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A Counter-Strike<\/em> prodigy is returning to action, after being unbanned by ESL earlier this month. Braxton \u201cswag\u201d Pierce, aka Brax, will be filling in for Tim \u201cautimatic\u201d Ta on Cloud9 in the ESL One New York Qualifier. Autimatic will be on vacation during the Qualifier, according to the team\u2019s in-game leader Jake \u201cStewie2k\u201d Yip<\/a>. Related: <\/strong>Swag, DaZeD, and azk to join forces following ESL unban<\/strong><\/a> Since his formal unbanning by ESL at the beginning of August, swag has been practicing with his former iBuyPower teammates Sam \u201cDaZeD\u201d Marine and Kevin \u201cazk\u201d Lariviere\u2013who were also unbanned\u2013while also trialing players for their to-be-determined team. The trio is still expected to be joining forces, despite swag\u2019s participation in the event for Cloud9. The players of the former iBuyPower roster are still banned in DreamHack, ELEAGUE, ECS,\u00a0and Valve-sanctioned events. This is the second event that swag has filled in for C9. He played with the team at cs_summit in April, when he stepped in as an AWPer for Tyler \u201cSkadoodle\u201d Latham. C9 finished in the top four of BeyondTheSummit\u2019s event, with swag top-fragging in several matches. It\u2019s still unclear whether or not swag will retain his position on the Cloud9 roster if the team qualifies for the New York event. That may well depend on whether or not ESL allow him to be swapped out.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"