Meng De woke up from his deep sleep, but he didn't feel full of energy. Instead, he felt a little groggy.
After sitting on the bed for a few minutes, my consciousness gradually came to my senses, but my thinking speed was not as fast as usual. Occasionally, when I was thinking about something, I would get stuck for a while.
Don't think too much, it just rained and cooled down last night, so I didn't adapt to the temperature change and caught a cold.
Although the temperature difference between the north and the south is relatively large, this is not the first time they have gone out to play a game. However, it rained and cooled down last night, and there was a gust of wind while eating late night snacks outside. Naturally, they couldn't bear it.
The quilts on the other beds were hung randomly on top, and the chaos looked like they had experienced a war last night, but only Meng De understood how comfortable they felt sleeping with the sound of rain last night.
There was no one else in the room except him. In a way, this was good news. After all, it meant that no one else was affected except Meng De.
Through the gaps in the curtains in the hotel room, he could see some dazzling sunlight.
How long have you been sleeping for?
Meng De unplugged the charger and picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table. The time displayed on it was 10:30 Imperial City time.
In total, I slept for nearly 12 hours.
No wonder there was no one in the whole room, everyone had already started their morning training at this time.
It seems that today, as a coach, I took the lead in absenteeism.
Meng De opened WeChat, and the first message was clearly a message left for him by gla1ve:
"Coach, we are going to train first. When you wake up, come directly to the training room. We have bought you cold medicine."
He vaguely recalled the scene in the morning when a few people at gla1ve seemed to have called him, but he fell back to sleep.
After sitting on the bed and replying to some private messages from the club account, Mengde got up and started to wash up, and soon went to the training room provided by the competition team.
When Meng De arrived at the door of the training room, he saw the GG team not far away on the same floor packing up the peripherals and accompanying items in his training room.
Yesterday's game just ended, and GG ended in defeat, ending this IEM Imperial City journey.
After the game, they chose to stay in China for a few days to play, but they had already been eliminated. The competition team also cruelly asked them to leave the training room.
This is a rather ruthless rule, but also a very realistic rule.
If possible, Meng De would like to pack his luggage with satisfaction and leave with glory.
Instead of being chased out like a lost dog.
Of course, this is what all teams expect to see.
But at every stage, even every day, teams have to leave, and they are natural competitors.
Every capable team will maintain its desire to win.
After entering the room, most of the team members were still warming up on the ladder. Considering how focused they were, Meng De did not bother them intentionally, but sat aside and started browsing the forum.
As the manager and head coach of VC Club, he still has to pay attention to some of the voices in the forum.
After a night of fermentation, there was a lot of discussion about yesterday’s game in the forum.
[To be honest, what is the level of the loader? I was so poor in GOD before, but now I start to explode as soon as I touch GG? 】
[Watch more games, the loads are actually very strong all the time, the entire IEM Imperial City Station just took a break from playing GOD]
[One thing to say, Team A over there really impressed me yesterday. GG’s tactics changed a lot, and many of their attacks were very beautiful, which was very enjoyable to watch. But Zhuge Leiwu is Zhuge Leiwu. This simple tactical change,
HDke couldn't defend it. In addition to the command game between the two sides, MUWO's arch and platform were pleasing to the eye. The endgame between Broky and Zaiwu was also surprising. I can always recall the sighing expressions of everyone in GG. This game
It’s really exciting]
[To be honest, I still can’t believe Broky fucked GG for 50 yuan]
【happy】
A photo was added under the comment. Meng De clicked it and laughed instantly.
The passerby on the left has been coded, and on the right is Broccoli holding a KFC takeout bag. This is the photo that the KFC delivery man asked Broky for last night.
Although yesterday's game was exciting, the overall popularity was actually boosted by Broky's performance during the interview.
Many fans who are not watching the live broadcast also want to watch this game worth 50 yuan.
Broky was even named as the unofficial spokesperson of KFC for a time, and currently has a high status in the hearts of forum fans.
In addition to yesterday's game between Team A and GG, another game was also highly discussed in the forum.
That is the match in Group B of the lower bracket, which is the confrontation between the Internet cafe team IMO and the North American Poseidon.
The characteristics of these two teams' external performance are mainly strong guns, so this game is loved by many viewers who advocate individualism.
Although Poseidon's performance has been poor in recent years, with Aloha's continuous efforts, they have frequently appeared in competitions and have a lot of fans. Many passersby feel that as long as they have a chance, they can ride on the wind and rise.
.
As a result, we played against IMO yesterday, and we didn't even get 10 points on the two maps, and were directly defeated by IMO.
This exaggerated upset score also aroused strong curiosity among the audience, who came to watch the game one after another.
The number of views of the game videos on the CSGO national server has also increased linearly.
Meng De looked at the comment area below the video.
Several of the hot comments were naturally filled with doubts.
[Poseidon is really hard to pump, he can lose by a big score!]
[If you have more money, you can give it to me. At least I will receive a thank you. If not, I will buy Poseidon team uniforms to support me. It feels really delicious]
[Don’t be too embarrassed, 800K is really powerful, I’ve basically never lost when facing a gun head-on. If you still can’t win like this, then IMO don’t play anymore]
[The two maps of Poseidon are not completed by default at the beginning, and people are almost dead. The frontal status is too different]
[I didn’t expect North America’s tactical abstraction, and now marksmanship is also abstracted]
[Stop talking, North American orthodoxy lies in VC]
[Haha, it seems that the director is indeed the number one person in North America now]
Poseidon is a particularly interesting team. It is the only team in the history of CSGO that reorganized its lineup after winning the Major championship.
Three years ago, when the Danish dynasty had not yet emerged, Poseidon had won a Major championship, and it was also a very popular team at the time. But no one expected that Poseidon would choose to reorganize its lineup after winning the Major championship, and eventually the original champion
Aloha was the only one left in the lineup.
So there are many glorious moments in North America, but they are as short-lived as meteors.
This is why they all say that the director is the first person in North America at this stage, not the first person in history, because Poseidon once had a high profile.
The director's performance is only on par with theirs.
However, if the director wants to truly become the first person in North American history, he is only one short of winning the S-level competition.
As long as they win one more Intel series championship, the VC team can win the Grand Slam, and then the director can clearly be the best player in North America.
Among the remaining comments, many were mocking Poseidon.
In fact, this is normal. After all, they have the glory of the past and have a lot of fans. It is normal for them to disappoint the audience when they achieve such results, and it is normal for them to criticize them in anger.
Meng De is not surprised. After all, he has been in the game for so long. He understands that e-sports is like this. Every team is not RMB, and not everyone will like it.
If you win, you will be praised; if you lose, you will be belittled.
If the next two VC teams perform poorly, the final result will be obvious.
If they don't want this to happen, they have to train hard and produce results that others can see.
Mengde browsed the forum for a while, and the team members had almost finished playing on the ladder. Only Broky was still playing on the ladder.
Perhaps because it's the end of the month, Broky specially started the live broadcast today to make up for the duration.
He leaned over and took a look at the barrage.
[I don’t believe that Broccoli has this kind of strength and the ability to pull me together and bring me to S]
【I heard your plan in the magic city!】
[I have a question, are all the fans of the director Nantong? The names of the two teammates in this batch are too outrageous.]
Meng De took a look and soon saw the ID that netizens called:
[Online dating failed and forced to do 0], [Offline dating succeeded as 1]
This ID really looks like the director's live broadcast room.
He is well aware of the atmosphere in the director's live broadcast room. Perhaps because of his gentle and lovely personality, he always makes some "unbelievable" comments during the live broadcast, which makes Broky, the director and chief room manager, a little busy.
Broky is just the opposite. His live broadcast room is full of fun-loving people who make jokes all day long. Why did he last two minutes in the 'Don't scold the host challenge?
"It doesn't matter if you bother the house manager, do you know how uncomfortable it is to not be able to scold Broky?"
The atmosphere of these two live broadcasts is also an important attraction of the VC Club.
Under the watchful eye of Meng De, the game between Broky and the director ended quickly. Although Broky scored a good score of 10-21, not wanting to deceive the director, but in the director's 34-19 KD
Even so, he still won.
"Broky, you are just playing me. With these statistics, my two water friends are better than you."
The director on the other end of the voice said angrily.
Broky grinned widely: "Hey, didn't you just wake up not long ago? I just didn't wake up the first time. I will definitely fuck you next time! You haven't seen how good my state is recently. Wait until I find it."
I'll let you know how I feel and I'll kill you indiscriminately."
"The first one?" The director smiled, "How do I think you are the third one? And if it is really the first one, I will report it to the coach."
"..." Before Broky could think of how to answer, he suddenly heard the coach's voice behind him: "Let's finish the ladder here. There isn't much time left in the morning. Let's review the game next. Hang up with the director first."
Alright."
Hearing this, Broky walked downhill, said something, and hung up the phone with the director.
It was already around 10 o'clock when Meng De arrived at the training room. It was almost 10:30 when they were waiting for them to finish the ladder. There was not much time left in the morning, and there was not enough time to do overall tactical training.
Simply, Mengde asked them to review yesterday's training match.
In his previous habit, he would put the review just after the game in most cases.
Because he believed that at this point in time, the players had just finished the game and were deeply impressed by the game, and would clearly know their thoughts at that time. In this way, he could also understand some of the players' thoughts and explore their playing styles and personalities.
But in recent months, Meng De gradually likes to put the review on another day, and even if possible, he would like to review it in about two days.
Due to a previous time conflict, the review was not able to be reviewed in time after the game and was postponed to another afternoon.
It was also in that game that Mengde discovered that reviewing the results one day later would sometimes produce better results than reviewing the results on the same day.
Although it has been a day, the players may not be so clear about some of the psychological processes involved in the game, and may even be a little unfamiliar with them.
But just this sense of strangeness will make them look at the game video more objectively.
When reviewing, abandon more personal factors and look at personal decisions, tactics, endgame, etc. from an objective perspective.
Which of the two methods of review is more effective? Meng De cannot say, but he personally prefers the method of review the next day.
Because Team A was still in the process of adjusting, everyone needed to adjust their playing style based on the ideas of their teammates.
Now that the running-in has reached a certain level and individual operations have been coordinated, the next step is to look for problems from an overall perspective.
The unfamiliarity brought by the review the next day can help them find the team's problems very well.
Broky heard the coach talking, said hello to the audience, and turned off the live broadcast.
Everyone quickly started reviewing yesterday’s game.
In the game against GG, their defense was not very good. Now the main thing is to review the defense and find out some problems.
In this way, the next time you encounter GG's style of play, you will have ideas to break the game instead of being at a loss.
GG's current offense, compared to before, has abandoned many personal factors and focused more on synchronization rate.
Most of their tactics are not complicated, but their synchronization rate is surprisingly high, and their attacks from multiple angles can easily lead to kills.
HDke is not a gunman, nor is he very famous among conductors, but he has created a special chemical reaction with today's GG.
GG's attack brings a lot of pressure to the front. Once they fail to get advantageous kills on the defensive end, and subsequently lose a lot of map control, it will be very difficult to return to defense.
They discussed for a long time how to deal with this offensive mode.
gla1ve's idea is to manage props so that when they synchronize a wave, the counter props will disrupt their attack rhythm. If what is saved is incendiary bombs, it can also have the effect of dividing the battlefield.
This is a good choice, but Meng De believes that he can invest deeply in the early stage and gain some control over the front points. In this way, even if he faces the opponent's bomb attack later, the too long front will prevent the bandits from getting effective results.
of double-teaming.
Zaiwu also proposed a good idea, that is, in the middle of the round, they can mobilize a wave of defense to form a 4-man area heavy defense, or even 5-man.
Then a counter-purge was launched to fight for control.
This style of play carries certain risks, but the benefits are also quite huge.
Each person's ideas have certain limitations. Meng De wrote them down one by one. Some things may not be best used now, but maybe they can be used directly when facing certain problems.
The defensive issues were temporarily discussed, and then Mengde began to broadcast some of their offensive problems.
Soon there was a heated discussion in the training room again. This kind of thing happens every time they train.