Chapter 36
Three hours passed quickly. The final result of this training match was VP 0:3 losing to Fnatic. The average strength gap between the two sides was too large, and they didn't win a single map.
In the second map of this training match, Mirage, they played their best map and got 13 points, but still failed to win the match.
After the training match ended, saying goodbye to Fnatic who was trying to probe the 'nice' info, the VP members who had lost three matches in a row finally came to chat about their current situation.
"Fnatic is so strong." Byali thought for a while, and smiled bitterly, "Or rather, we are too weak, the state decline is too serious."
Neo nodded and didn't speak. The high-quality training match that had been away for a long time also silenced him.
If one match could find an excuse to say the state was poor, what about the stats of all three matches being poor?
The five teenagers who were as dazzling as gold could not resist the erosion of time after all, and their competitive state declined seriously this year.
"So we must take advantage of the fact that our state decline is not so thorough, and achieve the last result." Pasha felt powerless about the decline of the team's level, but still didn't intend to give up the last dance on the professional stage.
After all, once retired, there would be no time to fight for passion like this later. He didn't want to think back on this period of time countless nights after retiring, as days when he wasted his time.
Xu Beifang listened on the side and didn't speak. He also finally understood the real reason why VP was so anxious to find a 'useful talent'.
VP now, to put it nicely, is in a bad competitive state. To put it bluntly, it's really poor!
Xu Beifang's level is actually very special. According to his own comparison, he should only have the level of a second-tier team carry.
But the experience of the previous life is not without help. At the beginning of his work, when he was not so busy, he would also often watch professional matches, and this situation continued until shortly after seeing Liquid win the Grand Slam.
So his discipline, trade kill coordination, and these qualities have always been hidden in his heart.
Just like the pistol round before, Byali was arranged to hang alone in mid, but he would still actively go out to find people. The result was being killed.
If it were Xu Beifang, he would expose his info while making himself survive as much as possible, instead of going to find people to fight.
This is the difference in game understanding. To put it bluntly, it's not that the VP members are really poor, but that most of the professional players at the current stage play like this.
Discipline and teamwork—these two words have not yet taken root in everyone's mind.
Xu Beifang has the viewing experience of the previous life, so this understanding is higher than the professional players of now. This is also why his shooting skills are not too outstanding compared to these professional players, but he can still produce good stats.
He knows what to do when.
"nice, you don't have to worry either. After this training match, the manager shouldn't be able to find any excuses later." Pasha saw Xu Beifang didn't speak and took the initiative to give comfort.
Three training matches, Xu Beifang as a breakthrough player, got a total of 81 kills, occupying the first place on the VP side in this training match.
Michu, who was second, only got 63 kills in total, directly pulling the gap open.
The other members of VP saw this result, and the resistance to changing people became smaller and smaller.
Electronic sports is like this, as long as you have strength, everything will be very smooth.
Before, these old VP players all thought that changing people was an unwise choice, but these days of ladder grinding had gradually made them accept nice.
But in their hearts, they ultimately thought the quality of the ladder was too poor. They, this group of professional players, would never take the results of the ladder seriously. It's just something they use to maintain their state.
But today Xu Beifang was in this training match against Fnatic.
That breakthrough like a crazy dog really opened their eyes.
Although he often sent out the first kill, this guy's breakthrough attempts were really many, and the breakthrough success rate was also extremely high!
This kid is really not afraid of dying and taking the blame!
Moreover, in the game, nice is not the kind of player who only cares about stats. Several times he got kills with short guns, and Pasha directly asked him to contribute the long gun. This guy did it without a word.
And when he was low on health, he would also actively give the AK-47 to his teammates, coming out himself to help his teammates pull the gun line.
Such a team member, it's simply too cool!
Sufficient strength also made the VP members gradually accept him.
"Let's stop the training match for today. Let's rest for 20 minutes, and then nice, you come with us to run the map." Pasha suddenly said, "Although you played well, you haven't learned or understood many of VP's tactics. It will be very troublesome if you really fight in a match."
"By the way, let me tell you, you are a newcomer after all. You will participate in IEM Shanghai with us. But at first, let Morelz be a member of the main team, and you are a substitute member. Is this okay?" Pasha was a bit uneasy, afraid that the breakthrough-crazy young man on the other side would say a 'no'.
"No problem, I was a newcomer originally." Xu Beifang replied with a smile.
"Rest assured, no matter how Morelz performs, I will arrange for you to play." Xu Beifang agreed readily, and Pasha also gave him a reassurance.
After the 20-minute rest, they entered the map-running room and started practicing according to the tactics Pasha explained.
Watching the newcomer adapt to their tactics at a fast speed, Pasha once again sighed at the newcomer's powerful talent.
At this time, he sent the three training match results that just ended to the CS: GO division manager, and then made a phone call.
Beep!
The call connected.
"What's wrong again? I said the player you found is just a random player. He didn't even hit the top 100 on FACEIT. This is not according to the rules."
The manager's somewhat irritable voice came from the other side of the voice chat, and at the same time, he also heard someone shouting "There is a team in the 180 direction" and other sounds. He understood that his manager had run to the PUBG division again.
Pasha resisted the urge to hang up the phone and said: "Look at the screenshots I just sent you. We had three training matches with Fnatic, and this random player you mentioned played the best stats in the breakthrough position. And what random player? Which of us old VP now didn't become professional from a random player?"
"But he is already 21!" The manager looked at the record, obviously choked for a moment, and retorted, "How many years can such an older player play?"
"Forest Brother is still playing on the professional field at such an old age. Is Big Brother's age not old? How many of those French people are young?" Pasha said angrily.
"..." The CS: GO division manager was silent for a while, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, but only a short-term contract can be signed. If the next two matches don't achieve results, then you understand the result."
Hearing the stingy manager on the other side finally loosen up, looking at the record sent on the mobile phone, knowing that this was the result caused by nice's strength, but he still felt a burst of refreshment.
After getting a definite answer, Pasha returned to TS, opened the voice chat, and said to Xu Beifang:
"nice, you practice more recently, start preparing for the match. We will fly to Huaxia the day after tomorrow. We will sign a contract with you then. Don't slack off these few days."
"Understood, I will train hard." Xu Beifang said solemnly.
In the next few days, the IEM Shanghai series of events began to promote and warm up. This news made many CS: GO players very excited, looking forward to having a sufficient offline viewing experience.
Xu Beifang also started training like a demon when his teammates flew to Huaxia.
With the energy potion, these few days, except for physiological needs like sleeping and eating, he put all his time into CS: GO.
Since starting to train and grind with VP, he had turned off the live stream to avoid exposing some of VP's tactics, and preparing to welcome IEM Shanghai, he needed to train seriously and focused. Xu Beifang didn't open the live stream, and even forgot to send a notification.
This led to a lot of discussion under his account for a while.
Many netizens guessed painfully:
"Did Little Xu give up?"
Thanks to 'Zhi Si Cheng Chou' for the 100 point reward!
Thanks to '13 Da Ye' for the 1300 point reward!
Thanks to 'Cong Sen' for the 2000 point reward!
Ask for a ticket at the beginning of the month!
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