Hax
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Hax
Player Information
Name:
Aziz Al-Yami
Born:
May 7, 1994
Country:
Years Active:
2008 - 2021
Approx. Total Winnings:
$25,991
Alternate IDs:
Hax$
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Current Mains:
FoxFormer Mains:
Captain FalconLinks
History
2013-07-03 — 2014-01-??
2014-01-17 — 2015-05-18
2017-07-28 — 2017-07-30
2019-01-29 — 2021-01-27
Aziz "Hax" Al-Yami (born May 7, 1994) is a Fox player from New York. He was ranked 19th in MPGR 2019.
Biography[edit]
Hax is a player based in Manhattan. He started performing well at a very young age, reaching Top 8 at GENESIS when he was only 15 years old. These high placing finishes continued at multiple major tournaments across the country, including Top 8 finishes at Pound V, Apex 2012, and Apex 2013.
He was considered the best Captain Falcon player in the world after defeating Darkrain at MELEE-FC10R Legacy in 2012. After finishing 5th at The Big House 3, Hax decided that Captain Falcon was limiting him as a player, and switched to Fox. This transition led to some below average results, including a 17th place finish at Apex 2014. However, his improvement as a Fox player proved to be quite rapid, and on May 4, 2014, Hax successfully won a set against Mango in the Grand Finals of WHOBO MLG, although he was unable to repeat the feat in the second set. Similarly, Hax reset the bracket against Mew2King in the Grand Finals of Zenith 2014, but faltered in the second set. Hax's status as one of the premier Fox mains in America was cemented by his performance in the 2015 California tournament Do You Fox Wit It?. In addition to his first place finish at this event, Hax boasted an impressive 5-0 record in the Fox Round Robin exhibition, defeating other prominent players including SFAT, Lucky, and Silent Wolf.
On July 3, 2013, he was sponsored by CLASH Tournaments.[1] On January 17, 2014, he joined VGBootCamp.[2] It is unknown when his sponsorship with CLASH Tournaments ended.
On January 1, 2015, Hax announced that he would be taking an indefinite hiatus from Smash as a result of a hand injury.[3] He made his return to Smash after recovering from his hand surgery at Super Nebulous 3, where he took 4th. However, Hax has also struggled with severe insomnia since March 2014, which has impacted both his performance in and ability to enter tournaments.[4] As a result, his hiatus from the competitive scene will continue until this issue has been resolved. During this period, his sponsorship with VGBootCamp lapsed.[citation needed]
Hax has since been working to introduce and legalize Hitbox-style controllers to mitigate his hand problems.[5]
He was sponsored by Even Matchup Gaming for the duration of Get On My Level 2017.[6] Hax joined Even Matchup Gaming officially on January 29, 2019.[7] He parted ways with Even Matchup Gaming on January 27, 2021.[8]
Controversy[edit]
On June 4, 2021, Hax released 2.5 hour video titled "Evidence.zip 2", claiming that Leffen was a threat to the Melee community.[9][10] An accompanying 136 page manifesto was also released.[11][12] Public reception was mixed. Many individuals in the associated Reddit threads found the examples used to be outlandish, and voiced concern for Hax's mental health due to the radical nature of the text.[9][10] Leffen subsequently issued a statement stating that the allegations were baseless, and that he now feared for his safety at events following the release of the video and manifesto.[13] PracticalTAS summarized the contents of manifesto and concluded that the majority of claims in the document were unresaonble.[14]
On June 9, 2021, Hax was banned by Beyond The Summit from attending Smash Summit 11 in any capacity.[15][16]
On June 11, 2021, Hax privated the original video and released an edited version to address "presentational flaws".[17][18][19] Links to the manifesto were also removed at this time.[citation needed]
On June 18, 2021, Hax released a twitlonger further explaining his intentions.[20] His claims once again included that the media had "covered up the truth" and various documentaries about Leffen contained "revisionist history". Other points from the video were also reiterated.
On June 21, 2021, iBDW accused Hax of telling others about iBDW's history of being sexually abused. Furthermore, in the Discord screenshots provided by iBDW, Hax states that iBDW "faked that story".[21] Hax initially replied by doubling down on the claim that iBDW's story was fake. However, this tweet was quickly deleted.[22] Hax then responded by saying that iBDW's tweet was "highly deceptive".[23]
On June 23, 2021, Hax announced that he was "going to take some time off".[24]
On June 24, 2021, Hax was indefinitely banned from events hosted by over 20 tournament organizers.[25][26][27]
Results[edit]
Melee[edit]
Recent Notable Wins
Wins over players ranked in MPGR 2019:
Rank 1 - Hungrybox
Rank 8 - Plup
Rank 15 - n0ne
Rank 25 - lloD
Rank 31 - Westballz
Rank 36 - Gahtzu
- 2021-01-16 |
| 3 : 1 at Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE
Rank 8 - Plup
- 2020-02-16 | | 3 : 2 at Smash Summit 9
Rank 15 - n0ne
- 2020-01-26 | | 3 : 0 at GENESIS 7
- 2020-02-16 | | 3 : 0 at Smash Summit 9
- 2020-12-20 | 3 : 2 at Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3
- 2020-02-16 | | 3 : 0 at Smash Summit 9
Rank 25 - lloD
- 2021-01-10 | | 3 : 2 at Galint Melee Open
Rank 31 - Westballz
Rank 36 - Gahtzu
- 2021-01-16 | | 3 : 1 at Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE
- 2021-01-16 | | 3 : 1 at Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE
- 2021-01-23 | 3 : 0 at The Velvetational 1
Rank 40 - Rishi
Rank 73 - Ryobeat
- 2021-01-16 | 2 : 0 at Frame Perfect Series 4: ONLINE
- 2021-01-23 | 3 : 0 at The Velvetational 1
- 2020-01-04 | | 3 : 2 at Scorpius 2020
- 2021-01-10 | | 3 : 2 at Galint Melee Open
Rank 73 - Ryobeat
- 2019-12-21 | | 3 : 0 at Garden State Smashdown
- 2019-12-21 | | 3 : 1 at Garden State Smashdown
- 2020-01-18 | 3 : 0 at GIGA HoG: Era 2
- 2020-01-18 | 3 : 0 at GIGA HoG: Era 2
- 2020-02-29 | 3 : 1 at Gucci Gang: Leap Year Edition
- 2021-01-10 | | 3 : 2 at Galint Melee Open
- 2020-02-16 | | 3 : 1 at Smash Summit 9
- 2021-01-10 | | 3 : 1 at Galint Melee Open
- 2020-01-22 | 3 : 1 at Hax's Nightclub - Season 1 Episode 4
- 2020-12-17 | | 3 : 0 at 5 Days of Melee: LACS 3 East Coast Qualifier
Rankings[edit]
Melee[edit]
SSBMRank[edit]
| Ranking Series | Rank |
|---|---|
| MPGR 2019 | 19 |
| MPGR 2019 Summer | 25 |
| MPGR 2018 | 38 |
| SSBMRank 2017 | 45 |
| SSBMRank 2015 | 19 |
| SSBMRank 2015 Summer | 15 |
| SSBMRank 2014 | 8 |
| SSBMRank 2014 Summer | 7 |
| SSBMRank 2013 | 6 |
All-Time[edit]
| Ranking Series | Rank |
|---|---|
| All-Time Top 100 | 19 |
Tristate[edit]
| Ranking Series | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2018-2019 | 5 |
| June 4, 2014 | 2 |
| February 9, 2014 | 2 |
| November 17, 2013 | 2 |
| August 13, 2013 | 2 |
| February 2010 | 2 |
New York City[edit]
| Ranking Series | Rank |
|---|---|
| Fall 2019-Winter 2020 | 1 |
| Spring-Summer 2019 | 1 |
| Fall 2018-Winter 2019 | 3 |
| Fall 2017-Winter 2018 | 1 |
| Summer 2017 | 4 |
| Winter/Spring 2017 | 14 |
| Summer 2016 | 0 |
| Winter 2014 | 1 |
| Fall 2014 | 1 |
Matches[edit]
2014[edit]
- 2014-03-09 | |
Hax vs. 
Zhu at Revival of Melee 7
Trivia[edit]
- In 2013, Hax joked about the future of Melee where players had become so good that the only viable character would be Fox. Matches would be decided through a game of rock-paper-scissors to determine port priority. This joke spawned the "20XX" meme, which is ubiquitous in the community.
References[edit]
- ↑ CLASH Tournaments sponsors Hax
- ↑ VGBootCamp sponsors Hax
- ↑ SmashCapps (2015-01-01). "Hax On "Indefinite Hiatus" Due To Hand Injury". SmashBoards. Retrieved 2015-01-09.
- ↑ Hax: Why I've Been Out
- ↑ Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurkey (2017-01-14). "Hax$ has been using the SmashBox and is planning on coming back full time!". Retrieved 2017-07-25.
- ↑ EMG sponsors Hax for GOML 2017
- ↑ Hax joins Even Matchup Gaming
- ↑ Hax and Even Matchup Gaming part ways
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 ssbmhax (2021-06-04). "Evidence.zip 2". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 ObitoHanShinobi (2021-06-04). "Smash player Hax$ releases a two-and-a-half hour long video comparing another Smash player to a totalitarian regime". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ Aran-man16 (2021-06-04). "Evidence.zip 2 manifesto page length". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ justalazygamer (2021-06-04). "Video breakdown and mention of manifesto". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ TSM_Leffen (2021-06-04). "Leffen's response to Evidence.zip 2". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ PracticalTAS (2021-06-09). "PracticalTAS's summary of Evidence.zip 2". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ BTSsmash (2021-06-09). "BTSsmash bans Hax from Smash Summit 11". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ fabrikt (2021-06-09). "Hax barred from attending Summit 11". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ Aziz Al-Yami (2021-06-11). "Evidence.zip 2 (revised)". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ ssbmhax (2021-06-11). "Evidence.zip 2 (revised version)". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ ProfXavier (2021-06-11). "Hax$ has made "Evidence.zip 2" private on YouTube". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ ssbmhax (2021-06-18). "Why I created Evidence.zip 2 / My closing thoughts for the time being". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ iBDWSSBM (2021-06-21). "iBDW". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ ssbmhax (2021-06-21). "Hax's first response to iBDW". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ ssbmhax (2021-06-21). "Hax's second response to iBDW". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ ssbmhax (2021-06-23). "Hax goes on hiatus". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ SmashEurope (2021-06-24). "The undersigned have agreed to indefinitely ban Aziz “Hax” Al-Yami". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ micks1412 (2021-06-24). "Hax banned indefinitely by multiple tournaments.". Retrieved 2021-06-24.
- ↑ "Aziz "Hax" Al-Yami". 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-24.