Aches (gamer)

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

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Price in 2013
Personal information
Name	Patrick Price
Born	(1994-07-18) July 18, 1994 (age 31)
Nationality	American
Career information
Games	Call of Duty series
Playing career	2010–2022
Team history
2010–2011	Leverage
2012–2014	compLexity Gaming
2014	Evil Geniuses
2014–2015	FaZe Clan
2015–2016	Team EnVyUs
2016	compLexity
2016–2017	Cloud9
2017–2018	Evil Geniuses
2018–2019	Team EnVyUs
2019–2020	Los Angeles Guerrillas
Career highlights and awards
2× World League champion (2014, 2018)

Career

Price won the Call of Duty Championship 2014 with compLexity Gaming and the Call of Duty Championship 2018 with Evil Geniuses, making him one of only nine players to have won two or more Call of Duty Championships. ^[1]

Price was suspended from MLG events for "repeated harassment" and prohibited from attending four games of the Call of Duty Pro League starting on August 6, and from participating in the July 27 MLG 2K Tournament.^[2][3][4]

Price officially retired from competitive Call of Duty 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 Call of Duty League-based series, The Flank and Dexerto's Reverse Sweep.^[5] On March 2, 2022, Price announced that he had joined the Ubisoft San Francisco Studio to work on their new title, XDefiant.^[6]

Personal life

Price was born on July 18, 1994.^[7] He is the son of BJ and Lesa Price and grew up in Sanford, North Carolina, where he was a 2012 graduate of Southern Lee High School.^[8]

Controversy

At UMG Chicago 2013, held in early January 2013 during the Call of Duty: Black Ops II competitive season, a heated moment unfolded between professional players Patrick "Aches" Price and Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag. During the tournament, OpTic Gaming defeated Aches' team in a high-stakes match. As the game concluded, Nadeshot celebrated the victory energetically and reportedly stepped toward Aches’ side of the stage in the heat of the moment. In response, Aches physically shoved Nadeshot in a brief but tense altercation that quickly drew attention from event staff and other players. Though the push was minor and did not escalate further, the incident became one of the most talked-about moments in early Call of Duty esports history, symbolizing the intense rivalry between Aches' teams and OpTic Gaming. The event also helped solidify Aches’ role as a polarizing figure in the scene and added fuel to the ongoing feud between the two players.