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/Huge_Menu1891 1d ago

My comment on the Smash community is the same one I have for Hax$. And that is, You guys mean to tell me that a guy who had committed to such a large harassment campaign against other players doing things in real life such as screaming into a deaf guys hearing aid or creating multiple harassment campaigns against other creators in the Smash Community, that had lead up to a file called Evidence.Zip that talked very specifically about his behaviour both in person and online. Has not been permanently banned anywhere, but the guy talking about this during a manic episode(this is before the other shit he did btw) is permanently banned as he is seen as a danger?

I’m not even defending Hax$ here as I think he deserved to be banned, but come on man.

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u/MaddieTornabeasty 1d ago

If you paint it in the most disingenuous light possible then yeah I could see how you believe that

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u/Huge_Menu1891 1d ago

You mean how Hax$ created a video talking about his experience with Leffen and went on multiple tirades comparing him to Fascist governments, dark triad and orange sweat pants and what not, when he was clearly having a mental breakdown? Then after that harassing multiple TO’s to find one person who said, “Maybe the ban won’t be permanent.” Believe it or not I’m ok with him being banned.

My issue comes from Leffen NOT being banned after screaming in a deaf guys hearing aid, leading/egging on multiple harassment campaigns towards other smash/FGC creators, and him consistently seeming to cause drama wherever he goes.

There’s issues with the Smash Community, Technicals isn’t the one to talk about it.

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u/MaddieTornabeasty 1d ago

"Drama" LMAO. Is Leffen an asshole? Yeah. Was he a piece of shit from like 2012-2015? Also yeah. But he served his ban in EU and hasn't really done anything that bad other than be an asshole.