Author: Youcai loves to eat beans

When life became more fulfilling, Wang Che felt that the days passed faster.

Sit face to face with your new teammates to train, play training matches every day, then review the games and discuss tactics.

The little half a month passed in a blink of an eye.

2021 has arrived quietly.

On January 7, the game that Wang Che and others were looking forward to officially started.

The first season of the European Esports Development Championship was a CSGO competition co-sponsored by a Maltese esports organization and a Polish esports organization.

Completely online competition.

After all, this B-level event does not have much exposure and does not have many sponsors.

Naturally, there won’t be much money for players to compete offline.

The sixteen teams invited are all second-tier professional teams in Europe.

It is said to be the second tier, but many of these teams can compete with the first tier strong teams.

For example, the CIS team K23, the Spanish team Movistar Riders, and the Russian teams forZe and BEZ ZP.

In the BEZ ZP team, there is the famous top libero Seized.

Poland's Illuminar Gaming, which owns major champion Snax, also participated in this event.

This is the strength of the European Shark Tank.

No matter which team there is, they have the potential to win the championship.

Sixteen teams are divided into four groups.

The group stage adopts the GSL format, which is a double-elimination elimination system.

The first game is BO1, and all subsequent games are BO3.

Double elimination.

Each group will decide the two teams that will advance within the next 2 days.

After entering the knockout rounds, it will be BO3.

After the simple online opening ceremony, the Group A competition began immediately.

Because the schedule is not tight, Wang Che and his teammates also have time to sit down and watch the live broadcast of the game.

It takes time to watch the live broadcast, but you can intuitively see the actions of both parties.

Through discussions between commentators and teammates, it is easier to see through the vulnerabilities of the opponent.

Any team may be the next opponent.

It is also important to know your opponent.

The battle in Group A was extremely fierce.

Endpoint defeated the Hungarian team Budapest Five for the first time and then defeated forZe 2:0.

The young Israeli player flameZ in the team performed extremely well and led the team to become the first team to advance to the knockout rounds.

Polish IG, who played a training match with Wang Che, lost to forZe in the first game, and then lost to Budapest Five with a score of 1:2.

Become the first team to be eliminated.

Budapest Five broke out in a desperate situation and eliminated Polish IG. In the next game against forZe, they also burst out with amazing power.

Winning the game with a total score of 2:1, both advancing with Endpoint.

In the subsequent Group B, the strength gap between the teams was relatively large.

HellRaisers was the first to advance with its absolute strength, and the Bulgarian team SKADE followed closely and entered the knockout round.

Galaxy Racer and Team Heretics in the same group didn't even make a splash.

The Copenhagen Fire team's Group C match didn't start until the 11th.

The other three teams are...

CIS team K23.

ALTERNATE aTTaX from Germany.

and NAVI Junior.

K23 is headquartered in Kazakhstan. The eldest brother in the team is mou, who was the sniper of the 2017 Krakow major champion Red Star.

There is a Russian young player named n0rb3r7 in this team, who is said to be ridiculously strong.

This is also the first opponent the Fire Team will face.

ALTERNATE aTTaX is known as the talent transfer base for German CSGO.

Today, k1to, tiziaN, syrsoN, and OG's mantuu in the German tank BIG all come from this club.

The background is evident.

And NAVI Junior is a team that needs no introduction.

NAVI's youth training team.

Just the four letters of NAVI can represent their strength.

The 15-year-old member of the team, m0NESY, is hailed as Simple’s successor.

AWP is fast and accurate.

Everywhere you look, there are powerful enemies.

In order to study their playing style.

Hooxi had already found the demos of previous games played by these teams and took the team members to watch them all night long.

Therefore, the closer to the competition, the later Wang Che returns to the rental house.

Courses at the language school have been temporarily suspended.

On the 11th, after exercising in the morning, Wang Che went straight to the club.

The training room was still empty at this time.

Because most people stay up very late the day before and don't get up until noon to eat.

Wang Che sat down alone and opened CSGO.

After practicing gun shooting for half an hour on Aimbot. (Aimbot, a gun training map from the CSGO Creative Workshop)

I will try to compete on the RANK ladder on faceit again.

It was too early, and there were simply not enough 10 people in fpl-c to fight.

You can only hit the ladder.

Although the intensity cannot be compared with the competition, it helps Wang Che find the rhythm of the battle.

After all this is done, the members of the fire team will appear one after another.

"Hi, Clear, you're still here so early." Hooxi was the first person to come to the training room besides Wang Che.

"The game doesn't start until this afternoon."

He is the captain and is responsible for more things, so he often needs to get up early.

In the past, he was the first to come to the training room.

But after Wang Che joined the Fire Team, he became the first player to go to the training room instead of him.

When Wang Che heard the sound, he turned around and said hello to Hooxi.

"It's okay if you have nothing to do. Let's warm up by playing the ladder first."

"Well, that's pretty good..." Hooxi said with a look of approval. "If I remember correctly, this afternoon's game should be your first professional game?"

"Indeed." Wang Che nodded.

"Keep in mind this feeling on the court. It will be completely different from playing a training match with you... By the way, if, I mean if, you need mental health consultation, I can recommend someone to you, and I will definitely help you.

You are helpful."

"Thank you, but I don't think I can use it yet." Wang Che smiled helplessly.

"That's the best, Clear. I've seen many young players who are strong and excellent in training matches, but when it comes to official matches, whether online or offline, their performance is always unsatisfactory."

Hooxi looked serious, he had no doubt about Wang Che's strength.

But no matter how strong you are, you must have a chance to show it.

For these young players, there are too few opportunities to appear in official competitions.

So every game is very important.

Although it can't be seen in normal training matches, Hooxi is still a little worried that Wang Che will be nervous because he is participating in a professional match for the first time.
To be continued...