On the afternoon of July 17, Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany.
The stadium, which can accommodate up to 20,000 spectators, was packed. As the spotlight on the main stage gradually went out, the light sticks in the hands of the audience and the mobile phone screens weaved into a pale ocean. Even though the people at Vitality were still some distance away from the main stage of the venue, Qin Feng and others could still hear The audience on the main stage roared like a tsunami.
"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 aside was constantly playing the highlights of the IEM knockout rounds. What was being played 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 your momentum by doing 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 contestant passage opened, the audience's enthusiasm reached its peak in an instant. The spotlight on the dome suddenly lit up and fell on the red carpet on the main stage where the contestants entered.
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 player tunnel opened, and the first person to walk was Faze's coach, Robban.
The audience cheered endlessly. As the first international team to win the championship in AJOR history, 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 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 entire 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 must have 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. 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 rmr of the Rio major 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. Now it looks like Maybe I'm over-worrying." 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. At worst, 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.
"The commentary is in place." A sudden voice reminded every member of Vitality.
Qin Feng glanced at the commentary booth on the main stage and could only see the outlines of four suits. They've been warming up here for an hour.
At this moment, around the world, more than a million people are waiting in front of the screen.
"Come on!" *n After 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," and "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? Isn't the genius boy 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, they might say to the eldest cousin: "Sorry, with Zywoo and Aether here, Vitality can really do whatever he wants."
"We can just defend 3a2b by default in the pistol round. 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 started to move. From God's perspective, the five members of the offensive team quickly ran 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."
"Broky's gangsters blocked the police's cigarettes, and Faze's gangsters beat him as fast as possible."
"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 a flash for me 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 his back on the flash and started to pull out the cover and shoot at the bandits who were covering their eyes.
"zywoo!"
"The bandit's attack highlighted the speed of his soldiers, 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.
But 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 into the game, 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 come at random. How did they fight? Huh?" Mr. Wan showed his literary skills as a master of idioms in a timely manner.
"What do you say?" Dayu Shen picked up the MP9, took out the gun, and asked casually.
"Let's set up the gun for a while. They are outnumbered and will probably 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.
Very simple logic. In a 3-on-5 situation, single-person defense of CT 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 gaining information from the front. .
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 to move forward or return to the defensive area.
This was so stable that there were only 40 seconds left. Surprisingly, ropz did not choose to cut off the back. Instead, his cousin came to area a and used sand hawks to constantly peek at possible enemies on the left and right. At the same time, faze's attack in area b also started.
Because 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 vitality's defense line with a double pull.
The sound of playing with the machine is finally no longer silent,
"ropz stepped on a box of steps and planned to pull it with the rain god."
"How many bats can Zywoo play at the wicket position?"
"Zywoo, click one, click 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 or amazed, more about zywoo's perfect performance.
[There is a kind of beauty that is full of parameters. 】【Zywoo's personal ability is so strong, he must have won many major championships, right?
】【Don't worry, it's coming soon, I'll get it at the Rio major. I've already decided on the championship skin for vitality in advance.
】【? I always feel like everyone watching the game is just a fan. Am I the only Little Bee fan? 】【I dream of hugging Sushu, he must be very comfortable to hold him】C4 is placed, the countdown is started, Adu and Qin Feng return to defense from the connected position, but the big cousin makes a fake run in the middle After taking a few steps, he quietly entered the middle entrance of Area A.
However, the eyes of the player did not pay attention to the big cousin who was behind the circle, but were firmly locked on the director who had three boxes of remaining 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 connection position." Playing Machine talked eloquently,
"Even though 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 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 have to be demolished." The director told his cousin the last information from his perspective before he died.
"Oh? Aether is not pretending to do it. There are obviously still 15 seconds left in the end game. Do you really want to remove the mine bag next to the box?" From the perspective of God, playing with the machine is a bit surprising, although CSGO has had it since ancient times.
The tradition of "prosneverfake", but 15 seconds is still plenty 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 made his eldest cousin unable to 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 first shot of a Sand Eagle bullet was fired, four seconds had passed for the countdown to defuse the bomb.
"Maybe it's 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 trembled slightly.
"Bang, bang, bang!" Sand Eagle bullets kept coming out, but the unpacked CT never fell.
"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 were holding back laughter next to them, the eldest cousin rubbed his nose.
"What a thick blood." The barrage naturally would not miss this opportunity to make fun of professional players. [Ah, let's open aether. Sand Eagle can't be killed with 7 shots. There's so much blood!
】【Niko can survive three shots from behind, and his cousin can survive seven shots from behind, so cousin is about equal to nikonikoni.
】【Tsk, tsk, this wave, Bole said it was a good horse after seeing it! 】【This is the closest I've come...forget it, I'd be really killed if it were me.
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