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'''Mang0''' (often stylized as '''Mango''' or '''MaNg0''', also known as '''Scorpion Master''', '''The Kid''', and '''The Buster''') is a | '''Mang0''' (often stylized as '''Mango''' or '''MaNg0''', also known as '''Scorpion Master''', '''The Kid''', and '''The Buster''') is a ''[[Melee]]'' player from Norwalk, California. One of the "[[Five Gods]]" of ''Melee'', Mang0 is widely considered to be [[Greatest of all time|one of the greatest ''Melee'' players of all time]], due to being ranked as the best in the world for several years (2013-2014, 2021), his status as a top 10 player for over a decade, and his many major victories including winning two {{Trn|EVO}} titles; he is often in the center of debates alongside {{Sm|Armada}} as the game's all-time best. | ||
Mang0 is | Mang0 is famous for being able to play several characters at a highly competitive level. Breaking onto the scene as a {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} main, he later found success playing {{SSBM|Falco}} and {{SSBM|Fox}} and utilizing {{SSBM|Marth}}, {{SSBM|Mario}}, and {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}} as noteworthy secondaries. Because of his innovations and dominance with Jigglypuff from 2007 to 2009, Mang0 is generally credited for Jigglypuff's [[List of SSBM tier lists (NTSC)|large jump]] in the Melee [[tier list]], from ranking 6th and 7th with Captain Falcon to ranking 3rd. In addition, he considered the greatest Falco player of all time while his Fox is also rated amongst the game's best. | ||
==Tournament history== | ==Tournament history== | ||
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At [[Rising Stars at EGLX 2019]], Mang0 would lose to {{Sm|n0ne}} in Winner's, marking his first loss to a Captain Falcon player in over a decade. He was subsequently eliminated by Hungrybox for 5th. However, at [[Mango's Birthday Bash]], his own birthday tournament, Mang0 would come out swinging, defeating n0ne, Zain, the red-hot Hax, and then Hungrybox without dropping a set, taking his 3rd major. On the [[2019 MPGR|2019 Melee PGR]] Mang0 was ranked 3rd, barely edged out of 2nd by {{Sm|Leffen}}, whose consistency across the entire year was valued slightly higher than Mango's peaks. | At [[Rising Stars at EGLX 2019]], Mang0 would lose to {{Sm|n0ne}} in Winner's, marking his first loss to a Captain Falcon player in over a decade. He was subsequently eliminated by Hungrybox for 5th. However, at [[Mango's Birthday Bash]], his own birthday tournament, Mang0 would come out swinging, defeating n0ne, Zain, the red-hot Hax, and then Hungrybox without dropping a set, taking his 3rd major. On the [[2019 MPGR|2019 Melee PGR]] Mang0 was ranked 3rd, barely edged out of 2nd by {{Sm|Leffen}}, whose consistency across the entire year was valued slightly higher than Mango's peaks. | ||
===2020: The Switch to Online Play=== | ===2020-2021: The Switch to Online Play=== | ||
At | At {{Trn|GENESIS 7}}, Mang0 defeated his 2019 demon aMSa as well as Leffen before losing to Zain, and was eliminated by Hungrybox for 3rd place. Mang0's final in-person tournament of the year was {{Trn|Smash Summit 9}}, where he dropped sets to Hungrybox and Plup to again finish 3rd. With the onset of the [[COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on competitive Smash|COVID-19 pandemic]] and the suspension of in-person tournaments, Mang0 continued to enter ''Melee'' events via [[netplay]], which was greatly augmented in June via the introduction of [[Project Slippi]]'s rollback netcode. The resulting improvements to online play led an air of legitimacy to online tournaments, leading Mango and other top players to grind seriously for the chance to win them. {{Sm|Zain}} emerged as Mang0's primary rival for online dominance, and outside of tournaments the two would grind on their respective streams, often playing each other for Twitch subscriptions using mains and secondaries. | ||
Mang0 closed out the year by dominantly winning | Mang0 closed out the year by dominantly winning {{Trn|Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3}}, dropping only 3 games the entire tournament. Despite the absence of any [https://twitter.com/pgstats/status/1344010298684887041 formal rankings] for the year due to the pandemic and the lack of consensus regarding the legitimacy of online play, the end of 2020 saw Mang0 and Zain widely considered to be the top 2 North American players. | ||
Online play remained the primary form of competitive play for the first half of 2021, and likewise Mango remained one of the metagame's most dominant players. This was especially the case at the {{Trn|Slippi Champions League}}, where he won two events and placed in the top 3 at all but two events, including every event in the second season. His performance in the final event, {{Trn|Summit Champions League - Season 2 Week 4}}, qualified him for {{Trn|Smash Summit 11}}, which was to be the first offline event in the post-[[Slippi]] era. | |||
===2021: Return to the throne=== | |||
Mango's efforts during the online metagame finally paid off at Smash Summit 11. After winning his round robin without dropping a single set to qualify for Winners side of the final bracket, Mango initially lost to {{Sm|Plup}} 1-3 in the first set of the final bracket. This led Mango to go on a lengthy Losers run, where he eliminated {{Sm|moky}} 3-0, {{Sm|n0ne}} 3-0, {{Sm|iBDW}} 3-1, Plup 3-1, and {{Sm|Hungrybox}} 3-1, before double-eliminating {{Sm|Zain}} in Grand Finals, with both games going to game 5, allowing Mango to take the Summit crown for the first time in his career. The only other notable event that Mango attended that year was {{Trn|Smash Summit 12}}. Though he ended up going 1-2 in his round robin, he was able to enter Winners side by winning his Gauntlet. He was eventually knocked into Losers by Zain in Winners Semi-Finals but clawed his way into Grand Finals by defeating {{Sm|Leffen}} 3-2, {{Sm|Wizzrobe}} 3-2, and Zain 3-1. He ultimately finished 2nd, losing to iBDW 3-0, but marking his third consecutive Grand Finals appearance at a Summit event. | |||
Despite having low attendance, including foregoing the {{Trn|Smash World Tour 2021}} and [[Tournament:Smash World Tour 2021 Championships|its championship event]], many players believed that Mango's two Summit performances was enough to consider him among the best players in the world for the short period where offline play was active that year. This was eventually realized after the release of the [[MPGRContenders]] tier list. Though Mango was ranked in the S+ tier alongside iBDW and Zain, the list also specifically mentioned Mango to be the #1 player in the world. As such, this became the first time Mango was ranked #1 since [[SSBMRank 2014]]. | |||
===2022-2023: Losing motivation=== | |||
Though he was ranked as the best player in 2021, this title did not carry into the the first half of the following year, which saw Mango's worst streak of performances in his entire career: for the entire [[MPGR Summer 2022]] season, he was only able to place top 8 at one major. He especially was the victim of one of the largest upsets of the current era, where as the first seed at {{Trn|GENESIS 8}} he lost to the 64th seed {{Sm|Fizzwiggle}}. Though he had some decent performances towards the end of the half-year season, it was not enough to salvage how underwhelming most of it was. As such, Mango was ranked 11th on the [[MPGR Summer 2022]], the first time he was ranked outside the top 10 since modern ranking began. | |||
This ranking upset Mango, who let off his anger by winning {{Trn|Super Smash Con 2022}}, double-eliminating {{Sm|Hungrybox}} along the way; his victory speech included an "angry" rant towards the SSBMRank panelists, which has since become infamous in the community. This event marked a major turn in Mango's season, as he returned to form for the rest of the year by once again placing top 8 regularly at majors, including winning three other majors: {{Trn|Lost Tech City 2022}}, {{Trn|Smash Summit 14}}, and {{Trn|Mainstage 2022}}. As such, Mango quickly went from being just outside the top 10 to being a leading contender for the #2 position. | |||
Unfortunately, the [[SSBMRank 2022]] ultimately awarded the #2 position to {{Sm|aMSa}}, who also had an explosion of incredible performances in the second half of the year where he had a historic win at {{Trn|The Big House 10}}, double-eliminated Mango along the way, before winning two other majors, including {{Trn|Scuffed World Tour}} where he defeated Mango once again. Though Mango was still ranked #3 in the world, he remained disappointed in his final placement, and eventually used the rankings as a scapegoat to sandbag at {{Trn|GENESIS 9}} with {{SSBM|Dr. Mario}}, where he ultimately lost to {{Sm|Taj}}'s {{SSBM|Mewtwo}} 2-3 and {{Sm|Matteo}} 1-3 to place 97th, by far his worst performance outside of forfeits. His performance led to backlash in the ''Melee'' community, with many accusing Mango of unsportsmanlike behavior. Mango eventually revealed that he had been losing motivation for the game to the point where he saw a sports therapist in the previous year and announced a months-long hiatus from competition. | |||
The hiatus ended when Mango attended {{Trn|Battle of BC 5}}, where he placed 9th after losing to {{Sm|Jmook}} and {{Sm|S2J}}, notably playing {{SSBM|Marth}} against the latter opponent. This began a pattern where Mang0 would treat his tournament run seriously until he was knocked into Losers, in which he would then frequently play secondaries for the rest of his run. A common secondary during this time was Dr. Mario, and as such whenever the character was used, players would refer to Mango as "Doc Lee". Nevertheless, this created a rather inconsistent half-year season for Mango, where he would place 2nd at some majors but then underperform at other events. This eventually led him to rank 6th on the [[SSBMRank Summer 2023]]. The second half of the year was no better, as he attended a total of 2 majors. Though he placed top 8 at both, his absence during this time hindered the rest of his season, and as such he was ranked 8th on the [[SSBMRank 2023]], his lowest full-year placement since modern rankings began. | |||
===2024: The spark returns=== | |||
Fortunately, a season with lower activity allowed Mango to regain his spark for competitive play. Though he initially began the 2024 season lukewarmly, placing 9th at {{Trn|GENESIS X}} and losing to {{Sm|Ossify}} and {{Sm|Sirmeris}} at {{Trn|Full Bloom 2024}}, his results gradually improved as the season went on. This culminated in him winning {{Trn|Tipped Off 15: Connected}}, where he defeated {{Sm|Hungrybox}}, {{Sm|Zain}}, and {{Sm|Cody Schwab}} twice. This not only marked his first major win since {{Trn|Mainstage 2022}}, but also the first time he defeated Zain since {{Trn|Ludwig Smash Invitational}} in 2022, ending a 10-set loss streak. An additional win at {{Trn|Supernova 2024}} led many to wonder whether Mango had a shot at claiming the throne that year. | |||
Unfortunately, Mango was unable to replicate his summer performances for the rest of the year. Though he continued to place well, he also had several severe underperformances, which included being upset by {{Sm|Equilateral}} at {{Trn|Luminosity Makes Moves Miami 2024}} before forfeiting for 33rd, and going 0-7 in round robin pools at {{Trn|Nounsvitational 2024}} before forfeiting the rest of the event to place 13th; he cited his desire to watch a nearby [[wikipedia:Philadelphia Eagles|Eagles]] game as his reason for not trying at the latter event. These performances and a lack of any other major wins knocked him out of any chance at regaining the throne; however, his season in 2024 was unanimously agreed to be better than his previous season, and he was ultimately ranked 3rd that year. | |||
==Playstyle== | ==Playstyle== | ||
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|[[MPGR 2019]]||December 17th, 2018 - December 8th, 2019||3rd||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|| | |[[MPGR 2019]]||December 17th, 2018 - December 8th, 2019||3rd||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|| | ||
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|[[MPGRContenders#North America|MPGRContenders North America]]||2021||S+ (1st)||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|| | |||
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|[[MPGR Summer 2022]]||March 1st - July 11th, 2022||11th||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|| | |[[MPGR Summer 2022]]||March 1st - July 11th, 2022||11th||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|| | ||
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|[[SSBMRank Summer 2024]]||December 18th, 2023 - July 7th, 2024||3rd||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|| | |[[SSBMRank Summer 2024]]||December 18th, 2023 - July 7th, 2024||3rd||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|| | ||
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|[[SSBMRank 2024]]||December 18th, 2023 - December 15th, 2024||3rd||{{Head|Falco|g=SSBM|s=20px}}{{Head|Fox|g=SSBM|s=20px}}|| | |||
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