I'm going to try to keep this concise. Basically, 600 Hours was supposed to be a netplay highlights combo video, but I couldn't get enough footage. Because I didn't want to throw away what I had, I started staging clips with people. Then when I put all the footage I liked together, I didn't quite have enough; the song I used is about three minutes long, and I had something like two minutes and 45 seconds of video. To fluff out the video, I TASed a couple of clips. So 600 Hours is actually mostly staged and played in real time, but saying that it's TAS isn't entirely wrong. I didn't mean anything bad when I claimed it was all netplay footage. I don't really care what people think of my Young Link or whatever. I wasn't as honest as I should have been not because I wanted to make myself look better but because I wanted to make the video itself seem that much more amazing. When I uploaded the video, I actually had no idea there was a combo video contest going on. I really don't pay any attention to what's going on in the community, and I never have. I like playing Melee, and I like Melee content, but I'm not really a fan of anything esports or the culture surrounding competitive Melee. Anyway, I learned that there was a combo video contest after people started asking me why I didn't submit 600 Hours a few days after I uploaded it. Entering it in a contest sounded cool, so I made the mistake of entering the combo video in the contest without reading the rules first. This was really bad judgment on my part. I knew it wasn't really right to submit a combo video that wasn't 100% legitimate, but I did it anyway. I didn't think it would be that big of a deal. Then I learned there was a cash prize. I actually didn't know there was money on the line until after the competition ended. When I learned there was, I was relieved I didn't win. I didn't submit the combo video because I wanted to cheat the community, and since I didn't win I didn't cheat them, at least from a money perspective. I figured that I did no harm and stayed quiet. But I understand now that just because I didn't cheat the community out of money doesn't mean I didn't cheat the community. I still lied to everyone. I cheated you guys out of the truth, which really is a lot worse. I didn't mean any harm, but that doesn't mean I didn't do anything wrong. There's no excuse for anything that happened. I messed up. It was an honest mistake and not anything I did out of greed, but that justify any of it. When the 600 Hours drama started back in November, I stayed quiet. I didn't want to participate in any drama, and I figured people cared more about drama than the actual truth. I should have just owned up, but I felt like it wasn't going to accomplish that much. Then people started messaging me, intentionally upsetting me, and posting screenshots of me saying stupid things out of context. It made me look unapologetic and smug when in reality I was stressed out and terrified. By not coming forward, I wasn't really helping my case. I handled the drama in the worst way I possibly could have. Then by the time most of the drama had subsided, I decided to still not come forward because I figured it was too late. But it's never too late. I cheated you guys out of the truth in the first place, so the least I can do is tell the truth now and try to clear some things up. Just because there are people in the community who like to stir shit doesn't mean I can just ignore the people who are actually interested in the truth. I might not want to participate in drama, but I got myself into it, and I'm here to own up to what I did and get myself out of it. This ended up a lot longer than I thought it would, but I think I said everything I want to say. I don't expect anyone to forgive me—I wouldn't forgive myself either for handling everything this poorly. I messed up big time, and I'm sorry. I've also been withholding the truth for close to two years now, and it's long overdue for me to come forward and give you guys the explanation that I owe you. I hope that now we can put this behind us and move forward together. -scrumpy