When everyone in the first team completed their morning training tasks in the training room and planned to go out for some exercise, they discovered that the brothers from the second team, who had just won the IEM Imperial City Championship, had returned to the base.
S1mple stepped forward to help take a suitcase carrying something, and asked, "You're back so soon? Didn't you spend a few days in the Imperial Capital?"
Carrying the luggage with some difficulty, he went upstairs and replied: "The coach took us to climb the Great Wall during the semi-finals. We had a day of rest and a meal in the Imperial Capital yesterday, and everyone wanted to come back.
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"Coach is serious. If you win the game, I will take you to KFC." S1mple said a little dissatisfied. As a good Internet surfer, he also saw the fans' encounters with Team A at KFC yesterday.
Zaiwu smiled and retorted: "No, the coach just had some business at KFC, and later he took us to have morning tea from Guangdong Province... No, it should be said to be evening tea." As he spoke, he licked his lips and had some aftertaste.
Seeing this, S1mple realized that he had misunderstood.
The two of them walked along the stairs to the dormitory of the second team. S1mple shouted at the top of the stairs: "Come down and help the second team with their luggage!"
A few guys who were checking their cell phones upstairs took one look and walked down quickly.
CSGO career is very inconvenient because you need to travel all over the world! It is autumn now, and it is the season when you need to wear a coat. This makes traveling in one suitcase not enough for a change of clothes, making travel very inconvenient.
Regardless of the others, S1mple continued to chat with Zaiwu. He was still very curious about the finals the day before yesterday:
"Speaking of which, you guys played really exaggeratedly the night before yesterday. You chased three maps in a row. After the game, I saw that the blue knight was numb."
Zaiwu opened the dormitory door, pushed his suitcase inside, and sat down on the bed.
"We don't want to play all five maps. Pictures 1 and 2 are indeed targeted very hard. Not only can we not get any useful information, but we are also constantly attacked by GOD to the weak points of defense. It is quite a headache to fight."
S1mple knows this. Yesterday, the first team conducted a simple review of the final and discovered this problem. In the first two maps, GOD was too clear in terms of offense and defense.
Behind this smooth gameplay, it would not be possible without a lot of research.
As for the comeback later, it was the solid foundation of Team A and the incomprehensible performance of Zaiwu.
During the review, Lao Wang, as the commander, did not want to continue several times because Zaiwu's personal ability had too great an impact on the overall situation, and the role of tactics could not be seen in it.
Soon several other people also brought their luggage up, and a group of people sat on the edge of the bed chatting about some interesting things they encountered during the competition.
"Tell me, how does it feel to beat kennyS?" The director held Broky's shoulder and asked curiously.
Broky lowered his brows and sighed: "In fact, it is very helpless to face FG. We don't want to see this kind of scene. We are just forced to win against kennyS..."
“But it’s really fun!!”
Everyone in the battle room burst out laughing.
"Good guys, your map of the Yan Kingdom is a bit short! I thought you would be very sad after winning kennyS, and you would talk to K Bao about it later."
"Just kidding." Broky became more serious and explained his thoughts, "As long as you participate in a competition of this level, you are bound to face off. The k-bao was really strong that day, and it exploded. It scared me that I thought
I'm going to lose to him." He looked at Zaiwu, his eyes showing satisfaction.
"Fortunately, Shushu was so good, we won in the end. But it was really cool to win against K Bao. He suddenly planned to go to FG. If you want to say that we didn't feel anything at all, it would be a lie! But we won
After it was over, K Bao took the initiative to come to the lounge to see us, and after a brief chat, he even became a cheerleader to cheer us on."
Everyone from the first team recalled that on the day of the final, they indeed saw K Bao appearing in the audience, seemingly waving the second team's flag.
"I don't know if K Bao's idea is right or wrong." Wang Yuning sighed and said with some worry, "He feels that Team A is too comfortable and plans to go to a new team to find pressure and improve himself. Now.
The pressure has been found, it just depends on whether he can bear it."
They are all adults and have to be responsible for their own choices, but the overall scope of VC is more like a family, and now they are a little worried about K Bao.
The room was silent for a while before S1mple suddenly realized something was wrong and asked: "Where is the coach? Are you staying in the imperial capital?"
"Forget it, I went to KFC yesterday and something didn't feel right. As soon as I came back, I ran to the office." Xiao Ju sighed.
"Coach is really busy. Every time I see him, he is working. I just had a day off after the game and he is busy again." S1mple shrugged and complained.
gla1ve glanced at S1mple and retorted: "Why is the coach so busy? Doesn't he still want us to perform well?"
"I don't mean to say anything bad about the coach. I just feel that he has been too busy in the past six months and has not had much time to chat with us." S1mple explained that he also knew that everything Meng De did was for the sake of team performance.
Now I'm just a little dissatisfied and confused.
"Because he only had to be in charge of one team before, but now he has to take care of the training and performance of both teams by himself." gla1ve can often hit the nail on the head when it comes to problems.
Some other members who had not thought about this issue were also startled, wondering why 1ve asked them not to wake up the coach.
Several people had complicated emotions and didn't know what to say for a moment.
After everyone in Team A returned to the base, they were still on vacation. However, because of the upcoming Kiev Major, there was not much time for them to return home. DD and Xiaoju each took a few people home to play for a week.
The first team did not take a vacation and was still working hard to train and prepare for the game every day. However, they did not see the coach much these days. Meng De has been busy since returning to the Hangzhou base and has been traveling around. VC and everyone have no idea about the situation.
This situation is still quite confusing.
After all the vacation players from the second team returned to the club, they finally officially met Meng De.
S1mple couldn't help but ask: "Coach, what are you busy with these days? I didn't see a single person."
Because the first team did not participate in the IEM Imperial City series, they trained alone in the club, although Wu Qiang was helping. But Wu Qiang's level is not very high after all, and his perspective on the game is not as sharp as Meng De's. He only has supervision and prevention.
They practiced the effect of making noise.
They have accumulated many questions and want to find Meng De to answer them and move on to the next stage.
But Mengde couldn't see anyone every day, which made them a little uncomfortable as they worked hard.
"I'm busy with a sponsorship." Meng De didn't want to hide it from them. "I'm very tired these days. I have to take a good rest for a few days after I finish today's work."
"Why are you sponsoring me for so many days? I see that my boss's expression is not very good these days. Coach, please be careful." NIKO reminded me thoughtfully.
Meng De raised his eyebrows and thought about it carefully. He had been competing outside for more than a month, and now he had just come back and plunged into work again. It was normal for Xu Qingru to feel angry.
He felt his head start to hurt again and temporarily put these troubles behind him.
"Just follow me. I finally signed the contract these days. Let's take a break today and go out to shoot a promotional video." Meng De led the team members and began to walk out.
Everyone got on the club bus. There was a box on the bus, which was full of VC uniforms.
However, they could see at a glance that these team uniforms had some minor changes compared to before.
"New uniforms?" Broky was a little surprised.
He picked up one casually, with Zai Wen's name written on it. This team uniform was not much different from his, but the overall look was simpler and more recognizable.
Compared with the previous one, it is a subtraction in terms of design.
Overall, it looks more beautiful.
"Are we shooting new team uniforms today?" the director also asked, and he also took out one from the box. This one is DD's team uniform, but it is worth mentioning that he saw the one on the left chest.
That sponsor.
"Let me go, coach, you are running this sponsorship these days!" Although the director knew that the coach has strong professional ability, he was still a little surprised. You must know that this is an international top 500 company!
"It is not easy to cooperate with such an internationally renowned company. I consulted with lawyers to find out the loopholes before I finally dared to sign the contract."
"Why would they, a Fortune 500 company like them, come to us? Even though CSGO is becoming more popular, it shouldn't be so exaggerated." Although he guessed the answer, gla1ve was still a little surprised.
Meng De raised his chin at Broky: "I have to thank Broky for this."
"ah!"
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After the morning training, Xantares shook off his slightly sore hands, opened the forum, and prepared to browse and relax for a while.
A week has passed, and the discussion in the forum about Team A's championship has not stopped. On the contrary, it feels like it is getting more intense.
He also understands the reason for this. There have been no other major events since IEM Capital City, and now powerful teams are actively preparing for the Kiev Major.
This made it impossible for the audience to look away, and more importantly - this final was indeed exciting!
Xantares did not stay up late to watch the game that day, but went to watch it all over again the next day after knowing the result. However, he was still amazed by the wonderful confrontation in the game.
As a professional player, he is like this. How can the emotions of those players who have been passed by Amway be calm?
This resulted in new viewers watching the recording on Xiaopo Station after the game ended!
The audience who watched the recording were amazed and naturally wanted to say something on the forum.
[Reasonable discussion, will Zaiwu be the best rookie this year?]
[Best Rookie? Come on, based on his performance, he will definitely not be in the top 5. 】
[Only half a year after his debut, he won his first S-level competition championship. Zaiwu is really the chosen one of CSGO]
[In the entire IEM series, Zaowu achieved an average rating of 1.32, which is really an exaggeration]
Xantares also had a lot of emotions after seeing the discussion in the forum.
He knew the coach's vision. Every one of his frustrated youth training members became Major champions after being promoted by him. Although he later chose a new club because his style didn't suit him, his level was also growing rapidly.
A player who is not valued by Meng De is still like this. How much exaggerated strength can Zaiwu, who has always been praised by the coach, have?
Unknowingly, he opened Meng De's personal account again. This man once pulled him out of the quagmire and gave him a better choice without mercy.
He didn't stay at VC for long, but that time was the most relaxing in his career.
Looking at the first post below, where a group of people from Team A were yelling and screaming while playing a small game in the room, he smiled even more happily.
Suddenly, the phone dinged, and a reminder appeared above that the person he followed had posted a new update. Xantares glanced at it and found that it happened to be Meng De.
I quickly pulled it to the top and refreshed it.
VC Club Manager Meng De: "Winter is here and the players are too poor to wear team uniforms. You choose___________."
Below is a video, Xantares raised an eyebrow.
Let me be healthy!
The video started playing, and it started with six big words - this is an advertisement!
The screen lights up, and S1mple walks in from outside the camera, sits in front of the computer desktop, and picks up the black headphones with a slightly textured appearance.
Because of the initial reminder in the video, viewers soon sent comments:
“It turns out it’s sponsored by headphones.”
S1mple then put on his headphones and logged into the game on his computer. Time began to speed up, and soon he started to get angry because of his disagreement with others on the ladder game.
At this moment, the camera is also constantly showing close-ups of the keyboard and mouse.
At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder: "Could it be that you received an advertisement for a keyboard or a mouse?"
But the quarrel between S1mple and his teammates intensified in the picture. He hammered the table angrily, and the camera once again gave a close-up of the table for a few seconds.
"What's going on? Could it be that this is a table sponsorship? Do computer desks still need this level of promotion now?"
Netizens expressed their confusion, but the video did not end and they continued to watch it.
S1mple's mood calmed down in the camera, but soon the game collapsed due to his own mistakes. He hammered the monitor angrily, and the undamaged camera lens further demonstrated his quality.
But not many people in the barrage opened their mouths to guess. Everyone was trying hard to think of the answer.
Soon, the game was finally over. S1mple sighed and said a few numb words, but all of them were banned by Beep.
Sitting on the gaming chair, S1mple held the mouse and pointed at the lower right corner of the screen. The year, month, day, and a conspicuous "Thursday" were displayed below.
The gentle music that had been playing in the video stopped abruptly. Broky walked into the camera and patted S1mple on the shoulder: "I'm in a bad state and my waist and legs are weak, so I need to replenish energy."
At this moment, the style of painting directly changed.
Broky held up his mobile phone with an impassioned face: "KFC Crazy Thursday, V I 50 is waiting for you to grab!"
Immediately afterwards, a final makeup photo of VC wearing the new team uniform appeared on the screen.
Xantares was stunned, and then had the same reaction as netizens: "Ah!!!"
I recommend this book. It is also a CSGO type. The protagonist is dug out by his breath at the beginning. If you are interested, you can read it.