Editing Team:Melee Hell

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Melee Hell is a Facebook group, designed as a '''satirical''' response to the Melee Social FB group and Melee Social on Smashboards. [[Brookman]] created the group and active posting members include [[Hungrybox]], [[Mew2King]] and [[Hax]] among other Smashers.

Various in-jokes include [[20XX]] (with Hax being their lord and savior and with everyone in the group saying they main Fox) and many others. There is also a crew battle being organized for Apex between Melee Hell members and Melee Social.

===Melee Hell| Tag===
Multiple smashers, such as Bones and otherwise have used Melee Hell|(Smasher tag) as their name in tournaments. There are also a large amount of smashers entering with this tag at [[Apex 2015]], though this is mostly a joke as well as a way to organize said crew battle. This has been banned by certain Tournament Organizers, due to controversies surrounding Melee Hell, though ClashTournaments and VGBootCamp have currently stated that there is no problem.

==Controversies==
Melee Hell has been seen as controversial to many other members. A lot of the posts are vulgar/obscene and the Facebook group has been described by some as the cesspool or "4Chan" of Smash full of racist/sexist in-jokes and trolls. There have also been threats towards other smashers, though this is defined, more recently, as being outright prohibited by Admins of Melee Hell. They have described Melee Hell as an online joke and that certain people take the joke too far. The main counterarguments are the fact that two of the main admins of the group have helped continue these jokes.

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-'''Melee Hell''' is a [[Facebook]] group, designed as a satirical response to the Melee Social Facebook group and Melee Social board on [[Smashboards]]. Created by {{sm|Brookman}} on June 10th, 2014, Melee Hell's original group grew to contain 49,537 members, with some professional smashers like {{sm|Hungrybox}}, {{sm|Mew2King}}, {{sm|Kage}}, and {{sm|Hax}} taking part in the group.
+Melee Hell is a Facebook group, designed as a '''satirical''' response to the Melee Social FB group and Melee Social on Smashboards. [[Brookman]] created the group and active posting members include [[Hungrybox]], [[Mew2King]] and [[Hax]] among other Smashers.
-The original group was archived on November 25th, 2020<ref>[https://facebook.com/groups/MeleeHell/permalink/2800297486858566/ Archive Post]</ref>, with Brookman citing Facebook's "draconian" terms of service, involving a warning received by the platform for a meme posted by a member. However, a second group has since been made by Brookman and the other staff members on the same day, which has over 8,600 members and sees large levels of activity.
+Various in-jokes include [[20XX]] (with Hax being their lord and savior and with everyone in the group saying they main Fox) and many others. There is also a crew battle being organized for Apex between Melee Hell members and Melee Social.
-==Overview==
+===Melee Hell| Tag===
-Posters on Melee Hell often reference farcical inside jokes, such as [[20XX]], posts about ''Melee's'' perceived quality compared to other games in the series, and satirical statements about other smashers. A large majority of posts also tend to be edited images or videos surrounding such in-jokes, as well as extensive references to {{s|wikipedia|internet meme}}s. Members also jokingly ask "Where's the Melee?" if a post's content is unrelated to ''Melee''.
+Multiple smashers, such as Bones and otherwise have used Melee Hell|(Smasher tag) as their name in tournaments. There are also a large amount of smashers entering with this tag at [[Apex 2015]], though this is mostly a joke as well as a way to organize said crew battle. This has been banned by certain Tournament Organizers, due to controversies surrounding Melee Hell, though ClashTournaments and VGBootCamp have currently stated that there is no problem.
-In addition to Melee Hell, a variety of other parody groups related to other games in the series have appeared on Facebook, such as Smash 4 Hell (later renamed Smash Switch Hell) and Melee Heaven. Other groups unrelated to ''Smash Bros.'' have also been created with the "Hell" tag at the end of the name, e.g. "Initial D Hell", "Deus Ex Hell". This has since become somewhat ingrained into Facebook group cultures, with communities far outside Smash's influence adopting the term for "shitposting" groups.
+==Controversies==
+Melee Hell has been seen as controversial to many other members. A lot of the posts are vulgar/obscene and the Facebook group has been described by some as the cesspool or "4Chan" of Smash full of racist/sexist in-jokes and trolls. There have also been threats towards other smashers, though this is defined, more recently, as being outright prohibited by Admins of Melee Hell. They have described Melee Hell as an online joke and that certain people take the joke too far. The main counterarguments are the fact that two of the main admins of the group have helped continue these jokes.
-==={{Sm|ChuDat}}'s sponsorship===
-Melee Hell was responsible for crowdfunding ChuDat's traveling costs for [[EVO 2015]], as he had previously been dropped by his sponsor, [[Mortality eSports]]. Due to the "sponsorship", he entered the tournament as "MH | ChuDat" and wore a Melee Hell-designed shirt, as a parody of the uniforms generally worn by other sponsored smashers. ChuDat finished 7th at EVO 2015, and the event helped to spark further interest in Melee Hell.
-===Melee Hell Tag===
-Multiple smashers, such as Bones, have used "Melee Hell" as a clan name in tournaments. A large number of smashers also entered with the tag at [[Apex 2015]], as to more easily organize a potential crew battle with members of Melee Social. Owing to the controversy over the group's existence, however, some tournament organizers have banned the use of the Melee Hell tag. To help alleviate issues with the community, some smashers instead use '''MH|''' instead of Melee Hell.
-====Notable players====
-*{{Sm|Articanus}}
-*{{Sm|Bones}}
-*{{Sm|ChuDat}}
-*{{Sm|Gahtzu}}
-*{{Sm|Kage}}
-*{{Sm|Ken}}
-*{{Sm|Lucky}}
-*{{Sm|Mew2King}}
-*{{Sm|n0ne}}
-*{{Sm|Spud}}
-==Controversy==
-Melee Hell has been controversial to some members of the ''Smash'' community, with criticism being focused at the often vulgar and obscene content of the page; some of the content has also been criticized for being racist or sexist, as well as promoting trolling. Melee Hell is also known — and sometimes criticised — for its "edgy" humour, including controversial content such as jokes pertaining to the 9/11 disaster. Some followers of Melee Hell have also sent threats to smashers outside of the group; however, admins for Melee Hell prohibit such threats.
-==References==
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-==External links==
-*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeleeHell Archived group]
-*[https://www.facebook.com/groups/meleeheck/permalink/382893722952544/ Current group]
-*[https://twitter.com/Melee_Hell Melee Hell's Twitter]
-*[https://www.instagram.com/melee.hell Melee Hell's Instagram]
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