Regarding My Ban 

haxyphus pushing the apology boulder

You should make highly edited, swaggy combo videos to get the people on your side

What’s damaged the community is more how the TOs have responded to Hax$ than anything he actually did. A permaban for defending oneself publicly years after the fact is just ridiculous.

You not being unbanned at this point is so insane to me.

#FreeHax

His only crime was pointing out Leffen's proven psychopathy and the melee community's brutal hypocrisy

If I'm wrong someone please correct me but it seems like no tournament heads want to discuss this issue publicly unless it's to further punish hax. It comes across very spiteful to an outside observer like myself. What does he have to do to get redemption for his past actions? I dont think hax even knows, because he keeps making these videos.

never ending cycle

I don't think stopping Hax from playing competitive Melee is helping anything. Treating anyone like an irredeemable avatar of malice or toxicity is ridiculous, especially in a situation like this. Also "issued a tweet" has such an odd ring to it, I'm not sure why.

To be fair you should not have ever been permabanned to begin with

Just let him play, he’s a part of the reason the melee community is here today.

It's honestly ridiculous how this saga is still ongoing. #FreeHax

it's insane how this is still going on 2 years, almost 3. how the fuck did nairo get off easier than you LMAO

The funniest part about this is that this entire community most likely believes in prison reform and giving prisoners a second chance but won’t unban a gamer who was barely toxic.

This is a reason why the Melee scene is in decline. Hax is not a danger to the public at a video game tournament. It's been a case of "we don't like him". The insufferable people of this community are the worst part of the game, and the reason I have also quit years ago.

This community failed you. I'm so sorry, Aziz.

FREE HAX$!!!!!!!!!!!

been in the scene since 2014, you were a big help to my grind at the time; you helped me understand the game on a much deeper level. I hope they free you hax$

love ya hax. i hope youre doing good.

Im sorry this is the world now. Everything seems to be run on fear.

ffs, Leffen has already stated he doesn't play melee anymore. Even if I liked him, Hax should be able to play competitively now.

"You made every single TO's life harder" Have they ever thought about the fact how they've made your life harder for so long with poor justification? It's insane to me to think that they feel justified in this conduct and feel like you're the one who's completely at fault here. Like they didn't overreact with an indefinite ban and with this unprofessional behavior of literally having no legitimate path forward until they let you. Wtf did they actually end up achieving keeping you in limbo for this long. If the poor TO's had such a hard time dealing with you, why didn't they make their lives easier and just be clear about this in the first place. How stupid do you have to be to blame other people for your own problems in dealing with something. You had every right to ask, "Hey, it's been a long time and no one has given me any clear answers to why I'm still banned"

There was a top level comment about the TOs of Nightclub (formerly Hax’s Nightclub) which I replied to, but now it’s no longer here. [Probably because Hax deleted it, since he’s been actively trying to avoid antagonizing them in any way because they hold the key to his future.] Since I wrote a lot and had the comment saved in a note, I’m gonna repost it below. All I ask is that you please do not dox anyone on either/any side, and to please respect the personhood of NYC Melee TOs. ​​⁠​⁠It’s not as simple as you say it is. Some of the TOs said outright to people at Nightclub when he first made his apology years ago “oh snap, now that he’s apologized, we might have to deal with his annoying personality again. I hate working with him.” Slightly paraphrased. So they made him agree to these insane selfish manipulative conditions that nobody would normally accept if they had even a tiny bit of leverage. They just didn’t like him man, people know this. He had to agree to being barred from ever taking a TO/leadership position in an event that he STARTED! He found the venue, he negotiated everything, he got them in the building, and they took his name off of it and barred him from ever being a part of it. And then they told him he wasn’t allowed to ever talk about it. Ever. This is why he was re-banned. Because he talked about the Leffen situation. Which he has diagnosed PTSD over and takes medication for. They were so happy to get rid of him again because they hate dealing with his “annoying” personality, they hate that he Res presents all this drama, they hate dealing with his fans because they don’t actually listen to what Hax says they glob into what he represents, and these TOs and their friends feel justified in treating Hax like he’s less than human because they perceive their moral high ground as a justification for acting out all their personal feelings about him. The way people have treated him is deplorable and completely devoid of empathy. They write people off based on hearsay and jump to conclusions. Once you’re part of the “out group”, the viciousness comes out. They treat “out group” people like they are sub human. With cold hearts and self righteousness. People in NY and Tristate want a change but they are afraid to becoming part of the out group. They don’t speak up about the mistreatment of people I don’t even dare name because some of those people have privately said they don’t want to have anything to do with the community that hurt them so bad and in some cases even attempted to ruin their lives. Filled with malicious people, liars, and the self-righteous people who believe them without proof. Dog-pilling on the poor individuals who get pushed out. So Hax, who is no saint but *clearly* isn’t a monster either, becomes this imperfect symbol for the mismanagement of the community by people who know how to run a video game tournament but are clueless when it comes to “HR” and conflict mired in murky situations and complicated ethical questions. Just because someone can run an event doesn’t mean they are in any way qualified to make those kinds of sensitive decisions that in real life we have things like HR departments and courts and official protocols and lawyers and industry standard procedures and a little thing called *due process* for. You don’t even know. You have no clue how deep it does. There are people who will never be talked about again. There are EXTREMELY relevant things that honestly recontextualize everything about the initial videos… that Hax will never talk about because he either legally can’t because he wasn’t able to afford a good enough lawyer to defend himself from malicious legal trickery by people who literally stole from him AND because he doesn’t want to look like he’s defending his old actions he has years ago distanced himself from. And I don’t even like Hax like that. I think he made a bunch of HUGE mistakes along the way that made things much worse for him and I don’t have the patience for it. But I don’t demonize him like half of the community does, because I understand WHY someone backed into a corner in the position he was in would do what he did, and I don’t believe that it’s healthy for a society or a community to condemn people for their mistakes or to judge a person’s overall character as being equal to the worst of those mistakes. People immediately think about murder and extreme crimes when you say this, but there’s a huge difference between mistake and the clear violent actions and literally *anti-social* behavior of individuals with dangerous psychopathy (murderers, deranged arsonists, paranoid schizophrenics with delusions). We gotta stop looking at the top shelf exceptions and using those standards to judge weird nerds who made mistakes. One group is full of rare outliers that are literally dangerous to society, and the other is capable of learning and is totally redeemable. Look how hard Hax has tried, he has been taking responsibility for mistakes left and right, even in situations where it was debatable if he should. He set that aside, turned the other cheek, and took personal accountability. Work with him!! He could be such a success story of re-socialization. But instead unqualified people in undeserved positions of power kick him down and use him as a prop in their pseudo political rhetorical conversations like some sick case study in what happens when you give power to people who got picked on and never want to be the bottom dog themselves again. Stay down, Hax!! Be our bottom dog so we don’t have to acknowledge the dark parts of ourselves we leave unexamined by carefully wrapping ourselves up in the flags of otherwise righteous causes that truthfully have little to do with the complex realities of the Melee community. Stay down, Hax. Don’t for a minute let us ponder the hypocrisy of our performative moral absolutism masking the darkness and aggression within our hearts.

dude honestly you should just move on. there's better stuff in life than melee and it's clear people have you on their radar. You're a smart enough person to do something else successfully and being at the whim of some gamers and influencers isn't healthy for you. Move on. Do something else. It'll be a lot healthier for you. Go to college or something, idk.

At this point, I think a big name third-party player needs to come out and vouch for him. As far as bans go, the offense to punishment ratio for Hax has been very lopsided. As a fan of his, it sucks to see him have to prostrate for ban removal when the behaviors that caused the ban were ultimately pretty benign. No actual crimes were committed, and as far as toxicity goes, it was as far as I know all online and could only questionably qualify as some form of harassment. The second ban is essentially banning him for holding a negative opinion. It feels very unfairly attributed. Anyway, I hope someone like Mang0 or Hbox speaks up and says something like, "Hey, what good does it even do to ban Hax?" and we can all move on.

The melee community is so pathetic for keeping you banned for this long and this harshly. Actually irredeemable. You deserve so much better from a community that actually used their brains. Sad to think I was part of this community at one point. You deserve so much better Hax

A man who had been around longer than. Most TO’s, revolutionized the competitive scene with his controller/box innovations, was harassed by (debatably) one of the most toxic professional gamers of all time, and above all else has the uptmost respect from 99% of all the top level players…. Yet he’s still “banned”

most welcoming community but apparently someone shooting you dead at a tournament is somehow still on the table acording to TOs

Thank you for your contributions to the Smash Community, the B0xx has genuinely helped myself & so many others play the game I love.

The amount of work you've put into self-improvement... I'm not sure the Melee community deserves you anyway, should they decide to do nothing regarding your ban. You need to forgive yourself to start feeling joy again, which starts by reminding yourself of your progress. I know I am not the only one in thinking this, but we are so proud of you, Aziz! Cheers mate, never give up.

The woke smash to’s will never unban this guy and it sucks.

The fact that this isn't resolved is fucking ludicrous.

I don't think you were "on a good track" to getting unbanned. That's now how it works with these people. Your video (which was not a big deal at all) only gave them an excuse for them to say "well NOW it's permanent". Does a "good track" to get unbanned look like staying banned for 3 years, apologizing a thousand times, and be kept still waiting, while life moves on and you get older? Were you on a "good track" to get back to melee when you're 40?

My brother is no longer the chad we once knew 😞

Talking about your ban is a perma-bannable offence 😂

Turning your back on the only people who defended you for years is crazy notice how no one in the mainstream community has said anything or stuck their necks out for you

Melee community: Why doesn't the greater FGC community respect us? Also Melee community: Permabans someone for making a youtube video

Hax is on the right track and even the most dedicated of the haters cant argue that. Free Hax.

Always rooting for you. You've also helped the community, I wouldn't even be playing if it weren't for the boxx and my own hands. Cheers

The fact that you got permanently banned because you made a video trying to appeal to your previous ban is stupid. TOs should NOT have the power to decide what YOU upload in YOUR channel, specially if all you wanted was to say sorry and ask to be reintegrated in the scene. You do not have to bow down and accept all the demands to these people.

Hax$, teach me sensei

How can you be perma banned for putting out a ban appeal? This community is crazy at times

Dude aged like 20 years in 5 years. It’s tragic to see someone degrade so much because of a game. Even if he were to be unbanned nothing would change, his problems seem to go deeper than just not being able to compete. I have a bad feeling this won’t end well.

I feel like not talking about this stuff may be better. I bet just making content people enjoy and being all around positive would be a better way to try and be unbanned.

You did nothing wrong Hax

Unless you're hiding something... The ridiculous standard they have on you is insane. You have contributed more to the community than any top player. They legitimately don't care about anything you went through. You haven't psychically done anything wrong or made threats to people's lives. M2k has openly said people have threatened him and their not banned. Anyways I really hope you find something outside of smash. It sucks that the TOs blatantly hate you. Your passion and work ethic is going to be missed.

It's so dumb that this has gone on for long enough. Probably one of the dumbest decisions by members of the community imo, this ban being so harsh

permanent bans just don't make sense. does reform not exist? we believe in criminals reforming but not melee players?

SimpleFlips is right; I really think this is now a matter of the Melee community's (and its TOs') ability to answer an ethical question: what is really justifying this continual ban? What is really preventing this from being negotiated and reconsidered?

LET HAX PLAY, far out, we don't need the nanny state in Smash, allow us the respect to make up our own minds, no need to ban people who have dedicated large parts of their life to Smash, it is straight up cruel, surely anyone with some brains can understand the mans actions come from a place of passion for the game, misplaced at times, but no one is perfect, we all have blind spots, a ban is uncalled for in my opinion, we all know the HAX original video/doc on Leffen was ridiculous, but we don't need the TO's to step in for that, let there be some drama, some good vs bad guy story lines, some unhinged passion, not this fascist display of heaving their 'morals' on to others from the TO's.

After seeing the overwhelming positivity from the comment section regarding the ban, why is it that a few people in that make the decisions have so much power. What can we, the MAJORITY be doing to get hax back to pursuing his passion and love for the game? We hold much more power as the viewers and community as a whole than some few so TOs that have completely disregarded the whole situation. Leffen isn't even playing Melee anymore. Who is hax even a threat to at this point?

Just unban him. Please.

How can you just call out a problematic player and get banned for life fuck TOS

FREE HAX.

Hax, the standard they've put on you is ridiculous. Stop apologizing. To hell with this community. It's turned into a huge hugbox. Full of people who can't banter, don't want to be told they're wrong, and can't take differing options. I'm not saying that you didn't make a mistake with the first video, because you did. But you owned up to it and want to get better. I'm saying to stop. They're never going to treat you equally again. You're "canceled" in the melee community, bro. The community isn't the same one that it was 10 or even 5 years ago. It's been co-opt'd. Don't go back.

At this point defamation is on the table and a lawsuit against the individuals with their grip on your fate should be the target. Follow computer sciences my man, they'll respect your worth much more.

Thanks Hax. You are a good guy. Ban sucks. Hopefully it gets turned soon.

No one should be banned from a video game for saying words that don't threaten anyone's safety. Melee players don't even make money they should be immune to this nonsense

The smash scene is what happens when a bunch of children play adult. They are so poorly adjusted that they are hardly people, more just ai bots meant to prove how righteous they are but really they are just a bunch of fascists. Youre too good for them

i feel like ive seen this video like 10 times already

you have a good soul. do not let others who never had one take you down. anyone with a brain sees that you aren't a threat nor a villain. you were hurting and felt the need to speak out. you had every right to do so. every single right.

Im convinced, please just let him play 🙏 he sounds like he meant it for a minute now

This comes out as you being forced to do this rather thana sincere apology, from the little I know you were not even at fault here, but now by taking all the blame I have lost all respect I had for you standing up for yourself, it's obvious to me an outsider that the melee community is rather toxic and they have their favorites, would probably be wiser to distance yourself from it, huge sunk cost fallacy happening here.

leffen is so toxic it's funny how you are the one who took huge Ls

Heal his hairline, unban Hax$!

Im glad you're feeling better. I hope they unban you. I think its really cool that you're looking at broadening your skillset and future. You're obviously a really smart and well intentioned person and I hope that things work out. Good luck and thanks for sticking around ❤️🙏

Hax did nothing wrong.

The fact that this ban is still in effect is wild. TBH the 2nd ban was harsh from the get-go. They made their point just let him back now.

And the saga continues, again

what TOs are in control of keeping Hax banned? I would like to contact them

Great statement man. Hoping for one final comeback in a career full of em. #FreeHax

Unban hax like you arent creating drama anymore you are a chill guy now

Bro is tweaking just let him play in majors already 😭😭😭

In the last video you mentioned pursuing computer science and I hope regardless of how the ban goes that you pursue that. Melee / content creation is NOT sustainable and you'd be doing yourself a favor by doing both. Llod is a doctor for example, Hbox was an engineer for many years. You're grown and will need a safety net. Please continue to pursue a normal job alongside melee.

I wonder how hard leffen gets off to these

If they hold out another year they might be able to get Captain Zack favors

Your denouncement of the dramatubers and fanboys who just incite harassment (and probably don't even attend tourneys lets be real) and make everything hostile is much appreciated

FREE THE GOAT

tbh fuck melee at this point

Meanwhile people like LTG and DarksidePhil and FilipinoChamp can attend any major event despite being 50x more toxic than somebody like Hax. Hax has expressed actual regreat and a path forward to repentence and TO's would rather have DSP + LTG +FChamp players at their tourneys. Kind of ridiculous. Toxicity is part of the FGC, its time to unban Hax.

Free this man for the love of God. Look at what you are doing to his hairline 😞

I'm in full support of the community overturning your ban.

Much love. Good stuff on not paying attention to the drama tubers. This was a very straight forward appeal that felt personal and shows us your progress. I’m sure any time soon this permaban will be lifted. I honestly don’t see a further reason to keep this man banned for 3 years, and for it to still be permanent.

You being banned while leffen is unbanned is insane

In life they only protect the evil ones, you obviously deserve your spot back in the melee community you’re overall good for the plot & would push the plot but people plan on trying to waste others lives just to keep the little power they have in this world

FREE HAX MONEY

“I miss being able to attend” shouldn’t be inciting death threats but yeah that’s what happened. People are shitty. Those people should be banned but if they said that they probably don’t even attend events. I’ve been here not understanding this all too and having to be told what your actions were causing others to do. It’s a bad situation. You’re on the right track now though I wish you all the best in getting unbanned.

This might hoenstly be one of the most depressing videos on RU-vid.

One last chance? You deserve multiple more chances with charges this benign. I think the rule makers are completely overreacting and now won’t go back on it because of pride

You’ve been suffering from your inability to play. The reasons for your ban are so minimal. A bunch of immature people cannot forgive and let people learn from their errors; instead, it’s easier to magnify them. Hoping you’re okay and well, having your dream ripped away from you is soul crushing

let the man back, no one is perfect the man dedicated his life to this game, and deserves forgiveness

Wish you the best. Smash is such an amazing game. To bad the community is a bunch of creeps who self sabotage everything. Hope Nintendo never licenses a tournament under their management.

Hax. Whatever you do, don't play in the mana monthly. I am so glad to hear you are not happy to be associated with an alt right side of melee. DON'T PLAY WITH BANNED PLAYERS. You ARE better than that! Here's to your next chance at melee.

"Disdain things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best revenge." This is Law 36 from the book 48 Laws of Power. You are only giving these people oxygen by continuing to ask for forgiveness.

Let the man play

The CM Punk of the Smash community Got ridiculed for having the balls to say things nobody else wanted to admit "I'm hurt, I'm old, and I'm f$ckin' tired, and I work with f%ckin' children!"

i have droopy ball disorder

Hax please, this people doesnt deserve you, come back and show them how wrong they were

Proud of you but maybe reconsider the meds but its ok either way.

I just watched that last video that got you re-banned. What an absolute disgrace that you could ever be re-banned for that. Every TO involved should be beyond ashamed. You clearly were coming from a place of trauma and wanting to explain things retroactively, not a place of malice. What a soft, soft group of people you’re dealing with. Please keep focusing on that technical training, you are too bright and capable to let these weak people influence your life to such a degree. God bless