Although the match between Vitality and ENCE was still going on, zonic's mind was drifting far away without even realizing it.
It can be said that the game CSGO, and even the entire e-sports industry, has undergone earth-shaking changes in the past ten years.
In the past, players were willing to pay for accommodation and sleep in the worst rooms in order to compete with the best opponents in the world. For professional players at that time, being able to compete was the greatest luck.
Even in the most prestigious offline tournament in Europe at the time, the players had to endure the worst environment. They had to live with temporary workers hired by the organizer. They didn’t know when the bonuses would be paid out, and they didn’t know when the manager would.
He and his boss will turn against each other.
At that time, CSGO was still the purest five-player game.
But now, all this has changed.
Coaches, team leaders, data analysts, nutritionists, psychological counselors... everything will become an important force that cannot be ignored off the court.
These professionals can provide significant assistance to the players, allowing them to focus more on in-game skills and studying the habits of their opponents.
The DEMOs of top star players will undoubtedly become a popular research object for major teams.
Device, s1mple, Fallen and other star players have all experienced such treatment, and Qin Feng, who has been feeling hot recently, is destined to be no exception.
However, firstly, it is not easy to change habits, and secondly, if you give up some games in order to hide tactics, the effect may not necessarily develop towards the ideal situation.
In Zonic's view, no matter what competition, as long as you participate, you must do your best every day, instead of thinking about "Is this normal?" or "Should I lose or win?" So the games before the Major
Performing well will also help the team prepare for the upcoming Rio Major.
Thinking of this, zonic suddenly had some ideas.
Qin Feng is not the only sniper in the team, ZywOo can also shoulder the responsibility of the sniper in the team.
Even if the general tactical thinking does not change, the positions and habits of these two talented players will eventually be different.
Maybe you can try to have Qin Feng and ZywOo exchange positions during the game to avoid being targeted and studied by future opponents to the greatest extent.
A top rifleman is not necessarily a good sniper.
But a top sniper is definitely an excellent rifleman.
At least in the games before the Major, ZywOo can completely let ZywOo touch more sniper rifles, thus interfering with the opponent's research and judgment on Vitality.
"Nice!" apEX's shout from the player bench interrupted zonic's meditation.
The score on the field has reached 5 to 2.
After losing the sixth round, in the seventh round Vitality easily took control of the B area with an extremely quick B-boost attack. Due to the numerical disadvantage, ENCE once again chose to save their guns.
"Good job!" Although zonic didn't notice what happened on the court, he still came behind the players to cheer them on, shouting "Nice", trying to further boost the players' momentum when the team had an advantage.
Vitality's economy has once again accumulated, while ENCE's economy is still in tatters even with the compensation for the previous losing streak.
In this case, although ENCE constantly adjusts its defensive thinking, the control of the middle and lanes of Hot Sand City is still firmly in the hands of Qin Feng's sniper gunner.
With Sniper Rifle gaining control of the middle lane, Vitality continued its play style of controlling the two radiation zones from the middle lane.
Facing Vitality's control in the middle, ENCE's defense seemed uncoordinated.
Hades' shortcomings are fully exposed. In terms of endgame thinking or instant sniper speed, he may not be much different from the top snipers, but whenever he faces any top sniper, Hades will always be at a loss and feel powerless.
With an average rating of 1.03 in competitions and only a 0.91 rating in Majors, he is obviously not a qualified main sniper for the team.
After the first half, the score reached 10 to 5. ENCE used unexpected tricks to create some minor troubles for Vitality, but they were just minor troubles.
"Good fight!" Zonic came over again and punched the team members one by one.
The pause for changing sides was not too long. Qin Feng continued to press "F" in the game to play with the sapphire butterfly on the screen, while apEX leaned back and shot his head with both hands, lying on the gaming chair and squinting.
Opened eyes.
IEM Cologne's broadcast captured this scene just right.
[It’s okay to lie down when apEX is opened. If you haven’t lied enough in the game, you still have to lie down outside the game!]
[What exactly is written on the paper information on the apEX table? Aim for Aether, AK for ZywOo, and then lie down?]
[Actually, there is only one word in the entire booklet, lock!]
[The main reason is that Aether and ZywOo are released from prison, and apEX is thinking about what to treat them to tonight.]
…
After a short break, the second half of the pistol round began quickly.
This time, Qin Feng and apEX defended Area B with half-A USP, but did not give ENCE many opportunities.
After a wave of 2 for 4, ZywOo on the sand returned to the dog hole and easily took away the unarmored Glock's dycha.
Winning the pistol round, the score came to 11 to 5.
ENCE knew that with a score difference of six points, there was little hope as an attacker, but they still gritted their teeth and did not want to give up, trying to drag this BO3 game tenaciously into the desert city in Figure 3.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, everyone at Vitality obviously wants to end the game in front of them quickly. In the first half of Group A, NAVI lived up to expectations and defeated NIP 2-0.
, the sooner this game against ENCE is over, the longer time will be left for everyone at Vitality to prepare tactics for the next game.
Just 20 seconds after the start of the seventeenth round, three kill prompts were refreshed in almost no particular order in the upper right corner of the screen.
[Vitality.apEX used M4A1 to kill ENCE.Spinx]
[Vitality.Aether used SSG-08 to kill ENCE.hades with a headshot]
[Vitality.dupreeh used M4A1 to kill ENCE.dycha]
The apEX pressing forward on the first floor of B killed the Spinx counted on the second floor of B. Qin Feng in the middle road shot Pluto on the path at the edge of the smoke bomb, and Adu near the blue box was not to be outdone and killed the man outside door A.
Dynamic dycha.
Three points blossomed at the same time, and instantly only Snappi and Maden were left on the offensive side.
"Nice, the touch is here, the momentum is like a rainbow!" the official commentator shouted, "What is a chemical reaction? This is a chemical reaction!"
"Do you feel it? Since Aether joined, Vitality seems to have changed into a different team."
"Aether's sniper rifle completely helped Pluto cure his Internet addiction!"
12 to 5, ENCE has no money.
For Vitality, victory is within reach.
Even though the players were a little slack in the last few rounds, they still won the second map with a score of 16-8.
"Wu~ Congratulations to Vitality, they beat ENCE 2-0 again and advanced to the finals of the winner's bracket of Group A. What they will face tomorrow is NAVI, which has been in good form recently."
"In the last game, NAVI easily defeated NIP with scores of 16-3 and 16-7. We have reason to believe that these two teams will bring us a visual feast."
After Qin Feng packed up his mouse and keyboard, he went to the ENCE player bench to shake hands with the other player, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.
According to zonic and team manager Matthew, they hesitated for a long time after the Major before choosing to give up contacting Spinx and instead contacted Qin Feng first.
Facts have also proved that Qin Feng is indeed capable of taking Vitality to a higher level.
In the two games against ENCE, Qin Feng had 46 kills, and his ADR of 103.5 and KAST of 88.1 were the best, followed by ZywOo with 43 kills and ADR of 95.2.
After two games, the ratings of all five members of Vitality have remained above 1.0.
However, in another offline studio, the result of the loser's bracket match between G2 and MRS was unexpected.
In the second map between the two sides, in the Purgatory Town chosen by G2, the MRS players still continued the fiery touch of the previous map and defeated the G2 team, which had a better lineup on paper, with a score of 16 to 9.
G2, which has fascinated countless fans, performed a wave of light-speed elimination after two consecutive losses in the group stage of IEM Cologne.
Countless jokes about G2 appeared again in the comment areas of major communities.
[Brothers, in fact, G2 has not been completely eliminated. There will be a friendly match against Heroic tomorrow. The map seems to be Airport.]
[I may suspect that other teams ate it, but I know G2, they are the real deal.]
[Don’t be embarrassed, this is a brand new tactic developed by G2 that corresponds to the tactic of surviving the old man - the plan to raise children! Wait until the second half of 2022 to formulate it. No other team will have such good juice! 】