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On June 2021 Hax was indefinitely banned due to repeated and refusal to stop committing defamation deemed to constitute harassment violating sections 2.2.1 and 2.3.3 of the CoC.<ref name="Hax Ban" /> | On June 2021 Hax was indefinitely banned due to repeated and refusal to stop committing defamation deemed to constitute harassment violating sections 2.2.1 and 2.3.3 of the CoC.<ref name="Hax Ban" /> | ||
As of February 1, 2024, Hax$ has been made permanently banned from tournaments due to repeated slanderous and conspiratorial accusations made towards {{Sm|Leffen}}, and others, with Hax's persistent reinforcement of these statements, multiple instances of inciting harassment, failing to take sufficient accountability for his actions, and refusing to abide by the terms of his return to local events.<ref> | As of February 1, 2024, Hax$ has been made permanently banned from tournaments due to repeated slanderous and conspiratorial accusations made towards {{Sm|Leffen}}, and others, with Hax's persistent reinforcement of these statements, multiple instances of inciting harassment, failing to take sufficient accountability for his actions, and refusing to abide by the terms of his return to local events.<ref name="Hax Permanent Ban">{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dg-R86Zz_toB3EbfvGCJ4wvJTwyQyRlunCh-P1_HCV0/edit|title=Hax's Permanent ban}}</ref> | ||
==Tournament History== | ==Tournament History== | ||
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Notable events banning Hax$ include [[GENESIS]], {{Trn|Shine}}, [[Phoenix Blue]], [[Riptide]], [[The Big House]], and [[DreamHack]]. Outside of several US states, Hax$ is also banned from Austrian, British, Finnish, and Portuguese events, as well as Melee Online events. | Notable events banning Hax$ include [[GENESIS]], {{Trn|Shine}}, [[Phoenix Blue]], [[Riptide]], [[The Big House]], and [[DreamHack]]. Outside of several US states, Hax$ is also banned from Austrian, British, Finnish, and Portuguese events, as well as Melee Online events. | ||
As of February 1, 2024, Hax$ has been made permanently banned due to repeated infractions.<ref | As of February 1, 2024, Hax$ has been made permanently banned due to repeated infractions.<ref name="Hax Permanent Ban" /> | ||
===Evidence.zip 3 & ban appeal=== | ===Evidence.zip 3 & ban appeal=== | ||
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On Jan 27, 2024 Willy P, the Head TO of NYC melee, made a personal statement regarding the Hax NYC Melee ban decision.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjv20zx1279TcGaQGMeLvu1iz_MLwpe82MCV9Z0Kzkg/edit Willy P Personal statement]</ref> Willy P explains why they ignored the first ban appeal video, which violated the unban agreement, even know many parties hax showed the video before release tried to convince Hax to not post the video publically and speak with TO's privately, they choose to ignore it as a violation as it seemed to show Hax improving and accepting responsibility. But then the next showed a backslide from his previous one, with the vast majority of the video focusing on restating claims about Leffen, and also showed unsealed private documents, plus revealing full legal names of the people who wrote the transcripts. He released these testimonies without permission, and also unlisted or deleted previous videos where he had apologized to Leffen. Willy P states states this showed Hax losing the progress they had hoped he made. Furthermore, the document states: "I do not believe Hax himself encouraged the threats or harassment against others, but whether intentional or not, when your consistent actions have consistent consequences, it is up to you to correct that, or to plain stop those actions", further stating "At the end of the day, if NYC Melee doesn't act on its word in enforcing the rules we set into place, we are arguably enabling this type of behavior. He would constantly use our unban as a sign of his progress, but when he starts violating the clauses we set into place that just doesn't make sense anymore." With Hax showing no sign of significant growth over the period of several years, and no reason to believe Hax would get better after the x number infraction, Hax was voted to be unanimously banned by NYC Melee. | On Jan 27, 2024 Willy P, the Head TO of NYC melee, made a personal statement regarding the Hax NYC Melee ban decision.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjv20zx1279TcGaQGMeLvu1iz_MLwpe82MCV9Z0Kzkg/edit Willy P Personal statement]</ref> Willy P explains why they ignored the first ban appeal video, which violated the unban agreement, even know many parties hax showed the video before release tried to convince Hax to not post the video publically and speak with TO's privately, they choose to ignore it as a violation as it seemed to show Hax improving and accepting responsibility. But then the next showed a backslide from his previous one, with the vast majority of the video focusing on restating claims about Leffen, and also showed unsealed private documents, plus revealing full legal names of the people who wrote the transcripts. He released these testimonies without permission, and also unlisted or deleted previous videos where he had apologized to Leffen. Willy P states states this showed Hax losing the progress they had hoped he made. Furthermore, the document states: "I do not believe Hax himself encouraged the threats or harassment against others, but whether intentional or not, when your consistent actions have consistent consequences, it is up to you to correct that, or to plain stop those actions", further stating "At the end of the day, if NYC Melee doesn't act on its word in enforcing the rules we set into place, we are arguably enabling this type of behavior. He would constantly use our unban as a sign of his progress, but when he starts violating the clauses we set into place that just doesn't make sense anymore." With Hax showing no sign of significant growth over the period of several years, and no reason to believe Hax would get better after the x number infraction, Hax was voted to be unanimously banned by NYC Melee. | ||
On Feb 1, 2024 a new ban statement was made that permanently banned Hax. The cited reason for the indefinite ban to become a permanent ban was in the new ban statement "In the period of Hax’s indefinite ban, the onus was on him to demonstrate that he wouldn’t repeat his offense, take accountability for his actions, and demonstrate sufficient change. He has instead repeated his offense, not adequately taken accountability, and ignored the recommendations of those who he seeks to appeal to. This includes violation of the provisional unban requirements outlined by his local tournament organizers, as described by NYC Melee" and further stating "Hax’s lack of sufficient remorse for his actions, incitement of harassment campaigns targeting other people, and his pattern of doubling down when confronted, even by tournament organizers who have tried working with him for years, makes his presence fundamentally toxic to the scene’s health".<ref | On Feb 1, 2024 a new ban statement was made that permanently banned Hax.<ref name="Hax Permanent Ban" /><ref name="Hax Permanent Ban" /> The cited reason for the indefinite ban to become a permanent ban was in the new ban statement "In the period of Hax’s indefinite ban, the onus was on him to demonstrate that he wouldn’t repeat his offense, take accountability for his actions, and demonstrate sufficient change. He has instead repeated his offense, not adequately taken accountability, and ignored the recommendations of those who he seeks to appeal to. This includes violation of the provisional unban requirements outlined by his local tournament organizers, as described by NYC Melee" and further stating "Hax’s lack of sufficient remorse for his actions, incitement of harassment campaigns targeting other people, and his pattern of doubling down when confronted, even by tournament organizers who have tried working with him for years, makes his presence fundamentally toxic to the scene’s health".<ref name="Hax Permanent Ban" /> | ||
=== Post perma ban appeals, mental health revelations, and stalking accusations=== | === Post perma ban appeals, mental health revelations, and stalking accusations=== | ||
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On 30th May 2024, {{Sm|DarkGenex}} released a statement regarding Hax's ban, detailing, among other things, a bipolar disorder diagnosis, hospitalisation, and suicide attempts, coming from his failed ban appeals. Additionally, DarkGenex recounted private handlings of Hax's ban, where Hax is shown to have harassed multiple TOs, including going to a post-venue bar to try and appeal his ban.<ref name="DarkGenex Document">{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jHUTly72RUao3APv2AN550Lk2UrGwKaeLUaCBerzRGA/edit?usp=drivesdk|title=DarkGenex Re: Hax & Mental Health Document}}</ref><ref>[https://x.com/CrispBit/status/1796219316565639316?t=jR6bokuO3rDLcKzWBakECA&s=19 Further corroboration of DarkGenex document and added details]</ref> | On 30th May 2024, {{Sm|DarkGenex}} released a statement regarding Hax's ban, detailing, among other things, a bipolar disorder diagnosis, hospitalisation, and suicide attempts, coming from his failed ban appeals. Additionally, DarkGenex recounted private handlings of Hax's ban, where Hax is shown to have harassed multiple TOs, including going to a post-venue bar to try and appeal his ban.<ref name="DarkGenex Document">{{cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jHUTly72RUao3APv2AN550Lk2UrGwKaeLUaCBerzRGA/edit?usp=drivesdk|title=DarkGenex Re: Hax & Mental Health Document}}</ref><ref>[https://x.com/CrispBit/status/1796219316565639316?t=jR6bokuO3rDLcKzWBakECA&s=19 Further corroboration of DarkGenex document and added details]</ref> | ||
On 30th July 2024, Hax$ released a ban appeal video, specifically regarding his perma-ban in January 2024.<ref>[https://youtu.be/0S6LeugSbro?si=SVjwm9UNbgzbNAYz Melee Community Permanent Ban Appeal]</ref> He brought up | On 30th July 2024, Hax$ released a ban appeal video, specifically regarding his perma-ban in January 2024.<ref>[https://youtu.be/0S6LeugSbro?si=SVjwm9UNbgzbNAYz Melee Community Permanent Ban Appeal]</ref> He brought up a claimed issue with getting private responses from TOs regarding how long his indefinite ban would be, due to ambiguity between the 2 year ban and indefinite clause. Due to an inability to get responses, he argued that, despite agreeing to only make ban appeals in private with TOs as per his probational partial unban agreement, his public ban appeals were justified, and that a 6 month ban would have been more justified. Given these factors, Hax deems the ban as "cruel" and that, in spite of his own faults, there were mistakes on both sides. In the video, when Hax makes his argument Hax cites his old ban statement instead of Hax's current ban statement, ignoring his relapse repeating some of his original claims, which was the main reason he was permanently banned, for being a repeat offender, not for making another ban appeal video.<ref name="Hax Ban" />Furthermore, there was no ambiguity between the two-year ban and indefinite ban, as the original ban statement<ref name="Hax Ban" /> clearly states the ban to be indefinite, not a two-year ban, as the case was so extreme with Hax's refusing to apologize or even stop doing his defamation even after a month of negative backlash. This is also a moot point as again Hax is under a new ban statement, making the old ban statement irrelevant to him being unbanned, as hax is under his new perma ban statement.<ref name="Hax Permanent Ban" /> | ||
On 31th July 2024 Following criticisms from {{Sm|Radar}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/radarssbm/status/1818430253058212040 Radar Statement]</ref> <ref>[https://x.com/radarssbm/status/1818681012110680486 Radar Statement Addendum]</ref>, which to summarize is that Hax is two-faced still believing in private his original claims while also saying something else publically<ref>[https://twitter.com/willypNYC/status/1794122939912114638 Hax private statement different from his public statement]</ref>, that Hax deflects responsibility to TOs instead of taking accountability, and no mention of his behaviour behind the scenes, such as ongoing stalking and harassing of TOs and community members<ref>[https://twitter.com/willypNYC/status/1819933789549732118 Hax Stalking Statement]</ref> <ref name="DarkGenex Document" />, Hax released a follow-up video clarifying points raised, including stating Hax feels he is not a true repeat offender. Furthermore, Hax explicitly condemns Technicals, Dramatubers, the FreeHax# movement, and the harassment his videos incited. Hax then asks to be put on final probation. <ref>[https://youtu.be/cxxbU2r9WsY?si=AGcA3pgJDcnlBJay Permanent Ban Appeal Part 2]</ref> Both of these videos were unlisted within three weeks after posting. | On 31th July 2024, a day after the previous video, Following criticisms from {{Sm|Radar}}<ref>[https://twitter.com/radarssbm/status/1818430253058212040 Radar Statement]</ref> <ref>[https://x.com/radarssbm/status/1818681012110680486 Radar Statement Addendum]</ref>, which to summarize is that Hax is two-faced still believing in private his original claims while also saying something else publically<ref>[https://twitter.com/willypNYC/status/1794122939912114638 Hax private statement different from his public statement]</ref>, that Hax deflects responsibility to TOs instead of taking accountability, and no mention of his behaviour behind the scenes, such as ongoing stalking and harassing of TOs and community members<ref>[https://twitter.com/willypNYC/status/1819933789549732118 Hax Stalking Statement]</ref> <ref name="DarkGenex Document" />, Hax released a follow-up video clarifying points raised, including stating Hax feels he is not a true repeat offender. Furthermore, Hax explicitly condemns Technicals, Dramatubers, the FreeHax# movement, and the harassment his videos incited. Hax then asks to be put on final probation. <ref>[https://youtu.be/cxxbU2r9WsY?si=AGcA3pgJDcnlBJay Permanent Ban Appeal Part 2]</ref> Both of these videos were unlisted within three weeks after posting. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||