Chapter 73

"The match is over!" Lao Shuaige's voice was loud and imposing, spreading throughout the entire spectator area through the speakers around the stage, "In this IEM Shanghai semi-final match between VP and Tyloo, VP finally won this BO3 match with a 2-1 record!"

The VP fans off-stage were excited, constantly waving their cheering sticks and making sounds.

Many passersby also felt they had enjoyed a quite good match; both sides played back and forth, which was very interesting, and they also offered their applause to the players of this match.

"Today's Tyloo actually performed well, but they still couldn't beat this Forklift King VP. They didn't handle several ECO rounds well. I hope they will work hard to adjust when they go back, not be discouraged by this failure, and continue to work hard to play better."

Although Tyloo couldn't win the match today, which was a pity for them, they saw Tyloo's strength and progress from this match.

Because CNCS is slower to contact CSGO than European and American teams, they lagged behind in the starting stage; this is something that can't be helped.

They certainly hope to see Tyloo lift a championship with weight, but being able to see them make progress in the match is also good.

At the current stage, Tyloo has the strength, otherwise, they wouldn't be able to suppress VP on Inferno and lead VP repeatedly on Map 3.

But losing three ECO comebacks to VP on Cache had too much impact on the overall situation.

Tyloo's overall strength is still quite good now, but some details still need to be polished.

If this can be done well, they can truly become a first-tier powerhouse from a second-tier team.

Lao Shuaige and Xiao Bo had already seen hope from this Tyloo.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the future is promising.

Xiao Bo continued to praise, "However, in this match, VP's Chinese player Nice also let us see many of his shining points."

"As a newcomer, he could put up such a dazzling performance in his first major tournament, which is really staggering; he really has a feeling of me back then."

Xiao Bo's praise was from the heart; it looked like self-praise, but in fact, his evaluation was very high.

Although he is old now and retired due to a decline in level.

But back then, he was also a member of WNV and had won a world championship in 1.6 events.

He even went on "Lu Yu Has an Appointment"!

Known as the AK Prince, having this kind of evaluation for a newcomer was already very high!

Alex Lao Shuaige on the side nodded; this time he didn't refute, also feeling that this Chinese player on VP was really good, having that feeling of a breakthrough gunner.

If it weren't for Nice's breakthroughs in several key rounds, perhaps the winner of this match would have been Tyloo.

But they wouldn't be hostile to Nice because he helped VP win; after all, being inferior in skill is an iron-clad fact.

"Played well, Nice!" Inside the match room, Byali took off his headset and raised his hand to high-five his new partner.

"Your baiting at the Blue Door just now was critical." Xu Beifang had a smile on his face, but still felt a bit unreal.

He couldn't believe he had defeated Tyloo just like that, defeated that 18-Tyloo that was once dazzling in his memory.

"Mixed for another day." Neo, who was wearing glasses, also told a cold joke on the side.

He actually didn't mix in this BO3 today, but was operating quite hard.

But the state decline was too serious; this point was really helpless; frontal dueling was hard to win, what else could be done?

Could only throw utility behind the team.

Fortunately, his teammates were indeed powerful, killing crazily at the front; he only played a few scattered clutches in the entire BO3.

Michu was also very happy; as VP's stupid gunner, he was the first newcomer to join VP after the Golden Five.

As the holder of the world's slowest eDPI, his level is actually quite good; he can even play like a fish in water when playing against second-tier teams.

But once he encounters a team with a little bit of level, he is a bit powerless; one carrying four, who can withstand this!!

But since Nice joined, his good performance belonged to liberating Michu; he didn't even need to kill crazily like before; as long as he did his part, the match could be won.

This feeling is simply too good!

Michu's face bloomed with a smile.

On the other side of the stage.

Xiaogui took off his headset and stared blankly at the settlement screen on the screen with his right hand supporting his chin.

He was a bit powerless in this match; as a lurker, he didn't become a ghost in the shadows on Map 3, making the opponent guard against him at any time.

He understood that his problem actually wasn't very big.

What really affected the situation were those few rounds turned around by ECO.

Three long guns were killed by VP's short guns, not only losing points but also consuming a lot of economy, and also making their feel cold.

Being turned around in ECO wasn't one person's problem, but that every place in the whole team wasn't done rigorously.

"Sorry brothers……" DD hung his head, grabbing his hair wildly with both hands, "My state today is too bad."

Don't know if it was because the hotel's air conditioning was set too low, but he had been feeling some physical discomfort today.

These discomforts affected his performance in the match, making him not play the performance he should have in the entire match, and he was at the bottom of the team on all three maps.

He understood that even if being turned around in ECO was a team problem.

But as an entry fragger, he didn't play an efficient breakthrough, which was also a very fatal one among many problems.

If he could have the performance of VP's entry fragger Nice, even not that performance, if his frontal breakthrough success rate was 10% higher, then the victory of this BO3 would also belong to them.

Although DD's personality is careless, he wouldn't play deaf and dumb at this time and throw his problems aside.

Mo originally felt a bit uncomfortable in his heart, but looking at DD's frustrated look, he took the initiative to shout: "DD, help me up, pack up, we still have to leave the stage."

His fracture wouldn't affect training and matches, but he needed someone to help him when walking, so he just took the initiative to give DD a step to step over this topic.

DD let out a long breath, but his expression was still frustrated.

He packed up his peripherals and walked to Mo's side, helping him walk toward the center of the stage.

When leaving, he inadvertently looked up at the screen above.

It clearly displayed the MVP stats of this match, Xu Beifang wearing the VP jersey appeared on the left side of the screen, and on the right was all his data for this BO3.

78 kills, 12 assists, 51 deaths

Average damage per round as high as 85.2

Non-white-giving rate is 73%

Average rating of three maps is 1.34

Headshot rate is 42%

DD pursed his lips, even more frustrated.

He only had nearly 60 kills in total on three maps, while the opponent, also an entry fragger, killed 20 more than him on three maps.

And as an opponent, they understood even more that Nice's influence in the match was far from being fully indicated by the data.

If there was no comparison, maybe everyone would just look at it with subjective impressions.

But with the comparison, he could think that he might be mocked by the crowd in several CSGO forums next.

The treatment XCC suffered before might come to him again.

Danking opened his live stream; the moment the match ended, everyone happened to be free to discuss things about the match.

【Holy shit, Nice awesome!! This forcibly brought VP to win, really fierce!】

【Entered the live stream for 2 hours by mistake, I can't believe 4 months ago he was a C-player who couldn't even walk properly】

【Shocked my mom for a year!】

【This is the real-life Xiao Yan,】

【Is this a genius boy? 1200 hours C-enlightenment, turning into a genius entry fragger in the blink of an eye】

【Originally lost interest in CSGO, after watching this match I'm ignited again! CSGO open!!】

【……】

The barrage in Xu Beifang's live stream was all shocked and outrageous; many new netizens, under the explanation of the water friends in the live stream, knew that Nice had become a professional player through his own efforts from an ordinary person, and now he had even defeated Tyloo who had once rejected him.

This was actually a two-way choice; Tyloo wanted to keep Xu Beifang, but Xu Beifang didn't want to stay in the youth training.

But the water friends all thought it was Tyloo who didn't recognize talent; after all, that place in youth training was completely betting on a future.

Listening to Danking share now, he now has a monthly salary of 5000, and in order not to fight with his youth training teammates, he spent 7500 a month renting a house outside.

Youth training also subsidizes 2500 a month, where can an ordinary person persist?

Of course, Danking himself also had some problems in this.

At the same time, Jinnan Jun, who was diving in the live stream, also saw that barrage about the esports Xiao Yan, a flash of inspiration in his mind; he suddenly felt that he was going to make a hit video!

There were also some water friends discussing the match situation.

【Looking at it this way, VP is actually fine, Michu only killed 10 less than Beifang】

【The one above, don't be too outrageous, Beifang only played for the second day, how did he become the dean of VP in your mouth】

【But VP's performance isn't good enough, Xiao Xu played three BO3s and got three MVPs, you tell me, is this something a newcomer should do?】

【DD is failing, he hasn't performed at all in this IEM Shanghai, really not as good as recruiting Xiao Xu back then】

【Tyloo always has someone failing in every tournament, last time it was XCC, this time it's DD, can they be more competitive?】

【Angry at their lack of success!!】

【……】

……

Paris, France.

Because they didn't get a quality training match today, the entire Vitality team had a holiday and entered a rest time.

It wasn't that they didn't go to find people to schedule, but that teams with some level didn't schedule with them at all.

After all, they are 4 older players plus a passerby pulled over; the quality of several training matches was very low, so everyone didn't want to play with them anymore.

This can't be helped; the level of the staff pulled over is too low, and the current Vitality isn't the official lineup, so naturally, they can't play high-level battles.

They simply played Faceit together every day, waiting for Zywoo to join after this London Major ended, and then organize the team well.

Apex played with the two pet dogs raised at home for a while, took out his phone, and sat on the lawn, boredly scrolling through Twitter.

He first opened his personal background, intending to reply to fans' messages.

After replying to a few messages from passerby fans, he soon saw a familiar avatar.

Somebody: Dou Dou, you damn, tomorrow I will definitely beat that Nice for you to see! (Angry expression)

Looking at the reply from this friend of his, Apex couldn't help but laugh out loud at home.

The haze of the team's bad situation was wiped away by the happiness of this backstabbing friend.

Quite ambitious!

Apex smiled, giving a thumbs up for Xiaogui's ambition.

But he also felt that this wasn't an impossible thing.

If he remembered correctly, in the IEM Shanghai semi-finals, Tyloo's opponent was VP.

This team VP, although their reputation for retaking is very loud, their performance in the last half year has been very poor, and even several tournaments were one-round trips defeated by second-tier teams.

The strength of the VP Golden Five might be daunting, but with the invasion of time.

That invincible Polish giant bear also gradually grew old.

With the scattering of VP members, it accelerated this progress.

The strength shown by VP now might really not be able to beat Tyloo.

At this time, the IEM Shanghai station match should have ended too!

Apex pondered for a while, just as he was about to open HLTV to check the situation, he saw a passerby with the ID Flamez send a message: "Report! Nice has crushed Somebody!"

Apex: "!!!"

Tyloo didn't beat VP??

Apex really felt a bit strange; it should be impossible; VP's recent strength isn't very strong; that day watching the match they were beaten into that hanging look by HR.

Could it be that Pasha is preparing to buy the 6657th piano for his daughter?

Or is it that Neo is dissatisfied with the club's choice and intends to get himself a Mercedes?

Apex is now mainly confused; he quickly opened HLTV and flipped to the match page of IEM Shanghai.

He saw the screen of VP 2:1 Tyloo in the semi-finals at a glance.

He glanced at the score: "These three hard-fought battles are full; VP didn't lead by much."

Immediately after, he clicked on the stats and instantly couldn't sit still.

"Ho! Xiaogui's loss isn't unjust!"

Seeing the stats, he immediately understood why Tyloo lost.

"78/12/51, this Nice is here to fry fish in the match."

Apex suddenly became very interested in this match; he found the recorded commentary on YouTube and began to watch the content of the match quickly.

"Holy shit! This breakthrough……"

"Choosing this position with low HP, too confident…… Xiaogui is restrained by the reckless thinking."

"Good guy, broke the situation again, this VP found a daddy on Faceit……"

Watching a BO3 match quickly, Apex's praise didn't stop.

He had to say that Nice's performance in this match was really good; that feeling of going forward without looking back during the breakthrough made even him feel hot-blooded, and in a trance, he was about to return to three years ago.

As a professional player, Apex also saw the real reason why Tyloo lost this match.

Nice's non-mainstream breakthrough method, the overall rhythm and mainstream thinking are completely different, which is also the reason why he can often break points.

Frequent forward-point attempts, precise gunplay combined with good smell, made him repeatedly achieve success in breakthroughs.

The current Nice is eating the dividends of this crazy playstyle, rushing the opponent until they can't find north.

He also discovered that in this match, Nice's processing of information in the middle and late stages of the match was a bit poor.

If he doesn't learn by reading a large number of demos and think carefully about these things subsequently.

Then Nice's playstyle, once he encounters a tactical team like Astralis, he will start to hit a wall.

At this time, he will encounter his own rookie wall; if he can't get over it, then he might become mediocre later.

However, Apex is still very optimistic about Nice.

Thinking of this, he picked up his phone again and started editing on Twitter.

"@Somebody, I already reminded you, let you target Nice, why didn't you listen?"

Putting down his phone, Apex felt refreshed all over!

There's still more today; I'll summarize the results and owed updates later; it's much better than I imagined.

(End of chapter)