Two related stories for the Esports Integrity Coalition including a warm hug for their newest member Luckbox, and a boot up the arse to a Counter-Strike player who decided to cheat.

The Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) has handed out a five-year ban to India Optic’s Nikhil “Forsaken” Kumawat after he was found guilty of using third-party software to improve his aim during two Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) tournaments.

Kumawat – Forsaken by name, Forsaken by nature – had the ankle chains applied after organisers discovered the cheat during the Zowie eXtremesland Tournament LAN Finals in Shanghai.

ESIC can only use the stocks if a person found guilty of cheating does so when competing in an event organised by an ESIC member. Zowie doesn’t fall into this category, but the Electronic Sports League (ESL) does, and so ESIC officials asked ESL to take a close look at Kumawat’s performance at the ESL India Premiership, which India Optic won earlier this month, and boom.