Chapter 390: Now the trophy is right in front of me

The audience had an 'as expected' expression regarding Xu Beifang's interview.

This post-match interview of his was full of ambition and arrogance, just short of saying in front of the audience that we will lift the cup in the final.

However, Xu Beifang's answer also met the expectations in the hearts of most players.

The level shown by Vitality and Astralis in the match was clearly a cut above other teams.

Vitality went from the group stage to the final without losing a single map, and might even set a historical record of not losing a single match in the Major.

Although Astralis had wins and losses, anyone with a discerning eye could see that they took out quite a few matches to practice tactics. Although it was a last resort, it still showed their state of ease in this match.

One side is an internet-famous team that has risen in the past half year.

One side is a dynasty master that has ruled the field for a long time.

Coupled with the special styles of the two teams, Vitality has the most outstanding individual ability in the world, and even the team's system is built on firepower.

shox bumped Xu Beifang with his shoulder: "You really took it seriously, didn't you? If ropz heard this, he would cry. How long have you been playing A2, and you want to be at his level? Then his years of suffering would have been in vain."

But unknowingly, I have already reached the Major final.

So it was hard to get a half-day break to catch up on sleep, and they were refreshed.

Cheers erupted in the room.

After the interview, Xu Beifang returned to the lounge with the team. The teammates had already organized his peripherals while he was being interviewed.

Even if he were to play this kind of operation, he could still get kills.

Even on days without matches, their training was still maxed out.

"It's okay, VP can be considered to have given us a lesson in advance," Xu Beifang comforted. "We even won against such a difficult playing style as VP, so we won't be afraid of any strange tactics Astralis might play later."

Almost every night, they finished near two o'clock, and after a simple wash, their daily sleep time could be considered seriously insufficient.

This way of getting kills purely by thinking always made his eyes light up.

As they walked into the lounge, Xiao Li saw them walk in, stood up and smiled: "Nice, your Inferno is simply exaggerated. How come you have so many strange forward-pushing methods even after switching to A?"

Unlike Xu Beifang's way of finding entry kills, he was like a ghost at A2, able to put immense pressure on the opponent's A Site defense alone. This method was terrifying.

Individual ability and team cooperation, which one is more important for CSGO, has always been a cliché topic.

You never know if VP has economy this round, and you're not sure if they will choose to save weapons or find an opportunity to fight.

He praised: "It seems that in the future, not only will you be called the world's number one Banana, but the title of the world's number one A2 will also have to be taken by you."

Xu Beifang also smiled. This statement was indeed reasonable. ropz hadn't spent his years in Mouz in vain, and coupled with his own love for research, he had almost figured out the A2 position.

Looking back on this journey—

As opponents, their nerves were always tight.

"My second floor is still a bit lacking; I've played it too little." Xu Beifang was humble.

ropz's reputation as the A2 landlord had been around for many years, and he had no opponents in the A2 position.

What he saw wasn't aiming, but some things in thinking.

XTQZZZ came out at this time and said: "Alright, pack up your things, let's go back together... and everyone rest well tomorrow. Training starts at two in the afternoon, mainly to watch recordings and run maps."

Near evening, there were fewer vehicles on the streets of Berlin. Xu Beifang looked at this scene, but what appeared in his mind was the scene of him and a few friends walking on the street after losing to NRG in IEM Shanghai.

In the year that Astralis ruled the field, everyone's cognition was slowly influenced, and they all thought that team CSGO was the final destination of CSGO, but Vitality's sudden rise in the past half year made many people shift their focus back to individual ability.

Especially now that the match they were playing was a Major, everyone's spirit was highly tense.

It might even be an important node that changes CSGO professional play!

Of course, the premise is that Astralis can break out of the semi-finals and finally meet Vitality in the final, unfolding this fierce confrontation of Mars hitting Earth.

CSGO matches and vacations are relatively extreme. Either there are no matches to play, or the matches are maxed out, leaving you with no rest at all.

Astralis is another extreme. They have the highest floor in the world. In terms of tactical synchronization and players' cooperation, no team in the world can do better than them. They are the recognized peak of team CSGO.

So this Berlin Major final might not only be the competition between two teams, but also a major transformation of CSGO professional philosophy.

Xu Beifang expressed understanding. The match against VP did feel different. Although only two maps were played, plus a series of actions like entry preparation, it only took about two hours.

The moment the match ended, Zywoo's emotions were surrounded by the joy of winning, but watching Xu Beifang accept the post-match interview, after the emotions faded, he was a bit tired.

For example, in one round, Xu Beifang threw a fake fire to cover his footsteps and pushed forward, which the opponent didn't expect at all.

Gather at the training room at 10 am, start reviewing the match after lunch, explain tactics and philosophy, try to play training matches in the afternoon, if there are no training matches, play retakes together, and review other teams' matches together at night. Occasionally, when encountering some difficult tactics and matches, they still have to watch. Plus the new things researched by Xu Beifang and others, they sometimes have to review.

"Playing against VP is really boring." The moment he walked into the player tunnel, Zywoo couldn't help but complain.

It was already late. They originally planned to go out for a late-night snack, but the weather in Berlin in September was hot, and the players felt sticky after playing this BO3, so they planned to go back to the hotel to take a shower first.

At that time, Xu Beifang was actually still a bit confused, not sure if this path could be walked through.

Hearing this, the players in the room burst into laughter.

But after taking a shower, no one wanted to go out anymore, and finally just ate some KFC and went to sleep.

New match - encounter different difficulties - work hard to train and solve - short rest and then unfold a new match.

In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and he finally stepped onto the highest stage of CSGO, with the opportunity to compete for that unique Major trophy.

He originally thought that when it came to this time, he would be a bit dazed, wondering how he ended up playing in the Major final.

But now he found that his heart was calm.

Looking at the arena where the lights had already been extinguished in the distance, he enjoyed the final scene the day after tomorrow, but the sound of Potato's snoring had already reached his ears.

Xu Beifang couldn't help but smile.

8:20

Xu Beifang hated his body habits at this moment.

Originally a rare day off, he planned to enjoy the dream time, but the overly healthy habit still woke him up.

And after waking up naturally, even if he wanted to force himself to sleep, he couldn't.

Turning his head to glance, Potato on the side turned over, his sleep quality was excellent, and he was really a bit envious.

Already unable to sleep, he simply looked at some news after yesterday's match, wanting to surf the internet to pass the time.

As usual, all his social software had been filled with red dots, and the messages were all 99+.

Since becoming a professional player, Xu Beifang's obsessive-compulsive disorder had been cured by netizens. He wouldn't click on the messages one by one, just scanned them and replied to some friends he had a good relationship with.

It is worth mentioning that he even received some messages from VP management and COL management.

Although they didn't say it explicitly, these guys were all secretly testing whether he had any thoughts of transferring.

It's outrageous.

Although the CSGO professional circle doesn't allow clubs to contact players privately, they still have many ways.

The old team was VP, and Xu Beifang was still quite familiar with them. When VP was initially established, they still wanted to keep Xu Beifang, and even offered a very good price, but the VP lineup was too weak back then, and Polish CS had no successors, so they couldn't find anyone who could play.

The current VP was just them acquiring AVANGAR.

COL was a bit laughable.

Xu Beifang had a good impression of COL, because after leaving VP, COL was really generous, and Xu Beifang almost chose them because COL gave too much.

However, he didn't have any thoughts of transferring at the current stage, and if he really wanted to transfer, he would communicate directly with the club on the table. This kind of private contact was completely not okay.

But another message caught Xu Beifang's attention.

Walde sent a message to Xu Beifang, asking if he had Xiao Li's contact information.

Could it be that Walde had taken a fancy to Xiao Li?

Xu Beifang raised an eyebrow.

The teams still in the schedule had their eyes on the match, but the teams that had already been eliminated were already plotting for the transfer period.

Xu Beifang pushed Xiao Li to Walde on the social software, and then said a word to Xiao Li, acting as a middleman.

He had always appreciated Xiao Li, and felt even more sympathetic for him being kicked out by ENCE in this way, and hoped he could find a good home.

After replying to the messages roughly, Xu Beifang opened the forum and started looking at the discussions about the match by netizens.

A night had passed since the Group A semi-final, and the discussion about this match in the forum was very hot.

【How to evaluate Vitality's performance of not losing a single match in this Major?】

【It's exaggerated! Feel like they play Major easier than I play ladder.】

【Inferno has already had eighteen consecutive wins, is there anyone who can stop them?】

【Feel like Astralis should have a chance, the same world's number one Inferno, they definitely have a chance.】

【Why are there two world number ones?】

【Isn't this quite normal? There are five of the Four Heavenly Kings.】

【Reasonable!】

【I thought Vitality could enter the final, but they are really exaggerated, just like a mud truck, crashing all the way into the final.】

There were quite a few replies under the last comment:

【I heard him say it when I watched Xu's live broadcast before. If you want to win the Major championship, you must have the confidence to win against all teams.】

【Really fierce, although this time the individual ability isn't as outrageous as Cologne, but it's really crashing all the way.】

【They also know that the opponent has started to target, but Vitality directly moved Xu to A Site, how do you deal with this?】

Xu Beifang smiled. He had indeed said this.

It was mainly because their luck had been quite good in the previous few Majors, but when they played to the end, they would always regretfully lose due to insufficient strength.

Xu Beifang felt that if you want to win the Major, you must have the confidence to defeat all teams.

Instead of placing that glimmer of possibility on luck.

Xu Beifang surfed for a while, then opened Bilibili, intending to see the messages and private messages left by fans.

But as soon as he opened the live broadcast room, he saw AYCSGO release a tactical short video.

He clicked in with interest, and immediately felt speechless.

Because he quickly recalled that this was the round where he and SANJI were horse-aiming at each other at A Short on Dust II.

Not brother, I have so many highlights you don't edit, but you immediately edited out this abstract horse-aiming round.

Sure enough, you are my biggest black fan!

Zywoo's two kills were normal, but when it came to him, the music suddenly became elegant, making Xu Beifang want to put on a tuxedo and pinch a small red wine glass.

Then, AY directly slowed down the camera, as if analyzing the movement of the two of them frame by frame.

Netizens were all stunned:

【It's coming!】

【Case solved, suspected Perfect World D+ remote login.】

【I horse-aim with a pistol, Xu horse-aims with a pistol, so I = Xu!】

【Enterprise-level understanding!】

【The episode most like me.】

However, Xu Beifang's air-shot later was still edited out as usual. Watching that shot air-shot the opponent, netizens in the video were also frantically teasing:

【Who exactly are you! Get out of Xu's body immediately!】

【I still like the Xu who finished horse-aiming with SANJI, this one is too unfamiliar.】

【Still like that round, the knife is faster within seven steps.】

Xu Beifang couldn't help but comment below: "I'm going to ask my lawyer apEX to sue you!"

He wanted to run after finishing his words in the comment area, but this video became popular, and soon someone replied under his comment.

【Damn, a living Xu!】

【Saw Xu say he wanted to sue me and was startled, saw the back and laughed.】

Immediately after, Xu Beifang saw a netizen with the ID 'Eriyi is the best in the world' asking him if he could give an electronic signature. Xu Beifang thought about it and replied:

【Sun Xiaochuan 258】

'Eriyi is the best in the world' saw Xu Beifang reply to him and was instantly excited, but seeing the content of the electronic signature at the end, he was immediately confused.

Can this electronic signature be wanted?

However, he also felt what kind of personality Xu had on the internet, and was quite happy.

He continued to watch the tactical video released by AY, and seeing Xu Beifang and SANJI dancing the tango, he still couldn't help but laugh.

He wasn't a ten-year fan of Xu Beifang.

But he came into contact with CSGO, and it was really because of Xu Beifang.

He was originally a CF player. At that time, after the London Major ended, he accidentally saw the push of 'Congratulations to the Vice President of Xijiang University E-sports Club for getting eighth in the world' on Weibo.

Only then did he truly understand that there was such a top player in domestic CSGO. Watching those highlight reels of Xu Beifang made him feel blood boiling, and then he tentatively entered the world of CSGO.

Later, he also learned about Xu Beifang's experiences and knew that Xu Beifang wasn't a genius teenager in the true sense, but relied more on his own efforts to raise his ceiling step by step.

In the process of contacting CSGO, he also had a misjudgment of his talent and ceiling for a period of time, thinking that he was not working hard enough, so he tried to learn Xu Beifang's training mode.

As a college student, his time was still quite abundant.

But just two days later, he couldn't persist anymore because these trainings were too boring, and he didn't know how Xu Beifang persisted.

Even knowing that after finishing these bots and practicing these utility, his level in the game could improve, but he just couldn't do it.

He didn't have Xu Beifang's powerful execution ability.

Precisely because of this, he admired Xu Beifang even more, and hoped that Xu Beifang, who had spent so much effort on CSGO, could finally achieve a good result.

So although he couldn't be counted as a ten-year fan of Xu Beifang, he could be counted as a die-hard fan.

He would watch some post-match things about Xu Beifang and some small tidbits launched by Vitality when he had time.

The personal documentary released by Hualong E-sports yesterday made him re-watch Xu Beifang's journey and see the difficulty of Xu Beifang's journey.

And then this damn Hualong E-sports, why did it break there?

Did this guy study in the cliffhanger class at Qidian before?

While complaining, he searched for Hualong E-sports in the follow.

After arriving at Hualong E-sports' homepage, he saw the second video at a glance, which was the documentary about Xu Beifang that day.

Then he looked at the first one, the video was released 57 minutes ago.

《Nice: I must consider, will this be my only chance in this life! 》

Seeing this title, 'Eriyi is the best in the world' couldn't help but feel a thud in his heart.

Then he immediately clicked on the video to play.

The beginning of the video was still in the hotel's training room. Xu Beifang was still wearing that white vest, and even his hairstyle was messy, clearly the interview on the same day.

Even connected a forward-looking review, Hualong E-sports asked Xu Beifang why he embarked on the road of CSGO.

'Eriyi is the best in the world' knew Xu Beifang's subsequent answer, but when he heard Xu Beifang say again: "Because CSGO is fun, I like this game," he still felt a bit teary.

The subsequent was still asking Xu Beifang if he had confidence in the final, and Xu Beifang's answer was that he must lift the cup.

Hualong E-sports asked back: "So confident?"

'Eriyi is the best in the world' sat up straight. Yesterday's video was broken here.

If it was broken again today, he really wanted to send some local specialties to Hualong E-sports.

Xu Beifang in the lens smiled subconsciously: "That's for sure."

But after speaking, the room fell into silence, and the atmosphere was a bit strange.

The confidence between Xu Beifang's eyebrows also dissipated. He leaned against the e-sports chair and said with a bit of hesitation: "Actually, it's not that confident."

"After all, this is a Major! It is the holy temple that all CSGO professional players yearn for. Everyone wants to lift that trophy, but in the end, only one team can remain."

Hualong E-sports said a bit strangely: "Why did you have this idea? I mean, you have always been full of confidence."

Xu Beifang suddenly relaxed, but instead, Hualong E-sports was confused.

But the audience found that although Xu Beifang in the lens relaxed, his expression became very serious.

"This is already my third time participating in a Major, right?" Xu Beifang in the lens revealed a look of memory. "London, Katowice, and then this Berlin, I have already participated in three Majors."

"Because of the relationship with pasha and the others, I once asked them what the most regrettable match was..."

"That year's final was VP against Astralis. The final score was 2-1. I saw pasha sitting on the chair dejectedly in the lens. Astralis reversed from one down, using two small scores to reverse that final. The final scene made me unforgettable forever."

"That was the beginning of the Astralis dynasty, but also the end of the VP dynasty. The world of CSGO has too many suspense and unknowns."

"VP lost the Major by a small score, Faze's dream shattered in Boston, and I also walked a long way in the London Major and Katowice Major, but finally fell outside the final."

"When this interview is sent out, I should have already entered the final. This is not my first time playing in the Major final stage, but it is the first time to go on stage as a player..."

At this time, many netizens in the video remembered that Xu Beifang always teased himself as a 'Major performance match champion'.

Clearly, this time he wanted to remove the three words 'performance match'.

Xu Beifang in the lens sat up straight. He stared at the lens, and the murderous spirit and determination reflected in his eyes: "Now the trophy is right in front of me, I must consider whether this will be my only chance in this life!"

"It's not easy for me to get here. I really, really worked very hard to have this result now."

"After this final, I hope people can remember my name."

At this moment, 'Eriyi is the best in the world' had goosebumps all over his body.

Xu Beifang in the video stared at the lens, and his ambition was completely released.

He expressed his worry about the upcoming final without reservation. He worried that this might be his only chance.

He originally wanted to say no, but thought of NIKO's experience, which had been floating and sinking since the end of Boston.

Is the Major championship really that easy?

Some people spend their whole lives and find it hard to get a Major sticker, so Xu Beifang's idea of giving everything is really staggering.

Especially that sentence "I must consider whether this is my only chance in this life", this is the professional attitude that a real professional player should have!

This is not just his feeling. The comments of this interview by Hualong E-sports soared at this moment!

From the sporadic teasing of bullet comments before, the whole screen was frantically floating, and the bullet comments almost filled the video screen, which was enough to understand the excitement of netizens.

【WTF!! Goosebumps all over】

【What is high-spirited? I stood up directly while watching】

【Open the pattern】

【This guy's eyes are full of murderous spirit】

【He said this, I feel Vitality is sure to win!】

【I used to feel Beifang was quite arrogant, now I find he is not arrogant, he is serious about CSGO!】

【Professional players should all come to see Beifang, this is the professional attitude that should be had!】

【And really, this guy not only said it, he also did it】

'Eriyi is the best in the world' also couldn't help but reply:

【Nice, must seize this opportunity!】

He had a premonition that this time Beifang was really going to go out of the circle!

Hualong E-sports had long anticipated that the complete interview might be popular, but didn't expect it to explode directly.

But in one day, it had nearly 400,000 views on Bilibili, and also had exaggerated views on other platforms.

In the domestic CSGO section, Xu Beifang was originally one of the most popular professional players, and his popularity was quite high.

Some interviews and various tidbits about him usually had tens of thousands of views.

This time because of the arrival of the Major, the popularity was already high, coupled with the golden sentences in that interview, causing the entire e-sports circle to discuss this content.

Fans of League of Legends next door even took this sentence to whip their own players, asking them to work hard.

If they had Xu Beifang's attitude toward the match, even if they lost, they would only feel regret.

And this interview was not only popular in China.

Some nosy international students saw the high-spirited emotion of this interview, asked Hualong E-sports for the permission to repost, and then directly translated the interview and reposted it to Twitter.

Xu Beifang's popularity in China was high, and his popularity abroad was even more exaggerated.

Although the things translated by international students didn't have the aesthetic feeling of the original Chinese, Xu Beifang's firm tone of speaking in the interview and his sincere emotions could easily infect foreign netizens.

This interview also exploded directly abroad!

Players in the CSGO section on the entire Twitter were discussing it.

For e-sports fans, the lethality of the sentence "I must consider whether this is my only chance in this life" was too high!

In the minds of different fans, the figures of different players appeared.

Many people were @kennyS below.

This guy's talent was overflowing, belonging to the kind that God chased and fed, but he directly dropped the bowl.

Fans were really hating that he didn't live up to expectations.

They really wanted to see the players in their hearts go all out to impact the strongest stage.

But more people still focused on Xu Beifang, wanting to see if this young man with full determination in his eyes could finally win the championship.

Nice, will he dream-shatter in Berlin, or seize his 'only chance in this life'.

Under these circumstances, the match day of the Berlin Major final arrived quietly.

... ===== CHAPTER 391 =====

Under these circumstances, the match day of the Berlin Major final arrived quietly.