On February 20, the first major of 2019, the qualifiers for IEM Katowitz officially began.

For FaZe, this is their first qualifier to play major one year later, because they performed well in the last FACEIT MJAOR. They were eliminated in the main competition and missed the legendary group.

It is precisely because of that failure that the current personnel replacement of FaZe has been achieved.

In fact, for FaZe, their situation is somewhat similar to NaVi. Although some of the team's strength and status have long been no longer at their peak, as long as there are two kings, Zhao Yiyang and NiKo, at least the lower limit can be maintained.

Moreover, when they started the major, they had been working together for one and a half months, and the state and tacit understanding of the entire team were much better than when they were formed.

The only problem is that five non-native English speakers communicate in English during the competition, and sometimes there are still some lags or unknown situations.

However, this kind of problem is not a big problem with a tough enough marksmanship.

More importantly, after more than a month of offline training, Zhao Yiyang and the big guys in the team have gotten along well, especially Rain and Olaf.

In fact, NiKo is relatively easy to get along with because he is a very serious person. That is to say, if you take him seriously and take things that he takes seriously, you will be very compatible.

In short, it means having a better temper.

The two Nordic men, Olaf and Rain, had no idea what their personalities were before Zhao Yiyang had actually had.

When he was studying abroad, he always felt that these foreigners had some difficulty in communicating. This difficulty was a natural difference in values, but this difference was not much reflected in people in different regions.

For Americans, some of them actually don’t feel anything about people of different skin colors, because there are some people of color in the United States, but some people are more sensitive to this aspect.

Europeans, unlike Americans, may have a lot of pride in their history and culture. In some things, as long as you respect them, they will also respect you.

But Nordic people are still different. They are just like the climate in their hometown and have relatively cold personalities.

Until Zhao Yiyang came into contact with Olaf and Rain, he found that the reason why these two people have such a good reputation in the professional circle is indeed closely related to their good enough people.

There is a clear difference between them and the Finns and they like to joke even more. Although they will not come to chat with you on their own initiative, you can feel that they treat people sincerely.

This made Zhao Yiyang feel safe enough. After all, he chose to go to the other side of the mainland alone to venture out. No matter how strong he is, he would still feel lonely in the quiet night.

At this time, he will turn on the computer and play several CS games. Only in the game can he spend this difficult time.

Originally, he thought that it was so late that he would only be playing CS himself, but when he saw Olaf or rain also came out of his room, he felt that his choice to join FaZe was at least adaptable, which was definitely the right choice.

...

FaZe's first opponent in the qualifiers, coincidentally, happened to be from Asia min.

Because Tianlu entered the legendary group in the last major, they left an additional quota for the Asian minor.

The first Asian minor quota must be the cowboys. After the last major, this Australian team still chose to "get out of Asia and join the United States" and moved the training base to North America in order to make their strength break through to Asia's field.

And this bold choice also made them taste the sweetness. At this time, the Cowboys can be said to be the second-tier team in the world and have a very good chance of reaching the major competition.

And the second Asian minor quota was finally able to turn to his second brother, VG.

After constantly changing the formation, this VG finally found a lineup with the highest tacit understanding, that is, the lineup with Kaze and Freeman as the core.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about Tianlu. Originally, Tianlu wanted to poach Freeman from VG, but due to some problems, it was not possible to make a move.

Tianlu's current lineup is a four-player combination of DD, Xiaogui, Baicai and CY1, plus a new talented boy, Fant4sy Fantsi.

Zhao Yiyang had no impression of this person at all. He didn't have this person in his previous life. Moreover, his name and id were very interesting. His name was Fan Lexi, so he created a fantasy game id.

This newcomer is only 18 years old this year. Although he has been playing CSGO for three years, his level has improved by leaps and bounds a year and a half ago, and he has been ranked first in the 5EPL all the way, and was finally signed by Tianlu.

This was also a big bet by Tianlu. After all, they tasted the sweetness of Zhao Yiyang. However, Zhao Yiyang has paid special attention to this player. His level can indeed be called a genius, but it is only in the Asian arena. If it is placed in Europe, it is actually not outstanding at this age.

However, this is enough for Tianlu to use. After all, it is more useful to find such a person than not.

...

The match between FaZe and VG started at the third game on the first day. When the two sides shook hands before the game, Zhao Yiyang kept smiling. After all, he was still very happy to see his compatriots in a foreign land.

"Show mercy in a while!" 259 also smiled and hugged Zhao Yiyang. These two people knew each other, after all, they had been opponents in Asia for a long time.

"I'm fine, it depends on them!"

Zhao Yiyang made a joke, but from a realistic perspective, even if he really lets the water go, this VG may not be able to beat FaZe.

However, in the competition, VG still showed their improvements in this past six months.

With a legendary team like Tianlu, the development of CS in the entire country has been faster and more powerful than before. Other teams have also learned a lot of world-class methods of dealing with Tianlu in the opportunity to fight or train with Tianlu.

In addition, VG gave up the Spring Festival holiday before the game and came to Europe for training together, so they brought a lot of trouble to FaZe in the game.

"Oh, VG is still not at the absolute strength."

16 to 12, FaZe took the initiative to win a big score from FaZe.

However, as the commentator sighed, VG's personal abilities are still much worse when facing world-class personal abilities like FaZe, and these gaps become the gap between them and the victory of the game.

Zhao Yiyang was a little cold in the first half, but after reaching the defensive side in the second half, he directly won 24 heads in 13 rounds, directly ensuring FaZe's victory.

"This is light, this is his personal ability. Even in a team like FaZe, he is still the one who can increase the team's upper limit!"

"This is top1. Once he has played out, the strength of this FaZe will be terrible!"
Chapter completed!