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swag quits competitive CS:GO

28/2/2020 - 10:00

Braxton "swag" Pierce has announced that he has decided to take a step back from competitive Counter-Strike as he awaits the release of Project A.

In a Twitter post, the 23-year-old wrote that while he may still stream CS:GO in the future, his focus is now on Riot's upcoming tactical shooter as he looks to realize his ambition of "being the best in the world."

He quits Swole Identity with immediate effect, leaving the team without their top performer in ESEA MDL Season 33, in which he was averaging an impressive 1.43 rating.

swag burst onto the Counter-Strike scene in 2011, when he was named rookie of the season in ESEA Season 9. He quickly rose through the ranks and got his breakthrough in May 2013, when he signed for Quantic Gaming alongside Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert, Sean "seang@res" Gares, Spencer "Hiko" Martin and Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen.

swag will stop playing CS:GO competitively

Later that year, swag attended the first Counter-Strike Major, DreamHack Winter 2013, where the team – who by then had joined Complexity – reached the semi-finals. He was released from that squad in March 2014 and joined iBUYPOWER, whom he would inspire to a runner-up finish at the FACEIT League Season 2 Finals, making an appearance in 2014's top 20 player of the year ranking at No.18.

In January 2015, he and three of his former iBUYPOWER teammates were among the seven people who were indefinitely banned from Valve's Major circuit for their role in a match-fixing scandal related to a CEVO match that had been played in August. A year later, Valve issued another statement clarifying that all bans handed out for match-fixing offenses were permanent.

swag went on to play for teams like GX, Torqued and Swole Patrol, attending a DreamHack Open event and several ESL Pro League tournaments on LAN after the two tournament organisers had lifted the indefinite bans for match-fixing cases issued prior to February 2015. He played his last LAN event at ESL Pro League Season 10 Americas, where Swole Patrol went out in last place.

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#FreeSwag

2020-02-28 10:04

F for Braxton swag Pierce

2020-02-28 10:04

Hope he learns from his mistakes

2020-02-28 10:08

He hasn't been very competitive anyway lately

2020-02-28 10:17

And he'll be unbanned very soon

2020-02-28 10:38

he won't

2020-02-28 10:38

He'll get banned from Project A

2020-02-28 10:45

The real shit would be if they won't let him compete, because of the matchfixing. I'll be laughing so hard I might die

2020-02-28 10:48

That would be justice served, all esports should ban match fixer and cheaters in their games

2020-02-28 11:11

Expected form Dycha fanboi :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2020-02-28 11:33

Form?

2020-02-28 11:49

Nice, pick on my misspelling :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD expected from dycha fanboi from his second account :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2020-02-28 12:27

Lets hope theres no skins in Project A Xd

2020-02-28 14:43

ok now thats funny

2020-02-28 17:15

Swag quits as its impossible to be best while s1mple is performing in csgo

2020-03-02 00:54

Interesting. :p

2020-02-29 23:16

2020-02-28 12:05

They were the 1st case. PAtient zero. A standart was and is set but they should have been pardoned long ago.

2020-02-28 12:33

2020-02-28 13:03

They weren't lol There were some turkish guys who got banned permanently before them.

2020-02-28 16:54

He was just a kid.Unlike steel and skadoodle. Skadoodle deserved ban too , but not winning a major few years later.

2020-02-28 15:06

skadoodle was not involved in this he didnt want to throw

2020-02-28 15:32

Skadoodle threw also, he was the only one who didn't receive the skins from the bet placed. The news broke and he noped right out of there and said he didn't want the skins

2020-02-28 16:10

Dazed did say ska never wanted anything to do with it Could be bullshit but if 4 of your teammates are going to throw there isn't much you can do to stop it

2020-02-28 16:44

beliving in dazed in 2k20....

2020-02-28 17:29

I mean he didn't say it in 2k20

2020-02-28 17:42

dazed's word lost any value asa he got caugh max fixing ska 100% knew it and was part of it... if dazed tried to make him get banned he would be even more hated and would make him look like a complete pyscho

2020-02-28 17:45

He kinda matchfixed a lot earlier than 2k20 Obviously he knew it but did he willingly participate in it

2020-02-28 17:45

dude he was a part of the matchfixing team... matchfixing is really mean thing to do... its a crime. People dont point a gun at ur face but it can really fuck other persons... u cant be part of a clan that u knew that are matchfixing and dont do anything and even worse... STAY IN IT.. Its like if ur mate raped girls and u didnt make part of it altough u were there and saw he was going to do that lmao so supposing that he didnt take anything, he should be banned for sure... but there was no proof cuz no1 would ever fuck him that hard for no reason

2020-02-28 17:48

It's not like Valve didn't actually have any rules against matchfixing at the time Oh wait, that's exactly how it is But apparently its still a crime comparable in severity to rape lmao what are you on about

2020-02-28 17:49

Matchfixing in sports is a very serious crime, lol. They rip people's life/family.. just see who controls it in general lol... the mafia Altough they are not from a criminal organization and i agree that there were no rules set yet since e-sports grew REALLY fast and i guess the companies couldnt predict that fast people would be that fucking mean it doesnt change the fact they deserved it AND ska was a part of it for sure

2020-02-28 17:54

Matching in SPORTS is a serious crime, and has been for a long time Matchfixing in ESPORTS was not Matchfixing counts as fraud because you are stealing money from gamblers, but what if you're not gambling money, but skins? Those pixels only have monetary value because Valve says so. It's a completely different situation. Nowadays, matchfixing in eSports is illegal too. And imagine if you got perma banned from HLTV because Jonathan E decided that he wanted to make saying "fucking" against the rules and then banned you after that rule came into effect. Would that not be harsh? Matchfixing is bad, but a temporary ban and the threat of perma bans to anyone else would've been a good enough deterrent for the first case of its kind.

2020-02-28 19:49

Yes , skins have a real life value... its not because valve wants it dude, PLAYERS PAY ALOT for them.... so when u fix ur mown matches to get skins ure stealing... e-sports already have big money gambling.. (not as close to normal sports) But i dont see it having huge money gamble in the future... so dealing with this NOW is a good ideia

2020-02-28 19:52

People pay money from them, but those pixels aren't actual money. It's a different situation. And in 2015 I don't think people paid actual money straight into esports gambling websites. That would have required those websites to have proper gambling licenses. And it wasn't now, it was 5 years ago.

2020-02-28 20:00

he didn't recive any money for a fix, there was nothing e could do to prevent it... cmon man he just wanted to play with his team like always

2020-03-01 11:11

+1 but not likely to happen

2020-02-28 11:22

AZK was allowed into OW no problem so I dont think that would happen

2020-02-28 11:25

lol, "we don't want you here either"

2020-02-28 11:29

they probably wouldn't cause he'll bring viewers

2020-02-28 12:08

Well there'll be like 1000 more and 1000 times better streamers who will bring more viewers...

2020-02-28 12:13

this gut already wants to play project A and doesn't want toplay csgo

2020-02-28 12:45

Please may this happen

2020-02-28 12:28

I will be pleased too Cheaters and matchifxers overall anyone who's using or doing anything to change process of match or online game shouldn't deserve other chance

2020-02-28 12:31

How is that funny? "Ha if this guy lives the rest of his life depressed and living with the consequences of a mistake he made in a game when he was 17 that would be funny"? Just makes you seem pathetic, probably because you are.

2020-02-28 13:40

+1, well said it is sad, that sticking around for over 5 years despite the ban was not enough dedication for valve to unban him. He deserves a second chance so bad.

2020-02-28 14:42

i think 17 is old enough to understand when youre doing something wrong and to be responsible for your actions, but i do agree that he served his time and he learned his lesson he should be pardoned already

2020-03-01 16:37

It's his fault he's depressed

2020-03-03 05:57

He would've had talks with with Riot about this situation before he decided to be an ambassador for Project A. No way would he spend time there if he didn't negotiate that his CS ban wouldn't have an effect in Project A.

2020-02-28 14:28

Rip swag "m1" brax

2020-02-28 10:38

I really wouldn’t be either if I couldn’t attend majors.

2020-02-28 16:23

Well at least he's helped his team win every other tournament, right

2020-02-28 17:23

Yes because of his ban But this guy is a god, IDK why valve didn’t unban him. Perma ban for match fixing is rly stupid. If he goes to Project A, then CS will lose a kid whose could be one of the best player in the world

2020-03-02 07:10

How much more u want him to learn. The match fixing scandal was years ago and he was a kid. Mistakes happen. He should've been allowed to play in majors by now.

2020-02-28 10:30

The biggest lesson is for the rest. If you cheat once you may never compete.

2020-02-28 10:34

2020-02-28 10:42

This

2020-02-28 10:47

2020-02-28 11:00

2020-02-28 11:56

why do hackers get unbanned then

2020-02-28 12:01

Do they really?

2020-02-28 12:09

yeah its a 5 year ban

2020-02-28 12:16

forsakens ban is 5 years long by Valve

2020-02-28 13:23

Alright! I mainly thought of VAC Bans. They're permanent for majors, aren't they? But of course cases like forsaken counts and if swag gets permanently banned so should forsaken imo.

2020-02-28 13:33

kqly got unbanned

2020-02-28 14:09

Okay!

2020-02-28 14:20

thats not true kqly is still banned from valve events

2020-02-28 14:31

North_top_1 is spreading misinformation. forsaken was never banned by Valve. KQLY is still banned. fyi

2020-02-28 18:18

It's not. forsaken was never banned by Valve. Stop spreading misinformation.

2020-02-28 18:17

s1mple is still playing

2020-03-03 05:59

s1mple never got a valve ban. That was ESL. Two different bans. :)

2020-03-03 18:00

So it's alright to cheat if you never get vac banned

2020-03-03 21:06

According to Valve, yes

2020-03-03 21:25

So you agree s1mple should be banned?

2020-03-03 21:31

Because one thing is an actual crime and the other is only against the game rules. Btw valve does not lift vac-bans

2020-02-28 12:36

kqly literally got unbanned.

2020-02-28 14:09

Because one thing is an actual crime and the other is only against the game rules. E: but yes, you're right with the point that kqly got unbanned (cheating though)

2020-02-28 15:02

He didn't tho

2020-02-28 15:34

S1mple lol

2020-02-28 12:52

He didn't learn jack, should've instead find a job or start full time streaming. Instead he was inactive for 2 years and then joined tier10 team and now he's focusing on the game, where it's not clear if it will succeed or not or if he will succeed in the game

2020-02-28 10:41

Going full time in streaming would mean the end of his cs pro career. Idk why he went inactive though

2020-02-28 10:43

His cs pro career ended the second he got the ban. Streaming wouldve been the right choice if he wanted to make living out of cs.

2020-02-28 11:14

Exactly, people act like this kid was going to make career after the Valve ban lmfao. No legit CSGO organization will waste their time on some kid who cant even participate in a major. Fuck all other events, his career was done once Valve banned him.

2020-02-28 11:21

i mean steel is doing pretty decent rn

2020-02-28 14:33

That is because Steel is a renowned NA igl which are 1/ million right now. He has a great track record for being good at leading teams

2020-02-29 01:33

wasn't he a signed c9 streamer?

2020-02-28 13:13

yes he was

2020-02-28 14:44

What #126 said. Also it's literally a crime what he did. Elsewhere you can get jailed for that E: saying this from a neutral pov. I've lost only a few bucks because of him, so i don't really care that much about this causa. I wish him the best, that's why i hope he learned from his mistake

2020-02-28 10:44

Jailed if u are an adult. He wasnt an adult back then.

2020-02-28 10:44

He was 18 when that happened

2020-02-28 14:17

No he was 17.

2020-02-28 15:59

i think he was like 17 and 11 months when he threw but he was 18 when the ban was handed out

2020-03-03 15:32

You can go to jail at 17 in most countries

2020-03-03 06:02

You can go to jail at 17 in most countries

2020-03-03 06:02

who cares it only affected the little kids who were illegally betting anyways

2020-02-28 10:46

Yeah that argument doesn't make sense

2020-02-28 10:49

It does. The only fans that are still mad about it are the ones that were 14 betting w their moms credit card. You can literally cheat at a major in this game and would get less of a ban

2020-02-28 11:01

Cheating in a game vs committing a crime. But all you care about is the money you probably lost but hate to admit

2020-02-28 12:10

ive never even bet in this game lmao im not retarded & idc that he threw tf are you talking about

2020-03-01 01:10

No it doesn't

2020-02-28 12:34

ok, keep hating on him im sure thats helping your life

2020-02-28 12:37

I'm hating on him because i am saying that your comment doesn't make sense? K then Read #151 again.

2020-02-28 12:39

i was over 18 when ibp threw and i lost a few hundred bucks. wasnt mad at swag though, its steel who i have issues with

2020-02-28 15:54

pretty dumb to get mad @ someone for losing the money YOU bet on them regardless of whether they threw. You willingly put your money in someone elses hands lmao

2020-03-01 01:11

nope. you expect sportsmanship and a team to try and win in sports. why do you think throws get them in so much trouble. moron.

2020-03-01 12:01

someone is still mad over what they lost. Get over it broke boi

2020-03-01 15:37

someone is still mad that a cheater is banned get over it broke boi #banswaginprojecta

2020-03-03 15:33

You realize he didnt cheat right? I think you came to the wrong thread

2020-03-04 12:52

retard he didnt hack but he cheated Cheat definition: act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination. he acted dishonestly by throwing a match that his fans bet on to gain an advantage in his bank account

2020-03-04 19:41

awful logic

2020-03-04 23:54

how matchfixing by definition is a form of cheating its not hacking, but its cheating

2020-03-05 00:04

He didn’t gain an advantage in game which is what cheating refers to. Again, awful logic but think what you want bro, negativity only gets you so far in life

2020-03-05 15:11

where does cheating refer to it must being an advantage in the game he simply got an advantage period so its cheating keep excusing ur gay lover

2020-03-05 21:31

-3

2020-03-06 02:19

KQLY is still banned

2020-03-03 06:03

kqly was like 30 tho who cares

2020-03-04 12:54

At least going to jail for 2-3 years would have left him the opportunity to make a living of his talent afterwards. Valve ruined his life

2020-02-28 11:52

yeah this actually makes sense somehow. A persoon out of jail could have the chance to be great again. Valve took his away. he sure is a talented player. i remember watching his demo in 1.6.

2020-02-28 12:36

Unfortunate. He ruined his life, not valve

2020-02-28 12:38

Even major crime offenders get pardoned. I guess cheating in a game is WORSE than KILLING people. LMAO.

2020-02-28 18:30

He did not cheat

2020-02-28 19:39

Match fixing/cheating - it's all the same for Valve. Meanwhile Flush has never been banned or questioned even though there's evidence which is very hard if not impossible to explain. I don't imply Flusha has cheated - I just wanna say the scene is not exactly clean in terms of cheating.

2020-02-28 19:44

Nah it's not. Kqly cheated and got unbanned by valve, since it's only against the gamerules and no actual crime. Yeah flusha cheated. Problem with that is, that he did not get banned by any ac

2020-02-28 19:48

IRL people KILL and get pardoned but not in this game for teenagers. I guess stupid teenagers cannot be forgiven while premeditated homicides can be. LMAO. I don't understand your POV or who you're defending. Perhaps you're just stupid.

2020-02-28 20:15

KQLY is still banned

2020-03-03 06:05

Murderers get pardoned under circumstances such as manslaughter or the degree of homicide, they still have it kept on their record and jail is a far worse punishment than being unable to play Valve majors

2020-03-03 06:04

He did, he was never given the chance to show it though since Valve run everything like a dictator from a third world country.

2020-02-28 13:15

says the monarchy britshit

2020-02-28 21:04

What are you on about, the UK isnt a monarchy anymore it hasn't been for years,the royal family have nothing to do with laws you retard.

2020-02-28 21:05

won't matter cause he's banned for life (which is very unfair)

2020-02-28 13:19

he is lucky esports is a joke, in any real competition you get atleast suspended prison sentence for matchfixing 👌😎

2020-02-29 01:25

he could be persecuted, but not banned for life from cs

2020-03-01 01:58

2020-03-03 03:31

POG ONE LESS AMERICAN

2020-02-28 10:04

about time

2020-02-28 10:04

#JailSwag match fixer

2020-02-28 10:07

no, thank you match fixing is a criminal offense in many countries, the kid should be thankful that he's at large

2020-02-28 10:10

opinion on your nations leader?

2020-02-28 10:16

?????? wtf

2020-02-28 10:21

2020-02-28 10:17

-1 it shouldn't have been a perma ban, a 2 year ban would be good

2020-02-28 10:24

2020-02-28 10:30

+1, finally someone with common sense

2020-02-28 21:00

RUSSIA, FUCKING ADDERAL USERS DURING OLYMPICS

2020-02-28 10:38

did i say it's ok or what? wtf this point

2020-02-28 10:39

Him beeing from russia makes his argument wrong?

2020-02-28 10:51

YES

2020-02-28 12:27

2020-02-28 12:51

Says Russia lmao

2020-02-28 10:42

It's not when you're 15

2020-02-28 10:54

murder isn't a crime if you're 8

2020-02-28 14:26

different ballpark and even then its possible youre out when youre 18 lol. do you even know law?

2020-02-28 15:00

yes i know it's possible and i think it's really dumb

2020-02-29 20:22

Your argument is so dumb, murder quite literally isn't a crime as an 8 year old in nearly all countries cannot be held criminally responsible.

2020-03-03 06:06

Wasn't he 17

2020-03-03 06:06

He is a part of the major scandal and m very ashamed to say but bloody f***ing indian player @forsaken was also a part of that type of scandal. Because of the forsaken incident the CS dream for India is scattered where there are lot of talented players in India but unfortunately we are not looking forward for any major tournament in Asia leave the world. This f***ing idiot must be banned for permanent basis.

2020-02-28 10:14

the forsaken incident was worse. and if you wanna know about what killed indian cs, go look up the cs event that was a lie and led to a bunch of people getting robbed. cs is hellish in india cus india is hellish.

2020-02-28 10:18

Are you from MARS?? India is the 4th strongest nation in the world in the term of science, space, military and many more. You may google it bro. And i think you didn't understand what I wrote, m not wooing other nation and didn't praise my nation. I simply said in the basis of CS community. And i wonder are you from Pakistan 😂?

2020-02-28 10:23

hltv.org/news/8440/m5-scammed-robbed-in-.. see man. imagine being so deluded about your shit hole country, you think negative stories are lies conceived by foreign adversaries.

2020-02-28 10:31

> India > 4th strongest nation

2020-02-28 10:51

They are though, they spend all their money on military and virtually nothing on helping their people

2020-02-28 14:09

But they would die like Vietnamese or chinese ppl in movies

2020-02-28 15:34

so did the soviets, they just had so many it didnt matter

2020-02-28 16:46

Dude i dont care about Soviet, i dont even like them soo u can go fuk urself

2020-02-29 00:46

Bro you don't even exist in this world....so first let your nation make a existence then you talk!

2020-02-29 09:43

Okay, I have to disagree. The forsaken incident was a lot worse. Swag should have been banned for quite some time i agree. But not permanently. Also India uses alot of their money on Millitary ect. But that’s not great for the people is it? It’s more important to better the society and poverty than strengthen their millitary.

2020-03-01 16:33

Sorry to disrupting your thoughts bro but i would like to tell you India have most of the business man in the leading world and also total number of start ups in India are above USA. If someone don't try to study and Don't want to become a good person then its not government fault its depend upon particular individual and in the free nation like us we will live as we like. We have best education system according to the experts. We have the most toughest exam in the world that is IAS examination. If you google it and want to know then please google it or YouTube is also a best platform and i would like to tell you 1 more thing: Today every nation suffering from Corona virus but India is one of the those nation who have 0 casualties instead of we are neighboring country of CHINA. I think now you can understand the capability and potential of INDIAN and our nation INDIA.

2020-03-03 14:59

Uwm, maybe that's because of the amount of people that live in India, if you look per million inhabitants, India is nothing

2020-02-28 11:04

I hear stories (fairy tales according to some) of India being 1st, 2nd, 3rd AND 4th in the world in the science area (or art form, depending on who you ask) of "Faeces Streeties". Can you confirm this?

2020-02-28 11:40

2020-02-28 21:02

No one takes india seriously lol

2020-02-28 13:58

India superpower 2020!

2020-02-28 21:01

I think what swag did is worse. He literally stole money from people betting on that match. And this is actually a crime, he should go to jail.

2020-02-28 10:23

but forsaken cheating to win prize money isn't stealing? both actions are both equally liable. esports is not subject to the same laws :/

2020-02-28 10:27

2020-02-28 14:03

Cheating doesn't ensure you win the match.

2020-02-28 15:58

reply needs to have content. though you clearly didn't understand my final point.

2020-02-28 16:21

well, I don't agree with your "final point". cheating IMO should result in a perma ban. match fixing should go beyond that because it's a felony in many countries.

2020-02-29 02:00

flag really checks out. go do some reading and learn about what youre talking about.

2020-02-29 11:50

you sound like a stupid fat kid. go kill yourself.

2020-02-29 21:03

what does that make you? an uneducated, emotional, idiotic and small minded tween? literally less aware than KoKo

2020-03-01 17:32

2020-02-28 10:28

how much?

2020-02-28 10:36

You cant go to jail for something like that when you're 15

2020-02-28 10:55

Does anyone realize that at 15 Swag got manipulated by his teammates and he out of the 4 of them least deserved a ban from something that he personally got <100 dollars is skins out of.

2020-02-28 13:35

a young teenager getting peer pressured for 300 dollars worth of skins deserves jail time? Brazilian logic

2020-02-28 21:02

i think matchfixing is worse

2020-02-28 10:23

how much?

2020-02-28 10:27

Considering ibuypower was a great team, and they matchfixed (wich means they scammed bettors) for a bunch of skins, i think it is worse. Also Optic India wasnt a relevant team (in my opinion) and also it was one guy with the cheats, instead of a hole team who was admired in those times. So yep i think it is worse (dont know how much)

2020-02-28 10:46

It was still a 200k jackpot tournament bro. The shit IBP made would be nothing compared to what Forsaken would have got in prize money.

2020-02-28 12:16

Dude they had betted like 20,000 in skins per player. Knowing that it was 1.15 to 6.30, they made way more than 100k that was a price for first place in that tourament

2020-02-28 13:01

wait what event?

2020-02-28 10:28

ages ago. cba to find the article. but its on HLTV somewhere.

2020-02-28 10:28

hltv.org/news/8440/m5-scammed-robbed-in-..

2020-02-28 10:30

whew, classic indian scammers

2020-02-28 10:34

doesnt matter anymore

2020-02-28 10:40

VALVE u killed my boy. Fuck it

2020-02-28 14:25

I quit pro games also. Because I sucked! Job is coming for you!!!

2020-02-28 15:45

You got cut nucka! I am no longer with Swole Patrol. I have decided to take a step back from competitive CS and although I may still stream CS in the future, my main goal is to await the release of Project A and put my ambitions of being the best in the world to fruition. you're cheating ass will be pushing a cart down the street in a few years.

2020-02-28 15:47

F for him.

2020-02-28 17:15

He's overrated and that project A will crash and burn

2020-02-28 17:39

2020-02-28 21:33

washed up

2020-02-28 10:03

fuck off noob swag player csgo >>> e sport

2020-03-01 16:35

> Tier 999999 > fuck off noob swag player csgo >>> e sport Pick one

2020-03-03 00:27

Ok boss

2020-02-28 10:06

expected

2020-02-28 10:03

Cry is free

2020-02-28 10:03

Lul

2020-02-28 10:03

Ok Zoomer

2020-02-28 10:03

RIP Legend

2020-02-28 10:03

lEgEnd LULW

2020-02-28 10:04

RIP Legend

2020-02-28 10:37

definitely legendary. robbed of a career. 17 at the time (adolescent) lead by 4 older "teammates". I was taught everyone makes mistakes, and I was also taught everyone is not so forgiving and will never grant someone a second chance to correct themselves. Really sad and small minded from Valve.

2020-02-28 13:23

GJ. Uninstall is the ultimate swag.

2020-02-28 10:03

EXPECTED

2020-02-28 10:03

man :(((((( F

2020-02-28 10:03

expected

2020-02-28 10:03

Wtf. Reee

2020-02-28 10:03

Expected Cya Braxton 'Overrated' Pierce Go throw your matches at least in a non-competitive game

2020-02-28 10:03

Most overrated player ever

2020-02-28 10:30

Ins not good even with wh LUL

2020-02-28 10:39

Who tf is psycho?

2020-02-29 05:12

LMAO

2020-02-28 12:51

Deserved

2020-02-28 10:04

As long as you don’t throw matches there you’ll be fine

2020-02-28 10:04

Wtf, wasted talent

2020-02-28 10:04

tell that to valve, not him lmfao

2020-03-03 20:02

I didn't tell it to him lol, was just stating it

2020-03-03 21:37

very good my friend

2020-03-03 23:26

Good for him.

2020-02-28 10:04

rip. a story of what could've been :(. hope he kills it in Project A.

2020-02-28 10:04

2020-02-28 10:29

2020-02-28 14:07

2020-02-28 15:00

+1 ;-(

2020-02-28 18:03

cya

2020-02-28 10:04

washed up

2020-02-28 10:04

Sad

2020-02-28 10:04

wtf dude

2020-02-28 10:06

nooo F he was talented guy. ty volvo for keeping banned for nothing

2020-02-28 10:06

Look at what you did Valve...Look at what you did.... #FreeSwag

2020-02-28 10:06

Not valve falut

2020-02-28 10:49

It is only swag fault. He knew what he was doing, knew that it was wrong and that he would be punished if they found out about match fixing. Also at that time he was already an adult, so swag could not understand the wrongness of his act

2020-02-28 11:03

I see what you mean, and I agree. But think about how Valve treated the Dota 2 players, who got banned for literally the exact same thing... and unbanned by Valve not even 3 years later. Also, Brax was only 18 years old at the time, so he was still thinking like a kid, and didn’t know better. Brax’s fault for making that mistake when he was young, but also, in my opinion, Valve is still the one at fault for making the banned CSGO players feel as if Valve only appeals to the Dota 2 community.

2020-02-28 12:08

If you think as a kid in the age of 18 then there's something wrong with you; anyway I believe he was way younger He should be banned but Valve should just make it smaller since there weren't any kind of regulations about it

2020-02-28 12:29

Both of you guys are correct. It's both sides fault. Swag at the time is 18, and he should realize even if there is no regulations about it that throwing isn't good. I think a pre-teen person realize that throwing a game isn't nice even if the game is serious(league) or not. Nonetheless at the time, He wasn't sure what he should do. SO he decided to throw too like the rest of his team. And a lot of money was wasted in betting sites. He did deserved a ban. But maybe at that time maybe not. Or maybe atleast 3-5 years.

2020-02-28 13:12

He didn't get jailed thats enough luck for him in this situation. Everywhere in world matchfixing is a crime.

2020-02-28 14:17

I know matchfixing is serious for people in the community, but there's no way a court would send them to jail for it especially in 2014. He wasn't lucky dude, there was about a 0% chance of that happening.

2020-02-28 17:26

in which he was averaging an impressive 1.43 rating. BEAST

2020-02-28 10:06

2020-02-28 10:07

One more matchfixer's gone, guys. Good things happen in CS GO

2020-02-28 10:08

salty bettor LUL

2020-02-28 12:21

degenerate gambling addict mad loool

2020-03-03 20:02

F :(

2020-02-28 10:08

:/ sad #freebrax

2020-02-28 10:09

He just wants to milk the Project A project until it's gonna terribly fail(probably). Who cares.

2020-02-28 10:09

This game won't fail. Tbh, I am not a fan of the trailer but I have to say that Riot knows how to work with their games on e-sport scene. I bet that Project A will be in top3 competitive games on twitch, top 1/2 while big tournaments happen. We may not like aibilities but other people do and Riot proved their worth to community many times.

2020-02-28 10:32

Project A looks like trash.

2020-02-28 10:45

Thanks for your totally subjective opinion bro!

2020-02-28 10:56

CS purist spotted. It has all the elements going for it to make it big.

2020-02-28 10:56

Not really. In shooter games it has already been proven for centuries that they are more interested in raw aim and tactics than having abilities and shit.

2020-02-28 12:47

Valorant has raw aim and tactics. Also dont forget that CS is not very media friendly and has absolutely NO foothold in Asia, where Crossfire is the biggest FPS (also the biggest game in the world btw) So even if they get only a fraction of the asian crossfire playerbase, it can rival CSGO in size EDIT: you have to look at VAlorant abilities like utility in CSGO. All playtesters say it that way. Are you going to say you know more about competitive shooters than Henryg?

2020-02-28 12:50

thats both narrow minded and plain wrong its actually been proven that abilities and unique skills in shooters make them more popular, cs is one of the most viewed shooters because of its unique economy sistem and history as one of the longest lasting competitive fps's, that that away and cs would drop to to level of your average fps in less than a year

2020-03-01 16:48

Yeah it will for a 2-3 weeks like apex legends also they won't beat fortnite in numbers of acvite players/viewers. Just because they did one succesfull game that doesn't mean that they will do another game that will be as good as lol is. And even then..Riot had issues with balancing and changes so i'm expecting major core issues and rebalancing after first few weeks. But hey it's good that cs will have a competitor. Maaaaybe it will force valve to care not only about dota, but also cs.

2020-02-28 11:20

I would bet 10k $ that Project A will be top3 year after release.

2020-02-28 11:50

People said the similar thing when apex legends had 400k+ viewers per day and it was like that for about 2 weeks. And now game is dead

2020-02-28 11:53

Because people were stupid. EA doesn't know how to make a game for e-sports.

2020-02-28 13:23

That rlly doesnt mean anything. Anyone can say that abt anything.

2020-02-28 14:04

Game is fine, scene might be nice but Riot is a shit company, backed by Tencent just like Epic Games. At least they ain't literally deleting people from their platform like EA did with Kurt0411

2020-02-28 11:24

Aren't they banning people for typing in chat? I saw guy banned in LOL for a week for typing "gg"

2020-02-28 11:28

Valve said the same before Artifact release. Well.....

2020-02-28 11:27

project A hype drops to 0

2020-02-28 10:09

gg wp

2020-02-28 10:10

deserved

2020-02-28 10:11

F for Braxton the only good guy.

2020-02-28 10:11

hahahahaha

2020-02-28 10:11

rip

2020-02-28 10:12

inb4 swag get caught match-fixing on Project A Lan KEKW

2020-02-28 10:12

FFFFFF

2020-02-28 10:12

boo hoo.

2020-02-28 10:13

bye

2020-02-28 10:14

volvo gives the best ever competetive promo to project a by not unbanning a player like swag... gj xd

2020-02-28 10:14

2020-02-28 10:30

sad :/ #FreeBrax!!

2020-02-28 10:14

Good riddance

2020-02-28 10:15

2020-02-28 11:38

rip, swole identity in shambles now

2020-02-28 10:15

Deserved

2020-02-28 10:17

2020-02-28 11:38

Goodbye brax,we will miss you

2020-02-28 10:17

2020-02-28 10:18

So sad :( From TOP 20 PLAYERS OF 2014: SWAG (18) to this

2020-02-28 10:20

Won’t be missed

2020-02-28 10:20

+1, no one cares for a scam artist.

2020-02-28 11:38

#FreeSwag

2020-02-28 10:20

He looks sad. F

2020-02-28 10:20

NOOOO, RIP

2020-02-28 10:21

Valve 0 iq

2020-02-28 10:21

Idiot, project a will be retarded game

2020-02-28 10:22

if it gets anything as big as overwatch there will be esports, and he does have a chance at doing well in that.

2020-02-28 16:28

A bit sad yea

2020-02-28 10:22

poor swag, I hope he does well on Project A

2020-02-28 10:22

Absolutely deserved

2020-02-28 10:24

Pog

2020-02-28 10:24

i hope project a doesnt have skins so he wont ruin his career one again

2020-02-28 10:24

It definitely will, as its free to play and Riot has been doing skins on league for years

2020-02-28 10:57

good job valve, the community wanted something and you ignored them.

2020-02-28 10:24

Dude I wouldn't be surprised if Valve wasn't even aware people wanted Swag unbanned lmao.

2020-02-28 17:32

Quitters never win

2020-02-28 10:26

traitor

2020-02-28 10:26

Legend

2020-02-28 10:26

fuck you valve, wasted swag's talent

2020-02-28 10:28

Expected

2020-02-28 10:29

2020-02-28 10:30

he was never an elite player.

2020-02-28 10:31

newfag?

2020-02-28 10:57

fanboi?

2020-02-28 13:38

he was widely hailed to be the best NA talent or even NA player in 2014. New to CSGO my dude? also dont really care much about swag, but he was an "elite player" in iBuyPower times

2020-02-28 13:43

no. he was an elite talent and didnt make it any further because of that matchmaking scandal. there are a lots of players with huge talent but only a few develop into elite players.

2020-02-28 13:49

He's still in the scene?

2020-02-28 10:31

Tier 5 status, not even sure why Swole even took at a chance with him knowing the kid has zero chances of playing in a tournament that matters.

2020-02-28 11:39

it seems like you are the only guy who in this thread talking shit about the guy , did you lose money when he threw the match back in the days? salty burger

2020-02-28 13:21

Wise desicion, he had no future. Still dont think he is capable enough for a pro

2020-02-28 10:32

Despite having no future, he wasn't even that skilled. He will not be missed. Thank god for Valve remaining firm on their decision.

2020-02-28 11:40

ye it wasnt that hard to be good 5 years ago, competitive side of cs grew over years really strong

2020-02-28 18:00

Project A top #1 incoming

2020-02-28 10:33

Project A LOL it's going to be full of ex OW pros and survive 2 years max

2020-02-28 10:54

I doubt it will be full of ex OW pros as it's not an OW type game at all (as stated by riot themselves and confirmed by all playtesters). It's a CS type game

2020-02-28 10:57

Why would you quit CS to get to the same game + cartoons graphic + retarded skills + fucking 10 years olds from fortnite

2020-02-28 10:59

Very obvious. Riot is going to pump money into the competitive scene hardcore from the getgo to stimulate the pro scene and to start getting footing to be a rival in the FPS scene Subtop players/up and coming teams may switch because they will be some of the first to lay their hands on the big prizepools Riot will provide. A subtop CSGO team will make less than a top project A team - at least when the meta is still being figured out, where CS ex-pros will have an edge.

2020-02-28 11:04

Pro scene is just small part of the puzzle. The real money are with casual players. I heard that Pasha and others said that it is really really solid game so far and it's still early in development. Then with constant stream of content and updates I can see a lot casual players abandoning CSGO. Valve is being obsessed with VR and because of that CSGO probably won't receive any major makeover anytime soon, if ever.

2020-02-28 12:10

Dude even hardcore players are gonna be abandoning CSGO. The game's just way past its prime, let's be real.

2020-02-28 17:34

That's certainly true. A lot of people live in denial and are fooled by current players numbers. It's sad to see such a iconic title being abandoned by Valve, like almost every other Valve franchise. L4D, Portal, Team Fottress. Not sure how Dota 2 is doing. New Half Life is probably not going to see more than 1-2 expansions, before Valve going into radio silence about it for another decade.

2020-03-01 00:30

Valve isn't a dev anymore, they're a distributor. Their store basically prints money, so when they have to work a bit for it by actually developing a game they feel like it's not worth it.

2020-03-01 00:50

It's actually a bit more complicated. They could still successfully develop games and run a store if they had normal management. Valve is just Gaben and some 250 people who can freely choose what they want to work on. There are also subcontractors that do a lot of work, but with Valve employees losing interest in some project and moving to new shiny thing like VR now, games just aren't finished. We saw Hl2 ep3 levels or dust2 like levels for L4D 3, presumably done by subcontractors, but Valve never put them together to make game. Gaben famously said that he can't tell his people what to do. You can imagine normal management would make some games happen, but it's Valve..

2020-03-01 10:39

BRAAAXXXTTON xdd

2020-02-28 10:34

2020-02-28 10:36

People acting like he was a big thing but it did not came out becuz of valve. Stop dreaming. He didn’t make it. Deal with it. Gl in the future

2020-02-28 10:37

R.I.P

2020-02-28 10:37

wtf why he doesn't throw atleast for the last time it will be big ez money.. so stupid

2020-02-28 10:38

Bye!!

2020-02-28 10:39

2020-02-28 11:40

overrated by 9yo kids, ibp thrower

2020-02-28 10:39

average player bad person bye dont return please

2020-02-28 10:39

2020-02-28 11:40

Rip csgo

2020-02-28 10:39

Just because a banned idiot is trying to get some cash from another game since he can't have a career oncsgo anymore ? kek

2020-02-28 10:58

If Project A live up to half their promises, CSGO will be in deep shit.

2020-03-07 14:53

I aren't think that. Good or bad, CSGO has many things that Valorant will never have : sellable skins, gambling, no censorship or bans for toxicity on servs, not a 1765th game with cartoon aspect, custom mods, history... Riot is "too clean" for many gamers, especially adult ones. Valorant could catch all the new player (can't blame them, CSGO is the most terrible game ever for a new player) but they'll never kill CSGO. In Global 80% of people have a 10 years badge, they'll not quit like this. If it was not Riot everyone would laugh at this ugly ass chinese copy with noob spells and terrible chara design.

2020-03-07 19:00

make more bet -_-

2020-02-28 10:40

Failure of a CSGO player, he was supposed to be the best in NA or even the best in the world and he never lived up to his expectations, not while unbanned, and even less while banned. He knew that match fixing was illegal and that, if found out, it would be a scandal, yet he didn't care, he just wanted money. If you want to be the best in the world, you don't throw a match, you play it, you top frag and you win it. Now he decides to leave his 8-year long career to pursue another dream in a yet unreleased game which success is still unknown. See you Swag, I hope you don't get banned in Project A.

2020-02-28 10:41

The hell you talking about? seems like you got players mixed up, because swag was indeed the best in NA before he got banned. Didn't live up to expectations is kinda funny thing to say. Obviously he didn't, because he was banned lmao, he didn't have the chance anymore. He was orgless and banned for the majority of his time in CS GO, what 8 year old "career" you talking about? It was impossible for him to play tier1-2 so obviously he would stick to whatever. He was hoping he would get unbanned, but that didn't happen, about time he moved on.

2020-02-28 11:45

Lol, say whatever you want about the ban, but this kid was demolishing dignitas and doing extremely well against what would go on to become 2015 fnatic, back in towards the end of 2014. He was absolutely the best in NA at the time, and he was only improving when he got banned. There's no doubt he'd end up a top-10 player in the end if iBP didn't pull of one of the dumbest moves in esports history.

2020-02-28 13:42

He was the best in NA around the time he got banned..

2020-02-29 05:12

90% comments in this thread belong to 12yo kids that once bet their mom's money and lost em (not even on ibp match). Grow up idiots.

2020-02-28 10:41

Happy for him, hes still only 23 and def has the skill to go pro in project a especially with new games often having lower ceilings for competitive play

2020-02-28 10:42

Project A confirmed to have higher skill ceiling and be more difficult than CSGO as it has all the same mechanics (bhopping, strafejumping, similar gun mechanics) + more punishing similar to 1.6 + more "utility pieces" (in the abilities)

2020-02-28 10:59

Inb4 quake players will dominate this game and then the game will die

2020-02-28 11:26

Why would quake players dominate the game when it's a team game like CS?

2020-02-28 11:27

So? They can create a team And rekt everyone.

2020-02-28 11:30

Also someone posted a new video 18h ago. people said that it will be nothing like overwatch Guess what AXAXAXAXAXAXA

2020-02-28 11:34

Yeah it's nothing like overwatch, what's your point?

2020-02-28 11:34

Yeah from a gameplay that i saw i can tell that this is combination of a 3 games at least. From where did you get that similar gun mechanics? It doesn't even look similar. It is closer to tf or paladins than to go. Also: reddit.com/r/project_a/comments/faae3s/f.. Yeah it will be nothing like overwatch or like paladins.

2020-02-28 11:51

theyre buyable abilities like utility in csgo

2020-02-28 11:53

Not talking about powers that you can buy that are not even nades, but powers that let you fly and throw super kunai that is more accurate than their "copy" of awp from cs go. Also creating a wall and bubble that can stop enemies. Yeah i can already see an afterplant with walls, bubbles and other things like that. But my guess is that they will just lock some powers in 5v5 with bomb. And the rest will be in another mode. But still can't understand why people are telling me that this games is not similar to any other game but cs. Like wtf But i really can't wait to play it. It looks fun

2020-02-28 12:09

I'm not talking about the game but the fact that people are pretty dogshit for the first 1-2 years when a new competitive game comes up

2020-02-28 13:02

#FreeSwag people look like clowns now LMAO. all that campaigning for a dumb kid who don't give a shit about the game. he'd throw a match today too without hesitation if he got paid enough

2020-02-28 10:43

Exactly, the kid had no future in CSGO anyways with the ban. Zero fucking future.

2020-02-28 11:41

Do they? Kinda just seems like he wants to show he's good

2020-02-28 14:44

Lmao wtf are you talking about? Why would he continue to play a game he has no future in?

2020-02-28 17:40

The most wasted talent who ruined himself by silly decision of his own. R.I.P. for his CSGO soul and pure talent :(

2020-02-28 10:42

sad to see this :/

2020-02-28 10:44

He can sell other games.. Not just CS,

2020-02-28 10:46

HACPATb!

2020-02-28 10:46

What is project A?

2020-02-28 10:47

Riot games shooter soon they Will relase beta

2020-02-28 10:51

A new shooter developed by Riot Games which looks like overwatch(in my opinion) and looks forward to be competitive

2020-02-28 10:52

It is actually 80% CS, 20% overwatch. It will play out very similar to CS as it is an MR12 round-based bomb defusal 5v5, where overwatch is not even remotely close to that

2020-02-28 11:00

xd it seems i have no idea about overwatch xdd

2020-02-28 11:16

I'll break it down very briefly so you understand where I'm coming from: Overwatch has several gamemodes, the big ones are Cartload, 1 control point, and 2 control points. In cartload, the attacking team has to move a cart (which only moves if you're standing on it and the enemy is not standing on it) to the end of the map. Every time you die you respawn (and your abilities keep stacking even when you die). In 2 control points you have to capture a control point, and when its captured, you have to capture the 2nd. The enemy can never retake it once its capped. in 1 control point both teams fight for control over 1 point. In all these games its 1 continuous game. You play 1 round until you run out of time or you reach the objective, and then you swap sides. You revive every time you die. In project A it will be per round with bomb defusal just like CS. When you're dead you're dead, you don't respawn. You have to buy your abilities at the start of the round with your economy, just like nades in CSGO, they dont keep stacking over the entire game. So of course Project A will play out very similar to CSGO (just ignore the abilities): you will fight for map control, get to a bombsite and plant the bomb. The abilities are more like utility in CSGO that help you get that map control (smokes, nades, etc.)

2020-02-28 11:21

ty for the info!

2020-02-28 11:23

Np. Project A will release a lot more information or even a beta on monday 2nd march (in a couple of days) so just look for that if you wanna know more

2020-02-28 11:23

k men :)

2020-02-28 11:24

free to play?

2020-02-28 12:04

yes

2020-02-28 12:05

2020-02-28 12:09

He wont be the last one to do this move

2020-02-28 10:48

thats what you get when you scam people! I hope he has learnt something from his ban

2020-02-28 10:50

Imagine saying that is valve falut xDDD

2020-02-28 10:51

2020-02-28 10:56

I mean, it kinda is. In a very long-winded, convoluted way

2020-02-28 14:46

no definitely not valve falut

2020-02-28 14:57

valve ban swag -> swag can't join big org -> swag stuck in bad team -> swag does bad -> swag sad -> swag play other game "In a very long-winded, convoluted way"

2020-02-28 15:28

valve ban swag becaues he throw matches for money/skins /close

2020-02-28 15:36

The way you explained it makes it sound like it is directly because of valve

2020-02-28 23:59

Why are people so hard on swag? He was a bloody minor when they matchfixed and he was heavily swayed by dazed. And the permanent ban definitely wasn't fair, you don't send underage kids to prison, his sentence should have been less severe than for the others. Plus, there was no rule on matchfixing, you can't just make it up on the fly. Give everyone suspensions and then tell the community that any other scandal of the sort will result in a permanent ban. The whole issue is completely stupid because Valve allows cheaters to compete in other Valve sponsored games, just not the one they cheated in. That's like saying, ok you robbed this store so you will not be allowed to shop here anymore, but there are plenty more stores where you can shop at with no consequences. And IBP didn't even cheat, they threw 1 match, I repeat, 1 match. And most of the victims were kids who shouldn't have been allowed to bet their skins in the first place. Swag was made sort of a martyr for a mistake he made as a kid. And TOs allowing the IBP players to compete just shows you how mental Valve is around the whole situation.

2020-02-28 10:53

", you don't send underage kids to prison, " rofl of course you fucking do

2020-02-28 10:58

Maybe in your 3rd world country. if you're 15 you cannot go to jail for something like that and your offense is wiped off your criminal record the moment you turn 18 if you have committed no other offenses

2020-02-28 11:01

ofc you can go to fucking jail for scamming... in what fucking world do you live ? its called Juvenile Prison for a Reason

2020-02-28 14:44

Juvenile isn't like normal prison, they focus a lot more on rehabilitation than regular prisons do. ig the whole "you don't send underage kids to prison" thing just depends on what your interpretation of prison is. Juvenile isn't considered "prison" to some people

2020-02-28 14:50

+1 plus for money related things you usually dont even go to juvenile + it will still be cleared if youre 18

2020-02-28 15:01

His career died when Valve banned him. I never understood why people had such hope in him, even after ESL and DH unbanning him. It made no difference. He was either destined to remain in tier 5 status or just leave the sport all together.

2020-02-28 11:22

oooooooh poor little match fixer i hope Riot bans him too. Matchfixers should never ever be allowed to compete no matter in what kind of Sport/Game

2020-02-28 10:57

+1. I don't feel sorry for the kid at all.

2020-02-28 11:22

what? never seen him in competitive cs after valve ban

2020-02-28 10:59

From potencially top 10 player(years ago) to now(nothing)..

2020-02-28 11:00

Watch Project A have real money involved and Swag becomes a millionaire.

2020-02-28 17:42

Valve is shit!

2020-02-28 10:59

Criminals like Swag are shit

2020-03-02 00:35

Look at what you did to this young guy Valve.. #FreeSwag Sure he matchfixed a game but he was just listening to the older guys in the team who told him to accept it and agree to do the matchfixing, I bet he didn't really want to do it but since everyone else did it he had no choice. He was so young at the time it doesn't make sense for Valve to perma ban him its just insane...

2020-02-28 10:59

+10000000000000000 everybody forgets he was a fricking teeenager ,that changes everything.

2020-02-28 11:04

That was 5 years ago so he was 18 right? Nothing else he could have done, he was too young and influenced by his older teammates :/

2020-02-28 11:14

was 17 ,still a kiddo ,we all lose our brain for money at 17 ;)

2020-02-28 11:22

Rly true

2020-02-28 13:09

LOL Valve gives Project A competitive scene instant credibility, a "big" name and free publicity before the game has even dropped more than a trailer. ggwp volvo

2020-02-28 11:01

credibility? criminals joining their game. VERY NICE!

2020-02-28 11:05

Everyone who's not a retard can see that Valve has been way too harsh on Swag. BTW in the eyes of the law he is not a criminal. You should know your own law better

2020-02-28 11:06

i meant deviant. im just playing devils advocate here but surely it sets a presedent that valve is very harsh on cheaters in the pro scene? they have constantly been shat on for not dealing with cheating etc in the pro scene and as soon as they put their foot down they get shat on again. seems like a lose lose so i'd rather lose without back pedaling

2020-02-28 11:08

Except the issue here was not cheating. Swax has never been accused of cheating. He was accused of matchfixing and was swayed by DaZeD mainly. If you're a "young impressionable teen" in a team where your leader is telling you you're going to be matchfixing, it's kind of hard to step up and say "no". Of course what he did is wrong - and he has been punished for it - but you have to look at things in their context. Valve was too harsh on him. EDIT: Well even leaving aside the matchfixing scandal, swag has always had a big following and has had a lot of attention over the years. Him moving to project A is only going to be good for the game.

2020-02-28 11:11

+1 I'll 100% tune in and see what Project A is about since I really like Swag as a player, I hope he does become the best player in the world in Project A.

2020-02-28 11:15

There's no evidence swag was swayed by "dazed mainly". It is a myth perpetuated by some members of this community (like semmler) just based on their own personal biases and interpretations... I don't know the US laws for match fixing, they have differences from state to state also, but I do know that there are other countries where people would face potential jail time for what he did, South Korea for example. Perm ban is not THAT harsh for what he did, the fact he gained little more than skins is of no consequence. I do have hopes for project A considering CS veterans like Volcano are involved, he looked really crisp in his demo of the game too.

2020-02-28 13:52

you would not face jail time because you are underage. In USA and EU you'd have that wiped off your record the second you turn 18

2020-02-28 13:55

Literally no one has respect here. Anyways, good luck Brax!

2020-02-28 11:03

Competitive csgo left swag 5 years ago lul

2020-02-28 11:04

I feel bad for him, but it sent a very clear message to others. I think they should free swag one day before Project A release

2020-02-28 11:05

Was he playing CSGO? what?

2020-02-28 11:07

damn Riot paying Swag so he has enough food to live on

2020-02-28 11:08

anyway swag play like noob, soo dont give a damm about

2020-02-28 11:10

Ummm rating of 1.43 in ESEA MDL isn't a noob, in fact its really impressive. If you try playing against a solid ESEA MDL roster you'd get destroyed.

2020-02-28 11:17

probably, but im not playing. anyway when he gonna play like world star players, i guess he probably suck hard.. sorry if im wrong.

2020-02-28 11:23

He played against world star players before and he actually did quite well, it was with his time on Cloud9, he had a lot of potential.

2020-02-28 13:08

no way bro...

2020-02-28 11:11

fuck this is sad, hope he has a bright future in project -A

2020-02-28 11:12

See you on project A <3

2020-02-28 11:13

RIP. All the best braxton!

2020-02-28 11:15

One less match fixer to worry about

2020-02-28 11:16

LMFAO loser thinks Project A is gonna be good

2020-02-28 11:16

gl man, you were a future 1.6 star sadly game died when you came.

2020-02-28 11:20

He will be back. Like Semmler.

2020-02-28 11:21

project a omegalul

2020-02-28 11:21

Expected.. no serious org have signed him or will do that due to the valve event ban. Kinda overrated player but gl in Project A.

2020-02-28 11:22

LOL his team loses 2 games in a night and he quits....what a BIG has been baby...im sure the game will live on without him...LOL...cheater...

2020-02-28 11:23

He was a good guy with a lot of potential, sad to see him leaving the game, if it wasn't the major ban maybe he would play cs with a top team, sad.

2020-02-28 11:23

can't think of a worse punishment than being forced to resort to a riot fps

2020-02-28 11:23

gl man gj valve.. fa6s

2020-02-28 11:24

Fuck valve already so many years for a young boy

2020-02-28 11:27

Valve are such idi*ts. Losing one hell of a talented player to another game because of a permban from majors etc is just sad. Valve should have unbanned these guys a long time ago..

2020-02-28 11:30

Talented player? have you seen him play against teams above tier 5? so bad, stop saying bs like this

2020-02-28 11:43

0/8.

2020-02-28 12:14

pls explain when he has showed that he is a talented player

2020-02-28 13:05

Bro ur lost. If you actually watched CS back then you would knlw

2020-02-28 14:19

im lost? If you are talking about back when he was playing for ibp? why are you even blaming valve, ofcourse he was gonna get banned, maybe not perma but atleast 2-3 years. Right now he is so bad, i have seen plenty of swole patrole and Swole Identity games.

2020-02-28 14:35

Not only IBP no. But he was a very skilled player back then, a talent. Hes still skilled, but Valve basically killed everyone from IBP except for SKA:s careers because of ONE throwed match. Then have a look at Dota etc, they get banned for 1 year, then they can compete again.

2020-02-28 14:44

Imagine saying Swag isn't a talented player. LMAO. Did you start watching in 2017?

2020-02-28 17:44

are you retarded, I am talking about now

2020-02-28 18:02

he is banned forever from majors, how do u expect him to tryhard and improve ? i see no reason why he should be motivated knowing he wont get anywhere no matter what he does

2020-02-28 19:45

If it was only 2-3 years he was banned he would still be bad after no playing competively for that long

2020-02-28 21:15

Are you an idiot, he couldn't get on good teams because he was banned from majors. Obviously his skills have declined since then, but is he talented? yes.

2020-02-29 17:40

he also sucked heard 3-4 years ago, he just isnt talented and will fail hard in project a

2020-02-29 18:07

I guess we'll have to see.

2020-02-29 19:49

Thanks Valve for ruining his career.

2020-02-28 11:32

He ruined his career by himself.

2020-02-28 11:37

2020-02-28 11:50

Valva didn't match fix you idiot. He did.

2020-02-28 11:42

I mean that he still didnt get a second chance, even 5 years after his ban, you utter piece of shit. Kind regards.

2020-02-28 14:14

FValve

2020-02-28 11:33

finally bot

2020-02-28 11:34

Valve ruined this kid's career, hope he has great success in project A

2020-02-28 11:34

he ruined his carrer himself stfu

2020-02-28 11:41

Valve never forced him or the others to throw a match for skins

2020-02-28 12:15

iq?

2020-02-28 17:04

2020-02-28 11:35

Bye

2020-02-28 11:35

2020-02-28 11:37

couldnt care less

2020-02-28 11:38

Lol +1

2020-02-28 11:42

I will do the same

2020-02-28 11:38

Why valve stopped banning teams for match fix?teams like pact,navi junior do that very often

2020-02-28 11:39

Valve doesn't give a shit about matchfixers Same for dota2

2020-02-28 11:45

Valve doesn't care dude. They probably forgot who Swag is and don't even realize people want him unbanned. Valve is a mess, I'm hoping Riot is competent enough to make a good FPS.

2020-02-28 17:45

Garbage

2020-02-28 11:42

This is actually so sad :(((

2020-02-28 11:44

valve destroyed his carreer for matchfixing. THey could have just banned them for a year

2020-02-28 11:44

Changing game cause too bad for this one kek

2020-02-28 11:49

That's nosense

2020-02-28 12:42

It was a joke xD

2020-02-28 13:52

Thats true. He wants to be the best in project A but cant wim mathes against ramdom players. Such a joke

2020-02-28 15:46

Kinda ridiculous to be a "pro gamer" who can't even compete in decent level. Even more ridiculous is to be a nolifer who depends relies solely on playing games for making money - now, a game that doesn't even exist yet

2020-02-28 11:50

Kinda ridiculous to live in favela and judge others

2020-02-28 12:41

Ok favelado baiter

2020-02-28 13:08

AXAXAXAXAXA DESERVED FOR MATCHFIXER AXAXAXAXA

2020-02-28 11:50

F very sad

2020-02-28 11:52

HOW MUCH THEY PAID HIM TO TELL THIS XDDD

2020-02-28 11:53

Idiot could've been on a top 10 team but threw for some skins and scamed people instead. Zero sympathy at all he maybe could've won a major hope the skins were worth it brax. Good luck on riots fail project that will come and go like the rest.

2020-02-28 11:55

Or it could end up like League and end up staying for years while CSGO dies.

2020-02-28 17:46

It looks just a generic overwatch with CS base mechanic of 5v5, THERE IS NO WAY that a fps will work with healer/Barrier/Super power, this kill every chance of getting success. Overwatch only stays, end almost dying, because of Blizzard massive marketing. but the Esport scene is dead already.

2020-03-02 00:41

The main problem with Overwatch was it was too arcadey and not really competitive. This is Overwatch, but with that problem solved. It's like Overwatch, but with the competitive aspects fixed and added on.

2020-03-02 06:25

Characters will have super powers dude, it's impossible to a fps have success with these mechanics, it's gonna be for sure a good casual game, but for esports is broken if your enemy can heal, have a shield, a barrier, etc. CSGO is way above all fps because it's a simple and honest game, you and your enemie have the same conditions, you don't need to be afraid of picking the wrong characters in the weekly meta with the new op ability.

2020-03-02 11:27

Dude why does it magically not work with an FPS when it works for MOBA. Literally every reason you stated can also apply to MOBAs.

2020-03-03 01:04

C'mon you are seriously comparing a MOBA with FPS? This is basic shit man, MOBA's have type of characters, TANK, SUPP, JUNGLE, etc. It's supossed to have a healer, a guy that have 10x more health, a guy that do more damage, etc. FPS is about people with same conditions, HP, Guns, etc. It's just about who have the best strategy and aim skill, when you have a healer for example, it's not about who have the best aim anymore, it start to become a hybrid like Overwatch, when what matters is your team composition and not your actually raw skill.

2020-03-03 21:00

Dude the point you were making is it won't work in a competitive game at all. It works in MOBAs. Teamwork is apart of skill, so why won't a healer works?

2020-03-03 22:13

No, you just ignored all the things i said, good night!

2020-03-04 07:06

cya noob

2020-02-28 11:55

Top 1 match fixer. Goodbye and good riddance.

2020-02-28 11:58

Expected, project A gonna be huge, and Valve will learn in hard way that they can't stay on engine from 2009 for so many years

2020-02-28 11:59

Project A will flop it will be big for a bit but will fade into obscurity while CS lives on.

2020-02-28 12:04

CS is an eternal game and this is something hard to achieve. Only time will tell about this Project A

2020-02-28 13:10

+1000

2020-02-28 14:19

noob

2020-02-28 11:59

He was naive and made a mistake. We all do. He is 23 rn and imagine how young he was at time to figure out what was right or wrong. Probably had poor guidance or company. Players a lot younger than him are achieving so much. It just feels sad for him.

2020-02-28 12:02

s0m, Brollan, Broky, oBo, Poizon, Frozen, youre right, he could have easily been like these young players. BTW, he wasn't that young when that incident went down. He was like 17-18 years old, still very capable in knowing what he was doing.

2020-02-28 12:05

going to fix match in project ASS

2020-02-28 12:05

lmfao....Project ASS, thats too funny

2020-02-28 12:05

2020-02-28 12:41

rip swag

2020-02-28 12:06

thrower

2020-02-28 12:06

amazed how some people showing sympathy to this thrower when all the match pages r filled with abuses even if its not a throw

2020-02-28 12:07

good riddance

2020-02-28 12:08

#FREEBRAX

2020-02-28 12:08

RIP swag

2020-02-28 12:12

rip braxxton wasted talent, one of the best ever

2020-02-28 12:13

Farewell swagston "brax" pierce

2020-02-28 12:17

so sad about swag, i see till this day salty kids crying about iBP bans and swag(skins) they lost. Guy was and would be one of the best. Sad really sad, just 23y old

2020-02-28 12:17

Lol he thew purposely and was caught so ruined his own reputation. He was old enough to know right from wrong yet selfishly did so anyway. Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.

2020-02-28 12:21

It's not a crime you pepega

2020-02-28 12:40

In terms of rules it is a crime which can be applied anywhere there is set rules you moron.

2020-02-28 12:44

there was no rule or time set by valve when they threw though

2020-02-28 12:54

There was, even in mm you get banned for throwing. You don't have to be above 50 iq to understand why losing on purpose ruins the reputation and integrity of the pro scene. There also isn't a rule against bringing a gun to an event and shooting the other team irl. But people over 50iq understands that you would be banned from future events

2020-02-28 16:48

u cant explain to Pepegas this.

2020-02-28 19:06

biggest overrated player on the planet. Wouldn't even reach 1/2 of zywoo's level.

2020-02-28 12:40

are we talking about zywoo here or swag? Are u pretending?

2020-02-28 19:08

I'm saying that if swag was not banned, he would not even be 1/2 as good as zywoo.

2020-02-28 19:54

2020-02-28 12:19

Dude, i actually wanna cry

2020-02-28 12:22

bruh...

2020-02-28 12:23

He should be banned first day from the game: Riot's upcoming tactical shooter. He cannot be trusted.

2020-02-28 12:23

2020-02-28 12:38

Good Riddance. I hope Riot bans him from competitive play as well, if not I wonder who would have the balls to ever bet on one of his games.

2020-02-28 12:30

You're so fucking dumb jesus christ...

2020-02-28 12:39

2020-02-28 13:05

#fReEsWAg y’all. Sorry your little idol got banned for being a little shit.

2020-02-28 14:05

I guarantee if Device got banned for something like this, you'd be crying on here daily and telling everyone about how great Project A will be.

2020-02-28 17:48

Why do you think I care about device, just because I'm Danish? Why would he even be dumb enough to do something like that anyway he actually has a career, and it's not worth gambling with just for some skins.

2020-02-28 19:34

2020-02-28 13:44

2020-02-29 12:58

best of luck

2020-02-28 12:39

Time to play despacito

2020-02-28 12:40

F good luck in Project A anyway.

2020-02-28 12:40

Could have been one of the greats of CS:GO had he made the same decision as Skadoodle. Best of luck in future endeavors.

2020-02-28 12:43

A paragraph on what project A is would have rounded out this article well.

2020-02-28 12:45

being banned for more than 5 years is way more than enough. 5 years is still a good lesson for any upcoming players. no sense at all. Yeah, he make a mistake, but he paid for it costly. His staying in csgo for this long after the ban is already admirable. that's what keept csgo alive, players staying with it. isn't that something?

2020-02-28 12:45

You gotta make an example or what's the point in rules ? Any pro athlete or team caught fixing would loose sponsors and everything. Swag is still paying for his stupidly.

2020-02-28 12:52

i get what you mean. thats why i said about a lessson. anyway maybe he should have moved on after the ban.

2020-02-28 13:00

good luck brax

2020-02-28 12:45

permanent ban is awful. he is being punished more than necessary.

2020-02-28 12:52

Exactly. A perma ban for a simple CEVO match. I really don't get it.

2020-02-28 13:04

matchfixing a single match and scamming thousands of people. he is lucky that he only got a permaban.

2020-02-28 14:41

Yeah bro they were gonna send him to jail over a video game match in 2014 lmao.

2020-02-28 17:49

video game match lul its called scamming ok ? it doesnt matter if it happened in a video game. it can happen in every sport.

2020-02-29 12:52

Yup dude you present this case to some 80 year old judge "they threw a video game match and it cost some people virtual game skins". He's gonna understand what you're talking about and take it seriously. lmao.

2020-02-29 17:42

this kid was found guilty of matchfixing.

2020-02-29 17:48

You do realize you have to present all the facts of the case right? Like I said some judge who's told old to even be considered a Boomer won't care about matchfixing in a video game in 2014.

2020-02-29 18:00

facts facts facts. they will also share how much was bet in this particular match and how many people got scammed by this dick move.

2020-02-29 18:11

Lmao the only case where CSGO players may go to jail for matchfixing is in Aus, and they may not even face the full penalty since its a video game. And that was very recently, why do you think they'd face the same penalty in 2014? The judge would probably take it as seriously as a matchfixed monopoly game, no one would care.

2020-02-29 19:52

It weren't thousands of people, but okay.

2020-02-29 01:22

congratz, Valve

2020-02-28 12:59

what a bot

2020-02-28 13:00

2020-02-28 13:04

idc

2020-02-28 13:09

rip valve

2020-02-28 13:12

Unban him ffs valve

2020-02-28 13:15

BYE BYE THROWER BOT

2020-02-28 13:17

He stole people’s money, and now people are saying he should be unbanned because he was young? At least this overrated faggot left the scene by his self.

2020-02-28 13:24

Probably in your fucked up country if an underage person steals some money he gets a life sentence

2020-02-29 10:47

seems like a swag is trying to make me mad. and no, people don't get a life sentence in here.

2020-02-29 15:53

He stole a few pennies. Nothing compared to how much a dedicated cheater is stealing.

2020-03-06 14:46

Few pennies? Do you even know how much he stole from his fans and people who bet?

2020-03-06 17:07

I dont think you know what stealing is. It implies two things: 1) Someone loses XXX 2) You get XXX He didnt get what other people lost, so he didnt steal from them. Why are everyone trying to bend the english language to absolute gibberish, always exaggerating?

2020-03-07 14:52

Wasted talent, just like Jamppi.

2020-02-28 13:31

finally this bot made the right decision

2020-02-28 13:34

Watch him get banned by riot lmao

2020-02-28 13:37

I will always respect brax, even if he was washed

2020-02-28 13:40

after playing with relyks couple of games, he knew he had to carry all these bots forvever in csgo cus good teams wont let him join

2020-02-28 13:40

wasted talent

2020-02-28 13:41

Fuck you valve. No other sport and esports unleashed anywhere near this level of punishment to young players.

2020-02-28 13:43

yeah, I remember Gokdeniz Karadeniz, former Turkish professional player. He banned just 1 year. After that he had played at Rubin Kazan for years.

2020-02-28 14:03

+1 valve is awful

2020-02-28 14:39

you are wrong. In other sports they are also fucked in real life. Pay a lot of money and go maybe in prison.

2020-02-28 17:48

Dude Valve probably forgot who Swag is, they really don't care at all, it's unbelievable.

2020-02-28 17:50

Is this 2014?

2020-02-28 13:43

Dont want to be banned anymore.

2020-02-28 13:44

axaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxa

2020-02-28 13:44

OMEGALUL

2020-02-28 13:50

Or he could get a real job like the rest of us. Wahhh, my video games can't be my career because i tried to abuse them, WahHHH

2020-02-28 13:51

Now try telling a Finn the same about Jampii xd

2020-02-28 16:07

My forum ban ends and this happens?

2020-02-28 13:52

U stupid kids all blame him for a mistake he did long time ago a kid desperate for money Who could resist that offer anyway The problem is worldwode BETTING SHOULDNT EXIST IN ESPORTS OFC THERE WILL BE MATCH FIXING SCHEMES

2020-02-28 13:58

"Who could resist that offer anyway" Skadoodle, the smart, trusty major winner. It's swag's fault /close

2020-02-28 14:03

OFC PEOPLE WILL GET MURDERED THAT'S PART OF LIFE AND EVERONYE WHO MURDERS SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE FORGIVEN WE SHOULD NOT PUNISH ANYONE nice logic

2020-02-28 14:03

stupid suicidal kid taking the life of someone and gambling is 2 differend things u have no fucking brain to compare those 2 things so please shut the fuck up

2020-02-28 19:15

He is depressive at this moment just support him guys, he needs it

2020-02-28 14:00

THIS! +1

2020-02-28 20:29

he was bet 5$ and permabanned?

2020-02-28 14:13

they bet 1.1K+ each player but nice try

2020-02-28 14:16

That’s literally such a small amount of money. Deserved a 1 year ban MAX

2020-02-28 14:37

the amount of money doesn't change anything.

2020-02-28 20:29

M8 he was pressured by both IGL's and his coach. He was just a kid.

2020-02-29 08:47

I agree bro. Sad his story.

2020-02-29 15:51

Imagine losing your life's work just because you were peer pressured at 18 and messed up. All because some guy was salty he didn't get his 1% return on his p250 Sand Dune bet.

2020-02-28 17:52

Another wasted talent. This kid have a very big potential in CS:GO. But, yeah he did a mistake..

2020-02-28 14:08

Good luck :(

2020-02-28 14:10

#FREESWAG

2020-02-28 14:12

LOL riot sell out

2020-02-28 14:13

lul

2020-02-28 14:21

Nice

2020-02-28 14:22

Good luck Mr. Braxton

2020-02-28 14:24

GL Braxton

2020-02-28 14:27

good luck brrraxton

2020-02-28 14:28

All the reasons to hate Valve and Gaben. Even murderers are pardoned after serving their terms - and this is just a bloody game.

2020-02-28 14:29

+1 it’s such an injustice. Pros should have banded together and protested the perma bans. Valve is a joke.

2020-02-28 14:37

about time, he aint as good as everyone thinks

2020-02-28 14:30

<3 you will always be a Part of cs

2020-02-28 14:34

Damn that Under21 loss really got to him rip

2020-02-28 14:35

What a joke. Valve is a piece of shit. Ruining the NA scene and killing 5 careers over a mistake. You can agree with the bans but you are wrong if you thing perma ban was right. Valve lets cheaters compete after 2 years ffs. I hate valve and so should you.

2020-02-28 14:36

+1 #freebrax and others

2020-02-28 14:45

+1 They Ban a guy who cheated when he was basically a teenager permanently ruining His career but they have No freakin problem that pros in tier 1 were cheating on Lan and still are.

2020-02-28 14:53

'mistake' a yeah fuck i just murderd these 8 people its not a crime its a mistake dudes #free *insert criminal name here*

2020-02-28 14:55

comparing actual murder to scamming $20k from people with 5 others LOL Yeah it’s fucked, but this is the biggest Apples to Oranges comparison I’ve seen in awhile

2020-02-28 16:05

a crime is a crime, and you must be punished for it. matchfixing is a crime, everybody knows it. Braxton knew it, YoDa knew it, steel knew it. skills and promise go out the window if you aren't integral and play fair, fuck them all to hell, they never deserved their fortune.

2020-02-28 17:59

They killed themselves. That's like saying the cops ruined 5 bank robbers futures by catching them in the act. Total scumbags. When you catch someone it was not the first time. Not good at cs then scam and toss games.

2020-02-28 15:49

Are we really to the point where a person is a "total scumbag" for throwing a game when they were 17? Is this society now?

2020-02-28 16:12

A thief is a thief. That's how society should look at things.

2020-02-28 23:51

Yeah I disagree completely.

2020-02-28 23:54

The kid sucked anyways. Just cheated for a bit and did not get caught. At least he got caught for theft. Now it's time for him to get a real job like the rest of the big boys and girls.

2020-02-29 00:07

Ok so your just a hater. He was clearly a good player. I don't know what to tell you there. He could have been a star given time and arguably was for a year.

2020-02-29 04:29

aha Expected from Trumpistan to defend a matchfixer who fraud thousands of people and fucked all players that play fair and tr to give their best. Valve could give 2-year ban or something but in exchange, the player has to take the full consequences. That means compensation for money. Pay his clan and sponsors and pay valve and face jailtime. is this better?? I thought USA is a country that loves hard competition. Seems you are just lazy bad shit hypocrites

2020-02-28 17:46

I seriously couldn't care less if some guy lost his p250 sand dune from 2014. If you're a guy who lost money on that match and you're still salty about it and want Swag banned 6 years later, you're beyond reasoning with.

2020-02-28 17:54

I dont bet on csgo. I hate people that dont respect other people. Swag is an asshole hope he will get a ban everywhere.

2020-02-28 17:56

Swag vs Gabe 1v1 boxing. I'll play anything. Winner gets what he wants

2020-02-28 14:42

#BANSWAG

2020-02-28 14:45

Project A is gonna be a flop. If not I will shave my eyebrows on stream.

2020-02-28 14:47

after fixing his 2 last games vs much worse enemies xaxaxa

2020-02-28 14:50

Legend :(

2020-02-28 14:51

So sad to see a legend leave the pro scene

2020-02-28 14:52

So nice to see a matchfixing idiot leave the pro scene

2020-02-28 15:26

2020-02-28 14:53

2020-02-28 14:55

Fck him , he's not a legend to me. He knowed the consequences of his actions ,therefore good bye , with no sadness on my part , and to make it clear , all cheaters, all who sell matches should be banned PERMAMENTLY with no way outs ,cuz that's the only way to make the CS scene clear. So in the end of the day , it is actually a good news to CS community. Cheers my fair brothers , happy day for us ,one pest less.

2020-02-28 14:59

#FreeSwag

2020-02-28 14:58

Expected

2020-02-28 15:04

I thought he was already lol

2020-02-28 15:10

#freeswag

2020-02-28 15:12

This person is not trustworthy and does not deserve to take a spot from someone else who treats hes job with respect. I'm spelling common sense right there, but being "good" was never an excuse to unban player. He is lucky that esports community is still very young and forgiving, in any other sport hes situation will be much worse, and he should be thankfull for that.

2020-02-28 15:14

It's a mistake. I think he and everyone knows that by now. However a lifetime ban is just ridiculous for a one time matchfixing. Shit, the FIA only ban a driver for two years for deliberately attacking another driver in a race, and that's literally a murder attempt.

2020-02-28 15:23

and in other sports it has far more consequences as aban. They have to pay money back in some countries you are faced with jailtime. So dont think Vale is too hard. Valve is still too nice.

2020-02-28 17:42

You're either a baiter or an idiot dude. What else were they gonna do other than ban him from Valve events? No one's sending you to jail over throwing a video game in 2014.

2020-02-28 17:56

Nobody? In Austrial 10 players could go in jail for 10 years. They did matchfixing in csgo. By the same law that exist since decades. In Soccer refereee and players involved in matchfixing were send in prison. So if u have no clue about the reality shut the fuck up.

2020-02-28 17:58

Dude no one takes esports seriously in America at all. I assure you no court would care and it would be thrown out especially in 2014. You don't even live here so shut the fuck up.

2020-02-29 17:39

Hope everything was worth couple of skins.

2020-02-28 15:20

Deserved for fixing matchs.

2020-02-28 15:21

my sweet boy, what they did to you, shall never be forgotten nor forgiven.

2020-02-28 15:23

Free Money in Project A

2020-02-28 15:25

Deserved

2020-02-28 15:26

#freeswag failed :(

2020-02-28 15:32

Bright career killed by Valve

2020-02-28 15:34

killed by Ithrowpower

2020-02-28 15:59

Killed by himself

2020-02-28 17:07

2020-02-29 01:45

overrated kid

2020-02-28 17:24

RIP NA CS

2020-02-28 15:50

Swag is overrated, he cant even win anything in cs go and now wants to be the best in project a. Such a joke.

2020-02-28 15:51

finally, this noob kid left cs

2020-02-28 15:59

fuck you Valve

2020-02-28 16:00

Sad but smart decision on his part. Hope he becomes a great player for whatever the game ends up being named

2020-02-28 16:03

I don't care for this kid but I'd rather support him than valve

2020-02-28 16:05

Good for Swag. Hopefully he's not too old to start anew. I'd love to see him on a stage as a star player again.

2020-02-28 16:10

hahahahahahahaha nice move

2020-02-28 16:16

Yes he quit competitive cs go 5 years ago

2020-02-28 16:18

loool

2020-02-28 16:18

well hopefully all of csgo comunity move to project A, so that volvo learns how it is to treat ur community like shit for years.

2020-02-28 16:19

are u care? cause im not

2020-02-28 16:22

thank dazed for dragging him into throwing the game and ruining his whole career

2020-02-28 16:22

wow this is a very risky move he hasn't even touched the new game and he's banking his future on it. Respect his ambition though.

2020-02-28 16:34

2020-02-28 16:38

so sad these EX Ibp players cant get a secend chance

2020-02-28 16:49

Ok. You better get it done then. :) gl bro.

2020-02-28 16:52

Sad

2020-02-28 16:58

Loser

2020-02-28 17:09

who?

2020-02-28 17:18

overrated

2020-02-28 17:22

swag said he's been depressed and suicidal, hope it gets better for him

2020-02-28 17:25

where he said that?

2020-02-28 21:39

twitter.com/brax1wnl/status/122695828186..

2020-02-29 04:45

Goat 🐐

2020-02-28 17:33

2020-02-28 17:42

good job Valve this matchfixer is away

2020-02-28 17:40

Goodbye legend!

2020-02-28 17:49

Honestly fuck valve, that ban should have been a 1 year max. It destroyed NA CS for years.

2020-02-28 17:53

destroyed? lol they got unbanned by esl and haven't achieved shit

2020-02-28 17:59

3 years after. They didn’t play professionally for years and you expect them to come back and be in top form ?

2020-02-28 18:03

If Project A has skins he's done for LMAO

2020-02-28 17:57

Good. He's washed up.

2020-02-28 17:57

overrated

2020-02-28 18:14

2020-02-28 18:15

Very risky to quit a game with a solid playerbase after all these years Project A is going to be like Apex Legends and Overwatch, kinda dead after the hype

2020-02-28 18:17

risky but continuing cs go grind probably sucks and he is struggling with depressing. good idea to step away for now and start fresh with project A. not as risky as those other games u mentioned since it has the support of Riot which has done amazing with league of legends (i personally prefer dota but can't deny LoL is the most popular esport in the world) bad to compare with apex since its a battle royale and those will never be viable for spectating as for overwatch, the game just flat out sucks and fails as a spectator game. any game that has respawning will never be worth watching except for quake since it was 1v1 if project A is anything like overwatch though, it will flop i agree

2020-02-28 18:30

He get in and make his millions. Kinda rich after the hype.

2020-02-28 18:50

You are both right We'll see what happens

2020-02-28 20:27

he will be my fav project A player GL to him and fuck valve

2020-02-28 18:25

gl hf

2020-02-28 18:31

free at last

2020-02-28 18:33

Valve you are a joke Banned this kid for so long meanwhile tier 2-3 and even tier 1 teams throwing consistently

2020-02-28 18:40

expected

2020-02-28 18:41

You know saddest thing is that other teams trow games and bans not coming anymore. And ibp players got unlucky to be first to get caught. Now that ban didn't scare any of shit teams to not do match fix, cuz they can't accomplish tournament wins. Ez money by matcfixing to this day

2020-02-28 18:46

But they weren't a dota team was caught beforehand and got a year ban and valve said next ones would be permenant

2020-02-28 18:54

you happy lord gaben?

2020-02-28 19:03

#Freebrax

2020-02-28 19:15

#FREESWAG #FREEVSM #FREELULA

2020-02-28 19:20

lmao gl anyway

2020-02-28 19:53

That's pity, another unfulfilled talent.

2020-02-28 19:56

2020-02-28 20:06

Unlucko, best young talent at that time. Hope he does well in Project A if it takes off.

2020-02-28 20:26

I wish cs betting was still around we lost a good thing that made games even more enjoyable or devastating it's never gonna be the same

2020-02-28 20:26

GL swag

2020-02-28 20:58

2020-02-28 21:04

i only see people crying due to swag doing what he did in the major, so please, stfu okay? he knew what he was doing.

2020-02-28 21:15

NO ONE CARES... LIL FUKEN CHEATER Hope u get banned in Project A too. Trash can.

2020-02-28 21:29

good decision by him

2020-02-28 21:37

F and gl

2020-02-28 21:38

Wise choice, there are a lot of people in HLTV and in communit in general whose think that the major is not an important event anymore, 'cause of the prize pool and etc, although the reality is different every team want to attend for the glory, stickers and even for the money that he broughts. Skip to another game is very intelligent 'cause he wont reach a team that is capable of win an ESL, Flashpoint, DH, BPS event or anything like that being banned, the only hope is if he joins other banned players, VSM, Jamppi, Steel... GL in ProjectA

2020-02-28 21:50

The best NA player

2020-02-28 22:19

#freeAtLast Honestly a fresh start with dedication in a completely new game might be the best solution for him. Hopefully project a makes it as an esport game.

2020-02-28 22:32

ggwp gl

2020-02-28 22:29

vrroom vrroooooom

2020-02-28 22:36

But he enjoy the skins when he trow that match

2020-02-28 23:15

good move, gl

2020-02-28 23:47

I don't feel sorry for matchfixers and cheaters. And him being 17 y.o doesn't excuse him. At least he could've talk to someone like: "should I take this offer of throwing for some quick buck or not? Stop justifying and excusing him. He ruined his own career by listening to his greedy and sh1tty teammates.

2020-02-29 00:06

2020-02-29 00:43

2020-02-29 01:44

2020-02-29 01:49

My problem with it is cheating is a lesser offense than match fixing. Double standard when cheaters are allowed to play.

2020-03-01 01:01

GGWP

2020-02-29 00:43

Love you brax! #iwnl

2020-02-29 01:21

Good luck Brax! Fuck Valve

2020-02-29 01:36

Good riddance. Ban all match fixers

2020-02-29 01:44

who the actual fuck cares is this news to some people omg shit overrated like shroud

2020-02-29 01:49

#FreeBrax

2020-02-29 01:51

Free Brax and ibp

2020-02-29 01:55

#freebrax

2020-02-29 01:57

new overwatch??

2020-02-29 03:31

Good, don't come back

2020-02-29 03:56

2020-02-29 10:36

"top performer" ahahahahahahahahahahaha

2020-02-29 06:13

He should have played on 100 thieves.

2020-02-29 07:16

C ya Swagton “brax” Pierce

2020-02-29 09:22

I remember reading that iBP permaban news on hltv back in 2015, time really flies. Best of luck to him

2020-02-29 09:53

Nice he just quit something he hasnt played for like 5 years

2020-02-29 11:13

2020-02-29 16:16

2020-03-01 03:36

who cares LOL ?!? he was irrelevant the second he got banned

2020-02-29 15:02

good luck at mcdonalds

2020-02-29 16:33

brrrrrrrrrrrraaaxxton

2020-02-29 18:37

Logically he should have done it sooner because he was perma banned, but can't help but feel bad for the kid to have a lot of his life wasted thanks to Valve.

2020-02-29 19:28

Should had think about it before match fixing... fixing games means EXCLUSION in any sport

2020-03-02 15:42

Well he was the only one of those guys I felt bad for because he was like 16 or 17 and his teammates kinda talked him into it right? I agree that match fixing is bad, except to me using cheats/hacks in game is even worse and valve let guys guilty of that play again after only a 2 year ban?

2020-03-02 15:52

Good Luck swag . The Best 💜

2020-02-29 19:41

RiP Swag, we all love you bro🖤

2020-02-29 20:59

2020-02-29 23:01

hltv.org/matches/2339826/swole-identity-.. This match and its result really makes me think he said "fuck it" I am done.

2020-03-01 00:58

Good luck swag

2020-03-01 02:41

F Now its time to stream Fart Night for kids parents donate money :(

2020-03-01 02:47

who cars?

2020-03-01 10:36

This is soo stupid dude. How does gaben go to sleep knowing he fucked up this guy's career?

2020-03-01 16:59

brax is the embodiment of 2iq, he kept playing cs thinking Valve will change their mind and unban him. Much too late for him to have left now

2020-03-01 17:17

who cars washed up player

2020-03-01 18:03

Good news criminal cancer is out orf cs

2020-03-01 20:00

FNX?

2020-03-03 00:04

wow why dont go to college before ? still trying to be a pro player ?

2020-03-01 23:30

He barely got out of high school. College isn't in his future. Gaming or taco bell is all he has.

2020-03-02 00:49

if he insist in play probably will get a hell depression

2020-03-02 07:40

who cares lol

2020-03-02 16:17

+1 swag? LUL, amateur player

2020-03-02 20:53

The Best NA player

2020-03-02 16:45

Dont fix matches again

2020-03-02 20:01

PROJECT TR”A”SH MADE BY RIOT GAMES KEKW

2020-03-02 21:03

kekw

2020-03-03 21:40

Smartest CS:GO player ever, makes me think it might be a smart move to play Project A.

2020-03-03 00:03

Thinking about how to matcchfix on project a lol

2020-03-05 00:08

I think he moved on, so should you.

2020-03-05 13:27

Yeah real smart

2020-03-06 02:21

OMEGALUL

2020-03-03 01:46

nice

2020-03-03 02:06

With him quiting cs scene is a bit better , so happy days :). Fck all cheaters , match fixers etc. They should be banned forever with no ways out/exceptions, cuz that's the only way to make cs scene healthy.

2020-03-03 09:41

Fact is, and this has always puzzled me, and seems upside down: Match fixers get harder punishment than cheaters. Cheaters should be banned for life, with zero chance of redemption. Match fixers should be the ones getting redemption.

2020-03-05 13:30

rip

2020-03-03 18:15

:(( swaggg <3

2020-03-03 19:20

K Worth 750$/4? NA brain

2020-03-04 03:11

finally.

2020-03-04 12:55

The most overrated player of all time. I will never miss him

2020-03-04 14:38

At least he was only matchfixing and not cheaitng unlike s1mple. S1mple can easily still be cheating. Once a cheater, always a cheater. It is a state of mind, rather than something you just happen to do at some point in your life.

2020-03-05 13:31

You could say that about anything

2020-03-06 02:21

Match fixers must die..... Hate this sh*t all the time, thank god

2020-03-05 00:07

How much did Project A pay him to do this lulz

2020-03-05 05:19

good riddance, lucky he didnt go to jail

2020-03-05 16:45

recruted by skt for project a

2020-03-10 13:21

Paid by Project A lol