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check his AMA, I think I may have remembered wrong. but he did say that he thinks his actions didn't justify a ban and makes fun of the ban too (such as making his cover photo on Facebook a mugshot with "evidence.zip" captioned on it)
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'''Leffen''' is a professional Smasher from Stockholm, Sweden. He started off as a {{SSBM|Yoshi}} main, but later switched to {{SSBM|Fox}}, and is now known as one of the most technical and powerful Fox mains in Sweden, and even in the world. He has managed to place very well in tournaments; he took 17th at [[Apex 2013]], | '''Leffen''' is a professional Smasher from Stockholm, Sweden. He started off as a {{SSBM|Yoshi}} main, but later switched to {{SSBM|Fox}}, and is now known as one of the most technical and powerful Fox mains in Sweden, and even in the world. He has managed to place very well in tournaments; he took 17th at [[Apex 2013]], 9th place out of 709 entrants at [[EVO 2013]] (currently the largest ''Melee'' tournament in the world), and 4th place at [[Apex 2014]]. At Apex 2014, Leffen defeated renowned smashers such as {{Sm|Hungrybox}} and {{Sm|Colbol}} before being eliminated by {{Sm|Mango}} in Losers' Semis. He is currently considered to be among the best European ''Melee'' players, along with {{Sm|Armada}} and {{Sm|Ice}}, and is commonly cited as the sixth best player in the world behind Armada and the four top players in the United States: {{Sm|PPMD}}, {{Sm|Mango}}, {{Sm|Mew2King}}, and {{Sm|Hungrybox}}. | ||
Leffen won his first national at [[B.E.A.S.T 4]], where he defeated Ice in losers' finals and Armada in two sets of grand finals after being knocked out of winners' bracket by Ice. Later, Leffen won [[Republic of Fighters 3]], once again defeating Armada in two sets of grand finals. Leffen notably beat Armada 6-0 in grand finals, after previously being knocked out in winners' finals 3-0 by Armada. | Leffen won his first national at [[B.E.A.S.T 4]], where he defeated Ice in losers' finals and Armada in two sets of grand finals after being knocked out of winners' bracket by Ice. Later, Leffen won [[Republic of Fighters 3]], once again defeating Armada in two sets of grand finals. Leffen notably beat Armada 6-0 in grand finals, after previously being knocked out in winners' finals 3-0 by Armada. | ||
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Leffen often evaded punishment for his actions by using his status as a top professional player to manipulate other players of his caliber into going easy on him. However, this behavior soon caught on, and Swedish tournament organizers and ''Melee'' professionals gave him a serious warning in August 2012, threatening to ban him from tournaments. Leffen did not take this seriously, claiming that it was "bullshit" that "would never go through in a million years"; after his public denouncement of the warning, some people said he had improved slightly, while many others claimed that he had actually worsened, continuing and expanding his negative behavior. On February 9th, 2013, after a lengthy online discussion about his poor behavior within the ''Melee'' community, Leffen was [http://www.smashboards.com/threads/leffen-is-banned.333990/ nationally banned from Swedish tournaments], and was later internationally banned in Finland. The collaborators put together a large list of unacceptable behaviors he was guilty of, including the aforementioned defamation and sandbagging, as proof for his ban, compiling many testimonies from the victims of his bullying and several of his acerbic Smashboards posts into a downloadable archive infamously known as "Evidence.zip." They stated that the only way Leffen's ban would be lifted was for him to create a lengthy apology stating everything he has done wrong in the past and how he will change the behavior in the future. On March 21st, 2013, shortly before [[B.E.A.S.T 3]] (the first major tournament he was banned from), [http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rjbt3e he did indeed make a public statement asking for forgiveness]. Despite this, he was not immediately unbanned and ended up missing several months' worth of tournaments in his region. | Leffen often evaded punishment for his actions by using his status as a top professional player to manipulate other players of his caliber into going easy on him. However, this behavior soon caught on, and Swedish tournament organizers and ''Melee'' professionals gave him a serious warning in August 2012, threatening to ban him from tournaments. Leffen did not take this seriously, claiming that it was "bullshit" that "would never go through in a million years"; after his public denouncement of the warning, some people said he had improved slightly, while many others claimed that he had actually worsened, continuing and expanding his negative behavior. On February 9th, 2013, after a lengthy online discussion about his poor behavior within the ''Melee'' community, Leffen was [http://www.smashboards.com/threads/leffen-is-banned.333990/ nationally banned from Swedish tournaments], and was later internationally banned in Finland. The collaborators put together a large list of unacceptable behaviors he was guilty of, including the aforementioned defamation and sandbagging, as proof for his ban, compiling many testimonies from the victims of his bullying and several of his acerbic Smashboards posts into a downloadable archive infamously known as "Evidence.zip." They stated that the only way Leffen's ban would be lifted was for him to create a lengthy apology stating everything he has done wrong in the past and how he will change the behavior in the future. On March 21st, 2013, shortly before [[B.E.A.S.T 3]] (the first major tournament he was banned from), [http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rjbt3e he did indeed make a public statement asking for forgiveness]. Despite this, he was not immediately unbanned and ended up missing several months' worth of tournaments in his region. | ||
On January 24th, 2014, it was announced by {{Sm|Armada}} that the Swedish ban on Leffen was no longer in place [https://www.facebook.com/events/182185045312694/permalink/206413366223195/?stream_ref=2]. However, Leffen still remains a relatively controversial figure in the community, especially on social media such as Twitter. | On January 24th, 2014, it was announced by {{Sm|Armada}} that the Swedish ban on Leffen was no longer in place [https://www.facebook.com/events/182185045312694/permalink/206413366223195/?stream_ref=2]. However, Leffen still remains a relatively controversial figure in the community, especially on social media such as Twitter and Facebook. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||