Chapter 75: Xiaogui's Suggestion: Watch More x9 Demos

VP fans and Tyloo fans have had quite a few disputes on the internet; everyone is very aggressive.

But backstage at IEM Shanghai, the players from VP and Tyloo are getting along quite harmoniously.

In the backstage lounge area.

"You're fierce, brother," Dou Dou said to Xu Beifang with a thick Hong Kong-accented Mandarin, "You beat us numb today; if we didn't look at the IDs, we would have thought you were NiKo."

"Haha!" Xu Beifang laughed it off, "Pasha and the others are all very capable; I just consume more resources."

"Hmph." Dou Dou shook his head, "Your mouth is just like that guy Xu Haowen's—not a word of truth."

As a fellow Entry Fragger, he understands the hardships of this position.

You have to know that he is an entry position, not a star position; he fights on the front line of the team, and it's not as simple as just getting resources to play info-guns—the resources Xu Beifang consumes are merely things like a Hero AK.

To be able to put up such good stats like this, it can't be explained away by just saying he consumes resources.

Besides, the match had just ended, and they understood how much pressure this tall young man in front of them had exerted on them in head-on engagements.

Mo was eating a banana on the side and asked with some curiosity: "Let me ask, how did you suddenly end up at VP?"

Although he didn't pay much attention to Xu Beifang back then, that was due to the limitations of the existing conditions.

Later, the team also discovered the great talent of Danking in their own youth training academy.

He had some thoughts about this talented youth afterward; domestic CS: GO is currently "crossing the river by feeling the stones," and everyone supports each other.

Even if Tyloo didn't want him, he wanted to help ask if teams like VG needed anyone.

But he himself was recuperating at the time, and later he was busy with recovery training and preparing for matches and other matters, so he neglected it for a while.

When he saw him again, he discovered that the person had already found some way to get into VP.

"It's still because of that reason; I wanted to play professionally, but my age was too old. At the time, I had already climbed into the top 100 on 5E, but no one in the country had sent me an invitation," Xu Beifang explained. "Then some people suggested I go play FACEIT, grind up my rank there, and look for opportunities on FACEIT."

"You grinded FACEIT, and VP just came looking for you?" Dou Dou felt this experience was somewhat magical.

"Of course not." Xu Beifang shook his head, "Actually, many people have looked for me on FACEIT, but you know, I was originally just a pub-star, and my age was so old, so everyone didn't think much of me; I didn't even receive many trial invitations."

"In the end, it still had something to do with Xiaogui." Speaking of this, Xu Beifang smiled.

Xiaogui walked over while gnawing on an apple: "How does it have anything to do with me?"

"Xiaogui, your relationship with apex—that French bean—should be quite good, right?"

"Dou Dou? Our relationship is indeed quite good." Xiaogui nodded.

This generation of old-school CS: GO players mostly maintains a friendly attitude toward the outside world; the relationship between Tyloo and the members of French CS is quite good.

Among them, there are also a few very good friends.

For example, kennyS and Qiezi, Xiaogui and apex, and so on.

"I happened to be matched with apex on FACEIT that day, and the opponents were the VP quartet." Xu Beifang pursed his lips and looked at the VP old-timers who were chatting with the Indonesian duo.

"Dou Dou and I, along with three randoms, smashed VP. pasha chose 'if you can't beat them, join them,' invited me to five-stack, and in the end, I don't know for what reason, he invited me to participate in a trial." Xu Beifang spread his hands, "And then that's the situation you see..."

He finished telling his experience, and Dou Dou, Mo, and the others sat on the Sofa, clicking their tongues in wonder as if they were listening to a story.

"Your journey has been quite tortuous!"

"This is what people call 'good things take time'."

"I was wondering why that jerk Dou Dou was inexplicably mocking me on Twitter; so there was this layer to it."

Dou Dou and Xiaogui both sighed with emotion.

Mo, however, noticed something else on a deeper level: "Then how does the VP team communicate now?"

Mo gestured and explained: "Do you use specific commands to communicate, or do you use simple English?"

Xu Beifang shook his head: "It doesn't have to be that troublesome. At the very beginning, pasha wanted to use English for secondary translation within the team, but there were four Poles in VP and me, a Chinese person. There was no need for them to accommodate me just because I didn't know the language, so later I started teaching myself Polish..."

"Ah!!!" Xiaogui and the other two were a bit dumbfounded.

Mo asked even more excitedly: "So you are now using Polish to communicate with VP?"

Before Xu Beifang could answer, he heard pasha shout in Polish: "Nice, how much longer over there?"

"A little longer, you guys play with your phones for a bit."

The Tyloo trio listened to the language they couldn't understand at all, staring at each other.

"What is he saying?"

"Who are you asking?"

"Ask Mo!"

Xu Beifang smiled; it seemed there was no need to explain anymore.

Such fluent communication made Mo feel envious.

They had been meshing with the Indonesian duo for over a year, but the team communication still required encryption using a specific "Tyloo language."

It's not that this method is bad, but Mo believes this way of communicating is only suitable for the initial stage of team meshing, yet it has been over a year, and they still haven't solved the communication problem.

Several intense firefights they had today were because the communication didn't provide feedback, leading to missed opportunities.

In a game with a short TTK like CS: GO, if information transmission is a second slow, it could affect the outcome of the round.

Mo secretly made a decision in his heart: he must solve the communication problem when they go back this time.

If they want more people to pay attention to CS: GO, they have to work hard to achieve results; the communication problem must be solved no matter what!

"Is it worth it?" Xiaogui asked, spending so much effort just for such an opportunity.

"Why wouldn't it be worth it?" Xu Beifang asked back, his eyes full of a youth's pride.

Even if he put in all his effort and didn't end up with a very good outcome in the end.

But isn't the process of working hard for a goal beautiful in itself?

NiKo spent his whole life and couldn't win a Major Champion in the CS: GO era; does that mean his professional career wasn't brilliant?

Compared to the result of a story, Xu Beifang values the scenery along the way more.

"By the way, Xiaogui, can I ask you a question?" Xu Beifang recalled Xiaogui's spiritual smoke plays during the match, as well as the positioning that made him feel immense pressure in the Clutch, and asked for advice humbly.

"What's the question? I'll tell you everything I know, no holding back!" Xiaogui answered generously.

Xu Beifang replied: "It's just that I always feel my current Consciousness has a major shortcoming, and I wanted to ask you how one can improve their Consciousness?"

This was something Xu Beifang had wanted to do for a long time.

When he joined VP, he had specifically reviewed the suggestions previously given by the system.

He discovered that the more professional the person, the better the suggestions they gave him, and the greater the help they provided.

Those netizens would only tell him to play against ten thousand bots every day, but Leon Kai had taught him a systematic way to practice aiming.

As a commentator, Wanjiqi could point out his personal problems in a demo, but compared to improving Consciousness, there should be more Lurkers with such spiritual playstyles in professional teams.

It wasn't that Xu Beifang hadn't tried asking within the team.

But inside the VP team, they were either guys with muscles for brains or idiots like michu who were just Gunners, their Consciousness being much the same as his own.

The idea of asking a Professional Player for advice was ultimately shelved.

Previously, when he encountered HR and 5Power, there hadn't been any players who made him feel enlightened.

But the Tyloo he encountered today made him, and the entire VP, feel the pressure.

Xiaogui, in particular, had caught him from the side many times.

Maintaining his floor through training, and then improving himself by asking for advice from stronger players.

This was a path Xu Beifang had devised.

"Huh?" Xiaogui had originally thought he was going to ask about Tyloo's private life.

Like what kind of fruit platter Tyloo ordered at KTV, or whether Dage liked LPL female commentators, and so on.

He didn't expect him to be so serious right off the bat, asking a question about the game.

"Consciousness, is it?" Xiaogui scratched his head, feeling quite proud in his heart; although they had lost this match, seeing that the opponent's MVP recognized his strength was satisfying.

"I suggest you watch more match recordings of the Danes, especially gla1ve and Jiuye. Watch one or two matches every day with your brain engaged, think carefully, and your Consciousness will improve significantly later on."

"gla1ve is like a robot; you can think more about his positioning, while Jiuye has very strong Consciousness in a Clutch. If his style doesn't suit you, you can also look for recordings of other top Lurkers to watch."

【Beep!】

【Received suggestion: Watch demos of top players while thinking. Task difficulty: 3 stars. This task is a long-term task; checking in daily can earn a D-rank Treasure Chest...】

"Thank you, Brother Gui!" Xu Beifang thanked him sincerely, then he looked over at the VP side and said to the Tyloo trio in front of him: "How about we add each other on WeChat so we can stay in touch?"

As he spoke, Xu Beifang tugged at the VP Jersey he was wearing: "Time was tight, this is pasha's, otherwise I would have swapped jerseys with you."

mo waved his hand: "That doesn't matter, they're rushing you over there."

Xu Beifang added the Tyloo members as friends, waved his hand, and ran toward the VP group.

Xiaogui looked at this vibrant youth and suddenly felt an impulse, shouting at him: "Good luck tomorrow!!"

The youth turned his head, waved at them, and left with the old men of VP.

Watching the figure of the other party leaving, mo inexplicably felt a bit of regret. The 'nice' prefix could have been Tyloo's; now, not only had he dealt them a heavy blow, but the ID had become his.

However, if he were to return to the days when danking and the other came for a trial, he would perhaps still make that same choice; the young man in front of him should be the same.

The fresh blood in the country had unknowingly already walked ahead of them.

"Let's work hard too; we must solve the communication problem later on." mo said to dd and Xiaogui with a serious expression, "You must support me on this matter. You've seen it yourselves—a young man can overcome difficulties to learn Polish. Now, either all three of us learn English, or we let xcc and Dage learn Chinese. The language problem must be solved!"

After losing this match that shouldn't have been lost, this old captain of Tyloo reflected painfully and began preparing for targeted changes to the team.

"What are you chatting about? So happy." pasha draped his arm over Xu Beifang's shoulder and asked casually.

Xu Beifang smiled: "Just chatting with these CSGO seniors from home, and asking them if they had any good methods to improve Consciousness. They told me to watch more match recordings of the Danes."

"The Danes' Consciousness is indeed strong." neo chimed in from the side, "Watching their matches is like playing with a god's-eye view."

Starting from 2017, the Danes emerged suddenly in CSGO and were constantly getting stronger at a visible speed.

Their results in recent major tournaments haven't been great, but their world ranking on HLTV is still 5th, which is enough to show their strength.

And come to think of it, the current lineup of this team has a bit of a connection with VP.

Back at the Krakow Major, during a match between VP and North.

VP was beaten by North in the first half on Cobblestone, only getting two points, but the young North player magisk chose to open champagne at halftime, crazily taunting the corpses of the VP members, which made the old VP members angry, and they only gave North one point of 'fatherly love' in the second half.

After the match ended, magisk went straight into Red Heat, covering his face with his clothes, not daring to face his opponents or his own teammates.

After meeting VP a second time and being defeated, magisk was kicked by the team before he even walked out of the lounge.

At that time, the 'Magic Man' sat in the lounge weeping, believing his CSGO career would end there.

In the end, it was pasha and this group of people who had been taunted by the Magic Man who gave him a beer and enlightened him to keep going.

Because of this, the Magic Man pulled himself together.

Subsequently, a very interesting event occurred.

Astralis had just won the Major Champion title, full of ambition, preparing to embark on the path to their dynasty.

But the youngest Major Champion MVP winner, kjaerbye, chose to leave the team for money and was recruited by North.

This backstab made it impossible for Astralis's championship lineup to be maintained, and Astralis ultimately chose the Magic Man who had nowhere else to go.

The two teams were equivalent to swapping one member, but one side was an avenger, while the other was a traitor.

Everyone is looking forward to the subsequent stories of these two teams!

pasha looked at Xu Beifang beside him: "Come to think of it, nice, you and magisk are a bit alike. Both of you are invincible in head-on fights, but once you get to a Clutch, you panic."

byali said with a smile: "That just means we're fated to be with such head-on geniuses."

In the past two days of competition, they had already formed a very high evaluation of Xu Beifang.

"However, you should also be selective about the advice those seniors just gave you." pasha shared his experience with Xu Beifang, "Watching demos is fine, there's no problem with watching more, but you must watch them with your own positioning and playstyle in mind."

"You are already a Professional Player; you must learn while maintaining your own style."

"In terms of things like Consciousness, you are definitely not as good as gla1ve and his group. If you're not careful, learning will turn into imitation. This is a point you have to grasp yourself."

Xu Beifang nodded: "I understand this point."

His current playstyle is aggressive compared to the entire professional scene, and he must absolutely not let his style be too heavily influenced by watching others' demos to learn.

This point is the same logic as why he didn't choose Dazhuang's Rifle experience back then.

Dazhuang's playstyle is too much of a "rat," differing too greatly from his own style, and he feared this understanding would affect him.

He actually already had some ideas in his heart; since he is playing the Entry Fragger position, while continuing to learn from people like gla1ve, he should watch more match recordings of people like Niko, fer, and rain.

While absorbing the details from the Danes, he should also learn from the entry-fragging thought processes and timing of these top-tier Entry Fraggers.

"This is something you have to grasp well yourself; we can't be of much help," pasha said, then clapped his hands, "Everyone is happy that we won the match today, let's find a place and have a good meal to celebrate!"

There will be another chapter later.

(End of this chapter)