Shox Reveals his Frustration with G2 Esports Roster Changes
Richard “shox” Papillon, former in-game leader for G2 Esports, recently announced that he never got the roster changes he desired before stepping down from the team.
In an interview on G2’s podcast, shox expressed his intention to replace Nathan “NBK” Schmitt and Dan “apEX” Madesclaire with Kevin “Ex6tenz” Droolans, former Team LDLC captain, and Edouard “SmithZz” Dubourdeaux, former G2 coach. However, instead of his preferred choices, Spanish rifler Oscar “mixwell” Canellas joined the team on a trial basis just over a week ago, leading to shox being benched.
Related: Mixwell will be trialing for G2 Esports
Shox stated that Ex6tenz would have been the team captain, and SmithZz would have been a main rifler instead of an AWPer. Shox emphasized his desire to leave main AWPing to Kenny “kennyS” Schrub and strongly believed that SmithZz was the best teammate he had ever played with. In that ideal scenario, shox would have likely been the secondary AWPer for the team.
Shox also explained that he did not want to remove kennyS and Alexandre “bodyy” Pianaro from the team, as they were players who followed instructions without causing any problems. However, bodyy disagreed with the proposed changes and did not believe they would work.
In response to the podcast, bodyy tweeted, “I never wanted any change in the team, shox’s move was his own choice. He wanted me in his project. I really like Richard and I owe him a lot, but I believe in stability, and moving to his team would go against my principles.”
It is likely that shox, SmithZz, and Ex6tenz will form a separate French team, separate from G2. However, shox and SmithZz are still under contract with G2. The former Misfits duo, Francois “AmaNEk” Delauney and David “devoduvek” Dobrosavljevic, are potential players to join the trio on a new team. They became free agents last month and expressed their desire to compete in France.
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