Chapter 90: Almost there, any more and I'll get VAC'd! (655)

14:15!

Match point!!

After the two big characters and the nervous sound effect appeared, the MIBR group finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, although MIBR took the match point first, no one in the team felt relaxed.

The opponent was only one point away from them. If they couldn't win this point, both sides would return to the same starting line and enter overtime!

Everyone's emotions remained highly tense.

Before this BO3 started, no one expected themselves to have this kind of emotion.

Even though Fallen and Coldzera had some disputes with Stewie2k because of his slightly "disrespectful" remarks about the game, they didn't really feel that this game would have pressure.

Although VP was once their opponent, with the scattering of the Golden Five, the strength of this Polish giant bear was far from its peak.

Now it feels more like it's getting old.

But no one expected that the Chinese newcomer Nice on Map 2 would have such a crazy performance, directly crushing their hand-feel at the front, and forcefully carrying VP to a comeback.

At this time, MIBR had already become serious. The newcomer's explosive performance made them dare not have any contempt, and they even made adjustments in many tactics, specifically targeting the newcomer.

It did work at first, but Nice used his individual ability to forcefully find his state back, and they had no way to deal with it.

After entering the second half, the state of others in VP also slowly improved, and they even repeatedly achieved overtaking in the score.

If it weren't for the Soul Palace Elder continuously getting two triple kills, they might have been overtaken by VP.

But after getting 14 points, VP relied on a 1v2 clutch by Neo to forcefully start the chasing mode, continuously chasing back 3 points, which scared them quite a bit.

Fortunately, in one round, that Nice pushed forward from A1 again, and they caught the opportunity, finally reviving the situation and getting the match point to cover themselves.

Stewie2k looked at the numbers on the screen and listened to the subtle discussions of the audience in front of the stage, but his face no longer had the contemptuous expression from before.

Regardless of whether they like VP or not, they have already earned respect with their strength.

"The opponent can still buy full armor and full grenades this round," Tarik reminded in the voice chat. They had chased back three rounds in a row and had accumulated enough economy. One round was obviously not enough to crush VP.

Fallen thought for a while and stated the tactical layout for this round: "Let's play a conventional default defense at the start. A1 and A2 each go one, and hold Nice's position to death first. This person's playstyle is simply like he doesn't want to live."

This was the first time the Soul Palace Elder had seen a player with this playstyle. It was like playing a ladder game and frying fish.

He wasn't looking for people to duel, he was on the way to look for people to duel.

This person pushed forward too frequently. They had been disgusted by VP's gambling tactics many times, so no matter what, they had to restrict Nice's position so he couldn't move so well.

"Don't rush the early push speed. Let's be slow. Our economy is not very good this round. Remember to save the last wave of utility for the final attack."

Then MIBR communicated some details about the early movement.

The countdown started, Fallen spent all his economy in the store, replenished his combat power, and then rushed toward the T Spawn.

The details had been arranged, and he thought there shouldn't be any problems.

Fallen took the AWP toward the middle, thinking proudly in his heart.

……

"Pity, pity..."

Being caught by MIBR once at the last moment of the comeback was a big blow to the overall morale.

But VP didn't give up. Their fighting spirit was still burning, and their decent economy supported them in focusing on this round, on the overtime later, and on the ZOTAC Cup final!

"It's fine, the opponent chased back a point, but I just calculated, their economy is not very good," Byali opened his mouth to explain the situation. He was very sensitive to numbers and often needed to assist Pasha in calculating the opponent's economy.

The opponent had lost several rounds in a row and had always been playing mind games with them based on losing streaks.

Suddenly winning a round, while getting a point, the losing streak economy was gone instantly. The economy wouldn't be very good.

"Come on, come on! We chased back 3 points before, now it's just one point!" Neo's state and desire to win today seemed to have returned to his peak.

That heat that had been silent in his heart seemed to have been infected by this young man in front of him, and it burned up inexplicably!

Everyone's emotions were actually quite good, and Pasha also laughed heartily: "Enjoy the game, guys! Being able to force MIBR into a desperate situation, we have actually already won this game until now."

"But now it's better to go one step further and make this victory real!"

Then Pasha started to arrange tactics: "Nice, can you continue to push forward on A1?"

"Not very easy to push," Xu Beifang frowned, "I've pushed forward too many times, the opponent's vigilance is too high. Whether it's the start or the second timing, there will be people holding guns."

Pushing forward is often to catch a surprise. His frequent pushing made the opponent grass-and-tree-all-soldiers, and they started standing in various tricky positions to hold guns.

Unless it's a strong push with Flashbangs, this kind of push at most wins some map control, but can't get many kills and information, which is meaningless.

"Neo, buy an AWP this round to go to the CT Spawn to help watch A1. Nice, you jump to B Small directly, and see if you can eat the people at the T Spawn." In several BO3s and some training, Pasha had gradually mastered the correct way to use Nice.

He still intended to let him out to engage with people.

The opponent always thought Nice was a player who liked to push forward on A site. Now suddenly coming to a middle push, Fallen, how will you deal with it?

Xu Beifang followed Pasha's instructions. After the countdown ended, he did a light rotating jump from the VIP into B Small.

His movement wasn't very good, but he had mastered the conventional movement points well, such as jumping B Small on Mirage, jumping the Shed on Inferno, jumping the Three Boxes on B site, etc.

Nothing else, just practice makes perfect.

He had spent a lot of effort to master these conventional movement points that could play a huge role in actual combat.

After entering B Small, the Terrorists' crossing smoke exploded quickly.

"Nice, push forward as much as you want. Don't worry about the Sewer side, I'm watching it," Pasha held the Sewer directly with an AWP and shouted: "If you need a flash, just say it, let Neo throw it for you."

Xu Beifang said "Um," and then rubbed against this crossing smoke of the Terrorists and started to push forward.

The Terrorists were very cautious this round. They didn't directly control the middle at the first moment. They gave smoke but didn't rush to push.

Suddenly!

——Bang!

The AWP gunshot rang out, Pasha killed a Terrorist in the Sewer with one shot, getting the first kill of the round!

The rice-seller got the first kill. Fer in the Sewer saw Tarik die, and hurriedly caught the AWP's timing, directly moving from the Sewer to the bottom of the VIP, preparing to peek horizontally in the second timing to kill the AWP in the Arch.

At the same time, the Soul Palace Elder at the T Spawn also moved forward slowly with an AWP, focusing his attention on the Arch direction.

But he suddenly found that there was still someone crouching at the near corner. The AWP wanted to flick over, and the mouse had already been pressed, but he had already been killed by the AK-47 bullets!

【Nice used AK-47 to headshot kill Fallen】

"Wow! Look at this rifle! The Soul Palace Elder didn't even have time to react. Fer, who touched out from the Sewer, saw his teammate die and wanted to find an angle to hit Nice!"

"But Pasha in the Arch came out again, and the AWP blind-shot killed Fer!"

Wanjiqi summarized: "This wave, Fer seemed to have caught an opportunity to trade, but Nice had brothers covering him from the side, otherwise he wouldn't dare to push forward like this!"

"This VP unconventional wave after wave. Originally, MIBR didn't have much utility this round and wanted to play a slow attack, but now they were picked off one by one. At 1:30, they reached a 2v5 clutch."

A wave of engagement in the middle got a huge numerical advantage of 0v3.

VP's mood was very excited, but everyone shouted in the voice chat: "Calm down, calm down! Defend at the rear, don't give them a chance! The remaining Coldzera is still very capable."

It is a fact that they are in a numerical advantage, but players like Coldzera can reverse this advantage and turn the impossible into possible.

They had to be cautious.

Xu Beifang retreated from B Small all the way to the Black Room.

Pasha also retreated to the Supermarket, helping Michu hold B2. Now they stood in a 212 formation biased toward B site.

Time reached 40 seconds, Byali peeked at the Arch at the Jump Platform and successfully met Stewie2k's eyes.

Byali didn't head-butt to duel, but retreated directly. Stewie2k could only fire a burst at the Jump Platform direction from under the Arch.

One person's information was confirmed, and only one Cold-Old-Six was left, not knowing where he was.

VP stared at the countdown on their heads. As long as they could hold these next 40 seconds, the game could enter overtime!

Suddenly, gunshots came from B Small, and the kill message popped up in the top right corner.

【Coldzera used AK-47 to headshot kill Michu】

Immediately after, Michu shouted loudly.

"Nice!! B Small!! B Small!!"

Xu Beifang realized that he had been looking at the VIP and B Small back and forth, and ultimately missed a timing, letting Coldzera catch Michu.

Fortunately, he had been moving silently and hadn't been exposed in the Black Room.

He turned around and saw Coldzera's side, and killed him with one headshot.

"I was watching both sides, and he caught my timing," Xu Beifang said.

Michu didn't blame him. In a clutch with a numerical advantage, trading one for one was very profitable for them.

"4v1, brothers, hold steady!! Everyone hide, wait for Stewie2k to plant the bomb, don't give a chance!!" Michu said excitedly in the voice chat.

"Hold these 25 seconds!!"

Time passed second by second. They all knew there was one left in the Arch.

——Bang!

Neo's AWP gunshot rang out.

【Neo used AWP to headshot kill Stewie2k】

"Overtime!!!" Michu took off his headset and roared excitedly at his teammates.

The emotions of others in VP were also very excited. Xu Beifang even felt his adrenaline soaring.

His heart was pounding, and there was even a slight sign of tinnitus.

Michu stood up and shouted excitedly, releasing his emotions with meaningless words.

Neo had the demeanor of a general, just smiling and watching this scene.

Pasha waved his right fist constantly, as if wanting to find Stewie2k for a real-life duel.

At the moment the game entered overtime, the audience at the scene finally couldn't hold back their emotions and gave applause to the two teams on the field.

Xu Beifang felt this unique state, as if an invisible force spread from the soles of his feet to his whole body.

The feeling brought by this victory was truly different. The opponent was strong, making them feel unspeakable pressure.

But the feeling of breaking through the limit—it's so cool!

This might be why CS: GO can capture the hearts of so many FPS enthusiasts.

It doesn't have so many fancy fire unicorns, nor various cool skill mechanisms, just the most basic marksmanship and mind games.

It can stimulate the most sincere desire to win in people's hearts!

"Come on, come on!! I'll definitely turn over this group of MIBR guys today! Brothers, I really love CS: GO too much!" Pasha sat on the gaming chair and laughed loudly. Obviously, it wasn't just Xu Beifang whose adrenaline was soaring.

……

"VP awesome!!!" Danking and Leon Kai watched the game while connected to the mic. Their mood now was also very excited.

It was already 1 o'clock in the morning. For them, it was about time to wash up and sleep on weekdays.

But watching Map 3 here, they were really sleepy-free!

The two watched Wanjiqi's commentary, their moods fluctuating constantly with VP's gains and losses. Seeing VP chasing points, they were very excited.

MIBR took the match point first. They cursed VP for not being competitive in their hearts, but looked forward to them getting good results.

Now both sides entered overtime, returning to the same starting line. VP might not have no chance!

Danking ran to the bathroom during the adjustment time before overtime, fearing he would miss something.

The phone on the table was still emitting Wanjiqi's voice:

"VP has found their state, the game was really dragged into overtime by them. MIBR's mood is not good now. A 7:1 start was beaten by VP like this, it's really too stinky."

"Although entering overtime, both sides returned to the same starting line, but I've said this many times. Entering overtime, the mentality of both sides might not be the same. Can MIBR, the person who has been chasing, have the same mentality as VP, who wants to crush them?"

"It can only be said that under high pressure, even experienced players have started to make mistakes frequently, and Nice, this sharp knife, has accelerated the process of making mistakes."

【Too wonderful】

【This game almost scared me to death, must win VP!!】

【It would be fun if they really turned it over. Now Nice has got 23 kills, so he must aim for 80 kills by the end of the BO3】

【Put the kill count aside, it would be awesome if they could really win!】

【Let's go VP!!】

The audience in the live stream was enthusiastic. Because of Wanjiqi's neutrality, the live stream actually filtered quite a few audiences. Now most of the remaining ones were supporting VP.

Seeing VP so awesome, they also sent barrages to cheer for VP one after another.

……

Inside the MIBR battle room.

"Come on! Let's fight back in overtime," Fer actively opened the mic and shouted, "Since we could lead them before, there will definitely be no problem later. It's just a few more rounds."

The enthusiasm of Brazilian CS made him very optimistic about his attitude toward the game.

Being chased into overtime by the opponent made him somewhat discouraged, but Fer's mind was still thinking about how to fight back in overtime.

'Indeed, we could lead before, but we could also be chased back some points.' Stewie2k thought dejectedly. This scene inexplicably made him feel somewhat lost.

Not for the battle situation, but for the attitude toward CS: GO.

In the Boston Major in the first half of the year, even if Stewie2k was in a headwind, he could still stand firm, maintain a good mentality, reverse the score, and finally successfully lift the Major trophy.

But now, just being chased to match point, he no longer had such a good mentality.

He felt that his love for this game was slipping away bit by bit. This is a frustrating result.

Fallen didn't know what Stewie2k was thinking about. After controlling the team's emotions, he began to arrange the tactics in the upcoming overtime.

"Let's hit a wave of bomb hits on A site, the one where people follow the flash, and then utility follows."

Once entering overtime, he intended to give VP a speed change, using a wave of fast fierce attacks, so that VP couldn't push forward in various places to find opportunities.

After the tactics were discussed, everyone went to A site to find positions, waiting for the CT to give the first anti-rush fire.

The Soul Palace Elder looked at the teammates' positions on the mini-map, jumped on the T Spawn jump platform, took out an Incendiary Grenade, and started aiming.

"Throw flash, hit a wave directly!" The Soul Palace Elder gave an order, and MIBR started to launch an attack!

Gave a long-bench fire, plus a few Flashbangs on A site, and the Terrorist main force started to rush in from A1.

This tactic is to enter A site and then continue utility, mainly to catch a time difference, allowing them to quickly push to A1.

Byali at the CT Spawn jumped to scout and saw three people on A1, and immediately shouted loudly:

"Help, help! The opponent is directly hitting A!!"

Xu Beifang was originally arranged to watch the Sewer with Pasha in the Arch because of his spawn, but hearing the sound of a large amount of utility on A site and his teammate's call for help, he hurriedly walked toward A:

"I'll throw a fire at A2, Byali, don't die at the CT Spawn."

In the face of the Terrorists' bomb hit on A site, the CT Spawn is a very important position, which can ensure whether the gun line can be opened when the CT rotates back.

Before he could make the next move after throwing the fire, he was completely blinded by a Flashbang.

Xu Beifang hurriedly jumped back based on memory and returned to the Arch to avoid the edge.

At the same time, the hidden danger of MIBR's fast rush without utility still came out.

Pasha at the VIP entrance caught an opportunity and killed Fer, who was crossing the point, with one shot, getting a numerical advantage for the team.

After Xu Beifang recovered his vision, he looked at the front of the bomb site again.

Michu had already arrived at B Small, making him no longer worry about someone sneaking in the Sewer.

"MIBR's cooperation in the second timing had problems. They originally intended to use a Flashbang to clear the Arch and occupy the Arch."

"The flash was indeed good, but Pasha helped Nice out of the siege. Now MIBR actively sealed the Link smoke. Are they preparing to rush the CT Spawn in the second timing?"

"But they added a CT Spawn smoke, intending to nest in the bomb site and fight defense hard? But this difficulty is too high!"

The bomb planting sound rang out, and VP's retake was basically all in place.

Byali looked at the opponent's CT Spawn smoke and chose to jump on the box, wanting to try a one-way.

But he was quickly killed by the Soul Palace Elder.

However, at the same time, Neo kept mixing the smoke toward the Short Box direction, and also threw an Incendiary Grenade at the bomb site casually, giving enough pressure.

Xu Beifang took advantage of the CT Spawn teammates starting to output and began to look for opportunities.

Stepping on the long bench and rubbing the point slowly, he finally saw the Soul Palace Elder who was walking carelessly, and took him away with a burst.

The Link smoke dissipated. He saw a Terrorist next to the Short Box in his field of vision and fired a burst while crouching.

"Nice killed the low-HP Coldzera again. He has already killed two. Now it's a 5v2 clutch. Stewie2k on A2 wants to trade, but he was also headshot!"

"There is still one at A1, does he want to one-tap A1 again? That's enough!! Any more and I'll get VAC'd!"

Wanjiqi saw Nice fall and took a long breath: "He was finally sanctioned by Tarik standing at the Headshot position, but Tarik can't hold this bomb at all, directly starting to save the weapon."

"What else is there to fight? This Link smoke dissipated, Lü Bu's Fangtian Huaji waved, and everyone in his field of vision was killed. You can't face him at all. One more look and you'll explode."

【Holy crap, this young man】

【Stunned, the smoke dissipated, everyone was killed one by one head-on】

【If he keeps playing like this, Nice has a chance to be top 20 this year】

【MIBR: WDNMD!】

【Little Xu is indeed exaggerated. If he can maintain his mentality and state after being targeted later, he can still achieve something in the future】

The audience in the live stream kept scrolling, but Wanjiqi didn't idle, but summarized MIBR's mistakes in this round:

"Actually, Pasha is also very critical this round. He saved Nice's survival, and that shot also destroyed MIBR's tactics."

"This round's tactic is fast, but the limitations are also very high. There is no map control outside the bomb site later, nowhere to hide, one by one turtle-shrinking in the bomb site, can only rely on marksmanship to fight head-on."

Wanjiqi laughed and shrugged: "Then everyone saw it, all killed by Nice alone."

MIBR called a timeout to adjust their tactics.

After a failure on A site, the Soul Palace Elder chose a strong attack on A site again, but this time their tactics were very targeted, and the purpose after a quick A rush was directly to anti-rush and take the CT Spawn.

Byali's experience was also old-fashioned. Seeing the opponent seal the Link smoke while jumping to scout at the telephone booth, he directly sealed a fire not far in front of him, and then retreated to the CT Spawn corner to hold the gun.

He played steadily today. As long as he held the CT Spawn, they would have a chance to retake.

This kind of speed-up by the opponent had no difficulty for them at all.

Sure enough, as expected, he was still holding the gun, and saw the teammate Nice in the top right corner had already made a wallbang kill, simply not acting like a human.

VP others also took their positions and soon used utility and Flashbangs to eat MIBR's members one by one.

This round was won at the cost of 1v5, and the bomb was easily defused.

The score reached 17:15.

After CS: GO enters overtime, it needs to get 4 points in 6 rounds.

Swap sides every 3 rounds.

If both sides are tied in 6 rounds, then start the second overtime until a result is produced!

VP battle room.

Everyone bumped fists. They clearly felt that the force of their teammates bumping fists was greater, but everyone understood that this was a performance of excitement.

"2 points, hold steady, brothers!" Byali suppressed the emotions in his heart and explained the key information, "The opponent doesn't have much economy this round, losing two rounds in a row, they don't have much economy! Be careful of rushing B or rushing out directly from A2!"

Everyone was very excited. At this moment, no one cared about Byali doing the commander's work.

Pasha also added on the side: "Go to two B sites directly this round, the anti-rush must be done well at the first moment, don't go to the front to get sick, let's play steadily. As long as we win two rounds, we can play the final tomorrow!"

This is something they never thought about since the start of the competition.

And Pasha thought about it and found that MIBR was the strongest team in this ZOTAC Masters.

If they defeated them, maybe there is really a chance to win the championship!

Thinking of this, Pasha's heart became even hotter!

In the 33rd round of this game, VP was still a conventional 212 start. He was in the Arch with the Sewer.

Suddenly, he heard constant utility sounds on B site, and the sound of teammates shouting for help.

Xu Beifang felt tight in his heart, with a worried mood walking toward B site, wanting to rotate back quickly, but also worried about some old-six cutting him off in the Sewer or the middle T Spawn.

But only seeing the kill information constantly scrolling in the top right corner, the screen quickly froze!

"Niiiiiice!!!"

A group of people cheered crazily in the voice chat. This wave of MIBR's B site speed-up was dispersed by Michu and Neo's gun lines, and the retaking Pasha was fast enough, finally killing all the opponents at the cost of 2v5!

Three rounds of overtime had passed, and the score reached 18:15!

They only needed one round to win!

Pasha patted his face, letting his thinking turn from defense to attack.

"Let's play simply, let's control the middle first, give the middle two smoke grenades, and harass for a while."

"Then how about a speed-up on B2 directly?"

This tactic wasn't amazing, and even seemed a bit mediocre.

But it was just right for VP, who had a hot hand now!

Playing to the later stage of the game, in fact, tactical level and complexity are not that important!

It's more about whether the players can kill, and whether the marksmanship has deformed later!

The countdown ended, everyone bought guns, and started to set off toward B2.

……

"After VP swapped sides, they gave two smoke grenades in the middle at the start, and then they were preparing for a bomb hit on B site!"

"But Stewie2k was directly boosted to B2 this round, an AWP holding the Sewer directly. Will the sudden AWP defense bring some changes to the situation?" Wanjiqi's words were a bit worried.

Pasha jumped to the left of the kitchen, and he and Stewie2k saw each other.

He decided decisively:

"Hit directly, speed up with them!"

A wave of bomb hits on B site was booming, and Xu Beifang walked at the forefront as an entry fragger.

But after he peeked over, he suddenly saw a Smoke Grenade explode on B2.

This Smoke Grenade made Xu Beifang suddenly think of a string of words—B2, Little Ghost, Retirement.

The moment he heard the sound of opening the scope, he reacted immediately and fired a burst at the bench position.

【Nice used AK-47 to wallbang kill Stewie2k】

"Stewie2k gave a metaphysical Smoke Grenade, he hasn't even retreated yet. This wave he is very spiritual. If this shot was killed by an AWP, he could even walk!"

"But Nice reacted!! A wave of wallbang burst, directly taking him away!"

"Tarik on B Small turned around to hit Nice, but Byali traded quickly. This wave B site hit a 0v2!!"

"Three CTs on A site want to retake, but this is not a question of whether they want to or not, but whether they can!"

"The Terrorists have a lot of utility in their hands, and the gun positions have been laid out. Pasha even directly killed one retaking from the Supermarket! This can't be played at all!"

With the ticking sound constantly ringing, under the excitement of VP, Coldzera and Fer finally gave a flash and rushed out, but in the end, they didn't even touch the bomb site.

The score was locked at 19:15. After entering overtime, MIBR didn't get a single point!

I originally wanted to pay back two chapters, but because of being stuck in writing and getting a haircut, the time was a bit messy today, and in the end, I could only

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