shox wins HTC 1v1 invitational

mki`

24-4-2016 23:45

The HTC 1v1 Invitational by PGL has concluded with Richard "shox" Papillon coming out on top over the rest of the competition. The tournament, which was a "first of its kind" featured a plethora of top tier players coupled with some of the most renown broadcast talent in CS:GO.

The first group stage of the tournament already treated us to some exciting upsets such as Julia "⁠juliano⁠" Kiran defeating Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller 2-1 in group A. Although the Secret fe player raised a few eyebrows following her great play she didn't end up advancing through her group, allowing Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan and Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub through to the second group stage.

Group B saw a team kill situation, however, the Natus Vincere duo of Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin and Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev were able to overcome their opponents to sweep their group for their team.

The tournament also featured legends of the Counter-Strike scene which was best shown in group C where Abdisamad "⁠SpawN⁠" Mohamed was competing. Although the Swede didn't manage to advance he surely allowed viewers to take a trip down memory lane to remember one of the all-time greats.

shox wins 1v1 Invitational over MICHU

In the final group we saw Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie in action, however the Secret fe player would also end up being eliminated in place of Derek "⁠desi⁠" Branchen and Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom.

The second day saw the remaining eight players drawn into two groups and the upsets were set to continue. Of special note is Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller's performance as he was able to take first place in group A after defeating Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey and then flamie in the winner's match.

This group also saw Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon advance as the second place player into the semi-finals. Group B saw kennyS and seized advance in what was unsurprisingly the first batch of matches in the tournament to not feature an upset!

These results above set the stage for the first semi-finals out of which shox defeated seized while MICHU overcame kennyS respectively. In the final it was the French player that came out on top to secure the first place finish and $10,000.

HTC 1v1 Invitational by PGL final standings:

1. Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon - $10,000

2. Michał "⁠MICHU⁠" Müller - $5,000

3-4. Kenny "⁠kennyS⁠" Schrub - $2,500

3-4. Denis "⁠seized⁠" Kostin - $2,500

5-8. Derek "⁠desi⁠" Branchen - $1,250

5-8. Shahzeb "⁠ShahZaM⁠" Khan - $1,250

5-8. Egor "⁠flamie⁠" Vasilyev - $1,250

5-8. Fabien "⁠kioShiMa⁠" Fiey - $1,250

9-12. Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş

9-12. Adil "⁠ScreaM⁠" Benrlitom

9-12. Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad

9-12. Julia "⁠juliano⁠" Kiran

13-16. Zainab "⁠zAAz⁠" Turkie

13-16. Abdisamad "⁠SpawN⁠" Mohamed

13-16. Vincent "⁠Happy⁠" Schopenhauer

13-16. Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller

If I had played I would have won...

2016-04-24 23:46

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2016-04-24 23:47

7 replies

#RIPCADIAN

2016-04-24 23:57

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GG shox, MICHU really good.

2016-04-25 00:12

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SHOOOOOOXIIIIIIIIIEEE <333333333333333

2016-04-25 00:40

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If I played I would've won

2016-04-25 04:25

shox > all

2016-04-25 06:48

Aye! It said something about the broadcast talent in the headline so i had expected them named in the article, or was this forgotten. I really do think casters can make the game twice as much fun to watch

2016-04-25 22:50

Lol no. kONST would have won it. Even if he had to play deagle against AK players.

2016-04-25 00:32

u would get rekt by pala lmao

2 replies

my aimware premium account says no

2016-04-24 23:48

haha :D

What's also funny is ... Juliano > Happy

Ahahah true shit

2016-04-25 17:37

that much of XANTARES the best...

2016-04-25 00:29

+1 ez tournament

2016-04-25 19:25

2016-04-25 23:48

If I had won, I would have played...

2016-04-26 18:18

Gz!

11 replies

A GIRL DID BETTER THAN HAPPY HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

2016-04-25 00:49

10 replies

shut up

2016-04-25 00:50

9 replies

u shut up u dumb swede. NA aim > Swede aim get rekt

2016-04-25 00:57

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NA aim > Asian aim

2016-04-25 00:58

I'm from NA u retard get rekt

Shit, you got me

2016-04-25 00:59

Holy shit you're dumb

2016-04-25 13:03

Actually asian aim > na aim. Tyloo is t1 team Kappa

2016-04-25 08:42

Better than NA atleast.

2016-04-25 12:29

are you retarded? sweden had 2 girls and a retired 1.6 pro in this

2016-04-25 12:42

what about the brain then ? ;D

2016-04-25 14:24

nice

shox <3

2016-04-26 18:23

+90

Well deserved by shox. Showing once again that he is by far one of the most skilled players in the scene.

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shox is a great player individually no doubt. But aim maps doesn't 100% prove how good aim a player has. You play the same small maps where u use the same kind of angles/peeks/plays over and over again. Being one of the best players is one thing, being one of the best 1v1 players really is another.

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I agree aim maps definitely are not a good representation on how good a player is in a match, but they do show aim skills for sure, showing that although shox hasn't won much recently, he still is the same beast that we remember him as.

2016-04-24 23:59

It's true, but tbh he is also probably the pro with the most experience on aim_map and that changes it all. Guy was literally 100-0 in 1on1 aim on ESL and he played it a fucking lot on CSS too.

2016-04-25 00:17

Nothing wrong with being well prepared ;)

2016-04-25 00:19

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That's not the point, just the fact that it doesn't show much about his form. I know about 5 randoms that would beat even shox in 1on1, let alone the rest of the pros. But well it's true that it shows that shox can still compete and that's not even debatable, if only he would stop trying to be an IGL so hard.

2016-04-25 01:37

I understand your point about aim maps you are definitely right about that. I think shox being the IGL can work out really well if he can keep his form while being the IGL, but if he has to sacrifice some of his fragging ability to do it then it is not worth it.

2016-04-25 02:28

We got a badass over here. He knows 5 randoms that can beat shox holy moly you better not fuck with him or else he's going to call his gay squad upon yyall

2016-04-25 06:02

Thanks for showing your retardness to the world. Have a nice day.

2016-04-25 06:46

lmao

2016-04-25 08:25

topkek retard

2016-04-25 16:13

soo check michu eslaccount he was top1 in all ladders in 2k10-2k13 :> 1on1 2on2 etc and when they lose as a team and they have 27-0-0 and lose they delete team and play again :>

2016-04-25 12:27

Thank you Captain Obvious! =P I agree though. Quite irrelevant that shox won. Could have been anyone else aswell, really.. But, I'm happy for him. And also, happy that the swedish girls put on a show! They are truly skilled imo. Maybe deserve more recognition? Dunno.

2016-04-25 00:30

Aim maps (especially aim lan cups) definetly prove aiming skillz. S1mple consistenly won them in ukraine and that was one of the reasons hr decided to try him out according to Dosia.

2016-04-25 00:45

I'm sure the top ukrainian players were competing in these cups..

2016-04-25 13:44

Not only ukranian csgo.starladder.tv/news/4048

2016-04-25 14:00

yea pretty random

2016-04-25 14:03

ur logic? yea

2016-04-25 14:04

Fifflaren beat f0rest in aim maps too, does that mean his aim is better ?

2016-04-25 14:10

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On that event s1mple won amateur lan cup, earned slot to play vs pros, then won it as well. Sure it doesn't mean he's very good aimer.. It was just one of the aim competition he won, there were many Friendly 1x1 dont prove much. Lan torneys with good prize money do.

2016-04-25 14:28

it means he's good, it just doesn't mean his aim is better than some pros he beat, that's it. You know you can lose rounds in aim maps just because you didn't look at the right angle, or your opponent was slightly faster than you etc. a lot of factors that don't rely on skill or are just negligible

2016-04-25 14:34

Concentration, reaction these factors show skill/natural ability. One game is not enough to judge. Final standing whre some player at the top and others at the bottom says it all. But series of such lan cups would be a better gauge.

2016-04-25 15:11

Shox best player world

ez for ENCE

PGL didn't allow allu to be there cause it would be unfair

2016-04-24 23:52

That also happened to hunden

2016-04-24 23:55

Auto-banned from all tournaments

2016-04-25 00:21

The god can't compete with the mortals

2016-04-25 01:18

good job

BEST AIMER WORLD !!

MICHU IS GOD

shox confirmed top1 again. Also, happy without teammates to bait = baddd :(

Happy did go against a super stacked group.

first michu real money what he won during his own carer sad is 1vs1 tournamnet XD

i translate: michu won more money in this tournament than in his whole career

2016-04-24 23:50

thanks fam

2016-04-24 23:54

thanks for translating his englando

2016-04-25 00:01

2016-04-25 00:07

thanks dude

2016-04-25 00:35

thanks hitler

2016-04-25 03:11

wiki.teamliquid.net/counterstrike/MICHU nt

you need to divide that money for atleast 5 players ;) here he gets 5k $ for himself

2016-04-25 00:02

With the 2nd place of the nations tournament, he made 5k$. With the rest of all tournaments, he made arround 8k$ on different teams. (when you divide each sum / 5)

2016-04-25 00:11

your london is dieded it seems

But now we know, michu with lower team are better than kenny,flamie. And Poland have ONLY 1 person, not like France, 3-4. WP Michu, beast!

nt, but tournaments like this don't prove anything.

2016-04-24 23:56

But on tournament like this, we can see who have like better aim, and like this, baguette scene coming down, so htc invite a lot of french pro players, that was so sad but true

2016-04-25 00:00

yes Michu is now contfirmde bestesterest player in worlds, he woudl evn beat olofm or nikko 16:0

I said this? Wtf Germanero, i only said, michu with lower team are better than kenny etc. That was so sad.

2016-04-25 00:05

Are u mad?

2016-04-25 15:06

gz shox wp michu

2016-04-24 23:49

n1 to see that his haxx work properly this time.

Oh em gee shox top 1 confirmed aim 1v1 = everything Keepo Nah still gz to shoxie :)

shox n1!

Nt michu but gj shoxie

MICHU WOW dude , know one expected you above some top boys :) gl well done ! gg shox still strong :]

2016-04-24 23:51

Please english. "know one expected you above some top boys?" Can anybody translate it for me?

2016-04-25 01:31

"No one expected Malyz to suck some top boys." You're welcome.

2016-04-25 01:33

Thanks Polack for translate.

2016-04-25 01:36

KNOW ONE, kill me

2016-04-25 10:29

Its only small mistake. Here, we talk about cs. People speak different Language. You're not here to judge me dude. You are on the wrong side. But , if only you trying to prove something, or just have such a need for it , then yes np enjoy. As you have something to say about this topic feel free to do it. If no , then give yourself peace because it does not even sounds serious.

2016-04-27 01:53

KNOW ONE, go to school then come to english forum

2016-04-27 11:23

who is shox hugging? is it michu or his boyfriend?

2016-04-24 23:53

it's smithzz. This photo ain't from this tournament

ok ty

#ripcadian

"xantares best aim eu"

"xantares Top 1 aimer the worlds" -every turk that ever lived

xantares top 1 aimer with his kebap knifes to precise cut kebap meat.

2016-04-25 01:32

xantares kekt silver2 confirmed for the kebab

2016-04-25 07:03

Finally shox reminds us of himself. Hell of a performance!

2016-04-24 23:58

cadian was rekt by a girl lul

They should put shroud or swag

fuck that !!! 1 Niko 2 Coldzera 3 Edward 4 Konfig 5 Magiskb0Y

xD xD

Haha heal; urself pls

2016-04-25 13:31

<3 shox

2016-04-25 00:03

joke of a tournie that shox won, lmao kennyS is a joke too

2016-04-25 00:04

kennys is bad kid, but shox best player :D

2016-04-25 00:38

good run majczu

expected

nice one MICHU, really well played, I am sure he could win with shox, the 3rd map was just really bad for him, or too good to shox. wp!

scream PLZ u can better an that :SSS

2016-04-25 00:06

lmao girls better than cadian :>

2016-04-25 00:13

Saying that Shox is top1 aimer in the world is wrong, cuz there weren't all great players such as olof, flusha, getright, neo, device, hunden, etc. Commmon haters, let me know you are alive :V

Lol gtr, neo and flusha on aim_map.......

2016-04-25 02:15

Just examples. My brain just got deleted :D But there are still better players than Spawn for example

2016-04-25 02:21

hunden LEELELELLELELELELELlE

2016-04-25 16:18

Example on point :V

2016-04-25 16:57

13-16 Spawn...

2016-04-25 00:20

Easiest 10k$ of his life

2016-04-25 00:23

#RIPcadiaN

lol 10k while having fun, shox is da man

2016-04-25 00:27

Bronze for seized and kenny lez go

2016-04-25 00:28

Very good tournament and more enjoyable than some others 5v5 :P Would be nice to see some other tournaments like this but with more players like s1mple, Niko, etc. or 2v2 xD

When Happy has no one to bait... lol They should make the next editions on 2v2 format, much more enjoyable to watch. Inferno Online had some of these back in 1.6.

2016-04-25 00:33

desi over happy? retard.

2016-04-25 00:37

xantares not top1 ? joke tournament...

2016-04-25 01:35

no bro , i knew xantares cant win that tournament coz he has no experience aganist tier1 level players. but this tournament really suck.

2016-04-25 02:38

nt Erdogan

2016-04-25 03:12

Fake flagger. You are not real Turksman

2016-04-25 14:15

WOOOOOOH

2016-04-25 00:41

best tournament ever, gg michu

2016-04-25 00:44

#RIPSCREAM

2016-04-25 00:56

Juliano was impressive, really good aim :D

2016-04-25 01:07

nice tournament hope it becomes a regular thing and more players are invited.

2016-04-25 01:15

nice! michu underrated, is vp blind?

2016-04-25 01:16

being good on 1vs1 doesn't really matter in 5vs5 lan games vs top tier teams

2016-04-25 03:02

he subbed in for two tournaments and still sucked

2016-04-25 03:08

best aimer. went 99-0 on aims map 1on1 @ css

2016-04-25 01:19

anyone could aim in css

2016-04-25 03:24

y sure thats why u were the best

2016-04-25 04:17

no gtr no f0rest no guardian no ex6tenz

2016-04-25 01:27

No NiKo either, who is likely the #1 player in the world

2016-04-25 18:34

One of the best tournament so far! Beside the plays and stuff, the atmosphere was so cool, I wish I was there too :P

2016-04-25 01:52

what a nice comment

Because it's really true, there are no many tournaments where players say they felt like home :p

2016-04-25 10:36

Best aimer

2016-04-25 01:58

This first experience counts for XANTARES still not bad he need more practice

2016-04-25 02:06

kebab has the best ratio on hltv plays like crap on LAN or 1vs1 events cheater confirmed ?

2016-04-25 12:00

XANTARES beat SK on LAN already what are you talking about he just needs to get more practice

2016-05-07 04:21

rip cadian hahaha

juliano > happy ayyyyy

2016-04-25 02:25

ayy hltv logic xantares > jkaem right?

2016-04-25 03:00

9-12. Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom 0 $ won They talk about my 1 taps.

2016-04-25 02:29

u just jelly bout scream`s 1tap :)))) kek this event just showed the real value of some highly overrrated players

2016-04-25 12:01

NiKo couldnt go sadly:( and s1mple/shroud aswell I guess.... so expected ez win 4shoxie

2016-04-25 02:34

spawn > happy

2016-04-25 02:35

ShoxGOD Congratz!

2016-04-25 02:40

wp shoxie

2016-04-25 04:54

They see my one taps. 9-12.

2016-04-25 05:22

congratz Richard =DDD

2016-04-25 06:49

Finally people will realise how bad of a player Happy is. Individually he's not even tier 2 player.

2016-04-25 06:56

Bait skill, as always...

2016-04-25 07:18

GG my love <3

2016-04-25 07:26

Anyone is better than Cadian.

2016-04-25 07:55

Flusha would have beaten all of them at the same time with his aim and game sense

2016-04-25 08:02

+michu -pasha

2016-04-25 08:15

I don't think either pasha or TaZ will be replaced, they're old for CS scene and you'll see that in 3 years they will retire.

2016-04-25 13:01

just casually winning 10k lol

gz looked pretty convincing for shox

2016-04-25 08:46

Headshot GOD SCREAM ranked 9-12....whuhahaha... Even Desi Michu ranked higher then f*cking Scream...whuahhahah...good way to start my monday morning...hahaha

2016-04-25 08:51

desi beat scream in a 1v1 too lol

2016-04-25 09:20

without simple shroud olof guardian edward this tourney shows nothing :c

2016-04-25 08:52

cadian almost win this, jetlag fak

2016-04-25 09:48

#RIPPED cadian

2016-04-25 10:35

s1mple or hiko would have won easily

2016-04-25 11:10

yeah like scream and xantares kek

2016-04-25 11:55

julianoo♡

2016-04-25 11:11

Back track on my posts here on HLTV and you will see that I called this.EZ katka. BTW Casper lost to a grill,FeelsBadMan #RIPCadian

2016-04-25 11:17

-krimz +juliano

2016-04-25 11:21

the legend

2016-04-25 11:27

-DEVIL +juliano

Cadian hahhahahahahhah

2016-04-25 13:12

instead of realising that 1v1 doesn't mean much, people here actually think that jkaem has a worse aim than shazam for example, that's just ridiculous.

2016-04-25 13:39