The next morning, although Meng De did not take the initiative to wake up the others to get up for training, they were extra conscious today.
Everyone got up early and started their daily training very early.
Because today is a special day, this is the first time that VC has entered the finals in a large S-level international competition.
Prior to this, their best result was fourth place in a similar competition.
Although Meng De reminded them last night that they should eat and drink as they should, so don't take the finals too seriously and don't put unnecessary pressure on yourself.
"But who doesn't care!" S1mple yawned and turned on the computer. Last night he was so excited that he didn't fall asleep until late at night. He kept thinking about what would happen in today's game, with all kinds of good and bad results.
He was so full of fantasies that he couldn't calm down at all.
Perhaps facing this kind of competition, some people can not care and still maintain a clear understanding and be very rational before the finals.
But for VC, a group of guys who have always yearned for victory, they obviously can't calm down when they are about to have the opportunity to win their first championship trophy.
Everyone in the hotel training room showed more or less sleepiness, but they were in good spirits, and no one was lazy in their respective training.
"Everyone, please slow down and warm up properly." Meng De did not go out this morning. Instead, he ordered some simple breakfast in the hotel. The time now is still a bit tense.
"Today we just need to maintain our original state, that's enough."
Mengde paused and said: "Today is our first time in the finals. Although we have rich experience in competitions, we have never had a championship..."
In fact, they have always known about this thing that is criticized by the outside world.
There was even a time when S1mple was having an argument with other players on Twitter, and the other players all used this statement, leaving S1mple with nothing to say.
"It depends on today." Wang Yuning nodded seriously from the side.
This is his first major event after joining VC, so he naturally takes it very seriously.
After hearing the two chatting, the team members became more serious about training.
Meng De looked at everyone in the room and added: "Don't take what I just said seriously."
"We have spent a lot of effort and played various games for today's stage. If we can win the championship today, it will be the result of our hard work."
"Now I am keeping the original training volume. If I lose energy due to overtraining, the problem will be more serious."
After hearing this, S1mple and others calmed down from their agitated mood.
Training is still serious, but not so anxious.
…
The Blast series of events previously did not have a large weight among all CSGO events.
But with the professional level of the competition group, there are enough competitions every year, and the intensity and quality of the competition can be maintained quite well.
Its own status has gradually increased.
In the opinion of the community, the ST Autumn Tournament originally saw that although the strength of all the players was above the first line, there was no team like AE participating, and the entire event could only be regarded as a T1 level.
However, as the finals of the Balst Autumn Championship began, the two teams VC and HC gave priority to their performance in the competition and performed amazing performances time and time again, directly increasing the popularity of the competition.
YSG lost the last game in the lower bracket, which put everyone's attention on the finals.
In this tournament, HC won all the games except losing to VC once in the group stage.
VC's strength is not far behind. In addition to losing to YSG once in the finals due to poor conditioning, they entered the loser's bracket with a complete victory and entered the finals.
Therefore, the two teams have been in extremely hot form recently. It is really unclear to the audience who will be the winner of today's game.
After the finals list was released, Blast officials released a video on Twitter to warm up. In the video, the official made an interaction about the support rates of the two teams.
The final result is that everyone is more optimistic about HC, with the support rates of both parties being 55.3 and 44.7 respectively.
In fact, everyone has expected this. After all, in terms of hard power, VC is ranked 4th in the world and HC is ranked 2nd.
Why No. 2 is stronger than No. 4? This simple and clear reason does not need to be explained.
What's more, VC is still the first competition where the new lineup is getting used to. Whether it can survive the high-intensity confrontation in the finals without problems is still a question worth pondering.
Audiences in Europe and the United States are also going crazy, tweeting at members of the two teams in an attempt to stir up some excitement.
Then Kuku of the HC team was picked out by the audience and explained on Twitter: The opponent of the ST finals.
After the ST Autumn Season, it is self-evident that he will get tickets for the ST Finals.
At this moment, Kuku is like an old general on the stage, with flags all over his body.
He didn't know that someone in the LOL profession next door had said something similar, and he died miserably.
However, the VC is not aware of these situations for the time being, because on the day before the game, Meng De did not let the players pay attention to the comments on the forum.
At this moment, they only need to adjust their body and mind, and then go all out to cope with the next game.
…
"In the live broadcast room of the st autumn finals, I am the commentator for this game."
"I am Taro Yuan."
He is still a familiar face to the domestic CSGO audience. He has rich professional knowledge and passionate Coke, which is the signature golden partner in the commentary.
After finishing the simple opening remarks, Coke then explained the situation at the scene to the audience:
"After several days of fierce competition, the last game of the Blast Autumn Split will come to an end today."
Taro Yuan nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, today's protagonists are HC from Finland and our own team VC."
"Speaking of these two teams, their current rankings in the world are not low. HC is ranked 2nd in the world, while VC is ranked 4th in the world. There is GG who has been eliminated in the middle."
Cola continued: "These two teams have been in pretty good shape recently. In today's game, the champion of the ST Autumn Season successfully received 200,000 US dollars and qualified for the ST Global Finals, both in terms of honors and rewards.
They have to work hard for it."
Taro Yuan followed Coke's words and continued: "In today's game, the strength of the two teams is still very impressive, whether it is HC's synchronized cooperation, some small changes in the system, or VC's new tactics, outstanding personal abilities
, are all a highlight of this game.”
This is when Taro Yuan noticed a change in the scene in the live broadcast room and said: "The players have successfully entered the venue. The players have begun to debug the equipment. The most important BP stage of this game is about to begin."
…
Faced with the overwhelming roar of the audience, the VC crowd slowly walked across the red carpet.
Following S1mple's movements, everyone spread their hands and interacted with the audience on both sides of the red carpet.
They could feel that S1mple's pace was a little slow at this moment.
However, all VC members felt that S1mple's pace today was just right, allowing them to enjoy this moment.
"My heart is really surging!" Even the usually calmest director couldn't calm down as usual when the audience around him shouted your name loudly.
"What did you say!
"NIKO heard the director's voice and asked loudly at the top of his lungs.
This is not his usual way of speaking, but the audience around him is too enthusiastic. Otherwise, the director would not be able to hear any of his voice at all.
"I said we have to win today!
Must win!
"The director replied in the same way in NIKO's ear.
NIKO's whole head was buzzing at this moment, but he still replied, "That's for sure!
Why are we here if not to win!"
Meng De, who was at the end of the team, did not urge him. He waited for the team members in front of him to walk forward slowly. In the end, it was less than a few dozen meters away from the red carpet. It took them more than a minute to complete the entire process and reach the stage.
the center of.
"This is what offline games should be like." Wang Yuning sighed sincerely.
In their era, the most glorious time, the Major finals were attended by tens of thousands of spectators.
At a glance, the glow sticks raised by the audience gathered together into a galaxy, and you could count the number of people so crowded that you couldn't count them all in a day.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
A random shout can make people's blood surge and their emotions stir.
This is an offline competition!
"Then we must show everything we have in this competition and let them see our true strength."
After Meng De said this, he calmed down and focused his eyes on the trophy in the center of the stage.
The trophy is silver-white in color, very ordinary in style, and has no special features.
But it made countless talented young people sacrifice everything for it.
"It should look good if we take pictures of it and post it on WeChat Moments." Xiao Gui said next to him.
NIKO's lips curved upward and he said, "Then it depends on our abilities."
The on-site host came over and gave the two teams a pre-match interview.
By the time the finals arrived, even if the two teams simply talked about their goals, it was already very tense.
Because there can only be one final champion, no matter what, one team will become the loser in this game.
After all the trash talk before the game, NIKO's skills were still outstanding, causing the audience to scream in surprise.
After the pre-game interviews, the two teams began to come to both sides of the stage and entered their own battle rooms to prepare for debugging equipment and preparing for the game.
"Relax, everyone." Watching the team members take their seats one after another, Meng De acted as a temporary psychologist and began to relieve their stress, "We have played against HC twice, one win and one loss. It's not really a fight.
Not worth them."
"As I said before, we have already done the hard work we need to do. If we can win this game, it will be the result of our hard work."
No one answered, but took the time to warm up.
Today is destined to be a difficult game. If they want to relax, perhaps they can only gain a considerable advantage in the game.
Soon after being notified by the staff, the BP session was about to begin, and Meng De came to the center of the stage to perform guessing.
"Brothers, good news, we have priority to ban the map." Meng De, who returned to the battle room, talked about the advantage he had gained for his team.
It shines in front of everyone who is warming up. There is no doubt that this is definitely a very good advantage.
In a BO3 game, although everyone can get the right to choose the map, the order of the maps is still very important.
After all, the players playing the game are living people with flesh and blood and emotions.
The outcome of Figure 1 will definitely have an impact on the next game.
CSGO is not a turn-based game in the true sense.
Because every round it has an impact on the subsequent situation, even the emotions of the players.
The team members have finished their warm-up, and the BP part of the game has officially begun.
First of all, VC still banned Death Amusement Park. The winning rate of this map is low, and the new lineup has been tried too few times, so there is no need to select it.
HC, on the other hand, took away VC's dead city. HC's recent state of this map is not good, and it was almost overturned several times after being selected.
Facing VC in a dead city in such an unskilled state is definitely not a good decision.
The first round of Ban maps for both sides ended, and it was time for VC to choose the first map.
Although Meng De wants to force HC to take the initiative to choose Lost City, HC is a team that plays more complex things. Even if he doesn't take Lost City, he can barely play other maps.
To be on the safe side, Meng De finally locked it.
The style of Lost City appears on the logo in Figure 1.
It's HC's turn to make a choice. Desert Lost City has now been selected. For them, the next step is to choose a map between Purgatory Town and Nuclear Crisis.
"Let's fight in small towns." Kuku took the initiative and said, "The winning rate of Nuclear Crisis 77 is really a bit scary."
Although he knows that the new VC lineup may not necessarily achieve that kind of winning rate in the nuclear crisis, it is still a bit worrying.
They had also watched the match between VC and FG before. FG was well prepared on that map, but the result was not ideal. The three members of VC broke out in succession, beating FG to a bloody head.
They thought that in the nuclear crisis, this map was not as prepared as FG, so they finally chose to let him go.
V Hot Sand City.
HC took away the nuclear crisis.
Finally, a train was left.
Since then, all BPs in BO3 have ended.
Figure 1: Lost City in the Desert
Figure 2: Purgatory Town
Figure 3: Train parking station
…
For this result, VC is quite acceptable.
But at the same time, HC also thinks the results are good.
For these two teams, except for the different results of individual maps due to play styles, the other map pools are actually highly overlapping.
This is why they were able to get the game map they wanted after several confrontations.
Because the opponent also wants to play these maps, this is the main reason.
On the VC side, everyone stood up in unison and gathered around.
As the leader, Meng De pondered for a while and said proactively: "I have said everything that needs to be said, and I will no longer make chicken soup for your soul here."
"It has been more than a year since I became the head coach. Thanks to everyone's hard work, I have achieved this result."
"Although today is the first time we have entered the finals, it does not mean that we must lose the first time. Who stipulates that we cannot win in the first finals?"
"We are here to break this prejudice and let them know."
"we are!
"
"VC!
"
This simple sentence is now a great inspiration to VC people.
Under the warm cheers of the audience, all VC players began to officially enter the competition server in Figure 1.