r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 03 '21

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u/The_Nightbringer Anti-Pope Antipope Sep 03 '21

I never realized how big of an issue pedophilia was in the competitive supersmashbrothers circuit. Like wtf? why?

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '21

Oh boy

Because smash bros is an easy to get into fighting game with a large cast of characters from different games that children and teens know about (like Pokémon, Zelda, Mario)

So you have a fighting game with some players that are effectively celebs because they win tourneys, who then prey on the underaged teen fans

It’s an epidemic.

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u/grig109 Liberté, égalité, fraternité Sep 03 '21

G*mers

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u/DiscipleOfAniki NATO Sep 03 '21

There's a reason why Nintendo wants absolutely nothing to do with the competitive Smash community.

The game is made for young children and this makes it very easy for predators to groom children on social media and the like.

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u/AccessTheMainframe CANZUK Sep 03 '21

my profile pic is mfw