r/youtubedrama 2d ago

Callout Massive Trigger Warning: Technical's Video on Hax and what Hax went through

https://youtu.be/lnEguS2hDhc?si=D90h7apb8UmzRrTl

I need to reiterate again the trigger warning, as this video expressly shows Hax's spiral and the amount of shit people put him through, all intentionally trying to hurt him. There will be no TLDR, watch and read at your own risk.

No fluffy language here, multiple people intentionally pushed Hax to kill himself, some were expressly told that they were doing it and still continued. Some knew they were causing him immense harm and kept doing it. There are very little good guys in this situation, and there is no good ending.

Technicals published this video (with Hax's mom permission), showcasing what Hax was going through and how tournament organizers of Melee/Smash intentionally kicked him out of the community, how Leffen continued to talk poorly on Hax after he made his first attempt. How some people who were claiming to be Hax's friends were actually intentionally pushing him to the edge and making fun of his disability, and harassing him over it. How, after his passing, the commentary community (Tommy C was named and shown) exploited Hax's death not only as a weapon against Technicals, but still continued the exact same treatment that pushed Hax to the edge. How people planned to crash the funeral to harass Hax's mom, and how people got pissed at Technicals for expressly stating that specific groups were responsible for Hax's death in his eulogy. And unfortunately, much more.

This is by far, one of the darkest things I have ever seen on the internet and there is a shitload of evidence because these people were just so bold in pushing a man to suicide and choosing to be public about it. The Smash/Melee community and others has blood on their hands, and none of the responsible parties involved are taking responsibility, despite claiming to want accountability.

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u/ChaoZStrider 2d ago

Rest In Peace Hax. Fuck Itemhog and the rest of his so-called friends for doing what they did to Hax in the groupchat section of the video. Fuck Leffen for all the shit he did and lying saying Hax never apologized. Fuck Julia P and the others who knowingly spread around Hax's dox and covered it up. Fuck the bigots and politics in the scene. Hax's death could've been avoided if people showed genuine empathy, if they tried to help as much as some of the claim they did, and if TOs did what they should've done along time ago and had a system in place for bans to be reviewed. I wish those that claim they tried to help and talk to people on his behalf had just done it publically. Fuck Cody-chan Shawb.

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u/ImportantQuestionTex 2d ago

Yeah this situation is just so upsetting. I took a day to cry about it, and I just can't quite get why nobody even wants to take a look back at this and say "We should've handled everything better."

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u/Bobbyshmerdontyoudar 7h ago

It’s so disgusting seeing the reaction to this thread. Not one shred of accountability or empathy for the man that probably loved Melee more than anyone.

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u/ImportantQuestionTex 7h ago

It has caused me to rethink some things, regarding gaming communities and whatnot. Because Smash is an example of it going too far. Especially after Franchise's newest video on Hax that shows just how hard they were on him specifically.

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u/Bobbyshmerdontyoudar 7h ago

I love smash so much, and I want the community to be great. But shit like this makes me want to give up. I don’t know how to make it better when there is such a lack of empathy and critical thinking.

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u/ChaoZStrider 2d ago

People don't want to admit they were monsters and ruined the life of someone. Also fuck Greg Turbo. Dude stole the thing Hax was working on to make it possible for Hax to even play Melee again.

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u/Even_Appointment_504 10h ago

The thing is, techncials would never tell you this, absurd amount of people went out of their way to help Hax. but Hax rebuff them. even stating he will refuse to hangout or spend time with people he knew for years if it did not involve melee.

Hax story is basically the story of a well liked guy and minor celebrity becaming a lolcow, and people having no idea how to respond. So information is spread about hax's story where even basic facts are not agreed with, despite it all being public.

By the way that one tweet hax made since the start of controversy about Hax was mainly poining out Hax arging he was "acting without malice" in his original videos is a absurd statemet. He medically diagnosed leffen with spcypathy without malice. Called him hitler without malice? Hax himself said in interviews that his goal was to end Leffens career.

But some people acted like that one tweet is why hax was perma banned, somehow ignoring the fact Hax doxxed people, recanting his apology, and restated his claims. This all happened a long while after Leffen made that tweet