The answers to all these questions and possibly many more will be laid out in front of us as the drama keeps unfolding. The reason no one noticed it was it only gave him a slight advantage, which was not big enough to raise any eyebrows.“No one in my team had any idea of me using any external program including my teammates, coach and manager. And though Kumawat has 48 hours to appeal the ESIC’s decision, based on recent comments in “If i could go back I would probably delete the day when I first played counterstrike,” the 23-year-old wrote in an email to AFK Gaming.
On further investigation, it was discovered that forsaken also cheated in the ESL India Premiership Fall Season Finale, a tournament that Optic India won. Optic India’s Nikhil ‘forsaken’ Kumawat was caught cheating last week at the ZOWIE eXTREMELAND 2018 LAN event, a $100,000 tournament, and has since been the talk of the community.

OpTic India had won that tournament and $6,750. According to the esports site CSGO2Asia, which was present at the event, the match was After reviewing further evidence for several days, the ESIC, an independent third-party organization that regulates accusations of cheating and doping in the esports industry, said it had discovered that Kumawat had also cheated at the ESL India Premiership earlier in the month. While it might be easy for Kumawat to blame his cheating on feeling pressure to win, he rejected that characterization, and said it was simply his own fault.Kotaku staff writer.


For starters, everyone is waiting on ESL’s decision on whether Optic India will remain champions or will they be dethroned.

Another question the Indian community will be wondering about is that after an incident like this, will Optic Gaming and similar organizations dare venture onto Indian soil? OpTic India's CS:GO team has been given the boot from the $100,000 eXTREMESLAND Asia finals after player Nikhil 'forsaken' Kumawat was caught cheating during a match. On further investigation, it was discovered that forsaken also cheated in the ESL India Premiership Fall Season Finale, a tournament that Optic India won. had any idea I was using anything. During the eXTREMESLAND 2018 Finals, forsaken was caught using cheats which resulted in the immediate disbandment of the team.

It gave me a slight advantage over my natural aiming so it was almost negligible to be observed by people around me.”Finally, he said if he was given a chance to rewrite history, he would just delete the day he started playing Counter Strike.“I would probably delete the day when I first played Counter Strike on.”Even though we finally have something from the player himself, there are a few untied knots in the matter. To this, forsaken replied saying that no one in the team, including team mates, coach and manager had any idea that he was using the cheats.

You can reach him at ethan.gach@kotaku.com“The only thing I never lost is my family and my girlfriend and I hope to never cheat on them.”Fortnite May Have Just Laid the Perfect Antitrust Trap for Apple—and They Fell For It [Another Update: Google Just Kicked Fortnite...NBA Photographer Fired for Posting Offensive Kamala Harris Meme on FacebookDolly Parton Talks Black Lives Matter, Says 'Do We Think Our Little White Asses Are the Only Ones That Matter? Nikhil “forsaken” Kumawat, a member of OpTic Gaming’s CS:GO team was caught cheating during the eXTREMESLAND Asia Finals on 19 October.

Nikhil "forsaken" Kumawat is an Indian banned professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive who played for OpTic India in his short four month stint in 2018.

The player has been booted from the team and is now facing a lifetime eSports ban. OpTic India, the team for which Kumawat was playing, was facing Vietnamese team Revolution in an elimination match when organizers at the event discovered something was awry. “Nothing good has happened to me since the day I started playing the game.” Kumawat said the cheat program he was using gave him a slight aim advantage over his opponents, but not one so obvious that most people would notice.When asked why he cheated, he said that though he felt confident in his knowledge and understanding of the game’s strategy, he didn’t feel as good about his aim and so ended up looking for a ways to compensate. For the first time in I don’t how long (could literally be the first time ever), the Indian e-sports scene is being talked about all over the globe, but for all the wrong reasons. Each one was extremely talented and I have jeopardized their chances of being where they deserve.”AFK Gaming asked forsaken the reason for using the cheats; whether it was something to do with pressure or financial issues, to which forsaken said it was neither of those and that to make up for the lack of confidence in his aim, he had to chose the wrong patch. A critic counts the ways ESL India later found that forsaken used the same cheats during the ESL India Premiership 2018 … Unsurprisingly, the 22-year old has heavily criticized by the Indian community and has also received a 5-year ban from the “I am extremely sorry to my teammates, OpTic (Gaming) management and the people who always put their trust in me over the facts.

'How is Char Kol, a new Philly Korean BBQ pop-up, offensive? The incident took place at the Extremesland Asia finals last Friday, during a group stage match.

Nikhil ‘forsaken’ Kumawat is a professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player who was caught cheating at a tournament last weekend. “We are conscious that many in the Although the rest of OpTic India’s members have said they didn’t have any knowledge of Kumawat’s cheating, the team nevertheless disbanded in the wake of the events at last weekend’s tournament.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player Nikhil "forsaken" Kumawat, caught cheating on video at a $100,000 tournament in Shanghai, had faced a … Because of the hack being not too blatant (as people think it might be), no one in my team or people standing behind us (coach or manager etc.) The AFK Gaming team dug deeper and asked forsaken whether anyone from the team knew he was using teams and how had no one noticed it at the bootcamp.

Optic India’s Nikhil ‘forsaken’ Kumawat was caught cheating last week at the ZOWIE eXTREMELAND 2018 LAN event, a $100,000 tournament, and has since been the talk of the community. CSGO Forsaken Caught Cheating | clips of cheating - YouTube