Hello, donk

"Congratulations to Nip! They won this Bo3 with a 2-0 score! Becoming one of the first teams to successfully qualify for the Katowice main event!" As the last kill on the field was made, Ma Xixi offered his congratulations for Nip's victory, "Before the match started, I absolutely did not expect this kind of result."

Mo chimed in, following suit: "Indeed, I didn't expect it. After Nip added a new player, the team seems to have come alive again. The Nip of the past few months has been truly hard to describe!"

As the two spoke, the director also released the data from these two matches.

Ma Xixi took a cursory glance and could not hold back: "This newcomer is a bit too exaggerated! They're completely here to farm stats!"

Su Zhe's KDA data on Mirage was 21-7-10, with a 1.71 Rating!

On the second map, Town, it was even more exaggerated, with a KAD of 30-5-13 and a 2.01 Rating!

His Rating data in this Bo3 was simply a whole lot higher than 99% of professional players' heights in CSGO!

The viewers in the live room were stunned. Was this the performance a newcomer could achieve?

[Killed 51 people in two matches? Are they really treating GL like fish to fry?]

[Too exaggerated! I didn't feel much while watching the match, but now that the data is out, it's simply outrageous!]

[GL is indeed trash right now, isn't it? Ever since the two core players left, they've fallen apart.]

[Even if they're trash, it shouldn't be this bad. Let Tianlu try, their heads would have been smashed by GL long ago.]

[Rational analysis, Su Zhe's playstyle is fine for now, but once people figure it out, it'll be easy to give away.]

[Stop researching, at least they've had their glory for now.]

The exaggerated data sparked heated discussions among the viewers in the live room. Since the launch of CS2, they hadn't seen such astonishing data in a long time.

Even Zai Wu, who was recently elected as the Top 1 of 2023, hadn't achieved any decent results after the Paris Major.

"Nice!! We played so well!!" As the match ended, Su Zhe heard his teammates' cheers as soon as he took off his headset.

Coach djL walked over and gave Su Zhe a big hug, "You played so well! Your performance today almost made me disbelieve it!"

He was genuinely happy! This time, the club not only assigned a task to Su Zhe, this newcomer, but also to him, the coach.

When they were flying to Poland, the team manager THREAT had already made it clear to him that if the team couldn't even make it to the Katowice main event this time, he, the coach, could start looking for a new job.

"I felt pretty good, I think GL's individual skill is quite poor," Su Zhe humbly stated his true thoughts.

Nip members: "..."

They hurriedly turned their heads to look at the GL's opposing team seats, and after realizing that their voices couldn't be heard from the other side, they breathed a sigh of relief. But then they realized something was wrong, and they felt like they had been insulted.

In this match, apart from Su Zhe's outstanding performance, everyone else was just average. As the team's in-game leader es3tag and entry fragger k0nfig, both of their KDAs were even negative.

However, Su Zhe's data did indeed warrant him saying such things.

But since they had won the match, no one cared about these minor details anymore.

What's wrong with being crazy! As long as it can lead them to win the match!

DjL laughed heartily after hearing this: "The opponents are indeed not strong. Let's continue to play well in the main tournament!"

After speaking, he said to everyone again: "Alright, let's go shake hands first. We have two days of rest, and I'll treat everyone to a big meal later!"

"OH! Yay!"

Su Zhe followed his teammates to the GL player seats and shook hands with them one by one.

At this time, the GL members were silently packing their peripherals, preparing to return to the lounge to wait for the next Bo3. Although they had lost the match, they still had a chance to compete for a spot in the main tournament after falling into the loser's bracket.

When k0nfig walked up to snax to shake hands, he couldn't help but find snax's expressionless face a little amusing: "You played well today!"

Snax looked at k0nfig's smug expression and felt even more stifled: "If it weren't for the rookie on your team, could you have won so easily?"

They were both old rivals who often met on the field, and they had a good private relationship. Their words were all in jest.

K0nfig didn't feel any discomfort hearing this and continued to laugh: "I'm only now realizing how satisfying it is to win a match while lying down."

Snax rolled his eyes at him and didn't say anything further.

When Su Zhe came before him, snax said with a playful tone: "You played well. I'm already looking forward to seeing how those teams will struggle when they meet you in the main tournament."

He could already imagine the scene when these professional teams encountered this unconventional newcomer.

Thinking of this, it dispelled a lot of the disappointment he felt from losing the match.

Su Zhe looked up at the two-meter-tall giant bear, but he didn't feel any pressure from his height. Instead, he felt that the person was quite nice.

So Su Zhe also nodded with a smile and replied: "Thank you, I will work hard."

After completing the handshake procedure, everyone returned to their player seats to pack their peripherals.

"How far do you think we'll go in the Katowice main tournament this time?" Headtr1ck couldn't help but ask, his tone filled with anticipation. This was the first time he had participated in such a large-scale tournament since joining Nip.

Es3tag pouted: "Who knows? It depends on how the main tournament schedule is arranged. If we meet strong teams like Team Vitality or Faze right from the start, there's nothing anyone can do."

One team was the Major champion from last year, and the other had won three S-rank tournaments in a row not long ago. Their form was outrageously good.

Headtr1ck smiled and said: "Then let's pray for better luck this time! I'm counting on the prize money from this tournament to buy myself some skins."

The prize pool for the Katowice main tournament was a whopping $1,000,000 USD. The higher the ranking, the more prize money awarded, with the champion team taking home $400,000 USD alone.

K0nfig shook his head and sighed: "You young people! You just like these flashy things. When you reach my age, you'll lose interest in skins and such."

Es3tag seemed to have heard something incredible and couldn't help but burst into laughter: "How come I remember someone going to a CN skin merchant before the match to borrow some skins, but they refused?"

K0nfig fell silent, and was a little flustered.

Es3tag turned to Su Zhe and said, "You should be able to borrow skins if you ask. I remember when we participated in CAC last year, those domestic teams all had very expensive skins. They probably couldn't afford them with their salaries, right?"

Su Zhe was listening to their conversation, wondering what "borrowing skins" entailed. He didn't understand es3tag's question.

So he honestly replied, "I don't know, they probably can't afford them? I heard some trainees from domestic teams before say that even their starting players' salaries aren't that high."

High-end skins in CSGO could easily cost tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of RMB. Although he was a bit interested in this aspect, he also knew his own pockets were empty.

His current inventory only had an AK Redline that had accompanied him for more than half a year.

K0nfig had already packed his peripherals into his backpack. He leaned in front of Su Zhe with a smile and said, "Do you want to use skins? Butterfly Knives look really cool when you spin them! They even boost your feel in matches!"

Su Zhe nodded, "I want to. Will you lend me one?"

K0nfig: .

"My inventory only has a crappy default skin. Why would you borrow it from me! I meant you could go find those people from your country. I guarantee they'll lend you one!"

Su Zhe shook his head, "I don't know them."

Es3tag heard this and lightly kicked k0nfig, "If you want to borrow one, go borrow it yourself. Why bother Arrow! Let's go! Let's go eat first, I'm starving."

They had only eaten breakfast, and it was already one in the afternoon.

Su Zhe slung his peripherals over his shoulder and followed the team out of the venue. At this moment, another team was also exiting through the player tunnel on the other side.

As the two teams approached, es3tag proactively greeted them, "Hello! Chopper!"

Chopper: "Hey, es3tag!"

Es3tag: "Just finished your match?"

Chopper: "Yeah, our new player played well, we just won."

Es3tag: "What a coincidence? So did we."

As he spoke, es3tag beckoned Su Zhe over, "Let me introduce you, this is chopper, the in-game leader for Green Dragon. Get to know each other, you'll often meet during competitions."

Su Zhe nodded and walked closer to chopper, shaking his hand, "Hello! I'm the newcomer from Nip."

Chopper sized Su Zhe up, "I watched your match yesterday, you played well."

Then he waved behind him and said in Russian, "Donk! Come over and say hello!"

After speaking, he turned to Su Zhe and said, "You're both newcomers, get acquainted."

Donk!?

Su Zhe immediately became interested. He tilted his head back and looked behind Green Dragon.

He saw a short, long-haired boy with his hands in his pockets walking out from behind everyone.

Su Zhe proactively extended his hand for a handshake, "Hello! Donk!"