A 15-year-old girl gets harassed after beating a pro, r/smashbros weave into a spire of flame wars

Edit:

Here's a quick summary:

• Bocchi, a 15 year-old girl, beats Ally, a highly-ranked pro player, at a local tournament with Isabelle, a mid-tier bottom-tier character that many pros considered to be unviable at the time. Video of the match

• Bocchi gets a lot of positive attention from Reddit, other pros, Youtube, and gaming news sites.

• Some people think she's getting a disproportionate amount of attention. Harassment and bullying follow.

• Bocchi announces on Twitter that she's either quitting Smash Bros, or will compete under a different name

• A bit more context

Edit 2: u/soderskog has a more detailed summary below.

Edit 3: Bocchi has received a lot of positive support. She won't quit for good, but will take a temporary break from competing.

Edit 4: ZeRo, the pro who spotlighted her, speaks out against the harassment.

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Original post:

Users call out a pro for enabling the toxicity

One user accuses her of milking the drama for donations

One user asks "Can we be decent human beings?" Another answers "no".

#NotAllSmashPlayers

Someone argues that it wasn't harassment; she just couldn't handle the bullying

Full thread

It's an ugly mess all around. There are a couple of threads on r/Games about it, but they've both been removed.

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