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.

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”.