{"id":143391,"date":"2025-04-10T13:22:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skin.club\/community?p=143391"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:33:06","slug":"shox-from-pro-player-to-content-creator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/shox-from-pro-player-to-content-creator","title":{"rendered":"SHOX&#8217;s Journey: Team Dreams to Twitch Streams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__media y-red-dif-4\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x7kbQ3H2xhw?si=3lvLYxqVb8U1uKtm\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this heartfelt video, <\/span><b>Richard \u201cSHOX\u201d Papillon <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opens up about his transition from trying to build his own competitive CS2 team to becoming a full-time streamer and media personality. 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