Chapter 415: Fully compliant with the principle of unquestionability

November 7, 2019, Thursday.

Suitable for: travel, tourism, trading, sacrifices...

Today, the weather in the Imperial Capital was clear and bright, making for a comfortable day.

However, the atmosphere in the VG lounge didn't relax because of this.

They were in a pretty good mood originally; after all, since knowing their first opponent was Vitality, they had already started preparing themselves mentally.

A-Zhong didn't care; as a veteran driver, he was experienced, so he would just play the match as it came.

The newcomer Jamyoung was also full of fighting spirit. Previously, as a ladder player, being able to compete against these IDs that appeared in the news was already an exciting thing.

Plus, many domestic genius teenagers were fans of Xu Beifang, and Jamyoung was no exception. Today, facing his idol, he was prepared to go all out.

Everything was so beautiful, until Tyloo came to visit, and their mindset instantly went sour.

"Let me tell you, yesterday I watched Beifang frantically studying your recordings. I feel like you guys are going to suffer today. Speaking of which, this Vitality is truly perverted; they even spent a lot of effort finding samples to study for this kind of match, giving you guys full respect."

They could only come out to find some fun like this.

For example, Heroic with BlameF, or VP where Jame is.

Danking didn't have any intention of mocking them; he was speaking more in a teasing tone, after all, their treatment in the first round was similar.

"If we take Inferno, that's half the battle won, and there really won't be much pressure."

However, he was also truly curious about what VG could pull off against Vitality with their current level.

It was mainly because he was bored; Tyloo's match today was scheduled for the last slot, and they had already done all the preparations they needed to do.

There were some samples from the IEM Beijing qualifiers, but when VG faced teams weaker than them, they used formulaic map control tactics, so nothing useful could be seen.

Then Baicai gave Tie Dan a thumbs up: "Awesome, brother. First go make a bet with Beifang, then come find 259 to make a bet. No matter if they win or lose, you're going to make a killing."

"Inferno was banned..."

"As for B Site, don't play too aggressively. Shox and JackZ, equip utility. Mainly HE grenades. If the opponent rushes B, you guys aim and throw them directly at the bomb site."

The red-haired goblin waved his hand: "What do you know? I call this a win-win; I win twice by myself!"

XTQZZZ nodded: "Alright, then let's take Vertigo."

"You guys, good luck. I actually don't think you'll lose that miserably," Danking comforted them. "After all, our Asian style of play, which tends to be simple and direct, might not be easily adapted to by international thinking. Plus, if apEX has a brain-fart, maybe you'll win?"

Inside the match room, apEX sat in the gaming chair, holding his chin and saying with some regret.

As one of the teams with the strongest combat power today, Vitality's attitude before the match made them feel a little happy inside—their level was also worthy of Vitality's study.

But VG was clearly not that; their tactical system learned from the mainstream European explosive grenade discipline, which was all too familiar to Vitality.

"How about we take out Vertigo and play it?" Xu Beifang suggested. They hadn't practiced Vertigo for a long time either.

VG's match recordings in first-tier events were from a long time ago; now all the players had been changed, so the tactics must have changed.

"During the StarSeries, we at least beat NaVi, so we should have some chance of winning against Vitality, right?"

Coming to visit VG was mainly because they felt "at least we're not the only ones who are unlucky" and wanted to see their fellow sufferers.

Although the ranking gap between the two sides was large, for them, VG's sample size was too small, which also gave them some trouble.

But 259 was a bit unhappy: "Even if apEX doesn't have a brain-fart, as long as we play at our training state, we still have a chance to win a map."

In the end, both sides removed one map each, leaving Dust II as the third map.

259 shrugged: "You guys just watch."

But now it seemed that the idea of winning even one map had a lot of difficulty.

While speaking, they saw VG confirm map one, locking in Overpass.

With the last few minutes of preparation time left, both sides seized the time to warm up.

VG actually didn't play Vertigo much, so choosing Vertigo wouldn't put too much pressure on them.

Vitality vs VG

Map: Overpass

T: advent, zhongKing, Kaze, jamyoung, aumaN

CT: apEX, Nice, ZywOo, shox, JackZ

Both sides entered the 20-second preparation time, and apEX began to repeat the tactics for the pistol round:

"Be active on A. Beifang and I will push forward from A directly. Zywoo, you scout at the balloon and see if there's any movement at the T-spawn."

"Then what map are we taking?" apEX wasn't trapped in emotional torture; he just felt that taking Inferno would be easier.

"Don't worry," Xu Beifang said, quickly warming up by hitting bots on the side. "Our tactics actually don't worry about running into teams with such small sample sizes."

"Oh? Really?"

Danking immediately said upon hearing this: "Old Nine, if you win a map, I'll treat you to a meal. If you lose, come to my live stream and donate some rice..."

But while happy, they felt uncomfortable again. If Vitality looked down on them and disdained their strength, then they might have a chance to win by relying on some top-tier killer moves.

Teams with too small a sample size often have upset records in first-tier arenas, but that's mainly because the team style is too unique and the tactics have already formed a unique system.

After saying this, Danking and Baicai walked out of the lounge.

This tactic was a bit unconventional.

"Relax," the bald coach said. "With Zywoo, we can stably reach the world's top 20. Plus a Beifang, the two of them can stably carry. It's not difficult to win."

"Just compete with them on basic skills."

KAZE was speechless listening to this: "I feel Vitality can just treat us as pure trash; there's no need to respect us so much."

After the countdown ended, Xu Beifang equipped a half-armor and sprinted toward A Long.

"This is a CT map," Ma Xixi said. "They have two grenades in their hands. Where are these two grenades going? Two people went directly to B!"

"Two guys with utility are doing anti-rush on B, and Vitality on A doesn't intend to mess around with you; they're going to use force right from the start!"

"Little Xu is pushing out directly from A Long!"

Ma Xixi finally understood Vitality's thinking for the pistol round.

They used adjustments in numbers and utility to take the initiative on A, finally forming a 3A formation to fight you.

If they scouted that there were many terrorists on A, then relying on a little bit of pulling and terrain, the CTs could also quickly retreat.

If no one was seen at the T-spawn, Vitality could also quickly rotate back to defend.

Even if VG wanted to rush B, Shox and JackZ's two grenades could still bleed them out.

"VG's target for this round happens to be B, and only Jamyoung is left at the T-spawn to cover. He quietly touched into the park, but A Long has already pushed over. Do you understand this play?"

The moment Jamyoung peeked to scout, the sound of a headshot rang out.

"Smack!"

【Nice used USP to headshot kill Jamyoung】

Jamyoung got a baby-like sleep.

"A Long pushed!!" Jamyoung shouted in the voice chat to remind his teammates.

He really didn't expect this play.

First, he didn't expect Xu Beifang to be holding A Long at this timing, and second, he didn't expect that he would be instantly killed just by peeking.

After hearing Jamyoung's callout, 259 immediately issued the order to attack B.

He had watched quite a few of Vitality's recordings and knew very well that unless it was a special situation, apEX wouldn't let Xu Beifang push forward alone, so A should be heavily defended right now.

VG also executed 259's order, a frontal explosive grenade attack, but unexpectedly found that B was empty.

"Is apEX treating himself as Zeus?" KAZE said unexpectedly while planting the bomb.

259 just wanted to reply, but saw two unidentified objects fly out of the second-floor smoke.

"Boom! Boom!"

259, who was helping to hold the angle at the bomb site, gasped. The two grenades from the opponent exploded not far from him, his health dropped sharply, and he was left with only 1 HP instantly.

He looked at his teammates; KAZE, who was planting the bomb, only had 20 HP left, and A-Zhong, who was next to the pillar, had less than half his health.

How is one supposed to play like this?

But the only good news was that they weren't directly killed by the grenades.

259 immediately thought of a solution: "Quick, come and double-boost, send someone directly to the second floor."

The teammates executed it immediately; they had to seize these few opportunities.

On the other side, Xu Beifang and Zywoo were in position at the construction site, called JackZ to help throw a flashbang, and rushed out directly.

The moment the flashbang exploded, he saw the terrorist covering his eyes next to the pillar and the terrorist crouching at the bomb site.

Xu Beifang and Zywoo started moving instantly.

But they didn't expect them to be low on health; their bullets almost melted them away at lightning speed.

The terrorists were being reduced in numbers frantically.

"KAZE was double-boosted to B2, he caught a timing and rushed out through the smoke. JackZ's utility had just been thrown, and he was caught completely off guard and killed!"

"But what's the situation on the front? Beifang and Zywoo rushed out from the construction site with the flashbang. A wave of screen-clearing, and only Kaze on B2 is left?"

Ma Xixi was stunned: "What?"

MO on the side added: "There's really no way for this play; the terrorists suffered in the first wave, their health was too low. Kaze still wanted to operate, but he was also held down by Beifang."

"For VG, the only good news is that they planted the bomb."

"My bad," Jamyoung said, feeling a bit self-blaming. "I didn't expect Beifang to play so aggressively. I thought he would restrain himself a bit in a match."

Facts proved that watching matches from highlights and a god's-eye view feels completely different from competing in a real match.

When Jamyoung was peeking, he had thought in his mind—Beifang wouldn't have pushed forward at this time, right? And then he looked once and was done for.

"Normal," A-Zhong said. "Every player who can make a name for themselves in the first-tier arena is much stronger than you imagine."

This pistol round, they played so passively.

They thought Vitality intended to trade attacks with them, but didn't expect the trap to be set, just waiting for them to walk into it.

They were still on the first floor, while Vitality was already on the fifth.

The pistol round was already lost, and 259 continued to arrange tactics for the second round.

"Force buy. We'll buy half-armor Tec-9s with utility, and try to speed up on B."

The economy after planting the bomb was pretty good, and short-range guns indeed have good combat power on Overpass B, so force buying was a good choice.

The VG group equipped their utility, the countdown ended, and they started heading toward B.

On the other side, apEX gave a conventional 3B2A order in the second round.

Knowing that VG had planted the bomb, they naturally had to take it seriously.

A was scouted by Dou Dou and Zywoo, mainly to get information.

B, after communication, chose to focus on anti-rush and using utility to stall for time.

So Xu Beifang came to B1, aimed, and threw a short-pipe fire.

Originally, after throwing the fire, he intended to choose a crossfire position with his teammates to operate, but suddenly he heard the sound of the fire being extinguished from the short pipe.

Xu Beifang's eyes lit up instantly, and he stepped directly onto the B double-boost position, leaned against the right wall, and aimed at the general position.

(Still usable now)

Then he started his familiar recoil control spray.

"VG lost the pistol round and also intends to give Vitality a fast one. Long pipe directly rushes through the smoke, and the short pipe even extinguishes the fire and steps onto the construction site, preparing to synchronize both sides."

Ma Xixi said: "Vitality is intentionally prepared for this round. B is defended by three people. Now let's see how 259's flashbang is thrown. Beifang is also here... Beifang!!"

"Ah??" MO perfectly interpreted the role of a sidekick on the side.

In reality, he was truly stunned.

From their perspective, the main VG force pushed from the short pipe to the construction site, and their thinking was also quite clear: first attract attention from the long pipe, and then the main force would put pressure from the construction site.

Vitality's overall positioning actually wasn't very ideal, plus JackZ and Shox had short-range guns this round, so VG actually had quite a good chance frontally.

As a result, Xu Beifang sprayed a burst at the short pipe from the double-boost position, directly wall-banging all three people in the short pipe to death.

Don't be too ridiculous, kid!

【Fully compliant with the principle of unquestionability】

【If this were official matchmaking, I would have started reporting】

【The big brother is about to lower his proud head】

【Took off Nice's mask, turns out he is Astralis's Xyp9x himself?】

【This wall-bang, they were gone before they even made contact】

【Always feels a bit ridiculous, but seeing the ID, it feels quite normal】

【Someone stopped acting, I won't say who (doge)】

Shox, the oil drum powerhouse, also killed A-Zhong in the long pipe, and in an instant, only 259, who was throwing flashbangs at the back, was left.

259 tried to find an opportunity at B, but was also killed by Xu Beifang.

Watching the score reach 2:0, the Vitality group was quite excited, bumping fists to encourage each other.

"What's the situation with this wave?" apEX asked, a bit surprised.

He was still jumping to scout at A, and saw a wave of screen-clearing in the top right corner.

Screen-clearing was actually fine, but three wall-bang headshot kills, that was a bit terrifying.

Shox teased: "Didn't Xyp9x give you advice?"

Xu Beifang smiled: "If he doesn't give me advice, can't I learn it myself!"

He had already mastered the wall-bang techniques for various maps quite well. Xyp9x had used this type of anti-rush package on this map, and when he heard the opponent extinguish the fire, he knew the terrorists were going to speed up, so he acted subconsciously.

Besides, there are no secrets in the world of CS: GO; all the techniques, tactics, and routines are hidden in the match recordings.

He just had to dig a little, and he learned Xyp9x's routine.

Although he didn't like that group of people from Astralis, this set of tactics was indeed excellent, so he had to use it when necessary.

259 looked at the screen-clearing information in the top right corner and was speechless.

Facing their force buy, Xu Beifang responded directly with a quad-kill.

He wanted to play a fast one, and Xu Beifang indeed gave him a fast one.

It was just a bit too fast!

He asked in confusion: "What's the situation? How come everyone was gone in an instant?"

KAZE's eyes were full of clarity and stupidity: "I don't understand, I didn't see anything, I was just mixed to death in the smoke."

Jamyoung sighed: "He must have been wall-banging from the double-boost position, using Xyp9x's method. He wall-banged everyone this time."

AumaN grumbled speechlessly: "His luck is also too good; wall-banging and all headshots, even that short-pipe smoke couldn't get out, too miserable."

They had actually prepared for the possibility of not winning the retake after planting the bomb.

And also prepared for the thought of being shot accurately by someone after attacking.

But they didn't even see their faces before they were finished off by a burst of bullets from the void.

What kind of thing is this!

At least give them a chance to duel!

... ===== CHAPTER 416 =====