In a certain Ya TV CSBOY live broadcast room, Masisi and Mo had already cut to the IEM official pure stream push screen before the IEM opening game even started.
After the two chatted with the audience for a long time, the map BP between G2 and Vitality finally began.
"G2 doesn't play Death Amusement Park, Little Bee doesn't play Ancient Ruins, there's nothing to say."
"Hiss, but G2 actually chose a nuclear crisis instead of a small town. It's kind of interesting."
"However, Little Bee chose Sha Er as always. After all, this picture is very suitable for dual snipers."
Looking at the map drafts of the two teams, Masisi pondered for a moment and gave his own analysis: "From my point of view, it is understandable that G2 did not choose a small town but chose a nuclear crisis."
"In the previous BLAST Lisbon, G2 and Little Bee played two games on the map of Purgatory Town, and both ended in failure."
"Aether and ZywOo's double snipers performed very well on the defensive end."
"ZywOo in Nuke's picture generally does not function as a sniper rifle, which means that G2 actually only has to face Aether, a sniper rifle."
"You know, in the first half of 2022, G2 had the highest first kill rate among all CSGO professional teams at 53%."
"If Vitality plays dual snipers, it will definitely be difficult for G2 to find the first kill."
[What? G2 finally took first place?]
[Highest first kill rate? G2’s first kill rate is so high, it must be easy, right? 】
[Our G2 tradition is to turn five-on-four into a round failure!]
[Hot knowledge, in addition to having the highest first kill rate, G2 also has the highest "fan disappointment rate". ]
[When you know that G2 will disappoint you from the beginning, it disappoints you, which is also a kind of failure to disappoint you.]
As the barrages teasing G2 continued to float on the screen of the live broadcast room, the second round of BAN pictures for both sides was also determined.
G2 chose to ban the Death Mansion, while Little Bee chose to ban the Purgatory Town.
The last remaining map is undoubtedly locked in Lost City.
In the live broadcast room, Mo looked at the finalized map and frowned slightly, "Nuclear crisis, Sha Er, rice garbage."
"I feel like once these three pictures come out, G2 will still be difficult to beat."
"If you want to know about the picture of Nuclear Crisis, Little Bee defeated Faze in a BLAST game before."
"Sha Er's picture is also very suitable for the use of Vitality's two sniper rifles."
"But there's nothing we can do about it. If G2 doesn't fight the Death Amusement Park, it will be really difficult to deal with the BP on the map."
[Difficult to do it? Then don’t do it! 】
[It is better to ban the sniper rifle directly, and G2’s winning rate will increase by at least 10 percentage points.]
[I have to say that now it seems that only Vitality and Faze are still using double sniper tactics.]
…
On the other side, in the offline studio of IEM Cologne.
After the simple warm-up debugging, ten players from both sides quickly entered the game.
In the map chosen by G2, there is no such thing as choosing a side by fighting each other. Vitality naturally chose to start with CT first without any suspense.
"Don't be careless. Since G2 took the initiative to choose the map of Nuclear Crisis, they must have studied the video of our previous game against Faze before the game." apEX cautiously reminded everyone in Vitality.
In this picture of Nuclear Crisis, Little Bee didn't make much preparation before the game, so it's not sure what targeted tactics G2 has formulated.
After all, the coaching staff did not expect that G2 would give up Purgatory Town, which has a winning rate of about 80%, and instead choose Nuclear Crisis, which has a winning rate of only 50%.
Naturally, everyone at Vitality does not know the tactics prepared for the G2 pistol round, but the commentary from the perspective of God and the audience can clearly see it.
"G2 took the initiative to choose Nuke. It seems they are well prepared."
"There are quite a lot of props here. There are three people with props."
"Only m0NESY and NIKO have armor, huNter took the initiative to give his brother a P250."
"Blow up the iron door and seal it with a pipe smoke bomb, but no one came out."
"Another smoke bomb has been sealed at the main entrance. Do you plan to use K1?"
"No, instead I used a flash bomb to get down to the third floor."
"But the Aether connected to the iron plate has already begun to touch the outside."
"Who's dead in the gangster hall? It's Aleksib without armor."
"Aether was pulled out. Aleksib was still holding Shen in his hand. This little plum was shot directly."
"Okay then, Little Bee knows that the area A is a fake attack, so we can defend K1 and the third floor of the outfield."
[Timing Man, right? Aether appears every time when cutting props, right? It is recommended that the official investigate closely! 】
[Here it is recommended that God A directly go to the Avengers for an interview. If the Avengers have the timing ability of God A, then Thanos will never be able to snap his fingers. 】
[I don’t know if Timing’s grip is good or not, but God A’s grip is very good and comfortable for me]
【This one is more of a sender...】
At the G2 player table, Xiao Lizi rubbed his eyebrows, and could not suppress the ripples of "depression and injustice" in his heart.
Aether's bold advance caught him by surprise.
The opponent obviously knew that there were many people on the third floor of the outfield, so he dared to push quietly all the way from the connecting iron plate to the TV room, and caught Timing who was still pretending to hit and throw props.
"The gangster hall is on the other side, let's get off K1 and hit B."
"huNter, just leave the card on the third floor for a while."
The three bandits followed K1 down to the lower level of the nuclear crisis.
JACKZ and m0NESY pushed open the yellow door on the lower floor and went directly to the cylinder at the B bag point to lower their bags, while NIKO blocked the pipe position.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "How to say, four against five, the task is completed if the package is placed."
"But the huNter downstairs has been dealt with, and the three defenders returned directly from K1."
"NiKo didn't know. He wanted to take a look, but he was too big and was shot away by apEX."
"Only m0NESY and JACKZ are left."
"Five against two, it's not easy to delay."
"What should I do? There is no other way! Aether retreated to the iron plate and defended, and directly dropped the pack point JACKZ in seconds."
"m0NESY has too many positions to look at, and he can't make substitutions."
"1 to 0, Vitality easily won the pistol round."
"The only pity is that G2 successfully placed the package, and theoretically can just produce Curry or AK in the next round."
Aleksib looked at the unpacked Aether with a somewhat melancholy expression.
Combined with Major and BLAST, they have been defeated by Aether in five consecutive maps.
It almost left a shadow in my heart.
Now in the first game of IEM Cologne, G2 has to face Vitality led by Aether and ZywOo.
The carefully prepared pistol round tactics were not launched yet, but Aether was caught off guard.
"Let's just go ahead. Let's fire a wave of explosive bombs and try to avoid Aehter's connection and the third floor." Aleksib looked at the teammates sitting next to him and slowly said the tactics he had planned in advance, "Aether
Regardless of whether you use a rifle or a sniper rifle, you will almost always choose to defend against the iron plate below the third floor."
"Instead of going head-to-head with Aether, which is in good condition, it's better to try the A-area bag spots that are easier to hit."
That was one of the tactics Aleksib improvised this morning.
Avoiding Aether's sniper rifle is undoubtedly the best way to target him.
…
The second round of shopping time ended, and everyone in G2 chose curry, submachine guns, and half pistols.
"How should I put it? G2 started with a ray of smoke in the outfield."
"But no one played K1."
"Assemble and come to the gangster hall to attack area A with a wave of explosive bombs."
"The dotted magical boy keeps shaking his head to avoid flash bombs."
"Can you come out?"
Adu in the yellow room and the magic boy holding the main entrance told the audience the answer with a wave of swipes on the screen.
[Vitality.Magsik used M4A1 to kill G2.JACKZ]
[Vitality.dupreeh used MP9 to kill G2.NiKo with a headshot]
[Vitality.Magsik used M4A1 to kill G2.huNter]
2 vs. 5, m0NESY and Aleksib, as bandits, naturally have no need to protect their guns.
It's a pity that the two people who continued to attack the area A area still failed to pass the level of Adu and Demon Man.
The score came to 2-0.
In the two rounds, G2 didn't kill anyone, and they couldn't land any minefields in the second round.
The atmosphere within the G2 team is a bit dull.
On the other hand, the Vitality player seats on the other side were filled with laughter and laughter.
"Nice, this gun didn't fall off."
"MP9 blew two calls and made a lot of money."
"The next opponent still has no money. We can still improve the economy."
In a relaxed and happy atmosphere, everyone at Vitality continued to accept G2's first ECO round.
When the score reached 3-0, Adu simply threw away the MP9 in his hand and replaced Qin Feng with a big sniper.
At this point, the first long gun game between the two sides arrived.
G2's configuration is 5 AKs, while Vitality is equipped with 2 M4A1s, one M4A4, one Famas, plus the sniper rifle Qin Feng just replaced.
Taking advantage of the pause, Xiao Lizi continued to arrange the tactics he had just perfected in the morning with his players:
"Brothers, let's try to avoid the iron plate attack."
"First block three cigarettes in the outer field, and then control the map by default."
"This way Aether's sniper rifle won't pose too much of a threat to us."
"Whether it's getting off K1 or turning the main entrance, we still have a large part of the map control."
"I have analyzed Aether's videos before. In the long-gun game, whether he is holding an M4A1 or a sniper rifle, he generally does not choose to press forward."
"And if Aether enters the rhythm of returning to defense, he is actually not much different from ordinary first-line players."
"..."
The preparation time is over and the fourth round begins.
After G2's simple acquiescence, the three attackers gathered at the exit of the gangster's house to prepare a smoke bomb in the outfield.
After the smoke dispersed, the three of them pushed forward quietly.
The other two team members stayed in the direction of the iron gate and the yellow room respectively.
NiKo couldn't bear the loneliness, so after the smoke grenade at the main entrance exploded, a flashbang from his teammate pierced the smoke and came out.
"Da da da."
[Vitality.ZywOo used M4A4 to kill G2.NiKo with a headshot]
What greeted him was ZywOo's M4A4 bullet.
The big sweet potato holding the iron gate was not defeated. Instead, after hearing the sound of the flash bomb exploding, he turned back and killed Mr. Ni.
"Master Ni at the main gate is a little anxious. He didn't wait for his teammates from Tiemen and Huangfang."
"ZywOo has an early warning."
"What do you mean, keep going? But apEX took it out directly from K1 and helped ZywOo hold the front gate."
"ZywOo you can just look at the iron gate."
As G2 launched a wave of forceful attacks, the kill prompts in the upper right corner of the screen were refreshed one after another again.
[Vitality.ZywOo used M4A4 to kill G2.Aleksib]
[Vitality.apEX used M4A1 to kill G2.huNter]
[G2.JACKZ used AK-47 to kill Vitality.dupreeh with a headshot]
"Okay, everyone in the outfield is dead."
"JACKZ only changed one and was taken away by the magical boy who made the point."
"How many endgames can a child play?"
"None of them were killed."
"Tsk, tsk, another wave of one for five, G2 didn't even see the package point."
"It seems that after the bomb was detonated, Vitality became conscious."
"Furthermore, Vitality started in Triple-A, leaving only Aehter with a sniper rifle to hold the iron plate."
"Although Adu, who was looking back at the yellow room on the third floor, was pulled out by JACKZ and killed instantly, he also helped the demon man who packed the spot to lock the enemy's position."
G2 did not call a timeout and the game continued.
In the next few rounds, G2 didn't have many offensive routines, and Vitality continued to open up the score on the field.
The score went all the way to 9-2.
The only depressed person on Vitality's side seems to be Qin Feng, who is wandering down the third floor and talking to the iron board.
In the ten rounds of the spear round, Qin Feng, who was guarding the iron plate connection, only saw the enemy once.
It's still G2's "pig rush tactic".
The sniper rifle in Qin Feng's hand only replaced two people, and was taken away by JACKZ's Sand Eagle replacement rifle.
After eleven rounds, Qin Feng's KD was a bit outrageous, and he actually maintained a state of 6 kills and 3 deaths.
Even Masisi, who was explaining in the live broadcast room, felt something was wrong.
"It seems that G2's offense has never encountered Aether's sniper rifle, right?"
"Let me think about it, there is a line of smoke in the outfield, a wave of explosions in area A, speed up and go to K1."
"The only game we played was from the third floor, and Aether was still maintaining a solid defense."
"Although G2 may not be particularly successful from the score point of view, if G2's tactics are to avoid Aether's sniper rifle, it can only be said that the tactics are executed very resolutely."
[I understand, G2 has learned how to target Aether, that is to bypass Aether's sniper rifle. 】
[And now you want ZywOo to kill people like crazy? Is this Aether not killing people, but helping ZywOo improve its performance? 】
[Nonsense, G2 is obviously helping ZywOo improve its performance.]
…
Behind the G2 player bench, coach XTQZZZ shook his head slightly and looked at the score that had opened up on the field.
9 to 2.
7 points behind.
Even if they avoided the sniper rifle Aether, G2's attack was not very effective.
By giving up the connection and the third floor, G2 has given up a large part of its offensive tactics.
Secondly, ZywOo, who is guarding the package point in Area A, is not weaker than Qin Feng who is holding a sniper rifle.
G2's offense seems to have stalled.
In the remaining four rounds, they only relied on the performance of the Bosnian twins to win one round with difficulty.
The score was locked at 12-3.
As for the second half of the game, G2 didn't struggle much after losing the pistol round.
Even though m0NESY's bird sniper helped G2 pull the score to 7-15, it was still in the 23rd long shot round that a huge own goal was performed to all the viewers around the world.
It resisted Vitality's attack, but failed to win the 4V0 unpacking endgame.
Some people want to replace the AK dropped by the attacker, while others want to pick up the big sniper dropped by m0NESY.
For a full 25 seconds, no one in G2 wanted to dismantle C4, which had been buried in the B area.
But by the time everyone in G2 discovered it, it was already too late.
The score was finally settled at 16-7.
As for the live broadcast room, the audience who saw this scene couldn't hold back.
[I can’t win anyway, so I might as well get off work early.]
[I want everyone to know that when Nuke ends, Vitality doesn’t have the final say. It’s up to us, G2, to decide.]
[We still don’t know the reason why they didn’t unpack it that day.]