Tiana cleared her throat and didn't say anything as she sat beside Dorian while others couldn't help but crowd over to see the fierce and cold Snow Queen teaching a boy to play.
"So, I am sure by now the game's name, and we call it CS:UW since it's the short form. In this game, you either join the terrorist or counter-terrorist team, which consists of five members each. If you are in the terrorist team, you win a round by planting a bomb and letting it go off, or you kill the entire enemy team."
"And if we are in the counter-terrorist team, we have to wipe out the terrorist team or stop them from planting the bomb?" Dorian added as if he understood the gist of it.
Tiana nodded, "Yep. Nice, you already got the most of it. But even if they plant the bomb, you can still win by defusing it."
"Any reason why this game is so popular? I mean, when I look at all these people and all the setup, it seems like an official sports tournament," Dorian curiously asked as he glanced around.
Tiana waved her hands and said as a matter-of-fact, "Of course, this is an official sports tournament or an esports tournament. It's not like the usual outdoor sports like cricket, football, and all are the only real sports that can hold official tournaments."
"Esports? Do you mean like electronic sports? Does that mean there are other games like this that have official tournaments?" Viktor never expected that video games would also one day be considered as sports and wondered what he missed all these years.
"Of course, there are other esports games. But this CS:UW is one of the most popular games with millions of active players every month, and in my opinion, it is the best online game ever made with a steep learning curve," Tiana said with a proud smile and continued, "It's not a game like the ones people play for casual gaming. You either become a pro in this game, or you stay a noob."
"Noob?" Viktor had heard her using this term before and asked her to verify his guess, "Is that a term for someone who plays badly?"
"Yeah, it could be a newbie, or it could be someone who played for long but still sucks at the game. There are lots of peeps like that. I can even kill them just by using my feet," Tiana said with a proud smirk as she crossed her arms.
Viktor had a blinking expression wondering if she was high and mighty or if she really had the skills to back up her words. But based on how he heard about others talking about her insane skills, he felt that it might be the latter.
"You like guns, huh?" Viktor asked, feeling that her liking this game might have something to do with it.
"Of course! Only if I had a real one would I have loved to learn and practice. But mom always knows how to pour cold water over anything I ask, especially this, saying it's dangerous for me, pfft. But she has no idea how safe it is to have one and know how to use it. Thankfully, I got...oops...I can't tell anymore. Otherwise, a certain someone might get angry at me," Tiana said as she rubbed her forehead, and then she looked at her watch, "Oh shit, we are getting off track!"
Viktor felt as if she might indeed know how to use a real gun but seeing how she wanted to remain silent about it, he was sure someone other than Taya might get pissed off whom Tiana didn't want to upset.
"So, you use the mouse to aim and shoot and the keyboard for all the movement stuff. It's as simple as that. But remember to always aim for the head since that is the best and most effective way to kill your targets. Now have a go at it," Tiana casually said as she pointed out the controls to him.
Viktor looked at the big monitor with the video game on and saw a pair of hands holding a rifle that he recognized as an M4. He took her main advice into heart—aiming for the head only.
He straight away memorized the buttons for the movements, reloading, and so on right away and began to move the mouse around to get the feel of it.
Tiana raised her brows, seeing him walking around the game map without much awkwardness. In fact, as the seconds passed, his movement seemed to get better and better, "Hmm, it seems like you pick up fast. I thought you were going to have a hard time even moving around. Now, do you see those bots walking about on the map?"
"Bots?"
Tiana let out a long sigh and said, "They are like computer-controlled characters. Now just try and kill them. Don't worry about them shooting at you. I have put the bots on 'ultra noob' mode. They won't even know how to shoot a chicken straight."
Viktor's eyes twitched, seeing that he was being put up against ultra noob bots when he himself had the belief that he could take on the toughest of the bots. He believed that he only needed a short time to be fast enough to kill people. After all, his senses, especially his hand and eye coordination, were at a heightened level and not something normal people could possibly compare to.
However, the moment he pressed the fire button, he found that his gun's crosshair was straying away from the target as the gun continued to spray bullets.
'It even mimics the recoil too?' Viktor was baffled since the shooting video games of the old times had nothing realistic like recoil physics included in it. All he had to do was just point and shoot.
"No, no. You shouldn't just keep on pressing the fire button. You got to time and space your shots just like a real gun. And most importantly, control your spray down if you want to spray by dragging down your mouse. Otherwise, the bullet spread will get messy," Tiana warned.
"Alright! I got it, I think," Viktor said as now he felt that he had understood most of it, especially since he had used real guns before and knew how recoil works.
Tiana was surprised at herself that she was explaining so much by teaching him since this was something she had never done before and even had no idea if Dorian would even learn anything from her.
Viktor was now fully determined to make his way to killing even expert bots.
However, Tiana and Viktor were startled when they heard Hell Cat's troubled voice from behind.
"Snow Queen, we are in trouble!"
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