Chapter 90 Jiang Yang: "Please question first!"
February 15, 2022, Lantern Festival.
Suitable for: offering sacrifices, seeking children, tailoring clothes, making alliances...
CSGO players are looking forward to the first gold medal event of the year, but at this moment NIKO is still nervous to welcome their substitute.
Standing in the pick-up hall, NIKO held up a sign and carefully distinguished the passengers not far away.
"How about I hold it for you for a while."
The thinner m0nesy on the side said weakly.
"It's okay, I'll just take it..." NIKO said, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Here he comes!"
m0nesy turned his head and immediately saw Jiang Yang's figure.
It was not warm in Katowice in February. Everyone was wearing cotton-padded jackets and looked very simple.
But among the crowd, Jiang Yang was wearing a black cotton jacket, classic blue jeans underneath, and even had a crew-cut haircut.
It was a completely ordinary dress, but m0nesy looked at it as if he saw a male model.
They are both 16 years old, how come this guy is so handsome? ...m0nesy was a little surprised.
NIKO waved happily towards Jiang Yang, and Jiang Yang, wearing a mask, walked towards him.
"Finally, I waited until you came." NIKO breathed a sigh of relief.
The main reason is that I am very tight on time and I am worried that I will give up because I will not be able to participate in the competition.
"It took me some time to go through the formalities and so on." Jiang Yang explained.
NIKO noticed that Jiang Yang was looking at m0nesy, and introduced him: "m0nesy, the former leading sniper in NAVI's youth training."
Then he pointed at Jiang Yang: "This is young, the strongest newcomer at the Stockholm Major. This guy is also a rising star who has been co-signed by 7 people."
This is an interesting episode. At the beginning of 2022, HLTV announced the top 20 players last year.
Players who receive this honor will recommend several rising stars in the interview section.
Then the community made statistics and Jiang Yang received 7 recommendations for rising stars.
"We know each other." Jiang Yang stretched out his hand towards m0nesy, "We have played together in FPL many times before, and today is the first time we meet. Hello."
m0nesy also reached out and shook Jiang Yang's hand, "Hello, hello."
m0nesy now feels like a gay netizen offline, but he still feels a little embarrassed after all.
Jiang Yang is quite familiar with you: "Actually, I have known you for a long time. When I joined the second team of Mouz, I was still thinking about whether I would have a chance to play against you."
NIKO laughed next to him: "This guy is actually very talented, and NAVI is not willing to sell it, but look at the guy above him."
“If we have to wait, maybe we will still be the ‘S1mple successor’ in 10 years.”
"Who can stand up to that guy S1mple!" NIKO complained.
As a player of the same period, S1mple is a hardworking and talented player. He has spent too long on CSGO.
And there is no sign of decline yet. Even if he plays in NAVI until he is 30 years old, NIKO won't be surprised.
Therefore, m0nesy cannot wait for the opportunity in NAVI step by step, and can only go out.
m0nesy smiled: "The main reason is that I have not improved much in the youth training, and it is time to go abroad. G2 just found me before the Stockholm Major..."
Then m0nesy asked with some gossip: "But why did you join the second team of Mouz? After the Stockholm Major this time, shouldn't there be many teams looking for you?"
Jiang Yang nodded, "Yes, even G2 came to me."
m0nesy instantly felt alarm bells ringing in his heart.
Among the younger generation of snipers, Torzsi can barely be considered a rival, but for him, the real devil is Jiang Yang.
The super rookie in Stockholm, he watched the whole process, it was really scary.
When he was in the youth training league, he had one green and four reds every day, but at least the reds were not obvious to his teammates.
But Jiang Yang's performance in Stockholm was completely his puls version. When he thought about this kind of person competing with him, he was surprised how he could win.
Jiang Yang saw the nervousness in m0nesy's eyes and took the initiative to comfort him: "You asked me to come over and shoot the rifle, but I still want to play sniper and become the core of the team, so I didn't agree."< br>
After hearing this, m0nesy also felt relieved.
NIKO looked at Jiang Yang: "You are really similar to S1mple when you were young. Both of you are so confident."
Jiang Yang smiled: "It looks like it, it shouldn't be."
Jiang Yang feels that his personality is relatively lively and not as stressful as S1mple.
"Mainly because the way I debuted was too wild, I just wanted to find a place that could teach me and study hard. In the end, by accident, I ended up here in Mouz."
Listening to Jiang Yang's words, NIKO had a better impression of this guy: "You just have to have a clear plan. You are still young now, so you are not in a hurry to find front-line job opportunities."
He has seen too many episodes of young geniuses emerging from nowhere and quickly disappearing from the crowd after joining the first-line team.
If this kind of player enters the first team, and then disappears, the final result will be to return to the second team.
Jiang Yang has just changed his order now, and a return to study will actually allow him to solidify his foundation.
NIKO feels that this kid will definitely have a bright future in the future.
After getting on the G2 car, Jiang Yang asked curiously: "Shall we go directly to the hotel now?"
NIKO said: "I originally planned to take you to a nightclub to have fun and catch up."
"Nightclubs are an exaggeration."
Jiang Yang had heard that NIKO was nicknamed the Little Prince of Nightclubs, but he didn't expect to take him to a nightclub as soon as he got off the plane.
"Forget it now, it's getting late today. I'll take you back to have a rest. You can sleep for a while and we'll have a few ladder games tonight to try and get a feel for what it's like offline."
After all, there are differences between online and offline. In offline games, the actions and demeanor of every teammate around you can have an impact on the game.
Although it was a bit unexpected this time, the G2 group still tried their best to get a good result.
At least there has to be an ending of ‘defeat, glory’.
NIKO thought that Jiang Yang would feel a little rushed. After all, it would not feel good to go to work right after getting off the plane.
"Okay!" Jiang Yang rubbed his hands, "In order to prepare things and fly here, I haven't played games for two days, and my hands are itchy."
NIKO is happy.
Good guy, this boy is a pure internet addict.
Looks like m0nesy has company.
The car slowly drove towards the hotel provided by the event team.
As he approached the hotel, Jiang Yang saw fans of various teams starting to appear on the roadside. They were wearing team uniforms or holding some team-specific support items, and they were walking towards the hotel one by one.
According to NIKO, this is the style of Katowice.
This group of fans mainly come to catch players around the hotel. Sometimes the team will go out together, and they will have the opportunity to get a few autographs and the like.
As a famous e-sports mecca, Katowice is a place of pilgrimage for countless e-sports fans.
“If you haven’t been to Katowice, you know nothing about European esports.”
Even in Stockholm, Jiang Yang felt that the surrounding atmosphere was not so hot, which surprised Jiang Yang.
NIKO looked at Jiang Yang's curious look and opened the car window.
After a while, passers-by spotted G2's car and then saw Jiang Yang by the car window.
"young, Hello!!!"
"NIKO!!!" shouted by this group of CSGO players, Jiang Yang was forced to wave to them and say hello briefly.
Fortunately, the G2 driver had no intention of slowing down, otherwise Jiang Yang felt that he would have to stay here to sign autographs for several hours today.
Later, NIKO was chatting again, explaining to him some things he had encountered on Cato before, but Jiang Yang didn't care much.
The car quickly arrived at the hotel, and NIKO and m0nesy took Jiang Yang to check in.
After checking in, NIKO and others originally planned to let Jiang Yang rest, but for Jiang Yang, playing CS is the best rest.
A group of people started ladder simulation training non-stop.
……
After a few days of running-in training, it was the night before the start of IEM Katowice.
XTQZZZ found Xiao Lizi and asked how the situation of joining the substitutes was going.
After the two people reviewed the video, XTQZZZ asked: "How was young's performance?"
The training matches in the first two days were average. I can't tell what level Jiang Yang is now. I can only say that he has adapted well.
Today, Xiao Lizi changed to the ladder method, so that Jiang Yang had no worries about his performance. He always felt that Jiang Yang was a bit too upright in his current position.
Li Zi smiled and said: "I'm quite satisfied. It's even better than I expected. Moreover, this guy has a pretty good personality. He's already getting along well with m0nesy. At least you don't have to worry about the communication issues in the next game..."
During the previous training matches, he felt that Jiang Yang quickly adapted to JackZ's position.
But he always felt a little weird.
In the past two days, he took the initiative to review the video, and found that Jiang Yang was not adapting at all. He simply invited JackZ to him.
Completely copying JackZ's formulaic play style without any of his own ideas.
So Xiao Lizi decisively found Jiang Yang and placed Jiang Yang in Jack's original position, but let Jiang Yang operate with his own ideas and playing methods.
This time, the whole taste changed instantly.
When they were on defense in the past, what they often said to Jack was: "Hold on! We will return to defense immediately!"
If Jack can replace one, there won't be much pressure to return to defense later.
Then, this is what Jiang Yang said to them during the defense: "There is one at point B, and it fell!"
"The opponent has increased their speed. Replace two of them, and there is still one who is disabled."
"I saved myself, the opposite position is xxx, xxx, xxx..."
This guy is just ridiculously strong!
As the team leader of G2, Xiao Lizi understands how difficult JackZ's position is to play.
Defend the area and go first in offense.
A proper tool man position.
However, in the training matches, the data really cannot reflect Jiang Yang's role in the team.
The members of G2 are getting smoother and smoother, and their attitude toward Jiang Yang is getting better and better.
Originally, several of my buddies had no hope for IEM Katowice this time, but this wave of Jiangyang has blended in perfectly, and even the overall strength has improved a bit.
Now they have expectations for the game.
……
After Jiang Yang had just adapted to the style of play of the entire G2 team, the group stage of IEM Katowice also officially began.
Because of his height, Jiang Yang wore a NIKO uniform and went directly to the field with the team.
On the first day of the group stage, they faced the traditional wealthy club FNATIC.
After 21 years of wasted time, after the Stockholm Major, FNATIC finally decided to change everything.
They broke with tradition, incorporating and centering the English on two Germanic warriors.
Nowadays, the combat effectiveness on paper is quite good. At least in the eyes of the outside world, it is still more powerful than the "remnant G2".
However, compared to the victory in this game, everyone's eyes were still on Jiang Yang before the game.
Before the game started, Jiang Yang was caught by the host for an interview while holding his peripherals.
"Welcome to the interview session at IEM Katowice. Next to me is young from G2!"
When talking about G2, the host extended his voice.
"Strictly speaking, I am G2.NIKO now!" Jiang Yang said, showing everyone his NIKO uniform.
"How does it feel to join G2? I am referring to your recent training situation." the host asked.
This is also something that many netizens are curious about. They are all concerned about whether G2 as a whole has maintained a certain combat effectiveness after Jiang Yang joined G2, or whether the overall level has declined.
Jiang Yang sighed and said: "The situation is not very good, so I hope everyone will agree in their hearts that we are out, so that even if we are really out, everyone will not feel too uncomfortable."
"The team environment is different from what Mouz is in, and I'm trying to adapt."
"But this time everyone just enjoys the game. I will try my best."
This is not a lie. When he first joined, Jiang Yang clearly felt that there were some vague problems in the G2 team.
The entire team's training was just like going to work, and there wasn't much fun at all.
And there seems to be some issues with the team's right to speak.
As a star player, NIKO usually does not participate in the team's decision-making. Instead, the hunter is more involved.
As a newcomer in the team, m0nesy may also be nervous to perform next to his idol.
There is a very strange and abstract atmosphere in the whole team.
But Jiang Yang believes that this may be G2.
In the next few days, he and the G2 members slowly got along.
Jiang Yang concluded: "So fans, don't have high expectations for us yet, let us question first, okay?"
The host was a little surprised by Jiang Yang's pessimistic attitude.
But when I think about it carefully, I think it's quite normal. After all, he came as a substitute, G2 didn't have a full lineup, and Jiang Yang didn't play his position well.
The two said goodbye to each other, and Jiang Yang returned to his position and quickly warmed up.
The two sides began to start BP.
FNATIC removed Sha Er.
G2 removed the amusement park.
Then FNATIC took the initiative to choose a nuclear crisis.
G2 locked the Lost City.
Both sides then remove one card each, leaving Purgatory Town as the third picture.
Seeing this BP, the pressure in Jiang Yang's heart was greatly reduced. He knew how to play these maps, as long as he played as he should.
Although I accidentally entered a traffic team like G2, I received a lot of attention.
But if they fail to play well, netizens will still be very aggressive.
Although Jiang Yang likes skewering, it would not be fun if he was really beaten to pieces.
……
Some of the previous transfers were not handled well. I will change the previous transfer contents first
(End of chapter)