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swag
swag
Person Information
Name:
Braxton Pierce
Birth:
September 20, 1996
Nationality:
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2012 – 2015
2017 – 2020
2017 – 2020
Approx. Total Winnings:
$79,615
Alternate IDs:
swag-iwnl-, m1, brax
Links
History
2012-09-13 – 2012-09-24
2012-09-24 – 201?-??-??
2013-??-?? – 2013-05-06
2013-05-06 – 2013-08-05
2013-08-05 – 2014-03-23
2014-03-25 – 2015-01-05
2015-01-05 – 2015-01-26
2015-04-29 – 2017-??-??
Cloud9 (Streamer)
2017-09-09 – 2018-02-02
2018-02-02 – 2018-05-23
2018-05-27 – 2018-07-28
2018-07-28 – 2019-04-04
2019-04-04 – 2019-08-29
2019-08-29 – 2020-02-05
2020-02-05 – 2020-02-27
Braxton "swag" Pierce (born September 20, 1996) is a retired American professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who is most known for his time in compLexity Gaming and iBUYPOWER. He was widely considered to be one of America's best young talents before being one of 7 individuals who were permanently banned from Valve events for their participation in the North American match fixing scandal. He has since announced his hiatus from the competitive Counter-Strike scene in 2020 in favor of pursuing a career in VALORANT. [1]
Information[edit]
- See also: swag's Career
Gear and Settings[edit]
| Mouse Settings [2] (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 | On | ||||||
| Last updated on 2019-01-02 (661 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Mouse Settings [2] (list of) (calculate)
| ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | On | ||||||
| Last updated on 2019-01-02 (661 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Hardware [2] [3] |
|---|
| Mouse | Mousepad | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Logitech G703 |  |
SteelSeries QcK+ |
| Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
ZOWIE by BenQ XL2540 | 240 Hz | 1920×1080 |
| Keyboard | Headset | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Logitech G Pro |  |
Sennheiser GSP 300 | |||||||||
| Last updated on 2018-09-30 (755 days ago). | ||||||||||||
| Crosshair Settings (list of) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
|
255
| |||
| Last updated on 2018-06-14 (863 days ago). | |||||||||||
| Click "Expand" for a code to copy and paste into your console. |
|---|
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;
|
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-15 | 4th | A-Tier | Offline | 
|
BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018 | 
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2/1/2 | Grp. S. | $15,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-08-05 | 1st | B-Tier | Offline |
|
Fragadelphia 12 | 
|
3 : 0 | 
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$18,250 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017-07-30 | 1st | B-Tier | Offline |
|
Fragadelphia 11 |
|
3 : 2 | 
|
$20,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015-11-19 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |
|
RGN Pro Series | 
|
2 : 0 | 
|
$15,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-10-26 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |
|
FACEIT League - Season 2 | 
|
1 : 3 | 
|
$10,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-10-11 | 1st | A-Tier | Offline |
|
CEVO Season 5 Professional |
|
4 : 1 |
|
$5,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014-06-29 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |
|
ESEA Season 16 - Global Invite Division |
|
2 : 0 | 
|
$20,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-11-30 | 3rd - 4th | S-Tier | Offline |
|
DreamHack Winter 2013 |
|
0 : 2 |
|
$22,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013-08-18 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |
|
ESEA Global Finals Season 14 |
|
1 : 2 | 
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$8,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012-07-01 | 1st | A-Tier | Online/Offline | 
|
ESEA Season 11 - Invite Division - 1.6 |
|
2 : 0 | 
|
$10,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| About achievementsComplete Results in any Tournament | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia[edit]
- He grew up in North Carolina following Hurricane Katrina. [4]
- Was ranked the 18th best player of 2014 by HLTV. [5]
- 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. [6]
Interviews[edit]
- 2014-11-26 | iBP: "Must play our best at all times" by Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen of HLTV at DreamHack Winter 2014
- 2015-01-26 | swag: "Deeply sorry to all fans" by Luís "MIRAA" Mira of HLTV
- 2017-07-29 | swag: "We have good offers" by Joe "tolkienfanatic" Cardali of HLTV at Fragadelphia 11
Gallery[edit]
swag at ESL One: New York 2018
swag at cs_summit 2 with Torqued
swag at Fragadelphia 10 with free brax
References[edit]
- ↑ swag (2020-02-28). "I am no longer with Swole Patrol.".
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Lazarus Esports (2019-05-03). "Meet Braxton 'Swag' Pierce".
- ↑ Petar "Tgwri1s" Milovanović (2015-01-03). "Top 20 players of 2014: swag (18)".
- ↑ "ESEA Invite Season 16 Global Finals". HLTV. 2014-06-29.