Painful injury may prevent Shox from competing in CS: GO for some time

Professional CS: GO player and G2 Esports captain  Richard “shox” Papillon may have to step aside for a while as he reported some sad news for his fans recently

After returning home from the ELEAGUE Major: Boston, shox learned that he has a two centimeter cyst on his right wrist. He’ll find out more about it later this week after he sees a specialist on Friday, Feb. 2. If the cyst on Shox’s wrist requires surgery, it would put him out of CS:GO competition for an unknown amount of time. The recovery process may hurt his ability to practice, since he is right-handed.

Finding a temporary replacement for shox is a must for G2 right now. FaZe Clan’s Fabien “kioShiMa” Fiey seems like a very likely player that could substituted in, as he’s a Major-winning French player who’s been out of action for some time. He also teased his next team as G2, but he may be headed to Team Envy. Wrist surgery would likely put shox out of the next international CS:GO event in IEM Katowice, which takes place from Feb. 27 to March 4.