Holy shit..... Hax$ just passed away. He jumped in front of a train and lost his leg, which became infected. Died in the hospital. Hax fucking money. One of the greatest Melee players ever.

He crashed out over another top player (Leffen) for a bit and was permanently banned from the Smash scene for it. Eventually, he cooled down and apologized several times, but was never let back by the TOs despite large public support. There was a lot of vitriol on both sides and nothing was ever done about anything Leffen said.

Hax was a highly technical player and destroyed his hands because of it, which led him to create an arcade-style controller for Smash. He also pushed for mods to help clean up some issues with Melee and was always forward-thinking with Melee's best interests in mind. Just trying to keep the game alive and fun for as long as possible.

I always thought his ban was unnecessary and extreme. If I still had my old Twitter or Facebook accounts you'd see plenty of "FREE HAX$" posts from years and years ago. I bet there are some floating around in YouTube comments.

God bless Hax's family right now. This is horrible.