Chapter 377: Losing even after dealing 499 damage!

Thursday, September 5, 2019.

Tens of thousands of people had already gathered at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, looking forward to the official start of the Major Champions Stage.

The confrontations during the Challengers Stage and Legends Stage over the past half-month had whetted the appetites of the offline audience. Now that they had officially entered the final stages, everyone could fully enjoy the charm of CSGO within the venue, and the entire arena was filled with excitement.

"Arrived at the peak of CSGO, the Major!" Xu Nanfang was happily filming a video with his phone. When the camera turned to the left, he smiled happily, "Oh, isn't that Danking?"

Danking waved at the camera and then tugged at the white jersey he was wearing: "Brothers, no slacking off today. I'm here to support our Vitality brothers."

It was clear that he was wearing one of Xu Beifang's Vitality jerseys.

Xu Nanfang smiled and then turned the camera toward the stage: "Let's look at the venue in the distance, family."

After filming a short segment, Xu Nanfang decisively sent it to his internet cafe's small fan group, though perhaps because there were too many people using their phones in the arena, the small video kept buffering.

"Nanfang, there are really so many people here!" Xu Ma felt it was somewhat unbelievable, "Are all these people here to watch Beifang play?"

Although they knew their younger son was playing professionally abroad and that many people liked him, they were older and only understood a little bit about many things.

Gobb walked into the arena full of smiles, carrying the half-person-high trophy, and made his way to the center of the stage amidst the cheers.

When Vitality was announced, Xu Nanfang could clearly feel the section of the stands they were in erupt into a frenzy. Beside him, Xu Ma pointed at the screen and said excitedly: "Look, it's Beifang, Beifang has appeared!"

"LaLaLaLaLaLaLaVitality!!"

But when they truly entered the offline venue and arrived at the Berlin Major arena, it was truly shocking.

The song wasn't complicated; it mainly had some bass fluctuations during the team name, but in the atmosphere of the live venue, it seemed very cheerful.

Then, the stands opposite them were a deep Danish red, while the stands on the left had more fans wearing blue and white jerseys and the American flag-colored Liquid jerseys.

Not to mention Xu Ba and Xu Ma feeling shocked, they were shocked as well.

"……Vitality!!"

In the end, accompanied by the sound of a C4 explosion, the introduction of the Champions Stage players officially concluded.

As for the other teams, they had fans, but they were too scattered, and one could only see a few here and there.

There were still a few minutes until the opening ceremony, just as he was lamenting that the Major atmosphere was indeed fascinating.

He remembered very clearly that there was a three-meter-high big screen erected at the entrance of the arena, and there were quite a few people watching that area.

The Major opening ceremony officially began!

"Deng deng! Deng deng! Deng deng!"

Although Xu Beifang had been very busy with work recently, he had made a guide for them long ago. Their seats were located in the center of the arena, and they could see the big screen very comfortably.

Memories hidden deep in the minds of CSGO players were gradually awakened bit by bit.

The lights came on, and the background voice shouted: "Let us welcome Gobb!"

Old VP, LDLC, new FNATIC……

Just as Xu Nanfang was feeling somewhat unsatisfied, the lights in the arena came on, and then within a few seconds, except for the light strips around the stage that were still glowing, everything else plunged into darkness.

From his angle, he could also see many fans holding up their cheering light boards, rooting for their players.

The captains of the eight teams in the Champions Stage were all standing in position.

After singing a song, the people in the stands also burst into laughter, becoming a sea of joy.

Today, this arena had already accommodated 16,000 CSGO players, but the event organizers still underestimated the players' enthusiasm. Those players who hadn't bought tickets still took to the streets to feel the atmosphere of this Major.

Xu Nanfang looked around; the atmosphere in this arena was comparable to Mirage. The seats Xu Beifang had arranged for them were excellent, and the circle around them was full of guys wearing white jerseys—these were all Vitality fans.

Many local fans at the scene offered applause; speaking of which, it was also a bit of a pity.

Xu Nanfang's face was full of pride: "Yeah, most of these people are here to watch Beifang play. He really found a job he loves!!"

Fortunately, the event group also let a legendary player come over to present the trophy, which was a rare consolation.

Immediately following, the background voice sounded with a question: "Who will be the next one?"

Looking out, they only saw a sea of heads. The people in the arena were just communicating normally, but the noise produced felt somewhat deafening.

Every time a team's name was announced, it was followed by the team's promotional video and their highlight moments in this Major.

The music gradually began to become impassioned, and slowly, various familiar gunshots rang out. Coupled with the synchronization of the lights in the arena, it made them feel as if they were on the scene, once again controlling the mouse and keyboard, and the whole person became tense.

This Major was held in Berlin, Germany, but Big, as the number one team in Germany, hadn't even managed to make it into the Challengers Stage, which they felt was a great pity.

A sound like a heartbeat rang out, and immediately after, the figures of old FNATIC and old NIP appeared on the four circular screens.

Watching the trophy finally being placed on the trophy stand, the eight commanders had different expressions, and no one knew what they were thinking.

Even fans of other teams, feeling this atmosphere at the scene, only had smiles.

This was a memory, and also a tribute.

These were the trophy-lifting moments of the Majors over the years, and many of them recalled their initial emotions.

The Vitality fans at the scene, led by a fan, took the initiative to sing the Vitality song.

After all, it is a Major held right on our doorstep; it is quite painful not to have any team to support.

NAVI fans were relatively scattered and were in various areas; clearly, no one had organized them deliberately before the match.

Xu Nanfang could even clearly hear the English stream commentator shouting during the highlight footage: "Nice is very detailed, he caught a remarkable timing. Sergej in the front was directly taken out by him. Aleksib threw an incendiary grenade, but Nice stepped directly into the fire and pressed onto his face, directly piercing through B Site!!"

Next, as if corresponding to the previous sentence, the names of the participating teams in the Champions Stage began to be read out one after another.

"Hello to all the viewers on-site and in front of the screens, this is the Berlin Major!"

The host in a suit jogged to the center of the stage.

After simple communication and interaction with the commanders, they each left the arena, and the host began to build the atmosphere.

"After several rounds of fierce competition, the eight strongest teams belonging to the Major have been born. Today, because of the opening ceremony, we will only hold one confrontation……"

"But in this match, the winner stays, and the loser is eliminated. Who will be able to advance to the next round!!"

"Is it NAVI, or Vitality!!"

Amidst the jeers of the live audience, the host raised his voice and shouted: "Then let them see the truth in the match. First, let us invite NAVI!!!"

……

"Get ready, get ready, it's almost our turn." apEX reminded.

Xu Beifang rubbed his hands in anticipation: "Damn, is this Major so exciting? I feel like this event organizer is so professional!"

He couldn't help but exclaim. From outside the venue to inside, this event organizer not only didn't have any particularly abstract problems.

Sometimes there is a gap only when there is a comparison. Xu Beifang had heard Pasha and the others complain that the Krakow Major, which seemed to be hosted by PGL before, couldn't even maintain the basic competition environment. The computers kept having problems, and in the end, when they played the exhibition match, they even smashed the computer cases.

This Major had no problems, and many things from the organizers made them feel bright.

Although they were in the player tunnel, they had just seen the opening ceremony in the arena through the small screen in front of the player tunnel.

With this atmosphere at the scene, plus the rendering of the opening ceremony, Xu Beifang was already a bit hyped up.

"Next, let us invite, Vitality!!!"

He originally wanted to chat for a while, but hearing the live host's voice, Xu Beifang hurriedly followed the main group out.

Their entire team walked out of the player tunnel like this, with deafening cheers overhead. They had already stepped onto the stage of the Major quarterfinals!

"Damn, is it this exciting?" Shox really didn't expect the event group to play so fancy.

The moment they walked out of the player tunnel, they saw eight young ladies wearing hot pants opening the show on both sides of the tunnel. These hot-pants girls were all holding Vitality team flags, and as Vitality moved forward, they were also heading to the designated area.

Xu Beifang looked up and found that directly above the player tunnel, there was also a professional guitarist passionately playing music.

He couldn't help but exclaim: "This is professional!!"

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Vitality successfully walked onto the stage. Opposite them was the old acquaintance NAVI, who was also their opponent today.

The live host saw that the players were in position, stretched his voice and shouted:

"Both sides are ready, but there is only one team that can walk down. Who will be able to have the last laugh, let us wait and see!!"

Violent cheers erupted in the Mercedes-Benz Arena, and the noise lasted for a long time.

……

The number of people paying attention to this match was far more than the ten thousand people in the arena.

"Damn, how come the BP ended while I was just getting takeout?"

Xiao Ming hurriedly put down the barbecue in his hand, opened the drink, put on gloves, and started eating.

Ma Dong on the other end of the WeChat video looked at the pile of takeout on Xiao Ming's table and couldn't help but complain: "You really aren't a human, calling me to open a video to watch the match late at night, and you ordered so much barbecue?"

"Don't BB, I already ordered for you too, it will arrive in 10 minutes." Xiao Ming just said lightly.

Ma Dong's voice immediately became serious: "Godfather, I admit that I spoke loudly just now."

Xiao Ming smiled: "Alright, what's the situation with this BP."

He took a look, and the final three maps of the match were fixed on Mirage, Inferno, and Nuke. He didn't even know what the situation was with the BP.

Ma Dong explained: "NAVI got the Ban map right. They originally don't play Vertigo, and Vitality's Vertigo is so powerful, so it definitely couldn't be left out."

"Then Beifang and the others removed Train as usual. The first hand of BP was quite formulaic, and then NAVI locked Mirage, Vitality locked Inferno, and finally both sides removed one each, leaving Nuke."

Xiao Ming took a breath: "With this BP, it feels like both teams can play. Next, it depends on the players' performance."

Ma Dong nodded: "It just depends on what state your godfather is in."

They turned their eyes to the live broadcast screen.

In the camera, after the BP ended, the Vitality group stood up and hugged each other, and were having their final pre-match talk.

XTQZZZ scanned the expressions of his teammates and didn't find anyone too excited or too nervous. He nodded with satisfaction: "Guys, quite a few people came to support us today. You should have seen that white patch in the East Stand just now. They are all here to cheer for us. I don't want to let them down, and I don't want to let those Vitality fans who didn't come to the scene down."

When walking into the arena, the audience in the East Stand was like a white wave, and looking at it at a glance was extremely shocking.

"We all want to win, no one will think about giving up. I think all of you are ready to play that final against Astralis, but before that, please let us step over NAVI first, and be ready to defeat Astralis. Otherwise, if we can't even beat NAVI, what's the point of talking about winning against Astralis?"

"We have already defeated NAVI many times. NAVI's new lineup is indeed very good, but I think we are stronger than them. We killed our way up from the Legends Stage without losing even a single match. I don't think NAVI has the strength to threaten us!"

"So, today, go and enjoy the offline feeling to the fullest, and use the last two BO3s to be ready to deal with Astralis!"

"Finally, 3, 2, 1!"

"Vitality, go go go!" Accompanied by the shouting in unison, Xu Beifang returned to his seat and adjusted his sitting posture.

JackZ saw the yellow light radiating from Xu Beifang's face out of the corner of his eye, and his heart gradually settled down.

Amidst the cheers in the arena, both teams entered the match server.

Vitality vs NAVI

Map 1: Mirage

T: S1mple, Zeus, electronic, Flamie, Boombl4

CT: ZywOo, apEX, Nice, shox, JackZ

The match officially began!

In the 6657 live broadcast room, Wanjiqi saw the pistol round officially start and also perked up.

In a top-tier match like the Major, he finally had a pistol round.

"Alright, welcome to watch the 2019 Berlin Major quarterfinals, Vitality vs NAVI match. I am the commentator for this match, Wanjiqi."

After a brief opening, Wanjiqi started analyzing the situation of both sides without stopping: "Both sides only equipped one set of utility for the pistol round. NAVI's formation is relatively spread out, but S1mple has already arrived in A2, so it should be a second-time Jungle smoke or Connector smoke, cooperating to hit A."

Rich experience allowed Wanjiqi to see through NAVI's thoughts immediately.

However, when he turned his attention to the CT side, he couldn't help but take a breath: "But Vitality is as bold as ever. Beifang jumped into Mid at the start and topped directly forward!"

"Two Terrorists are creeping through the sewer, and there is one hanging back in the middle; this timing is critical."

Wanjiqi was a bit worried. If Xu Beifang didn't dare to top forward actively, he would be caught between T Spawn and the Sewer in the second time.

However, Xu Beifang wasn't that gentle. After jumping into Mid, he collected some information.

Hearing no footsteps, he actively pre-aimed and started topping toward T Spawn.

In the process of pre-aiming, Xu Beifang's details were very in place, usually a combination of two small peeks and one big pull, very formulaic.

With the logic of collecting information and then aiming to kill.

In another peek, a bullet flew past his side.

Xu Beifang also collected the information and immediately pulled big to the right.

After electronic missed a shot, he already had a bad feeling.

This round, he cooperated with his Sewer teammate to top forward synchronously. The second time, he happened to be in the center of T Spawn, where there was no cover at all, which was an extremely poor shooting position.

He immediately jumped back, wanting to pull, and at the same time shouted for help in the voice chat.

But the moment he turned and jumped, a bullet hit his head, taking him away directly.

"Mid topped forward!!" electronic shouted in the voice chat.

Being caught by the top forward, the position was really too uncomfortable.

Hearing electronic's report, Flamie and Zeus in the Sewer topped forward at the first time.

But a CT in VIP actively made footsteps, which held them back.

By the time they stabilized and pulled out, they found that Xu Beifang had already pressed into T Spawn.

Their encirclement was pierced by Xu Beifang.

Zeus reacted quickly: "Boombl4, you throw the Jungle smoke directly. We in the Sewer and A Site are speeding up synchronously. The opposite Mid actively topped forward, and the formation is also scattered."

He thought very clearly. There was one person in VIP. They used a smoke grenade to seal his vision, and this guy was very likely to go to CT Spawn.

In this case, cooperating with the A2 teammates to clear the bomb site first, and then they only needed to have a firefight in CT Spawn, which was enough.

Whether it succeeds or not depends on the subsequent shooting performance.

"Beizige got the first kill in Mid, but his position was also forced to the back point. Once the Jungle smoke was thrown, Zeus directly suppressed VIP with firepower, forcing VIP to retreat."

The next scene of NAVI's operation made Wanjiqi's eyes light up, "This Boombl4 threw a flashbang in Mid, forcing Xu Beifang, who wanted to frame the crossing, to retreat. Zeus and Flamie took advantage of the situation and rushed onto the Jump Platform!"

"S1mple in A2 is still pre-aiming, but he pulled out and directly killed JackZ in CT Spawn!"

"Because Vitality is a formation biased toward B Site, this retake was a bit late!"

"The bomb was planted directly at A Site, and the main Terrorist force directly occupied CT Spawn. Three people in CT Spawn are setting up, waiting for Vitality to come over and retake!"

"The only smoke grenade and defuse kit are in CT Spawn. There are no flashbangs this wave, so they can only dry-pull to fight."

"But S1mple actively peeked out, took out shox with one shot, and repeeked to take out ZywOo!!" Wanjiqi couldn't help but shout, "He is still looking for people. Flamie actively pulled out to pull the gun and was taken out by Dou Dou, but S1mple already has four kills!!"

【Damn, is the pistol round this exciting?】

【This is TOP1! Vitality was directly melted in the pistol round!】

【S1mple!!!】

【The big daddy finally found his state offline!!】

The scene was full of exclamations, and the viewers in the live broadcast room were all screen-scrolling.

In the Vitality voice chat, JackZ said somewhat self-blamingly: "My bad, I was pulled out and shot in CT Spawn."

Originally, their pistol round formation was biased toward B Site. Once he died, A Site had no fulcrum.

apEX didn't blame him: "Not your fault, S1mple is just a bit perverted."

This kind of single-person defense, JackZ was scouting in CT Spawn and was shot by a pull from A2. What could be done?

It was more that they were shot perfectly by S1mple in this firefight in CT Spawn.

Now leaving a 1V3 clutch for Xu Beifang, the difficulty of operation was very high.

"Handle it yourself, fighting or saving the gun is fine." apEX said.

Xu Beifang nodded: "I'll try."

JackZ also reminded: "There is a defuse kit at the position where I died."

Xu Beifang's movements were fast. When his teammates were in a firefight, he had already arrived at A1.

The information already confirmed was that there were two people in CT Spawn, and the information of one person was unknown.

Xu Beifang could only start to push forward from the front.

"S1mple is a bit hyped up. After finishing the P250 in the front, he directly switched to Glock and started looking for people. He really wants this Ace!"

Xu Beifang heard the footsteps in CT Spawn and chose to frame the gun on the spot and wait for a hand.

"Bang!"

Xu Beifang took a deep breath. This S1mple is perverted, holding a Glock and directly stepping out with a pre-fire, and gave him a shot to the face.

Fortunately, there was a little distance, and the Glock damage decayed, otherwise he would have died directly from this first shot in the front.

The whole camera shook, Xu Beifang hurriedly pulled a body position to the right, and then fired a bullet at a body position on the left of S1mple just now.

"Bang!"

【Nice used USP to headshot kill S1mple】

"S1mple actively looked for him and directly hit Beifang with a headshot, but Beifang pulled a body position back and even counter-killed S1mple!"

"It's just that Beifang is already at one HP, the armor is still full, it seems he can directly save the gun." Wanjiqi proposed the most reasonable suggestion.

Xu Beifang glanced at his HP, and he still walked silently toward CT Spawn.

Although there was only 1 HP, he still had room to operate, but the opportunity was very small.

But the impact of the pistol round was great, and he didn't want to let go of this opportunity.

The C4 was ticking on the bomb site, time was passing bit by bit, and the audience at the scene also became nervous.

According to the existing conditions, Boombl4 and Zeus were both in healthy HP, while Xu Beifang was at one HP, and the initiative was not in his hands.

No matter how you look at it, Xu Beifang couldn't win.

But the audience in the East Stand looked at the screen with an expectant look. Other conditions were indeed incomparable.

But Nice had created too many miracles for them with this ID!

They had some small expectations in their hearts.

Xu Beifang was slowly touching CT Spawn silently, and he was considering the most likely position of the opponent at this time.

Arriving at the Ropz position in CT Spawn, he took a look at the far point of CT Spawn in a half-body way, confirming that no one was standing at the corner.

The opposite side now either was already standing in CT Spawn.

Or, it was at the corner!

"The remaining two people of NAVI are not leaking, but Beizige actively looked for them. Now one is standing on the trash can, and one is standing at the corner of CT Spawn. It is a hook-and-hit formation. As long as there is a firefight in the front, CT Spawn will immediately pull out to cover, this little Xu can't play." Wanjiqi said painfully.

"Little Xu searched the near point, pulled over and directly killed Boombl4 with one shot. Zeus didn't rush out to cover, but stabilized, wanting to wait for the second time to touch over. This is simply unthinkable."

After Xu Beifang killed Boombl4, he actively searched the left side of the phone booth.

No one was seen on the left side of the phone booth.

At this time, ZywOo suddenly shouted: "ID is wrong, there was Zeus's assist in CT Spawn before!"

Hearing this, Xu Beifang, who was originally walking toward the phone booth, stopped instantly, and then the crosshair framed CT Spawn.

"Beifang killed one first, but didn't know there was a second person in CT Spawn. He went directly to pick up the defuse kit, but Zeus also touched out!"

He thought NAVI would win without any danger this wave, but suddenly saw Xu Beifang stop and turn to frame the gun: "What!! Zeus messed it up! Beifang didn't know what he remembered, and directly counter-framed Zeus in CT Spawn to death!"

The excited shouting of the live audience had filled the live broadcast room. Wanjiqi felt that his goosebumps were up: "Although there is only 1 HP, he still won this 1V3 clutch. Coupled with the first kill at the beginning, he used a four-kill to help the team win this pistol round!"

"What exactly did he think of in the last wave, Zeus was framed to death by him while muted the whole time!!"

"The scene is already cheering. No one expected that the Major offline has just begun, and this group of people like S1mple and Beizi started to perform. Who would have thought, S1mple dealt 499 damage, 5 headshots in the whole round, but failed to win the pistol round!"

"What kind of god-level fight is this!"

…… ===== CHAPTER 378 =====