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Losing the first map hadn't affected the Falcons much.

For one thing, Falcons Club had plenty of money, and the players were all paid well.

For another, all five of them were seasoned pros. They knew their team's weaknesses on Inferno, so it was only natural that Nip had won their own map pick.

Still, Snappi, their in-game leader, tried to reassure everyone in the locker room. "Losing one map is no big deal. We'll definitely take Death Arena and bring this to a third map. Then we'll be back on even footing."

Snappi sounded confident, too. They'd won more than 60% of their recent matches on this map, including against several teams ranked in the world's top ten.

"Arrow! Nice work!"

After the first map ended, es3tag stood up and slapped Su Zhe's hand.

Su Zhe's stats on the first map weren't nearly as impressive as before, but es3tag knew that it was Su Zhe's presence on Side Path that had kept Falcons from rotating back to defend whenever they pleased.

That was what had allowed the other four of them to play so comfortably in the main fights.

Thinking about it, he even found himself missing his stint as Faze's stand-in at the start of 2023.

Back then, Yu Shen couldn't attend the Blast Spring Groups because of other commitments, so es3tag had filled in for him.

He hadn't expected to play so well. He'd put up several carry performances, and even earned an incredible 2.02 Rating on Death Arena against Astralis.

But in just a year, the game had shifted from CSGO to CS2.

After returning to Nip, his form had quickly gone downhill. He hadn't put up a single stat line worth looking at since.

Today, with Falcons focusing all their attention on Su Zhe, he'd