Nikhil ‘forsaken’ Kumawat’s five-year aggressive ban from CS:GO occasions has ended and the Indian participant can now play in esports tournaments once more.
5 years in the past, on October 24, 2018, the Esports Integrity Coalition banned forsaken from “all esports-related exercise for or with any ESIC member organisation.” The Indian CS:GO participant was caught enjoying with a cheat program on the eXTREMESLAND Asia Finals, and after an investigation from ESL, he was additionally discovered to have cheated on the India Premiership Fall Finale.
His workforce, OpTic India, was disqualified from eXTREMESLAND 2018 and promptly fired the participant following the ban and investigation. forsaken additionally deleted his social media accounts quickly after. He later spoke about his ban in an interview with AFK Gaming and launched an announcement in regards to the scenario.
“If I may return, I’d in all probability delete the day I first performed Counter-Strike – nothing good has occurred to me for the reason that day I first performed that recreation. I’m extraordinarily sorry to my teammates, OpTic administration and the individuals who at all times put their belief in me. I really feel responsible of stealing away the alternatives from my teammates. Each was extraordinarily proficient and I’ve jeopardized their possibilities of being the place they deserve,” Kumawat stated.
Now, his ban from aggressive occasions has been run out for ESIC-member occasions and the Indian participant can return to aggressive play. Nonetheless, due to Valve’s new RMR eligibility pointers carried out in 2021, forsaken can not play in developer-sponsored occasions till after September 21, 2024.
forsaken allowed to return to aggressive CS:GO as ban expires
Within the wake of his ban, forsaken has had a number of movies come out explaining his rise as a competitor and fall as a cheater. He has additionally develop into considerably of a meme within the esports group because of his title for the cheat he put in on the event laptop, “phrase.exe,” and the way blatant his dishonest was.
Since his assertion in regards to the ban was launched, CS:GO esports followers haven’t heard from the previous Indian professional.
He has been in retirement since his ban and isn’t anticipated to return to aggressive play within the newly launched CS2.
