Chapter 354: This tournament rating is higher than Danking's height!

It had been over half an hour since Xu Beifang hoisted the Trophy, yet Danking was still livestreaming the match.

It wasn't because there were more matches to follow, but rather that he was still savoring the aftertaste of this one.

He truly couldn't wrap his head around why it was so simple for Xu Beifang to play a match!

Some viewers hadn't even expected such a high level of outstanding performance in the finals; in their excitement, quick-fingered netizens had already edited together the highlights of Xu Beifang's performance at this Cologne.

Tie Dan was watching Xu Beifang's performance in the livestream room.

He stared at the screen in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, then suddenly laughed with a sense of relief after watching for a while: "To be able to 3:0 Liquid in the finals, and with Beifang basically hard-carrying every single round—seeing Liquid's expressions earlier, I actually felt quite bad inside."

The audience thought he was sympathizing with Liquid, which was normal; Liquid hadn't managed to win a single map in this final, and Elige's forced smile after the match had broken the hearts of many fans.

But no one expected Danking's follow-up to be so heaven-defying: "Seriously, we occasionally win a map in practice matches against Vitality, so does that mean our Tyloo has the strength to defeat Liquid!"

【???】

Soon, he saw the 9th top comment under this page:

【WTF, this rating is actually higher than Danking's height】

Then, he quickly saw the article reposted by the official Perfect World account.

【Ma Xixi and Danking's Double Peek isn't as high as Beifang's rating】

Tie Dan's face turned black instantly.

【Ever since the semifinals, Team Astralis and Liquid have been completely captured by Nice; he just chased them down to kill them】

Under the reminders from the bullet comments, Tie Dan stopped playing along with the memes and continued scrolling down.

【Vitality beat Tyloo 3:1, Vitality beat Liquid 3:0, therefore Tyloo > Liquid!】

Looking at these comments praising Xu Beifang, Tie Dan only felt a sense of reflected glory.

As Tie Dan spoke, he took a screenshot and sent this top comment to Xu Beifang.

【Throughout the entire tournament, Nice's stats were head and shoulders above other esports players. He took first place in Headshot Rate, total kills, First Kill Success Rate, first kill attempt rate, multi-kill rate, KD difference, and more. Since defeating Team Astralis, the ESL tournament director has asserted that Nice has already locked in the MVP of this Cologne, even if Vitality were to lose the final, the MVP would still be awarded to Nice.】

"Is he even human??" Danking spread his small hands in front of the camera, completely unable to comprehend it.

【1.8, man. And that's the average stat for the whole tournament. If you asked me to go smurf, I'm not even sure I could get these stats】

【In 2018 we saw the most outstanding team synergy in CSGO history, a dynasty team rising before our eyes, and then this year, everyone saw the most outstanding individual ability in CSGO history】

Tie Dan continued to look at the stats below. During the post-match interview, the director had displayed Xu Beifang's stats for a moment, but Danking had been too busy interacting with the audience at the time and didn't remember the specific numbers, only seeing the 1.41s and such flashing in the bullet comments.

Tie Dan opened the official Perfect World website on his computer; although his mood was complicated, he wanted to see how the netizens were feeling.

Danking: F*** YOU!!

Because Danking had intended to create a show from the start, the messages were all sent from the computer's WeChat, and the audience saw the entire process.

At the end, ESL officially summarized:

He burst out laughing.

【A new king is born! The supreme Nice has reached the summit today in his faithful Cologne!】

The worst match was the opening one against Heroic, where they lost, and in that match, Nice put up a 1.23 rating.

"Damn it, are you crazy? Can the Idan in the livestream room show some backbone!!"

"Brothers, go to the top comment and blow him up!!"

Xu Beifang's reply came quickly: Who said I'm only roasting you?

"But what am I even saying, as if Tyloo could beat Vitality." Tie Dan sighed, "We debuted at the same time, I'm still f***ing struggling in the Asian fish pond, while Beifang has already started his reign. Vitality really took off this mid-year."

But the heat on the forum was truly exaggerated.

The cover of the article was a picture of a smiling Xu Beifang holding the MVP Medal.

【Clown】

【Hahaha, Ma Zong and Danking's Double Peek isn't as high as little Xu's rating, this is too funny】

【There's really no problem with that, Tyloo > Liquid ≠ Tyloo can defeat Liquid】

This title almost made Danking lose his composure, and the livestream room was filled with question marks.

【The 22-year-old Huaxia genius Entry Fragger displayed the strongest firepower in history at this Cologne. He showed all Riflemen the terrifying ceiling of the Rifle and claimed the fifth championship of his career, as well as his fourth MVP Medal!】

【At this Cologne, Vitality played a total of 15 maps, and Nice blasted out a terrifying 1.80 rating, easily breaking the record held by NIKO at the 2017 IEM New York (1.70 rating). Even more commendable is that even when facing Liquid in the finals, Nice blasted out an average of 1.92, the highest highlight stat in the history of CSGO major tournaments.】

Following below were Xu Beifang's stats against each team in this tournament.

Danking: Beifang, can you manage your fans? It's fine if you brag about yourself, but you don't have to roast me specifically

Danking saw this push notification about Xu Beifang's MVP, and there were already over 900 comments below it.

You have to know that in the past, even when the two brothers played the Ladder, they only had a rating of around 1.3. As a result, this top-tier professional put up a tournament rating of 1.8; this wasn't just pure smurfing, this was treating the opponents like novices who had just entered the scene.

【Tie Dan is dreaming again】

Tie Dan took a look, and damn, looking at it, there wasn't a single match with red stats, and you couldn't even see any matches with particularly low stats.

【You should look at the 9th top comment before saying that】

He continued to scroll down; Cologne had just ended an hour ago, and it was already late at night back home.

Under the questioning of the bullet comments, Danking said: "You know, Nice is my best brother, this guy is incredibly strong, we have a terrifying chemical Reaction when we are together..."

The next second, Danking watched as Xu Beifang sent a screenshot over.

【It's just terrifying, honestly, does Beifang have a system? He really is like a novel protagonist, this is too terrifying】

【I've been watching CS matches since '14, this is truly the most terrifying display of individual ability I've ever seen】

【Tie Dan, stop chatting, Batman is looking for you, he said the movie can't be made without you】

【This Beifang is too funny】

【But don't they sleep so late over in Cologne?】

【The match just finished, they're probably celebrating】

Tie Dan looked at the questions in the bullet comments and continued typing on WeChat: What are you doing now? The match is over, why aren't you sleeping?

Xu Beifang: Out having a late-night snack and drinks, let me show you.

Xu Beifang: 【Image】

Looking at the image sent over, the smile vanished from Tie Dan's face.

The photo showed the Trophy that every player at this ESL Cologne dreamed of, but right now in Xu Beifang's hands, it had become a wine glass, filled with some beer.

Do you have to be this extravagant, using a Trophy to hold beer for drinking!

Although he couldn't compare to Xu Beifang in terms of honors, he definitely couldn't lose in terms of momentum.

Danking: Fine, fine, fine, so that's how you want to play, just wait until I ruthlessly sanction you at the Major at the end of the month!

Xu Beifang, inside a late-night snack shop in Cologne, looked at his phone and typed out a line:

Xu Beifang: Dan Dan, you should still focus on making it out of the Challengers Stage first.

Tie Dan leaned back directly, his whole body slumping into his gaming chair.

What does it mean to kill someone and then attack their heart!!

……

It was about time to get up and train.

Waking up from his sleep, old habits made Xu Beifang prepare to get dressed, wash up, and start his wonderful day.

But just as he propped himself up on the mattress to sit, he suddenly remembered.

It seems we already won the championship!

Only then did Xu Beifang abandon the idea of getting up, but after that brief thought in his mind, all sleepiness vanished.

Glancing at Shushu, who was still in dreamland beside him, he really envied Shushu's sleep quality.

He couldn't fall back asleep, and since it was now vacation time, Xu Beifang didn't plan on going to the training room to open the game.

Having just won the championship, he had to at least enjoy the hard-won happy times.

After the match ended yesterday, their entire team went out for some drinks, and he had only slept for a few hours.

So his head was actually a little groggy.

Xu Beifang opened WeChat first, replied to the congratulations from friends and family, and then opened Bilibili.

When he was bickering with Danking yesterday, he had also posted that photo to Bilibili.

Now, upon opening it this morning, the notifications in the background had exploded.

【Beizige has such prestige, his performance tonight was too strong!】

【Brother, why are you smurfing in Cologne? You're making me unable to learn anything!】

【As a Liquid fan, I just want to say, Beizige, you really are ruthless.】

【The performance in this Cologne was truly god-tier among gods. Let's see if anyone still says Vitality's number one ranking is unearned!】

Looking at the congratulations sent by the viewers, a satisfied smile hung on Xu Beifang's face, and even his headache seemed to have eased a bit.

Because there were too many messages, it was too difficult for him to clear the red dots one by one.

Compared to obsessive-compulsive disorder, his laziness seemed to be more severe.

Xu Beifang quickly closed Bilibili and opened Twitter.

Compared to the praise from domestic viewers, he wanted to see how this group of people abroad evaluated his performance in Cologne this time.

Perhaps many North American netizens had already started to break down; after all, their crushing performance to defeat Liquid really maximized the entertainment value.

Plus, with the top-tier new tactics used at the end, the level of discussion definitely wouldn't be low.

Xu Beifang couldn't wait to open Twitter, intending to take a look at the fans' Reaction.

But as soon as he opened Twitter, what he saw wasn't the breakdown of North American fans, but rather the roasting from a group of professional players he followed.

Xu Beifang had produced the best tournament performance in history, and the viewership for this Cologne tournament was also surprisingly high, which was astonishing.

The first post was a tweet from his good friend ropz:

ropz: @Nice, can you be any more ridiculous? Exaggerated individual ability, outstanding tactical performance, how are we supposed to play!!!!

The four exclamation marks following this tweet fully demonstrated ropz's astonishment.

Xu Beifang also smiled; he hadn't expected himself to be able to put on such an exaggerated performance either.

It was mainly thanks to Team Astralis; he had played with all his might in that match against Team Astralis, but their form had been a bit off.

The final stats were a bit exaggerated, which directly gave Xu Beifang a boost of confidence.

Immediately following was a tweet from NIKO; NIKO's post here was quite funny: Liquid currently needs to undergo a major roster change.

And below was an image:

【NIKO, you aren't even willing to change the Liquid Jersey】

【Five S1mples, seems like the most likely episode】

【S1mple, S2mple, S3mple, S4mple, S5mple, the peak of team firepower, haha】

Right after that, a netizen photoshopped an image, which made Xu Beifang lose his composure even more.

They took Xu Beifang's original promotional photo from his time at VP, and then photoshopped Xu Beifang's head onto his teammates one by one.

The meaning was clear: N1CE, N2CE, N3CE, N4CE, N5CE.

They knew very well that a player with Xu Beifang's ability could play the Sniper Rifle, could play the Rifle, and many of his performances fit the standard of a Lurker; it was even rumored he was Vitality's secondary caller.

Looking at it this way, 5 Nices seemed more reliable than 5 S1mples.

"Making it look so real," Xu Beifang couldn't help but remark.

Continuing to scroll down, he also saw the comments from Liquid members on Twitter.

Twistzz and Elige were actually fine; the tweets they posted also expressed their submission.

These were their true feelings; having been beaten up the entire time, what else was there to say?

If the gap between the two sides wasn't large, they might still argue about some positions, saying things like their feel was off or they had bad luck.

But from the data alone, one can clearly see just how outstanding Xu Beifang's performance was.

And if you don't look at the data, but just watch the matches, you will find that Xu Beifang's performance in the games is equally exaggerated.

A Du from Team A even bluntly stated: "I would rather believe that Nice is cheating."

Liquid's official Twitter was a bit funny; he @Xu Beifang, then said they wanted to spend 10 billion to buy out Xu Beifang and make him retire early, otherwise this game is simply unplayable.

Naturally, he didn't take it seriously; such words were mostly just joking.

But then again, 10 billion is truly tempting!

So he didn't hesitate at all and went under that Liquid tweet to ask: When are you transferring the money!!

After all, it is 10 billion!

If he really earned it, Xu Beifang would directly transition to becoming a Coach and spend a fortune to put NIKO, Zywoo, S1mple, and Device on one team.

What, you say there is still one person missing at the end?

Then I'll reluctantly let Danking pay 5000 out of his own pocket every month to join the team.

He also quickly saw a tweet posted by an analyst in the scene:

"I like Nice winning the championship this time. The entire professional scene will next try to find a way to sanction Nice. It feels like a small boss in an RPG game turning into a major raid boss after a version update. Unfortunately, one of Nice's nicknames really is BOSS!"

While Xu Beifang was happy, he also began to feel the pressure.

This is esports; you not only have to be strong, you have to stay strong!

Since Xu Beifang displayed astonishing strength at this Cologne, then all top-tier teams and teams with ambitions for the Major will put him under a microscope to observe.

In the upcoming matches, if he continues to maintain this playstyle without change, he might die a miserable death.

Change is never an easy thing.

But the next one is the Major championship!

Xu Beifang could not possibly give up this opportunity!

However, before that, he received a message from pasha, and he had to accompany his old Dage to the gym for training.

……

"It's just that I didn't get to fully enjoy it..."

Inside the hotel training room, A Du was imitating Xu Beifang's post-match interview, but the next second he couldn't hold it in and burst into laughter with Magisk.

"This guy is really acting," A Du laughed, feeling that Xu Beifang was just a chuunibyou.

Magisk shrugged: "But you can't deny that he really did pull it off."

Hearing this, A Du put his hand to his forehead and laughed helplessly.

This is the most frustrating part; you know the opponent is acting, but you just can't do anything about him.

Before, they hadn't played against Vitality, so they could still question what these top-tier teams were doing; if they went on stage to play against Vitality, Xu Beifang would definitely not be able to put up such an exaggerated performance.

They had played against Xu Beifang before, and Xu Beifang was just an ordinary aggressive Gunner; in this nearly one year, he should have improved a lot, but it was still within a controllable range.

Then this time when they faced off, Team A felt it; Xu Beifang had indeed improved this year, just not by a little, but by a lot, a lot!!

When the match had just ended the night before last, they felt completely bewildered.

As a former king, gla1ve almost had his Dao heart shattered in that match, and he was incomparably dazed.

Yesterday, he even slept in his room for a whole day, and only came out at night to finish watching the finals.

Seeing that his old acquaintance Liquid had also been toyed with by Xu Beifang, gla1ve's state finally began to improve.

For them, the matches of these two days were too shocking; this shock was even greater than Vitality winning the title of World No. 1.

Starting from 2018, the emergence of those powerful Snipers made everyone gradually understand a truth.

The dominance of a Sniper in a match is very strong; this 4750 weapon can produce astonishing effects.

But they had never thought that a Rifleman could influence the situation of a match to this extent; it really refreshed their concepts and cognition.

Yesterday's match was truly so strong that it made the group of people from Team A feel desperate.

Because as Professional Players, they are not like ordinary spectators who just watch the match for fun.

For an IGL like gla1ve, his focus was on the tactical game between the two sides; his understanding of Xu Beifang's individual ability was not exaggerated, he was just amazed by many of his mid-round decisions.

But for others, Xu Beifang's individual operations were really a bit too outrageous.

The positioning in different situations, the grasp of timing, and the choice of movement.

Even the micro-adjustments during gunfights made them feel their scalps tingle.

Take a round on Overpass for example; Device clearly remembers that Xu Beifang was switching his knife for a long time alone in the spawn.

As soon as Liquid had some movement towards A, he started pushing forward with the big sniper.

From a certain perspective, this way of operating is no different from wallhacks.

But as a cerebral player, Device knew this was a choice made based on existing information and the opponent's habits.

Xu Beifang's Information Processing ability was much more exaggerated than he had imagined.

What the audience saw was just pure Gunplay, seeing his Crosshair locked onto the opponent's head every time they met.

Throughout the finals, being able to have an incredibly high win rate in frontal gunfights relied more on Xu Beifang's Information Processing; he basically didn't have any large-angle flick shots, often just small-range Positioning.

But even if it was a small range, Xu Beifang's Positioning Ability was also very terrifying.

"It's hard to deal with. If we really run into Vitality in the next Major, I feel the difficulty of handling them is too high." Device looked at Xu Beifang's highlight reel, feeling that the difficulty of this Major had increased many times over.

In the previous few Majors, they actually played very easily, mostly focusing on themselves and prioritizing their own tactics.

They would use the extra time to study other championship favorites.

But this time, being hammered by Vitality head-on served as a wake-up call for them.

If they can't find a way to target Xu Beifang, then them wanting to repeat as Major champions is basically a dream.

Magisk belongs to the optimistic type, smiling and saying: "It's fine, maybe Nice's form will decline when he gets to the Major."

He felt that Xu Beifang's performance was too damn anti-human; it definitely belonged to a burst of form, and the state wouldn't last long.

"But what if he has an outburst and starts popping off against us?" gla1ve said very seriously.

Form is something that even the players themselves cannot predict accurately.

gla1ve is an in-game leader who even calculates the margin of error for Headshot Rate; he does not want the match to go wrong because of the opponent's form.

In this match, Vitality has taught him a lesson.

Xu Beifang crushed his tactical playbook with individual ability, and he must update his tactics and find a way to deal with this kind of individual performance.

Previously, because he had played against Vitality too few times, he did not know Vitality's playstyle.

But having faced them this time, he at least has some reference material.

He really will have to study Xu Beifang under a microscope from now on.

Just as he was lost in thought, he heard Magisk's voice: "Hey, one of Vitality's tactics from yesterday has sparked some controversy."

Mentioning tactics got gla1ve excited: "Which tactic? The one where they flew from T-spawn to B Stairs?"

Throughout the entire final, that tactic was the one that caught his eye the most; he hadn't realized a runboost was possible there, otherwise he definitely would have designed a similar tactic.

So in some respects, he quite appreciates Nice; this kind of tactical development ability is too strong.

"No, it's the round where he hid in that rat spot behind the Sandbag. Some people are saying Nice used a bug, and there's quite a bit of controversy right now."

gla1ve raised an eyebrow: "That positioning was indeed absurd, but was that spot reached using a bug? I don't think so."

Magisk said: "Netizens are saying that position is a Pixel Walk. According to Valve's rules, pixel walking is exploiting a bug, so there's a lot of drama on the forums right now."

"You all know that the overall gap on Map 3 isn't actually that big, so the outcome of a single round can have a huge impact."

However, because Valve and Xu Beifang haven't stepped in, it is currently just a controversy.

Thanks to Valve's laziness, there are actually quite a few bugs in this game, so many new things that are dug up are considered innovation as long as they aren't malicious bug exploits.

Magisk is very curious; given Xu Beifang's personality, he will definitely fire back hard.

He is already looking forward to Xu Beifang's response, ready to grab some popcorn.