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Sam "⁠s0m⁠" Oh will stand in for Swole Patrol's Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce in the Americas Minor NA closed qualifier, the 16-year-old has announced on Twitter.

swag is unable to play the Americas Minor NA closed qualifier with Swole Patrol in mid-December due to being permanently banned from Valve-affiliated events since early 2015.

s0m will step in for swag in Swole Patrol

Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir's team have turned to s0m, who was last seen playing with Old Guys Club in ESEA MDL Season 29, where he played the majority of the mixture's matches in their campaign to 5th-8th place.

Swole Patrol are set to play Bravado in the first round of the upper bracket, which is set to be played on December 12.

Their lineup for the qualifier will be:

Ryan "⁠freakazoid⁠" Abadir
Edgar "⁠MarKE⁠" Maldonado
Jordan "⁠Zellsis⁠" Montemurro
Brandon "⁠Ace⁠" Winn
Sam "⁠s0m⁠" Oh (stand-in)

Bravado #49 Dimitri 'Detrony' HadjipaschaliRuan 'ELUSIVE' van WykAran 'Sonic' GroesbeekRhys 'Fadey' ArmstrongJohnny 'JT' Theodosiou Ryan 'freakazoid' Abadir Age: 26 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 677 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.70 Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 366 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68 Old Guys Club #94 Sam 's0m' OhJordan 'n0thing' GilbertSean 'seang@res' GaresYazan 'clowN' AmmariSamuel 'SileNt' Portillo Swole Patrol #38 Braxton 'swag' PierceRyan 'freakazoid' AbadirEdgar 'MarKE' MaldonadoJordan 'Zellsis' MontemurroBrandon 'Ace' Winn Brandon 'Ace' Winn Age: 23 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 441 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.62 Edgar 'MarKE' Maldonado Age: 20 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 316 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.67 Braxton 'swag' Pierce Age: 22 Team: Swole Patrol Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 418 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.62 Sam 's0m' Oh Age: 16 Team: Old Guys Club Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 99 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69