Chapter 644 The helplessness of the Internet cafe team

Author: Goblin Coffee

Chapter 644 The helplessness of the Internet cafe team

In the morning, I reviewed yesterday’s game against GG and summarized some effective playing methods.

In the afternoon, after a brief rest, Meng De also led his players to discuss the game strategy against IMO.

As an Internet cafe team, IMO is generally an underdog in the eyes of the audience.

Of course, this weak team is also compared to the first-line team.

Are they really weak?

Meng De didn't do much research on this team, but he knew one thing clearly. Team A now fought all the way from the loser group to the final life and death match. And IMO also fought from the loser group to this game.

The final promotion match.

Their current results in this IEM Imperial City Station are the same. From a performance perspective, there is no gap between the strength of Team A and IMO.

Therefore, regardless of whether IMO is an underdog in a broad sense, Team A will not take this game lightly. After all, this is the final qualification battle. If they can win the game, they can officially enter the offline.

Playing passionately in front of the cheers of the home fans is an indescribably wonderful feeling. They have experienced it once in Shanghai.

Whether it is for the final result or to meet the fans who support them offline, they must play this game well.

But after all, the research is not in-depth, and we can only take a look at their last two games to understand their IMO playing style.

After making their own preparations, the team's psychologist conducted a round of psychological counseling before this important game. Team A showed up and headed to the venue, ready to start today's game.

…

"Come on, come on, brothers, play hard, the most important game is today, whether you can advance or not depends on today!"

In the battle room, ChrisX, as the conductor, was the first to speak before the game started.

For them, since they qualified for the IEM Imperial City Station, their goal has been the knockout stage.

The goal is to set the knockout stage, and naturally the first thing is to get a good result.

The second and most important reason is because there is no money!

As a team that strives for love, deep down in their hearts they still want to achieve good results and become famous, so that all CSGO fans will remember their name.

But it’s hard to make a fool out of nothing. IMO is a team built purely by the king of passers-by. They have no club or sponsors behind them.

There is no external funding, not even a basic salary.

There are six people in the IMO team, one coach, five players, and even the boss is the six of them.

They lack funds and do not have professional training or venues.

Before coming to IEM Imperial City, they had been training in an Internet cafe opened by a water friend in their own country. They were a real Internet cafe team.

Although there are water friends who provide simple training venues, they are still short of funds and cannot find sponsors from outside, so they can only start with bonuses.

This time at the IEM Imperial City Station, you can already have bonuses after entering the group stage.

If they are eliminated now, they can get close to 20,000 US dollars.

Twenty thousand US dollars, apart from their visa application, consumption after flying to China, and everyone's salary to support their families, there is not much left.

But after reaching the knockout round, the result is different.

Unlike those second and third tier competitions, the prize money at IEM Imperial City is very high.

Once you enter the knockout rounds, it will be the top eight offline.

The prize money for the seventh and eighth place is US$40,000, which is double that of the group stage.

And with every subsequent step forward, the bonus basically increases exponentially, which is a great encouragement to them!

So even if they don't have to train in water friends' Internet cafes in the future, they must play this game well!

"Play hard, play hard, Team A is not a simple thing." 800K, the breakthrough player in the team, also said.

They once had a match against Team A, and their heads were smashed. The opponent's rigorous tactics and discipline gave them a headache at that time.

Fortunately, after such a long time, they have gradually become stronger.

Face to face again, I also have a certain degree of confidence in my heart.

…

"Okay, everyone is welcome to watch the last game of the lower bracket of the IEM Imperial City Group Stage. Team A plays against IMO. I am the commentator Nobita."

"I am the gangster you like."

As the live broadcast screen changes, the BP map appears at the bottom of the screen.

"IMO has the priority to ban pictures in this game. They will be the first to ban pictures, and they will ban Nuclear Crisis immediately." Nobita's slightly lazy voice sounded in the live broadcast room.

Xie Jian's voice soon followed: "Nothing unexpected happened on Team A's side. They still carried the amusement park away. They have stopped playing this map."

Xie Jian paused for a moment and expressed emotion: "To be honest, I actually hope to see Team A's amusement park. It's quite interesting to see those new skills created by Cao Thief."

[Very interesting, it refers to the prohibition of climbing]

[Wait until Cao Cao, the thief, lets you carry him to the sky without saying anything again]

[It’s really interesting. Cao Thief’s weird skills always bring surprises to people]

【……】

After the first round of banned pictures, it’s IMO’s turn to choose.

They did not hesitate and directly identified Sha Er.

IMO, they are a typical marksmanship team. On this map with frequent mid-range and long-range gun confrontations, it is easier for them to gain an advantage.

"Team A, after thinking for a long time, they still won the town. The map of town, they have a 70% winning rate in the last 30 maps, there is no reason not to choose it."

There was only the last picture left in the BO3 selection. IMO, the train was removed, and Team A took away the building, leaving only a Lost City in the Desert.

"Good guys, it seems that today's game is very familiar to the audience. Our favorite player in the national server is the third player. I just want to ask, IMO, how can we fight against Team A in this situation?"

"IMO you can only play a dozen of them during training, but our national server has a handful of them!" Xie Jian said with a grin.

Amid the jokes from the commentators, the players from both sides entered the server in Figure 1, and the game officially began.

VC.A vs IMO

Map: Scorching Sand City

T:800K,ChrisX,Fredie,Abl,JJZ

ct:electronic,gla1ve,Broky,zywoo,jamyoung

The game officially begins.

Knowing that IMO his character likes to play in groups, gla1ve chose a very safe play style in the pistol round.

"Broky puts Ah Dian on the A small team, and then you alone scout the A big team on the A platform. The A area will conduct conservative reconnaissance, and the whole team will defend around the middle."

"The load is near door B. Please read the message before moving."

This kind of team that likes to play together is very likely to be promoted quickly in the pistol round.

If they are grouped together and hit a wave, once the first wave does not get too many kills, then Sha Er's return to defense in area B will make them understand what a nightmare is.

In contrast, the difficulty of returning to defense in Area A is not that great. Even if it is lost for a while, the success rate is not low by relying on the team to return to defense.

Ah Dian was immediately put on the A cell, and a smoke bomb flew from the direction of the gangsters and landed on the Xbox box.

"I lost X boxes of cigarettes."

gla1ve raised his gun and kept shooting at A's small crossing point, making some threatening movements. If the bandit wanted to cross the point quickly, he could relieve a lot of pressure on Electronic Brother.

Ah Dian, a small boy in A, was hiding on the edge of the smoke. He waited for a long time but didn't see anyone. He realized that something might be wrong and immediately concluded: "Pay attention to B2, there is no movement in the middle."

After hearing this judgment, Zaiwu walked directly into the white car with the usp in hand, and soon heard footsteps coming from the B2 floor.

"B2 has footsteps, there must be someone there."

Less than two seconds later, a smoke bomb flew out from the B2 floor. Xiao Ju, who was standing at the bunker, kept turning around to take a preview.

The moment he saw the bandit on the B2 floor, he shot him.

"Snapped!"

[VC.A jamyoung used usp to kill IMO.JJZ with a headshot]

"Xiaoju knocked down first. When gla1ve on the sand saw the exchange of fire in area B, he quickly made up for the defense. Now it is 3B's heavy defense."

"The setback at the front point did not make IMO give up the attack. They deployed the second set of props, set fire to the sniper position, added two fake door flashes, and started charging directly!"

When he heard that items started to explode in the bag point, gla1ve was not idle: "I'm going to throw it into the dog hole, so please pay attention to your back when carrying the items!"

After saying that, he immediately started to throw out the flashlight, and Zaiwu quickly turned his head to face the wall.

A flash of light exploded, and Xiao Ju pulled out from behind the pillar. He saw two white bandits walking back from the entrance of B. He chased them with two shots, but missed.

However, Xiao Ju would not think that the other party had all retreated, because he had just clearly heard footsteps in the big box area.
To be continued...