forsaken is now eligible to compete in Valve-sponsored events
After being caught cheating at the eXTREMESLAND 2018 Finals and again at the ESL India Premiership 2018 Fall Finals, forsaken had received a five-year ban from the ESIC. This ban expired last October.
However, he faced an additional ban due to the New RMR Eligibility Guidelines, which rendered him ineligible to participate in Valve-sponsored tournaments for five years following his VAC ban.
He received the VAC ban on his steam account on September 19, 2018, almost an year after he was caught cheating. Thus, today marks the completion of serving those 5 years, and he is now free to participate in Valve related events.
Up until today, players were ineligible to participate in Valve-sponsored events if they had ever received a VAC-ban in CS:GO. These guidelines had not seen an update since the game was new and all CS:GO VAC bans were relatively recent. But VAC bans can now be more than 8 years old. So we’ve decided to update them.
Moving forward, a VAC ban will only disqualify a player from an event if it was either received less than 5 years prior, or if it was received at any time after their first participation in a Valve-sponsored event (e.g., after participating in a qualifier for an RMR event). Note that VAC bans stay in place with all of their other effects; the only change is how they influence your eligibility to play in Valve-sponsored events.
There are other reasons a player may not be eligible to participate in Valve-sponsored events. These remain unchanged.
Valve's New RMR Guidelines
However, forsaken had expressed his reluctance to return to the CS scene evident in his interview with AFK Gaming, after receiving a barrage of resentment from others. Optic Gaming had rescinded their division from India, causing significant turmoil in the Indian Counter-Strike scene, which took years to recover.
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