Chapter 428: Danking's Rise!

IEM Beijing playoffs, second day, morning.

The WeChat call ringtone rang, and Xu Beifang, who was preparing for training, raised his hand to answer.

He found it was a WeChat video call from Danking, so he answered it directly.

The next second, the big forehead of the red-haired goblin appeared on the phone, along with his pain mask.

As soon as the screen appeared, Danking started accusing Xu Beifang: "Beifang, you really deserve to die!"

Although he had been scolded by Danking many, many times, Xu Beifang still asked very puzzledly: "Where did I provoke you again?"

Training well in the morning, suddenly being mocked by Danking, Xu Beifang almost wanted to touch the network cable to smash him twice.

Tie Dan, with a painful face, said: "Didn't you tell me that the taste of Douzhi with Jiaoquan is amazing?"

On the other side of the video, he saw a small bun and a QR code on the desktop in the background. Clearly, Danking was in a breakfast shop and very likely really went to eat Douzhi.

Xu Beifang laughed heartily without any politeness: "Not brother, you really went to eat it."

Listening to the laughter on the opposite side, Tie Dan said angrily: "Your suggestion made me lose all face in front of my teammates!"

He trusted Xu Beifang very much. During the group stage, he heard Xu Beifang say Douzhi tasted good, so he was really curious and took the whole Tyloo group to try it.

He confidently shared with his teammates the "Jiaoquan with Douzhi with pickles" eating method that Xu Beifang told him.

As a result, the whole Tyloo group let him try it first, and this try led to his death.

"You are too insidious, brother trusted you so much, and you lied to brother like this?"

Listening to Danking's questioning, Xu Beifang didn't blush or pant: "Where did I lie to you?"

"The taste of this Douzhi is so bad, and you recommended me to eat it?"

"Did I tell you it was delicious? Didn't I tell you that day that the taste was amazing?" Xu Beifang grinned, "You just say if it's amazing or not."

Tie Dan helplessly supported his forehead and gave Xu Beifang a thumbs up: "Amazing! You are invincible, kid."

Xu Beifang was born in '97, Danking really couldn't beat him.

"You were too anxious before and didn't finish listening to me." Xu Beifang explained, "I said that Douzhi with Jiaoquan and some pickles, the taste is amazing. After one bite, you can throw the bowl into the trash can together."

Danking shook his head and said: "You really aren't a good person."

After complaining about Xu Beifang, Danking picked up a chopstick of pickles, drank a mouthful of pickle porridge, and asked casually:

"How are you guys prepared? You won't be smashed by the Cowboys today, right."

Xu Beifang shrugged: "I'm actually quite looking forward to having a match with you guys, it's just a pity you guys aren't strong enough."

Danking also showed a helpless look on his face: "I've already carried to numbness, it's just that Xiaogui is purely an actor."

He didn't cover his voice, and Xiaogui immediately scolded: "What thing? I'm averaging 1.2, and this is an actor?"

Thanks to successfully qualifying as the first in the group, Vitality was guaranteed to be in the top four after entering the playoffs, and they didn't need to compete on the first day of the playoffs.

And Tyloo really went god-mode during the group stage.

Danking did as he said, getting 30 kills on every map, but even so, winning was quite difficult, and the two sides fought until the end before winning relying on a key 1V2 clutch by Xiaogui.

Tyloo successfully upset ENCE and successfully broke into the offline stage.

It was just a pity that they met 100T in the first round, although they were still used to calling them Cowboys.

As the "Anti-China Hero" team, 100T was basically a special attack on Tyloo, especially JKS, who also carried in yesterday's match, and didn't even lose a map, defeating Tyloo with a score of 2-0.

After eliminating Tyloo, 100T advanced to the semi-finals to face Vitality, and the two teams would decide the finalist spot in the University Gymnasium today.

Listening to the bickering between the two Tyloo members, Xu Beifang smiled, "This result is okay, at least it's not like VG being shaved and eliminated directly. Yesterday I saw many people cheering for you offline."

Listening to Xu Beifang's words, Danking also showed a look of memory. Yesterday, facing the Cowboys, he felt those cheers from the audience offline and felt the enthusiasm of those college students.

Only then did he fully realize what an esports player was chasing.

Those flowers and applause were clearly placed in front of Danking for the first time.

He used to think more or less that Xu Beifang had a bit of a "performative personality," but after truly enjoying it once on the big offline stage, he knew that it was only right and proper.

"Next time we will definitely play two more matches. I have to say, offline matches are really interesting."

Xu Beifang smiled: "People like us are born for the profession. Watching those audiences cheer for you offline is really too cool."

"Don't say it, the more you say it, the more uncomfortable I feel." Danking drank another mouthful of porridge and added, "That's about it, I won't disturb your training. I'll go cheer for you when I have time in the afternoon, definitely smash the Cowboys!"

The Cowboys were also old opponents of theirs, and they were in a state of not liking each other.

So he definitely didn't want to see the Cowboys defeat Vitality and enter the finals.

Xu Beifang hung up the phone and glanced at the webpage.

If Danking hadn't reminded him, he really wouldn't have remembered all the confrontation information tables. He didn't know what the situation was in the lower half.

He opened HLTV and soon found the content of the confrontation.

It wasn't much different from what he expected. Faze also died in the first round of the playoffs.

After being shut out by them, Faze seemed to have lost themselves, and although they stumbled into the playoffs later.

But meeting EG in the lower half, their performance was quite sluggish, getting only 11 points in the two maps of the BO3, and their corporate culture "Map 1 Fun" didn't even appear.

So the semi-finals in the lower half were finally the confrontation between EG and Astralis.

The training thoughts were disrupted, and Xu Beifang felt that the morning training was about the same, so he scrolled through the forum on the side.

As one of the most eye-catching tournaments recently, the IEM Beijing station had quite a lot of gimmicks.

For example, Vitality's Grand Slam road, and Astralis's revenge confrontation after the off-season, and several teams changing rosters and integrating after the off-season.

Coupled with the official start of the IEM Beijing station playoffs yesterday, the intense offline confrontation made many people pay attention.

Now there are quite a lot of discussions about the semi-finals in the forum.

【Vitality vs 100T, EG vs Astralis in the upper half, these two groups of confrontations are very interesting】

【Just see if the "Anti-China Hero" in the upper half can resist Beishen, the lower half is more metaphysical, if the black and white fat balls are in good condition, I feel Astralis will still be tortured to death】

【I feel Vitality is like a mud truck, able to smash other teams by rushing】

【Don't talk about the mud truck, my Ni is already in the nightclub】

【Quickly say, you were sent by 6657!】

The discussions in the forum generally tended to favor Vitality and Astralis eventually advancing.

This is actually reasonable.

Xu Beifang's state shown this time is quite good. In the CSGO section, many people have analyzed Vitality's team structure.

When others are invisible, if one of Vitality's twin stars is in good condition, then Vitality is a first-tier team.

If Vitality's twin stars are both in good condition, then even if everyone else is invisible, Vitality is a T0-tier team.

If others have some state, then it's just pressing the opponent to fight.

One daddy is inferior, two daddies are equal, three or four daddies win easily!

And in the lower half, although EG and Astralis have had wins and losses recently, Astralis, as a team, gives everyone the impression that the bigger the tournament, the stronger they are.

In the middle of the year, netizens could visibly see that Astralis's fighting spirit was not strong.

But the Berlin Major was won by Vitality, which seemed to stimulate their fighting spirit, and now the desire for revenge is quite strong.

So many netizens are looking forward to another Mars-hitting-Earth confrontation between the two teams in the finals.

However, Xu Beifang didn't care much, because Astralis's playstyle had gradually been eliminated.

Astralis's set of playstyles had already been learned by first-tier teams.

Vitality's current playstyle is built on the ruins of the Astralis system, and now it is walking at the forefront of all CSGO teams.

As long as the players' state is not too bad, they rely on individual ability and player cooperation to fight, and they can obtain advantages silently.

Even if the opponent fights back relying on tactics and decision-making.

He and Zywoo can also cover this bottom.

This is his confidence now!

Xu Beifang shook his head and continued to enter training.

Everything is ready, just waiting for the start.

November 10, 2019, 4:00 PM.

The Beijing University Gymnasium was packed, and many netizens specifically bought today's package tickets, preparing to watch Vitality's first offline match, mainly to see Xu Beifang.

For them, Xu Beifang was their face, and they wanted to see Xu Beifang's performance on the spot today.

Because it was the semi-final site, there was no unnecessary opening ceremony.

It was just that the domestic host DXMASTER introduced each player one by one.

Every time he shouted, it could attract excited cheers from the audience, and every shout, the scene was like a volcanic eruption.

Listening to those shouts, Xu Beifang felt comfortable all over.

Xu Beifang turned to apEX and said: "So I said, offline matches are still exciting."

While speaking, he found the camera in front of the player seat, then rolled up his short sleeves and made a gesture showing his biceps.

Day after day of solid training allowed Xu Beifang to maintain good body fat, so looking at it, the muscles were very aesthetic.

The scene was filled with cheers instantly.

Xu Beifang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and then made a gesture to grab the hem of his team uniform, as if he was about to show everyone his abdominal muscles in the next second.

The scene became even more energized.

However, Xu Beifang was just interacting with the audience and didn't really take action.

"Beifang is really bad, haha." In the commentary booth, Wanjiqi looked at the director's close-up action and said with a smile.

Xu Beifang's way of interacting with the audience without any burden was quite comfortable to watch.

It made people sigh, as expected of Vitality's star big brother!

On the side, Huang Xu Dong nodded: "You really can't say that, Beizige's figure has a saying, I have tasted it carefully, saying he is Xijiang Peng Yuyan has no problem at all."

Wanjiqi immediately leaned over and opened his mouth: "Tell me in detail."

After speaking, the two laughed.

They could be considered to have been framed by the tournament director this time.

Originally, it was quite difficult for the two top domestic CSGO commentators to be together, but the director told Huang Xu Dong that Wanjiqi was coming, and told Wanjiqi that Huang Xu Dong was waiting for you.

Directly let the two combine again.

Today's upper half match, and tomorrow's final, were all responsible by the two of them.

After the netizens knew the news, they shouted that they had never seen such a wonderful start.

"The last time the words didn't work, this time will it work?" Xu Beifang looked at the coach walking back from the center of the stage and asked with a smile.

shox smiled evilly on the side: "Looking at it, you lost again. Coach, I think your luck is comparable to Electronic's."

"I'm arguing... no, let me explain." XTQZZZ said with a serious face, "The words are no problem, mainly the coin toss didn't work, if you have the ability, guess fingers next time!"

"When guessing fingers, you will say that people are slow to punch again."

shox echoed: "At that time, you will say the left hand doesn't work again."

The two sang in harmony, and the room was full of happy atmosphere.

Finally, XTQZZZ gave them a massage each, and they all howled and begged for mercy while touching their shoulders.

They were still playing, and the field referee behind them came over to remind them that the BP session had already begun.

XTQZZZ took the tablet and officially started BP.

"100T got the first pick for this match's BP. They sent Inferno to the ban list first, while Vitality removed Train. Both are regular bans."

Although Wanjiqi said so, he still felt a bit of a pity, because if Inferno was released, they could really enjoy a visual feast.

But the teams at this IEM Beijing station mostly didn't dare to release Vitality's Inferno anymore.

Perhaps only Astralis had the courage to release it.

"100T voluntarily chose Mirage. Their winning rate on this map is not low, but truly entering the match, it depends on the players' state performance." Huang Xu Dong continued.

It seemed like what Huang Xu Dong said was nonsense, but this was because of the characteristics of the map Mirage.

Mirage is a very balanced map, the map structure is comfortable, the gun positions are not too exaggerated, and there are near, middle, and far gun fights.

A site is large, B site is narrow, this is a very standard map.

But because it is standard, it doesn't overemphasize gunplay like Dust II, or focus on the use of props like Inferno.

Mirage's comprehensiveness is very strong, so no matter which team has two brushes on this map, as long as you can play what you are good at, then even if you are not as good as your opponent overall, you still have a chance to win.

"Mirage, their winning rate on Mirage recently is not high either." Xu Beifang was a bit surprised. He didn't understand where 100T's confidence in choosing this map came from.

Obviously, the performance on Mirage recently was quite painful, purely relying on Harry Potter and JKS to perform, and they still chose it.

XTQZZZ shook his head: "Don't care about them, we still follow the data. Their Overpass and Nuke are very bad. Which map do you want to play?"

Zywoo said: "I kind of want to play Nuke."

Hearing this, XTQZZZ directly locked in Nuke.

"Then let's play Nuke." Looking at Zywoo's hesitant expression, the bald coach comforted: "It's okay, the opponent's Nuke is just a pile of shit. As long as we play what we practiced, there is no problem."

How to evaluate 100T's Nuke level?

Answer: The general level of the Asian region.

On this map, 100T plays very recklessly, moving slowly in various places. On this map, it belongs to the team they like to meet the most.

The first two maps were locked, and the Cowboys removed Overpass.

Vitality removed Vertigo between Dust II and Vertigo, releasing a Dust II.

The BO3 BP officially ended.

After this BP ended, Vitality had no pressure, while 100T had a headache.

Vitality's map pool was deep, and the map they were least good at, Train, was banned at the start.

And they were only more confident in Mirage.

Nuke could only depend on the performance in the match.

If they could reach Map 3, they could also operate. Little Mustache thought his sniper was not bad among first-tier snipers.

But the problem was that the opponent had two top-tier snipers.

Just like this, with a headache and the cheers of the audience, 100T officially entered the server of Map 1 Mirage.

PS: The match content is close to 3000 words, but it's not broken, so it will all be released tomorrow along with Map 1. ===== CHAPTER 429 =====