Chapter 345 Peace of mind
"The light in this game performed so well. It can be said that alone dragging Tianlu away!"
"I think Tianlu needs to go back and make some adjustments this night. If you can win ENCE with your personal ability, can you win stronger ones?"
You know, this is Cologne, one of the best events in CSGO and the hall that all players dream of.
Every contestant will adjust his condition to the best in Cologne as much as possible, and then try his best on this stage to show his best self and show the whole world.
Even teams like C9 and G2 that have changed their performance in the first round can be said to be very impressive, only Tianlu, which is obviously much worse than their previous games.
"You can't count on light alone. Although he is really strong, no matter how strong his thighs are, they will be cut off for one day."
This situation has happened more than once in the CSGO world. For example, NiKo during the mousesports era, he can be said to be the dean of the dean. Although he also achieved some results with the other four weak teammates, it didn't take long for NiKo to leave and join FaZe, which has stronger teammates.
This is very normal. If you are unhappy in playing, you want to change a team. It is very common in the world of CSGO. It is not like traditional sports that has a history of decades or even hundreds of years. Some clubs have a deep foundation. In the world of e-sports, there is no so-called loyalty at all.
Everyone’s youth has been like these years, and there is really no need to waste it in one place.
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In sharp contrast to Tianlu's difficult victory, there is another winner-group game in Group A. Astralis vs. C9. This A team has completely continued their super performance in the past few months. They directly won C9 with a clean and neat 2-0.
Moreover, the first map is the weakest mirage in Team A. They can win with a score of 16-12. When they went to the second overpass, they almost almost blocked their opponents, and finally gave them a little bit of fatherly love.
The other two games in Group A started the final round of the day. G2, who had changed people, did have some new atmosphere. They defeated Mousesports in a surprise and successfully won a top six spot.
Tianlu's opponent in the second round of the loser group also emerged, that is mousesports!
Tianlu must be very familiar with this opponent, but the mouse is also familiar with you Tianlu.
That night, the players on Tianlu still made pre-match preparations seriously, but when everyone returned to their respective hotel rooms and lay on the bed, their hearts were thumping.
This is a very obvious nervous reaction. Although it is normal to be nervous during competitions like Cologne, Tianlu's players are very clear that it is definitely not a good thing for them to be nervous.
Because this kind of nervousness is actually an exposure of the team members' insecureness towards themselves. Although they say that they will adjust their state and their attitude is very correct, they know the most about what they are doing.
This is a bit like when you are studying. Before taking the exam, you are still very clear about what kind of results you can get in the exam. Even if you act like studying hard before the exam, you can only numb yourself by lying in bed the night before the exam, that is, "I will see the exam tomorrow in the past two days", but reality will never happen according to your design.
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Although Cologne is a relatively large city in Germany and even the entire Europe, the population of hundreds of thousands is still too small in the eyes of Chinese people.
This also leads to no nightlife in Cologne's nights, so contestants can get a very good rest in the hotel.
Zhao Yiyang slept very soundly this time because he was like a top student in the class and the top student in the school. He was always confident about his strength.
But looking at the others in Tianlu, the dark circles betrayed their mental journey last night.
"Hey, don't feel pressure today. MOUZ is not in good condition. We will definitely have a chance to play with a steady pace!"
Zhao Yiyang can only use this kind of words to make his teammates adjust his mentality, but he is right. MOUZ is indeed in poor condition if he loses to such a G2.
Cologne will only come to the real gymnasium to conduct offline competitions with audiences after entering the semi-finals. Before that, everyone still has to go to a studio to play the competition.
When Tianlu's team members arrived at the studio, the first two BO3 games of Group B had just finished.
The first game was a "Asian Civil War". The Cowboys still easily won the BOOT that was just to make up for the numbers. The second game allowed people to find the team with the worst condition in this game, that is, liquid.
At this time, Liquid had just introduced the strongest tool man TACO from the Brazilian team, but their actual performance on the field was not as good as they imagined. TACO was not particularly good in English and could not integrate into Liquid's tactical system, so his record was basically at the bottom of each game.
They lost to the second brother of Denmark North in the first round of the loser group with a score of 0-2. Although the game was still quite anxious, the first round of the game was just one round. I feel that Liquid would definitely have the idea of changing the formation again after Cologne.
After these two games, it was Tianlu's turn to knockout round. Although one round of games was avoided, if you only scored 9-12, I believe that not only the club, but also the fans of China will not be satisfied.
Although maybe a year ago, someone told you that Tianlu could get 9-12 in Cologne, and these fans would be happy, but there should be a comparison between everything. Compared with Tianlu's other competitions in the first half of 2018, fans have already raised their expectations for this team.
"It can be seen that the players are under a lot of pressure!"
The live director gave the shots of the players on both sides of the battle, but the expressions of Tianlu's players and the Mouse players were surprisingly similar. Everyone had a gloomy face and no smiles. They felt the pressure at a glance.
"Let's take a look at BP. I hope the map can be Tianlu's specialty!"
It was Tianlu who came up first. No surprise, Tianlu still banned Nuke. Although they had been practicing Nuke for half a month, seeing that the team members were in this state, some of the confidence they had already accumulated disappeared directly.
On the mouse, the train was banned, and Tianlu directly chose inferno. At this moment, Tianlu still chose his traditional strongest map, Purgatory Town.
It feels like only the town can make them feel at ease.
Chapter completed!