Chapter Sixty-Eight: An Unruly Legend

The 2001 snow did come early.

Some people enjoy the world of two people under the wind and snow, but some people are born to run to the battlefield.

The small town of Dallas, Texas, USA, also had a heavy snowfall on this day.

The cold weather could not stop people's enthusiasm for CS, and the unprecedented CPL2001 World Finals was held here, gathering top teams and masters from more than 80 countries and regions around the world, all concentrated here, and among the many e-sports events, only the thrilling game scene of Counter-Strike attracted the most attention, which made the crowd nervous with excitement.

In the long history of CS, the first major collision between European and American powers in the true sense was at this CPL.

Many CS giants from all over the world are gathering at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, which is supposed to be the venue for NBA games, but the arrival of star-studded giants has made way for them.

Among the many superstar teams, there are perhaps only two names that will never be forgotten: NIP and X3.

The lineup of NIP and X3 in this period can be said to bring together the best geniuses in the world, the most ferocious masters, Ksharp's perverted sniping, Kim's 100-step piercing, Morgan's crazy individual skills, HeatoN's splashing strafing, Potti's rigor, Vesslan's tactics, and Hyber's bloodthirst...... In this series of names, any one of them is a golden signboard, and any person can top a super-first-class team, and some of them even continue the myth for many years to come.

This CPL is actually the CPL of the two giants of NiP and X3, and everyone else is a supporting role; It's only this CPL, and its process is full of too many legends.

Become an irreproducible classic.

X3 This group of guys running around the map is unorganized and undisciplined, likes whimsy, tactics are rude and unconvinced, all the shortcomings that the American nation can have can open an exhibition hall on them, but these people are geniuses, and the gathering of geniuses has made the name X3 a symbol of the god of war in North America.

However, the NIP who came from afar are organized and disciplined, and they may seem rigid compared to X3's personal skills, but they are far more rigorous and tacit than X3 in terms of cooperative research, and NIP is a European myth, because so far, NIP has not lost in any game in the world, what a terrible record.

CNN radio in the United States interviewed the X3 players before the game, except for Miller, who maintained a low-key and silent attitude, everyone else and almost all the people in the United States only had this one sentence: "Who has the United States been afraid of in the world?" ”

Regarding this grand feast, US President George W. Bush, who has always liked to join in the fun, actually expressed his opinion: "It should be said that X3 is a symbol in North America and even the world, you must know that I occasionally play CS for a while, I understand it." ”

The meaning of the words is self-evident.

But the Americans were wrong this time, NIP appeared in the CPL, many North American giants were defeated, and the British BBC radio reporter who was working against CNN couldn't help but hit back at the Americans fiercely: "My God, if I hadn't come to Dallas, I really thought the CPL would be a European civil war." ”

Americans are furious about this, but the BBC's remarks remind people of one thing.

It was a distant 1776 year, a winter at the end of the day, General Washington lost 90 percent of his troops, many of the remaining soldiers decided to return home after their military service next spring, the British controlled most of North America, and the heroic Declaration of Independence on July 4 became a dead letter.

When many local giants were defeated, X3 finally went into battle, and Lu Fei, who had personally seen the power of NIP, knew that X3 would definitely lose, for the simple reason that even if you X3 was strong with five big snipers, there was no way to fight against NIP's rigorous tactics.

Tactics should always come first in CS, followed by technical ability.

X3 did learn that European mythology was not in vain, and NIP defeated X3 on the map of the train station in the first game, and the score was still 13:6, and X3 was sent to the lower bracket.

This resounding slap in the face made all proud Americans shut up.

It was only at this time that the wild and uninhibited X3 finally realized that they had become the last hurdle on the road of Europeans wreaking havoc in North America, and the last dignity of North American CS, only they had a little chance to defend.

Shame and then courage is indeed an infinite power that can erupt.

This is also a legendary story on the CPL in 01, X3 who fell into the loser's bracket to destroy the withering and decaying, frantically solved batch after batch of European giants with teeth and claws, and killed them again.

The Americans see hope again.

There was always a lot of drama happening in the CPL, and before the two giants successfully met in the upper bracket finals, NIP took out the Canadian legend LND who won the CG championship in Seoul, South Korea in 2001, and the British national team 4K, while X3 first defeated the CAL league runner-up Dop, and then killed the CG runner-up, the fierce German tank mT, to third place.

X3 looked up again and stood in front of NIP.

And the greatest and most classic battle of the century in the history of CS is held today, and today will decide the first king division in the history of CS, or the first dynasty.

“NiPVSX3。” All the electronic screens in the venue displayed the same striking red letters, and the two names were enough to explain everything.

"This is a fateful duel that has long been destined by God, the arrogant and traditional Europe, the passionate United States, whether the sword of the personable Europa knight is sharper, or the gun of the American cowboy with no bullets is faster, ......" Lu Fei stood at the gate of the venue and let out a long breath, the heat drifting in the snowflakes.

Monkey, Alice, and Huo Xixian all stood behind Lu Fei.

"Lu, you know what? In this battle of the century, the organizing committee has successfully sold the broadcast rights, and it is conservatively estimated that once the two teams start, the world's ratings for this decisive battle will reach an astonishing 130 million people, and it will become an unprecedented classic battle for other competitive sports, including the South Korean CG StarCraft can not surpass it. ”

Lu Fei nodded, of course he knew this eternal classic.

In the next one, two, three, or even five years, what kind of feuds will be staged for the golden generation of 3D and SK, and what kind of changes will be made to the CS system in the United States and Canada? How will the CS powers around the world regroup? So much so that it will have an extremely profound impact on CS in China......

The group entered the American Airlines Center and found the most remote place in the auditorium to sit down.

The American Airlines Center can accommodate not many spectators, perhaps because this game will be too thrilling, and the organizers have set the location here, fearing that there will be too many people to affect the performance of the two teams.

In the distance, Lu Fei saw a group of idols he once admired debugging the machine on the competition table.

Smiling Devil – 3DMiller!

This is the honorific title of players all over the world, this is a god!

Although Lu Fei has met the people of NIP before, one of his favorite players is Vesslan, a master tactician who is about to take the stage.

Lu Fei could see that in today's final, NIP and his party were more or less nervous.

The reason is very simple, no one can say clearly in this game, which of the two teams has a better chance of winning, especially the team that is strong to the limit.

NiP's Teamork (teamwork) is the strongest and most advanced in the world, but X3's monsters are too terrifying, X3 can not bear any European and North American powerhouses.

"Lu, what would you think of this match?" Green asked.

Lu Fei said: "Mr. Green wants to ask me about the prediction of victory or defeat?" ”

"Nope." "From the bottom of my heart, as an American, of course I expect X3 to win, but whoever wins or loses this game, what do you think the future holds?" I'd like to hear your opinion. ”

Lu Fei said lightly: "Maybe this is a clash of cultural differences and tactical concepts. ”

"Oh?" Green was intrigued.

Lu Fei said: "The North American CAL system is the most perfect event in the world, although Europe also has a battle network and a European Championship, but NIP and X3 represent the conflict between European culture and American concepts, the winning side will represent the mainstream direction of CS development in the future, and the losing side may be annihilated in history from now on." ”

Green nodded meaningfully.

At this time, the central screen has begun to refresh, and the playing lists of the players of both sides have been brushed out:

X3Miller(Ksharp)

X3Kim(Rainbo)

X3Ray

X3porter

X3Morgan(Bullseye)

NiPChristensen(HeatoN)

NiPIngermarsson(Potti)

NiPEngstorm(Medion)

NiPKorduner(Ahl)

NiPRyman(Vesslan)

The map of the first battle is De_nuke, nuclear power plant, X3 drew a good lot, and did CT first in the first half.

As the sound of "Oklet'sgo" sounded, the audience fell silent, and the peak showdown of the shocking moment finally came.

With at least 30 million people around the world tuning in at the same time, there was no commentator for the game, because no commentator had reached that level to comment.

The layout of the NIP is exactly the same as Lu Fei's expectation, the standard orthodox royal road position is advancing, and there are people touching the square, iron gate, yellow room, and passage, but looking at the X3 side, the defense seems to be very passive, and all of them are not the first firepower point of the forward pressure type.

In fact, it was not until now that Lu Fei saw that two months ago, when Erin and NIP played a friendly match, NIP was merciful to his subordinates, because NIP was a single-person single-line offensive method in that game, that is to say, only one person is needed to scout and stay at a point, and if a large number of people are encountered on the other side, it will be difficult for this person to survive.

But now, on the surface, the NIP seems to be a touch policy, but in fact, there is a close connection between the two sides.

For example, at the end of the passage in Area B, although Medion is also touching forward, but the position is never in the front, behind him, Ahl who is responsible for the connection is in the open space behind the yellow room, if Medion hangs, he can not only avenge it, but also contain the firepower of Area B, and can also notify others to take away weakly in the defense of the square; If Medion breaks out, the whole line can be leaned towards Area B, and even if X3 makes a small trap, it is impossible to deal a devastating blow to NIP.

In fact, HeatoN and Potti in the square are also such a single-person two-line approach.

"This tactic is not deliberately designed, but spontaneously formed according to the long-term run-in of a team, if there is really a tactic in it, it depends on the endgame." Lu Fei explained.

The monkey listened carefully: "Lu, this is what you call an intermediate tactic, right?" ”

Lu Fei nodded: "It can be understood in this way, but this is just a general direction of development." ”

Huo Xixian and Alice didn't understand Lu Fei's explanation very well, but it was precisely because they didn't understand that the two looked at him with admiration.

Pistol game,NIP uses the "encroachment tactic",Advance without haste or impatience,Little by little to stab the forward line out of the B area passage,Even if there are sacrifices,But it's all one for one,X3 paid the price for their passive defense,This price is that even if you have a great metamorphosis, you can't even play the ability to kill,Because the opponent won't rush up at all.。

Before the players on both sides did not transform into a "Super Saiyan", the marksmanship is comparable, if NIP is half a catty, then X3 is eight taels, half a catty VS eight taels, this is not a contest between different grades.

Sure enough, after Medion and Ahl killed Ray and porter in the B Section, the rest of the NIP killed them and successfully buried C4 on the ground floor.

It didn't help that the X3 had a numerical advantage, and the pistols on both sides were almost always up to three shots, resulting in one life.

After the X3 main force has eliminated all the NIPs, the sound of the C4 has reached the limit. Please read, "17K Watch Together" Chinese Network.