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===Controversy===
===Controversy===
In 2017, {{Sm|Hax$}} assisted Hit Box during the development of the Smash Box, but found its button placement to be unsatisfactory. After his requests for better button placement and payment for his analysis were refused, he parted ways with the company and went on to produce the B0XX, which has improved alignments and modifications to make it more tournament viable. Hax$ released a video on the topic accusing Hit Box of stealing his design and explaining the benefits to his B0XX controller over the Smash Box.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAfLlDFp-Cg</ref>


While SmashBox's kickstarter was a week from completion and near reaching the pledge goal,<ref>[https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/2099087376/hit-box-smash-box-video-game-controller-for-smash/#chart-daily Smash Box kicktrag]</ref>  March 25, 2017 {{Sm|Hax$}} would release a video titled ''the truth about smashbox'' where Hax talks of his involvement with HitBox and makes the claim HitBox team has "bad intent" that is knowingly selling a rushed incomplete defective product to make quick money that would "scam the community".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAfLlDFp-Cg the truth about smashbox]</ref> Hax says after he was volunteering for R&D for Hitbox for two weeks for 15 hours a day after his suggestions for improvements were not used, Hax texted Dustin for a business partnership offer where Hax would support the product design, with other services, and Hax would get an 20% percentage of sales, but once this offer was rejected, Hax came to the conclusion the Hitbox team didn't "actually gave a fuck about making a good product". Hax would go on to say his own competing product, The B0XX, should be supported instead. Hax would also accuse the Hitbox team of a conspiracy of trying to sell a knowingly bad product to then sell a better version of a product that they will have to buy. Hax also makes the claim the Hitbox team copied Hax's controller design layout after secret pictures of his controller were taken.  
Gravy would contest these claims and argued that Hax$ "acted as an authoritarian lead designer throughout the time he spent playtesting", [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbrQV_xl_2w producing a video on the topic]. In this video, Gravy shows that the button layout the B0XX used was the one that he and Hax$ discussed prior, and claims Hax$ used this layout to compete with the Smash Box and say that it has an inferior layout, arguing that the B0XX's layout was a stolen design. Gravy also contradicts Hax$'s claim that he didn't want a straight button layout, as his main layout contributions used straight layouts. He also contested Hax$'s insistence on removing the [[X button]], arguing that two [[jump]] buttons is important for these types of controllers to ensure that all advanced techniques have accessible routes. Gravy believes Hax$ sabotaged the Smash Box to try and get the Kickstarter to fail. Gravy also acknowledges the claim that he said he wanted to fight Hax$ and apologises for those words.


Dustin, the Founder of Hitbox, would make a response video on the next day refuting many of Hax's arguments.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0tK2B5NPE0&ab_channel=HitBoxDustin Dustin's response to Hax]</ref> He would accuse Hax of trying to steal the SmashBox by using his influence to make the kickstarter to fail with "he said, she said" slander in order to start his own kickstarter of the same product that he would own. Dustin would go on and accused Hax of being a narcissist, with Dustin saying Hax declaring himself "a pot of gold who fell from the sky" who believes himself smarter than he doctors that advised the Hitbox team. and Dustin pointing out after two days of playtesting, Hax demanded the SmashBox to be rebranded the entire product around himself.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170326123841/http://imgur.com/Snhfx7l Hax's Business Partnership offer DMs]</ref> Dustin would also refute Hax's claim of selling a knowingly inferior product, stating the original design was always a proof of concept build that Hax knew was never attended to be sold or the final design. Dustin would reaffirm that they are a grassroot company trying to make the best product that they can.<ref name="dbltap Article" /> The Hitbox team would go on to talk about the struggles caused from Hax's accusations on the Kickstarter comments section.<ref>[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2099087376/hit-box-smash-box-video-game-controller-for-smash/comments Kickstarter HitBox team comments]</ref>
{{Sm|tompas92}} also accused Hax$ of deliberately abstaining from conversations about legality with the intention of getting the controller banned later.<ref>https://www.dbltap.com/posts/4742326-smash-box-s-recent-struggle-and-the-questionable-origins-of-the-b0xx</ref> This was after working with Hax$ on the B0XX, where he claimed to have been treated negligently.
 
Gravy the next day after contest Hax's claims and argued that Hax$ "acted as an authoritarian lead designer throughout the time he spent playtesting", [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbrQV_xl_2w producing a video on the topic]. In this video, Gravy shows that the button layout the B0XX used was the one that he and Hax$ discussed prior, and claims Hax$ used this layout to compete with the Smash Box and say that it has an inferior layout, arguing that the B0XX's layout was a stolen design. Gravy also contradicts Hax$'s claim that he didn't want a straight button layout, as his main layout contributions used straight layouts. He also contested Hax$'s insistence on removing the [[X button]], arguing that two [[jump]] buttons is important for these types of controllers to ensure that all advanced techniques have accessible routes. Gravy believes Hax$ sabotaged the Smash Box to try and get the Kickstarter to fail. Gravy also acknowledges the claim that he said he wanted to fight Hax$ and apologises for those words.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbrQV_xl_2w&ab_channel=HitboxGravy The Truth about B0XX]</ref>
 
{{Sm|tompas92}} also accused Hax$ of deliberately abstaining from conversations about legality with the intention of getting the controller banned later.<ref name="dbltap Article">{{cite web|url=https://www.dbltap.com/posts/4742326-smash-box-s-recent-struggle-and-the-questionable-origins-of-the-b0xx|title=Smash Box's Recent Struggle, and the Questionable Origins of the B0XX}}</ref> This was after working with Hax$ on the B0XX, where he claimed to have been treated negligently.
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Both the SmashBox and the B0XX would both sell out on launch and sell out every restock for years after.


==B0XX==
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===Controversy===
===Controversy===
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{{Trn|Royal Flush}} would invite Hax$ to compete using the B0XX, but Leffen would protest its use on the grounds of being a "modded controller", in which Royal Flush rescinded the invite. Hax$ would still attend the event to meet friends, where he would find out {{Sm|WatchingTime}} arranged to give Leffen a prototype arduino as part of a project to assist with legalising the B0XX for competitive play. Hax$ shook WatchingTime's shoulder in a panic and demanded for it to be returned to him. Leffen would find out about this and ask for the arduino, and Hax$ would decline before approaching Leffen with accusations of malfeasance. Upon the B0XX's official release, Leffen claimed there is no evidence of keyboard-style arcade controllers being better ergonomically, as well as cause to believe the B0XX could abuse cardinal 1.0, which Hax$ refuted.
{{Trn|Royal Flush}} would invite Hax$ to compete using the B0XX, but Leffen would protest its use on the grounds of being a "modded controller", in which Royal Flush rescinded the invite. Hax$ would still attend the event to meet friends, where he would find out {{Sm|WatchingTime}} arranged to give Leffen a prototype arduino as part of a project to assist with legalising the B0XX for competitive play. Hax$ shook WatchingTime's shoulder in a panic and demanded for it to be returned to him. Leffen would find out about this and ask for the arduino, and Hax$ would decline before approaching Leffen with accusations of malfeasance. Upon the B0XX's official release, Leffen claimed there is no evidence of keyboard-style arcade controllers being better ergonomically, as well as cause to believe the B0XX could abuse cardinal 1.0, which Hax$ refuted.


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*[https://thearcadestick.com/alt-lab-controllers-smash-stick-analog-arcade-stick/ Smash Stick review]
*[https://thearcadestick.com/alt-lab-controllers-smash-stick-analog-arcade-stick/ Smash Stick review]
*[https://thearcadestick.com/smash-box/ Smash Box review]
*[https://thearcadestick.com/smash-box/ Smash Box review]
*[https://thearcadestick.com/category/types/box/ List of reviews and links to every single SmashBox Style controller ever made.]


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