[12] Haag attended Amos Alonzo Stagg High School in Palos Hills, Illinois, and graduated in 2010.

[1] Haag's gaming handle, "NaDeSHoT" originates from "grenade shot", a lethal move in the Halo series in which a grenade is followed by a gunshot[1][2] Haag was a competitive amateur in the first-person shooter Halo 2, but switched to the third-person tactical shooter series, Gears of War after getting the game as a Christmas present.

[2] He narrowly missed qualifying for MLG Chicago in Gears of War play by one slot in 2007.

Haag stepped down as OpTic Gaming's captain after a seventh-place finish at the 2015 Call of Duty Championship tournament.

Here, the top 8 teams qualified to compete at that year's Call of Duty Championships, which was an annual $1,000,000 event.

[16] At the Call of Duty Championships, OpTic Gaming finished in third place losing to the eventual winners of the tournament.

[17] Their performance at the MLG Fullsail Invitational, where the four highest ranked Black Ops II teams competed, (and which was to be OpTic Gaming and MLG's final event of the Call of Duty: Black Ops II competitive season) was much improved, finishing in second place behind Complexity Gaming.

Haag and his OpTic Gaming squad played in the MLG Pro Circuit Season 1 online league where after a promising start they suffered problems online and were not able to qualify for the MLG PAX East Championship; eventually OpTic Gaming finished bottom of the league in 10th place.

OpTic first played 'NSP' and beat them 3-0 leading to a group decider against Epsilon where Haag and his team lost 3–0.

OpTic were then to face CompLexity who were undefeated on Call of Duty: Ghosts and came up short in the winners bracket finals losing 3–2.

They narrowly won every map to take a 3–0 series win and knock Haag and his OpTic Gaming team out of the tournament.

Haag was invited by Activision to Los Angeles for a preview of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare in order to advise developers on the state of the game.

[24] On October 28, 2014, OpTic Gaming, led by Haag, participated in an exclusive Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare streaming event at the so-called 'OpTic House' in Chicago, in order to promote the new edition in the franchise for its creators, Sledgehammer Games.

[25] In season opening competition, MLG Columbus, Haag and his team achieved second place, losing out to FaZe in the Grand Final.

[26] This was a sad loss for OpTic and Haag, as they hadn't dropped a map all day until the grand finals.

On Championship Sunday OpTic were crowned victorious as they beat a young team known as Stunner Gaming 3–1 in the grand finals.

[28] Haag's team now consists of Ian "Crimsix" Porter, Seth "Scumpii" Abner, and Matthew "Formal" Piper.

OpTic Gaming were to go 38–6 in the MLG Season 1 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and qualified with the number one seed for the playoffs which they completed at with a $75,000 prize pool.

OpTic Gaming went into the event led by NaDeSHoT and hoped to become the first team to win a LAN tournament without dropping a map.

On April 4, 2015, NaDeSHoT announced that he was stepping down as captain and member of the OpTic Gaming pro-team.

[31] In 2016, Haag founded a lifestyle brand and gaming organization based in Los Angeles, California called 100 Thieves.