We asked shox to name a young player that maybe reminded him of himself in an earlier point of his career and that he thinks could end up in the top 20 players of 2017. shox picked the latest addition to his team - bodyy.
"I would pick bodyy. It's only the beginning for him as he is playing in a top team since April and is only 19. He reminds of myself if the way he plays, really good at clutches, really versatile player, good skill wise and he knows how to play CS. Sometimes he reminds me of myself from a few years ago, so yeah, I definitely think he’ll be there next year as its only the beginning for him - he is the future." - shox
------
"We were searching for a 5th player, and of course EnVyUs at that time would not change for any reason, so I had to search in sub top French teams. I looked at a lot of demos from LDLC White, and I saw real potential in bodyy. He was really intelligent in-game, had a good game sense, could be versatile as a rifler/pistol/AWPer if needed and was playing almost all the positions we were searching for from our 5th."
"So I was definitely confident about picking him, I always knew it was the best choice. Talking about me, I think taking the in-game leader role and the control of team as I wanted in terms of tactics/roles gave me a lot of confidence, something I really needed at that time. Also, coming back to my past role as a lurker boosted my confidence even more." - shox
------
When asked about kicking Ex6TenZ:
"Hmmm, for me there were two main reasons [for removing Ex6TenZ]. The first being no-one in the team was trusting him and his leading anymore so it was really embarrassing. When your players don't trust the captain then you can even have the best tactics, but it won't work, it's all about confidence. He agreed on the point that if we don't trust him anymore, it's pointless to continue like this and said that he would prefer to play with other players - who are maybe less strong, but who trust him, something totally understandable."
"The second reason from my point of view is that he had a lot of pressure coming up to the Majors and he was not leading the same way as usual, he was not bringing enough calmness and serenity to the team, something that is really needed when you want to conclude matches with high pressure. I also asked my teammates about the leadership, and they said that they had more confidence in my calls than those of Ex6ZenZ, so coming up to this discussion, it was clear we had to do something." - shox
