your playstyle, then his goal is achieved.

If you don't change, Vitality's subsequent utility can directly consume you.

"Then there are some ways to respond on Banana. At this point, you have to be flexible in your playstyle. You can't let the opponent figure out your positioning information, otherwise, you'll end up like electronic, bombed to death."

"You have to move around, running back and forth on Banana like a monkey. If the CT can't figure out your playstyle, then their utility becomes easy to deal with."

Xu Beifang shared many more of his thoughts with Han Wang, and Han Wang and ropz also provided plenty of feedback, bringing him new perspectives.

It wasn't until around 12:30, when Vitality went to lunch, that this teaching discussion came to an end.

When it finished, Han Wang took the initiative to speak: "Thank you. I will actively try this in practice later."

Xu Beifang laughed and said: "Just a mutual discussion."

ropz offered his well-wishes: "Good luck tonight. I'll stay up late to watch your match. Looking forward to your good news!"

As a friend in the scene, he knew that because nice hadn't had any honors along the way, he had received a lot of criticism.

For example, his top ranking in the first year, or later, because his playstyle was full of tension and he had many fans, he was constantly compared to players like s1mple, niko, and device.

Because of his unique debut experience, many even said he was a clout-chasing player who only hired internet trolls to boost his reputation.

He genuinely felt that nice was a very good player, and he deserved to be liked by more people.

Tonight, this man would lift his first S-Tier Tournament Trophy on his home turf.

Asking for votes at the end of the month~