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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago

It’s clearly changed since then with how strong of a queer presence is on that site. The video shows to me that Smogon is an example of something that started out as an edgelord hub actually doing something and changing for the better.

[-] GaveUp@hexbear.net 37 points 2 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 2 months ago

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

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