Player Braxton Pierce (swag) in CS: GO

swag is one of the youngest US talents in CS and a two-times ESEA 2012 winner. Unfortunately, now the “counter-striker” is retired: he was banned for life by Valve because of the scandal connected with his participation in a fake match. In 2020, Braxton officially announced the final change of discipline in favor of VALORANT.

Name	Braxton Pierce
Date of birth	01.09.1996
Country	United States
Teams	Team Dynamic, Quantic Gaming, compLexity Gaming, iBUYPOWER
Role	rifler (lurker), AWPer
Current team	Retired
Disciplines	CS 1.6, CS:GO, VALORANT

Braxton Pierce Biography

On August 21, 2014, CS: GO pro gamer swag made a mistake that ended his pro gaming career in counter-strike. With his IBP teammates, the player did a match-fixing game that earned them an additional several thousand dollars. In 2015, the screenshot with messaging one of the IGM players with a member of the opposing team got on the Internet, which became obvious evidence of deception on the part of iBUYPOWER.

In the same year, all participants in the ill-fated match received a permanent ban from Valve, along with a ban on participation in tournaments from ESEA, Faceit, and CEVO. As a result, the talented gamer switched to a similar cyber discipline VALORANT, following the example of ScreaM and some other former top “counter-strikers”.

swag’s config CS GO

This is Braxton’s usual config.

Game launch options

The launch parameters of the swag are as follows:

-freq 240 -novid -console +exec autoaexec

swag’s CS GO crosshair settings

swag uses current crosshair CS GO settings:

cl_fixedcrosshairgap -3;
cl_crosshaircolor 2;
cl_crosshairstyle 1;
cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1;
hud_showtargetid 1;

This commands should be used in console.

swag’s CS GO graphics settings

Screen resolution: 1920 x 1080.

Refresh rate: 144 Hz.

swag’s tactics

Judging by the replays of swag’s games, for player CS GO is an excellent place to realize his Lurker talents: Braxton is a reliable informant who informs teammates of the enemy’s current position and patiently uses the environment in his own interests. Besides, he demonstrated himself as an excellent sniper – accurate and elusive.

How many hours does Braxton Pierce spend in CS: GO?

Unfortunately, there is no exact data due to the player’s Steam account’s corresponding privacy settings.

swag’s CS: GO training process

For swag, CS GO has always been a place of drive and nice frags. So it comes as no surprise that he loved to train on karts like training_aim_csgo2 or Aim Botz – Training. On them, you can both hone a fast headshot aiming and train your reaction speed.

Transfers

The player has been a member of Team Dynamic, compLexity Gaming, Quantic Gaming, and iBUYPOWER.

How much did swag earn in his career?

Despite good salaries, CS GO never became a “gold mine” for swag. During its short career, the gamer earned $ 81,615.

However, his affairs at VALORANT are not going badly, which gives Braxton hope to count on good profits in the new discipline.

What does swag do after being banned?

For swag, CS: GO always evoked only the most positive feelings, and therefore, having received a ban from Valve, swag immediately rushed to apologize to CS fans. However, he has repeatedly stated that he does not believe in his amnesty. Nevertheless, his skills were instrumental in the new CS clone game called VALORANT. Here he quickly became a top player. Violations that are similar to those that cost him a previous career have not yet been noticed.

Besides, the young American talent loves to stream for his fans, showcasing such a fantastic game that many in the CS community have even joined the #freebrax movement, whose goal is to get Valve to cancel the ban iBP members and Pierce himself in particular.