The writer of this article clearly has little education as to how the Melee scene has dealt with this problem. I would like to point out the distinction between the way the Melee scene and the Ultimate scene differed in regards to the sexual misconduct allegations. For every Melee player who was "outed", there were 20 ultimate players who were "outed". The two scenes have little to no crossover with the exceptions being M2k and D1. M2k has proven his innocence in a lengthy youtube video, while D1 has not. D1 has lost his career, M2k has not. Any other "pure melee" personalities and players who have been accused have been publicly ostracized from the community for life. Please do not correlate these two communities. The Smash melee scene has stood by the accusers and forced responses from the accused, while the Ultimate scene is literally begging us all to forgive Nairo, Zero, etc.
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Re: Soapbox: If The Smash Community Wants To #SaveSmash, It Needs To Start From Within
The writer of this article clearly has little education as to how the Melee scene has dealt with this problem. I would like to point out the distinction between the way the Melee scene and the Ultimate scene differed in regards to the sexual misconduct allegations. For every Melee player who was "outed", there were 20 ultimate players who were "outed". The two scenes have little to no crossover with the exceptions being M2k and D1. M2k has proven his innocence in a lengthy youtube video, while D1 has not. D1 has lost his career, M2k has not. Any other "pure melee" personalities and players who have been accused have been publicly ostracized from the community for life. Please do not correlate these two communities. The Smash melee scene has stood by the accusers and forced responses from the accused, while the Ultimate scene is literally begging us all to forgive Nairo, Zero, etc.