Video: shox vs. ISSAA - Battle for the POTM

In the first match of the New Legends Stage, HellRaisers and G2 locked horns on Dust2, where both Richard "⁠shox⁠" Papillon and Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad pulled off some great plays which we highlighted in a short movie.

Opening the tournament on the right foot is always important, and shox and ISSAA gave their all to secure the first win for their team. Using some fresh tricks, G2 secured a strong CT side, but HellRaisers responded equally after the swap, forcing overtime.

In the end, G2 prevailed, 22-20, but both shox and ISSAA put up 40+ kills and made highlight-worthy plays. To commemorate that, our moviemaker Anton "Molen" Koev put together "shox vs. ISSAA - Battle for the Player of the Match".

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Jordan Issa 'ISSAA' Murad
Issa 'ISSAA' Murad
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
364
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.66
France Richard 'shox' Papillon
Richard 'shox' Papillon
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.11
Maps played:
1279
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.66
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2018-09-18 13:44
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#3
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United Kingdom iMarbot
lol
2018-09-18 13:44
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Easy issaa
2018-09-18 13:45
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Nice sound
2018-09-18 13:47
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Ez shox
2018-09-18 13:47
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1 reply
by moments in the video shox sucked
2018-09-19 19:48
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#7
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Israel t1ao
Legends stage says it all...
2018-09-18 13:48
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5 replies
#12
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Other dev2ce
no, it doesnt
2018-09-18 13:53
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4 replies
#17
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Israel t1ao
you right ... results doesnt matter
2018-09-18 13:59
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3 replies
+1
2018-09-18 14:01
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#42
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Pakistan Ademulla
Playing faze in 2-2 vs playing fnatic in 2-2 lul
2018-09-18 14:54
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1 reply
+1
2018-09-18 19:58
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#8
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Turkey itsmeyaboi
Nice edit but too dark.
2018-09-18 13:48
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2 replies
#15
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Bulgaria Molen
Sorry for that, YT version is better
2018-09-18 13:54
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1 reply
nt fake Superstitum
2018-09-18 14:23
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#9
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Russia xEsKee
wow nice video !
2018-09-18 13:50
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good
2018-09-18 13:50
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nice
2018-09-18 13:53
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ISSAA is a waaaaay better aimer than shox
2018-09-18 13:53
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9 replies
Nt, shox is one of the absolute most skilled players in the history of CS
2018-09-18 14:01
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8 replies
clips.twitch.tv/HorribleTemperedGrasshop..
2018-09-18 14:03
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#26
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Russia parovozik
2018-09-18 14:11
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4 replies
2018-09-18 14:22
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youtube.com/watch?v=RUlT7U-vIGU this one is great as well
2018-09-18 14:26
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2 replies
These are from some time ago
2018-09-18 16:07
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1 reply
Well we talk about the « history » of CS so I’d have dozens of clutch to show you
2018-09-19 15:42
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he WAS
2018-09-18 14:43
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Sweden Trkmag
+1
2018-09-18 18:09
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Australia Australis
ISSAA >>> botx
2018-09-18 13:54
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9 replies
At this moment yes but shox is one of the greatest in csgo history
2018-09-18 14:04
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Not even at this moment LUL Did anyone watch G2's matches ? IF it wasn't for him they would have been trounced by everybody.. He just harcarried like never.. Yeah he missed a curcial frag on Karrigan, but he won them tons of clutches in that tourney.. Not to mention ISSAA is surrounded with way better players.. Ange1 , woxic , bondik.. Come on!
2018-09-18 20:01
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He lost 2 match winning frags,the first against karrigan when it was I think 15-9 and that 1v2 clutch when it was 21-20
2018-09-18 20:03
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"tons of clutches" won 1 1v2 and 1 1v4... some 1v1's but they arent really clutches. so 2 clutches in 5 matches is a ton?
2018-09-19 00:17
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ISSAA is best player on HR right now, maybe w0xic is better but still they are both lookin on fire.
2018-09-19 01:40
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4 replies
Sure looked like their best player today.. ISSAA > SHOXIE ? LULULULULUL
2018-09-21 20:51
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3 replies
didn't say that ISSAA > shoxie ? just said that hes the best player in HR right now. shoxie is 3rd best player to ever touch CSGO.
2018-09-21 22:47
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2 replies
I'd say w0xic is their best player, but ISSAA has been up to par lately, often carrying ( save today ) ps ; I was answering the whole conversation tbh
2018-09-22 00:13
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Well thats ok, i also think that w0xic is their best one but issaa has been the best at major and major qual lately
2018-09-22 00:16
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Issaa ofc
2018-09-18 13:55
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still a drama queen though.
2018-09-18 14:03
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1 reply
Apex as well, his posts on Instagram are full of drama or posting "wish I could be playing" and stuff like that,to be fair the whole French scene is full of drama queens
2018-09-18 14:05
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shox ofc
2018-09-18 14:04
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Estonia Hondas
ISSAA is better atm, but Shoxie is a God
2018-09-18 14:16
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issaa ez
2018-09-18 14:16
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Why insult ISSAA by comparing him to shox?
2018-09-18 14:30
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2 replies
Lul ez for muslim coldzera axaxaxaxa
2018-09-19 10:43
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Why insult shox by comparing him to a bum who'is even worse than Deadfox when it counts ?
2018-09-21 20:54
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#34
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f0rest | 
Portugal physt
still no one's shots are as clean as f0rest's imo
2018-09-18 14:34
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#35
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Malta vfXy0
Issaa is like 100x better lol, Shox is just a choke god, nothing else
2018-09-18 14:38
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4 replies
Epsilon fan lul
2018-09-18 17:22
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3 replies
#54
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Malta vfXy0
shox fan Omegalul
2018-09-18 18:07
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2 replies
Shox is better than all epsilon team /closed
2018-09-19 08:54
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1 reply
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Malta vfXy0
Yeah lets do a 5v1 lets see if Shox is good against them
2018-09-20 16:16
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Am I the only one that doesn't have sound on this one?
2018-09-18 14:46
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4 replies
nope, theyt never learn dont they..
2018-09-19 01:00
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Austria DrLagAlot
there is sound, playing this song: youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
2018-09-19 01:24
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2 replies
"XcQ" nice try
2018-09-19 13:28
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1 reply
#76
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Austria DrLagAlot
Oh snap :d
2018-09-19 13:38
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Netherlands @Deji
When shox still was good
2018-09-18 14:50
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Shoxie Legend
2018-09-18 14:51
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nice
2018-09-18 14:53
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#43
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Lithuania AyJay6
ISSAA Better player.
2018-09-18 15:02
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#44
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North America AlanSmith
shoxieJESUS ofc
2018-09-18 15:03
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#45
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Asia Korajon
ISSAAALLAH VS SHOXIEJESUS
2018-09-18 15:17
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1 reply
#74
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Bulgaria Molen
underrated comment
2018-09-19 13:14
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very cool edit, good job anton
2018-09-18 15:21
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#47
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Brazil morFeux
2018-09-18 15:26
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ISSA is a beast
2018-09-18 15:51
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#49
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Scotland jMz86
I am excited about HR and what they can do and in particular ISSAA but let's not forget that shox has been a top 20 player, 3 years out of the 5 counted and 2 of those were top 10. You are comparing a Major winner with multiple individual awards and multiple top tier LAN wins to someone who has 1x MVP and a 2nd place finish at a tier 2 event. Shox only left the IGL role only in April and he's only had 2 months to transitioning back to his original role and he is all ready showing signs of his insane skill. Shox could well get back to his best and hopefully G2 can start performing consistently.
2018-09-18 16:01
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2 replies
+1000 People are really quick to hug player's nuts. Like when Nifty was supposed to be GuardiaN's second coming because of a few exceptional maps..
2018-09-19 00:43
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Scotland jMz86
Yeah people are pretty quick to disregard players very quickly and jump on the hype of new players........ fair enough ISSAA looks amazing but he could fall off as a quick as he has risen. Fingers crossed he doesn't because he looks a player and I actually like HR, love their play style.
2018-09-19 10:39
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#51
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World lol_n00bs
Ofc issaa Ps theres not 1 person that became rich from betting so stop it, thx :)
2018-09-18 17:09
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Very gay music IMO
2018-09-18 17:38
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Shox issaa tet-a-tet stats 15-8, ez shox
2018-09-18 18:42
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+1
2018-09-19 00:43
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beasts
2018-09-18 23:42
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#65
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Stewie2K | 
Japan Balikali
First time seeing ISSAA what a beast!
2018-09-19 01:13
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#66
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Austria DrLagAlot
No idea why people are complainin about music not working... This song is playing: youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
2018-09-19 01:23
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I think shox and device are the 2 most mechanically sound csgo players ever
2018-09-19 05:04
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#73
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Scotland jMz86
shox and device in terms of skill are very high but it is their high skill level combined with their game sense that make them the players they are.
2018-09-19 10:46
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issa better aim but shox game sense is just at another level
2018-09-19 13:45
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