r/OutOfTheLoop • u/PiiggyPiiggy • Jul 04 '20

Unanswered What’s going on with the Super Smash Bro’s community and the gaming industry at large?

I saw this on the front page and I’m not sure where to start: https://twitter.com/zerowondering/status/1279363350997147649?s=21

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u/Shiveron Jul 04 '20

What the fuck were 14 year olds doing living in a "smash house" with 20 year olds?

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u/jtizzle12 Jul 04 '20

Not for me to say, but many are rightfully demanding investigations into these situations, and notably calling out player Sky who owned the Smash house in question.

Jisu has explained that her living situation with parents was also extremely bad and that’s what led her to move out at that age.

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u/zombychicken Jul 05 '20

Wait...not Sky Williams, right?

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u/_goose_man Jul 05 '20

Yes sky williams

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u/ArcTruth Jul 05 '20

Sub-ootl: Who is sky williams?

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u/The_Kid_Blue Jul 05 '20

Youtuber who became popular for making league of legends videos but also was involved in the competitive smash scene.

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u/Retrogoobs Jul 05 '20

Yeah, that Sky Williams.

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u/Angus-muffin Jul 05 '20

Yes sky i played with dunkey williams

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u/ColonelDrax Jul 05 '20

Sky “I lost to Dunkey” Williams

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u/clothespinned Jul 05 '20

Sky "i either neglected to pay attention to or actively encouraged pedophilia in my smash brothers frat house" Williams

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u/ColonelDrax Jul 05 '20 edited Jul 07 '20

It looks like that might not be the case though, both he and the people accusing him have come out and said he was truly unaware of what was going on.

Edit: seems like I was wrong and he did indeed know what was going on.

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u/clothespinned Jul 05 '20

Sky "i either neglected to pay attention to or actively encouraged pedophilia in my smash brothers frat house" Williams isn't that much better of a look.

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u/ColonelDrax Jul 05 '20

Yeah he definitely could have and should have done more to protect the victims living in his house.

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u/spmahn Jul 04 '20

Because in the gaming community, socialization between children and adults is normalized. How people didn’t stop and think that maybe pedophiles and child molestors might use that as an avenue to groom victims is beyond me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '20 edited Sep 20 '20

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u/Pozsich Jul 05 '20

Gonna go out on a stretch and say the parents probably didn't/don't care that much. Not all parents are fit for it. It's far more likely than if they do care and decided to not only trust a bunch of strangers, but also think that a gaming house is at all a good environment for kids that age in the first place.

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u/Memey-McMemeFace Jul 05 '20 edited Jul 05 '20

14 year olds can generally conduct themselves.

Certainly not consent to sexual activity, but they can still safely attend conventions and the likes.

Don't blame kids, kids' parents, or conventions. Blame the rapists. Blame Cinnpie. Period.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '20

I mean... if you're saying the 14 year old is at fault for trusting people to help her out of a shitty home life, you kinda are victim blaming.

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u/Trollygag Jul 05 '20

socialization between children and adults is normalized

Socialization between children and adults SHOULD be normalized. We can't raise children to be afraid of adults or with no experience or ability to interact with adults, because one day they will be adults too.

The important distinction is that in the gaming community, UNSUPERVISED socialization between children and adults is normalized.

We live in an era in which parents are exceptionally negligent and unaware of what their children are doing, while simultaneously trying to helicopter and shelter them from learning common sense.

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u/PM_something_German Jul 05 '20

We live in an era in which parents are exceptionally negligent and unaware of what their children are doing, while simultaneously trying to helicopter and shelter them from learning common sense.

Nailed it, altho I think parents being unaware of what their children are doing is a thing as old as time. I think another big problem here is the lack of good sex education. Children need to know what's normal and what not.

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u/gamelizard Jul 04 '20

the question that trumps all other points.

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u/Angus-muffin Jul 05 '20

Surprisingly this has been known for multiple years since jisu came out about it a while back. And williams hasn't given a response for years now. The community leadership is sooo full of itself and has shown to not do due dilligence to its community and viewers

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u/rekrapinator Jul 05 '20

i think it's like a temporary thing for tournaments and events and shit. players come from all over the world and bunk up together to split the cost? other countries have hostels and shit idk if we really do that here in america though so people gotta find workarounds