Chapter 358: An Amazing Radar

In this simulated clutch scenario instance, the opponent's footage is not static; it is simulated and changes in real-time.

At the very least, when Xu Beifang faced shox (2014), shox never had the same positioning in any round. He always chose strange, unpredictable spots that made it impossible for Xu Beifang to judge correctly.

The simulated young shox caused Xu Beifang great trouble in 1v1 clutch situations. He believed he definitely had the advantage in gunplay, but the young shox was truly a "No-Backer"—Xu Beifang rarely had the chance to take a fair duel.

Up to this point, Xu Beifang could still accept it.

But after that, Xu Beifang encountered a whole host of professional players, such as 2021 S1mple, 2017 Rain, 2018 xyp9x, and others.

Professional players of S1mple and Rain's caliber were actually fine; most of them would process information, read your position, and then find an opportunity to come out and take you down. It was almost an even confrontation, relying more on gunplay to solve problems.

But if he encountered clutch masters like xyp9x or ropz, Xu Beifang truly felt like he was playing a horror game. It often happened that after he nervously cleared angles for a long time, the final bullet would come from his side or behind. In the first few days, Xu Beifang was completely stunned, even losing many clutch rounds he should have won.

Against these cerebral players, Xu Beifang's win rate in clutches was always on the lower side, but he finally calmed down afterward.

After the playoffs in Cologne this time, Xu Beifang went into a full "burst" mode, putting up extremely exaggerated performances.

Although he hadn't expressed it much, Xu Beifang was quite proud of himself deep down, but in this instance, he finally felt a trace of frustration, and his inflated ego was slightly reined in.

As soon as he said this, it drew agreement from the surrounding workers:

The content of these points coincided perfectly with some of their ideas regarding the future development of CSGO.

Inside the Valve Washington CSGO division, a bald programmer stretched and reported to the designer beside him.

However, he was not the type to stop when encountering difficulties. These clutch masters made Xu Beifang suffer in the instance, but for Xu Beifang, they were also rare challenges.

Whether it's modifying the AWP's magazine size or making utility droppable, both can increase the variables in matches.

"Exactly, exactly!"

In terms of the professional scene, they didn't want to see teams like Astralis dominating matches on the Tier 1 stage for too long. They wanted to give those rookie teams, those internet cafe teams that started from scratch, more possibilities to appear on the top-tier stage.

The bald programmer replied from the side: "I understand this roughly. That guy Nice made a community map himself; he should be quite sensitive to map logic and design. Plus, as a top-tier professional player, he can react very quickly to utility and techniques that affect matches."

"Nice seems to fit our requirements very well!" The bald programmer's eyes lit up, and his scalp even seemed to flash with the light of wisdom.

For example, the AWP has too many bullets; reduce the AWP's magazine size.

"As designers, our experience in this regard isn't as rich as his."

"It's all that guy Nice's fault. Why is he finding bugs when he has nothing better to do? It completely increased our workload."

Only silence remained in the room.

Or, for example, making utility droppable—that would cause the game's playstyle to change significantly.

"We look for bugs in maps every day and don't find anything, but he almost researched our map mechanics thoroughly just by running around the maps alone."

"Hmm, so you think the player most likely to win TOP 1 this year will become our colleague..."

After a long while, the bald programmer found a new topic: "By the way, have you seen that video Betway Esports made? The one with suggestions and opinions on the future of CSGO."

That's why CSGO's updates have become very frequent in the last two years; they just want to bring a better ecosystem to the game.

However, they also understood that for this kind of community game, only when clubs participate is there a possibility of survival.

But players who can play professionally don't necessarily understand programming and design.

It was a complete logical closed loop.

In their view, Xu Beifang was completely bored. There was already enough to prepare before the Major, yet Xu Beifang was finding bugs for them every day, multiplying their workload many times over.

"Haven't seen it."

Players who know programming and design don't necessarily play the game very well.

Not far away, a designer in casual clothes listened to his colleagues' full resentment and added: "Indeed, this guy is simply not acting like a human... but I have to admit, this guy is truly sensitive to the game."

"Sure enough, this player Nice has the potential to be a designer." The Valve designer fell into deep thought.

"If this Nice is even remotely human, I'll eat my computer screen. He's just looking for trouble for us because he's bored, right?"

If there were a professional player on the team, they would have a slightly unique perspective to view content, and they wouldn't have to release half-finished content anymore.

"As for the remaining HE grenade wallhack bug, there's no way to fix that. We can only communicate with the tournament organizers later and have them specifically ban the use of this bug before the match."

The two looked at the screen on the computer and soon saw the suggestions Xu Beifang gave during the interview.

"Then I'll search for it and show you." The bald programmer quickly searched on YouTube and soon found the video released by Betway Esports. He explained while searching, "The content mentioned by other professional players isn't actually that great. The only content that is truly constructive for our development is what Nice said."

They wanted to see the purest esports, people shining on the competition stage for their dreams, rather than it becoming a club, becoming a job.

The designer nodded: "If the boss could recruit a professional player for us, that would be great. Then there wouldn't be so many bugs in the designs."

They had this idea a long time ago.

"The guy who made the Xbox smoke bug last time was also this guy!"

He was like a sponge, crazily absorbing nutrients from the clutch masters.

In the room, a group of people were crazily muttering, their tone filled with resentment toward Xu Beifang.

CSGO has been around for over a decade. They have passed the initial stage of pursuing stability. Now, the entire design team pursues more change regarding the game and the professional scene.

In places where fans' eyes cannot see, Xu Beifang is working hard to make himself stronger.

The designer on the side also breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally finished this work. The workload recently has been a bit too exaggerated."

The last time they took action was to nerf the AUG and release a new map.

These two moves brought many variables to the professional stage. Teams like ENCE, which relied too heavily on the AUG, instantly fell to the bottom.

Teams like Vitality also relied on the map change to sit firmly on the throne of World No. 1.

But in the last few months, variables in the professional scene seemed to have decreased.

The designer looked at the professional players in the Betway Esports video all clamoring to buff the M4A1, and then thought about Xu Beifang's request regarding the AWP's high margin for error, and fell into deep thought.

How about we hold a meeting later to discuss a major update for players before the Major?

That would definitely be interesting!

Xu Beifang didn't stay in the club the whole time. After fighting wits and courage with top clutch masters in the "Gods and Ghosts" instance for several days, he was invited by JackZ to visit G2.

This was something they had discussed before, so when JackZ issued the invitation again, Xu Beifang agreed decisively.

But what Xu Beifang didn't expect was that when he and JackZ drove to the G2 CSGO division, they were greeted by the entire G2 main team.

JackZ looked at the G2 team members, came to kennyS's side, and said somewhat flattered: "What's the situation? Why are you being so polite?"

JackZ still had a very good relationship with the G2 group. Although he left G2, he was different from shox.

At the time, shox said it was a friendly negotiation, but in reality, it was because the team's performance was poor, and he ultimately chose to be the scapegoat for the leadership. He was a "bonus gift" because Xu Beifang specifically named him.

So coming to visit G2 now wouldn't be as awkward as it was for shox.

kennyS pushed JackZ's big face away with his hand: "It seems you have no self-awareness at all. We are all here waiting for Nice! Do you understand the gold content of a CSGO Concept God?"

"Oh." JackZ wasn't angry either, "I'm relieved now that you've said that."

kennyS leaned next to Xu Beifang, holding a signature pen and a mousepad in his hand: "God Nice, come help me sign this. A childhood friend of mine has wanted your autograph for a long time, and recently he's been nagging me so much my head is spinning..."

"No problem." Xu Beifang signed his name on the mousepad cleanly and decisively.

He understood this point very well. Even though his personal ability had reached the world's top, every time he went home, he would still be driven crazy by Xiao Ming, and Xiao Ming would even occasionally ask him to help get autographs from several players, which was also hard to refuse.

But even so, Xu Beifang would still play with Xiao Ming because having a friend willing to laugh and joke with you in the game is already a very precious wealth.

Soon, after the group exchanged pleasantries, they walked into G2's training base.

After seeking Xu Beifang's opinion, the G2 CSGO division manager also arranged for a photographer to film. You have to know that in the world of CSGO, Xu Beifang, who had just put up an exaggerated performance in Cologne, was already the embodiment of traffic.

G2 had been inactive in the public eye for too long and needed the addition of some traffic to make the world pay attention to this "French Second Brother" again.

Under the introduction of G2 members, Xu Beifang slowly toured the entire G2 club. During the tour, he couldn't stop exclaiming:

"G2 is worthy of being a big club. It's completely different from NEO's stinginess. Compared to G2, the decoration and design of our base look like Syrian style."

JackZ said somewhat embarrassedly: "I felt this the moment I first went to Vitality. Our club is truly poor!"

Xu Beifang added: "It's not that the club is poor; it's that they don't care much about our division. All the money is spent on the LOL division."

Hearing the two guests' teasing, the G2 group felt a little awkward.

kennyS knew that Vitality's club was indeed poor, not at all like what a World No. 1 should look like.

The last time he visited, he saw Nice training his reaction time, and it was XTQZZZ helping out with a baseball; even some basic equipment was lacking.

In their view, these conditions were already considered arduous, yet in such an arduous environment, Vitality won championships crazily in the middle of the year, and Xu Beifang's performance was simply terrifying.

This directly silenced them.

Just then, JackZ curiously asked: "By the way, when was your last major tournament?"

"Don't mention it, let's go see the training room..."

As soon as he said this, kennyS already felt sweat dripping down his back.

The last major tournament was ages ago.

Who is like you, having those top-tier tournaments to play every month!

Speaking of which, as an old-school club, G2 hadn't appeared in the public eye for several months. Because of Xu Beifang's influence, kennyS had started to work hard intermittently in the last few months.

But with no major tournaments to play, he really couldn't get into it. After training hard for a few days, he returned to his original state.

The current G2 can be considered the "salted fish" among salted fish.

However, because they hadn't played in matches for too long, they had also prepared quite a few things in training, ready to show their skills at the Major at the end of the month, letting the world see the "Black Samurai" killing their way out of hell.

The group walked into G2's training room, and Xu Beifang couldn't help but complain: "The size of this table of yours could serve as a bed board for Zywoo. It's simply extravagantly inhumane."

"How are we extravagantly inhumane?" kennyS shook his head, "It seems you haven't been to Liquid. Liquid is truly rich."

He felt G2's base and training room could only be considered standard. Liquid even had training bases in different cities with vastly different styles; that's what you call extravagantly inhumane.

Xu Beifang knew this point. Several North American clubs were quite rich. He still remembered when he left VP, the conditions Col offered him were simply exaggerated.

"Hmm, what is this looking at?" Continuing inside, Xu Beifang saw a computer displaying BlameF's hexagonal radar chart.

hunter came over and said: "Before you guys came, my training had just finished, so I was just browsing things online to kill time. I happened to come across that radar chart that was very popular before. It seems the author put the data from this Cologne tournament on it."

JackZ looked at the data on the screen and commented casually: "This Dazhuang's data isn't bad."

nexa, who had the nickname "Gambler God," shook his head: "Who doesn't know his data is artificially high..."

The group beside him giggled. No one would want their teammate to play matches using Dazhuang's playstyle.

Dazhuang can play very comfortably in matches, but as a teammate, you would feel like there is one person missing in the match, and the play becomes very passive.

Seeing that everyone noticed this video, hunter also maxed out his awareness, sat back in his seat, adjusted the volume to external output, and then dragged it to the beginning to play.

Xu Beifang couldn't help but laugh when he saw the title. He didn't know which ACG fan had made it:

"Breakthrough Reincarnation: I Must Become World No. 1 Even After Coming to CSGO"

With this, the atmosphere in the room became much more active.

Their circle is CSGO. When talking about CSGO content, everyone relaxed.

Watching Astralis's team photo and the hexagonal radar chart appear in sequence, nexa exclaimed: "As expected of Astralis, one of the most stable professional teams. Even the overall data is roughly the same."

In this Cologne tournament, Astralis showed stability overall—stable strength.

Except for being stunned by Xu Beifang's performance in the semi-finals, they had been winning all the way, and there was no player who "burst-carried." Usually, it was three or four people performing stably to help the team win.

Even from the perspective of this data-driven view, this team was still terrifyingly stable.

However, kennyS glanced at Xu Beifang.

Even such a top-tier tactical team was left in agony under this guy's exaggerated personal performance, not even showing much room to fight back.

He was now very curious about what the final data chart would look like, given Xu Beifang's exaggerated performance in this Cologne tournament.

The players in the video kept changing, and soon NAVI also appeared in the team list.

As one of the most outstanding players in this Cologne tournament, S1mple also received a top-tier special effect from Nian Lan.

S1mple in the picture had an arrogant smile on his face and made a throat-slitting gesture, quite arrogant.

"Whoa! As expected of S1mple, this data almost filled the chart!" JackZ said in surprise.

Judging from the radar chart on the screen, S1mple fully met the standard of a "hexagonal warrior." It wasn't just that he filled it, as JackZ said; he had several data points that were even higher than the icons Nian Lan set.

It could only be said that Nian Lan giving him a special effect wasn't because of his high popularity, but purely because S1mple performed well in this Cologne tournament.

Then, immediately following, Liquid's data appeared on the screen. When stewie2K's data came out, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

The viewers in the video's barrage were discussing it even more.

【Who brought this girl along?】

【Periscope player】

【Please pay attention to the timing of entering the factory】

【Data chart for a CT player who mainly defends B Site】

【This must be the innate "Electronic Factory Saint Body"】

【Actually, it's easy to understand. Banana was killed by Nice on Banana Road, so the data is naturally poor】

Afterward, EliGE's data was actually quite good, but it obviously didn't meet the netizens' requirements for him, and there was still a lot of controversy in the video's barrage.

Then it was the second player in this video to have a special effect—EliGE.

Looking at EliGE forcing a smile in the team photo, everyone in the room couldn't help it. EliGE was always like this; you could feel he had no malice, but that slightly awkward smile was truly interesting.

However, although the smile was awkward, his data was not awkward at all.

Except for round survival, round kills had already exceeded the original hexagonal framework.

"EliGE, his performance in this Cologne tournament was truly fierce." kennyS felt a bit complicated looking at it. Last year, they also played against Liquid several times and could trade blows back and forth.

But now, although Liquid had become the "eternal runner-up" and couldn't win a championship...

G2 couldn't even get a major tournament qualification, which was a bit too awkward.

Then it was NAF and nitr0's data. The data for these two was relatively standard, both belonging to data that was passable.

"Next, it should be your turn, right?" hunter raised an eyebrow.

To be honest, when he saw this radar tournament chart video, the one he wanted to see most in his mind was Xu Beifang's data.

Because in this Cologne tournament, Xu Beifang truly put up unprecedented data, much more terrifying than his cousin NIKO's performance at IEM New York, enough to make them, players who didn't participate in Cologne, feel immense pressure just by looking at it, which was enough to show Xu Beifang's terror.

As soon as hunter finished speaking, he heard the background music become impassioned.

Immediately after, a shot of Xu Beifang laughing and putting his arm around Zywoo appeared on the screen.

The next second, Xu Beifang's hexagonal radar chart appeared on the screen.

(The protagonist's rating data should be 0.1 higher, and for round damage, it should be around 124)

Xu Beifang's hexagonal radar chart almost completely covered the original hexagon. In the five aspects of rating, impact, round kills, round damage, and non-death rate, all exceeded the outer extension of the original framework.

Even rating and impact far exceeded the framework itself. The exaggerated shape even made Xu Beifang's data seem unreal.

For a moment, the G2 members in the room even doubted if the video author was an amateur.

It wasn't just them who had this feeling; the netizens who finished watching this video had the same mood, and the snowflake-like barrage filled the screen.

【I suddenly smiled with relief】

【My language system is confused. What kind of cheater data is this?】

【Against the heavens, the screen can barely fit it】

【Nice was truly a god descending to earth in this Cologne tournament, a complete dimensional strike】

【I, a Liquid fan, am truly helpless. Liquid was in good shape this time, but they had no power to fight back】

【Against the heavens】

【I was in class and screamed out loud】

【Suffocating pressure】

"Whoa!" Xu Beifang himself was a bit surprised looking at it, "Did I perform that well in this Cologne tournament?"

Paper data is ultimately hard to understand.

But if you compare the graphs, you can see the gap at a single glance.

He had previously seen S1mple and Elige, who also performed exceptionally well, but even with how much they carried in this Cologne tournament, they barely exceeded the hexagonal frame.

Yet for Xu Beifang, only the "rounds survived" metric stayed within the hexagonal frame.

All other data points exceeded the hexagonal frame; in fact, Xu Beifang's radar chart alone is almost equivalent to two Eliges.

This is just absurd.

It really is a gap-style lead.

kennyS walked over to Xu Beifang's side, patting him on the left and looking him over on the right.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Xu Beifang didn't know what kennyS was doing with these actions.

kennyS replied: "I'm checking if our anatomy is different somewhere; why are you able to put up this kind of superhuman performance? This is just too damn terrifying."

hunter turned his head to look at Xu Beifang again; although Xu Beifang still had a smile on his face, he inexplicably felt a strong sense of oppression.

"You'd better pray that we don't run into Vitality in the upcoming Major!"

hunter suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "Right, I hope NIKO can be our substitute and run into Vitality!"

The room was silent for a good while.

Xu Beifang then spoke up: "You guys really are good brothers!"