Hello, so I was admittedly taken a back from the news today about my permaban from PS/Smogon as it felt so sudden but I do understand where the concern lies. From my knowledge, this stems from my inappropriate banter in ps chats, discord private channels, etc... and I will like to admit that I was in the wrong and definitely needed to tone myself down when it came to sexual jokes, remarks, comments, etc.. as not everyone has the same sense of humor and talk like that can definitely make people feel uncomfortable which I totally understand. This is especially true when considering how certain private channels involved minors under the age of 18 in which discussion like that should never take place.


However, I would just like to say that I never intended to make anyone ever feel uncomfortable nor tried to make any sort of advancement towards anyone as well. The reason I behaved the way I did was mainly for joking matters and was just to get a reaction out of individuals (although I need to understand that feeling uncomfortable can be one of those type of reactions). Never was I actively trying to make any individual / party feel unwelcomed or feel any sort of discomfort with my sexual remarks nor were they ever made to seek any sort of malicious advancement towards anyone, especially individuals under the age of 18 as that is activity that I actively condemn.

I say this to not try and make excuses and ignore the wrong I did. Some of my remarks were out of line and I had been warned by PS staff to tone it down I admit. It was also under my false assumption that sexual discussion in a non-public channel is free-game when it is definitely not especially when there are minors who may witness such remarks. I take this notice as a means to acknowledge the wrongs I did and to hold myself accountable for them.

I am sorry to anyone I have ever made feel uncomfortable and will privately contact them if necessary to reassure that none of my comments were intentionally made to make them feel unwelcomed. I love this Smogon community and throughout my 5 years on being on this site, I never had any intention of making it a place where users felt unwelcome or at risk. I will definitely learn from this situation moving forward and will continue to make the Smogon community an active place of positivity and competitive mons discussion, a goal that I always held dear near my heart.

Thank you.