'shox - Journey of a Legend' documentary released
VaKarM released an hour-long documentary about Richard "shox" Papillon's career, which was produced by Guillaume "bomox" Fleury.
The documentary that is titled "L'Histoire d'une Légende"—which translates to "Journey of a Legend"—follows Richard "shox" Papillon's Counter-Strike career starting with the early days and leading up to the point he is at now.
Guillaume "bomox" Fleury and VaKarM collaborated on the movie that took a year to put together. Alongside shox, three guests are featured in the documentary to talk about their history with shox: his "mentor" Sebastien "KRL" Perez, his longtime teammate Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux, and his father Patrick Papillon.
"Journey of a Legend" is filmed in French but features English subtitles for international viewers. Click play below to learn about shox's path to becoming a household Counter-Strike name:
Edouard 'SmithZz' Dubourdeaux
Age:
29
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
1093
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.67
APR:
0.14
Richard 'shox' Papillon
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
1279
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.66
APR:
0.13
shoxie <3
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cs s legend is not legend?
very funny haHAA 12 btw haHAA
this is not 1v1, it is a team game
hltv.org/matches/2314048/g2-vs-fnatic-es..
<10 kills on a match that if they won they would have qualified for the LAN finals
Tell that to fallen or beastzera
lmao nt NA
i'm not mad, France has titles and majors, unlike you
DH open is not a major sorry
expected bait from Choke9 fan (LUL)
i think you called yourself autistic without realising...
how to spot true autism?
self-awareness failed on every level... kek
And that's the latest match between G2 and C9. hltv.org/matches/2315519/g2-vs-cloud9-el..
Jebaited so hard
still, remind me which titles C9 finally got after 1 year without nothing? Aaah...ibuypowers MASTERS (wow!) and DH Denver?
You really wanna talk facts?
i can detect a pattern here
starting from the "*proceeds to not qualify" comment which is
bait but actually true, then a backlash nt NA even tho its true no g2 in the coming LAN, then bait but is actually true based on the nt NA comment, then the denial of saying not mad and adding past facts, then an insinuation the baited being mad, then denial of that insinuation of being mad, then a reinsinuation of the baited being angry, then the baited using the typical 'expected bait' plus an overused roast that doesnt apply to this thread, then the counter roast with 'autist hltv user' which tbf is sad but true because u had to go out of ur way to stand up for that original comment of *proceeds to not qualify for LAN* which is actually true sadly, then the reply of using the sad excuse of 'jebaited' which doesnt make any difference with what you're doing plus using past facts again just to win a useless non-contributing arguement to this thread, sometimes i wonder if both of you can't seem to let your pride go down even just for a little bit with these facts but instead you let it fall to baseless allegations...
well, that psychology i just typed up on about this convo tho
Put the pipe down. Ur getting way to deep.
learn the comments first, then you will understand the reason
I also think that these kind of "legend videos" are coming way to early. He will be a legend as soon as he retires. Seems that ppl can't wait to have legends in Esport, though the sport is way to young to talk about living legends. I rather would say we should talk about "future legends".
he wasn't overrated in source
he is overrated in csgo
dude has an insane skill ceiling but when does he ever hit that ceiling consistently? dude is the most inconsistent "one of the best player in the world" ever. the times where he is insanely good never last more than 2 months once in two years before he shits the bed again and hides behind the igl role, "we have to kick a teammate that drags us down" and getting insane amounts of eco frags to boost his bad to average stats.
he never was and never has been even close to a niko, s1mple, olof, device, cold tier superstar in csgo that's for sure.
kinda lost the plot after eco-frags...
More than you.
What he's done?
He won a major
So does SmithZz , that makes him a legend too ?
Duh..
you're pretty retarded if you sum up smithzz's career by 2016 only
He was in the best world team in css, and won titles on cs go too
Don't even try man, you wasting energy with HLTV kids following the scene since end of 2015 at best.
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Sadly. Have to agree
if you really think that then you are definitely a newfag
shox is a top 3 all-time csgo player
The receipts
I followed the scene for 2+ years before I created this account, and I've done enough research to know roughly what teams and players were the best even before I started watching
shox is atleast top 4, I guess sanos has just been living in a cave
2 years hahahahahahahahahahaahahahhahaa
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"done research" doesn't make you not a newfag. hypocrite
sure, in the sense that i have only followed the scene since mid 2015, but atleast i know about the history of the scene
sames, ive only followed the scene since early 2016 during IEM Katowice 2016 (which is why whenever i watch a 2016 highlights/fragmovie/compilation, i always copy machine's and henryG's commentary on fallen's 1v3 + teamkill clutch)
Like when i was into war stuff back as a kid, id always go onto wikipedias and libraries or forum sites for war histories from ww1, ww2, vietnam war to even wars still happening in recent years, same for cs, i went as far back as when the original neo (the one before the current/former g5 neo) was playing, as well as knowing the careers of guys like SpawN, loord, warden, heatoN, RobbaN, zonic, gux, RattlesnK, PhP, nickn0it, RpK, ceh9, re1ease, to even great rivalries like mTw vs NaVi 1.6, SK 1.6 vs fnatic 1.6, NiP 1.6 vs SK 1.6, VG Source vs Dynamic Source
<3 +999999
seruiiously?
Nooo
Gonna watch it asap <3
<3
(no homo)
He needs to stop igling and go back to main player, my pov
This is international site, please post your videos in Englisj, not on baguette language
imagine thinking otherwise
He was a pro in 1.6 and source, won a major in cs and many other tournaments how is he not a legend?
He was never a pro in 1.6
he switched to 1.6 for a few months in 2010 - practiced with pro french players and played for dimension 4 during a month
""Journey of a Legend"—follows Richard "shox" Papillon's Counter-Strike career starting with the early days and leading up to the point he is at now."
Point where he is now = Complete garbage.
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hahahahahaha
Did someone shit on your banana?
Your mom's butthole, last night actually shitted on my banana.
Your mom jokes don't work in 2017.
Point where he is now :
Shox's G2 9 - 4 SK
m3m3
You don't lose legend status? Cogu was amazing in cs 1.6 and even tho he is garbage now in csgo he is still a legend
if you don't make top 8 you lose legend status
Makes no sense
Legend once, legend forever
World's 3rd best player in 2013, 8th in 2014, 13th in 2015, 6th in 2016 and most likely in the top 20 in 2017, although not as high.
Not many players have won a major, have been at some point the best player in the world (late 2013), have been relevant in the scene and won tier one tournaments for five years in a row.
He IS a legend!
>Not make it out of groups last 6 majors (since kato2015).
>legend
They said shox legend hhahahahahahaah. He is skilled player with huge potencial doing dumb decisions like trying to igl sticking with smithzz. He maybe had great start in early years of csgo but considering all csgo history he is really far from legend.
So, then who is a legend? rain? 0-3 niko? 0-3.
Olof just 2015 and a part of 2016 and then disappeared all the time, You're right with f0rest, but Guardian? LMFAO
Look GuardiaN might be my current favorite CSGO player ( or is it FalleN ? ) but seriously ...
He never won a major ? And his span of dominance lasted a lot less than Shoxie.
Olofmeister is the same despite several majors, a 1.5 years era of dominance ( and 1.5 year is generous btw more like 1 year ) and now he is consistently FaZe's weakest player, often worst than Karrigan who leads...
And he was shit for monthes too with fnatic before that..
He had the "skill peak" component ot the legend but to me it must be "prolonged during an extended period of time" to make you a legend, and for olof that is debatable.
Coldzera already has achieved more than him and his team ( LG back then ) emerged barely 2 years ago..
Journey of an emo overrated player
btw im kidding shox was legend in the past
Glad they interviewed his boyfriend. Probably one of the most overrated pros in the scene.
nop most overrated pros those ones :
- niko
- rain
- olof
- guardian
- karrigan
+ motherfuckin 1
also karrigan is GENUINELY the biggest talent cockblock in the world + he is ACTUALL THE WORST IGL in the history of CS. Its because of his trash igling is why FaZe bought olof n guardian, now they dont need strats to win LUL
agree with everyone else except olof
As of today, he is too.
I get why you think Niko and karrigan and Olof are overrated and I agree to some degree but I wouldn’t say rain and guardian are. They have actually shown their worth on Faze.
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1. Never claimed to be an analyst
2. Played CS since 2013 started watching in 2014
3. Only like Faze because Olof has always been my favorite player
4. I didn’t mention anything about faze in my comment
Okay, my bad man. Day of account creation + A high amount of stupid faze glory fans on here pushed me to write this comment.
I knew you didn't mention FaZe neither claiming to be an analyst, but this kind of argument (as him being overrated), makes me a bit frustrated. See, I'm a G2 fan.
But what makes you think he's so overrated?
legend - css player ahahahahahahahahahah
,,LEGEND"
No he isnt he has almost no history in 1.6 ,isnt even top15 historicaly bets player in csgo only version of counter strike where was he rellevant was source and this was terrible game
1.Cold
2.Get right
3.Olof
4.Device
5.Flusha
Flusha Lmfao, Device HyperLul, Olof best onliner, and washed up on LAN.
Well half of this list are way worse than shoxie at the moment, and/or were only good for a limited amount of time on one version of the game.
Only guy on that list I'd call a legend atm is Get_Right, but Coldzera will have a good case for it if he can maintain that level for performance for 1 or 2 more years..
All these players were or are better than shox in csgo
So being arguably the best player ever in game you consider "terrible",wining a major and multiple 250k$+ events,being the best player in the world in cs go at one point continuing to have great form for the entirety of the game,being able to play any role his team needs,being among the best of all time in every role with every gun does not make him a legend?
Can you read?
1.6 is the most rellevant version of cs
I didnt forgot but in the most capable version of cs he was irellevant and in worst version he was good doesnt seem special
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Haters are coming out of the woodwork in full force ..
How is he not a legend ? Yet people will call TaZ or NEO legends while they can't put up 0.8 rating in the past 6 monthes..
Shox stil is one of the best aimers , and being a strong/elite player on all 3 versions with a good resume certainly qualify him as a "legend" of CS..
People will deny him but still call anyone who makes an impressive play a legend..
Legend status is earned through skill and results during an extended period of time...
I agree that I wish he went back to just being a starfragger and let apEx or NBK lead
Legend mean the best , i m not sure abt taz but neo is definitely a legend player . He was THE BEST CS 1.6 PLAYER
No he wasn't.
He was ONE of the best ( f0rest anyone ? Get_Right ?? Markeloff ??? ) in the end when 90% of the REAL legends stopped playing a long time ago because they had to work and there was no money or at least not enough in CS 1.6 for them to make a living of it ...
A huge fish in a small pond.
He clearly is a legend though, and one of the only guys I don't find this word tarnished for.
For Shox the word is a bit " strong " imo but I've seen tons of worst and least successful player getting called "legends" so he clearly has the right to be called one..
-bodyy - NBK, +SCREAM +RPK
name checkout
Are u talking about VP?
"legend btw"
single handedly ruining G2 by not letting go of the igl role, G2 need a real igl, and shox need to stop hiding behind this role for his poor performances
stupid comment on so many level i wont even care to explain you why, you smell the casual fanboy that doesnt know what to take in context and whatnot
Since Ex6 left the team, he is IGLing with the following results in premier/T2 tournaments :
T1 Wins :
Dreamhack Masters Malmo,
ESL Pro league season 5,
Esports Championship Series Season 1
T2 wins :
DreamHack Tours
T1 Finals :
ESL Pro League Season 3 (and one of the sickest match of history of the game)
StarLadder i-League Season 2
Tier 1 Top4
EPICENTER 2017
Esports Championship Series Season 3
HE surely did ruin the team with his bad IGLing
you look at the stats i look at the game in the context of G2 being a top team within the top5 world, G2 are like C9 inconsistent , unability to grind games, tilt easily, constent forcebuys (wich is a clear sign of lack of strats left in the book on normal gun rounds, they dont play clever, all this team rely on is fire power wich will get you les and less far in cs tournament as the meta become more and more tactical, pistols get nerfed ect...
this team was made to not only win but dolminate the scene, so far they have shown they lack nearly everything to be a top team but fire power, G2 is the C9 of NA, shox has been terrible since forming this team and G2 can thanks kennyS for being the only consistent factor wich anable them to go off randomly and win tournament ... shox is by far the worst IGL a top french team has ever scene, even how low i rate happy as one
Man, if you’re honest, look their results against top teams
Out of the top 5 teams, they have incredibly positive results against SK/Astralis/North, being only unable to beat Faze (atm only I think because I feel that in the few next tournaments, they will find the key to beat them)
And if you look at how they played since summer break, they had some incredibly strong runs, even in epicenter where they finished 3/4, they had that dominating performance you speak about, even if they loose against VP but guess what, no team can beat anyone at any time.
Same for their runs at ESL pro league, it was a dominating performance, same for malmo, ECS season 1 (and Kenny wasn’t here to carry) and same for EPL s3
So yes, they can’t do it each weeks, but be honest and tell me who can actually ?
And the reason is pretty simple : every team in top 10 has some opponents they match poorly against, and in modern CSGO, I don’t see it being otherwise.
And rhat’s The main reason why I think that there won’t be another era anytime soon.
So yes, winning 3/4 t1 events a year and placing top 2 or top 3/4 in a few others is where you wanna be actually
The only thing they need to work for is regained no legend status for a long time.
why are you bringing up the tournament he won with scream, was like the most inconsistent thing ever, they won a t1 tournament then did absolutly nothing until they had to shuffle, comon..
you can enjoy your tournament win, i rather watch FaZe for example with top superstars who dont have a oversized ego and can fit whithin a system and understand how important is an igl, astralis is an other team .. meanwhile G2 do this arrogant thing where they basically say : yeah you guys work hard on your little strats and teamplay, we will either stomp you with our incredible aim, if we manage to work together, if our comms is on point , if all the stars alignes, or.... we will crash will crash randomly, even vs mid tier teams since we have 0 synergy between, no leader to hype us when we're down, little strats to rely on to help us grind ect..
if you dont understand that this is what needed to be a top tier CS team nowdays, pls dont reply to me ever again
I think that you truly underestimate the work that G2 has done lately, but sure, you know everything and you're right.
Keep on bashing them and add <3 FaZe next to your name.
i'm only fan of one think and thats france, unlike you i'm not a fanboy, fanboyism make you do dumb statements like you, i leave that to the casuals
I'm not a fanboy either.
I just like the way G2 plays, even when they loose.
And i prefer that to the boring excute style of Astralis for example, so yes, it is, by definition inconsistent.
And if you think that i'm a fanboy, i think that you are in the exact opposite mindset. It's just free bashing anytime someone speacks about G2 or Shox.
People have to realise that there is no good french IGL at the moment. So you can accept that the best french team has to play this style and win sometimes, playing a good old explosive style, or you can be perfectionist and cry for some changes that wouldn't be better at best but most certainly would be desastrous.
the problem is not there is no good IGL in france, the problem is the players have to big of an ego to fit into a system (appart from a few players)
you say there is no great french speaking igl in france ? let agree to disagree, especially in this tactical era, you give ex6tenz the astralis roster (if only he could speak danish, and i bet he would do great thing
but in france, problem isnt the IGL, its a bit like NA, player are more intrested by fragging, because creating strats, perfecting you teamplay demand time, work, maturity, patience, everything the french (overall again i do not speak for all of them) lack ... maybe it will get better in the future, maybe they wont need and they will prove that this lose style will dominate the scene and its not just a style of IGLing for players that still live in 2014, maybe they will do that, in the mean time, they can go win some tournaments and crash completly in the next one, if thats the trace you want to live and be remembered once you retire, go on then, but you cant blame me for expecting more from thoses guys, especially with their talent, sadly waisted so far
If all you said was true, they wouldn’t even have worked, changed mapool, changed roles this past summer
The pint you don’t actually realise is exactly this one : when they have time to work, they do it, and got results because they have sick skill and they often break the meta. When they are in the middle of 3 monthes where you have 3 weeks of LAN per month and all the online games to play, they don’t have time to work on their playstyle. And gueSs what ? Yeah, they are beaten by VP or Fnatic, 2 teams that don’t play a lot of LANs and trained perhaps 2 or 3 times more than them. But not because they are arrogant and lazy, because they don’t have time for that. You have the same in any sport, and it’s especially true when it’s so much based on mental and practice/communication/tactics.
And also, why do you think that Shox stopped being a star fragger if he only had an ego ?
I think both of you are "kinda right" , there is truth in both of your arguments.
G2 clearly are one of the teams with the most firepower ( I'd even rate them above Astralis just with SK and FaZe on that aspect ) but their strats are kinda bad but their choices are even worse.
WTF with this "forcebuy every round" typical french style ?
Worst thing is that it works often enough to let them consider continuing doing it.
But I think their inconsistency comes from their cultural ( french/latin ) background.
They are both a bit lazy and also have this typical french propension to see themselves better than they really are after a big performance... which usually puts them immediatly in a slump..
Their mentality is the main problem : typical " we are world champs before even playing the matches " french mentality ( because they had some good results )..
If they can fix that and work a bit harder they will be consitent top3.
And I also wish let someone else lead and went back to crazyfragging, because that's what he does best.
i agree with that, but i dont agree that they win their forcebuys consistently enought to validate it, since the pistols nerf, they are really struggling to make it work, and shox doesnt not seem to have an answer to new game plan, even with the armada of analyst, coaches (that he choose himself) he has at his disposal.. wich is why i dont believe in shox as a great igl
>Not make it out of groups last 6 majors (since kato2015).
>legend
They said shox legend hhahahahahahaah. He is skilled player with huge potencial doing dumb decisions like trying to igl or sticking with smithzz because we are gayfriends. He maybe had great start in early years of csgo but considering all csgo history he is really far from legend.
Edit: Plus it's baguette document not even in english lel, because everyone would laugh how gay french accent is.
taking only majors into account? I have to agree that, in comparison, for example in LoL, the Worlds are more important than any other tournament and should be a detail of importance, but the Major is just a 1,000,000$ tournament with stickers. You forget he won ECS S1 in 2016, got close to win on a big bo5 where he was amazing during EPL Finals. He got a great performance last year overall, was a great player in 2013-2014, a great player on css as well. Of course this year he’s not good but it’s blatant he’s not comfortable in his IGL role. He could get his level back if he stops IGLing and he’s a real legend.
Kys
Great video
I wish shox would quit IGLing and go back to 2016 form with scream
Those were the days...
shoxieJESUS ma boi
Shox legend?
He has only 1 major title, hasn't made it out of the groups in a major for 2 years already, inconsistent...
Players like Neo, TaZ, f0rest, GeT_RiGhT, fnx, Coldzera, Fallen are the real legends, not Shox LUL
We are talking about CS in general aren't we? Not only CS 1.6 and CS:GO, and you can't talk about CS:GO legends without talking about Coldzera, come on dude you know it's true.
Cold is best player in history of csgo so this is enough to put him beside all thise names
fnx legend??
1.6 legend
who is shox? what about f0rest, gtr, fallen, cold & much much more skilled players, kek
We don't give a fuck about your opinion either.
He should since he doesnt doing it he went to bot mode
tschüss
Very nice
He is good player but definitely not legend . Would love to see documentry on Fallen , Neo, Get_right and n my personal favorite Guardian :)
Guardian is not definitely legend
Well he is not on par with Forest or neo but he is truly a legend . He carried navi for 2 years n got into 2 majors apart from that he was very good at 1.6 too
He was average in 1.6 yes he carried navi but didnt achive anything rellevant and on majors he always had to bend against better teams he is good but not legend of cs or csgo
Single handedly carrying a team into 2 major finals n being best awper for 2 years n being top 10 consistently . Definitely one of top awpers in csgo . yeah pretty much avg player stats .
Average in 1.6 I said.He wasnt never best awp kenny was better than him ,he was only carrying in cluj in columbus he was one of worst players in team if not worst
he was better thn kenny in 2015 n early 16 . n worst player in navi lul . go watch some go demos before commenting here
Can you read fagott ?second time
He was terrible in columbus and never was better than kenny he was always above him
signed up hltv on 2017-05-23 . nvm my fault kid
Braindead kid with good aim = legend agaaahahaha
nt what? i am wrong? he is playing 10+ years and still has 0 gamesense.
He is one of the best clutchers in the game and also had the best rating in "big matches" of all players in 2016 but yeah, no game sense at all..
shox has been playing CS for longer and he has much more achievements i guess
suppose u r new on CS shox was already a star when kennys was still unknown
Overrated baguette
hour long LULLLLLL
if you think shox isn't a legend you're a newfag
top 3 all time source player (arguably a contender for top 1), best non-NIP player during the beginning of CSGO, and he's won a fucking major
Shox is one of the most memorable players in the game with the highest skill ceiling. Shox shouldve been #1 in 2013 without a doubt but GTR and f0rest farmed ez stats vs shitty swedish teams on local lans which got them into #1 and #2. In terms of skill, shox was the one that made the difference for VeryGames and ended NiPs dominance.
He also has some of the most memorable performances in the entire game. ie. 32-2 on dust2 in a 16-0 game vs HR on LAN. This man in form is a beast
They are legends too, despite averaging a 0.8 rating in the latest 6 months...
-Thorin "Shox is without any question, one of the greatest cs go players of all the time -Thorin"
he is by far my favourite player since css, he hasn't showed up too much recently or at least not as we wanted to see him but i really hope shox and g2 could grow up even more and win a major
expected
amount of newfags here is disgusting
legend ??? Hltv no brain fucks
Shoxie <3
It's funny how all the new, adorable little HLTV posters these days say that shox isn't a legend. Is it envy? Low intelligence/compromised brain function? Who knows.
Nice video but honestly all the typos in the subtitles really takes away from the production value. I honestly recommend hiring some form of English speaking editor next time around.
Kreygasm
THE LEGEND
Just for some clarification EMSTQD is Happy, that was his old name.
But he's not a legend
He's a Challenger.
Bad pun? I'm sorry.
ShoxieJESUS
like shox but its kinda gay how close he is to smithz WTF
GOD shox BibleThump
shox is the most complex player ever
shox CS legend?
I arent think that.
