swag
swag 
2017 - Present
Braxton "swag" Pierce (born September 20, 1996) is a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player from North Carolina, United States. He is most known for his time in compLexity and Team iBUYPOWER. He was widely considered to be one of America's best young talents. Following a Valve investigation, he was one of 7 individuals permanently banned from Valve events for his participation in the North American match fixing scandal.[1] He was previously a CS:GO streamer and analyst for Cloud9.[2][3][4] He currently plays for Swole Patrol.
Information[edit]
Professional Career[edit]
swag's first major appearance in CS:GO was being part of Team Dynamic during Season 12 of ESEA. From there, he joined compLexity, which competed at ESL One Katowice 2014, as well as multiple ESEA seasons. Later, he was acquired by iBUYPOWER[5] in exchange for Todd anger Williams[6].iBUYPOWER were widely considered during this time to be the best North American side. During his time on the team, they reached the FACEIT League - Season 2 finals, after beating then-Team LDLC.com (now Team EnVyUs)[7], before suffering a loss to fnatic.
After their successes, the iBUYPOWER roster changed massively, with swag remaining unchanged throughout. On the 5th of January, he and his fellow teammates left the iBUYPOWER organisation and founded GX. They were widely expected to be secured by Evil Geniuses. On the 26th of January, following rumors that a CEVO Season 5 match vs NetcodeGuides.com had the result fixed by the then-iBUYPOWER roster[8] [9], swag was banned alongside 6 other people from all Valve-sponsored events.[1] On the 24th of July in 2017, swag and former members of IBP were unbanned by ESL, allowing them to compete in ESL sponsored events. [10] On the 6th of September in 2017, swag and former members of iBUYPOWER were unbanned by DreamHack, allowing them to compete in DreamHack, including Open and Masters events. [11]
Gear and Settings[edit]
| Mouse Settings [12] (list of)
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| Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Accel. | Raw Input | ||||||
| Logitech G703 | 600 | 400 | 1000 Hz | 1.5 | 1.05 | 1 | ||||||
| Last updated on 2019-01-02 (340 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Mouse Settings [12] (list of) (calculate)
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| Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Accel. | Raw. | ||||||
| Logitech G703 | 792 MPI 0.52 deg/mm | 27.3 in/rev 69.3 cm/rev | 400 DPI @ 1000 Hz | 1.5 | 1.05 | 1 | ||||||
| Last updated on 2019-01-02 (340 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Hardware [12] [13] |
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| Mouse | Mousepad | ||
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Logitech G703 |  |
SteelSeries Qck+ |
| Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | |
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ZOWIE by BenQ XL2540 | 240 Hz | 1920×1080 |
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Logitech G Pro |  |
Sennheiser GSP 300 | |||||||||
| Last updated on 2018-09-30 (434 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Crosshair Settings (list of) | |||||||||||
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| Style | Size | Thickness | Sniper | Gap | Outline | Dot | Color | Alpha | |||
1
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1
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1
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1
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-3
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No | Yes (1)
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Light blue (4)
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255
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| Last updated on 2018-06-14 (542 days ago). | |||||||||||
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cl_crosshairalpha 255; cl_crosshaircolor 4; cl_crosshairdot 1; cl_crosshairgap -3; cl_crosshairsize 1; cl_crosshairstyle 1; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 1; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0;
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Highlights[edit]
Career Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018-12-15 | 4th | A-Tier | Offline | 
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BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018 | 
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2/1/2 | Grp. S. | $15,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-08-05 | 1st | B-Tier | Offline |
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Fragadelphia 12 | 
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3 : 0 | 
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$18,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-07-30 | 1st | B-Tier | Offline |
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Fragadelphia 11 |
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3 : 2 | 
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$20,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-11-19 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |
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RGN Pro Series | 
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2 : 0 | 
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$15,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-10-26 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |
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FACEIT League - Season 2 | 
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1 : 3 | 
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$10,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-10-11 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |
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CEVO Season 5 Professional |
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4 : 1 |
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$5,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-06-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESEA Season 16 - Global Invite Division |
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2 : 0 | 
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$20,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-11-30 | 3rd - 4th | S-Tier | Offline |
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DreamHack Winter 2013 |
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0 : 2 |
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$22,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-08-18 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |
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ESEA Global Finals Season 14 |
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1 : 2 | 
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$8,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012-07-01 | 1st | A-Tier | Online/Offline | 
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ESEA Season 11 - Invite Division - 1.6 |
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2 : 0 | 
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$10,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trivia[edit]
- Was voted the 18th best player of 2014 by HLTV.org.[14]
- Is the first player to be awarded an HLTV MVP Award before the age of 18, at 17 years and 286 days. He won this award at the ESEA Invite Season 16 Finals in 2014.[15]
Interviews[edit]
2015[edit]
- 2015-01-26 | swag: "Deeply sorry to all fans" by MIRAA of HLTV.org
2014[edit]
- 2014-11-26 | iBP: "Must play our best at all times" by lurppis of hltv.org
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://blog.counter-strike.net/index.php/2015/01/11261/
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/14855-cloud9-sign-skadoodle-freakazoid
- ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/cloud9-freakazoid-skadoodle-swag/
- ↑ swag (2017-07-12). "Brax's Contract with C9".
- ↑ http://www.hltv.org/news/12250-col-release-swag
- ↑ http://blog.ibuypower.com/blog/2014/03/25/welcome-swag-team-ibuypower/
- ↑ http://www.gosugamers.net/counterstrike/news/28905-ibuypower-is-the-first-finalist-of-faceit-season-2-after-a-2-0-victory-against-ldlc
- ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/cevo-match-fixing-netcode-guide-ibuypower/
- ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/match-fixing-counter-strike-ibuypower-netcode-guides/
- ↑ https://www.eslgaming.com/article/esl-aligns-esic-s-recommendation-sanctions-cheating-esports-3641
- ↑ https://company.dreamhack.com/2017/09/06/dreamhack-aligns-esic-recommendations/
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ "ESEA Invite Season 16 Global Finals". HLTV.org. 2014-6-29.
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