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'''[https://www.thesbcommunity.com/forums/index.php?/profile/3990-hawkbitalpha/ HawkbitAlpha]''' (formerly '''ACSBehemothHellcat''', '''Prince Darkstar''', and '''AlphaWarhawk''') is an SBC member who originally joined the community in May 2011, but was banned from the site for much of the 2010s until becoming a permanent member in 2018. He is currently one of SBC's three [[Cashiers]], and the admin of [[SpongeCraft]] since its Frontiers revival in July 2023.
'''[https://www.thesbcommunity.com/forums/index.php?/profile/3990-hawkbitalpha/ HawkbitAlpha]''' is an SBC member who has been a regular of the site since March 2018. He is currently one of SBC's three [[Cashiers]], and the admin of [[SpongeCraft]] since its Frontiers revival in July 2023.
 
Hawk's story with SBC began much earlier than with his current account, and is one of the most complicated in the entire community. Throughout the 2010s, he went from a hated "villain" on both SBC and [[SpongeBuddy Mania|SBM]], to a polarizing member of the latter site, to today being a respected backstage worker of SBC. More details can be found below.


==History==
==History==
===Early years===
===Early years===
Having initially discovered SBC at 11 years old, Hawk's arrival on the site was marked by his immaturity and willingness to constantly argue with other members, which led to him being banned multiple times, then indefinitely in July 2011, after only two months as a member. Later, in October 2012, he was allowed to return, but was banned again in April 2013 for the same reasons. After the first ban, he moved to [[SpongeBuddy Mania]], where he remained as an active member until 2018. While [[Controversial Users|contentious users]] are nothing new to the community, Hawk became the most notorious and persistent of them in early SBC history, as he made an enemy of many members of both SBM and SBC by repeatedly publicly antagonizing the latter site over the course of several years. This caused him to become a popular choice of villain in numerous [[Literatures|Lits]] between 2011 and 2015.
At the age of 11, Hawk, then known as ACSBehemothHellcat, got his first exposure to SBC from a rather unusual source: while exploring YouTube in May 2011, he found a video that [[SpongeSebastian]] had posted of a February 2010 argument in the [[Xat]], and searched for it on Google. He quickly proved to be far too annoying for the Xat members, and was banned the same night, but after being let back in, he registered on the SBC forums. This would only last two months; in July, Hawk broke some of SBC's most important rules with a particularly shocking series of posts, and was permabanned. Afterwards, he moved to [[SpongeBuddy Mania]], but was only sporadically active before SBM staff also banned him for several months.
 
Though the community had dealt with [[Controversial Users|problematic users]] before, what set Hawk apart from previous SBC troublemakers such as WhaleBlubber and Captain52 was his many public rants and sheer persistence, as he maintained an open, active grudge with the site over the span of several years. Most of this took place on SBM, where, after his suspension expired in early spring 2012, he had become an active member as Prince Darkstar, and quickly resumed his feud with SBC. A handful of SBCers responded by carrying out a raid on an unrelated forum which he also ran. Multiple authors of SBC [[Literatures|Lits]] in the early to mid-2010s reacted by making Hawk a villain character in their stories, which drove him to rail against the site even more on several occasions.
 
A hiatus in this bad blood came when, in October 2012, Hawk announced on SBM that he wanted to end the feud. He was allowed to rejoin SBC for the first time in over a year, but soon began to again butt heads with community members, mostly in the Xat. The most notorious of them was his rivalry with [[ExKizuna|Ex]], who frequently harassed Hawk in Xat. An especially heated fight between the two in November 2012 led to Ex's demotion from Xat staff, but the damage had been done, and Hawk's tensions with the staff remained until he was once again banned in April 2013.


===Changeover===
===Changeover===
Hawk's aggressive and increasingly arrogant behavior made him a very polarizing figure in SBC/SBM's shared history throughout much of the 2010s; in his late teen years, this aspect would come to overshadow his previous history on SBC, reaching a peak during his time as the original owner of SBM's Discord. On top of his years-long detachment from ''SpongeBob'' as a whole, Hawk's egotistical, self-indulgent attitude, as well as his tendency to start fights and petty dramas, caused a level of controversy to follow him through his entire time on the site. On the other hand, some SBM members praised his efforts in calling out and attacking many of the site's most disliked members, and later pushing the staff team to issue a number of bans in 2017 and 2018. Hawk's management of the SBM Discord was met with similarly mixed reactions, with many praising his work in constructing and managing the server's features, but criticizing his chaotic and often hostile moderation practices.
After being banned for a second time, Hawk again moved to SBM, but outside of a few isolated moments, he would not be a concern again to SBC for the next few years. Instead, as he got older, Hawk would develop a different, more polarized reputation as an SBM regular. His total loss of interest in ''SpongeBob'', compounded by his new Redditor-like attitude and interest in frequent debates, made him an odd fit with the community. He became a frequent visitor to the SBM chat, and took part in many non-SB-related discussions on the site, making friends with some members who would go on to also become SBC regulars. While Hawk was still almost as aggressive as before throughout this time, he instead chose to go after members of the site who were even more disliked by the community, ranging from simple trolls to bigoted posters. By 2016, he had even taken aim directly at members of SBM's staff, and developed a new feud with the group known to SBCers today as the now-infamous "Cycord" gang.


After five years under a permaban, Hawk's actions on SBM allowed him to be [https://www.thesbcommunity.com/forums/index.php?/topic/15667-hello-procrastinators/ unbanned from SBC] for the final time in March 2018, and two months later, he resigned as the SBM Discord's owner out of feelings of disillusionment, solidifying his shift to SBC as a permanent member in the process.
In the last week of 2016, Hawk, responding to the impending removal by IPS of SBM's chat feature, created a Discord server for SBM, which would eventually be adopted as the site's official replacement chat. By this point, although many members of SBM were still hesitant to regularly interact with him, Hawk had the respect and support of a significant portion of the site's regulars, which he used to pressure the staff into banning highly-controversial members. In August 2017, his rivalry with one such member would properly bring him back to SBC's attention for the first time in several years, when his multiple pointed replies to [[Homophobia: The Miniseries|The DS Guy's "Homophobia" thread]] caught some SBC regulars off-guard. His leadership of "SBMcord", however, was much more mixed: while members praised the server as being well-designed and generally entertaining, it was marred by Hawk's somewhat hostile moderation and frequent drama, much of it involving the "Cycord" gang. He ended his term as owner of the server in May 2018, after becoming unhappy with the direction it had gone.
 
Five years after his last ban on SBC, Hawk's evolution on SBM allowed him to be [https://www.thesbcommunity.com/forums/index.php?/topic/15667-hello-procrastinators/ unbanned from SBC] for the final time in March 2018. His resignation from leadership of the SBM Discord solidified his shift to SBC as a permanent member in the process.


===Today===
===Today===
[[File:SCFSkinHawk.png|thumb|right|100px|Hawk's default Minecraft skin, as seen in [[SpongeCraft]]]]
[[File:SCFSkinHawk.png|thumb|right|100px|One of Hawk's Minecraft skins, frequently seen in [[SpongeCraft Frontiers]]]]
While Hawk remains a somewhat combative person to this day, he has mellowed out considerably since the late 2010s, and has gone on to have a far more peaceful time with SBC than his prior years spent on SBM. The Sharing Time thread "Anger, Debates, Empathy, and Socialism" contains his reflections on his own personality and political views over time.
While Hawk still retains some of his "edge", he has mellowed out considerably since the late 2010s, and his time on SBC since has been far more peaceful. For his drastic turnaround and major vocal presence during the [[Third SBC Renaissance]], he was named SBC's [[Featured Employee]] for Winter 2019.


On November 11, 2022, Hawk became the first formerly-banned member in SBC history to be made a [[Cashiers|Cashier]], succeeding [[Fred Rechid]]. His primary agenda since being promoted to staff has been to bring more video game-based events to SBC, with his most notable creation in that pursuit being [[SpongeCraft Forge]] and its predecessor, SpongeCraft Frontiers, both of which he has led since the launch of Frontiers in July 2023. He organizes the recurring [[Community Mixtape]] music project, and in December 2023, was the host of the [[The Golden Community Awards|Golden Community Awards]] XVII. As a moderator, Hawk tends to be a "wild card" among the staff, occasionally acting on his own initiative toward agendas both inside of and beyond SBC itself, and often without prior input from other staff members; most notably, he was responsible for bringing [[ZaidCatDog|Zaid]] back to SBC in August 2024.
On November 11, 2022, Hawk became the first formerly-banned member in SBC history to be made a [[Cashiers|Cashier]], succeeding [[Fred Rechid]]. His primary agenda since being promoted to staff has been to bring more video game-based events to SBC, with his most notable creation in that pursuit being the revival of [[SpongeCraft]]. He organizes the recurring [[Community Mixtape]] music project, and in December 2023, was the host of the [[The Golden Community Awards|Golden Community Awards]] XVII. As a moderator, Hawk tends to be a "wild card" among the staff, occasionally acting on his own initiative toward agendas both inside of and beyond SBC itself, and often without prior input from other staff members; most notably, he was responsible for bringing [[ZaidCatDog|Zaid]] back to SBC in August 2024.


Later into his time on SBM, Hawk became known as a skilled rhetorical writer, frequently navigating arguments on politics and other real-world subjects with other members on both sides of the spectrum. This was a point of pride for him, and as his 2018 return to SBC coincided with a leftward shift in his own political views, he eventually became one of SBC's primary progressive voices. Despite slowing down on his participation in political discussions since the early 2020s, Hawk is still known to challenge and test friends and acquaintances on their beliefs, especially outside of the greater SBC community.
Later into his time on SBM, Hawk became known as a skilled rhetorical writer, frequently navigating arguments on politics and other real-world subjects with other members on both sides of the spectrum. This was a point of pride for him, and as his 2018 return to SBC coincided with a leftward shift in his own political views, he eventually became one of SBC's primary progressive voices. Despite slowing down on his participation in political discussions since the early 2020s, Hawk is still known to challenge and test friends and acquaintances on their beliefs, especially outside of the greater SBC community.
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Throughout the 2010s, Hawk presented himself as a no-nonsense, conflict-loving "hard truth-teller", and often played up his interests in stereotypically-male subjects, in what he now refers to as "acts of overcompensation." To the surprise and amusement of many SBCers, he would take a drastic turn away from this behavior in August 2020 by [https://www.thesbcommunity.com/forums/index.php?/topic/18396-mlp-friendship-is-magic-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-color-pink/ proclaiming] that he had become a "late-bloomer brony", a fact that continues to define his online presence today. This began a trend of Hawk intentionally subverting his older self-image, which would eventually culminate in him coming out to the community as nonbinary in October 2023, after he had also come out as pansexual in 2019.
Throughout the 2010s, Hawk presented himself as a no-nonsense, conflict-loving "hard truth-teller", and often played up his interests in stereotypically-male subjects, in what he now refers to as "acts of overcompensation." To the surprise and amusement of many SBCers, he would take a drastic turn away from this behavior in August 2020 by [https://www.thesbcommunity.com/forums/index.php?/topic/18396-mlp-friendship-is-magic-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-color-pink/ proclaiming] that he had become a "late-bloomer brony", a fact that continues to define his online presence today. This began a trend of Hawk intentionally subverting his older self-image, which would eventually culminate in him coming out to the community as nonbinary in October 2023, after he had also come out as pansexual in 2019.


Much like [[ZaidCatDog|Zaid]], Hawk has diverse interests spanning, among other things, music, gaming, and history, but arguably his most well-known is his passion for aviation. Since 2011, he has had a similarly storied connection with the community of the indie flight simulator [https://ysflight.org/ YSFlight], and today leads a virtual airshows organization known as the [https://discord.gg/KD7KbvDdvj Virtual Collective of Aerial Performers] (VCAP). Typically credited as either "Wedge" or "Kaze", he has also lent his voice to other acts on platforms such as Digital Combat Simulator World and Roblox, including as narrator for the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXa2UMXsE3zLaCmErtDj4ZQ Virtual Raptor Demo Team] (VRDT) and [https://www.youtube.com/@virtuallegacyhornetdemo/featured Virtual Legacy Hornet Demo Team] (VLHD).
==Outside of SBC==
Much like [[ZaidCatDog|Zaid]], Hawk has diverse interests spanning, among other things, music, gaming, and history, but arguably his most well-known is his passion for aviation. Another community with which Hawk has had a similarly complicated past is that of the indie flight simulator [https://ysflight.org/ YSFlight], in which he was a regular member for nearly 15 years. Together with fellow YSFlight player Gordo, he created the [https://ysflightsim.fandom.com/wiki/Virtual_Collective_of_Aerial_Performers Virtual Collective of Aerial Performers] (VCAP), which hosted virtual airshows on the platform from 2021 to 2025. Since then, he has expanded his horizons into Digital Combat Simulator World, and now works as the voiceover narrator for the [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXa2UMXsE3zLaCmErtDj4ZQ Virtual Raptor Demo Team] (VRDT) and [https://www.youtube.com/@N1GHTST4LK3RS Nightstalkers Display Team] (NSDT).
 
Hawk also runs a [https://hawkiverse.neocities.org/ Neocities site], as well as his own personal Discord server. The latter is his place to document many amusing clips and out-of-context quotes from friends, and also host the widely-memed "Hornytown" channel.


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