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On August 2nd, 2019, around the time of [[Smasher:Ally#Retirement/Ban|Ally's controversy]], a since-deactivated Twitter account going by the name of "The Truth" posted that CaptainZack pressured Ally into dating him, and that he blackmailed Ally into intentionally losing games to {{Sm|Zackray}} at {{Trn|2GG: Prime Saga}} and {{Sm|Nairo}} at {{Trn|MomoCon 2019}}. A few hours later, CaptainZack, in a Twitlonger, confirmed the rumors about manipulating Ally, and revealed more information about their relationship. He also stated that he was forcing Ally to drop games in hopes that Ally would leave him, and that he was getting more and more upset as Ally was able to have continued success.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqvg15|title=CaptainZack's Twitlonger}}</ref> He was subsequently dropped by his team, Polar Ace, as a result of the incident. | On August 2nd, 2019, around the time of [[Smasher:Ally#Retirement/Ban|Ally's controversy]], a since-deactivated Twitter account going by the name of "The Truth" posted that CaptainZack pressured Ally into dating him, and that he blackmailed Ally into intentionally losing games to {{Sm|Zackray}} at {{Trn|2GG: Prime Saga}} and {{Sm|Nairo}} at {{Trn|MomoCon 2019}}. A few hours later, CaptainZack, in a Twitlonger, confirmed the rumors about manipulating Ally, and revealed more information about their relationship. He also stated that he was forcing Ally to drop games in hopes that Ally would leave him, and that he was getting more and more upset as Ally was able to have continued success.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sqvg15|title=CaptainZack's Twitlonger}}</ref> He was subsequently dropped by his team, Polar Ace, as a result of the incident. | ||
Due to the incident, Zack was also banned from competing at {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019}}. He was, however, allowed to attend as a spectator, and confirmed the decision on Twitter.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/CaptainZack_/status/1158086160356298752|title=CaptainZack confirms being banned from Super Smash Con 2019 as a competitor}}</ref> {{Team|2GGaming}} also banned him from all 2GG tournaments on August 5th.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/2GGaming/status/1158464184801058816|title=2GGaming announces CaptainZack's ban}}</ref> 2GG notably organized both of the tournaments in which Zack admitted to manipulating brackets. Since this controversy came to light, CaptainZack has not entered in | Due to the incident, Zack was also banned from competing at {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2019}}. He was, however, allowed to attend as a spectator, and confirmed the decision on Twitter.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/CaptainZack_/status/1158086160356298752|title=CaptainZack confirms being banned from Super Smash Con 2019 as a competitor}}</ref> {{Team|2GGaming}} also banned him from all 2GG tournaments on August 5th.<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/2GGaming/status/1158464184801058816|title=2GGaming announces CaptainZack's ban}}</ref> 2GG notably organized both of the tournaments in which Zack admitted to manipulating brackets. Since this controversy came to light, CaptainZack has not entered in offline brackets and is considered inactive. | ||
On January 16th, 2020, the SSBConductPanel released a statement where they advised an indefinite ban for CaptainZack with a chance to appeal after 5 years<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/SSBConductPanel/status/1217919442795012096|title=SSBConductPanel's advised ban}}</ref>. This decision was met with significant backlash, with many players such as {{Sm|MVD}} and {{Sm|Fatality}} pointing out that {{Sm|Mew2Queen}} only had half of CaptainZack's sentencing for sexual harassment | On January 16th, 2020, the SSBConductPanel released a statement where they advised an indefinite ban for CaptainZack with a chance to appeal after 5 years<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/SSBConductPanel/status/1217919442795012096|title=SSBConductPanel's advised ban}}</ref>. This decision was met with significant backlash, with many players such as {{Sm|MVD}} and {{Sm|Fatality}} pointing out that {{Sm|Mew2Queen}} only had half of CaptainZack's sentencing for sexual harassment. The controversial ban was brought up again in late June 2020 amidst a number of bans on other Smashers, and the hashtag "UnbanCaptainZack" trended on Twitter. The SSBConductPanel released a statement on June 29th defending their decision, which caused more backlash as people noted that they did not go into the details of the decision. The panel later made another statement saying that they could not provide anything else because it involved private information<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/SSBConductPanel/status/1277290996871675906|title=SSBConductPanel's June statement, with their second statement attached at the end of the thread}}</ref>. [[VGBootCamp]] made a post the following day saying that they were going to ignore the panel's ruling and only giving CaptainZack a one-year ban<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/VGBootCamp/status/1277687442032807939|title=VGBootCamp's statement}}</ref>. This decision was also controversial, with people such as {{Sm|The Crimson Blur}}, who has seen the aforementioned private information, and {{Sm|Glyphmoney}}, who was part of the panel's investigation on {{Sm|Promaelia}}, disagreeing with the decision<ref>{{citeweb|url=https://twitter.com/oxy_crimson/status/1277742388530671618|title=The Crimson Blur's statement}}</ref><ref>{{citeweb|url=https://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1sra4fh|title=Glyphmoney's statement (last few paragraphs)}}</ref>. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||