Chapter 368: Gold is more valuable than diamonds!

"Congratulations to Team Vitality for winning this match with a score of 16:10." Leon Kai's tone was somewhat complex when he said the celebratory words for Team Vitality.

He was a friend of Xu Beifang personally, so he certainly hoped Xu Beifang could go further. But he was also a long-time fan of Faze for many years.

So in this confrontation between the palm and the back of the hand, no matter the result, his mood wouldn't be particularly good.

But on second thought, Faze had finally made a name for themselves in this match, although they struggled very much when playing defense in the second half.

But as the offensive side in the first half, NIKO and the Rain God's performance was very good, able to go back and forth with Xu Beifang in the Outside area.

He had already seen all the content he wanted to see.

His mood was relieved again, and even his congratulations to Team Vitality were a bit more enthusiastic.

"To be honest, this result is no surprise, it's just that Faze's performance in the first half gave fans quite a lot of expectations." Leon Kai summarized, "But there's really nothing to say, Team Vitality's overall performance was better."

"Little Xu's presence is as strong as ever, from the pistol round in the first half, his presence was very strong, and Team Vitality's others also played very brilliantly, no one dragged them down, in this situation, there's no reason to lose."

After sighing over Faze's state, Leon Kai's gaze looked at Team Vitality again.

Xu Beifang nodded: "These pieces of information were understood."

After all, Rain God came out at the second time; if NIKO was also below, he would have come out to supplement the gun long ago.

Team Vitality could always find opportunities to break the situation, while Faze appeared relatively miserable.

JackZ was quite qualified as a Tier-1 gun man, and Xu Beifang didn't want his confidence to be ruined because of this playstyle.

Although he usually shouted about who would want to carry if they could lie down, in reality, it was because the two big brothers on the team were too carry-heavy, and many times there was no opportunity for him to play the clutch.

But the overly poor performance in the second half still shattered these ideas.

As the Team Vitality group stood up and started walking toward the stage, the director's camera also followed and gave it to Faze's player bench.

However, they could still accept it; thanks to the Rain God's brilliant performance in the first round, they had obtained a win in the Legends Stage, and now losing to Team Vitality, the record was only 1-1.

"Galaxy Battleship?? Please call me the Ship Breaker!" shox, who had won the 1v3 clutch at the match point, appeared very excited.

That guy who used to practice gunplay randomly following netizens now also had the strength to impact the highest peak of CSGO.

Changing one's mindset is a very painful thing, which is why gun men's gunplay will decline a lot after transforming into commanders, because many of their playstyles consider the team more.

"It was indeed played well, NIKO completely didn't expect you to be able to touch his back at that time." Xu Beifang admired, "If you had given him a knife at that time, his mentality would definitely have exploded."

At that time in that clutch, his mind was full of being surrounded by the opponent, and he had to deal with the Rain God in the open first.

"What do you say?" Xu Beifang listened attentively; this thing had always been his weak point.

Xu Beifang took off his headphones and could hear his teammates shouting excitedly.

But discerning people could still see the gap between the two teams in terms of details.

Leon Kai looked at Xu Beifang in the lens and was also sighing endlessly.

Xu Beifang heard shox's words and reacted at this time.

shox and Xu Beifang hugged; he was in high spirits now, so he took the initiative to say: "Actually, in the pistol round clutch in the second half, you had a better way to solve the problem."

"At that time, Rain God was in the Control Room, you were here at the B Site pillar, and you could probably determine that NIKO was at the A Site, I didn't misunderstand this, right."

apEX walked over and put his hands on their shoulders, "Alright, post-match review will be done when we go back, it's almost time to go and shake hands with Faze."

Faze's expressions were clearly not good.

Xu Beifang saw JackZ's concerns: "When you have enough economy, you can also actively look for the opponent to fight in the clutch. What you need to understand is that you are saving the gun because of team needs, not because you can't beat the opponent."

Xu Beifang was much more straightforward in the clutch, kill the person first, let the opponent reduce their numbers first.

So the thinking was still a bit problematic, the information processing was slow, otherwise, if he had killed NIKO first, and then gone to the front to use the door to pull Rain God, it would have been easier to win this clutch.

Then he played and played and lost confidence.

Especially Xu Beifang, the means displayed in the confrontation were even more stunning.

Then win this clutch through experience, information processing, and even intuition.

Immediately after, he turned his head to look at JackZ: "Bro, no more words, I'll treat you to dinner later, today you filled up my long guns, directly giving the opposite side a wave of firepower suppression."

Always serving as an atmosphere group, occasionally working hard to carry a wave, and enjoying the feeling of adrenaline soaring, is still quite good.

Although they knew there was a gap in strength in this BO1, they always had some expectations in their hearts. As the offensive side in the first half, they got 6 points, which proved that they had the strength and foundation to defeat Team Vitality.

"Your first few shots were fine, but after finding out he was acting as a hook, you could have gone to find NIKO first and killed NIKO, that would be a head-on 1v1, breaking their layout first."

Although he had recently obtained a clutch instance, this kind of improvement still required a lot of time. Sometimes a clutch master's words could provide him with a lot of help.

"Learned." Xu Beifang nodded; shox's thinking was still top-tier, it was just that his gunplay couldn't support his thinking, making his clutch expressiveness not as strong as before.

But in today's match, Faze's pressure in the front and the necessary targeting were all applied.

In the first match of the Legends Stage, Team Vitality also showed their state, crushing G2 by a large score, but G2 didn't provide effective targeting, and their state wasn't very good, not giving the necessary pressure.

JackZ smiled: "Doesn't matter, as long as we can win."

As long as they win two out of the next three matches, they still have a chance to advance to the Champions Stage and enjoy the cheers of the audience on the big stage of the Mercedes-Benz Arena.

When shox is in good form, his clutch thinking is really great; he can always find some strange routes, putting himself in the opponent's map fog.

He actually wasn't very used to playing today; after all, he used to be a relatively aggressive gun man, but now all considerations have to be for the team, and the overall thinking mode needs to change.

Because of Team Vitality's exaggerated state in the past few months, everyone thought Team Vitality had the momentum of a champion in the Berlin Major.

However, there is no weak team among those who entered the Legends Stage, and the subsequent matches are unlikely to be smooth.

But there is still a possibility of qualifying, plus the psychological expectation for losing this match, when looking at the Team Vitality members walking toward them, they still handled their emotions well.

NIKO couldn't help but roll his eyes the moment he saw Xu Beifang walking over, and then punched Xu Beifang in the chest.

"Ouch, what are you doing~" Suddenly attacked, Xu Beifang was very puzzled.

NIKO gritted his teeth and said: "It's you kid playing with the Zeus x27!"

The other Faze members on the side, whose emotions were originally bad, were also washed away by NIKO's words, and now they couldn't help but want to laugh.

Because of the relationship between Xu Beifang and NIKO, the relationship between the two teams was not bad.

However, they didn't expect that Xu Beifang could pull out a Zeus x27 on the Major stage; you have to know this is the Major stage!

If the Zeus x27 didn't zap anyone, they could already imagine the various rhythms on the internet.

"Who stipulated that you can't play with a Zeus x27 in professional matches?" Xu Beifang shrugged, then smiled and mocked, "Do you even understand CSGO! If you're bad, practice more, understand?"

NIKO was very angry, but he really couldn't do anything about Xu Beifang.

Because he also played with a Zeus x27, but not only did he fail to get a kill, he was counter-killed by Xu Beifang instead.

The Zeus x27 is still of little use in professional matches, but the 200 dollars plus the almost certain kill attribute makes this weapon generate very high returns in specific situations.

But if it's pulled out suddenly like NIKO, the effect will definitely not be very good; Xu Beifang at least had undergone special training.

While thinking, Xu Beifang walked to Rain God.

The two muscle men hugged each other, the scene was slightly gay.

Xu Beifang informed XTQZZZ, telling them to go directly to the stage, and then walked out with JackZ.

Nowadays, Nuke can't be counted as Faze's strong map, but Rain God's proficiency on this map is still quite high.

In 17 and 18, he and NIKO didn't know how many teams they had knocked over in the Outside area on this map.

But today the two joined forces, and only barely gained an advantage over Xu Beifang, and even in many rounds, they were knocked over by Xu Beifang.

"Another genius teenager is rising." Rain God couldn't help but sigh.

Hearing this, Xu Beifang was a bit speechless: "Is there anyone more genius than you, old man?"

Rain God has stood firm on the Tier-1 stage for several years and is known by major CSGO players.

Xu Beifang has only been on the professional stage for a year, and his game time is already about the same as Rain God's.

He clearly understood that this lazy dog in front of him was the real talent monster.

As long as this guy wants to work hard and practice gunplay for a period of time, players will be able to see the Galaxy Battleship roaring again.

"But not everyone will be as diligent as you." Rain God smiled.

He was convinced that he didn't beat Xu Beifang head-on.

This wasn't the first time he had faced Xu Beifang, and almost every time he could feel the change in Xu Beifang's influence in the match.

But he wasn't jealous of this change in Xu Beifang.

As one of the traffic stars in the circle, Xu Beifang's efforts have been recorded.

No entertainment life, no emotional tug-of-war, life, except for maintaining healthy fitness, only CSGO is left.

Rain God knew that he definitely couldn't be so diligent in CSGO, so he admired Xu Beifang even more.

However, he and NIKO combined still couldn't completely eat Xu Beifang, which also aroused Rain God's competitive spirit.

"Next time we face each other, I will definitely be in better form."

"Then I'll start looking forward to it."

Xu Beifang answered with a smile.

After shaking hands with Faze post-match, amidst the booing of pasha in the stands, Xu Beifang returned to the player bench and started packing his luggage to leave.

"Meet again!" Li Wenzhe, with a head of elegant hair, greeted Xu Beifang with a smile.

Xu Beifang was a bit surprised: "Is it you coming this time? What about Se Fu?"

"He is broadcasting in the country, we all take turns." The bald guy answered and asked, "Do you have time now? I want to interview you and apEX here."

Xu Beifang communicated with apEX and then answered yes.

Speaking of which, it was outrageous; after their match ended, they had already returned to the hotel, but they bumped into Li Wenzhe in the elevator and were caught by him for an interview.

Sure enough, the bald guy's EQ is as little as his hair, Xu Beifang couldn't help but complain.

But the bald guy finally came over, and they really had time now, so it was a bit unreasonable to let the bald guy hit a wall like this.

The three found a place to sit down.

They found a place in the hotel's lounge, and after preparing, Li Wenzhe started the interview:

"First of all, congratulations on winning today's match. You successfully defeated Faze and successfully advanced to the 2-0 group. You only need to win one more BO3 to enter the top eight. How do you feel now?"

Xu Beifang thought for a while and then answered in Chinese: "The feeling of winning the match is quite good, especially winning against NIKO. To be honest, before the Legends Stage started, our whole team was a bit uneasy; after all, training and matches are two different things, but the final result is good, and our performance in the match was quite stable."

Li Wenzhe turned to look at his phone and then asked: "Se Fu, do you have anything you want to ask?"

Se Fu, who was connecting online on the phone, thought for a moment and asked: "Beifang, I mainly want to ask you about your performance in the Outside area in the first half today; it seems you lost your usual dominance. If you encounter this situation, how will you adjust?"

This question was quite sharp; after all, it was a fact that he was suppressed by the opponent for several rounds in the first half of Nuke.

Xu Beifang smiled: "This is actually quite normal; NIKO and Rain God are both top-tier Outside players, and they have also been constantly confronting me in the Outside area, playing quite aggressively."

"Their Outside area isn't as chaotic as G2, and there are still many overall moves. In this situation, the pressure on me to handle it is definitely greater. I was a bit lost in the middle, after all, I was hit by them several times in a row, and I didn't know where to expand, but I slowly found my rhythm and confidence later."

Hearing this, Se Fu also nodded with satisfaction; wanting to suppress several people alone in the Outside area, the difficulty is still quite large, plus the rhythm of consecutive defeats, being lost is normal.

"Then ask one more question, is Beifang ready for this year's signature sticker?" Li Wenzhe said with a smile, "I have already prepared the balance."

Xu Beifang smiled: "When I designed that sticker in the first half of the year, you should have known how I planned to play with this sticker."

It's just that this year's sticker design was postponed; I heard from the coach that it seems it will be designed uniformly after the Legends Stage match ends.

So if you want to torture the designer, you can only wait a bit.

"Seeing all the flowers in Chang'an in one day, I hope there will be such a day; we also really want to see our players standing on that stage." Li Wenzhe said sincerely.

Then he turned to look at apEX: "The last question, apEX, we saw Nice pull out a Zeus x27 in the pistol round, is this part of your tactics?"

Li Wenzhe's broken English was stumbling, but unexpectedly apEX understood.

This question hit the point; many viewers in the live stream pricked up their ears to listen.

This kind of strange weapon and tactics appearing in professional matches really made them very interested.

The Zeus x27 appearing in professional matches is like picking a Teemo in League of Legends next door; they really want to understand what Team Vitality's brain circuit is.

apEX heard this and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Xu Beifang:

"This is not our tactic at all, it's purely because Beifang suddenly wanted to play. Since he said so, what can I do? I'm just a commander."

apEX spread his small hands, looking innocent.

Listening to Se Fu's translation in the live stream, the barrage in the live stream started to scroll.

【Damn, what a team bully!】

【Shushu is so envious of this status】

【Just wanted to play, haha】

【Purely because the addiction came up】

【jw stayed up all night studying Beifang's demo】

【Zeus boy is here~】

"It's just that I didn't expect the effect of him using the Zeus x27 to be quite good." apEX said with a smile, "It seems I plan to turn the Zeus x27 into our common weapon later."

"Think about it, when playing offline matches, Beifang zaps someone to death with a Zeus x27, the scene should be boiling, right."

Li Wenzhe thought about that scene and found that he was really looking forward to it!

"Alright, thank you for accepting the interview." Li Wenzhe waved at Xu Beifang and the other, "I also hope you can successfully enter the offline stage, I look forward to the scene of you killing someone with a Zeus x27 offline, Beifang."

Xu Beifang waved his hand: "We'll see the situation then~"

The Zeus x27, you still have to look at the specific situation; pulling it out every match has no meaning.

Many things are like this; you have to catch them by surprise to work.

Bidding farewell to Li Wenzhe, Xu Beifang and apEX took the elevator back to their training room.

Unlike yesterday's crushing match, today's confrontation had moderate pressure, still letting them see quite a few problems.

Head coach XTQZZZ saw everyone arrived and started a meeting to review.

With their review, they found that NEO's targeting of Xu Beifang was really a lot.

Utility to limit Xu Beifang's shooting opportunities, tactical pulling to make Xu Beifang run on the map, letting several people group up to target Xu Beifang, relying on fast supplement guns to solve him...

Fame brings trouble, nothing more than this.

Xu Beifang's rise in Cologne made other Tier-1 strong teams put Xu Beifang under a microscope for research.

If it weren't for Team Vitality's active adjustments, their defense in the first half might have been even more miserable.

So they still had to make phased modifications to their adjustments.

XTQZZZ pointed to Xu Beifang's position in the recording with a laser pointer: "Beifang, you need to pay attention here, your Outside area push route has been studied. Look, every time NIKO and Rain God push forward, they will specifically search this position... You need to find a way to change the route slightly later."

Every professional player, when reaching a certain level, will form their own unique style of play.

So CSGO professional players, basically after reaching a certain level, all become formulaic offense and defense.

It's just that the higher the level of the professional player, the more formulaic content there is.

The opponent just found this point and used it to target Xu Beifang.

Xu Beifang also just realized this point and nodded immediately, indicating that he would change later.

"Then there is the thing we proposed before, Beifang, your positioning can be more flexible, cooperate with teammates to defend the Iron Plate, or go directly to K1 to lead the rhythm, these are all possible." apEX also said, "I need you to take information more actively, and then use information to handle it."

"Being targeted and restricted in the Outside area, actively changing to other areas is also a good choice."

Xu Beifang didn't refute, but quietly absorbed the understanding of the commander and coach.

This point is indeed true; although it was proposed before that he should run more flexibly on the map, this match was played and played, and he was a bit carried away, and the Outside area went back and forth with Faze.

apEX should have noticed his idea at the time, but didn't bring it up.

Now that I think about it, it is indeed a bit wrong.

The review later explained some communication problems, and there were no other major problems.

After all, as the core of the team, more problems revolve around him.

"Except for Beifang's positioning problem, the choice of the Zeus x27 today is indeed quite good, we can consider using it to play once in a while later." apEX proposed, he felt that this thing is a tactic that can disgust the opponent's mentality.

Xu Beifang continued: "Can't use it every match, this kind of thing has to be released once in a while to have an effect."

Others can understand this point; after all, the Zeus x27, the opponent is not prepared, so there is a chance to zap someone at the corner. If the opponent is prepared, then pull to a long-distance reconnaissance, then the Zeus x27 is empty, and you can only wait for death later.

"Today's match really showed us some problems, but the overall impact is not big, just adjust slowly later." XTQZZZ never thought about adjusting a new system playstyle just by relying on assumptions and self-training; ultimately, it has to be put into actual combat to fight and adjust with feedback.

"However, the economic management idea proposed by Beifang really played a role." XTQZZZ was quite interested when talking about this.

In today's confrontation with Faze, Faze was actually suppressing them on the offensive end in the first half.

But the economy JackZ saved up let Team Vitality always have long guns to play. Although Faze was winning consecutively, the economy just couldn't be raised.

This led to Xu Beifang finding an opportunity later, directly turning them around, and starting the rhythm of scoring consecutively.

"Today's round is really a pity; if after that round of saving economy, we directly turned Faze around, it would have been fun."

"When there is time later, I think we can all design tactics based on economy to play."

However, XTQZZZ only touched on these contents, and then announced that today's review training was over and everyone could move freely.

XTQZZZ's words were like the sound of nature, so pleasant at this moment.

"Finally over!"

"Can't do it anymore, I'm already dizzy, brothers."

"I'm going downstairs to eat, is anyone going together?"

"Together together, I'm almost starved to a male model figure."

Dinner wasn't eaten, and after returning to the hotel, I accepted an interview, and the review took more than an hour.

Now it's already time for a midnight snack.

Xu Beifang felt so hungry that his chest was sticking to his back; although the taste of the event group's buffet wasn't great, in this situation, he didn't pursue anything, as long as he could be full, it was enough.

Their group came downstairs, but unexpectedly met an old acquaintance.

"The Galaxy Battleship is eating!"

Listening to Xu Beifang's teasing, NIKO almost sprayed out a mouthful of rice.

Xu Beifang didn't care at all, and sat opposite NIKO with his resentful eyes.

"Why are you like a resentful woman, you remember it for a lifetime after zapping you once." Xu Beifang couldn't help but complain.

NEO smiled gently on the side: "Don't worry about him, he hasn't been in a good mood these past few days."

Both sides were acquaintances, no introduction was needed, and they chatted very familiarly.

Olofmeister added on the side: "Understand, this guy was knocked over by your old gay friend today, and then knocked over by his cousin, he's not in a good mood."

Xu Beifang's eyes widened instantly: "What's your situation?"

NIKO just ate silently; his mentality was a bit broken now.

Xu Beifang opened his phone directly and brushed through the forum casually.

【G2 ruined my diamond coin, damn!】

【How could Faze be knocked over by G2!!】

【Cousin is too carry, the younger brother can't withstand the pressure at all】

【nexa's betting point also played Faze into collapse, this guy is really a gambling god, how can he succeed four times out of five?】

【Can I say gold is the most valuable in advance?】

【Don't be discouraged, there is still the last round, Faze still has hope of qualifying】

Xu Beifang briefly looked at the battle report of that match again.

Team Vitality won the match and went straight from the venue to the hotel, but Faze, who lost the match, couldn't leave because they still had to play the 1-1 group match.

In the 1-1 group, they bumped into G2.

G2 was very smart and finally locked the map on Mirage, although G2 wasn't very strong on this map.

But Mirage, this map, every team has two brushes, as long as the gap isn't very large, it's possible for anyone to win or lose.

And perhaps to avenge NIKO's rhythm-leading, the cousin was very ruthless in this match, playing a 1.66 rating, and even had a very wonderful 1V3 clutch in the process.

On his strong map, NIKO, as the team's number one, only got a 1.01 rating, barely not being hit into red heat.

There was a lot of discussion about this match because this match affected many people's guessing homework.

G2's victory made the players' homework somewhat confusing.

In the Challengers Stage, there were quite a few teams that chose G2 to qualify.

But after entering the Legends Stage, everyone was still willing to believe in teams with stronger momentum like Astralis, Team Vitality, NAVI, and Faze.

Quite a few netizens put G2 in the 0-3 option.

Even players who weren't so extreme just gave up on the choice of G2.

But who would have thought that G2 would make a big move in the second round of the Legends Stage.

Directly shattered the Galaxy Battleship.

This resulted in G2 being only one BO3 away from killing into the Champions Stage.

And if Faze didn't play well in the BO3 tomorrow, they would also be gone directly.

"You guys were upset? Is the cousin so fierce?" Xu Beifang said.

NEO shook his head: "Mainly because I was disgusted by nexa's betting playstyle. His state came up, and he could bet on where we were even if he bit the bullet, the front offense couldn't beat it at all, and hunter was brushed into form several times in a row."

"But this is the Major, and it's not just our team that was upset. Liquid was crushed by NRG today, and then Karrigan and the others beat NAVI, the confrontation in the entire Legends Stage has become confusing."

He ate a bite of food and looked at Xu Beifang: "Now only you and Astralis are relatively stable, always winning."

"Oh, by the way, Liquid seems to have lost to VP later, they are also one match away from being eliminated now."

Originally after losing to G2, they came to the edge of the cliff of being eliminated, and at that moment Faze members all wanted to die.

But later they found that even Liquid was one match away from being eliminated, and their mood inexplicably got better.

Although this is immoral, having someone accompany them to suffer in the loser's bracket is really good.

Xu Beifang shook his head: "This damn Legends Stage is all a mess, it seems that gold is really more valuable than diamond coins this year."

Rain God shook his head: "Better think about yourself first, don't play the next BO3 badly, then the audience will complain that 'silver has a higher price-performance ratio than gold'."

Xu Beifang shook his head, although he wasn't worried about this happening.

But the chaotic situation in the Legends Stage still gave him some inexplicable nervousness.

Sure enough, this is the Major!

The confrontation of new and old legends, the crushing of strength, constant upsets.

This is too interesting!

... ===== CHAPTER 369 =====