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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Piment@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

It has come to light that the original logo in 2004 was a Koffing with a Swastika instead of the normal crossbones thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPG6vIN8Kx8

Video by cecilily - We need to talk about the Nazi past of Smogon

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This is so outrageous it seems fake, but they adressed it last year and decided not to change the name which is peak freeze-gamer

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[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 37 points 10 months ago

There's a lot of Nazis in queer spaces, not really an argument

Flashbacks to last year at SF Castro Street Fair where a guy was wearing a jersey with 88 as the number, and SS lightning bolts all over like a sponsor logo

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 19 points 10 months ago

Okay fine but even then it’s nowhere near the edgelord cesspool it once was.

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