Sam “RattlesnK” Gawn is a member of Birmingham Salvo’s Counter Strike: Source team , and like many CS:S players, his routes as a gamer stem from casually playing CS: 1.6 with friends.

Sam’s first success as a gamer came about after he founded Goldbrick, a team that would go on to defeat 4kings, the UKs top CS: 1.6 team. From there he and his team were offered an opportunity to take their careers to the next level by joining up with Team Dignitas, an organization formerly headed by Salvo GM Michael O’Dell.

Under the banner of Dignitas, Sam traveled the world with his team, doing very well in several events and earned the title as the top team in United Kingdom. Once CGS was announced the team decided to take a deep breath and launch themselves into a world of Counter Strike: Source. After some early difficulties the team dominated the Live Qualifiers and became reunited with their former manager at their new home, the Birmingham Salvo.