Hoch

Hoch was a member of 852r and founder of HKMCGPS-Sunrise

Hoch's Campaign and Ban

On June 2, 2023, Hoch posted his campaign for Mod in 852r-forum, encouraging others to show their support. Others also wrote official nominations for Hoch, which were accepted by Card0, who started a poll for Hoch's promotion on June 3. However, during the Tiananmen vigil the next day on June 4, Hoch and some others got into a heated argument about atrocities committed by the US and China. Because of his behavior and rhetoric, he was officially vetoed by Card0 the same day. This was also because many staff voted against him, despite the poll performing well in general. Despite this incident, Hoch continued to be an active member for several weeks. Campaigns for staff positions were later banned by a poll.

On June 18, a debate was started in #debates about allowing transgender women to compete in biological women's sports. This debate quickly spiraled out of control, with Hoch making comments viewed by many as borderline transphobic. Because of this, he was issued a level 1 warning, leading to a 2 week ban, as he previously had another warning for insensitive comments. However, this was later raised to an indefinite ban, with Card0 stating "Transphobia is not tolerated in 852r." Hoch's Discord server was also unpartnered and removed from the ISCO.

As a result of the transgender debate, LGBT-related topics were immediately banned from #debates, with flutters stating that "there is virtually nothing to debate" and that "we should not be defending and debating the existence of us." This was later scrapped due to its unpopularity and some perceiving that it made no difference with Florida’s “Don’t say gay” law .

Hoch's ban was upgraded to a permanent ban on June 22 when it was revealed that he manipulated Storm into attempting to dox the server.