Chapter 153 The Contest in the Subway (5000 words)
Tickets for the Katowice major are selling out very fast.
As a loyal offline fan, Jim purchased Katowice offline tickets early and received an official Katowice sweatshirt as a gift. The total price is actually quite expensive.
As one of the people who grabbed the tickets early, Jim was in a very good mood today because the offline competition was about to officially start today.
When he bought the tickets, his friends all said that he was a fool because he had to spend the money to watch the game offline even though he could watch the game on his mobile phone.
But the intensity of the competition this time exceeded the imagination of fans like them.
Tickets for offline competitions have been sold very high by scalpers.
The price is at least ten times higher than the original ticket price, but demand still exceeds supply.
All his former friends were filled with regret, and they all said that Jim was unlucky.
As long as he gives up his tickets now, he can make a lot of money and even get a good skin.
But Jim did not agree to this proposal. He still planned to go to Katowice to watch the game offline.
Even though it might make his body hurt for a while.
But today's game is really something they are looking forward to.
After all, the VC team he is a fan of has reached the quarterfinals of the major.
This time he can also cheer for vc offline.
"Jim, are you okay?" A familiar voice came from downstairs.
Jim knew that this was his little Jerry, so he responded casually, then looked in the mirror to make sure he didn't miss anything, and then walked downstairs.
Jerry came to invite him to watch the game together today.
Jerry got this game from Amway last year, but he only watched the game for half a year.
Unlike Jim, who is a fan of a certain team, Jerry completely feels the atmosphere of the game.
According to what Jerry said, he is just a fan of a strong team, even a championship fan, and is not interested in a certain team.
This made Jim feel a pity that he had been kind enough to give him Amway several times but failed.
"Have you brought everything?"
"It's ready."
After a simple question and answer, the two of them came to a familiar restaurant, intending to fill their stomachs before heading to the UFO Stadium.
But as soon as the two arrived at the restaurant, they found something unusual.
"There must be too many people today." Jerry said strangely, looking at the almost full restaurant.
Jim thought about the answer: "This is the e-sports center of Europe, and the Katowice major is a top-level event that only happens once every few years. No one will not take it to heart."
Jerry nodded and looked at the various team uniforms worn by other people in the restaurant, truly feeling the charm of this city and the enthusiasm of Katowice.
The two of them waited for a long time, and after quickly finishing their lunch, they started to head to the nearest subway station.
They were a little worried, because from what they saw, the queue today might be much more exaggerated than they imagined!
The two of them got on the subway without stopping.
Jerry was still complaining: "There were too many GG fans in that restaurant just now."
"Unfortunately, I didn't see a few VC fans." This incident made Jim a little sad.
But when the two actually entered the subway station, they realized that they were wrong.
There were more people in the subway today than usual. When they entered the subway, they were filled with fans wearing various team uniforms.
These people are old and young, male and female, but most of them are young people.
In the car on their left, people had a funny clown pattern on their chests.
In the carriage on the right, most people have a Chinese character pattern on their chests.
Jim looked at the car on the right, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he felt like he had found an organization.
He also just discovered that there are so many fans of VC.
At this moment, someone in the car on the left shouted slogans:
"let's go gg!"
In today's game, there is a match between vc and gg.
The fans of gg obviously also saw the fans of vc. After looking at each other, they naturally couldn't lose in terms of momentum.
It's like two armies fighting, at least the momentum must be raised.
The VC fans on the right were unconvinced. How could they not know what GG fans were thinking?
However, if you want to provoke, who is afraid of whom?
Led by foreign students from China, the fans in the VC carriage shouted:
"let's go vc!!"
They did not show weakness to each other and shouted at the top of their lungs.
Because they were traveling together, these carriages were all booked by them.
Foreign subways do not have regulations regulating sound, so they don't have to worry too much about shouting.
Amidst shouting at each other, the competition between vc and gg started first in the subway.
Jim also shouted quietly during this shouting:
"let's go vc!!"
As for Jerry, his inner impression of team fans has changed.
…
After several hours of queuing, Jim and the two finally entered the venue in Katowice just as the game was about to start.
The two’s first impression of this flying saucer stadium was the grandeur!
As a European e-sports mecca, it can accommodate tens of thousands of people to watch games. In recent years, it has been considering expansion because insufficient seats are still a problem.
They began to go through their own ticket order and found their location.
Due to poor economic conditions, they could only play at the top of the stadium's stands.
But this does not particularly affect their viewing experience, because there are four huge LED screens directly above, allowing them to clearly see every operation of the players.
The two of them even thought in a funny way that they could clearly see the wear and tear on the skin of the players' firearms.
There was a humming sound throughout the venue, as most of the audience were taking their seats.
They looked at the situation around them and felt relieved.
Most of the people around were wearing VC uniforms, which shows that they are VC fans.
At least this allows them to cheer to their heart's content.
Otherwise, if you buy tickets for the opposing camp, they will cheer with fear and the fans of the other side will be very unhappy.
The spectators found their seats one after another, and the game time was approaching.
In their anticipation, all the lights in the venue suddenly dimmed.
The four huge screens hanging in the middle of the venue also began to introduce the eight teams in the championship group this time in conjunction with the audio.
Their wonderful performance in this game is displayed in the middle of the screen.
As all eight teams were introduced, the lights gradually turned on.
"Next, let us invite a former legendary player to present us with the IEM Katowice trophy!"
Under the guidance of the lights, Jim and the two saw a somewhat unfamiliar oriental face walking toward the center of the stage holding a huge trophy.
"Who is this?" Jerry asked. He had only been exposed to this game for more than a year, and he still couldn't name some of the players.
Jim couldn't give an answer, and he didn't know him.
At this time, an uncle holding a beer in front turned his head and said:
"Some of the strongest people in CSGO were emperors from China."
"But it was all nearly ten years ago." He was a little happy, but also a little sad.
"Was he very strong before?" Jerry asked. He was a relatively strong person.
"You know Team GG, right? Isn't their nickname called Great Manya Club?"
The two of them nodded. They had heard of this nickname given to people outside the circle.
"This guy used to be." The uncle pointed at the person holding the trophy, and then said, "His nickname was Great Manya Player."
"A very deplorable man."
"It's a pity, it has become the history of CSGO now."
…
Su Xing placed the trophy in the middle of the stage, and then gently touched the ID at the bottom.
That was his only remaining championship record.
In my memory, he was extremely happy at that time.
Because this is the first major championship in his life.
At that time, he thought that winning this competition would be the beginning of his team, but he didn't expect that it would be their end.
Not being able to win even a championship in the future is another Su Xing’s long-standing regret.
He looked up at the big screen. The last screen showed a few people from VC.
I said silently in my heart: 'Although I can't help you realize your dream, there is another group of people here.'
With that said, he put down the trophy and turned to leave.
‘Come on, vc!’
…
"What should I do if I'm a little nervous?"
The kid's voice was a little stuck, but he had already expressed what he wanted to say.
Although he had already experienced offline games on iem, he thought he would not feel anything.
But this is a major!
They were preparing to appear backstage, and the shouts and shouts from the outside audience were already making the ground shake.
An invisible force seemed to be injected into the kid's body.
In fact, to be honest, Meng De also felt something was wrong, but he was not nervous.
On the contrary, there is an inexplicable expectation.
"Let me ask you, kid, why did you first want to play professionally?" Meng De's question was very abrupt, and the kid was stunned for a moment.
"What was your initial thought?" Xiao Gui thought for a moment, "Maybe it was because I saw Team Su and the others were failing, and I have some talent, so I thought I would come up and take over their class and let the world see the power of China CS."
Meng De turned his head and stood at the front of the team.
Behind him is the huge stage that slowly opens.
"Let's start now and let the world hear our voices!"
At this moment, Meng De's confident and even conceited words left a deep impression on several people in VC.
Their eyes became more determined. Amidst the huge shouts of the host and behind the broad shoulders of the coach, they slowly walked from the dim backstage to the shining stage!
When a person moves from a dark place to an overly bright place, the first thing he does not feel happy is that his eyes are not used to it.
Everyone in VC had similar expressions, and they all closed their eyes immediately to give themselves a buffer.
That huge door seemed to separate the two worlds.
After opening the door, the cheers, whistles, and cheers from the audience rushed into their ears.
Within their field of vision, they also saw spectators from all directions in the venue, surrounding them.
Behind the stage, the kid who was a little nervous at first was not so nervous at this moment.
This is his first time standing on the big stage in Katowice, but it feels...
not bad!
"Please help me, my legs are a little weak." Xigua's dissatisfied voice came from the side.
…
Under the spotlight, the opening ceremony of this game finally came to an end.
As the opening match of the championship group, the two teams vc and gg have come to the center of the stage.
After last night, the VC people had already anticipated their overseas fans.
But the number of fans today still exceeded their expectations.
People wearing blue and white shirts are located in all directions of the venue.
Although the number of people is definitely smaller than GG, after all, the number of fans of the new star team is definitely smaller than that of the established strong team.
Several people also saw many supporters belonging to vc.
For example, one audience member wrote "VC's props" on sketch paper, the hair director blew his hair, s1mple opened up, and a series of slogans.
Meng De even saw his support slogan - Heroic Assets.
He can still accept this.
But the good wife over there is going too far!
A group of people were standing in front of the battle room, the host was still adding to the atmosphere, while the VCs were chatting casually.
Xigua looked around at the fans in the audience, and his eyes suddenly lit up:
"s1mple, look at that fan, she's so big!"
After hearing this, s1mple looked over and wiped his saliva:
"I agree, she is indeed very white."
Meng De kicked each of them and reminded: "It's already this time, what are you thinking about?"
s1mple had already thought of the reason: "Wouldn't this relieve the stress?"
Xigua shared the same hatred: "That's right, it's just a reward for myself."
The director shook his head: "These two guys are hopeless."
They were nervous and relaxed waiting for the start of the game, and the host on the scene was also full of passion.
He shouted loudly: "Who do you want to win today's game?"
"Is it gg?"
The gg fans in the audience responded loudly.
"It's still vc!"
VC fans also showed no signs of weakness.
"Next, let's interview the coaches from both sides of today's game to see what they think of this game."
The host walked up to Team GG first, and the staff quickly came up with a translator.
"Today's game is the first game of the eight-to-four match. You lost to vc in the challenger. Will it be a revenge battle if we meet again this time?"
The translations brought up are output in real time next to it.
The coach of the gg team is a middle-aged man. This problem made him a little unhappy, but he did not point it out to his face.
He replied: "We have never taken the challenger group match seriously. It was a new attempt for us."
"You know, the winning rate of new things is not high, and our team was not in very good shape at the time."
"What about now?" the host said in anger.
"Our team is now at its peak, and the new things we want to try have been completed. We will win this game easily."
"Our goal has never been vc, but the trophy in the middle." His eyes pointed at the radiant big baby in the middle.
Hearing his confident words, the gg fans in the audience naturally cheered.
Their home team was confident and thought they could win easily, so they were naturally very happy.
In their minds, vc is just a team that has just entered the first line. Compared with the Damanya team, it is still not qualified.
After all, although they have a bad reputation as Great Manya, if they want to get this title, they must at least reach the finals of various competitions first.
"This is too outrageous." Jim in the back row of the stands frowned as he listened.
Jerry next to him explained: "This is the confidence of a strong team."
"But this is also..."
"Shh." Jerry signaled him to be quiet because it was time for the VC interview.
He wanted to see how the VC coach would respond.
"Team gg thinks that winning against you is just a process, what does coach md think?" The host had a bad smile on his face. As a qualified Gonghuo person, he knows how to maximize conflicts.
Even if it's just pregame trash talk.
The translation next to it is also outputting in real time.
Meng De waited for the translator to finish speaking, nodded, and then spoke:
"They lost to us once in the Challenger Division."
"Although they said it was nothing, they said they didn't play to their full strength. It's like they didn't play to their full strength in every final."
The translator had a confused look on his face, and immediately output it in real time after listening.
But Mengde interrupted him and repeated it again in English.
Then he turned to the translator and said: "My English is not bad, I will do it myself."
The translator classmate did not expect that he would encounter the biggest difficulty in translation, and stood beside him happily.
The host was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the VC coach would be so tit-for-tat.
I didn't expect his English to be so good.
He could imagine how explosive his friends watching the game on the Internet would be after saying this.
"It's so funny, this is naming someone with great connotation."
"This is a fact. It is a fact that vc won against gg in the challenger group. It is also a fact that gg is a Mananya club."
“I didn’t expect Coach MD to be such a great person”
":)"
“This trash talk is quite interesting”
"gg means very offended"
"The translator made me laugh so hard that I couldn't stop him."
"Is Coach MD's English so good?"
"Rumors say, Coach MD can also speak Russian, French, and Danish. This guy's language talent is outrageous."
The host was professionally trained. Although the vc coach had good connotations and was very funny, he still held back.
"You speak English very well. Let's make a guess. If you, the coach, play again, what do you think your chances of winning today's game are?"
Meng De also knew that the host was making fun of his experience as a player in that major.
He shook his head: "If it were me, there would be no chance of winning."
"But it's not me who competes today, it's my players."
"They will burst out with extremely dazzling light on this stage and let the world remember their names!"
After saying that, Meng De replied to the host in English.
But the host didn't pay attention, thinking it was just an ordinary comment.
Only Meng De knows that he is serious!
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Post it first and then change it, there will be more later, the glitches are serious today.