No one could have imagined that Fnatic would make last-minute substitutions ten days before the Major qualifiers.
In the community, in addition to encouragement for Qin Feng, there are naturally many malicious voices.
[Bold prediction, Fnatic Major will be eliminated 0-3 in qualifiers. 】
[I really don’t know if Fnatic is blind. Calling JW and olofmeister back to fight is not 114514 times better than using newcomers? 】
[Fnatic is really a joke. They changed players ten days in advance and considered themselves the OG of TI8? 】
[What about TI8’s OG? Fnatic has been ruined for a long time, and they can't even get stickers anymore. 】
…
At the beginning of the Major preliminaries, Qin Feng’s post about joining Fnatic almost instantly turned into a battlefield for community players to talk about.
However, Qin Feng on the other side of the ocean has long been uninterested in paying attention to various news in the domestic community.
PGL Major Antwerp 2022 RMR Group A is about to start on April 17.
There are only 10 days left from now.
Fnatic, which has just signed Qin Feng, must pay close attention to the running-in training within the team.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, it is the time for the team to start training.
Mezii and ALEX, who had finished lunch, walked outside the training room an hour early.
After introducing Aether from China, each of them has higher expectations for the Major.
mezii smiled and patted ALEX next to him, "If Peppzor played with us, he might not even be able to enter the Major. But fortunately, Samuelsson took the risk and found Aether."
"Who says it's not?" ALEX was also very emotional. "After these few days of training matches, I really feel that he can lead us to achieve great results in the Major."
The two chatted all the way to the door of the training room.
"Click, click." The clicking sounds of the mouse and keyboard came from the training room from time to time.
mezii and ALEX looked at each other.
The person in the training room is not Qin Feng, who has just joined, who else could it be?
After taking a brief look at Qin Feng's screen, he saw that the number of BOT kills with headshots had reached more than 9,000.
ALEX couldn't help but sigh silently: "Perhaps, this is why he has performed so well in the training matches these days."
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Ten days passed by in a blink of an eye.
April 16th.
The day before the European Major qualifiers is the last day of the Asian Major qualifiers.
Tyloo, the only Chinese team participating in the competition, suffered a shocking upset.
0-2 Mongolian team IHC, 0-2 Australian team Renegades, bid farewell to the main game of this Major.
This may be the darkest day for Chinese CS in 2022.
"It's over, Tyloo lost 0-2 to its old enemy Renegades. 》The news headline cannot conceal the news writer’s disappointment with Tyloo.
What makes people disappointed is not that Tyloo lost the game.
But the way they lost the game.
The second picture is the cowboy's chosen picture, Death Building.
Tyloo, who started the game on the defensive side, immediately took a huge 13-2 advantage in the first half.
If Tyloo can defeat the Cowboys in one go in the second half, the outcome of the third map, Desert City, is yet to be determined.
But is 13 points enough?
Tyloo handed over their answer sheet: not enough.
More expectation, more disappointment.
There was an uproar in the entire Chinese CS news community almost instantly.
[RNM, refund your money! 】
[IHC’s two-game victory cannot conceal its decline, and Tyloo’s million-dollar jewelry shows off its edge. 】
[In a sense, Tyloo is the first team to prepare for the Major in the second half of 2022. 】
…
Qin Feng looked at the content in the news and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
In 2018, he was also a fan of Team Tyloo.
At that time, domestic CS seemed to be thriving.
At IEM Sydney, Tyloo defeated C9 and SK, the strongest teams in the world at the time, to reach the semi-finals.
And now...
"Feng, what's wrong?" ALEX in the training room looked at Qin Feng's expression and asked with concern.
You know, tomorrow is the first round of RMR in Europe, and they are about to face the GamerLegion team from Sweden.
ALEX doesn't want anything to happen to Aether, the team's biggest player, at this time.
"Nothing." Qin Feng silently closed the Perfect Esports APP and continued to play AIMBOT.
Tomorrow is Fnatic’s European Major qualifier match.
Qin Feng knew that after Tyloo was eliminated, many domestic audiences would focus on Fnatic, which has Chinese players.
"If Fnatic loses, I'm afraid I will be criticized for being useless." Qin Feng laughed at himself, but soon his eyes became firm.
Since then, if there is no torch, he is the only light of CNCS.
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April 17th.
The first day of the European Major.
It’s still a certain CSBOY live broadcast room.
"Okay, welcome everyone to watch the game between Fnatic and GamerLegion. I am the commentator Masisi."
"I am the commentator CaptainMo."
"I am Tomato Qing, the tool man."
"who are you?"
It’s still the familiar opening line.
However, what is different from the past is that the barrage at this time is not barrages such as "Horse 3000" and "Aladdin", but all "Aether".
"It seems that everyone is looking forward to Aether's performance in the Major." Masisi's voice was full of energy, and he seemed to be very optimistic about Qin Feng's performance in the first game.
"Indeed, after all, Aether is now the only Chinese player remaining in the Major." Mo agreed.
"Let's look at the selection first."
"Fnatic bans buildings and mazes. GamerLegion bans Shaer, towns, and amusement parks."
“Fnatic finally banned Relic.”
"Will Aether play Nuke? As far as I know, most domestic teams do not play Nuke."
[I just went to HLTV to check and the TBD team has never played against Nuke since its establishment]
[I also checked on the 5E ladder. It seems that Aether didn’t play many Nuke when playing 5E. 】
【Can I be honored in advance? 】
[How do you know that Aether will not beat Nuke? I boldly predict that Fnc will beat GL. 】
[Come on, if Aether’s record can be correct, I will live broadcast the handstand washing hair. 】
The barrage started an endless quarrel again.
"Tomorrow is fine, seal it in a rhythm." Masisi frowned and looked directly at the in-game screen. At this time, the pistol round had begun.
"It stands to reason that if Aether takes over Peppzor's position, there is a high probability that he will be the auxiliary choice in the team..." Mo's tone was a little tactful, but before he finished speaking, he saw the double guns held by Qin Feng.
"Oh my god, mezii actually fired two double guns."
"Give one to ALEX who is guarding the yellow room in Area A, and the other to Aether who is guarding the iron plate!"
"Who would have imagined that Aether would be treated like the team's big brother after joining the team for less than a month."
Masisi was also a little surprised and added: "Mezii is only equipped with a flash bomb, and he doesn't even have armor."
"It stands to reason that Aehter, who is connected to the iron plate, can definitely use USP to give mezii an extra thunder."
"How much you believe in Aether's strength."
As Masisi and MO explained, the GL players gradually determined their offensive direction.
There are not many tactics to choose from in the Nuke pistol round.
After all, Glock and USP in the outfield are a very disadvantageous choice.
After a short discussion, the GL players chose to speed up and play A.
