shox (gamer)

Richard Papillon (born 27 May 1992), better known by his gaming handle shox, is a French professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player for Team Vitality. He is considered one of the best players in Global Offensive history, featuring in HLTV's Top 20 Players list from 2013-2016.[3][4][5][6][7] He has won over a dozen international tournaments, as well as one Major Championship: DreamHack Winter 2014.[3]

shox
Richard Papillon
Personal information
Born (1992-05-27) 27 May 1992[1]
HometownParis, France
NationalityFrench
Career information
StatusActive
Current teamTeam Vitality
GamesCounter-Strike: Global Offensive
Career prize money$487,820.89[2]
Career history
2014; 2015–2016Titan
2014–2015Team LDLC
2015Team EnVyUs
2016–2019G2 Esports
2019–presentTeam Vitality
Career highlights and awards

Early life

Shox began playing Counter-Strike when he was nine years old, introduced to the series by his older brother.[1] His parents allowed him to take a year off from studies to pursue the game, leading to him joining his first successful teams in Counter-Strike: Source around 2007.[8] His handle referenced a model of Nike shoes that were popular at the time.[1]

Career

Shox is best known for playing for a number of French Counter-Strike teams, including VeryGames, Titan, Team LDLC, EnVyUs, and G2.[4]

gollark: security™
gollark: Especially when it's knowledge relevant to the security of your stuff.
gollark: Hoarding of specialized knowledge, in my opinion, just hurts, well, people in general.
gollark: have a tiny potato.
gollark: It was 3D printed! In Minecraft!

References
  1. VaKarM, "shox - Journey of a Legend", 12 November 2017
  2. "shox - Richard Papillon - CS:GO Player Profile :: Esports Earnings". www.esportsearnings.com.
  3. esports, Gfinity-Generation. "Thorin's Top 20 CS:GO Players of All-Time (10-1) :: News :". Gfinity.
  4. "Thorin's Take: kennyS and shox - France's False Bill of Goods". VPEsports.
  5. "The Thorin Treatment - The Mystery of shox's Peaks". 3 June 2016.
  6. "The hero that France deserves: Richard "shox" Papillon". starladder.com.
  7. "Richard 'shox' Papillon". HLTV.org.
  8. FACEIT, FACEIT London Major 2018 - Player Profiles - shox - G2, 19 September 2018
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