Professional Tremendous Smash Bros. Melee participant Aziz “Hax$” Al-Yami has died on the age of 30.
A GoFundMe web page was arrange earlier this week, with the accompanying social media publish saying Hax was “preventing for his life”. The web page now carries a brand new message confirming that he “handed away peacefully” on the morning of Tuesday twenty fifth March.
REST IN PEACE MY DEAR SON.
Abdulaziz “HAX$” Al-Yami
”He LOVED Melee”
Standing: Deceased
Time: 7:09 AM
Date: March 25, 2025
Aziz handed away peacefully this morning. I want to personally thank all of his buddies and followers who supported him and gave him a lot happiness.
Please say a prayer for this younger man who was taken away from us too quickly. Medical doctors stated he died quietly. Thanks to your compassion.
Identified within the Melee neighborhood as a top-level Captain Falcon and Fox participant, fellow professional Smash gamers Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma and Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman have commented on his passing on social media.
Debiedma wrote that he had been on his option to go to Hax in hospital earlier than studying of his passing:
The professional Melee participant introduced an “indefinite hiatus” from Smash in 2015 following a hand harm. In recent times, he had been engaged on the stickless B0XX controller.
In 2021, Hax was banned from a number of Melee tournaments following a video he posted a few dispute with one other Melee professional participant, William “Leffen” Hjelte. He later apologised to Leffen and Melee followers in one other video, though occasion bans remained in place.
Final 12 months, Hax had centered on streaming and publishing Melee movies, saying, “I am not even a gamer at this level in my life, I am only a Melee participant.” In December, he posted on Twitter (content material warning for doubtlessly distressing particulars on that hyperlink) and confirmed a suicide try earlier in 2024. He described having “a brand new lease on life” in current months.
Our ideas exit to Hax’s household and buddies right now.