Video: shox vs. ISSAA - Battle for the POTM

18-9-2018 13:44

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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2018-09-18 13:44

lol

Easy issaa

2018-09-18 13:45

Nice sound

2018-09-18 13:47

Ez shox

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by moments in the video shox sucked

2018-09-19 19:48

Legends stage says it all...

2018-09-18 13:48

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no, it doesnt

2018-09-18 13:53

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you right ... results doesnt matter

2018-09-18 13:59

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2018-09-18 14:01

Playing faze in 2-2 vs playing fnatic in 2-2 lul

2018-09-18 14:54

2018-09-18 19:58

Nice edit but too dark.

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Sorry for that, YT version is better

2018-09-18 13:54

nt fake Superstitum

2018-09-18 14:23

wow nice video !

2018-09-18 13:50

good

nice

ISSAA is a waaaaay better aimer than shox

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Nt, shox is one of the absolute most skilled players in the history of CS

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clips.twitch.tv/HorribleTemperedGrasshop..

2018-09-18 14:03

2018-09-18 14:11

youtube.com/watch?v=_yHNO-6LdtE

2018-09-18 14:22

youtube.com/watch?v=RUlT7U-vIGU this one is great as well

2018-09-18 14:26

These are from some time ago

2018-09-18 16:07

Well we talk about the « history » of CS so I’d have dozens of clutch to show you

2018-09-19 15:42

he WAS

2018-09-18 14:43

2018-09-18 18:09

ISSAA >>> botx

At this moment yes but shox is one of the greatest in csgo history

2018-09-18 14:04

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

"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

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

Sure looked like their best player today.. ISSAA > SHOXIE ? LULULULULUL

2018-09-21 20:51

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

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

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

Issaa ofc

2018-09-18 13:55

still a drama queen though.

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

shox ofc

ISSAA is better atm, but Shoxie is a God

2018-09-18 14:16

issaa ez

Why insult ISSAA by comparing him to shox?

2018-09-18 14:30

Lul ez for muslim coldzera axaxaxaxa

2018-09-19 10:43

Why insult shox by comparing him to a bum who'is even worse than Deadfox when it counts ?

2018-09-21 20:54

still no one's shots are as clean as f0rest's imo

2018-09-18 14:34

Issaa is like 100x better lol, Shox is just a choke god, nothing else

2018-09-18 14:38

Epsilon fan lul

2018-09-18 17:22

shox fan Omegalul

2018-09-18 18:07

Shox is better than all epsilon team /closed

2018-09-19 08:54

Yeah lets do a 5v1 lets see if Shox is good against them

2018-09-20 16:16

Am I the only one that doesn't have sound on this one?

2018-09-18 14:46

nope, theyt never learn dont they..

2018-09-19 01:00

there is sound, playing this song: youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

2018-09-19 01:24

"XcQ" nice try

2018-09-19 13:28

Oh snap :d

2018-09-19 13:38

When shox still was good

2018-09-18 14:50

Shoxie Legend

2018-09-18 14:51

2018-09-18 14:53

ISSAA Better player.

2018-09-18 15:02

shoxieJESUS ofc

2018-09-18 15:03

ISSAAALLAH VS SHOXIEJESUS

2018-09-18 15:17

underrated comment

2018-09-19 13:14

very cool edit, good job anton

2018-09-18 15:21

ISSAAAA youtube.com/watch?v=I9zOlNJSpOM

2018-09-18 15:26

ISSA is a beast

2018-09-18 15:51

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

+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

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