Chapter 465: 20 Cheers and Boos

CS: GO major events are often arranged in chronological order; there are rarely two top-level events going on at the same time.

So when the IEM Chengdu playoffs officially started, there were no other first-line events going on.

CS: GO event lovers all over the world put their eyes on this IEM.

A total of 16 teams participated in the IEM Chengdu main event, but after the first three days of the group stage, only six teams advanced to the playoffs.

They are Complexity, Faze, Liquid, Mouz, Astralis, and G2.

And among these six teams, someone will definitely be crowned in this IEM Chengdu.

So the discussion about each team in the forum also reached its peak.

【G2 is very fierce this time, crushing all the way, originally thought it was a random purchase, didn't expect A Du to come here and really succeed】

【After all, Major four-time champion, A Du has really many Major championships in his hands】

【Now our G2 also has a Major champion!】

【What are you proud of, doesn't NiKo also have a Major championship?】

【I actually think Faze is stable, this look at it, there is no opponent at all】

【I agree with this point, although G2 is performing so strongly now, G2 is like this, the stronger they perform, the more noob they are later, instead, if the performance is not good at the start, they can often get good results, so G2 is more noob, G2 is more noob】

【The bowl cabinet above, stop it】

【I actually think Complexity has a chance to win the championship, no matter what, the combat power is there, and they can be considered a home team】

【Not necessarily, the group stage was played so stumbling, the difficulty of the playoffs will only be greater】

Even as the match approached, the forum was still in crazy discussion.

However, as the match day officially arrived, everyone's discussion also calmed down a bit.

Because they all knew that there was no need to discuss next, just watch the remaining six teams fight with real knives and guns.

Xu Beifang was in the lounge, just looking at the discussion on his phone to pass the time.

Netizens didn't have particularly great confidence in them; most of the people who thought they could win the championship were their fans.

It belongs to loving the house and its crow.

And people who objectively thought they could win the championship were still few.

However, he didn't particularly care about this matter.

For one thing, Complexity's recent training felt quite good, and they all maintained sufficient confidence now.

CS: GO matches can naturally raise a team's original strength by a part.

For another, they would officially enter in more than ten minutes.

Whether they can win the championship, next is just to fight with real knives and guns.

Whether they can win, what is said doesn't count, they have to fight.

"IEM came to this beautiful Rong City 15 years ago..."

The host's low voice sounded from the venue, gradually passing to the player channel.

Hearing this familiar voice, Danking smiled, "It's this guy again, his hosting is quite interesting."

The host of IEM Chengdu is DXMASTER, a domestic host.

In the CS matches held in the country in recent years, most hosts would invite him to control the field.

Although this guy's hosting style is a bit awkward, being in that environment, he would be driven to feel a bit hot-blooded.

His ability to control the field is still quite powerful.

"... There have been quite large changes in the professional arena, some people chose to leave, some people chose to transform, and some people chose to come back." The host laid out the emotions calmly, "And we, witnessed the old horse in the stable, and also witnessed the new king ascending the throne, but among all these changes, one point has not changed."

"That is our love for CS: GO, for competition!"

The host's words resonated with quite a few viewers, and applause sounded in the venue.

The host didn't intend to drag it out, holding the microphone and starting to bake the atmosphere: "Are you ready?"

"From the group stage to now, 16 teams have only 6 left, and today's confrontation, the losing team will be directly eliminated."

"Then let us invite..."

"... Astralis and Complexity members!"

The host's voice passed to the ears of all viewers through the live broadcast; in the Douyu 6657 stream, Wanjiqi also became excited.

"To be fair, this opening is no problem, okay!" Wanjiqi evaluated.

The host continued to say on the screen: "First, let us welcome 21-year-old BRO!!"

The camera gave the Astralis group who were hugging, and the big screen also appeared Bro's makeup photo.

It's just that compared to the strength of this young player Bro, more people were discussing, 【Is Bro really jks's brother?】

After all, the two of them look too much alike.

(Left BRO, right jks)

"19-year-old, STARHR!"

starhr is a player who is not very famous, but also received intense discussion.

Because this guy's appearance doesn't look like a 19-year-old young man at all.

For a time, the barrage started to question one after another.

【This is 19 years old?】

【Wild list brother is only 19?】

【Holy crap, this guy looks too anxious】

【I would believe it if you said he was 35】

【Foreign brothers mostly look mature】

【...】

Quite a few people were reminded, and only then reacted to who this 19-year-old guy who looks mature is.

Although this guy's fame is not obvious, the netizens' attitude toward him is still quite friendly.

This nickname "Wild List Brother" mainly comes from the comment section after A-team matches.

In the few events before IEM Chengdu, A-team's lineup was quite powerful.

They have a total of 4 TOP20 players in the team, namely Dazhuang, device, and the snake-mouse brothers.

The only one whose fame is not obvious is STARHR; according to the netizens' ideas, STARHR this guy, finally entered the Danish national team, and there is a group of star brothers sitting in the team, this time just need to lie down.

Then, STARHR kills first every time, and the TOP20s in the team have no sound instead.

Netizens imitated STARHR's personal perspective, complaining: "The ditch-digger HLTV is purely a wild list!"

So, this 19-year-old young player who looks too mature is actually the real big brother of the current A-team.

However, the host on the scene didn't stay on him for long, and then shouted: "28-year-old, device!!"

The scene was full of cheers; for this player device, most of them liked him, after all, e-sports Tom Cruise, handsome and rigid gun.

And in the 6657 stream, Wanjiqi couldn't help but "filial" up.

Seeing device's makeup photo appear, he shouted excitedly: "oh, oh, ohmygod!"

"22-year-old, Stavn!"

The cheers on the scene finally were not uniform; this moment's cheers turned into boos.

"Boo~~"

The sudden change in painting style made the viewers watching the live broadcast directly unable to hold it.

The Complexity group who were adjusting equipment on the stage couldn't help it; Danking was stupid with laughter: "These snake-mouse brothers are really something, the whole field is booing!"

"20-year-old, jabbi."

The wind direction on the scene didn't turn back, it was still a piece of boos.

The camera gave jabbi's body at the right time; he was adjusting his equipment with a stiff face, and the color of the A-team logo hit his body; it was very clear that these two young people would definitely be affected.

The host was also a bit surprised by this situation, but he could be considered to have seen big winds and waves, and directly continued the opening.

"And their opponent is 24-year-old! Danking!"

The audience on the scene was also very playful, cheers and boos mixed together, and the program effect was directly full.

"hihihihi!" Wanjiqi couldn't hold it, "Dan's professional career is all program effects."

"27-year-old, NiKo!"

This time there was no accident, the whole field was cheers, everyone liked this top-level gun man NiKo quite a bit, and besides occasionally liking to go to nightclubs, NiKo didn't have much black spots in those two major finals without playing the performance he should have.

So when his ID came out, the cheers on the scene had already exceeded device's before.

"26-year-old! Nice!"

This time, the scene was no longer cheers, but pure mountain shouts.

Xu Beifang's fans held support items related to him, shouting excitedly in the venue, expressing their support for Xu Beifang.

Even a few players on the field were startled; they didn't expect Xu Beifang not to be active for a few years, and still get so much support.

Following were the names of Elige and jks shouted out one after another, and they also got the support of the cheers of the audience on the scene.

The two of them belonged to the kind of honest people in personality, without any special traffic, but the audience's perception of them was generally good, so when the host shouted their names, the audience was very cooperative.

Xu Beifang plugged in the USB flash drive prepared by the event group, and then confirmed that the peripherals had no problems, and started to enter the TS voice to adjust the equipment.

"Feed feed feed, can you hear me?"

NiKo answered: "Can't hear, can't hear."

"Then I will go to the Russian side next time to get a current microphone."

jks smiled: "Then he will definitely hear it clearly."

Confirmed that the equipment had no problems, Xu Beifang took off his headphones and started to enter the Aimbotz practice map to warm up, but at this time he suddenly heard a shout from the stands: "Nice!"

Hearing this, he looked up and saw an old K with a cigarette in his mouth waving at him excitedly.

Although Xu Beifang didn't know how he made such a big sound with a cigarette in his mouth, he still waved friendly to that side.

The scene entered the cheering mode again.

The audience was too enthusiastic, making Danking couldn't help but complain: "Is it necessary? Waving a hand needs to cheer several times? These people on the scene are too enthusiastic."

Xu Beifang laughed: "Don't you understand what is home court advantage!"

"Today is our home court, this group of people under the stage will fluctuate in emotion for our victory or defeat, and we cannot let them down."

Danking heard this and also laughed: "Then let them see Danking's power, watch me dry-explode the equipment today!"

Before he could brag a few times, they got a reminder from the referee behind them that they could enter the BP link.

Today's BP uses the rock-paper-scissors mode, and then they watched the laughing coach return to the match room happily.

Xu Beifang asked: "Won?"

The laughing coach raised his eyebrows, and then raised his right hand: "Of course, today I deduced that betting coins wouldn't work, so I chose the rock-paper-scissors mode, and when the opponent proposed left-hand rock-paper-scissors, I deliberately used my right hand!"

"Finally, sure enough, successfully got the first Ban right of this match!"

He looked at his teammates and joked: "Guys, I have already done what I can do, next I can enter the VIP viewing area."

NiKo rolled his eyes: "Never seen a coach so lazy, you should be a Frenchman in your last life."

NiKo is implying that the laughing coach is a French lazy dog.

The laughing coach didn't get angry.

Among all first-line CS teams, he is also the most special one.

Because he is the one who will laugh even if the players make mistakes.

His relationship with the players is like a group of good friends forming a team, and he, as a member of the team who is older, helps take the position of coach.

In terms of ability, he is indeed not as good as zonic, b1ad3, or even XTQZZZ, but he has a point that these top coaches can't catch up with.

He can get along with the players.

This is a benefit, and also a disadvantage.

If you meet a group of young players, this practice will actually make the players a bit confused.

But the current Complexity are all old-timers, his style makes the players very comfortable.

NiKo clearly has this feeling in Complexity; even if the team encounters problems, they are all relaxed, solving problems through discussion.

Even that time when he took over part of Xu Beifang's IGL power, the laughing coach's way of saying it was to let NiKo try it.

Fortunately, this way of playing succeeded, and they also found the team's offensive and mode.

A few people joked, and the BP officially started.

Got the BP right of this match, BP was quite relaxed.

After consideration, they first removed Overpass.

From the next event, Overpass exited the active duty map, which means there is no need to practice at all.

On this map, Complexity only maintained the basic training volume, that's all.

Their first Ban map was actually Anubis, but there is no need to worry today, because A-team also first Ban Anubis.

"The opposite side Baned Overpass, what do we say?" BRO asked device.

device took a breath; he was actually a bit troubled.

Before this match, he looked at Complexity's BP record in the previous few matches.

Although Anubis hadn't been played once, they had actively released it before, which made him a bit unsure.

In case Complexity knows how to play Anubis, they released this map, then it's directly giving a map for nothing, purely unplayable.

But actually, he wanted to Ban Inferno more.

He was conservative in the end: "Ban Anubis."

In this way, Inferno was released.

Sure enough, Complexity directly took Inferno.

"A-team is considering, choosing to take Nuke as map two."

"Then Complexity should remove Vertigo next..." But before Wanjiqi's deduction was finished, he saw Complexity remove Ancient.

This was something he didn't expect.

But he thought about it carefully and found it was actually reasonable.

"Although Complexity plays Vertigo very abstractly, A-team's Ancient has been played very well recently, they don't want this map to be released."

"Then in this way, A-team has no accidents, removed Mirage, and left a Vertigo as map three."

Then, BP officially ended here.

Map 1: Inferno

Map 2: Nuke

Map 3: Vertigo

Both sides' ten players entered the final preparation time, the match is about to start!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 466 =====