On the afternoon of July 17, Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
The stadium, which can accommodate up to 20,000 spectators, was packed with seats. As the spotlight on the main stage gradually went out, the glow sticks in the hands of the audience and the mobile phone screens weaved into a sea of pale white, even though the crowd of vitality was still far away from the main stage of the venue. Some distance away, Qin Feng and others could still hear the tsunami-like sound coming from the audience seats on the main stage.
"It's great, times have changed." Zonic couldn't help but sigh again. You must know that e-sports ten years ago did not have live audiences, let alone such magnificent venues.
Outside the player tunnel, a screen hanging on the side was constantly playing the highlights of the IEM knockout rounds. What was playing at this time was the last scene of the semi-finals between Faze and Navi - the big cousin who won the key endgame was waving to the audience. holding his arms.
"This is how you show off your momentum by fucking Navi." Apex muttered.
"Letsgofaze, letgofaze." Adu looked very relaxed and even imitated the audience at the time.
"karrigan, karrigan, karrigan." Qin Feng half-jokingly waved the non-existent light stick in his hand.
Apex blinked and suddenly felt that there was a mole among them.
"It's almost time to go on stage." The accompanying staff reminded. As the players' channel opened, the audience's enthusiasm reached its peak in an instant. The spotlight on the dome suddenly lit up, scattering the red color of the players entering the main stage. on the carpet.
The neon lights of LANXESS Arena are only flashing for the two teams that are about to enter the venue.
"ladies and gentlemen."
"This is the Cologne Lanxess Arena, where the 2022 iem Cologne finals will start."
"First, let's welcome the first team to take the stage."
"Faze!" The host deliberately made his voice very long. The door to the contestants' tunnel opened, and the first person walking in was Faze's coach - Robban.
The audience burst into cheers. As the first international team to win the AJOR title, Faze's popularity can only be described as terrifying.
"Next, let us welcome IEM's upstart, the veteran team from France - teamvitality!" The applause and cheers were still fierce, and Qin Feng felt like he was surrounded and drowned by the wave of cheers from the scene.
It wasn't until the noise subsided half a minute later that the host picked up the microphone again and spoke in a rich voice.
"Whether Faze can get one step closer to his Grand Slam, or whether Vitality can continue its previous unbeaten myth, let's wait and see on this night, on the stage of the finals!" The spotlight shined on the audience, completely opening up. The prelude to the iem Cologne final.
...6657 live broadcast room.
"The BP between the two sides has ended before. Vitality banned the ancient ruins, and Faze definitely banned Baigo."
"The order of the maps is Purgatory Town, Sha Er, Death Amusement Park, Lost City, and Nuclear Crisis."
"Actually, in bo5, I already know which maps to play, but the order of the maps is very critical."
"Now it should be the pre-game cheering session for the two teams. Let's see if my cousin interacts with the audience first or apex interacts with the audience first." The people from Vitality on the main stage have obviously already arrived at the start of the map.
the final stage before.
"Come on, don't be stressed. There is no need to hide the tactics we hid before." Zonic, the coach in the team, patted Dafanshu and Qin Feng on the backs and gave a few final instructions.
"What? Didn't it mean that we have to wait until the Rio major rmr is over before letting Aether take over the main sniper position again?" Apex asked in surprise.
"It doesn't matter. Everyone is in such good shape now. I think we just need to be well prepared. We don't need to rely on hiding tactics to win. Originally, I thought aether's status might fluctuate after being targeted, but now it looks like
Maybe I'm worrying too much." Zonic suddenly paused when he said this, and his tone became much more serious.
"There is no need to hide the details and tactics of the map. Just play seriously. Treat every game as the last one. Don't be afraid of losing. In the worst case, we will go back to adjust after the offseason to prepare for eslone and the rmr of the Rio major.
"
"It's good. I heard that in other games, teams that hide their tactics don't seem to have good results." Adu muttered after him.
"The commentary is in place." A sudden voice reminded every member of the vitality team.
Qin Feng glanced at the commentary booth on the main stage and could only see the outlines of four suits. They had been warming up here for an hour.
At this moment, around the world, more than one million people are waiting in front of the screen.
"Come on!"*nAfter the final cheers, the first picture, the purgatory town chosen by faze, is about to begin.
Qin Feng threw away the CT side's default USP, picked up the two guns thrown by Apex, rubbed his wrists, and waited for the end of the 15-second preparation time.
The eldest cousin on the other side took a deep breath and glanced meaningfully at Broky, who was sitting upright next to him.
"Broky, have you practiced all the props in the tactics we prepared this time?" Broky nodded, with confidence on his face: "Don't worry, you will definitely shout after I throw away the props this time."
"Good smoke, 'good thunder,' 'good flash,' 'good fire'!" Even though it didn't sound right, karrigan nodded encouragingly. Faze was a team that had experienced strong winds and waves.
It can be said to be a true portrayal of this galactic battleship.
What happened to zywoo? What happened to aether? A genius boy is amazing? Can a genius boy do whatever he wants?
Of course, everyone at Vitality has no way of knowing what the eldest cousin is thinking. If Apex could know, he might say to his eldest cousin: "Sorry, with Zywoo and Aether here, Vitality can really do whatever he wants."
"In the pistol round, we can just defend 3a2b by default. In this round, we should try our best to let zywoo and aether start double sniper defense as early as possible." Apex said while looking at the preparation time that was about to end.
As we all know, the middle road of Purgatory Town is different from maps such as Dust2 and Mijun. The control of the middle road is not the key to this map. The actual defensive area of the town actually only has two roads, except for the second floor which is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
If zywoo and aether use sniper rifles to control point B and the middle respectively, they can greatly suppress Faze's offensive space. This is also one of the tactics prepared by vitality before the game.
Along with the cheers of the audience, the players from both sides also began to move. From the perspective of God, the five players from the offensive side ran quickly towards the banana lane in area B.
Playing Machine looked at the props on everyone in Faze and cleared his throat.
"This wave of faze is equipped with two smoke bombs and four flash bombs. It seems that it is intended to hit the enemy with a wave of bombs."
"Brooky's gangsters blocked the police's cigarettes, and Faze's gangsters beat him as fast as they could."
"Hit b, hit b, hit b." The important thing was said three times. When Apex behind the coffin saw the smoke bomb explode, he quickly communicated with his teammates in the voice.
Zywoo, who was behind the box, had no time to think too much. He faced the wall and dodged, and said hurriedly,
"Throw me a flash and I'll counterattack."
"Shbang!" Almost at the same time as Zywoo spoke, Apex behind the coffin threw the flash in his hand without any delay.
"Pah, pah, pah." Zywoo, who was behind the box, turned away from the flash and started to pull out the cover and shoot at the bandits who were covering their eyes.
"zywoo!"
"The bandit's attack was characterized by his quickness, but Zywoo's two unreasonable headshots directly disrupted Faze's rhythm." Playing Machine sighed sincerely.
After one box, the CT side was in a relatively passive position, but the precise positioning of two shots instantly reversed the situation on the field.
In the five-on-three endgame, c4 fell to the audience. Even if apex was given away after the coffin smoke cleared, it wouldn't hurt. The police's CT to return to defense was already in place. It can only be said that it is difficult for the remaining three to win this endgame.
Like ascending to heaven.
After a tentative struggle, vitality easily replaced the remaining three members of faze at the cost of one person.
"1 to 0, this wave of Zywoo has been completed. In addition, Adu and Aether are not too far away from the police house, and they returned to defense in a timely manner." Playing Machine analyzed the situation of the first round.
However, in the second round, when everyone in Vitality picked up their spears and was in high spirits, they were quickly taught a lesson by the faze Desert Eagle.
Less than 20 seconds after the start, Apex and Demon Man, who were pressing forward with MP9, were both killed by Faze's Sand Eagle.
"Ou You, the Rain God shot another sand eagle to the head. At the beginning, Faze used two sand eagle headshots to gain the numerical advantage. These two sand eagle headshots seemed to be picked up at random. How did they fight?
Huh?" Mr. Wan showed his literary skills as a master of idioms in a timely manner.
"How do you say it?" Dayu Shen picked up the MP9, took out the gun, and asked casually.
"Let's set up the gun for a while first. They are outnumbered and are likely to counterattack. After 40 seconds, I will go to point A to harass you, and the four of you will attack point B." The eldest cousin pondered for a moment,
"Don't worry, they will give it to you." The two guns dropped on the opposite side are both submachine guns, and the remaining three people are likely to have long guns. If they rush into the point rashly, the firearms may not be faze if they suffer losses.
Can get a bargain.
It's a very simple logic. In a 3-on-5 situation, single-person CT defense can only rely entirely on personal ability. If vitality wants to relieve the pressure on both sides, it can only make up for the two heads lost first by taking information forward.
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But... look at the map. Zywoo, who was solely guarding area B, remained motionless. Qin Feng and Adu in area A also made no move at all to push forward or return to the defensive area.
With this stabilization, there were only 40 seconds left. Surprisingly, ropz did not choose to cut off the rear. Instead, his cousin came to area a and used the sand eagle to constantly peek at possible enemies on the left and right. At the same time, faze's area b
The attack also began.
Since it was a strong start, Faze didn't have many props. He could only use smoke to seal the coffin and the police's gun position, and let ropz jump up the steps next to a box, and perform a synchronized exit point with the rain under the box.
, trying to find an opportunity to break through the vitality defense line using a double pull method.
The sound of playing with the machine is finally no longer silent,
"ropz stepped on a box of stairs and planned to pull it with the rain god."
"How many bats can Zywoo play at the wicket position?"
"Zywoo, order one, order two!"
"Woo! This wave! What, Broky who wanted to pull out to replenish his gun was also killed by him."
"The top marksmanship broke out, and the big sweet potato at the three-post position started to spin. The director who was at the end finally took down Zywoo, but he was hit in the head by an M4A1 bullet again!" The 2-on-2 endgame continued,
But the barrage is more concerned about or amazed by, more about zywoo's perfect performance.
[There is a kind of beauty with full parameters.] [Zywoo’s personal ability is so strong, he must have won many major championships, right?
】【Don't worry, it's coming soon, you'll get it at the Rio major. I've already decided on the champion skin for vitality in advance.
】【?I always feel that everyone watching the game is just a fan of Little Bees?】【I dream of hugging Siya, he must be very comfortable to hold】C4 is placed, the countdown starts, Adu and Qin Feng start from
The connected position returned to defense, but the big cousin made a fake run in the middle, and then quietly entered the middle entrance of zone a.
However, the eyes of the player did not pay attention to the older cousin who was behind the circle, but were firmly locked on the director who was three boxes behind with residual health.
"How long this wave of directors can delay is critical. Aether and Adu who are returning to defense do not have smoke bombs but have pliers. The big cousin who is behind has just reached the connecting position." Playing Machine talked eloquently,
"Although the director only has ten drops of blood, if he can steal one person, it will still be Faze's advantage in the endgame." As soon as he finished playing with the machine, the director suddenly pulled horizontally and hit the two CTs near the tree on the way back to defense.
Caught off guard.
"Da da da da." A series of m4a1 bullets penetrated Adu's body like lasers.
Fortunately, Qin Feng replenished his gun in time, quickly turned the muzzle, and poured out fatal bullets in the direction of the hair director.
"It may be forced to demolish." The director told his cousin the last information from his perspective before he died.
"Oh? Aether is not pretending. There are obviously 15 seconds left in the end game. Are you really going to dismantle the mine bag next to the box?" From the perspective of God, playing the machine is a bit surprising, although CSGO has had it since ancient times.
The tradition of "prosneverfake", but 15 seconds is still very sufficient for the current endgame.
The eldest cousin cut the knife and ran all the way to the police house near the edge of the map, and finally saw Qin Feng's back unpacking.
With his back turned and his head lowered, Qin Feng's cousin couldn't find the position of his head at the first time, so he had no choice but to shoot Qin Feng's body from a distance.
When the sound of the first Sand Eagle bullet was fired, the countdown to bomb defuse had passed by 4 seconds.
"Maybe the unpacking is almost finished." When the eldest cousin saw that Qin Feng did not choose to fight back but continued to unpack, he began to panic in his heart, and the hand holding the mouse also trembled slightly.
"Bang, bang, bang!" The sand eagle bullets kept coming out, but the unpacked CT never fell down.
"Da da da da." This time, the eldest cousin paid tribute to Niko and dreamed back to the castle. Looking at broky and ropz who couldn't help laughing next to him, the eldest cousin rubbed his nose,
"What a thick blood." Naturally, the barrage would not let go of this opportunity to tease professional players. [Ah, let's fire aether, Sand Eagle can't be killed with 7 shots, what a thick blood!
】【Niko can survive three shots from behind, and cousin can survive seven shots from behind, so cousin is about equal to nikokononi.
】【Tsk tsk, this wave, Bole said it's a good horse after seeing it!】【This is the closest I've come...forget it, I would really kill it if it were me.