ESL India release final statement on OpTic forsaken cheating scandal, confirm ban length and next step for India Premiership ESL \/ OpTic IndiaESL India and Nodwin Gaming have released a final statement on the OpTic India cheating scandal and confirmed that they will be hosting a rematch to decide the new winners of the Premiership Fall Finals. OpTic India\u2019s Nikhil \u2018forsaken\u2019 Kumawat was caught cheating at the eXTREMESLAND 2018 LAN on October 19 and was immediately disqualified from the event along with his team, all of whom have now been dropped by OpTic Gaming. However, the controversy didn\u2019t end there as ESL India conducted their own investigation and found that forsaken had also been using the hack during the Fall Premiership Finals, an event that OpTic India had won. Now the event organizers have released a final statement on the matter, beginning with an apology to the community: \u201cWe would like to apologize that cheating could even happen at this competition.\u201d They also confirmed that Kumawat will be banned from all ESL and Nodwin Gaming competitions in accordance with the recent ruling from the Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC). \u201cWe were in close contact with ESL Global to revisit our processes and to make sure that upgraded standards are in place for the upcoming replay of the finals: 2ez Gaming (losing semi finalists to OpTic Gaming) will take on Slaughter Rage Army (losing finalists to OpTic),\u201d they explained. \u201cThe winner of the best of 3 will represent India in the ESL Pro League Asia Finals.\u201d According to a report from HLTV.org, the teams will be playing the match from internet cafes under the watchful eye of ESL India admins. \u201cESL has established leading standards for global tournaments, and the ESL India team will now turn the lesson into an opportunity for the ESL India Premiership to further align standards to those of the global events,\u201d they concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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