Whether this “Calm Down a Little” on the other side was a genius youth or a cheat-abusing monster, Lai’angkai had long expected this match to be difficult.
Even so, he still hadn’t expected “Calm Down a Little” to come out swinging so hard right from the start, beating them until they didn’t even have time to breathe.
When Lai’angkai called this timeout, it was purely to let them catch their breath for a moment. Otherwise, he felt like the other side would flatten them in one wave, and the match would end at lightspeed.
Five-Spice Egg comforted them over voice chat. “It’s fine. Experts don’t win the first four rounds. Just save money and keep playing rifle rounds.”
Lai’angkai sucked in a breath and exclaimed, “Holy crap, Five-Spice Egg, you didn’t see that guy’s reactions. He’s instantly deleting people, fuck!”
“His killing efficiency is way too high!”
The forty-second tactical pause soon ended. After the pause, however, they chose to half-buy, and with their economy still lacking, it did nothing to change the flow of the match.
The defenders had already taken five rounds in a row. For Lai’angkai and the others, the pressure was already piling up.
Fortunately, now that they had rifles again, they could take this gun round slowly.
“For this point, let’s play map control,” Lai’angkai said in team voice. “Ideally, we explode onto a site later. Don’t go in one by one anymore.”
The opponents’ individual ability was clearly better than theirs. At a time like this, choosing to take duels against them was an extremely unwise decision. The best method was to use tactics and utility to suppress them, preventing the other side from fully bringing out their individual skill.
……
The opposing team’s level this match was a mixed bag. Some had decent aim but no ideas; some had decent ideas but no aim. The overall pressure of the match wasn’t particularly high, so Yang Yu directly transformed into the big brother role and began roaming around the map instead of anchoring A Apartments the entire time.
So when the countdown ended, Yang Yu came to B to help his teammates throw two supportive flashbangs.
But Banana applied heavy pressure immediately. There was no way to stand near the barrels at all, and the two teammates at the front point also retreated one after another.
At that moment, though, good news came from A. Their teammate Yellow used the AWP in mid to hold and kill a terrorist below VIP, taking the first kill of the round.
“Nice shot!” Yang Yu praised. Seeing that A had already gained an advantage, he wasn’t in a hurry to rotate back, and continued standing in CT spawn.
The A-site duo had started with a double-connector setup. After taking the first kill, the sniper’s position was exposed as well, so Yellow carried the AWP toward the bombsite, planning to go to the outside and hold A Apartments.
But Yellow hadn’t expected that the other side’s map-control speed this round was much faster than he had imagined.
He had only just arrived outside the site when he saw that someone in A Apartments was already holding the angle.
Yellow hurriedly fired a shot with the AWP, but was still chased down by the opponent’s AK.
“The A AWP is down. Hurry to A, speed it up! There should only be one left at A1!” Lai’angkai loudly reminded them over voice chat.
At this moment, he felt as if he had transformed into his favorite player, ropz, becoming a top-tier lurker swimming like a dragon through A Apartments.
He also imitated ropz, seizing the chance to quickly move toward Pit, occupying a foothold for the team and helping hold A1 so the team would have more points of support.
They had been suppressed the entire time, and now Lai’angkai’s side had finally found a way to break the game open. The other three terrorists all quickly moved toward A—this was an opportunity!!
With the AWP’s death, everyone on the defending side also began moving.
Green at A immediately filled from connector toward site. He wanted to trade Yellow and take down “Boss Shy” in A Apartments, but after holding outside the site for a few seconds without seeing any sign of the opponent, he ultimately chose to enter the bombsite.
Yang Yu also began rotating back to A immediately.
Green slowly moved to the rat position on site and tucked in. Seeing Yang Yu rotate back toward Library, he immediately spoke over the mic: “Two sets of footsteps A1. I’m very mysterious. Can you bait for me?”
After the connector smoke cut him off, Yang Yu threw a Molotov toward A1, intending to create the illusion that the CT had not yet entered the site.
But while throwing this Molotov, he also found it a little strange.
Because he remembered that the opponent had killed the AWP from A Apartments at the first moment. Where had that guy in A Apartments gone?
The Molotov passed through the smoke and ultimately landed near Hay Cart, also drawing Lai’angkai’s attention in Pit. Lai’angkai glanced toward the Molotov, and only then noticed that someone had already entered the bombsite. He hurriedly sprayed down the CT on site.
Yang Yu was halfway through sneaking when he suddenly saw bullets fly out from Pit and kill Green.
Green: “I was very mysterious.”
Yang Yu: “……”
This “mystery” made Yang Yu feel a little uncomfortable too. Yang Yu had originally planned to sneak through the smoke to the outside and make the bait real.
But now that Green, the hidden piece, had died, Yang Yu was awkwardly stuck in the middle of the road.
However, while it was hard to operate, it wasn’t impossible.
Yang Yu silently hugged the wall at Graveyard, his crosshair pre-aiming the barrels beside Pit, preparing for the possibility of a terrorist wide-swinging out from Pit.
He began inching forward. After he advanced halfway, his crosshair began shifting between A1 and Pit.
But while his crosshair was shifting, he suddenly saw a figure come out of A Apartments, and bullets had already started flying toward him.
Fortunately, after their losing streak, the opponent’s aim wasn’t ideal. The other side’s first hasty burst failed to kill him.
Five-Spice Egg carried the bomb and wanted to fly down from A Apartments. He had thought the site was safe, only to suddenly see a sneaky CT, which scared him stiff.
As the team’s bomb carrier, he was also afraid of being suddenly killed and dragging down the tempo. His first burst was flustered, and he hadn’t stopped properly.
“Graveyard! Graveyard!” Five-Spice Egg immediately called over voice chat.
He also ducked back for a moment, thinking of using the jiggle-peeking he had learned from 369 to work together with Lai’angkai and pull the opponent apart.
For Yang Yu, since he hadn’t been killed by the terrorist in A Apartments, he now had room to operate.
The “ropz Inferno map understanding” he had obtained not long ago played a huge role at this moment. Yang Yu immediately tucked into Graveyard, then locked his crosshair on A Apartments.
Five-Spice Egg wanted to come out and bait. Yang Yu had long been waiting for him, and directly pinned him down with one spray.
“Da-da-da!”
【Calm Down a Little used the AK47 to headshot Five-Spice Egg OVO】
Lai’angkai came out from Pit. At the first moment, he didn’t see any trace of Yang Yu. Instead, he received the news that the bomb in A Apartments had been dropped, and instantly grew anxious.
He began clearing toward Mini Pit, trying to kill Yang Yu.
But Yang Yu heard the footsteps approaching. First, he crouched to avoid the headshot line, then steadily locked his crosshair on the head level.
“Da-da…”
“Bang!”
HP -46
【Calm Down a Little used the AK47 to headshot Boss Shy】
Although teammate Green had played a rather abstract round, Yang Yu still believed the information he had called out.
At the first moment, there had been two people at A1.
So after taking down the terrorist in Pit, Yang Yu threw a self-preservation smoke without hesitation.
His health had already gone red. The opponent could kill him with one shot, so it would be very unwise to change cover and move around now.
His idea was correct. Almost the instant he threw the smoke, bullets flew in from A1.
But Yang Yu’s attention was not on A1. Instead, he held the scalp angle at Graveyard and first glanced at the situation in connector.
He was already low HP. At a time like this, the advantage of the scalp angle was enormous.
The instant he stood up, his eyes met the terrorist coming from connector, and the two instantly exchanged fire.
But Yang Yu’s positioning and reaction were even better in that instant.
“Bang!”
【Calm Down a Little used the AK47 to headshot My AK’s Spray Pattern Pulls Left】
Yang Yu turned to look toward A1, but at that moment, all he saw was an unidentified object flying toward him.
Yang Yu: “Danger!”
In the next instant, the grenade exploded, finally taking away his low-HP life.
“Last one A1. Two versus one!”
Yang Yu quickly called the position. His sinful life had been ended by a grenade, but his mission was already complete.
The two teammates at B did not fail his expectations either. They very easily relied on their duels to take down the final kill, securing another point for the team.
“That mid-round handling was too handsome!” Yellow praised. “That local handling was really cool.”
Yang Yu imitated Green’s words and teased, “I was very mysterious.”
Green said, a little embarrassed, “You really can’t blame me for that. When I snuck into site, the other guy probably happened to sneak into Pit too. How was I supposed to know it would be that coincidental? That guy moved really fast, okay? Good thing you brothers covered it back, haha.”
CSGO was like that. Most people would make mistakes, but as long as they weren’t too brain-dead, everyone would let it pass.
Mm, that was under the condition that they won.
And under the condition that they lost, the big brother with the long neck was already surging with blood—his whole person, neck included, had turned a little red.
It hadn’t been easy for him to create a brilliant opening. He had even killed one in the mid-round and occupied an excellent support point.
As long as the bomb could enter the site, he didn’t even know how they could lose that round.
But this “Calm Down a Little” had appeared from who knew where and completely messed up the whole situation.
The only good news now was that their maxed-out loss bonus still allowed them to force and play rifles.
……
The seventh round began.
Yang Yu took a sip from the cup of pearl milk tea Huang Zicheng handed him, delaying slightly in spawn.
In the second timing, he chose to head to B to support for a wave, leaving a smoke and a flash for the two brothers at B before turning back to rotate toward A.
But just as he had filled in at A, bad news came from B.
【Five-Spice Egg OVO used the AK47 to headshot Miss Li An’an’s Dog】
【Five-Spice Egg OVO used the AK47 to headshot Deep Blue Give Me Back Snyder】
“The opponent snuck up close. Brother, weren’t you watching?”
“I was jiggling the corner the whole time. That was pure timing!”
Banana was instantly broken through. Yang Yu took Green and immediately began rotating back, leaving Yellow alone to anchor the site.
But by the time Yang Yu and Green rotated to CT spawn, they already saw that the outside of the corridor had been sealed off by a smoke grenade. That smoke caused them to lose all their positions for B.
Yang Yu sucked in a breath. “This doesn’t seem playable.”
In a three-versus-five retake, they didn’t even have the Church foothold. The difficulty of retaking was too high.
Teammate Yellow said, “If not, just save.”
As he spoke, he began moving toward mid. Although he was planning to save the gun, he was still a bit greedy and wanted to cut off someone at Banana to get a kill first.
But the instant he passed the A1 corner, he saw a terrorist with a Galil hard holding the angle.
“Bang!”
【Boss Shy used the Galil to kill Could He Really Be Empowerment Bro】
“Why is there still someone at A1!” Yellow called, puzzled.
Seeing this, Yang Yu also gave up trying to spam through the smoke and walked toward A without hesitation.
The opponents were planning to hunt their guns. If they didn’t occupy some good positions now, they wouldn’t even have AKs to play next round.
But just as he pulled out his knife and was about to jump into Library, bullets suddenly came from the side.
Yang Yu immediately switched to his AK, used cover to jiggle slightly, then swung out and placed three bullets from his crosshair onto the opponent’s head.
At this instant, Yang Yu became somewhat confused. “What are they doing? Are they really planning to hunt guns?”
Judging from the ID, this was clearly not the guy who killed Yellow.
In other words, there was still one person hanging around A.
Yang Yu moved from Library toward A, while the last remaining Green was still hanging around CT spawn.
Yang Yu pre-aimed all the way. The instant he exited Library, he saw a rather unexpected figure.
A bomb carrier with the C4 jumped from A1 onto the default plant position on second.
Yang Yu subconsciously pulled the trigger and opened fire, but the opponent appeared in his vision for too short a time, and he failed to secure the kill.
“Fuck, they’re coming A to plant?”
“Huh!” Green, at the short box in CT spawn, thought he had misheard.
But he had skill too. While shocked, he sprayed down the two terrorists pouring out from the corridor.
This two-versus-five endgame instantly became clear, turning into a two-versus-two.
Yang Yu held his crosshair on default plant, guarding against the opponent wide-swinging, while also moving toward the bombsite, working hard to find cover and increase his odds in a duel.
The bomb carrier simply planted the bomb directly.
As Yang Yu moved sideways, the corner of his eye caught sight of a mushroom head in Pit, and he immediately pulled his gun over.
But his first shot missed the positioning, and Lai’angkai in Pit didn’t dare greed for shots either.
CSGO was a game with rather exaggerated PTSD. Once you knew the opponent’s level, and once you lost your confidence, your duels would become timid and hesitant.
At this moment, Lai’angkai was exactly in that state. He didn’t dare take a frontal duel with Yang Yu at all. He was afraid of being instantly killed by one bullet from Yang Yu, leaving the remaining bomb carrier in a dangerous situation.
But with this retreat, he also allowed Yang Yu to successfully enter the site.
Forced into the bombsite, Yang Yu immediately ate bullets from the other terrorist. The opponent was standing at the corner between site and A1, fiercely unloading at him.
Yang Yu instantly counter-strafed and pulled his gun over.
B1T’s headshot talent displayed its excellence at this moment. He very easily positioned onto the opponent’s head and successfully scored a headshot kill.
Yang Yu glanced at his own health. Only 5 HP remained.
But his teammate had already arrived from CT spawn. These 5 HP were already enough to win the round.
Without exposing his body, Yang Yu threw a flashbang toward Pit, then found a rather tricky angle on site to hold the position where Pit would wide-swing to the right.
Green: “I’ll push forward. You just hold.”
Hearing the opponent’s approaching footsteps, Lai’angkai finally had no choice. He could only wide-swing out and look for an opportunity to kill one.
But Yang Yu had been holding this position all along.
【Calm Down a Little + Grant Me a Permanent Renault used the AK47 to kill Boss Shy】
The instant they took this round, Yang Yu directly laughed.
Everyone in voice chat also discussed it.
“The opponents are really perverted, aren’t they? They already controlled B, but then brought the bomb to hit A?”
“That was really a bit unnecessary. They force-fed us a chance.”
“If you ask me, the other side must be Big Cousin’s personal eldest disciple. Even in that situation, they still planned to rotate sites. Outrageous.”
From the CT side’s perspective, the terrorists’ rotation was a little abstract, an operation that gave them an opportunity.
But from the offensive side’s perspective, it was actually still acceptable.
Five-Spice Egg had successfully torn through B at the first moment, but the entire team’s positions at the time were leaning toward A.
At a time like that, judging that the opponent would rotate back, and that A’s defense would not be that strong, planting at A was also viable.
But no matter what, Lai’angkai could not understand how they had been two-versus-fived by the other side.
【Still can’t do it?】
【That big-hand god on the other side can really kill. Feels like he’s there every single time】
【Actually, they just overthought it. If they had followed Five-Spice Egg straight into B earlier, there wouldn’t have been so much trouble】
【Brother Kai has gone completely red, haha】
【The Red Devil is still exerting force】
After this round, the offensive side began playing more and more anxiously.
But sometimes, being anxious didn’t help. The defending side’s economy was already full, and with that “Calm Down a Little” on the other side going crazy, many rounds where they had chances were also beaten away.
Just like that, the score kept changing.
7:0
9:0
11:0
14:0
It reached the final point of the first half, yet Lai’angkai’s team still hadn’t managed to get their first score.
“Brother Kai, can you carry me to one point?” Five-Spice Egg said gloomily. “We’re not really going to get shaved bald, are we?”
Amid the laughing barrage of comments in the livestream chat, Lai’angkai took a deep breath and said, “Explode with them. We’ll play a fast-paced speed-up through A Apartments. We can’t keep slowly playing with them.”
As for whether they could get a point, Lai’angkai himself didn’t know either.
Or perhaps, to the current him, rather than dying a slow death, it was better to end it early.
Soon, the countdown began. The offensive side, carrying the resolve to succeed or die trying, began their tactic for the final point of the first half.
……
A score of 14:0 was also a goal for Yang Yu’s side.
A clean sheet like this was an extremely rare record, because it meant an absolute crushing in strength.
So everyone on the defending side was working hard to get points too, striving to produce a 16:0.
Because of spawn position, Yang Yu came to Boiler Room this round.
He had originally planned to throw a smoke toward the spiral stairs and then use the smoke to operate for a while, but the terrorists on Alt Mid threw a VIP Molotov over. Seeing this, Yang Yu also put away his smoke and quietly gathered information.
The fire from a Molotov could create noise and cover up some footsteps, but if one listened carefully, some information could still be heard.
For example, Yang Yu heard the information that someone had gone through A Apartments.
He did not rush. He quietly waited for the smoke to dissipate, then held the spiral stairs.
Almost as soon as he held the angle, he saw a terrorist surge out from the spiral stairs. Yang Yu pulled the trigger and opened fire directly.
“Da-da!”
A clean piece of positioning successfully secured the kill.
After getting this kill, Yang Yu immediately called it out. “There are still people in the A Apartments corridor. They may have a chance to drop Pit. Be careful!”
While reminding his teammates to be careful of A Apartments, Yang Yu himself did not apply pressure into A Apartments. Instead, he turned and stepped into VIP, aiming his gun toward Alt Mid.
That Molotov had been thrown from Alt Mid. The terrorist he had just killed had moved very fast, and the timing did not match at all, so there had to be someone else who threw that Molotov.
He swung over and saw a terrorist on Alt Mid, near the underpass direction, holding a smoke grenade. The other party had never expected Yang Yu to come out at this moment.
“Da-da-da!”
Yang Yu pulled the trigger, and the AK47 easily took him away.
Almost the instant he killed the Alt Mid terrorist, the sound of gunfire also came from the A Apartments balcony.
【Boss Shy used the AK47 to headshot Grant Me a Permanent Renault】
“He insta-killed me! He dropped down!” His teammate quickly called.
Yang Yu reminded them, “One entered A site, but the bomb dropped at spiral stairs. We can guard this bomb. No need to go look for him.”
The instant he gave that reminder, gunfire came again from the T-junction in mid.
The teammate in connector had been killed by a terrorist at T-junction.
The remaining two teammates were still in Banana. In the short term, Yang Yu would not be able to get any help from them.
Seeing this, Yang Yu also understood that he had no way to hold the bomb. He could only move first.
He snuck all the way from A Apartments toward Balcony, clearing little by little the positions that might be hard holding him. After confirming that several common spots had nobody, he sneaked out onto the balcony.
At that exact instant, the teammate rotating back to corridor was killed by a terrorist who had sneaked into CT spawn.
After thinking it over, Yang Yu chose to hold Library from the edge of the railing on the A Apartments balcony.
In the mid-round, this was an extremely shady position.
(This position)
The bomb was still toward the spiral stairs. The opponent had no way of going B in the short term.
He knew the other side would definitely come back.
He patiently held for a few seconds, and soon saw a terrorist rush out from Library.
“Da-da-da!”
【Calm Down a Little used the AK47 to headshot Boss Shy】
“On A Apartments balcony!!” Lai’angkai had never expected Yang Yu to stand in that kind of position. In the hasty duel, he was directly taken down.
As the familiar kill ID appeared, an ominous feeling arose in his heart.
After getting the kill, Yang Yu immediately changed positions, moving into Pit.
In Pit, he hard held A1. Soon, an arm appeared in his vision—the opponent’s body positioning was not ideal.
Having obtained the information in advance, Yang Yu also shifted his crosshair one position to the left, waiting until the mushroom head pulled into his crosshair before opening fire and spraying.
“Da-da-da!”
He got another kill.
The endgame had already entered a two-versus-one, and the situation was quite clear. Two people guarding one point each was already enough.
There were still forty seconds left in the round, so Yang Yu threw whatever utility he had, proactively delaying for time.
First, he threw a Molotov toward A1, then stuffed a smoke into A Apartments.
However, Yang Yu’s utility reserve was not ideal. This smoke hit the doorframe of A Apartments, and instead bounced onto the site.
Yang Yu could only be forced to start jiggling between A1 and A Apartments, while glancing at connector every few seconds.
During this glance toward connector, Yang Yu directly received the last terrorist’s information.
The other party was walking silently from outside the site toward the bombsite.
Yang Yu reflexively flicked a shot over, then immediately crouched and sprayed a full burst.
“Da-da-da!”
【Calm Down a Little used the AK47 to headshot Five-Spice Egg OVO】
Watching his teammates get taken down one by one by this “genius youth” on the other side, Lai’angkai couldn’t help but show a smile on his face at this moment.
He had created an opportunity again and successfully killed two.
But that guy on the other side had been inside A Apartments alone, cutting off their entire offensive rhythm, then slowly splitting them into a series of one-versus-ones afterward.
This map understanding and grasp of tempo were simply not on the same level.
Bro, you’re the real ropz!
He was directly swimming like a dragon through A Apartments!
Lai’angkai’s team no longer had any desire to win or come back. At this moment, they only wanted to get one point and avoid being shaved bald as much as possible.
But their hands had already gone incomparably cold, and the pistol round was quickly ended by a one-wave steamroll.
On the post-match results screen, Lai’angkai looked at the 16:0 score and had already laughed in relief in his livestream.
A content game?
It really fucking was content!
……