Chapter 463: 18 NiKo

"Isn't this a bit too crazy."

In the hotel training room, Elige weighed his words, "The aggressiveness of netizens is not weak, and if we don't win, I guess this meme will stay for a long time."

Twistzz belongs to the relatively introverted player.

But after so many years in the profession, although he hasn't suffered much criticism, he also knows what those netizens are like.

He felt it was better to be conservative when speaking to the outside world.

Although Xu Beifang has now become his IGL, in Elige's impression, Xu Beifang is still the young man who actively came to ask him how to practice "recoil control."

He subconsciously protects his own.

The internet has memory; if you say something and don't do it, you will definitely face backlash later.

For example, mentioning the old ENCE, everyone can think of the broken things of Aleksib and allu.

Everyone can think of words like "We introduced suNny to become the world number one."

Xu Beifang is now expressing his thoughts confidently in the interview; if he can't do it in the Shanghai Major in the second half of the year, he will definitely be liquidated.

"Don't be afraid, he is always like this." NiKo comforted Elige, but there was some envy in his words.

Once NiKo was also that young and vigorous, high-spirited, and incomparably confident in all occasions.

But after being so close to glory, he started to become introverted and started to worry about the influence after saying things.

Even in despair, he said words like "I don't deserve a Major."

So he envied Xu Beifang very much; no matter when, he could have this overflowing confidence.

He would agree to Xu Beifang's invitation and join Complexity, maybe because of this too.

jks also had some worries in his eyes, but he often hides his thoughts and doesn't like to express his emotions.

Only Danking smiled disdainfully: "You think this guy is afraid of the discussion of those netizens?"

"He can't wait for those netizens to discuss him?"

NiKo sighed: "But then it won't be discussion, it might be an attack."

"Although, even if you don't believe in yourselves, you have to believe in this guy." Tie Dan pointed to Xu Beifang, "This is a guy who can pop champagne before the finals."

NiKo and others raised their eyebrows; they also remembered that it seemed like in 2019, before a final between Vitality and NAVI, Xu Beifang popped champagne and said he would definitely win the championship.

And that final was the rise of the peak Vitality.

Because that Vitality was very nostalgic, quite a few people in the community made documentary videos, and they also had a deep impression.

Xu Beifang looked at Tie Dan and smiled helplessly: "What is popping champagne, I was playing that final with the belief of winning, okay? For that final, I thought we could win."

"This is called having a clear understanding of strength."

Xu Beifang wouldn't think he would pop champagne; he said things after serious thinking.

"I really want to refute." Danking pointed to Xu Beifang, "But this guy has done everything he bragged about so far."

This is extremely rare.

There are not a few e-sports players who leave with regrets, but the things Xu Beifang bragged about in interviews or documentaries have all been successfully completed.

This is quite outrageous.

Xu Beifang also smiled: "I'm not talking nonsense either."

"You all know, since I won the resurrection match and came back to form a team, the final goal must be the Major, because you all understand that the Major has a different meaning for us."

Several people in the room were silent.

Elige, NiKo, jks, and even Danking, they have been in the circle for many years and have played quite a few matches, big and small.

NiKo and Elige have been fighting on the first-line stage for many years; from the CS: GO era to the CS2 era, they are the most popular riflers.

But none of them have ever won a Major trophy.

To put it simply, even if their fans argue for them with "Major club" players, they have no confidence at all.

"Our entire team has the hard strength, but we still need some synergy and adjustment to fully develop our level."

"The moment the level is truly developed, it will be when our space battleship sets sail."

Xu Beifang's voice was like a devil's whisper, scratching their hearts silently, making them a bit itchy, but their eyes also started to look forward to it.

If other IGLs said this, they definitely wouldn't believe it much.

Even if "Zhuge Breathing" said so, they only thought it was an incentive.

But this is Xu Beifang!

The guy who was the strongest weapon in the CS: GO era and led Vitality to win the Major championship with his own strength.

The player who has been TOP1 for two consecutive years.

What he says is really believable.

"Can we really do it?" NiKo's tone felt unreal, but also a bit expectant.

Danking immediately shouted: "You can!"

"It's just you saying I can, actually I know in my heart, I can't." NiKo said with a bit of regret.

Danking immediately said: "I don't allow you to say that about yourself! You can do it!"

"Can I really do it?"

Elige and jks had expressions of not wanting to watch on the side.

Although Danking's level is not as exaggerated as Xu Beifang's, he has a powerful infectious power in life.

Just like a virus, he can infect others with his aura.

Look, NiKo was also infected into a clown.

"Forget it if you can't." T. C walked in from the outside with a small notebook, instantly seeing NiKo's murderous eyes.

"What's wrong?" the laughing coach said carefully.

"Nothing, they are discussing who is the more outstanding clown in the team, and finally NiKo won a complete victory." Xu Beifang said casually, and then quickly attracted the eyes of the Hyuga clan.

However, the laughing coach didn't care much about their play, but clapped his hands, signaling everyone to come over for a review.

"Today's review is a bit special, you look at this picture first..."

Saying this, the laughing coach projected a picture.

The image quality of the projected photo is not particularly high; the projector carried by the coaching staff is not particularly expensive.

But they still saw the specialness of the projected photo.

Because the left side of the photo is Xu Beifang's makeup photo, the right side is Xu Beifang's kill stats, and the top is 16:14, which is the score of Ancient.

Even seeing Xu Beifang's stats again, they couldn't help but feel amazed in their hearts.

But no one spoke, because they knew the coach took out this stat at this time, definitely not wanting them to praise Xu Beifang.

"What's wrong?" Xu Beifang actively signaled the laughing coach to expand the topic.

Actually, he probably guessed it; it must be about the problem of others not performing well.

There was a classic experience in the CS: GO era; when an IGL gets the most kills, the match is likely gone.

Complexity's situation is a bit special, but the performance of this match is similar to that principle.

"You got too many kills." T. C looked at his players with a heavy gaze, "It shouldn't be like this."

Tie Dan didn't understand: "Is it wrong for Xu Beifang to kill more?"

The laughing coach shook his head: "Him killing more is not the problem, the problem is that in this kind of scorching confrontation, you guys got too few kills."

His words were too straightforward, instantly making Danking a bit hard to answer.

Several others were also a bit embarrassed, not knowing how to answer.

Their performance in this match can only be considered standard, with an average KD of only NiKo reaching 1.

Playing badly, they didn't have the confidence to refute anything.

Xu Beifang said: "Actually, it's not their fault, I can get so many kills, it's also because I traded for many of NiKo's kills, and C9 knew I was defending the B-site, so they started forcing me to fight."

Speaking of this, he was a bit helpless: "You all know, I have received quite a few targeted tactics, I shoot once at A, and the opponents turning to B is very common."

This treatment has been enjoyed by three people in CS: GO history.

They are Xu Beifang, S1mple, and Zywoo.

Their personal ability is too outstanding.

The fourth-ranked device is teased as the human limit, and the evaluation of the three by netizens has already exceeded the human level.

Even in professional matches, they are treated by opponents with special methods.

Avoiding battle is the simplest method.

The laughing coach nodded, he looked at Xu Beifang seriously: "This is the first problem I considered, Beifang, your free fire rights are too few now!"

Xu Beifang wanted to say something, but the laughing coach didn't give him a chance.

"Today's match, C9 actually successfully targeted you, but they made more mistakes, which allowed us to win this Ancient. I just watched a round of recordings, except for a few times they actively came to hit A with explosive bombs, the rest of the rounds they mostly controlled the map in Mid and A-site."

"Boombl4 didn't compete with you for B-slope map control, because he knew you were always here, he locked your position here, he must be earning."

Boombl4 matched up with Xu Beifang on Ancient; Boombl4 knew that frontal dueling definitely couldn't beat Xu Beifang, so he played entirely by containment.

It's like two top-laners in League of Legends; Xu Beifang is a warrior-type top-laner like Aatrox, while Boombl4 is a blue-collar top-laner like Malphite.

Boombl4 knew he couldn't beat Xu Beifang in a duel, so as long as he dragged him to the top lane and both developed equally, he had the advantage.

It's just that he underestimated Xu Beifang's ability in the late-game.

But, he finally restricted Xu Beifang.

Xu Beifang thought for a moment: "I didn't think of this point, I can change it later, I will move on the map and actively drive the rhythm."

The laughing coach shook his head: "The core is not whether you move or not, the core problem is that you are an IGL now."

Xu Beifang was stunned.

Elige seemed to feel something and said: "Beifang is quite good as an IGL now, we are playing quite smoothly, although there are some problems, we can just change them slowly."

"His IGL is indeed no problem." T. C looked at Xu Beifang, "But I think you should have felt it yourself, your ability hasn't been fully exerted."

Xu Beifang pursed his lips and nodded helplessly.

He felt this from the time he played VP.

He didn't have that feeling of exerting his full strength.

Even if he won by crushing, the feeling it gave him was different.

"As an IGL, your layout restricts your ability." T. C pointed to the core, "You value gamesmanship problems too much, which will lead to you becoming an ordinary chess piece in your decision-making."

"Actually, there is a playstyle that can solve this problem." He added.

NiKo immediately asked: "What playstyle?"

T. C said: "Learn from the peak NAVI Boombl4, use this position as a human flashbang, pull gun lines for teammates, get information, and solo-sneak."

"But this is too much of a waste of talent." NiKo explained his view, "Completely unnecessary, Beifang and Boombl4's personal ability are not on the same level, I absolutely disagree with playing like this."

Boombl4's playstyle during the peak NAVI period was actually a bit like Breathing.

Both were meat-shield probing, giving the team information and pulling gun lines.

But Xu Beifang was special, his personal ability was unprecedentedly powerful, even in the IGL position, he could still get many, many kills to influence the situation.

"Whether it's the role of IGL or my personal view, I won't do that." Xu Beifang also explained his thoughts.

If it really became like that, it would become another G2.

Although Xu Beifang's personal ability was definitely stronger than Breathing, this playstyle was unnecessary.

The room fell into silence for a while; this topic was a bit heavy, concerning the playstyle brought by the team, and everyone was thinking about how to solve this problem.

"If you don't want to use this method to play, then there is actually another way." the laughing coach said, "That is you put down the IGL position in the early game, you only need to find a way to get information and first kills for the team in your position, and then you take over the IGL in the mid-game to carry out personnel mobilization."

The roles of IGL and entry-fragger might naturally have conflicts.

After all, most IGLs have ideas that move in a reasonable direction.

And entry-fraggers only need to consider getting kills.

The IGL position didn't affect Xu Beifang's marksmanship, but it affected his thinking.

T. C initially wanted Xu Beifang to completely take off the IGL identity and become a star player like before.

But Xu Beifang's mid-game decision-making was indeed beautiful.

His speed of information processing made T. C dumbfounded.

So after consideration, he just let Xu Beifang take off part of the early-game layout power and let someone replace him to share some pressure.

This way Xu Beifang could go out more bravely to find opportunities, and others could also benefit from Xu Beifang's powerful personal ability.

Even if Xu Beifang was killed in the early-game exchange, he could then transform into a fountain commander, exerting the power of his mid-game decision-making.

"Actually, it's not letting go of all the early-game layout power, you can still communicate and say it directly if you have ideas like before." T. C said, "I still want you to become that star player who brings the rhythm."

Others had no problems; jks and NiKo came for Xu Beifang.

Elige is a rifler who doesn't consume many resources, so he had no thoughts on this point.

Danking didn't need to say, all his own brothers.

Xu Beifang as IGL, leading a team is no problem.

But his personal ability is very outstanding, which led to some conflicts.

The trade-off between a T0-level star player and a T1-level IGL.

T. C finally chose to have it all, turning Xu Beifang back into a T0-level star player, while leaving his excellent parts in IGL.

"Then who will accept the early-game IGL now?" Tie Dan asked the most important question.

Twistzz immediately said nervously: "I can't do it."

"Twistzz usually doesn't like to talk, and is also a pressure bucket, often playing and playing and closing himself, so Twistzz definitely can't."

"jks is even more introverted, and he hasn't been an IGL."

"Danking directly pass..."

Tie Dan immediately shouted: "Sigh sigh sigh, how come it's pass when it gets to me?"

T. C said expressionlessly: "Then can you do it?"

"I... seem to really not be able to." Danking has a pile of problems himself now; accepting the power of IGL, he would probably overload in two minutes.

Everyone's eyes looked at NiKo.

NiKo said helplessly: "Do I still have a choice?"

"You can refuse."

T. C smiled: "No."

"Then that's it, let IGL NiKo return to the rivers and lakes!" NiKo said with a smile.

PS: I have had crazy inspiration for the new book in the last two days, so I am busy polishing the beginning of the new book, I guess I can publish it after changing five or six versions, so the new book will be published around the 15th.

However, there are two ideas that have not been considered clearly, everyone give a suggestion.

One is CS+baby flow, the type of real genius boy. (Press 1)

The other is old-timer CS, the protagonist and NiKo are three-box brothers, the old-timer returns to the rivers and lakes. (Press 2)

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 464 =====