Su Zhe looked at es3tag, who sat back down sheepishly, and felt a little confused, as if he were seeing him for the first time.
K0nfig, sitting beside him, couldn't hold back and laughed. "You old geezer, when you took over as IGL, you said you'd be more composed and never taunt opponents during a match again. So why'd you let your true colors show today?"
Es3tag was already a little embarrassed, and hearing that only made it worse. "I couldn't help myself, okay? Astralis planted the bomb and then split themselves up outside the site. It was just too hilarious."
When he saw Astralis's five players enter the bomb site, he'd already started thinking about what strategy to use in the next force-buy round. But Astralis had handed them a chance to turn things around all on their own.
After he finished, es3tag high-fived Su Zhe beside him. "You're only eighteen, but you act like some old geezer. Show a little passion! You should've been the one standing up and shouting just now."
Su Zhe imagined himself standing up to taunt the opponents, then shook his head. "I'll pass. I can't do that kind of thing."
REZ chuckled beside them. "There's no crowd here, so what's the point of shouting? Once Arrow gets to a real LAN with an audience, he won't be able to help himself."
Headtr1ck agreed. "Exactly! Playing in front of an audience and playing without one are completely different. Arrow, make sure you don't get nervous the first time!"
He still remembered his first LAN match in front of an audience a few months ago. Feeling the crowd's eyes on him, he couldn't tell whether he was nervous or excited. Either way, his legs had started shaking.
His teammates had teased him about it afterward,