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The newbie thing is not usually a problem.
The real potential problems are:
Brazil
Brazil has a bad reputation for poor customs and postal efficiency. But since this is a 'virtual' item, these are unimportant.
Virtual item
Paypal doesn't cover virtual items. You will have no seller protection because you cannot prove delivery.
Counterstrike
I assume that is a videogame? Gamers run heavily to young males (Yes, I know lots of 40ish women gamers. More than one in twelve.
) And young males are stereotypically none too empathetic.There is a high chance of fraud here in my opinion.
I would worry too.
Actually, this is something I would not sell on eBay since you cannot specify any other method of payment. (Your customer can offer to pay by bank transfer or money order or Canadian Tire money, and you can accept, but you cannot demand any payment that is not electronically visible.)
For your immediate problem. Step back. Do not attempt to communicate with the buyer in any way. If he does not pay, you can either start an Unpaid Item Dispute and hope he still does not pay or ignore him forever, losing your FVF.
If he does pay, you have committed to shipping to Brazil (virtually). If you do not ship, he can file Item Not Recieved and you would have a defect/violation/ black mark on your very short selling record.
So.
Choices.
I'm here for business. I do business.- Captain Mal Reynolds.
This knife?
I have had customers make accounts the same day. Sign up for Paypal the same day. You can get scammed by anyone, anywhere, any time.
Let them pay you, then wait 24 hours. Then, call Paypal and verify the payment. Why 24 hours? It takes Paypal that long to decide if something is worth sniffing at or not. You have nothing to lose by accepting payment.
Well, what else do you do with a virtual item that you have no use or need for? What then becomes the value of a $450 item?
All the risk, here, is in NOT selling it.
Eh?
If our OP does not ever sell it, how much money do they get in their pocket? None, zero, nada, squat. That leaves their choices to either a potential $450 or a definite nothing.
How many people can pay their bills with no money? About what I thought.
All the risk, here, is in NOT selling it.
Eh?
If our OP does not ever sell it, how much money do they get in their pocket? None, zero, nada, squat. That leaves their choices to either a potential $450 or a definite nothing.
How many people can pay their bills with no money? About what I thought.
Hello 'supaflyjordan',
Has your buyer paid yet?
Looking over all this, I am wondering if setting up the listing that way was wise. Since it is to be delivered
electronically you get to avoid all the usual problems with mailing items to Brazil, but did you read ebay's policy
about Digitally Delivered Goods before listing?:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/policies/downloadable.html
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/selling-digital-items.html
The fact that your bidder is new should not in itself cause a problem. When I bought my first items on
ebay (books from France), a few days later Canada Post went on strike. As the weeks went by those
poor sellers must have wondered if they were going to lose their money.
You can, of course, exclude certain countries so as to avoid having bidders from those places, - and you
would not be the first person to leave out Brazil:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/manage_bidders_ov.html#set
You cannot, however, exclude zero-feedback bidders, not yet anyway. What you can do is remove bids
from your auctions if you are not comfortable with a user. That is not possible with last-minute bidders.
The above link shows you how to do that as well.
If your buyer does not pay, the way to avoid negative feedback is to file an Unpaid Item dispute and hope
that he never pays. Well, not for 4 days, anyway, at which time you close the case and get your fees back.
The following link tells you all about that with a link to the Resolution Center you can use:
http://pages.ebay.ca/help/sell/unpaid-items.html
If you go for the 'cancellation' instead of the Unpaid case, the buyer can refuse to accept whereby you then
have to call ebay and whine to get your fees back. And worse, the buyer can leave feedback.
With the Unpaid Item case a buyer cannot leave feedback, and if he managed to slip any in before it ends,
whether positive or negative - that feedback automatically disappears.
If you discovered something wrong with an item before sending, and a buyer has paid, you can refund the
buyer and ask for the cancellation. Again, he can refuse, but he can't force you to send it. You then have to
badger ebay to refund your fees and quite likely get a negative removed.
You are a brand-spanking-new seller, so ebay would probably be lenient with you. New users always make
mistakes.
To sell (or buy, for that matter) successfully on ebay requires quite a bit of reading. The information is all
done in very clear, easy language, but it will help you to be familiar with those policies which pertain to you.
I hope you're able to sort this out. Good luck 
