Smasher:Hax
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLG New York Playoffs 2006 | October 13th-14th, 2006 | 49th | — | — | |
| Killa Fleet Biweekly 6/8 | June 8th, 2007 | 5th | 4th | Jman | |
| Zenith 2007 | September 29th, 2007 | 2nd | — | — | |
| Pound 3 | February 2nd-3rd, 2008 | 9th | 5th | Jman | |
| Smashpocalypse V | March 22nd, 2008 | 9th | — | — | |
| Smashpocalypse VI | December 13th, 2008 | 17th | 9th | Scar | |
| Revival of Melee | March 7th-8th, 2009 | 13th | 13th | Pakman | |
| Apex 2009 | May 9th-10th, 2009 | 4th | — | — | |
| GENESIS | July 10th-12th, 2009 | 8th | 13th | Hungrybox | |
| S.N.E.S. | August 21st-23rd, 2009 | 2nd | 3rd | Scar | |
| The Tunes Monthlies # 4 | November 14th, 2009 | 7th | 2nd | Alukard | |
| Revival of Melee 2 | November 21st-22nd, 2009 | 7th | 5th | Linguini | |
| The Tunes Monthlies # 5 | December 27th, 2009 | 4th | 3rd | Lovage | |
| Pound 4 | January 16th-18th, 2010 | 13th | 4th | Darc | |
| Good Shit German | July 24th-25th, 2010 | 13th | 5th | Scar | |
| The Tunes Monthlies #8 | July 30th, 2010 | 4th | 1st | Jman | |
| Apex 2010 | August 6th-8th, 2010 | 9th | 4th | Hungrybox | |
| Revival of Melee 3 | November 20th-21st, 2010 | 13th | 2nd | Hungrybox | |
| Pound V | February 19th-21st, 2011 | 5th | 3rd | Hungrybox | |
| Zenith 2011 | May 28th-29th, 2011 | 9th | 3rd | Mew2King | |
| GENESIS 2 | July 15th-17th, 2011 | 9th | 2nd | Hungrybox | |
| Revival of Melee 4 | November 19th-20th, 2011 | 5th | 3rd | Jman | |
| Apex 2012 | January 6th-8th, 2012 | 7th | 5th | Jman | |
| Zenith 2012 | May 26th-27th, 2012 | 5th | 3rd | Hungrybox | |
| MELEE-FC10R Legacy | August 12th-14th, 2012 | 6th | 5th | The Moon | |
| Revival of Melee 5 | November 17th-18th, 2012 | 5th | 2nd | Scar | |
| Apex 2013 | January 11th-13th, 2013 | 7th | 9th | Westballz | |
| Smashacre Rising | April 6th, 2013 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King | |
| Zenith 2013 | June 1st-2nd, 2013 | 6th | 1st | Mew2King | |
| EVO 2013 | July 12th-14th, 2013 | 9th | 5th | Jman | |
| The Big House 3 | October 12th-13th, 2013 | 5th | 3rd | Dr. PeePee | |
| Sudden Death 14 | October 19th, 2013 | 1st | — | — | |
| No Johns 1/4 | January 4th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Alukard | |
| Collision 8 | January 11th, 2014 | 1st | — | — | |
| Apex 2014 | January 17th-19th, 2014 | 17th | 1st | Mew2King | |
| Smash Mode Sundays # 2 | February 16th, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King | |
| Smash Mode Sundays # 3 | February 23rd, 2014 | 1st | — | — | |
| Stony Brook Biweeklies #9 | March 1st, 2014 | 1st | 2nd | G$ | |
| Smash Mode Sundays # 4 | March 2nd, 2014 | 1st | — | — | |
| Revival of Melee 7 | March 8th-9th, 2014 | 5th | 1st | Mew2King | |
| The Next Episode | March 22nd-23rd, 2014 | 7th | 2nd | SFAT | |
| Smash Mode Sundays 3/30 | March 30th, 2014 | 1st | — | — | |
| Civil War VI | April 12th-13th, 2014 | 3rd | — | — | |
| Bar Wars: The Region Strikes Back | April 26th, 2014 | 9th | 2nd | ChuDat | |
| WHOBO MLG | May 3rd-4th, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | Mango | |
| Justice 3 | May 24th, 2014 | 1st | — | — | |
| SKTAR 3 | May 31st-June 1st, 2014 | 5th | 5th | Westballz | |
| Nebulous Saturday Melee 2 | June 14th, 2014 | 1st | 3rd | Slox | |
| MLG Anaheim 2014 | June 20th-22nd, 2014 | 7th | 5th | Leffen | |
| CEO 2014 | June 27th-29th, 2014 | — | 5th | Colbol | |
| EVO 2014 | July 11th-13th, 2014 | 13th | 2nd | Mew2King | |
| Zenith 2014 | August 2nd-3rd, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | Mew2King | |
| Nebulous 9 | August 9th, 2014 | 1st | — | — | |
| Nebulous 10 | August 16th, 2014 | 1st | — | — | |
| Mass Madness CE | August 23rd, 2014 | 1st | 1st | ZeRo | |
| GUTS 3 | September 19th-21st, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Mafia | |
| The Big House 4 | October 4th-5th, 2014 | 5th | 3rd | Leffen | |
| Justice 4 | October 11th, 2014 | 2nd | 1st | Armada | |
| SmashLeague: New York | October 25th, 2014 | 1st | — | — | |
| Do You Fox Wit It? | November 15th-16th, 2014 | 1st | 1st | Mew2King | |
| KTAR XI | November 22nd, 2014 | 2nd (Split) | 1st | Mew2King | |
| Super Nebulous | November 29th, 2014 | 1st | 2nd | DoH | |
| Super Nebulous 2 | January 24th, 2015 | 2nd | — | — | |
| Apex 2015 | January 30th-February 1st, 2015 | 33rd (DQ) | — | — | |
| Super Nebulous 3 | April 25th-26th, 2015 | 4th | 2nd | Wizzrobe | |
| Press Start | May 9th-10th, 2015 | 13th | — | — | |
| Assault 3 – No Game No Waifu – Evolution | May 16th-17th, 2015 | 1st | 1st | Victra | |
| Get On My Level 2015 | May 30th-31st, 2015 | 2nd | 1st | Hungrybox | |
| EVO 2015 | July 17th-19th, 2015 | 17th | — | — | |
| KTAR XVII | February 13th, 2016 | 1st | 1st | G$ | |
| Shots Fired 2 | March 5th-6th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — | |
| Do or DI | March 11th-13th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — | |
| Super Nebulous 4 | March 26th, 2016 | 3rd | — | — | |
| Pound 2016 | April 2nd-3rd, 2016 | 3rd | — | — | |
| Collision XIII | April 16th, 2016 | 1st | — | — | |
| Apollo III | March 11th, 2017 | 9th | — | — | |
| Apollo IV | April 8th, 2017 | 17th | 5th | Just Jason | |
| Nebulous Melee 82 | April 15th, 2017 | 2nd | — | — | |
| Flatiron 2 | April 22nd, 2017 | 13th | 33rd (DQ) | Chillin | |
| Nebulous Melee 85 | May 20th, 2017 | 1st | — | — | |
| OMEGA | June 24th-25th, 2017 | 4th | 5th | JFlex | |
| EVO 2017 | July 14th-16th, 2017 | 33rd | — | — | |
| Get On My Level 2017 | July 28th-30th, 2017 | 17th | 9th | Crush | |
| Apollo X | October 14th, 2017 | 33rd (DQ) | 1st | Hungrybox | |
| Nebulous Melee 100! | October 21st, 2017 | 2nd | 1st | dizzkidboogie | |
| Smash Summit 5 | November 2nd-6th, 2017 | 13th | 7th | Crush | |
| Tipped Off 12 | November 11th-12th, 2017 | 7th | — | — | |
| RISE Melee Regional | November 25th, 2017 | 2nd | Top 4 | Slox | |
| Pat's House 3 | December 2nd-3rd, 2017 | 9th | — | — | |
| Smash Valley: Lucky 7 | February 17th, 2018 | 5th | — | — | |
| Nebulous Melee 115 | February 24th, 2018 | 9th | 1st | mayb | |
| Nebulous Melee 116 | March 3rd, 2018 | 1st | 1st | mayb | |
| Nebs After Dark 107 | March 6th, 2018 | 1st | — | — | |
| Short Hops | July 21st, 2018 | 7th | 4th | Rhyme | |
| Apollo XIV | July 29th, 2018 | 5th | — | — | |
| The Big House 8 | October 5th-7th, 2018 | 33rd | — | — | |
| The Script - Episode 1 | October 13th-14th, 2018 | 5th | 2nd | La Luna | |
| Super AON 2018 | October 20th, 2018 | 2nd | 2nd | mayb | |
| Canada Cup 2018 | October 26th-28th, 2018 | 5th | — | — | |
| The Mang0: Homecoming | November 10th-11th, 2018 | 17th | 9th | Bladewise | |
| DreamHack Atlanta 2018 | November 16th-18th, 2018 | 9th | 1st | 2Saint | |
| Fireside Open 2018 | December 1st, 2018 | 9th | 4th | TheSWOOPER | |
| The Parking Lot - Friday | December 14th, 2018 | 17th | — | — | |
| Don't Park on the Grass 2018 | December 15th-16th, 2018 | 5th | — | — | |
| NYXL Pop-Up! | December 22nd, 2018 | 3rd | — | — | |
| Scorpius 2019 | January 12th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| GIGA HOG: Era | January 26th, 2019 | 2nd | 4th | lint | |
| GENESIS 6 | February 1st-3rd, 2019 | 17th | — | — | |
| The Script 2 | February 16th-17th, 2019 | 17th (DQ) | 1st | AbsentPage | |
| GIGA HOG 5 | February 23rd, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| House of Paign 20 | March 2nd, 2019 | 4th | 1st | AbsentPage | |
| The Gang Steals The Script | March 9th, 2019 | 9th | — | — | |
| NChi Ultra | March 16th-17th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| CT GamerCon 3 | March 23rd-24th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| Battle of BC 3 | March 30th-31st, 2019 | 4th | 4th | moky | |
| The Scarlet Classic V | April 14th, 2019 | 3rd | — | — | |
| Giga HOG: Reloaded | April 16th-17th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| Get On My Level 2019 | May 17th-19th, 2019 | 13th | — | — | |
| Major Flavor | May 25th, 2019 | 1st | 1st | Jflex | |
| Concrete Throwdown #2 | May 26th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| Omega III | June 8th-9th, 2019 | 2nd | 7th | Jflex | |
| Cold Hard Smash 6 | June 15th, 2019 | 2nd | — | — | |
| GIGA HOG: Reunion | June 22nd, 2019 | 5th | — | — | |
| Spectrum #100 | July 8th, 2019 | 5th | — | — | |
| Paradigm Shift 2019 | July 20th-21st, 2019 | 1st | 1st | Michael | |
| GIGA HoG 8 | July 27th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| Concrete Throwdown - Smash Edition 2 | July 28th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| Spectrum #104 | August 5th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| Super Smash Con 2019 | August 8th-11th, 2019 | 65th | — | — | |
| Spectrum Smash #106 | August 19th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| Shine 2019 | August 23rd-25th, 2019 | 9th | 5th | moky | |
| Spectrum #108 | September 2nd, 2019 | 2nd | — | — | |
| DreamHack Montreal 2019 | September 6th-8th, 2019 | — | 1st | moky | |
| Mass Madness 29 | September 14th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| The MMOM Memorial | November 9th-10th, 2019 | 3rd | — | — | |
| Smash Hall: Melee at the Biergarten | November 16th, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| Mango's Birthday Bash | December 7th-8th, 2019 | 3rd | 5th | Swedish Delight | |
| Garden State Smashdown | December 21st, 2019 | 1st | — | — | |
| Scorpius 2020 | January 4th, 2020 | 4th | — | — | |
| GIGA HoG: Era 2 | January 18th, 2020 | 1st | — | — | |
| Hax's Nightclub S1E4 | January 22nd, 2020 | 1st | — | — | |
| GENESIS 7 | January 24th-26th, 2020 | 4th | — | — | |
| Smash Summit 9 | February 13th-16th, 2020 | 7th | — | — | |
| Gucci Gang: Leap Year Edition | February 29th, 2020 | 1st | — | — | |
5 Days of Melee  |
December 15th-16th, 2020 | 1st | — | — | |
| Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3 |
December 19th-20th, 2020 | 17th | — | — | |
| Galint Melee Open |
January 9th-10th, 2021 | 3rd | — | — | |
| Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE |
January 16th, 2021 | 2nd | — | — | |
| Four Loko Fight Night |
March 6th-7th, 2021 | 65th | — | — | |
| Galint Melee Open: Spring Edition |
March 19th-21st, 2021 | 5th | — | — | |
| MORBIUS POP TOURNAMENT |
May 29th, 2022 | 1st | — | — | |
| Serious Sunday #8 |
May 30th, 2022 | 1st | — | — | |
| Serious Sunday #9 |
June 6th, 2022 | 1st | — | — | |
| Melee Heaven #14 |
September 5th, 2022 | 1st | — | — | |
| The Nightclub S6E1 | January 4th, 2023 | 2nd | — | — | |
| The Nightclub S6E2 | January 11th, 2023 | 1st | — | — | |
| The Nightclub S6E3 | January 18th, 2023 | 2nd | — | — | |
| The Nightclub S6E4 | January 25th, 2023 | 2nd | — | — | |
| The Nightclub S6E5 | February 1st, 2023 | 1st | — | — | |
| The Nightclub S6E7 | February 15th, 2023 | 2nd | — | — | |
| LVL UP EXPO 2023 | February 17th-19th, 2023 | 4th | — | — | |
| The Coinbox #50 |
February 22nd, 2023 | 3rd | — | — | $517.50 |
| The Nightclub S6E9 | March 1st, 2023 | 1st | — | — | |
| The Coinbox #52 |
March 7th, 2023 | 7th | — | — | $75 |
| The Nightclub S6E10 | March 8th, 2023 | 3rd | — | — | |
| The Nightclub S6E11 | March 15th, 2023 | 2nd | — | — | |
| The Nightclub S6E12 | March 22nd, 2023 | 1st | — | — | |
| Stage Select Final Destination | March 28th, 2023 | 1st | — | — | |
| The Nightclub S6E13 | March 29th, 2023 | 4th | — | — | |
| The Nightclub S7E1 | April 5th, 2023 | 1st | — | — | |
| Short Hops! | April 8th, 2023 | 1st | — | — | |
| The Coinbox #58 |
April 18th, 2023 | 3rd | — | — | $450 |
| The Come Up 2023 | April 22nd, 2023 | 4th | — | — | |
| The Coinbox #61 |
May 16th, 2023 | 3rd | — | — | $900 |
| The Coinbox #63 |
May 31th, 2023 | 7th | — | — | $75 |
| Tipped Off 14: Resurgence | June 3rd-4th, 2023 | 17th / 344 | — | — | |
| The Nightclub VIP 2 | June 24th, 2023 | 2nd / 161 | — | — | |
| The Coinbox #66 |
June 27th, 2023 | 2nd / 344 | — | — | $1,000 |
| The Coinbox #68 |
July 11th, 2023 | 1st / 296 | — | — | $1,200 |
| Smash Factor X | July 28th-30th, 2023 | 2nd / 137 | — | — | |
| The Off-Season 2 Open Bracket | September 23rd-24th, 2023 | Top 8 / 255 | — | — | |
| The Off-Season 2 | September 23rd-24th, 2023 | 9th / 263 | 17th / 59 | Gahtzu | |
| The Function 3 | November 11th, 2023 | 4th / 259 | — | — | |
| DreamHack Atlanta 2023 | December 15th-17th, 2023 | 1st / 130 | — | — |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sudden Death 14 | October 19th, 2013 | 1st | — | — |
| Civil War VI | April 12th-13th, 2014 | 9th | — | — |
| Bar Wars: The Region Strikes Back | April 26th, 2014 | 5th | — | — |
| Zenith 2014 | August 2nd-3rd, 2014 | — | 7th | Wizzrobe |
| KTAR XI | November 22nd, 2014 | 7th | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KTAR XI | November 22nd, 2014 | 25th | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G.I.M.P.E.D. 1 | February 22nd, 2009 | 25th | 9th | Basic Sausage |
Controversies
Evidence.zip 2
On June 4th, 2021, Hax posted a YouTube video and accompanying PDF file titled "Evidence.zip 2"[1], claiming in a tweet that it would "decide the fate of the entire Smash community."[2][3] The video, named as a sequel to the archive file that was used to advocate a ban for Leffen back in 2013, alleges that Leffen has mentally abused several people in his quest to become the best player, having been leery about him ever since his first interactions with him on SmashBoards in 2011. He urged the community to reconsider whom they were following and alleged several claims, or "charges", against Leffen:
- Leffen has for several years attempted to systematically take control of the community by constantly pointing out others' flaws and downplaying his own to perpetually attempt to garner sympathy.
- Leffen has never been explicit about the truth of the archive or his initial forgiveness plea, citing incendiary comments he made after the archive was first posted and right before his initial plea, and that the initial plea was a dishonest apology.
- Leffen would deliberately attempt to organize events that coincided with other people's events and urged his followers to ignore them or castigated other events for poor time management.
- Leffen propagated misinformation about the game's mechanics and the B0XX, and banned anyone that disagreed with him.
- Leffen had gone through obsessive lengths to discredit the B0XX and its legitimacy as a competitive controller, posting a stream of what Hax$ calls "anti-B0XX propaganda" to his YouTube and twitter accounts.
- Leffen galvanized a "smear campaign" against Hungrybox amidst their longstanding feud, ultimately culminating in someone throwing a crab at Hungrybox at Pound 2019.
- Leffen immediately attempted to garner support from the newly formed Super Smash Bros. Ultimate community by painting Salem in a bad light, showing a hefty critique of his controversial "years of research" video.
- Leffen completely distorted an account of an altercation he had with another Smasher into a story of abuse and prejudice to further paint himself in a sympathetic light.
- Leffen used the fallout following the wave of harassment allegations back in July of 2020 to usurp the follower base of players that had been accused to present himself as a leader and safety net for people that had been mistreated by top players.
The video drew massive derision and backlash from the community, with many in particular condemning Hax's choice to analogize Leffen to political figures such as Adolf Hitler and accuse him of trying to establish a "totalitarian regime". Nevertheless, there are also many who claim that Hax's video has merit, if not tainted in overly dramatic language and comparisons, and point to the community's history in being overly forgiving of its best players as reason to not entirely dismiss Hax's accusations. Leffen himself posted that he was unsure of his next course of action and would be speaking to a lawyer.[4] Hax would eventually private the video, which has since been reuploaded by multiple smaller channels.
In response to the video, on June 9th, Beyond the Smash banned Hax from attending Smash Summit 11 in any capacity[5], citing safety concerns and believing the video promoted harassment and threats.
On June 11th, 2021, Hax published a revised version of the video[6], which in contrast was an hour shorter and consisted solely of Hax talking in front of the camera. Hax would speak on the subject through Twitter, posting an apology for the presentation of "Evidence.zip 2"[7] and continuing to post comments about the "situation" of the Smash scene. The revised video would also be privated later on.
iBDW conflict
On June 21st, 2021, iBDW accused Hax for downplaying and making fun of iBDW's story of being sexually assaulted by his own mother.[8][9] iBDW also tweeted that he attempted to retrieve evidence to support his claims from Facebook messages, but that Hax had deleted the relevant messages.[10] Hax responded in a series of now-deleted Tweets, accusing iBDW for faking the story in order to gain Hax's sympathy as well as taking his comment out-of-context.[11]
Due to both the iBDW and Leffen controversies, on June 21st, Tiramisu announced that Hax was banned from the Melee Online Discord server.[12]
Following the accusation and ban, as well as the evidence.zip 2 controversy, Hax posted a TwitLonger on June 23rd, in which he apologized on how he handled both controversies and claimed to "exonerate" himself from iBDW's claims.[13] However, he refused to backtrack on any of the accusations made to both Leffen and iBDW. In particular, he reiterated how iBDW falsified many parts of his story in order to salvage their decaying friendship, and after that failed, iBDW went on to make several defamatory statements on Hax to try and ruin his reputation. Hax concluded the TwitLonger by once again apologizing for his behavior within the last few months and stating that he was willing to ban himself for 3 months due to how he initially handled iBDW's accusations. Hax then posted a second TwitLonger a few hours later, in which he further responded to iBDW's rebuttal, paragraph by paragraph.[14] Hax concluded this TwitLonger by asking iBDW to both contact him in private and dismiss his claims against him, lest he take legal action against him.
Within an hour of posting the second TwitLonger, Hax deleted his tweets that linked to both of the TwitLongers he had posted that day. He then tweeted that he would take a hiatus, saying he didn't find it possible to continue discussing the controversies.[15] In the tweet, he also apologized to the community and reiterated his request for iBDW to contact him. The next day, iBDW revealed in a Twitter thread that the two indeed talked in private and were now mostly on the same page, noting that Hax is "clearly not cool with sexual assault/incest."[16] Hax also returned to Twitter to post about the conversation, apologizing to iBDW, whom he called "a good man," and the community while also limiting his guilt to certain comments he made in his own Discord server.[17]
Ban from Events
In June 2021, on the same day as iBDW's final announcement, several TOs from many US states signed a document that banned Hax from their tournaments, and his name was added to the Global Ban Database.[18] The ban was made using the previous SSB Code of Conduct Panel's 2.2.1 (Level 2) and 2.2.3 (Level 3) offences and was deemed indefinite.
The ban reasoning can be summarised as follows:
- The accusations were deemed baseless, particularly comparing Leffen's presence as a totalitarian regime, the belief that Leffen solely called out ZeRo for personal gain, and saying that Leffen would prefer ZeRo was dead following his suicide attempt.
- The calls to deplatform Leffen constituted incitement for harassment, and his fanbase response shows that this incitement has teeth to it.
- Hax$'s refusal to recant the statements and double down, only deeming the flaws as "tactical errors", show a lack of remorse for his actions and that these were fully intentional, not simply mistakes.
Under the rationale of the accusations being baseless, considering the 4 hours of content and the 136-page document, these remarks were deemed extremely severe and constituted an indefinite ban from events.
Notable events banning Hax$ include GENESIS, 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 January 2024, Hax$ has been unbanned from some events, but not all, prompting continued ban appeals.
Evidence.zip 3 & Ban Appeal
On August 14th, 2021, Hax released another revision to his video called Evidence.zip 3. In the video, he accuses Leffen of creating social engineering campaigns against multiple players, such as Hungrybox and Hax himself. The video also reiterates multiple allegations from "evidence.zip 2", such as character profiles from the original "evidence.zip" and alleged harassment levied towards Hax himself. Hax alleges that Leffen deleted 6 years worth of tweets in response to his evidence.zip 2 video, as well as being lawyer-bluffed. Hax also criticises his global ban from the scene, saying that his accusations had evidence and were not libelous or defamatory as his ban statement claimed, as well as claiming that his ban was hypocritical when doing nothing in regards to Leffen.
Building on some accusations from "evidence.zip 2", Hax points out Leffen's sudden tonal shift towards Hungrybox in 2017 and accuses him of social engineering against Hungrybox to usurp his followerbase. Hax discusses where he tried to talk Leffen out of this at Smash Summit 5, but failed to do so. Hax accuses Leffen of blackmailing Hungrybox during 2017, where he continually talked about "terrible things" Hungrybox was doing but never releasing them; Hax claims that this prompted Hungrybox to stay silent. Hax also claims that the then newly introduced Snowy was used by Leffen in his now-deleted "One of many reasons to dislike hbox" video to create "Hungrybox story" memes, which eventually culminated into Hungrybox being harassed in a Walmart store in April 2018. Hax also argues that Leffen later decided Snowy was of no use to him and began to openly slander him.
Hax once again accused Leffen of manipulating the #MeToo movement, pointing out that the victim testimony given in his video on the allegations in the Smash community on July 2nd contradicted C's statement in the original evidence.zip, which pinned Leffen himself as the abuser. He also accused Leffen of misrepresenting and even contradicting many claims in his videos on the topic, as well as making insincere tweets to "gain clout". Hax further criticised Leffen for circulating the rumour about Mew2King masturbating on a Smash player, which was proven to be false after Mew2King addressed the allegations. Earlier in the video but relevant to this topic, Hax built upon Technicals' video on Sky Williams and also accused Leffen of conspiring with Jisu, whom he claimed was manipulative when they were dating, to defame ZeRo with baseless allegations, before verifiable accusations against him had emerged. He restated Technicals' claims that Leffen's allegations of ZeRo sharing pornographic images with other Smashers were moot, for not only were they of age, but they also testified that they were looking at normal images of anime girls instead of porn. Hax also pointed out that, prior to Jisu's allegations against ZeRo, Jisu contacted Leffen, and made her tweet statement only minutes after Leffen tweeted that he would log out of Twitter to gather his thoughts. Hax claimed that this was strategic and part of the conspiracy, accusing Leffen of drawing attention to the allegations for personal gain and trying to become the most popular Smasher on Twitter by forcing ZeRo into retirement, allegedly in a similar manner to the way Leffen treated Hungrybox. Hax also believes that Leffen's wish to expel Technicals from the community in response to their challenges to the allegations is an attempt to further manipulate the situation.
Hax criticised Leffen for his response to Samox's Metagame documentary, claiming he lied about his old controversies and pressured Samox to "censor" victim testimonies and other information regarding them. Hax also expressed concern about the revised version of the documentary, particularly regarding the narrative about the original evidence.zip and the portrayal of Leffen as a "hero", as well as how Leffen now had a theme song deriding the evidence.zip archive. He alleged that this set a precedent for top players to lie and control the narrative, and argued that Samox had not only become one of Leffen's "victims" by giving into Leffen's manipulations, but broke his "integrity" as a purveyor of facts by underrepresenting the accusations in evidence.zip.
Hax's final accusations targeted Leffen's social media behavior, particularly the alleged dishonesty of his profile bio's and him blocking anyone attempting to discuss the allegations on either Twitter or his Twitch stream. He restated a claim from evidence.zip 2 that this behavior exhibited a degree of narcissism and psychopathy indicative of the dark triad, something he believes those who testified in evidence.zip were worried would eventually "erode" the Smash scene. Hax also condemned Leffen for allegedly letting this behavior rub off on people like Jisu, who went silent on social media for several days after Technicals' video on Sky Williams and never offered a proper response to it, whilst blocking anyone that attempted to discuss it. Hax concluded the video by admitting that accusing Leffen of creating a "regime" is extreme, but alleged that there was no better way to describe Leffen's actions.
The video was criticised primarily for the same reasons as "evidence.zip 2", with onlookers expressing skepticism for a myriad of Hax's claims. Many argued that Hax's videos were indeed defamatory, with them believing that the claims and motives are out of character or even extreme. Others have criticised Hax for repeatedly using the original evidence.zip, believing that Leffen has changed and the antiquated nature of the document makes it questionable to cite. Finally, the video was criticised for comparing Leffen to Donald Trump as an allegory to paint the former as "totalitarian". Nevertheless, some in the community have chosen to side with Hax, particularly those who watched Technicals' video on Sky Williams and agreed that there is precedent for Leffen manipulating situations for his own benefit, as well as agreeing that Hax's ban was unjustified and hypocritical.
Continued Ban Appeals & Apologies
On August 29th 2021, Hax released another video contesting his ban from the scene[19], which directly addresses a document by Mikey outlining the reasons for his ban[20]. He criticized the statement for saying there was no evidence to back his allegations and for being overly generous to Leffen overall, and argues that the very logic used to justify his ban could be used to justify banning Leffen for his interactions with Hungrybox alone.
On September 24th 2021, Hax released a video[21] where he apologised for his conduct throughout his conflict with Leffen, claiming it to come from an argument over the revision of the Metagame Documentary that he took too far. This also came with an apology tweet on Twitter[22].
On July 25th 2022, Hax issued a public apology to Leffen, Jisu, and others affected by his conduct resulting from evidence.zip 2[23]. In the video, he revealed that he was suffering from alcoholism as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to a bout of psychosis. He also apologised for his comments on the #MeToo movement, citing his black and white thinking as a contributing factor. He revealed that since these events, he had been sober for 9 months and has been working on his personal issues.
On 28th October 2023, Hax$ released a ban appeal video on his YouTube channel[24], apologising to Leffen, tournament organisers, and more. He also discussed the progress he made in the 2 years since his ban.
Hax$ would release another ban appeal on 21st January 2024[25], wherein he also leaked the testimonies from the original 2013 Evidence.zip. The ban appeal was later unlisted and archived on a separate channel. A week later, Hax$ would release a video titled "The Truth"[26], which continued to link the leaked Evidence.zip testimonies.
Trivia
- Hax popularized the "20XX" meme in the Melee community. 20XX is an allusion to the introduction of Mega Man, that announced that "The year is 20XX". 20XX describes a futuristic, potentially post-apocalyptic setting, where the metagame and technical skill of players have reached a point where they can no longer continue to improve. Accordingly, only Fox is viable, and as players can perfectly capitalise on every situation, matches are determined by a rock-paper-scissors match for port priority. The joke is often referenced in Fox mirror matches and particularly impressive displays of tech skill by players. An example of this occurred at Apex 2014, when during Melee doubles there was a match during grand finals where all four players were playing Fox. The commentator, Prog, said "Are you aware of the year..." before his partner, D1, interrupts with "20XX. Here we go!". Toph had previously elaborated on the joke at The Big House 3:
Hax's thing is like, "The year is 20XX. Everyone plays Fox." And there's this whole post-apocalyptic universe that is built off of Fox being the only viable character left. Humanity has reached its pinnacle. The peasants are living in poverty. And there are these monasteries where these Fox monks just levitate and TAS Fox with one controller in one hand, and win a tournament with the other. And the tournament metagame has gotten to this point where everything is played out to theoretical perfection, so they Rock-Paper-Scissors for port priority, and that's the set. And everyone gets really excited about the port priority RPS, so RPS's metagame has really evolved to where it's really just like RPS tournaments are now. And then we have warriors like Kevin Toy and Europhoria desperately trying to prevent the apocalypse, the Fox Apocalypse, from happening with their Marths.
- When interviewed at Super Nebulous 4, Hax mentioned that both the 20XX meme and his usage of Fox were partially attributable to Mango and PPMD.
- Similar to the 20XX meme, Hax also coined the term 666XX, about Hungrybox's American dominance in early 2016 with Jigglypuff.
- Since his switch to Fox, Hax commonly expresses his dislike for Captain Falcon as an inferior character in Melee, to the point where he claims the optimal strategy for using Captain Falcon is to "L R A Start Fox"-- or quitting out of the match to select Fox on the character select screen. Hax even created a B0XX with only those buttons available on the "Falcon Design".
- Hax is known for starting a copypasta within the Smash community. After he lost to Mango at The Big House 4, where Mango was using Captain Falcon and Marth instead of his mains Fox and Falco, Hax tweeted about Mango's "disrespectful" gameplay, accusing Mango of being "a straight up jerk" and "so BM [bad-mannered]" because he picked "joke characters" in a serious tournament match. The exaggerated language in this tweet has since led to its parroting on reddit and other online communities.
- Almost two years later at Pound 2016, after Mango played Marth against Hax again and lost, Hax tweeted the same message as a humorous nod to the original post.
- In addition to Super Smash Bros. Melee, Hax has played a variety of games competitively:
- Hax placed 2nd in the 12 and under Nationals for the 2006 Pokemon Journey Across America Tournament.
- Hax used to attend tournaments for the Pokémon Trading Card Game. He notably made it to the quarterfinals of the 2008 World Championships Senior Division, after finishing the Swiss rounds in 1st place.
- In the game League of Legends, Hax was one of the best Twisted Fate players in North America, attaining the Challenger rank (the highest in the game) two seasons in a row.
- Hax was the first player to reach 3000 elo on the Slippi Leaderboards, achieving an elo of 3000.7 on March 3rd, 2023.
References
- ^ Hax's evidence.zip 2 PDF
- ^ Initial Tweet.
- ^ Evidence.zip 2 reuploaded.
- ^ Leffen on Hax's post.
- ^ BTS's ban on Hax.
- ^ The second video.
- ^ TwitLonger — @ssbmhax: Why I created Evidence.zip 2 / My closing thoughts for the time being.
- ^ iBDW's initial post.
- ^ TwitLonger — @iBDWSSBM: Hax's Rebuttal.
- ^ iBDW saying Hax deleted Facebook messages.
- ^ Hax's response, archived.
- ^ Hax's online ban.
- ^ TwitLonger — @ssbmhax: Apology, self-imposed hiatus, and exoneration from @iBDWSSBM's claims. Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved on 2021-06-23.
- ^ TwitLonger — @ssbmhax: Response to @iBDWSSBM's TwitLonger. Archived from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved on 2021-06-23.
- ^ Hax beginning a hiatus.
- ^ iBDW's thread addressing his private conversation with Hax.
- ^ Hax's statement on his conversation with iBDW.
- ^ Hax's indefinite ban.
- ^ Hax - Public Appeal to My Ban from SSBM Tournaments
- ^ Mikey's document explaining the reasons for Hax's ban
- ^ Apology video
- ^ Apology tweet
- ^ Apology to Leffen
- ^ Oct '23 Ban Appeal
- ^ Jan 2024 Unban Plea
- ^ "The Truth"
