Chapter 480: 35Under the leadership of the head wolf, we have a group of huskies

Xu Beifang intended to return to the lounge with the team and go back to the hotel early to rest.

But the tournament group didn't give him this chance, and even after he entered the player tunnel, they still grabbed him back.

This made Xu Beifang quite speechless.

However, seeing Xu Beifang return to the stage, the audience at the scene still used cheers to cooperate with him.

The host waited for the audience's emotions to calm down before throwing out the interview question:

"Leading a newly reorganized team into the finals of IEM Chengdu, your performance is too surprising. What are your thoughts now?"

"My teammates are so outstanding, they perfectly executed my ideas for CS2." Xu Beifang looked slightly toward the back, where several heads poked out from the entrance of the player tunnel, "I haven't felt this smooth for a long time."

"We are in the honeymoon period of the lineup, but all of us feel very comfortable, and everyone plays a big role in this team."

In Xu Beifang's words, he was very satisfied with his teammates, which also shifted the audience's attention from him to other members of COL.

The audience at the scene was also very satisfied with this humble answer from Xu Beifang, one by one waving fluorescent sticks to respond to him.

In today's professional arena, the lower limit of professional players is constantly being raised. Whether it's Xu Beifang's or NIKO's fans, they don't like COL to be a team purely based on personal ability.

What they like to see is that this is a team-oriented team with outstanding personal ability.

The host raised the microphone and began to ask the second question: "In Vertigo today, you had several particularly eye-catching performances. I mean using utility to cause a lot of damage. Is this a coincidence or?"

The audience at the scene also began to look forward to it.

Because Xu Beifang's utility performance on Vertigo today was indeed too perverted.

After the match, when giving the post-match stats, the director even gave a reminder.

【Nice dealt 998 utility damage in this match】

Xu Beifang dealt a total of about 2300 damage, but utility damage accounted for nearly half. This is really a bit outrageous.

Vertigo is not a map with a small structure like Inferno. Wanting to brush damage through utility is still very difficult.

"Coincidence is of course there, but it's more about doing research in advance." Xu Beifang has watched a lot of CS2 matches recently, and he found that the utilization efficiency of grenades in the professional arena is still too low.

This is also the first conceptual change he brought to the team after forming COL.

Because of the change in the relationship between utility items, most teams will use HE grenades to blow up smoke to find opportunities when on the offensive side.

But in COL's playstyle, even if they are on the defensive side, they will use HE grenades to blow up smoke to get information and go out to counter-clear.

And for the "bleeding" playstyle of the CSGO era, he has never forgotten it.

On a few special maps, they will even specifically leave HE grenades, let the opponents enter the bomb site, and then blow them up before fighting.

"I have done a lot of research on grenades. You will be able to see some new tricks appear later." Xu Beifang raised his eyebrows.

He thought of quite a few new tactics he developed.

For example, five HE grenades on Banana on Inferno to defend, focusing on damage suppression.

Or betting on a 5A, saving HE grenades to play retake, directly blowing up the Three Boxes and the area under the platform, to try to retake.

The utilization of HE grenades by professional players in the current version is still too low.

Xu Beifang felt it was time to "roll" (compete).

This feeling of saying half of it made the audience at the scene quite look forward to it.

The host continued to ask the last question:

"You have successfully advanced, so for Mouz and Faze in the lower half, which team do you hope will be your opponent?"

Xu Beifang thought for a while, and then spat out the answer: "As an IGL, I actually want to compete with Mouz to see what level the current youth storm is."

"But, I also want to see NEO as a coach, what level the current Galaxy Battleship is in the finals."

However, he personally felt that the finals would basically be Faze.

After all, the main team playing against the youth training team belongs to the level of bloodline suppression.

This is like NAVI catching G2 seven times, Faze also caught Mouz seven times.

Both teams have similar systematic playstyles, but Faze's players are stronger, so Mouz basically can't win.

However, competing with big brother Karrigan on the stage of the finals is also quite interesting.

After accepting the last interview, Xu Beifang said goodbye to the stage and returned to the lounge.

As soon as he entered the room, he found that the atmosphere was a bit wrong, because everyone was too happy.

"Did something happen?" Xu Beifang said suspiciously.

JKS smiled lightly: "Not a big deal, just that JasonLake called just now, saying he has arrived in Chengdu and will come to the hotel to find us later."

"He finally arrived?" Xu Beifang knew about this small episode.

COL's current boss JasonLake is a hardcore CSGO player. His relationship with Xu Beifang is quite good. This time he originally said he would come offline to cheer for them, but some work matters were delayed. Xu Beifang thought he wasn't coming, didn't expect him to finally arrive before the finals.

"But what are you guys so happy about that he arrived?"

Although the way esports players and bosses get along is a bit different from other industries, having the boss around always makes people feel uncomfortable.

"The boss said he is very satisfied with our performance." T. C also laughed, "Just called, saying he will reward each of us with a gift under 20

Xu Beifang raised an eyebrow; he wasn't sleepy anymore once the topic turned to this.

He couldn't help but want to give Vitality's boss, Neo, a call right now to see how others do it!

Vitality's boss used to be so stingy that it left an incredibly deep impression on Xu Beifang.

After he transferred to COL, the truth was that COL wasn't particularly wealthy at the start either.

COL's initial expenses were entirely covered by their boss, Jason Lake. This guy supported COL from the 1.6 era all the way to the CS: GO era, and because their results were consistently poor, the entire club was always operating at a loss.

During the time Xu Beifang first joined COL, he even sold his own law firm to cover the team's expenses; this guy could truly be said to have contributed everything he had to CS.

Xu Beifang respected people who loved CS from the bottom of their hearts, and furthermore, COL's boss had really been nothing but good to him.

The boss treated him very well, and Xu Beifang had also put his all into striving for COL's results during that phase.

It was just that there weren't many outstanding players in North America at that stage, and the only famous genius teenager, obo, ran off halfway through, which infuriated Xu Beifang quite a bit.

Yet even so, he still managed to achieve some results at COL, allowing the team to successfully secure new sponsorships.

This was also why, later on, when Xu Beifang said he wanted to rebuild the team, the boss agreed immediately.

"The boss called just now, and every third sentence was him praising you. You're too ridiculous, Succubus." Danking's words were filled with sourness.

Xu Beifang just smiled lightly; Jason Lake had also been nothing but good to him.

Looking at it now, the two of them were a case of mutual achievement.

Jason Lake gave him the stage, and he gave Jason Lake the results.

"Then we have to give it our all tomorrow," Xu Beifang said with a smile. "The boss is supervising in person; if any of you don't play well, that guy Jason Lake will kick your chairs from behind."

He laughed as he recounted the boss's past.

Back in the 1.6 era, regulations weren't particularly strict, and that guy Jason Lake would stand directly behind the players to cheer them on.

NIKO looked at Coach T. C and said, "Why don't you go swap the boss in? Maybe our morale would skyrocket."

Coach T. C clearly also knew about the boss's past in the 1.6 era and said with a smile, "After that match, your back might be covered in bruises."

It was just that Jason Lake had a little habit: when he got excited, he liked to pat the players on the back.

At the thought of that scene, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

Having successfully made it to the finals and about to compete for the championship trophy tomorrow, the COL players' emotions were somewhat volatile.

Xu Beifang was inevitably affected as well.

However, he had extensive experience in major tournaments, so at times like this, he just needed to follow his usual habits; it was best not to do anything abrupt, as that easily led to being overly concerned about gains and losses.

So he opened his phone and, as usual, began checking the discussions among netizens on the forums.

The long off-season beforehand seemed to have driven everyone stir-crazy, which led to netizens' discussions becoming completely unstoppable once this IEM Chengdu event truly entered the playoffs.

Not to mention that COL had just crushed G2, and on the map Vertigo at that, so the level of discussion was maxed out.

【Is Beifang even human? Why is he so fierce!】

【Other players are either god-tier or trash-tier, but why is he able to consistently carry?】

【That's what you get with a Theory Master + Training Maniac.】

【Beifang's utility on Vertigo today really stunned me; one fire and one grenade for a five-kill, the G2 guys were completely dumbfounded.】

【I reckon even Dian Ge feels phantom pain watching that.】

【G2 didn't lose! The orthodox G2 is at COL! They are just carrying on the goal G2 was moving toward!】

【Surprisingly, Danking didn't end up at the bottom for this entire event.】

【Truly surprising.】

Xu Beifang realized he had come a bit too early and those talented netizens hadn't appeared yet, so he simply opened Bilibili and started refreshing.

JKS, sitting to the side, raised an eyebrow: "Hey, our comms have been released?"

Noticing the gazes of the others, JKS reminded them: "It's in that group of ours; the operations team posted it."

Xu Beifang happened to have nothing to do, so he entered the group, and the first thing he saw was an outrageous title:

"COL Comms: Led by the Alpha Wolf, we have a pack of huskies."

Danking stroked his chin: "Alpha Wolf, is that talking about me?"

The others were speechless; in this COL team, did they not have a clue who the Alpha Wolf was?

Xu Beifang curiously clicked on it, only to realize this video had been posted several hours ago.

"I thought it would be released after IEM Chengdu ended."

Previously, COL didn't really like doing these kinds of match comms, but the new roster had a huge number of fans, and they were happy to interact with them.

It was impossible to chat with everyone offline, so these in-game comms and snippets of daily life were a medium for players to communicate with fans.

The first clip was one of Xu Beifang's brilliant plays.

This was a clip against Faze, where Xu Beifang had an MP9 at the Inferno middle close point. When the opponent intended to rush through the smoke to speed up the middle, he played a mind game relying on the middle smoke and directly pulled off a dragon-like play.

Accompanied by the excited shouting of the English-language casters, this five-kill became extremely passionate.

At this moment, the camera cut to the main perspective inside the COL match room, where a group of people were shouting with extreme excitement.

"Buddy, I knew you could do it!"

"The first five-kill since the return, Beifang!"

"Reborn CS2 War God returns, I am an ECOtezhongbing!"

The last sentence was shouted by Danking in Chinese; the teammates were quite cooperative regarding Xu Beifang's brilliant kill, and the atmosphere was maxed out.

Bullet comments drifted across the top of the video, with netizens expressing their own opinions.

【The team communication is really good; Ji Ge gave all the info at Link.】

【Danking's words crack me up, 'War God returns ECOtezhongbing', what the hell.】

【Danking is a die-hard Beifang hater, and he's still calling him 'te' (special) here.】

The video immediately moved to the next scene, and this time the protagonist wasn't Xu Beifang, but Danking, who was being discussed by netizens.

Hmm, this time it was a real ECOtezhongbing.

Danking excitedly got four kills with a hairdryer.

Then the camera likewise cut to the COL player seats.

Danking asked in surprise: "Brothers, I got a four-kill, why don't you have any reaction?"

"I need you guys to provide me with emotional value, do you understand?"

The words sounded very much like a reprimand, but combined with Danking's tone, it was actually quite funny.

Then the replies from the COL group left the netizens even more speechless.

Elige: "Strong."

JKS became a repeater: "Indeed strong."

NIKO, however, didn't echo his teammates and said disdainfully: "Noob!"

Xu Beifang was even more exaggerated, directly reversing the roles: "I didn't even blame you for stealing my kill, and you're putting on airs?"

Danking's tone completely collapsed: "I killed four and you killed one, and I stole your five-kill?"

In the comms, Coach Xiaoxi's microphone also sounded, and then the camera cut over; Coach Xiaoxi was having a blast.

【Coach Xiaoxi: Should I call a timeout so you guys can have an argument?】

【Hahahaha】

【Danking: They're workplace bullying me!】

【NIKO lives up to being the iron-blooded GO Wolf.】

【JKS and Ji Ge are both honest people; you really need a joker like Danking to liven up the atmosphere, haha.】

【The match was so intense at the time, I never imagined they were arguing about this.】

【JKS not talking is isolating the other four teammates (doge)】

Netizens were also amused by COL's communication; in their imagination, the current COL should be extremely rigorous, with short and orderly communication, just like an army.

But looking at it this way, it was exactly the same as their usual squad playing together.

Afterwards, there were a few more topics, such as Danking having to treat everyone if they won a clutch.

Xu Beifang and NIKO even discussed seriously what to eat, which made the fans exclaim at how ridiculous it was.

However, the video as a whole wasn't long, but many fans still had a pretty good impression of it, and even took the initiative to urge the release of the next team comms video in the comments section.

They also looked forward to using this method to learn more about what the personalities of these powerful players were like during matches.

Xu Beifang left the video comments section satisfied, and the bus finally arrived at the hotel entrance.

(End of chapter)