2-0, Stepping Into Legends Stage!

Haste makes waste.

In the final few rounds, Fnatic gave forZe no chance to score.

The first half score was fixed at 11-4, with Fnatic holding a massive 7-point advantage.

After a short break for the side swap, the game continued.

Fnatic opted for a simple A Site rush in the pistol round.

"Fnatic has a great opportunity right now."

"The attacking Fnatic directly chose to hit A, smoking off the platform and connector, and flushing out the CTs at spawn."

"What about the CTs without a head position at spawn? KENSI doesn't want to retreat, wanting to use the USP's duel advantage to get a few shots on the Terrorists pushing out of A1 first."

"But Aether has a P250 and instantly pulls wide to secure the kill."

"mezii planted the bomb where both spawn and A1 can be seen. Now ALEX is alone at A1, while the remaining four attacking players are on the spawn slope."

"What should the CTs do? Two are rotating through the Archway and VIP, two are rotating through spawn, with no smokes or flashes."

"The CTs at the Archway and VIP can't see anyone. Jerry and Norwi at spawn are about to push wide."

"Fnatic has three guns holding angles, and Jerry and Norwi are instantly eliminated."

"The CTs at the Archway and VIP are moving, but they'll have to face the crossfire from the Terrorists at A1 and the spawn slope!"

"There's no chance!"

"Fnatic takes the pistol round of the second half, extending the score to 12-4."

In the official broadcast, the caster's voice was filled with excitement.

Everyone knew the scales of victory had begun to tip in Fnatic's favor.

Fnatic naturally wouldn't let this hard-won opportunity slip away.

After consecutively winning gun rounds and ECO rounds, the attackers directly extended the score difference to 10 points.

14-4. If Fnatic could win just two more rounds, they would secure the victory.

On the other side, forZe's in-game leader Jerry called a timeout, but he no longer expected to turn the map around.

Jerry glanced at Qin Feng on the Fnatic bench, reminiscent of how Brother Ji EliGE looked at kennyS during an exhibition match.

A sniper gap...

Had zorte failed forZe's trust in him?

Not really.

Even with the team in a dire situation, zorte was still the only player with a positive K/D ratio.

But even though zorte's performance within the team wasn't weak, he ultimately lacked something compared to Aether, who had turned the tide for Fnatic.

"Let's push forward one last time. If we don't, we won't have another chance," Jerry sighed. "Don't let Fnatic's tactics play out too comfortably."

The team's sniper, zorte, suddenly felt a sense of frustration.

ForZe's overall strength wasn't weak, and there weren't many mistakes with his sniper shots, yet forZe's score deficit kept widening against Fnatic.

In reality, the first map had lost all suspense.

Even though forZe managed to claw back two points in the remaining time, they still couldn't withstand the sharpness of Aether's sniper rifle.

Finally, the score for the first map settled at 16-6.

"Congratulations to Fnatic for securing the first win in the Challenger 2-1 group match."

In the official main stage broadcast, the caster's expression was joyful as he spoke eloquently.

"Aether's performance is hard to describe with just the word 'amazing'."

"Turning the tide when all seemed lost, supporting a collapsing empire."

"Aether truly stepped up in the rounds Fnatic needed him the most."

[You can always trust Aether!]

[Can the scalpers rest? Aether's gold stickers have been driven up by you guys. They were 300 yuan just now, and now they're 500 after this match?]

[Can Fnatic's decade-long fans speak now?]

[Everyone calm down, don't celebrate before halftime. There are still two maps left.]

During the break, Jerry leaned against the wall in the player tunnel, looking somewhat lost.

He believed his calls and tactics in this game had no major flaws, and his teammates' performance had been good at the start.

Ever since Aether's triple kill, forZe had barely seen any opportunities to score.

If the loss was due to tactical deployment or communication errors, Jerry might have been able to help the players adjust their mentality with the coach Fierce during the break.

However, if it was due to an opponent's exceptional performance, Jerry found it difficult to think of any effective solutions in a short period.

Could they really expect the opposing Aether to suddenly have a god-tier or ghost-tier moment?

"Phew, guys, let's go all out in the second half."

"The next map is Inferno. We'll be CTs to start, which gives us some advantage."

"In any case, don't let the loss on the first map, Dust II, affect your mindset."

"..."

On the other side, during the break between rounds, the Fnatic players were in a different state.

"Aether, I knew you could get your sniper rifle steady this round." ALEX patted Qin Feng's shoulder. "Keep it up next round, we'll aim for a 2-0 victory."

He paused, then looked at the rest of the Fnatic players. "Overall, everyone played well."

"We can also start using some of the things we practiced in scrims."

"Next up is Inferno. We'll be on the offensive first, so we need to focus on controlling Banana."

"As long as we secure Banana early on, we'll have a significant map control advantage."

"In short, our strategy is this, this, and this."

"..."

After a short break, the players returned to the stage.

The second map was Inferno, which Fnatic had chosen.

Almost all the viewers from the CIS region were hoping that forZe would deliver a different performance than on the first map.

However, this anticipation lasted for only a minute.

In the pistol round of the second half, Fnatic opted for a four-man push through the side, leaving only Qin Feng with a P250 to hold the entrance to Banana.

Of course, it was less of an attack and more of Fnatic gambling on a mistake from the forZe players.

The CIS commentators watched nervously as forZe's CTs adopted a 4A1B setup: Jerry, playing alone on B Site, couldn't get any information from behind the coffin. The remaining CTs on A Site would most likely choose to clear mid or the side.

As it turned out, Fnatic's offensive gamble paid off.

When there was no movement from either A Site or B Site, Norwi and zorte, who were in Connector, decided to push mid instead, gaining information that Fnatic had no one in mid.

But as they continued to push through mid, the attacking players from VIP's side and Qin Feng at the Terrorist entrance immediately aimed their guns towards mid.

[Fnatic.mezii killed forZe.Norwi using Glock-18]

[Fnatic.Aether killed forZe.zorte using P250 with a headshot]

Norwi and zorte fell directly under the crossfire from Qin Feng at the Terrorist entrance and the Terrorists pushing from VIP's side.

Fnatic then decided to execute a fast push through mid.

The Terrorists, sticking together and trading kills, gave the forZe players no chance to get lucky shots with their USPs.

Fnatic calmly secured the pistol round victory.

After winning the pistol round, Fnatic seemed to have found a weakness in forZe's defense.

Throughout the entire first half, forZe, as the defending CTs, felt no respite.

As for the second half, when they switched sides, forZe, on the offensive, saw no possibility of scoring.

16-5, Fnatic won two consecutive rounds, securing their spot in the 2022 PGL Major Legends Stage with a 3-1 aggregate score.

Thanks to the big shot "Clown Knows Sadness" for the 2000 points tip.

I've been deleting and revising all day, not in good shape, so there should only be this one update.

Because everyone had a lot of opinions about QUQU, I deleted and revised a lot of the later content.

I've been deleting and revising content related to the commentators all day.

To avoid controversy or deter readers, in the future, only the following commentators will appear: English stream/Official Chinese stream/6657/CSBOY.

Apologies in advance to those who like certain streamers.

Finally, starting tomorrow, it should be three updates of 6000 characters per day.