On Tuesday, September 12th, London was still raining, but for the players, their hearts were hot.

Mainly because today is the first day of the major competition, and the first round of the competition officially started at 10 a.m.

Because all the games are BO3 in the Swiss round, the first round of the main game is still two games.

The match between Tianlu and Winstrike started with G2 and HellRaisers at 10 o'clock, and Tianlu's players also got up early and came to the venue to warm up.

"MD, this venue is a bit cold!"

The temperature in London is not very high, and it is raining outside, so it naturally looks cold inside the venue. Tianlu puts on long-sleeved team uniforms, but their opponents, namely the CIS men, have short-sleeved T-shirts.

"Hello everyone, everyone, the competition is about to begin!"

Winning has an eight-hour time difference with China. 10 am in London is exactly 6 pm in China time.

Although this day is Tuesday, for most students and people who get off work normally, they can also watch the game at this time.

"Today is a long night, I hope the game won't be played until 8 am tomorrow."

Although CSGO games are all BO3, the average duration is still very long. The main reason is that there is an overtime mechanism. If both sides play for 30 rounds, then there is a possibility of unlimited additions in the overtime.

"The BP has come out here, the game map is inferne and train!"

"BP is still relatively good for Tianlu. I hope they can get a good start. After all, Winstrike's condition is really not very good!"

Although Winstrike is also a CIS team, their strength is not enough to support them in expanding too deeply. Tianlu just likes to fight against the three-pronged team because they are still very confident about their three-pronged approaches.

The first round officially started from 10:30, and when the time just came to early 12, the BO3 game was over.

Tianlu won the first game with a huge difference of 16-6 and 16-3 on two maps. Overall, the audience felt that Tianlu played too well, but that this Winstrike was really too delicious.

There is no cooperation with props, no tactics, just pulling the gun and then being beaten.

Zhao Yiyang didn't even sweat and didn't use his performance, so his teammates ended the game.

In this game, Zhao Yiyang's data was not even the best, and there were more people who were killed by B and Xiao Gui than him.

"Comfortable!"

In the major competition, I met the weakest opponent in the first round of the competition, which is really comfortable. After all, 16-to-8 is a process of seeking three wins, and it is quite satisfying to get a win easily.

Unlike Tianlu's side, another game that started at the same time seemed very anxious.

Although G2 was only ranked 20th in the world at this time, HellRaisers ranked 14th. In such offline competitions, the French veterans of G2 played their skills.

They finished the turnaround in the second half when they were behind in the first half of the first map and dragged the game into overtime.

In overtime, they won the first map with a score of 22-20, telling the world that experienced veterans really have room to play in majors.

However, on the second map chosen by HellRaisers himself, G2 was still beaten without any suspense. When the game reached the third map, both sides were anxious again. In the end, HellRaisers, who were in better shape, won the game.

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Tianlu returned to the hotel from the venue after his game, after all, they had no competition on the first day.

In the hotel, they can practice guns by themselves, or they can watch other opponents' competitions and learn some practical routines.

"This is a bit of a problem!"

In the second round, FaZe, the runner-up of the previous major, appeared. Although their record this year is very good, FaZe has not had any good results in the past two months.

This sluggish state was also brought to the major. When they faced NiP, they were upset. They only persisted for two hours in NiP's hands and then lost 0-2 directly.

The slow-heating CIS overlord NaVi, who has the same fate as FaZe, is currently ranked second in the world, but their opponent liquid is also third in the world at this time.

As a result, a NaVi, who performed poorly in the first round, continued its tradition, and simple was directly beaten by Liquid's gun.

From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., all eight BO3 games on the first day were finally completed.

In the end, the eight teams that won advanced to the 1-0 pool, while the remaining 8 teams could only compete in the 0-1 pool.

The eight teams that won in the first round were Tianlu, Hell Raisers, liquid, NiP, BIG, Vega, COL and Team A.

After the last match between Team A and MOUZ, the draw for the second round of the game was immediately held.

Tianlu was also waiting in front of the screen at this time, because they got up very early today, and after the lottery was over, they still wanted to analyze the team's opponent tomorrow, so everyone's rest today may not be too good.

However, their opponents in the second round were relatively good at playing BIG. This German team performed very well after the middle of the year and ranked 9th in the world.

However, Tianlu felt that facing this BIG in the second round was easier than facing opponents like A or liquid. Although they beat liquid in the previous qualifiers, no one would think that they would definitely win the second time if they win once.

In 2018, except for the alien Astralis, other teams could basically fight around, and there was no ever-winning general.

BIG and Tianlu’s map pool are quite similar, so from the perspective of the map pool, Tianlu does not need to do much effort.

This BIG is actually somewhat similar to the current liquid, that is, they are still a team that prefers to win by marksmanship. This kind of team is more in good condition. When they are in good condition, they will play against anyone, but when they are in bad condition, they may not be able to beat anyone.

Therefore, what Tianlu needs to pay attention to is big's marksmanship. In this German team, the snipers are British, but this British is in good condition this year. Their current results are inseparable from this.

However, the good news is that Tianlu's game the next day was held in the afternoon, which means that at least tomorrow morning, the players can have a good night's sleep and not get up before they wake up to play the game.
Chapter completed!