shox: "We didn't deserve to go to the playoffs"

22-7-2017 15:00

We had a quick chat with Richard "shox" Papillon to find out what the atmosphere is like in G2 after their elimination in the group stage at the PGL Major and what their plans are for the next month.

G2 were eliminated from the PGL Major Krakow groups on day four, after they won two matches in narrow fashion and conceded three, to Gambit, Astralis and fnatic.

G2 have already started analyzing their mistakes

On the first playoffs day of the Major, G2 came by the press area, so we grabbed Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon for a quick interview, in which he discusses his team's issues in groups and their plans for the next month:

Talk me through the losses in groups, have you been able to talk things through and identify your mistakes?

I think first, honestly, when you look back at the entire tournament for us, we just didn't have the level to go through the group stage, you have to be honest. We won only against two teams, the two teams didn't pass the group stage, and we did a big comeback and one overtime.

Except that, we lost to three teams that went to the playoffs, but we really got wrecked by them. I can't really say anything map by map, or match by match, we were just not at the level and that's it. We didn't deserve to go to the playoffs.

Do you think that came down to your individual form, or do you think you just didn't have the cohesion as a team?

Of course we definitely aren't in our best shape individually, because of a lot of events going on these days and we're traveling a lot, we didn't have the time to practice as well as we would like, so of course.

But, in my opinion, even if we had the time to prepare more individually, it would not solve the real problem, which for me was definitely the team cohesion as you said. We definitely need to work on that.

You now have quite a long break ahead of you, what are your plans for the next month?

The first thing is that we already started to talk yesterday, because we want to start to fix things for when we come back in August. We don't want to come back in August and speak, we just want to come back, have everything clear, and we can start practicing directly.

We'll start practicing in the middle of August, so right now, the mood is more about speaking together to point out the problems and to find the solutions so that when we come back, everything is clear and we know what we have to work on.

G2 bad

2017-07-22 15:00

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h2h2

2017-07-22 15:01

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H3h3

2017-07-22 15:11

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what up hilakleiners

2017-07-22 15:20

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"WE DIDN'T DESERVE TO GO TO THE PLAYOFFS" No shit, why else did he think they got eliminated?

2017-07-22 15:54

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No shit sherlock

2017-07-22 16:47

Well they could have gotten really unlucky but that wasnt the case. They just sucked

2017-07-23 18:00

no s hit sherlock

+1, its always the same with french team, wow we "speak about our problems" like this is gonna resolve anything.. too much blabla let me speak for you, its simple.. -do you want to be a contender betwen the tope teams: yes/no - does shox have the tactical level as an IGL to be at the top: yes/no -are you gonna hire a sport psychologyst: yes/no -are you ready to spend some time within a month in a gaming house (doesnt have to be 24/7) : yes/no see? fucking simple, no need for long blabla

2017-07-22 15:27

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but french players are so arrogant and never admbit their flaws.

2017-07-22 15:30

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you need both, you need to be a little arrogant in CS, you need to be convinced you will fuck that guy that is on the other end of your crosshair on the other end you need to be proffesional, top level CS now require to be good in every departement, not 1/3, not 2/3 but everywhere, so like you say you need to recognise your flaws, but actually do the sacrifice required to fix them its all about balance and dedication, G2 so far, are not dedicated enought to be a top team and dont deserve their salary Even Hastr0, who worked with the french scene for a long time said they are not hard workers, they are a bunch of overpaid kids

2017-07-22 15:36

+1 g2 not hungry enough to win.

2017-07-22 16:32

Do you have source for where Hastr0 said this ?

2017-07-22 17:38

i think it was the interview with thooorin on his YT channel, you should be able to find it with that

2017-07-22 17:50

The burden of proof is generally on whoever is claiming the source, but I believe you :P

2017-07-22 17:51

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are you retarded ? i just gave you the source

2017-07-22 17:53

True af

Thanks for being honest Shoxie, you were terrible specifically tbh.

2017-07-22 15:52

Some1 else needs to IGL, shox is not a good igl + it degrades his fragging way too much

2017-07-23 18:02

Apex?

2017-07-24 14:24

True

expected

french scene LUL

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GERMAN SCENE LUUUUUUUUUUUL

2017-07-22 15:16

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BUG gaming lmao nazi best

2017-07-22 15:19

Haha go get the white flag

Hiding his flag cuz 3rd world irrelevant and dares to talk to me lmaoo

2017-07-22 18:15

Lol you guys are assholes :P

2017-07-22 18:25

Maybe xD but my point is still true ^^ anyways coming from USA aka the innocent murderer is quite funny :D aka eznapalmeznukewetooscarytofight1v1 :D

2017-07-22 18:28

i think it doesnt matter innocent or not, us can deal w/ anything on this planet =[

2017-07-22 20:35

hmm actually not , I mean they wouldn't risk a war against Russia or China , even tho they spend 600billion for their military , china and Russia are still too threatening and would be determined af

2017-07-22 20:47

not really

2017-07-22 21:46

Big to Quarters, G2 "Superteam?" -.- just shows that tactics work sometimes compared to pure firepower.

2017-07-22 15:38

remember me all the titles BIG won? 4Head

2017-07-22 16:31

does it matter? What matters is this current major and big shows great display even without the bug. Meanwhile, G2 are all talk. im a french cs fan but ive been disappointed already for how many years waiting and still supporting french cs to dominate like fnatic back then and sk. They say they have the super team but what? still say we need to fix this, etc.

2017-07-23 00:48

They never called themselves a "super team" because they are well aware that they suck atm. The community started calling them the "french superteam" and now they get hate because of that lol

2017-07-23 18:05

true

2017-07-23 18:34

Why there's always a retard who say "superteam" they never saied it was superteam, the community did. Will you all fking understand ? wtf ...

2017-07-23 10:22

u dont say?

ez4shox lul

true true true man

I are agree

agreed

yes

Honest. Kek.

its really hard to be a g2 fan

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2017-07-22 15:09

2017-07-22 15:15

2017-07-22 15:50

faze fans having harder time this major :D

2017-07-22 16:49

less often disappointed tho

2017-07-22 21:52

Nah, they fucked pretty much anyteam and went to the final 4~5 times before Cologne and PGL so ye. :D

2017-07-23 14:52

2017-07-22 19:09

+1111111111

2017-07-22 19:26

I miss ex9tenz.

2017-07-22 20:55

i've a french cs fan since CSS bro. and its really disappointing. But lets wait until next big event. let see if the struggle as a fan will be done. haha

2017-07-23 00:51

You really should consider to set him free m8.

2017-07-23 15:28

2017-07-23 18:06

didn't deserve for rekt

g2-3

2017-07-22 15:02

AGREE 10000%

Its true, the swiss-system sucks but G2 didnt deserve it anyways. G2 needs a proper IGL imo, ex6teNz would be perfect just kick Boddy and G2 are rolling. #G2ARMY

2017-07-22 15:03

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kick boddy? are you retarded? he one of the most consistant players in g2

2017-07-22 15:39

Maybe u missed his last 3 events? Check his stats buddy, lmao

2017-07-22 15:49

are you kidding me? look at the guy and how he performed overall in g2 since they formed.

2017-08-04 18:55

Definitely not body unfortunately I'd say it would have to be Apex

2017-07-22 15:48

whos gonna be the entry-fragger?

2017-07-22 15:57

I agree ex6 would bring g2 to next level. But I think NBK, not bodyy should get the kick

2017-07-22 17:40

No need for ex6. Just give the igl to other guys and let shox play freely and let him call mid game.

2017-07-23 00:57

we didn't deserve for rekt

2017-07-22 15:04

At least he's not delusional

Respect for not blaming the format, aceptance is the first step towards self improvement.

shox is the least bitchy player on the team apex,nbk tho...

2017-07-22 15:10

When is the next major

2017-07-22 16:45

G2: get a tactical backbone please. A couple of flashes and smokes isn't gonna do the trick against the top teams.

2017-07-22 15:05

ex6 to coach real super team

2017-07-22 15:06

2017-07-22 15:22

u mean igl. ex6 been playing good in the last year and brought team of unkowns to pro league

2017-07-22 17:41

Deflate your ego to spot your other weaknesses. Nobody's perfect and you are not the master of your team's destiny.

2017-07-22 15:07

Of course you didnt lmao

youtube.com/watch?v=09CyJA4hOeE If anyone is interested in a french interview.

U deserve nothing

We knew it

2017-07-22 15:12

Instead of "They just played better than us." kind of excuse, he said, "We're just bad" Nice haha

rip frogs.

2017-07-22 15:17

Get a sports psychologist to work on your winning mentality and especially on kennys! Gl G2

All you had to do is moving Smithzz as coach and bring KennyS as AWPer

every team has traveled a lot though, not only you guys.

Lol he is speaking for themself, not for others. Even FalleN complain during Cologne about the burnout problem even the casters like Sadokist complain. There are too much big events around the world. Big teams already start dropping some DreamHack. Astralis even drop a big event like Cologne.

2017-07-22 15:34

At each event it's the same thing. They will keep saying that but nothing change " we lost to a better team " " we didn't deserve.." French teams are so inconsistent..

2017-07-22 15:25

freanch you're not alone. teams should disband after major: Faze Navi G2 SK

FRENCH SHUFFLE LMAO +ScreaM -NBK Problem solved

clueless lmao

firepower is not their problem lol they need better tactics to consistently beat teams like gambit, sk, astralis, etc...

2017-07-22 17:42

I really hope they get their stuff together, love to watch them play and win stuff.

2017-07-22 15:33

GL in the future

2017-07-22 15:35

stfu

2017-07-23 13:06

> Of course we definitely aren't in our best shape individually, because of a lot of events going on these days and we're traveling a lot, we didn't have the time to practice Their LANs this year: 4-8 Apr StarLadder 28-30 Apr DH Austin (20 days later) DH Tours took place in France 30 May - 4 Jun ESL PL (1 month later) 23-24 Jun ECS (19 days later) 29 Jun - 1 Jul major qualifier (5 days later) 4-7 Jul ESL Cologne (3 days later) 16-19 Jul Major (9 days later) 4 months, 6 tournaments outside France. A week to prepare for the major, is it that few? I feel like SmithZz and shox focus more on something that does not concern their current fulltime job. If they don't work on their mentality - they will not succeed. And how much it takes for a player to practise his aim much enough to not suck in every duel? OK, they will not pick Happy nor Ex6TenZ, but if they keep working like that - they will keep failing.

2017-07-22 15:37

everyone knows kappa

2017-07-22 15:42

they need Tank... GODRPK

FeelsBadMan

2017-07-22 16:07

Get rid of smithzz... or change his role in the organization. He is not coach, or player, material. Maybe he can be a strategist/analyst idk. But it's obvious from a mile away that he is NOT a coach. All he does is offer halfassed knuckles to his team, how the fuck does that help?

2017-07-22 16:43

lol evreyone wants to get rid of smithzz even if his not a fucking player

2017-07-22 17:29

poor smithzz getting blamed even as a coach lmao

2017-07-22 19:07

ikr give this dude a break

2017-07-22 19:08

How exactly would you know this information ? The clear problem imo is shox's in game leading and tactics. Their t-sides are so bad.

2017-07-22 17:43

I guess I pride myself on reading people based on their body language and his is screaming to be honest. Just observe closely during their matches at the majors, I think you'll agree. Yes I agree in large, they need a leader.

2017-07-22 21:22

lol i thought it's said "We didn't deserve for rekt" xD

we didn't deserve & we didn't pass the groupstage as in every majors xoxo superteam they don't plan to change lineup so superteam will keep superfail without good leader

2017-07-22 17:20

As much as I support G2, G2 isn't a Superteam. Or anymore, hasn't been.

2017-07-22 17:28

the whole concept of 'superteam' is irrelevant now. G2 never gave themselves this name, other people did

2017-07-22 17:44

Shox is the problem -NBK & Shox +Ex6tenz & zyw0o

2017-07-22 17:36

at least he is aware !

bring in ex6 as igl, dont care who you kick, whoever is not doing their role.

2017-07-22 17:45

We already know that...

2017-07-22 17:56

haHAA French csgo :/

2017-07-22 18:20

At least he's honest!

2017-07-22 18:33

respect to shox for realizing the truth

atleast they dont bitching and blaming anything except themselves for losing. have much respect now.

2017-07-22 19:33

FeelsBadMan when you admit that you are shit

2017-07-22 20:02

I are thinking honesty when getting rekted. Good man, good have luck improving men.

2017-07-22 20:07

1 quest for @shox "do u know why u ddnt deserve be in play off? "

2017-07-22 20:21

they don't deserve for rekt

2017-07-22 22:30

it looks like the team atmosphere is really bad

2017-07-23 01:49

we already knew that

2017-07-23 02:51

Bring back VeryGames

2017-07-23 06:19

damn right

2017-07-23 14:48

If there is no good igl in the tean yet maybe get ex6? I hope they know best themselfs what is needed else rip any throphys which leads to a disband in the long run...

2017-07-23 15:44