Patrick Price (born July 18, 1994) known by his video game moniker ACHES, is an American professional esports player. Price is best known for playing ''

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''.

Career

Price won the

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with

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and the Call of Duty Championship 2018 with

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, making him one of only nine players to have won two or more

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s. Price was suspended from MLG events for "repeated harassment" and prohibited from attending four games of the

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starting on August 6, and from participating in the July 27 ''MLG 2K Tournament''. Price officially retired from competitive

on January 27, 2022. Along with his retirement, he announced that he was consulting with a studio for a new AAA video game, in addition to joining two

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-based series, The Flank and Dexerto's Reverse Sweep. On March 2, 2022, Price announced that he had joined the

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to work on their new title, XDefiant.

Personal life

Price was born on July 18, 1994. He is the son of BJ and Lesa Price and grew up in

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, where he was a 2012 graduate of

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References

1994 births Living people Call of Duty players CompLexity Gaming players Evil Geniuses players Cloud9 (esports) players FaZe Clan players American esports players People from Sanford, North Carolina Place of birth missing (living people) Team Envy players 100 Thieves players {{Esports-player-stub