What's quite interesting to me is the pro player/commentator community reception. Sure, Hax will have his supporters. Leffen also had his supporters under his tweet reply I've posted upthread. As in any other community, large voices move mountains for support. Melee fans are consistently unable to have their own opinions if it was not already spouted from someone more important than them, because they megasimp for the top players/commentators. Therefore a good idea of how a scandal will work out in Melee can be worked out by looking at reception from the top 50~ most important people.
Found this tweet from Ludwig "most subbed man on Twitch" Ahgren. For reference, he's beaten two top 100 players and has mostly worked in content creation/commentary for tournaments. While not a prolific pro player, he has held his own influence as a personality in Smash, long before he hit his "most subbed" milestone.
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Sounds like you don't just write a hit piece and two videos explaining how Leffen is Literally Hitler and expect it to just go over well, eh Haxy boy?
Here's a point by point rebuttal by PracticalTAS. This person is not a top player, but has made a lot of tool assisted content for Melee; is also someone who holds significant influence as the team lead on the yearly Global Melee Power Ranking.
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For brevity's sake, it's best for anyone interested in reading to just check out the archive link. I've included this screenshot as a primer.
Toph, part of the commentary duo Scar & Toph, is a mainstay at large events. He has commentated many important "supermajor" tournaments such as EVO top 8, The Big House, Summit.
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I have been checking up on replies from other pro players - a lot of people are unwilling to speak to Hax in a public manner. Most of the time they're all over each other's drama.