shox: "Teams will focus on us more"

We are closing out our coverage of ECS Season 1 Finals with a winning interview, featuring Richard "shox" Papillon, who we questioned about the grand final and what G2's win means prior to the upcoming Major.

G2 came out victorious from a convincing two-map grand final, where they took revenge on Luminosity after losing to them at ESL Pro League last month.

We grabbed Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon for the winning interview, where he shares a few details about the grand final and touches on the next Major, ESL One Cologne.

You can find the rest of HLTV.org's videos by going to our YouTube channel here.

If you've missed any of the interviews we have conducted during ECS Season 1 Finals, make sure to check them out:

Brazil Wilton "⁠zews⁠" Prado: "People criticise NA too much"
France Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro: "[Veto] was perfect for us"
Canada Kory "⁠SEMPHIS⁠" Friesen: "Comfortable playing NA teams"
Belgium Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom: "We feel really good on Nuke"
Canada Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett on ECS and current state of talent
United States Spencer "⁠Hiko⁠" Martin: "jdm64 actually reached out to me"
Brazil Gabriel "⁠FalleN⁠" Toledo: "I don't believe in saving strats"
United States Spencer 'Hiko' Martin
Spencer 'Hiko' Martin
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
466
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.61
France Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
196
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.67
Brazil Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Gabriel 'FalleN' Toledo
Age:
25
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
342
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.60
France Richard 'shox' Papillon
Richard 'shox' Papillon
Age:
24
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
900
KPR:
0.78
DPR:
0.66
Canada Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen
Kory 'SEMPHIS' Friesen
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
417
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.70
Belgium Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom
Adil 'ScreaM' Benrlitom
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
743
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.65
I am really impressed by G2!
2016-06-27 00:23
23 replies
Ofcourse you are! Maybe cause they are the biggest cheaters in the scene atm? Maye cause shox has AT LEAST 10 suspicious clips ONLY IN THIS EVENT? Every single time LG went to a bombsite as T there was 4 CTs holding it, how is that even possible?
2016-06-27 00:29
22 replies
apparently it is
2016-06-27 00:30
everytime? go make a video about it because it wasn't everytime moron. Was probably like 4 rounds
2016-06-27 00:32
3 replies
I think they simply deserved, they read Lg's plays every round on Dust II... And won. LG failed a lot and G2 took advantage of that
2016-06-27 00:51
2 replies
Both teams played very well on dust2, on overpass it was pure domination, nothing more sadly, I expected it to go to a third map originally but when I saw the map pick I realised a 2-0 might happen.
2016-06-27 01:07
1 reply
Me too, i wasn't expecting that nuke. To be fair, I think the map pick was terrible for LG, Dust II was OK because LG would obviously ban cache só the worse map after cache was Dust II. Then even After the brutal victory over Fnatic on overpass from G2, they picked overpass... Could pick train so g2 would ban cbble and LG would ban nuke. Overpass being the third map should be the best choice, because in (g2) 1x0 (lg) situation the pressure is on LG's shoulders, but 1x1 the pressure is on both teams and the result could be veeery different
2016-06-27 02:10
shsh fkin 2016 silver kid ...you don't know shit about cs
2016-06-27 00:39
typical salty brazilian lmao
2016-06-27 00:39
G2 won because LG are shit overhyped monkeys
2016-06-27 00:39
Clearly living in the favelas has left you with a limited brain function
2016-06-27 00:41
7-1
2016-06-27 00:43
1 reply
Absolutely rekt
2016-06-27 09:33
How much?
2016-06-27 00:46
#44
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Iraq omar^
HAHAHHAAHAAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHA
2016-06-27 01:06
"you call it semi final? I call it "match to see who is gonna get rekt by LG :>" Expected from a mad fanatic monkey
2016-06-27 01:26
I don't see why u r mad, LG players are more blatant
2016-06-27 02:58
maybe because your lover got destroyed by shox?
2016-06-27 07:43
#60
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Austria gex0r
coldzera jumping awp g_G
2016-06-27 07:58
HOW MUCH ???
2016-06-27 11:21
HAHAHA you mad piece of shit. you didn't react in the same way when people called SK cheaters did you?
2016-06-27 20:32
#71
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South Africa BrucieBoi
skill>fallen stolen tactik get rekt favela pour salt on your gaping ass
2016-06-28 09:58
Some of those rounds ct's pushed a bit and got good in-tell about where LG was goin.
2016-06-28 10:02
interesting interview yes yes
2016-06-27 00:22
Idk about that
2016-06-27 00:22
hahaha hes pathetic
2016-06-27 00:22
ez
2016-06-27 00:22
ez
2016-06-27 00:22
x
2016-06-27 00:22
1 edit: omfg ure so fast guys
2016-06-27 00:22
teams will try to get your aimlock. Best in the business right now. Amazing player though!
2016-06-27 00:23
s1.dmcdn.net/fCut/1280x720-xTF.jpg this picture makes me so hard the look in Smithzz eye, you just KNOW they banged shox is known to be THE most hung guy in the french scene, possibly one of the biggest in the world, his cock has been described as "like an evian bottle", with gargantuan thickness that would rival shane diesal and shorty mac. i'm estimating his seize to be AT LEAST 8.5" bone pressed, with OVER 7" of girth, he would have absolutely destroyed smithzz pussy. they would have spent hours on foreplay, getting smithzz just wet enough just so he can take it. i can just imagine smithzz begging for it, with shox barely able to force it past the knob, and mithzz moaning and squirming, demanding him to force it in deeper, smithzz would have orgamsed within seconds of taking the entire length, being filled and stretched right up his cervix, his g spot getting pounded to the rhythm of a bongo, his orgasm would have been powerful, with his vaginal muscles clamping down on shox's throbbing monstrosity, smithzz whole body quivering in euphoria i bet smithzz still yodels his clit to the memory of it, basking in his humidity
2016-06-27 00:22
2 replies
10/10 recommended read. So descriptive, my minds eye can really visualise shoxcock. HLTV cuntfirmed best post 2016
2016-06-27 00:48
1 reply
It's a copypasta from 4chan.
2016-06-27 05:00
k
2016-06-27 00:22
gz shox
2016-06-27 00:22
g2 out in groups cuz no cheat on major, rip in pepperonis
2016-06-27 00:22
1 reply
2016-06-27 00:24
Of course they will...You're sexy... Um I mean, good looking.
2016-06-27 00:22
ez ence
2016-06-27 00:23
gj shox.exe LUL
2016-06-27 00:31
lol ocelote
2016-06-27 00:31
love shox love scream one love <3
2016-06-27 00:31
1 reply
One taps
2016-06-27 01:07
wp g2
2016-06-27 00:38
At the major they don't need to focus on G2 much. There are 7 maps that can be played, and G2 seem to have only 1 consistently strong map, which is overpass. You can say that they also play well on cache and dust2, but they lost cache 9-16 to NiP @ ELEAGUE group final (one of the most important match cuz they needed to win it to reach the playoff stage), and dust2 1-16 to mousesports @ ESL Cologne main qualifier (not that important since they still had 2 more opponents - Gambit and Cloud9, but 1-16?!), so I wouldn't say they're very strong on those maps. What else? cbble - 6-16 12-16 to Liquid @ ECS. train - 3-16 to NiP @ ELEAGUE group final, 10-16 to Gambit @ ESL Cologne main qualifier. mirage - 4-16 to Flipsid3, it was online and G2 bans it everytime since then. nuke - only 2 matches played (OpTic and Liquid), both started on the CT side, both won, on the T side they took 3/5 rounds vs OpTic and 5/12 rounds vs Liquid, I'd not say it's really impressive, God knows how it would end up if they started on the T side... So, what have they got? Strong maps: overpass. Decent maps: dust2, cache, nuke. Bad maps: cbble, train, mirage. At major they can ban only 2 maps, having 3 weak ones, it will be a big problem for them, and they have only a week to try to solve it. I'd say their chances to fail are big enough.
2016-06-27 00:47
2 replies
nt ?? worlder Cuz too much of a coward to show flyg.
2016-06-27 00:56
This time they have nothing to lose. They are expected to be eliminated in g.s + they won a event before a major so they couldnt care less about the major. G2, LG, fnatic and FaZe have pretty much the same map-pool, and if G2 actually can make the 1/4, they have their way to the final.
2016-06-27 01:04
Shox turn on ur GOD mode... really best player in the history when play serious!
2016-06-27 00:55
rofl ocelote
2016-06-27 00:58
Everytime lg or sk lose to a team either that whole team are fucking blatant cheaters or lg is throwing on purpose
2016-06-27 01:09
God Shoxie, the one true God. Now I'm praying to Him so that they can win the major as well.
2016-06-27 01:15
Nope
2016-06-27 01:31
One of the Greatest CS Players of all Time! shox you are to good. Now make it atleast out of the groups which will be really hard for you!
2016-06-27 01:40
At least the final interview is the video one - nice! Too many written once :( but tnks for them ascwell.
2016-06-27 01:49
3 replies
ruski can't into reading?
2016-06-27 02:39
2 replies
Ruski can into reading its just ruski is prefer seeing people talk live
2016-06-27 03:42
1 reply
At least 2 ruskis, in fact ;)
2016-06-27 14:35
ok shox homossexual player
2016-06-27 13:52
#65
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Sweden godname
where is the haters? silvers
2016-06-27 15:58
1 reply
EleGiggle death group inc
2016-06-27 16:02
Mousesports vs G2 16-1 Never forget
2016-06-27 22:41
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