OpTic Gaming today abandoned its team based in India CS: GO after cheating on the charges against Nikhil "abandoned" Kumawat, subsequently confirmed by by tournament officials .
Forksaken was arrested using a cheat program at the finals of eXTREMESLAND Asia earlier in the morning. He was immediately released from the team after tournament administrators inspected and found cheats on his computer. Now, OpTic has removed the rest of the Indian team after the remaining players have claimed not to know "the slightest hint" of cheating.
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" We are strongly opposed to any form of cheating because it does not only tarnish local staff. but potentially harms the competitive integrity of the region, "said OpTic on his Indian Twitter team . "We have terminated [forsaken] 's contract for its shares (…). We also publish the remaining list in order to explore new opportunities with other competitive options. "
Suspected evidence of fraud that is quite suspicious, underline it by using an aimbot program to lock in enemies even through walls and obstacles from his point of view. Forsaken hid his cheat program (.exe, .exe.log and .bak) in local computer files under the name "word".
Hansel "BnTeT" Ferdinand commented on the situation on Twitter noting that some players already knew that he was a cheat of past events in the Asian region.
At the same time, ESL plans to win the recent opTic India tournament at the ESL Premiership Summer event for the Indian region, as well as its place in the ESL Pro League Asian region . Their victory could be invalidated and their place in EPL could be revoked as a result of changes within the team.
The Coalition for Integrity in Sports of Interest (ESIC) also participates in with a possible lifetime ban on the path of abandonment. This would probably prevent him from playing a competitive role in the esport.
