CS: Demon King C, you said I was a genius?

Chapter 68 Another Steak! (Two in One)

"I don't know!"

"How is it possible that we will lose!" Even Brother Ji, who is usually good-tempered, couldn't help it.

With such a good start, as long as JT on the second floor can come out to fill in the gaps, I can't say that this long gun game is a sure win, but at least there is a 70 to 80 chance of winning.

As a result, the newcomer on the opposite side took the opportunity to swim!
Faced with Brother Ji's questioning, JT didn't know how to start for a moment. Although he was the captain and commander of the team, he knew the position of the younger brothers in the team.

JT hesitated and said, "I'm carrying a bomb bag. I'm afraid if I die on the second floor, it will be difficult for you to pick it up."

Brother Ji: ...

Ultimately, they are afraid of making mistakes. They don’t know how many points they lost today because of this overly cautious style of play.

It's a good thing for professional players to be cautious, but it also depends on the situation. They have to be proactive when they need to be, but JT's idea is obviously "I would rather do nothing than make a mistake."

Brother Ji really wanted to put some pressure on him, but for the sake of the team atmosphere, he held back the words.

He felt very tired and just wanted to finish the game quickly and go back to rest early, whether it was in the hotel room or at home on the other side of the ocean.

It would be fine if the gap was too big, but being always just a little short is the easiest way to feel frustrated.

……

……

The game continued, but in the following rounds, the NIP players could clearly feel that Blue Star's sharpness had disappeared, just like their own situation in Figure 1.

We didn't give up and executed the offensive tactics as usual, but the situation was just not right.

It's like there are five Su Zhe players in the opposing team. They have individual abilities, but their energy cannot be put into one place, and there are more and more coordination errors in the team.

This situation became more obvious when NIP won the second long gun round in the second half.

As one side gained strength while the other lost strength, the NIP players became more and more active after seeing victory was within their grasp.

With the start of a new round, a special system sound prompt also indicated that NIP had obtained the match point, and the score had reached 12-9.

And the most fatal thing for Blue Star is that each of them only has more than 3000 losing economy in this round.

There was hope for a comeback, but JT felt the atmosphere within the team was powerless, so he directly called for a tactic of rushing and speeding up to attack the B bomb site.

The result was that k0nfig got two kills before he even got past the middle of the banana lane.

The remaining three didn't want to waste time anymore, so they rushed forward, but then they fell to the ground one after another.

The score in Figure 13 between the two sides was fixed at 9-.

"Blue Star lost this game due to its own resilience!" As a former professional player, Mo could clearly feel where Blue Star's problem lay.

This is just like when you play in the ladder, and have to go through seven or eight overtime games in a row, even the big brother who carries the team at the beginning will want to give up as soon as possible as the game progresses.

While results in professional competitions are important, players are also human and are affected by emotions.

After all, not all teams are like Faze, led by Big Cousin, who likes to perform the script of "returning from hell".

"Congratulations to NIP for coming back from a 3- deficit to win this BO match! They're advancing to the final round of the loser's group!" Masisi didn't care about those messy things, as long as he won the game.

The opponent's mentality collapsed, so they must have been defeated. If NIP had been losing points due to its weaknesses, everyone on Blue Star would have laughed out loud, and they wouldn't be so unhappy like they are now.

Professional players’ strengths include many aspects, and the ability to adjust their emotions and mentality is one of them.

Just as the two were chatting about some details of the game, the live broadcast screen also showed the game data chart.

Ma Xixi laughed the moment he saw Su Zhe's data: "No wonder Blue Star lost its mentality in the late stage. Who can withstand such data?"

苏哲在荒漠迷城的KAD是15-5-7，在小镇上的KAD则是22-7-11。

Although there were only 37 kills in the two maps, the main reason was that the game in map ended too quickly, otherwise the KD data would be even more exaggerated.

The most outrageous thing is that Su Zhe got the first kill 3 times in the three maps of the entire Bo15!
This data may not be a big deal for a breakthrough player, but it is a bit too scary for Arrow as a free man!
This player has more kills than the breakthrough players on both sides, giving people a feeling of reversing the Tiangang.

How can I leave a message for NIP's club? It's a bit of a waste if his stats don't qualify him as a slasher!

[Indeed! I used to watch Xiaozhe's live streams all the time, and I loved the way he drove the bulldozer around!]

[Also, the Impact value is 1.92, which is a huge lead. Brother Ji’s Impact value is only 1.31 after three games.]

[That makes sense. Blue Star, please accept my condolences. Losing to NIP is not shameful.]

【.】

Mo looked at the comments and added with a smile, "I feel like Arrow's performance can't be described solely by statistics. Blue Star's overall style of play today really limited his individual performance, just like the Falcon yesterday."

"Of course it did have an effect, but it also disrupted my usual rhythm and gave other NIP players room to shine."

"But in the next game, it will be difficult for NIP to win."

……

"Wow! We really won!" The moment the game ended, cheers came from the NIP player seats.

"That's awesome!" K0nfig cheered the loudest. "I never thought we'd catch up in the next two maps after falling so far behind on the first map!"

It is easy to defeat the weak with the strong.

But the sense of accomplishment of defeating the strong with the weak is even more addictive, even if the process is difficult.

The moment the game ended, es3tag took off his headphones and gave Su Zhe a big hug: "You played really well! If it weren't for you, we might have gone home after this game."

Su Zhe smiled and said, "It's not just my achievement. The others also performed very well."

He is not being modest. If his teammates are still in the same state as the building in Figure 1, he probably won't be able to win the game even if he tries his best.

When the first match ended, he was also very annoyed by his teammates' inaction and somewhat negative attitude, but he just couldn't lose his temper or feel stressed. After all, they were the ones who had helped him.

Otherwise, I would probably still be in some youth training team dreaming about when I could play in a game.
REZ on the side laughed and said, "That must be my contribution, otherwise this game wouldn't even be possible."

k0nfig put his arm around his shoulders and scolded him with a smile, "You still have the nerve to joke around? I'll watch you practice for three hours when we get back to the hotel and help you get back to your old form! Try to draw a great card in the next Bo3!"

After hearing this, Su Zhe couldn't help but laugh with his teammates.

REZ is very strong, this is something everyone knows, otherwise the club would not have kept him in the team for so long while replacing him. But his performance is too unstable, and netizens joked that when he draws a "god card", he can temporarily become one of the top three players, and whoever comes will die.
But if you draw a "ghost card"... then there really is no limit...

Rez also laughed. He was not embarrassed by this because he was willing to face his own shortcomings.

After he glanced at Arrow out of the corner of his eye, he felt a lot more comfortable.

Because he knows that his biggest weakness is not his unstable performance, but his inability to play the "star position" in the team.

Although he likes to joke around in private, he is also a person who is prone to internal friction.

Ever since Baolan left, the team's resources have been tilted towards him, and it is only natural that he should stand up in the face of adversity.

But he couldn't bear such pressure and instead preferred to be the "second brother".

Although Arrow is still a free agent now, he believes that based on djL's habits, he will definitely make adjustments to the team's resource allocation after this game.

He can share the burden if someone else is carrying it, but if he carries the burden alone, it will only crush himself. He is self-aware of this.

"Okay, guys! Go shake hands quickly, don't let the other side wait anxiously." Although djL was also smiling and happy for the team's victory, he still couldn't help but remind them.

Led by djL, everyone walked towards the opponent's seat.

Su Zhe stood behind es3tag and looked at the people from Blue Star. Their faces were filled with depression after failure, but they calmed down after seeing NIP and the others approaching.

When Su Zhe walked towards Brother Ji to shake hands, Brother Ji suddenly grinned and shook hands a little harder, but didn't say much.

Su Zhe didn’t know if it was an illusion or something, but he seemed to see envy in his eyes.

After the handshake, the NIP players returned to their seats to pack up their peripherals.

"Just like the old rules, we'll have a good meal after winning the game!" DJL said happily, hugging his teammates' shoulders.

k0nfig turned around, puzzled, "Another dinner? Did the club suddenly give you a raise?"

DJL was a little embarrassed when he heard this: "Can't we just split the bill? My wife just asked me to take my salary away a few days ago."

es3tag hung the packed backpack list over his shoulder and patted djL on the shoulder. "Then let's split it. I understand."

As they spoke, the two of them showed their signature meaningful smiles of old men, and REZ also came over and talked about his own children.

After hearing everyone's conversation, Su Zhe clearly felt that there was a clear generation gap between him and the other team members.

Except for headtr1ck, who is not much older than him, the others, including the coach, all have families.

But it also gave him a trance-like feeling.

Before he came into contact with CSGO, the professional players he heard most about in the country were from League of Legends.

In his impression, those professional players are basically single, and the fact that they have a girlfriend can be spread on various social media for a long time.

They said that this person's performance would definitely be bad and his condition would definitely decline in the future.

But after entering the CSGO professional circle, I feel that it is normal for professional players to have a family, a wife and children.

"Let's pack up and go! I'm starving!" k0nfig patted Su Zhe's shoulder and urged him while rubbing his stomach.

"Here we come!" Su Zhe put on his backpack and walked out of the venue with everyone.

……

After returning to the hotel and putting their things away, everyone wandered around and came to a Western restaurant specializing in steaks.

When Su Zhe saw the steak garnished with rosemary on the table, his long-suppressed hunger suddenly burst out, and he immediately picked up his knife and fork and started eating.

"Would you like a bottle of red wine? I always feel like something is missing?" k0nfig smacked his lips.

es3tag glanced at him and said, "Just make a pinky promise and you're not going to play tomorrow's game?"

k0nfig said cheerfully, "I'm just saying that! By the way, who am I going to play against tomorrow?"

DJL cut a piece of steak and put it in his mouth, mumbling, "The results are not out yet. It depends on who wins between NAVI and EF."

Rez sighed and said, "I hope EF can win. The pressure against NAVI is too great."

Compared to EF, which has a Turkish ruthless player and a left-handed sniper, he has a natural fear of NAVI. After all, they have all played professional games for many years, and they will feel fear from the bottom of their hearts when they see the yellow and black team logo.

k0nfig scoffed, "What are you afraid of? Whoever wins will win! No one can stop us from reaching the knockout stage! But I still really like those Turkish players from EF... I hope to play against them tomorrow..."

es3tag: "Yeah, yeah. Speaking of which, I have a pretty good relationship with the Turkish ruthless guy. We can catch up when we meet during the game tomorrow."

headtr1ck: “Me too.”

DJL's phone suddenly rang, and he picked up the phone on the table to check the message.

es3tag quipped: "What's going on? Is your wife asking you for money again? Or is she just impatient for you to come home?"

DJL shook his head. "It was a push notification from the app... Our opponent will be out tomorrow..."

k0nfig craned his neck and asked, "Who is it? Is it EF? I knew these Turks were no cowards! They'll definitely win!"

DJL said bitterly: "It's...NAVI..."

Su Zhe's hand stopped cutting the steak...

The third-ranked team in the world.
Su Zhe asked uncertainly, "Is it the NAVI that Senpo was in back then?"

Everyone nodded, and the originally joyful atmosphere at the table froze in an instant, and a feeling of powerlessness spread.

Su Zhe picked up a piece of medium-rare steak with his fork and put it in his mouth to chew. "Actually, I feel okay. That Senpo is gone, so why should I be afraid of them? I heard that the most powerful people in their team used to be Senpo and Dianzige."

After hearing this, several people didn’t know what to say. They were really like newborn calves who were not afraid of tigers!
When NAVI was first launched in CS2, its world ranking dropped to th with the departure of Electronic Brother, Marshal P and Fat Ball.

But later, with the demotion of Senpo and the addition of Leonardo DiCaprio, jL, w0nderful, iM and others, this new lineup brought the team to the third place in the world through one game after another.

Although they are no longer at the peak of their 21-year dynasty, it is enough to show how dominant NAVI's new lineup is on the field.

You have to know that the Blue Star they just defeated with great difficulty is only ranked 14th in the world.
There is actually a huge gap between the top five and top ten teams in the world, and there is another huge gap outside the top ten.

At this time, Su Zhe had just eaten the last piece of steak. He looked at the silent crowd and said carefully: "Um. Can I have another steak? I'm a little hungry."

(End of this chapter)