On the eve of the IEM Cologne Play-Ins.
After everyone from Vitality arrived at the scene in Cologne, Germany, they still had a short training camp and prepared for the first battle with the Tyloo team in a somewhat casual manner.
The designers of the resort were surprisingly diligent. They released a short balance patch in the BLAST competition in mid-June: reducing the magazine capacity of the M4A1 silencer to 20 rounds, and the ammunition reserve from 75 rounds. Expanded capacity to 80 rounds.
This gun that has dominated CSGO for nine months has finally received its first wave of weakening after being significantly strengthened.
However, the weakening of M4A1 is more acceptable than the previous changes to UMP-45, AUG and SG-553.
It only weakened the magazine capacity, but did not make any major cuts in terms of fire rate, damage and ballistics.
In a sense, this seemingly fatal weakening will still not affect the M4A1's continued becoming a popular choice on the CT side.
Whether it is slightly higher damage than M4A4 or lower price than M4A4, most professional players will continue to favor this cheap and reliable firearm.
Among Vitality, ZywOo has always used M4A4, and the rest of the team members still use M4A1 as their choice.
If we say that those who are most affected are probably those players who have collected a lot of M4A1 skins.
Almost not long after the balance patch was updated, the prices of M4A1 firearm skins on major markets and trading platforms began to experience a large-scale collapse.
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July 5th.
The opening match of the IEM Cologne Play-in Tournament starts at 5pm.
Three games started at the same time, namely Heroiouz, joined by jabbi, Spirit, who left the team with paier, and COL, led by junior.
Of course, compared to these, most Chinese viewers are more concerned about the third round match between Tyloo and Vitality.
Even though there is still a lot of time before the two teams start playing, barrages and rhythms have filled the live stream on the main stage early.
[Shoot a little bee? Can I open "Rong" in advance? 】
[I suggest that Tyloo should find some domestic young players. It’s time for the big Indonesian brother to leave. 】
[It’s been four years, is it so difficult to learn Chinese? Don’t you even have the most basic attitude when you come to Tyloo? Look at Doinb next door. After studying Chinese for three years, it has reached the "Chinese Level 10" level. 】
[Don’t be embarrassed, my brother mainly wants his teammates to learn English so that they can adapt to the environment of going abroad to play games in the future. He understands it but doesn’t understand it. 】
[Just "honor" or go through the process? 】
[Should I support Aether or Tyloo now? It’s very urgent. I’m waiting online! 】
…
On the other side, shortly before the game, in the training room of the Vitality team.
zonic looked at ZywOo, who looked a little pale, and couldn't help but feel worried.
Not long after the team arrived in Cologne, Germany, the star player on the team was not in good physical condition.
According to the doctor, ZywOo's condition will be more or less affected during at least the entire period of IEM Cologne.
"Aether, this competition may be much more difficult than the previous BLAST." zonic paced around the training room for a long time, and finally came to Qin Feng's back and patted him on the shoulder.
The psychological construction of the players is undoubtedly a very critical part off the court.
Even though there are professional psychological counselors in the Vitality team, zonic still wants to give this talented sniper who has just joined the team a sufficient amount of vaccinations in advance.
The higher a player is praised, the harder he will fall.
Even though ZywOo and s1mple are geniuses, they are still nicknamed "FywOo" and "people".
Qin Feng smiled shyly, as if he was not under great psychological pressure.
"Don't worry, coach."
"The requirements for water lovers in China are not that strict."
"And I don't pay attention to comments that are too negative."
zonic nodded, "It's best if you think so. At least we still have many opportunities to adjust our status before the IEM main event begins."
…
The time came to early eight o'clock in the evening.
In the 6657 live broadcast room, Mr. Wanmaowan finally helped water friends to open the last weapon box, and ended with a miserable performance in the blue sky and white clouds.
"Ahem, brothers, let's switch to the pure stream screen and wait for the next game."
"I'm very nervous right now, and I'm no longer in the mood to help my brothers open boxes."
"Let's take a look at the BP of these two teams first."
"Tian Lu first bans the nuclear crisis, and Little Bee bans the ancient ruins. There is nothing to say."
"The second BAN of Tyloo was given to Purgatory Town. Times have changed. There was a time when this map was called Tyloo Town."
"Little Bee saw that Tyloo had a back-and-forth fight with MIBR on Sha 2 before. Did he just ban Sha 2?"
"Then Tianlu banned the building, and Little Bee banned the Lost City."
"The final choice of picture was Death Amusement Park."
"This BP seems a bit strange."
"You must know that in the previous BLAST finals, Aether performed many wonderful operations on Shaer and Mijun."
[If Tyloo can get five points, I won’t use "honor"! 】
[Brothers, who are we? We are born into a proud family! 】
[If you win, how about I give the anchor 10 planes? 】
[You don’t have to do it if you don’t want to, it’s not necessary. 】
[Fast forward to Guanshan, which is difficult to overcome. 】
[Give up your fantasies and prepare to be prosperous! 】
[Tyloo lost even though he was defeated. He was already in an invincible position ahead of time. 】
…
In the offline studio of the IEM Cologne Finals.
Qin Feng, who was on the player's bench, rubbed his shoulders. After the preparation time for the pistol round passed, he controlled the character in his game and walked towards the A small front point of the amusement park.
"Just three A and two B go forward for reconnaissance. There is no need to stay behind to defend against Tyloo. If Aether doesn't see anyone, just go back." apEX did not prepare any special tactics.
Qin Feng did as he was told and walked from Primary A to the position where the balloon blocked the bandit's exit point.
DANK1NG, who was the first attacker, just moved his head into Qin Feng's crosshairs.
"Pop." USP made a crisp sound.
[Killed Tyloo.DANK1NG with USP headshot]
"There should be more bandits."
After Qin Feng finished speaking, he jumped off the balloon and came to the door of the toilet where he continued to set up the fountain.
"What should I say, God A here will observe for a second, then retreat to the door of the toilet and continue to set up the exit point of the fountain."
"The bandit immediately planned to find God A, and he shot him in the head to make God A run away."
"But ZywOo and Adu's strong forward pressure took away Summer in the amusement park."
"In a 3-on-5 situation, let B look for the retreat, and let Baicai and SLOWLY go find Aether, who was shot in the head."
"But B didn't stop, and Baicai didn't fire a single shot. He was killed by a headshot from Aether who was still alive."
"It's over. All that's left is the SLOWLY with a small toilet bag."
"Vitality is attacked from three sides, and SLOWLY is in a dilemma."
"SLOWLY has three directions to look at, the toilet exit point, the back road, and the area B area."
"apEX has returned from Area B to Area A, and shot SLOWLY directly on the head."
"Thirty seconds after the game started, the five Tianlu people on the attacking side were completely wiped out!"
Vitality won the pistol round easily, and the score came to 1-0.
