Chapter 11: I Can Introduce You to the Path of Professional Gaming
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After hearing what Fat Bro said, Su Zhe almost felt like joining him in playing Warcraft.
In the hundreds of hours he had spent playing CS:GO, he could count the girls he had encountered on one hand.
As a perfectly normal man, Su Zhe was naturally interested in certain things, but he quickly banished the thought from his mind.
With no women in your heart, your aim will naturally become divine!
The scarcity of female players had its advantages, at least. In ranked matches, he rarely had to deal with bizarre spectacles like simping rams and pretty goats.
He stretched, loosened his wrists, and prepared to begin the day’s climb.
After starting matchmaking, he opened Douyin as usual to pass the time. At the A rank, the number of players had already begun to dwindle.
Since it was a weekday rather than a weekend, it usually took several minutes to find an opponent.
Perhaps because he had been watching Leon Kai’s videos so often lately, he came across another one after only a few swipes. What he never expected was that the subject of this video was once again him!
Leon Kai, wearing glasses in the video, spoke in the same particularly soothing tone as always. The opening line was also identical to the one before:
“I originally wasn’t planning to make this episode, but lately I’ve received a lot of private messages saying that a new player in the C+ bracket, whose demo I had reviewed before, climbed to the A bracket within a week. I also edited together some clips from that period, which appeared in one of my earlier videos. The main reason I’m making this episode is that many people believe the subject of that video cheated his way up.”
After briefly explaining the background, Leon Kai continued:
“To be honest, when I saw the account owner’s rank screenshot beneath that video, my first reaction was the same as everyone else’s. Geniuses do exist, but someone who had spent more than five hundred hours stuck in C+ suddenly climbing all the way to A was obviously suspicious. So, carrying those doubts with me, I picked out and reviewed some of his demos from the past few days.”
As usual, Leon Kai’s analysis was extremely thorough. The computer screen in his video had also become a recording of Su Zhe’s ranked matches.
“This was a game he played after I reviewed his demo, when he had just reached the B bracket. His fundamentals were still riddled with problems at this point, but at least he no longer had that habit of panicking and spraying wildly the moment he saw someone. That was already a major improvement…”
“This was one of his better-performing games in the B bracket. As you can see, his crosshair placement and reactions were clearly much faster than before…”
“This was a game from when he reached B+. He had already learned to pre-aim. It was still rather rough, but compared with before, he had improved tremendously…”
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“This was a match from when he reached the A bracket. Look at this one-versus-two clutch. He has already begun to understand the importance of controlling his positioning and is doing his best not to expose himself to crossfire from two guns…”
“Having watched the whole progression, I imagine most of you have already formed your own conclusions. The fundamentals of Haijiao’s number-one entry fragger have been visibly improving. He has also deliberately corrected some of the bad habits I pointed out in my earlier video. His problems are still substantial, of course, but this is the result of only one week of growth…”
“Also, have you noticed how fast his reactions are? Combined with his steadily improving aim, that makes his killing efficiency remarkably high, though not so high that it becomes absurd.”
As Leon Kai continued his unhurried analysis, the video gradually drew to a close. He offered one final assessment:
“Overall, I personally don’t think there’s any indication that he’s cheating. In fact, he appears to have quite a bit of talent. With those reactions and proper training, he might genuinely accomplish something in the future.”
At this point, Leon Kai could not resist adding a complaint:
“I remember the original account owner saying that he wanted to go pro. But what professional player spends all day playing one single map? And not even a map currently in the competitive pool—it’s Dust II. At least practice some of the other maps.”
“If the account owner has any questions while improving, he can send me a private message. If I see it, I’ll answer.”
The video, which lasted more than ten minutes, finally ended. Su Zhe even felt a surge of gratitude toward Leon Kai.
Who would go out of their way online to help a complete stranger they had never met? Not only had Leon Kai done it for free, he had even generously offered to answer questions whenever he could.
Only after finishing the video did Su Zhe realize that Leon Kai had followed him at some point. He immediately followed him back.
The realization made Su Zhe feel even guiltier. Leon Kai had previously reviewed his demo and given him advice free of charge, yet he had never even thought to follow him.
He promptly opened Leon Kai’s private messages and replied:
“Thanks for taking the time to clear things up for me, Kai. From now on, I’ll keep your livestream open every day, and I’ll recommend it to my classmates too!”
Leon Kai was both amused and helpless when he saw the reply.
“That won’t be necessary. Focus on improving yourself first. Also, were you serious when you said you wanted to go pro?”
Su Zhe answered without hesitation:
“Of course I was!”
Leon Kai replied:
“Then can you tell me what you practice every day? I might be able to offer some advice.”
After seeing the message, Su Zhe sent him the entirety of his system’s daily training assignments.
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After looking them over, Leon Kai replied with his thoughts on the training regimen:
“There aren’t any major problems. You just don’t need to deliberately grind bots anymore. Once your fundamentals are solid, that kind of practice doesn’t offer much benefit.”
Su Zhe could not help admiring his insight. After completing yesterday’s bot-killing assignment, the system had rewarded him with only a dozen or so Rise Points.
He had done it merely because even a mosquito’s leg was still meat. At present, the exercise that helped him most was the pre-aim challenge.
Su Zhe had also noticed that whenever he reviewed demos with Fat Bro beside him to answer his questions, he earned considerably more Rise Points.
So, maintaining his eagerness to learn, he asked again:
“Then could you give me some advice, Kai? I really do feel like my improvement has slowed down lately.”
As soon as he sent the message, Leon Kai replied with several suggestions:
“First: one thousand bots a day is enough to warm up and find your touch.
“Second: you’re still doing far too little pre-aim practice. I recommend running each map at least three times a day. As for the difficulty, there’s no need to set it to professional level at first. Normal is fine.
“Third: you can keep playing deathmatch, but don’t play merely to complete the assignment. Try incorporating some techniques into it, such as pre-aiming and transferring your spray. Your recoil control fundamentals are still far too weak.
“Fourth: since you want to go pro, stop fixating on Dust II. Spend more time trying the maps currently in the competitive pool.
“Fifth: Reviewing demos is an excellent habit. Keep it up.”
Leon Kai then sent one final message:
“You’re playing on the Perfect World platform, right? How about this: if you can reach Diamond S and your statistics are good enough, I can help connect you with a professional team.”
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