I offer my condolences to the entire doubles community
i never met benja, but from what i've read and what i've heard from the Doubles room on PS, he seemed like one of the more genuine people on this site and i can't even begin to imagine what the majority of the Doubles community is feeling right now.
It has been an extremely rough month for all of Smogon and I echo what GlassGlaceon said: Memes and talking shit all may seem funny in the moment, but you have to realize that there are real people being affected here. We're all trying to improve and make a name for ourselves on this site, but you have to know when you've stepped over a line. If the past month with Haunter and Bri has taught us anything it's that there are real repercussions for what we say and do on this site.
If anyone out there is feeling harassed/unsafe as well as alone or doesn't see a way out, talk to someone about it. Even though smogon may seem like a shitty cancerous community at first, there are genuine people that can help you and will want to be friends with you. Suicide is never the only option.
Again my condolences to everyone who knew Benja and the entire doubles community and i hope that Smogon can come together as a whole to help everyone effected through this.
i never met benja, but from what i've read and what i've heard from the Doubles room on PS, he seemed like one of the more genuine people on this site and i can't even begin to imagine what the majority of the Doubles community is feeling right now.
It has been an extremely rough month for all of Smogon and I echo what GlassGlaceon said: Memes and talking shit all may seem funny in the moment, but you have to realize that there are real people being affected here. We're all trying to improve and make a name for ourselves on this site, but you have to know when you've stepped over a line. If the past month with Haunter and Bri has taught us anything it's that there are real repercussions for what we say and do on this site.
If anyone out there is feeling harassed/unsafe as well as alone or doesn't see a way out, talk to someone about it. Even though smogon may seem like a shitty cancerous community at first, there are genuine people that can help you and will want to be friends with you. Suicide is never the only option.
Again my condolences to everyone who knew Benja and the entire doubles community and i hope that Smogon can come together as a whole to help everyone effected through this.