Chapter 404: The Last Stop of the Grand Slam!

Inside the Braised Chicken Rice restaurant.

Looking at the Kun-ge served on the table, Xu Beifang immediately reached out with a pair of chopsticks. It was still the familiar taste.

Then he mixed it with a little sauce and rice, used a spoon to scoop a spoonful into his mouth. That taste was incredibly refreshing.

"Sure enough, the things at the entrance of the university are delicious."

Most of the people around were college students, but their primary goal was to eat, and no one paid attention to what the three of them were talking about.

"Death Descending, I think Descending Death is also not bad." Xiao Ming squeezed his eyes at Xu Beifang, "What's the word, do you want a small tattoo next?"

In his impression, Coldzera and S1mple had both tattooed the map graffiti they hit on their arms to commemorate this beautiful moment.

"No need." Xu Beifang shrugged, "Why should I learn from them? I'm not the kind of person who likes tattoos, so it's meaningless to force myself into their culture."

Xu Beifang doesn't hate tattoos, but he won't tattoo such a thing on his body.

After all, it's easy to tattoo this thing, but hard to wash it off.

What if you hit another operation that amazes the whole circle?

What if another map sticker appears?

Then do you have to choose a place to tattoo again?

This idea is a bit inflated, but it is precisely with the expectation for the future that there will be the motivation to continue to impact upward.

【Evaluation: Inferno already has graffiti】

【It's really exaggerated. I re-watched the recording of the finals again. The expressions of the few people in Astralis are too funny】

If you really have a whim to want a tattoo, just find a tattoo sticker on Taobao.

"I think so too. Maybe your godfather will hit another map graffiti in the Major next year. By then, there will be no place on your body to tattoo." Ma Dong said with a smile.

The difficulty of unrepeatable miracles is extremely great, but even he himself doesn't know whether he can create miracles in the subsequent matches.

Although he didn't say it clearly, he also hid this idea in his heart.

Eating braised chicken in his mouth and looking at the comments of netizens in his hand, his mood was beautiful.

"Look." Xu Beifang raised an eyebrow, "Still my Ma Ge who can speak. Do you understand what is the art of language?"

【Nine-ye has no problem! Who could have thought that Beifang would use the movement acceleration method to pull out actively from the smoke? This is simply not something a normal person can do】

Xu Beifang has a memory of this theme post. After the Major ended, this post became popular once.

【How to evaluate Nice's 1v5 clutch against Astralis in the Berlin Major?】

【Understand, after all, a round that reverses the timeline is indeed exaggerated】

But this time, with the appearance of map graffiti, it was discussed again.

Looking at the praise of netizens in the comment section, Xu Beifang felt that the braised chicken rice was even more fragrant.

【You blame Nine-ye, you might as well blame Device, Device only misses key shots】

【Can only say Beifang doesn't play low-end games】

【Astralis are all stunned. Who can withstand this? Just like the commentary of Blind Sniper Angel, this is Major, not fucking FPL!】

In the forum, a theme post was topped up again.

【Can only say Nine-ye is really horse, a spray in the air can only hit one shot】

"Beifang." Xiao Ming asked, "When will there be a match in China again? I really want to go to the scene to cheer for you. The atmosphere at the scene is too energetic. I was so envious and jealous watching the scene at the Berlin Major before."

Because he participated in the Shanghai StarSeries before, he really experienced the charm of CSGO offline matches and also wanted to watch offline matches again.

But if it is held abroad, the difficulty of watching the match is still too great for them.

"You really don't say!" Xu Beifang thought for a while, "At the end of October, the IEM Beijing station will officially start. If you are interested, you can go and play."

"IEM Beijing?" Xiao Ming raised an eyebrow, "Then if you guys win the championship at this IEM Beijing, is it that if you play another IEM series match, you can take down the Intel Grand Slam?"

Ma Dong looked at Xu Beifang and smiled: "The million-dollar Grand Slam, it's too exaggerated."

"Million dollars..." Xu Beifang stopped for two seconds when he said this, then looked at his two good friends, "Although, a million dollars divided up is just a good bonus for us."

"Just a good bonus!!!" Xiao Ming felt that the braised chicken in his bowl was not fragrant when he heard this, "You really deserve to die. Brother is looking at work recently. 5K a month is already very good. You even dislike this million dollars."

Ma Dong smiled: "The joys and sorrows of people are not connected. You still can't compare with your godfather."

However, he asked curiously: "How is the income composition of professional players calculated?"

Xu Beifang satisfied his roommate's curiosity: "First of all, professional players have a salary every month, which is the big head."

"Can you reveal it to the brothers?" Xiao Ming squeezed his eyes at Xu Beifang.

"When I first entered Vitality, it was 12,000. Then after this Major, after my agent communicated, it reached 23,000."

"23,000, that's not particularly much..."

"Euros."

"You really deserve to die!"

Xiao Ming said through gritted teeth.

23,000 Euros, that's more than 100,000 a month.

Ma Dong added on the side: "For Beifang's level, it should be considered relatively small."

He had learned about this before. The salaries of domestic professional players are generally 20,000 or 30,000.

Xu Beifang is already the top batch of professional players in China, even the kind that is priceless.

"However, you don't need two matches. Next, as long as you win one IEM series match, we will achieve the Grand Slam." Xu Beifang replied.

"Isn't it 4 championships in 10 series matches?" Ma Dong also felt a bit strange.

Xu Beifang nodded: "It is indeed like this, but in the Intel Grand Slam rules, there is also a special saying, that is, Major also counts as one in the Grand Slam, which means we have already won three of the four championships. Next, as long as we win another Intel-affiliated match, we will be Grand Slam winners."

"And the most recent Intel-affiliated match is IEM Beijing!"

Talking about IEM Beijing, the few people quickly talked about the recent transfer content.

"I think NAVI will usher in a huge explosion period next!" Xiao Ming had reasons, "Look, Zeus who is a god in one match and a ghost in another is down, and Guardian came over. Isn't this overall combat power maxed out?"

He felt that NAVI's front-line firepower was always lacking a bit when he watched the match before. Now that the firepower is reinforced again, he feels that NAVI might be Beifang's powerful opponent in the future.

"Think too much." Ma Dong rolled his eyes at him, "How can it be that simple? Zeus's aim is actually not important. He is outstanding enough as an IGL. On the contrary, Guardian's joining makes NAVI a bit neither fish nor fowl."

"Guardian left, who is the IGL now?"

"Should be Boombl4." Xu Beifang answered casually.

Ma Dong looked at Xu Beifang: "Zeus's IGL is not bad, it can even be said to be one of the best IGLs in the world. I think Boombl4 cannot surpass him in a short time."

Xu Beifang nodded. This is quite fair.

No matter whether Boombl4 can become an outstanding IGL in the future, he is definitely in an adaptation period at the current stage.

"He is actually fine here. After all, Zeus has been in poor form for a long time, and someone should take his place." Ma Dong analyzed calmly, "The main problem is here with Guardian."

"Guardian?"

"See it clearly." Xu Beifang smiled and replied to Ma Dong, then looked at Xiao Ming, "Think about it, what position is Guardian in?"

"Sniper."

"Then what position is S1mple in."

Xiao Ming answered subconsciously: "Sniper..."

After speaking, he was stunned himself. He finally understood where NAVI's problem is now.

The positions of S1mple and Guardian conflict.

Xu Beifang smiled: "S1mple is all-around, and he is willing to give up the sniper rifle to Guardian, but the problem is his level is obviously higher than Guardian's. Let people with more outstanding levels contribute themselves, this mode cannot last long."

Although Guardian has the title of uncrowned king, S1mple is the TOP1 player selected by HLTV in 2018, and even this year his data is quite outstanding.

According to common sense, NAVI only needs to find a good rifleman.

But they found a good sniper and topped S1mple.

This move is a bit dizzy.

Xu Beifang can only say that maybe this lineup will usher in a short honeymoon period, covering up the problems in a short time, but as the honeymoon period passes, the overall problems will erupt more seriously.

"In contrast, the lineup Faze formed is relatively normal." Ma Dong said.

Xu Beifang nodded and recognized this point of view.

Before, when Big Brother NEO returned to the field, he held a supportive attitude.

But the problem is he really didn't know that Big Brother's front-line aim had become that bad.

In the 4 months in Faze, he played a total of 45 maps, with an average rating of 0.85.

Although as an IGL, the aim can be slightly worse, but this is too much worse.

If the team's results go up, it doesn't matter.

Esports attaches great importance to results, and he is an IGL. If he can win, then everything is fine.

But Faze's results are not outstanding. When NEO served as IGL, the highest was only world fifth.

For Faze, which has always wanted to achieve results through international teams, this result is obviously unacceptable, so NEO being demoted became inevitable.

However, Xu Beifang called NEO, and Big Brother wasn't sad because of the demotion, but breathed a sigh of relief.

He really can't keep up with the duel intensity of the first-line professionals now. Faze taking the initiative to demote him is equivalent to helping him make the decision to retire again.

Faze's overall structure is still relatively reasonable.

Coldzera came to take over the IGL, NIKO and rain are the double-entry lineup, newcomer Broky took over Guardian's position, and Olofmeister is the lurker.

Although Coldzera and Broky can't see the name in these two positions, at least at a glance, there is no conflict in positions.

Even if Broky can adapt to the first-line field, Faze's improvement will be great.

"Feels like you guys are under great pressure next. Many teams are changing lineups to seek breakthroughs. Can you hold it?" Ma Dong asked.

Xu Beifang smiled confidently: "Whether you can hold it or not is not based on words, you have to play to know."

"Next IEM Beijing, many first-line teams will come to participate. They will definitely try their best to target us, and also to make their own results look better after the off-season."

Immediately after, he added: "However, IEM Beijing is my home court. If I let our own people down by then, it would be too ugly."

Other first-line teams want to become the blockers in front of their Grand Slam, but can they really stop them?