Chapter 383

September 7, 2019, Saturday.

Vitality had already rested for a day, but the quarter-final stage of the Berlin Major was still not over.

Xu Beifang leaned on the sofa, seemingly closing his eyes to rest, but everyone else knew he was brewing his emotions.

"Astralis vs Liquid, this scene is really hyped enough." apEX complained, "Another classic old show."

shox added: "At least it's much better than tomato scrambled eggs."

Zywoo touched his stomach: "Makes me a bit hungry."

When Xu Beifang was at the base, he would cook some Chinese food for them from time to time, and they also knew about tomato scrambled eggs at that time.

"After the match is over, I'll treat you guys to eat, tomato scrambled eggs until you're full!" Xu Beifang waved his hand.

The door in the lounge was open, and the noise from the scene could easily be transmitted through the player tunnel.

Although the sound became smaller due to the distance, the faint shouts and passionate commentary still made their emotions fluctuate.

He was still thinking, when a sudden exclamation exploded in the whole room:

"Feels like your usual state is very casual." Aleksib was quite emotional. He felt that Vitality's state was very relaxed, which was also very enviable.

The teammates booed one by one. In a few seconds, Zywoo turned red from his earlobes to his face.

If nervousness affected emotions and led to poor performance, it would be counterproductive.

"Really good, we were under a lot of pressure every time we played before, even before the match we were talking about tactics over and over, thinking about countermeasures, fearing losing the match, that would make the folks disappointed." Aleksib said.

The match between Astralis and Liquid had already started in the venue, and now there were more discussions about the two teams on the internet.

"It's over, Shushu is no longer just that Shushu who only watches anime."

And Team Liquid, this old North American e-sports powerhouse, also had an absurd number of fans.

"Shushu, is that you?"

Xu Beifang saw the post-match data of map one. stewie2K only got 10 kills on Vertigo, barely keeping up with nitr0's kill count.

Aleksib watched the atmosphere of their playing around and couldn't help but laugh.

Although his position in the team was doing dirty work, stewie2K would sometimes even carry a sniper rifle. In this situation, even the leader couldn't surpass him, which was a bit too absurd.

【Liquid is now top-tier on Vertigo, but Astralis actively picked it out. This is really a big move.】

But this team VP is a bit strange.

However, more netizens were still paying attention to the upcoming match between Vitality and VP.

Astralis established their own dynasty starting in 2018. This year and more of dominant strength gave them an exaggerated number of fans.

And he believed that in this CS: GO professional circle where "roll kings" are prevalent, in the future, even if it is a tool-man rifler, the requirements will be higher.

【Liquid is completely stunned.】

Entry fraggers can also become lurkers in tactics, snipers sometimes need to entry, and even as the core, he would sometimes die for his teammates, acting as a human flashbang to pull the gun line.

Performance like stewie2K's level is truly not worth looking at.

After teasing Shushu, Xu Beifang took off his eye mask, opened his phone, and started surfing.

Xu Beifang didn't have much of an opinion on this guy stewie2K either. In CS: GO professional confrontation, the positioning was originally very vague.

Xu Beifang continued to swipe down. He also saw netizens' discussions about the documentary by Hualong Esports yesterday.

【WTF, this Astralis hid a big hand, directly taking out Vertigo in front of Liquid.】

【Can stewie2K just die? He really can't kill anyone head-on.】

Aleksib nodded. After a night, he felt that leaving ENCE might not be a bad thing.

Astralis and Liquid, these two teams, have been playing from the beginning of the year to now, and their matches are also one of the classic old shows.

Now in the team, JackZ is also such a role.

Xu Beifang took a look before the match started, and they were almost fighting.

stewie2K belongs to the kind who eats resources but doesn't do enough.

XTQZZZ said: "Relaxation is normal. Most of the preparation work we should do is done. There is no need to be nervous for the sake of being nervous next."

Because they were tit-for-tat, the fans of both sides didn't get along.

"You can actually say such philosophical words!"

【Disappointment after disappointment, I don't even know what Liquid is playing.】

But JackZ doesn't eat resources, and even contributes resources.

Different players have different preparations before the match. For example, shox likes to watch football highlights to get himself excited, JackZ does some psychological construction, Shushu likes to listen to some special BGM to get himself used to that feeling.

Judging from the recent record, Vitality must be more outstanding. After all, they haven't lost a single match from the Legends Stage to now.

Because of Xu Beifang's influence, Zywoo's English level is still ideal. He said slowly: "Sometimes you still have to enjoy the game. If you are in a team and you feel 'thank goodness I won today' after winning a match, then stopping for a period of time is also a good thing."

Xu Beifang closed his eyes and waved his hand casually: "If nervousness could win the game, I would be sweating all over now."

"Oh!!"

XTQZZZ has always conveyed their philosophy that there should be a degree of relaxation. When to do what, various tasks in the training camp have been completed, and now there is no need to be too nervous because of some irrelevant things.

Starting from the Challengers Stage, no team was optimistic about them, and everyone thought these guys would be eliminated soon.

But didn't expect them to use JameTime's save-weapon playstyle to kill their way to the Champions Stage step by step, and they had a chance to compete for the Major championship.

Who wouldn't be confused by this!

Now netizens feel that VP can beat anyone, and can lose to anyone.

The main thing is the more you understand CS: GO, the less you understand CS: GO.

Even for the Champions Stage pick'em of this Major, they don't know if they can win it.

Because the process is too suspenseful!

【From a rational point of view, I support VP more. Although VP's matches are abstract, they are indeed strong.】

【I am a VP fan, and I also support VP.】

【Support VP if you win, support old VP if you lose, right.】

【The main thing is a win-win!】

【But I feel that VP's playstyle doesn't have any advantage over Vitality. I remember who they played against before, Vitality also played this kind of economic control playstyle.】

【Don't think about it, Vitality is in such good form, there should be no suspense. Looking forward to them meeting in the finals.】

【Meeting in the finals? With whom?】

【Of course it's Astralis. Besides Astralis, who else can be their opponent?】

【Astralis, don't be in a hurry. Their semi-final opponent is NRG. NRG exploded a big upset in the Legends Stage.】

Seeing the last one, Xu Beifang couldn't help but laugh.

If NRG could crush Astralis in the semi-finals, the finals would be much easier.

But then again, he didn't like the final result to be like that.

Because if it wasn't winning the championship by defeating Astralis at the Major, it would be too regrettable.

Think about the next few months, Astralis fans saying things like "if the final was Astralis, the result might be different," that would be too annoying.

So Xu Beifang, on the contrary, hoped that Astralis could show some effort.

"Alright guys, rest time is over!" XTQZZZ clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention, "I just took a look, the match between Astralis and Liquid is over, and we will enter in 10 minutes. Let's have a small meeting at the end."

Watching his teammates turn to look at him one by one, their state adjusted, his shiny bald head was written with satisfaction.

"Last Katowice Major, we very regretfully stopped at the top four..."

Because he had just finished talking with Aleksib, XTQZZZ forgot to switch to French for a while and was still communicating in English.

Hearing this, Aleksib scratched his head a bit awkwardly.

Because at the Katowice Major, it was he who made Vitality have this regret. At that time, in the semi-finals, the ENCE he led gave Vitality a heavy blow, making them leave the Major.

However, everyone was listening seriously to what the bald coach said, and no one paid attention to his state.

"... Last Major we failed, but our performance in the following months has been quite good. I have always believed that confidence is not spoken out, but fought out match by match."

"Now we have tied the team's best record in the Major, but I think you don't want to stop here. Win one more BO3, and we can go to the final stage!"

The eyes of everyone in the room were incomparably firm. They had worked hard for so long and didn't want to get the top four result again.

Even JackZ, who was playing the Major for the first time, wouldn't think that top four was success.

Top four for them was just a bottom-line goal. They believed they could stand to the end, and only by believing.

The big bald head continued: "Although our goal is to defeat Astralis in the finals, now we should still bring our sight closer and focus on the upcoming match against VP."

"Because of Nice, we have done a lot of research on VP, and we also know clearly that they are a very competitive team. They have the strength to compete for the championship, so in this match, you must not take it lightly."

apEX replied: "Don't worry, we won't get sick in this kind of crucial match."

XTQZZZ specifically talked about the playstyle of the match: "VP's playstyle is special. They take the ultimate slow-attack infiltration playstyle as the core, so our feeling in the match might not be very good, and the psychological pressure received might be very great. In this situation, everyone must not be anxious, must remain calm, and maintain a peaceful mentality to be able to win the match smoothly."

"Studied them for a long time, and next it's time to fight with our 'God'!"

On the other side of the player tunnel, in VP's battle room.

The air pressure inside was very low. Compared to Vitality's calmness, they appeared very nervous.

Especially Qikert.

His current state is mainly "sitting on pins and needles."

Last night, he was still teasing how good Vitality's state was and how exaggerated Nice's performance was.

But that was when he completely forgot that his own team was in the same group as Vitality and might meet in the semi-finals next.

Da Jin Ya had been teasing him for the past two days: "Qikert, now it's your turn to kill Nice."

Thinking that he was going to duel with that level of rifler in the match, he felt a bit breathless.

The noise in the venue came faintly, deepening the nervousness in his heart.

Although Da Jin Ya had been teasing him for the past two days, seeing Qikert like this, he couldn't help but say: "No, are you serious?"

He had been in contact with Xu Beifang many times when he was in Faze.

He had a quite good impression of Xu Beifang, so he wouldn't have the mentality of "fear," only thinking that the guy on the opposite side had a strong ability to find opportunities, so he would be more cautious in the match.

But Qikert's state of not being able to do it before the match even started, he really felt a bit...

Jame hunched his back and glanced at Qikert, a pair of dead fish eyes without any psychological fluctuation.

He could understand Qikert's state, but he himself grew a beard and formulated team guidelines, all to deal with this kind of sudden state.

In his view, professional players will not be affected by this kind of psychological fluctuation.

So even if Qikert is very panicked now, in his system playstyle, Nice's ability to find opportunities will be greatly weakened.

After playing a few rounds, Qikert's "de-mystification" of Nice, he could unfold the match according to his usual state later.

However, Qikert's restless state made him feel a bit uncomfortable, so he couldn't help but come out to say a few words.

"The quality of this match today will be very high. I need all of you to cheer up and bring out the state you usually have in training, because only in this way can we compete for that little possibility of victory from Vitality's hands."

"Don't think I'm exaggerating. I'm just making a reasonable judgment about the match."

Others nodded silently. Although it was cruel, it was also the truth.

Their state was not as outstanding as Vitality's. The risks on the internet seemed to favor them, but more people felt that "Vitality's state is too exaggerated, they might pull a big one," thinking that Vitality wouldn't be so fierce all the time.

But Jame never considered the possibility of the opponent collapsing; he pursued rationality in judgment.

Before this match, he finished watching all the match recordings of Vitality recently and discovered the terror of Vitality's state, so he made this judgment.

"But I personally think that our goal in this Major has been completed. After all, our initial idea was that entering the Legends Stage would be a victory. Now not only did we enter the Legends Stage, but we even rushed to the Champions Stage stage, which has exceeded our expectations."

This is indeed reasonable.

As the strongest dark horse in this tournament, they have amazed quite a few people.

And their initial idea was just to get a sticker.

Even Da Jin Ya felt that coming to VP was a very good choice, at least much better than struggling in Faze before.

After Faze's roster change, the results were not as good as VP's now.

This roster change of his went upward instead, which was very good.

"Now we have completed all the expected goals, and going further can only look forward to miracles. All of us have made the necessary efforts for the goal."

"Then just work hard to strive for it next. If a miracle happens, we will go to the final stage."

"If there is no miracle, this is also very good."

Jame said his thoughts in very plain words.

But it made Qikert excited: "There will definitely be miracles! CS: GO is originally a game full of miracles!"

Hearing this, a hidden smile appeared on Jame's face: "If thinking this way gives you confidence, then believe in it."

"Now, it's time to play."

In the same venue, two different lounges, ten players walked toward their stage facing the noise and shouts.