Smasher:Mang0

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Mango "The Kid" "Scorpion Master"
Character info
Melee mains	Falco, Fox
Other Melee character	Captain Falcon
Retired Melee characters	Jigglypuff, Marth, Mario, Link
Ultimate main	Wario
Project M mains	Falco, Fox
Other Project M characters	Captain Falcon, Mario
Team info
Sponsor(s)	Cloud9
Former crews	Roundbit, The Blade Breakers, Melee It On Me
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking	SSBMRank 2022: 3rd
Winnings	~$265,351.26
Personal and other info
Real name	Joseph Manuel Marquez
Birth date	December 10, 1991
Location	Norwalk, California
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top level Upper mid level Top level (retired)

Mango (often stylized as Mang0 or MaNg0, also known as Scorpion Master, The Kid, and The Buster) is a professional Melee player from Norwalk, California who is currently ranked 3rd on the SSBMRank 2022, and was formerly ranked at the 0 position on the Northeastern Ohio Melee Power Rankings and 1st on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings. One of the "Five Gods" of Melee, Mango is famous for being able to play several characters at a highly competitive level. Breaking onto the scene as a Jigglypuff main, he later found success playing Falco and Fox with strong Marth, Mario, and Captain Falcon secondaries. Because of his innovations and dominance with Jigglypuff from 2007 to 2009, Mango is generally credited for Jigglypuff's large jump in the Melee tier list, from ranking 6th and 7th with Captain Falcon to ranking 3rd.

Mango is widely considered to be the greatest Falco player of all time, and his Fox is also rated amongst the game's best. Melee It On Me's 2013 SSBMRank and 2014 SSBMRank ranked Mango as the #1 Melee player in the world, and he is one of two smashers in history to have won Melee singles at EVO more than once, performing the feat in the 2013 and 2014 installments of the series. A top 6 player for over a decade, Mango is widely considered to be one of the greatest Melee players of all time.

Tournament history

Origin of the name

Mango received his gamertag in the 5th grade while playing the PC first-person shooter Counter-Strike. At a LAN party, he entered his name as "I want a Mango" and his friends have called him "Mango" ever since.

2007-2009: Rise to Fame with Jigglypuff

Mango punishing Armada's roll with a rest during GENESIS Grand Finals.

Mango placed 3rd in Singles at EVO World 2007, defeating many of the best known professional smashers, notably Mew2King in pools. He placed 3rd in singles at Super Champ Combo, again defeating many well-known players. In doubles, he also placed 3rd with his partner Lucky, even beating the team of Ken and Isai.

On February 4th, 2008, Mango won Pound 3. After losing in round 1 of the bracket to Silent Wolf, he beat Mathos, Sliq, Cactuar, Forward, Azen, ChuDat, Cort, PC Chris, and Mew2King twice to complete one of the greatest loser's bracket runs of all-time.

By March 8th, 2009, he was considered one of the best active Melee players in the world, having beaten PC Chris, ChuDat, Mew2King, and many other smashers at Revival of Melee in Nanuet, New York, placing 1st.

On July 10th, 2009, Mango attended GENESIS by DBR, which had 290 entrants in Melee Singles (Melee's largest tournament ever at the time), where he reached the Winners' Finals and lost 2-3 the first set against Armada, a Peach main regarded as the best player in Europe. After defeating Hungrybox in Losers' Finals 3-0, Mango reached Grand Finals against Armada. Mango then proceeded to win a very intense and close second set 3-2, and the third set 3-0 to win the tournament.

Revival of Melee 2 was the cause of much debate within the Smash community when Mango placed fourth after being double eliminated by Kage The Warrior. However, rumors and uncertainty ended after Mango claimed 1st place at Pound 4 (then the largest tournament in Melee history with over 300 entrants) without dropping a set, defeating Hungrybox 3-1 in Grand Finals.

Since his victory at Pound 4, Mango was regarded by many to be the world champion of SSBM.

2010: Sandbagging as the Scorpion Master

After being banned on SmashBoards, Mango, along with DBR and the rest of his region, decided to prank the rest of the Smash community by creating an alias known as ScorpionMaster94 and sandbag at a number of tournaments. Originally going to use Luigi or Samus, when using his alias, Mango decided to use Mario after soundly defeating fellow SoCal smasher Smoke2Jointz in a money match.

Mango and the rest of SoCal created a backstory for his alias, claiming "Scorp" was a prodigy from Mexico named Joshua Lopez who defeated everyone in SoCal and was ready to place Top 3 at Apex 2010. Mango, however, failed in this endeavor, losing to Wobbles and Eggz and getting an unexpected 25th place at Apex 2010. Mango continued to sandbag with other characters, such as Captain Falcon and Marth, in addition to his Mario, convincingly defeating Kage The Warrior 2-0 with Link and Marth at Revival of Melee 3 and receiving 9th place, and placing 17th at Pound V.

2011-2012: Regaining the Lead with Fox

Mango's planned revival was GENESIS 2 now maining Fox (along with Falco) instead of Jigglypuff. Despite being upset by Taj in Winners Semis, he was able to fire through Losers Bracket to reach Grand Finals against Armada, defeating Hungrybox 3-0 in Losers Semis and Taj again 2-0 in Losers Finals (Taj forfeited after he was 4 stocked in game 2). After a close and intense set, Mango ultimately placed 2nd, losing 2-3 against Armada.

Mango secured his position as champion of North America by winning Revival of Melee 4, convincingly defeating Dr. PeePee 3-0 in Winners Finals and 3-1 in Grand Finals.

At Apex 2012, Mango fell short of people's expectations and placed 3rd after losing 0-3 to Armada in Winners Finals and 1-3 to Hungrybox in Losers Finals.

After Apex 2012, Mango began to regain the dominant lead he held back in 2008. He won IMPULSE, a Canadian national tournament, after defeating Dr. PeePee, Hungrybox and Mew2King. Mango continued to defend his victory streak, convincingly defeating Hungrybox in Grand Finals at MELEE-FC10R Legacy and again at The Big House 2, winning both national tournaments without dropping a set. However, he placed 2nd at Kings of Cali, where he unexpectedly lost two sets of Grand Finals to Dr. PeePee 3-2 and 3-1 after defeating him 3-0 in Winners Finals.

2013: EVO Championship and Becoming the Best

At Apex 2013, Mango defeated several notable smashers in Winners bracket such as Nintendude, Vwins, and Eggm, before losing to Mew2King. In Losers bracket, he defeated Vwins again, Hax, and Hungrybox before losing to Mew2King again, placing 4th.

At B.E.A.S.T 3 in Sweden, Mango won the tournament after defeating well known European smashers such as Zgetto, Baxon, Overtriforce, and finally Ice in Grand Finals.

At Kings of Cali 2, Mango won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating Shroomed 3-1 in Winners Finals and Wobbles 3-0 in Grand Finals.

At NorCal Regionals 2013, Mango was upset by PewPewU in Winners Semis. Mango reached Grand Finals after defeating Fly Amanita, Westballz, and PewPewU in the Losers Bracket and won a convincing 3-0 first set against Hungrybox (including a 4 stock in game 2), but failed to pull through in the second set, losing 2-3.

At Vindication, Mango defeated Mew2King in Winners Finals 3-0, but lost the first set of Grand Finals 1-3. However, he managed to win the second set 3-1, winning the tournament.

Zenith 2013 was a significant tournament, with all 4 top players in the United States present for the first time since Apex 2013 as well as being a road to EVO qualifier. Mango was put in the Losers Bracket by Mew2King after losing Winners Semis 1-3. He defeated DaShizWiz 2-0 in Losers Quarters, Dr. PeePee 3-1 in Losers Semis, and Mew2King 3-1 in Losers Finals before reaching Grand Finals against Hungrybox. Mango won the tournament after defeating Hungrybox in 2 sets, both 3-1.

At IMPULSE 2013 in Toronto, Mango claimed 1st place without dropping a game, defeating Unknown522 3-0 in both Winners and Grand Finals. Mango also took 1st in Melee Doubles (teaming with Unknown522) and 1st in Project M Singles.

Mango after winning EVO 2013.

With 709 entrants, EVO 2013 was the largest Melee tournament in a year. With his victory at Zenith 2013, Mango was the number one seed and successfully advanced from his pool in day one, cruising into the Winners' Quarters pool without dropping a game.

On day two, Mango then proceeded to the Winners Semis pool after defeating Axe 2-1. In Winners Semis, Mango was put in the Losers Bracket after losing 1-2 to Wobbles. Mango then cemented his place in the Top 8 after defeating SFAT 2-1.

Mango began EVO finals in the Losers Bracket. He defeated Ice 2-0 and Dr. PeePee 2-0 before reaching Losers Semis against Armada. In a highly anticipated match, Mango defeated Armada 2-0 to reach Losers Finals against Hungrybox. After defeating Hungrybox 2-0, Mango reached Grand Finals against Wobbles. Mango then defeated Wobbles in 2 sets, 3-0 and 3-1 to become the champion of EVO 2013. This, along with his run at Pound 3, is considered one of the best loser's bracket runs of all-time.

After winning EVO 2013 and with the birth of his son, Mango announced that he would be taking a small hiatus from competitive Melee. During this period he entered tournaments primarily with secondary characters, including placing 2nd at LANHAMMER 2013 with Marth and 2nd at Pound V.5 with Marth and Captain Falcon.

At Fight Pitt 3, Mango's Fox defeated Mew2King's Marth 3-2 in Winners Finals. However, Mew2King managed to take 2 sets from Mango in Grand Finals to win the tournament, both sets 3-1.

2014: Continued Dominance and Second EVO Championship

At Apex 2014, Mango beat Fiction 2-0 in Winners Quarters but was defeated 1-3 by Dr. PeePee in Winners Semis. He then defeated Hungrybox in Losers Quarters 2-0 to reach Losers Semis against Leffen, the preeminent Fox player in Europe. Mango defeated Leffen in a riveting 3-2 set (including a 4-stock in game 5). Mango ultimately lost to Mew2King 1-3 in Losers Finals and placed 3rd.

Mango after winning MLG Anaheim 2014.

Revival of Melee 7 marked Mango's return to competitive Melee. Mango won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating Hungrybox 3-0 in winners' quarters, Darrell 3-0 in winners' semis and Mew2King 3-2 in winners' finals and 3-1 in Grand Finals. This was also the third time Mango has claimed a ROM title.

At Fight Pitt IV, Mango faced off against Mew2King in winners' finals and won 3-2. In Grand Finals, Mew2King won the first set 3-2, but Mango prevailed in the second set, winning 3-0. In the final set, Mango's Falco was able to defeat Mew2King's Marth on Final Destination in two consecutive games, a remarkable feat considering Mew2King's mastery of the Space Animal match-up on that stage.

At WHOBO MLG, Mango was upset by Hax 1-3 in winners' finals. Mango went on to defeat Hax in two sets of grand finals 6-0 using Falco to win the tournament and successfully qualify for MLG Anaheim 2014.

On May 6th, 2014, Cloud9 announced that they had signed Mango to lead their fighting games division. Mango's first tournament under this new sponsor was Get On My Level 2014, where he took 1st place, defeating Kage 2-0, KirbyKaze and Mew2King 3-0, and Hungrybox 3-2 in grand finals for the title. However, at subsequent tournaments, Mango did not perform as well. At SKTAR 3, he lost to PPMD 1-3 in winners' finals, and then was eliminated by Mew2King 1-3 in losers' finals, finishing at 3rd place overall. At Super SWEET, he was defeated by Armada 2-3 in winners' finals then eliminated by Mew2King 1-3 once again in losers' finals, with the last match being a 4-stock against him on Pokémon Stadium.

MLG Anaheim 2014 was notable for having one of the largest prize pools in Smash history at $15,000. Mango defeated PPMD in winners' semis 3-2 and Armada in winners' finals and grand finals, both sets 3-2, to claim first place.

Mango later attended CEO 2014, where he managed to defeat Mew2King 2-0 and Armada 3-1 to secure a spot in grand finals. However, CEO proved not to be a repeat of MLG Anaheim, as Armada came back in grand finals to win two sets over Mango, 0-3 and 1-3, to take the tournament.

At Kings of Cali 4, Mango defeated MacD, Fiction, and aMSa 3-0 before reaching winners' finals against Armada, where he won 3-1. He lost the first set of grand finals 0-3 to Armada, but still won the second set 3-1, placing 1st overall in singles at the tournament.

EVO 2014 had a total of 970 entrants for Melee, surpassing the record set by EVO 2013 and becoming the largest Melee tournament for over six months. In the winners' quarters pool, he defeated Axe 2-1 to make it into the top 8 via winners' bracket. He then defeated Mew2King 2-0, and Hungrybox 3-2 in both winners' finals and grand finals, to take first place.

This victory allowed Mango to become the first player to win Melee singles at EVO more than once.

In October of 2014, Mango attended The Big House 4, one of the biggest tournaments of the year. In Top 32, Mango beat The Moon 2-0 and Hax 3-1 to make Top 8. In Winners Semis, he lost 3-0 to Mew2King's Sheik. In the Loser's Bracket, he defeated his best friend Lucky 3-2, Armada 3-1, and Leffen 3-1 to reach Grand Finals versus Mew2King. Mango defeated Mew2King's Marth 3-1 in both sets of Grand Finals to claim first place. Due to this victory along with his victories at MLG Anaheim 2014 and EVO 2014, Mango was considered by many to be the world champion of Melee at the time.

2015: "The Buster"

Mango began 2015 by traveling to Sweden for B.E.A.S.T. 5. He beat Ice 3-0 in Winners Semis to advance to Winner's Finals, where he lost to Leffen 3-2, the first time Leffen had beaten him. Mango then quickly lost to Armada 3-0 to place a disappointing 3rd place.

Mango's appearance at the Apex tournament in February of 2015 was largely the role of an avenger after Leffen's highly anticipated and convincing 5-0 game win against Chillin. In response to Chillin's loss, Mango challenged Leffen claiming: "[If] we meet in bracket, we're putting one thousand on it." Leffen immediately accepted and would go on to defeat Mango's Falco with Fox in a series of hard fought matches that ended with a 3-1 game score in Leffen's favor. After the defeat, Mango defeated Yoshi main aMSa in a close 5 game set 3-2 in loser's quarters before losing to Armada 0-3 in loser's semis, netting 4th place. He also coined the "Buster" meme, claiming that he "went out like a buster" after losing to Leffen and Armada.

After his performance at Apex, Mango did not enter another major tournament until I'm Not Yelling in April. After reaching Top 8, Mango got his revenge on Leffen, beating him 3-1 and then beat Armada's Fox 3-1 as well to advance to Grand Finals. However, Armada switched to Peach and won both sets of Grand Finals by a score of 3-1.

A week later at MVG Sandstorm, Mango had one of the worst tournaments of his career. He lost 3-2 to Axe in Winner's Semis and 3-1 to Westballz for 5th place.

At Press Start in May, Mango was DQ'd from the Winner's Bracket after failing to show up to his match on time. In the Loser's Bracket, he beat Jace, Westballz, Hax, Leffen, Shroomed, Lucky, Hungrybox, Axe, and Fly Amanita twice to complete yet another amazing Loser's bracket run. He rode this momentum to win at Battle Arena Melbourne 7 in Australia, where he defeated Leffen in Winner's and Grand Finals by a score of 3-2.

Though he seemed poised for a repeat of 2013 and 2014, where he had a bad winter but a dominating summer, this would not turn out to be the case. At CEO 2015, Shroomed's Sheik defeated Mango's Fox 2-0 in Winner's Quarters. He narrowly defeated MacD 2-1 to make Top 8. The next day, he won a close nailbiter set against Plup's Sheik 3-2, then beat Hungrybox and Westballz 3-1 before losing to Armada 3-1 for a 3rd place finish.

One week before EVO, Mango attended WTFox. After beating Wizzrobe 3-1 to make Top 8, he lost to Armada by a score of 3-1. In the Loser's Bracket, he defeated Westballz 3-0, Mew2King 3-2, and Armada in a dramatic 3-2 set before being swiftly 3-0'd by Leffen to finish in 2nd place.

EVO 2015 became the second largest Melee tournament of all time, with 1869 entrants. Mango was knocked into the losers bracket in winners quarters by Plup's Sheik 1-2 in a rematch from CEO 2015, causing a major upset. He beat DruggedFox 2-0 to make it into top 8, then beat ChuDat 2-0 to face Hungrybox in losers quarters. Hungrybox ended up winning over Mango 2-1, ending Mango's EVO run at 5th place, meaning a new EVO champion would be crowned, which ended up being Armada.

At Paragon Los Angeles 2015, Mango placed first over players such as Mew2King, Hungrybox, Leffen, Plup, Axe, and Westballz. Notably, he used Falco for matchups that had caused trouble for his Fox in previous months, namely, Sheik, Marth, and Pikachu. However, a few weeks later, Mango had a catastrophic performance at HTC Throwdown, losing to DruggedFox and MacD for 17th place.

At The Big House 5, Mango reached Top 8 by defeating Abate 3-0. He lost to Hungrybox 3-1, beat Westballz 3-1, then lost to Mew2King by a score of 3-0 to get 4th place. He failed to defend his Big House title.

After this, Mango fully committed to playing only Falco. At Smash Summit, he lost to Mew2King in Winners Semis by a score of 3-0 before beating Shroomed, Plup, and Mew2King, all by a score of 3-1. He then lost to Armada in a close 3-2 set to get 2nd place.

At Dreamhack Winter 2015 however, he lost to Plup 3-2 and Westballz 3-0 to place 5th and cement 2015 as one of Mango's worst years in Smash.

2016: GENESIS 3 and the Second Place Master

The first major tournament of 2016, Genesis 3 marked the revival of one of the most prolific tournament series in Smash history. Mango came into the tournament as an underdog, as he failed to place above 3rd at any supermajor in 2015. He was upset in winners quarters by Axe 3-1 before defeating Plup 3-1 in the losers bracket to qualify for Top 8. Mango then proceeded to win the next 10 games he played, running through Nintendude 3-0, PPMD 3-0, and getting his revenge on Axe 3-0. He then defeated Hungrybox 3-2 to qualify for Grand Finals against Armada. Mango crushed Armada in the Fox ditto in the first two games, prompting Armada to switch to Peach before Mango won the first set of Grand Finals 3-1. Mango lost the 2nd set 3-1, placing the highest he had in any super major for over a year at 2nd.

As 2016 wore on, Mango continued to consistently place better than in 2015 but major tournament victories still eluded him, thanks in part to the recent dominance of Hungrybox. Mango placed 2nd to Hungrybox at PAX Arena, Battle of the Five Gods, Pound 2016, Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo, and Low Tier City 4, and defeated him once in between, taking two sets to win DreamHack Austin 2016. He added another silver medal to his collection at Get On My Level 2016, where he defeated Hungrybox in Loser's Finals but lost in Grand Finals 3-1 to Leffen.

At WTFox 2, Mango breezed through bracket playing only Marth before playing Wizzrobe in winner's semis where he won in a close game 5 set 3-2. He then faced Armada in winner's finals, where he once again brought out a Marth pick for the Final Destination match before winning the set 3-1. He then faced Armada in Grand Finals, where he cleanly swept Armada 3-0 to win his first tournament with Armada present since The Big House 4.

EVO 2016 became the largest Melee tournament of all time, with 2,372 entrants. Mango swiftly breeze through the bracket until he encountered Plup where Mango was defeated 2-1. Crusing through the losers bracket, Mango was able to swiftly 2-0 Zhu and managed to enter top 8 losers side. In top 8 losers side at the largest Melee tournament of all time, Mango was able to take down PewPewU at 2-1 and Mew2King 2-1. After his wins against Mew2King and PewPewU, Mango's losers run fell short as Hungrybox, who grew very dominant throughout early 2016, defeated Mango 2-1, placing Mango at 4th.

Mango entered The Big House 6 and swept through the entire bracket (with exception to a very close battle in winners quarters against The Moon, who he beat 3-2) up to the winners side of Top 8, where he defeated Armada 3-2 and Ice 3-0 to qualify for Grand Finals. He faced Armada once again in Grand Finals. Despite Armada resetting the bracket 3-1, he ended up winning 3-2, with very close games in both sets of Grand Finals, and once again taking the title of champion of The Big House.

2017: From Temporary Decline to Resurgence

Mango winning Royal Flush, ending Armada's 7-month winning spree.

Mango competed at GENESIS 4. He swept through pools and Top 32, 2-0ing and 3-0ing all players he faced (with the exception of Hungrybox, whom Mango surpassed with a 3-1 victory in winner's quarters). In top 8 however, he lost against Armada 3-1 and he confronted against his rival, Leffen. In a spectacular comeback, he beat Leffen 3-2, Hungrybox 3-1, and Mew2King 3-1 to move on to Grand Finals where he faced Armada once again. Nonetheless, he lost in Grand Finals against Armada in an anti-climatic, 3-0 finish.

After GENESIS, Mango's performance had notably declined throughout January to May 2017 due to his random losses and inconsistent placings. In Smash Summit Spring 2017, Mango made an embarrassing 9th place finish. Mango started out beating Ice 3-0, but he dropped to losers bracket when he lost to Plup in a 3-0 fashion. In the losers bracket, Mango lost to Axe 3-1 and finally, losing to ChuDat 3-2. At Frame Perfect Series 2, Mango made a devastating loss in top 32 where he was defeated by Drunksloth in a 3-0 fashion. In the losers bracket, he made a reverse 3-0 against King Momo but he was defeated by Kels 3-1, ending his losers run at 13th place. At Smash Rivalries, Mango made a clutch win against PewPewU 3-2 but lost once again to ChuDat in winners and to Axe 3-1 in losers. In DreamHack Austin 2017, Mango swept through pools and defeated Duck 3-2 and Leffen 3-0. However, for the third time, Mango lost to ChuDat by 3-1 and was sent to losers where he lost to Mew2King 3-1, ending his run at 4th place.

After his embarrassing losses against ChuDat and his inconsistent placings throughout early 2017, Mango made his resurgence by winning Royal Flush on Mother's Day. Mango started off strong in pools by 2-0ing players he met at pools. After pools, he swept through top 32 winners by 3-0ing Mafia and La Luna. In winner's quarters, he quickly took down MikeHaze 3-0 but lost to Armada in a close 3-2 in winner's semis. Pursuing retaliation, he made it to Grand Finals as he reverse 3-0 Shroomed, 3-0 Druggedfox, and 3-1 Hungrybox. Mango and Armada made a rematch once again in Grand Finals. Despite Armada's dominance, Mango ended up winning 3-2 twice, with very close games in both sets in Grand Finals, obtaining the title as the champion of Royal Flush. Mango also notably finished Armada's 7-month winning spree, in which Armada won every tournament he entered since The Big House 6, which he had also lost to Mango.

Since Royal Flush, Mango had maintained his consistency throughout 2017 like his notable placement at EVO 2017. EVO 2017, despite the decrease amount of entrants in comparison to its predecessor, is still one of the biggest Melee tournaments of all time, at 1428 entrants. In this tournament, Mango swiftly cruise throughout pools and top 32 winners while able to 2-0 Swedish Delight and 2-1 Prince Abu. In top 8 winner's semis, he knocked the previous EVO Champion, Hungrybox, into losers in a 2-1 victory. Nevertheless, Mango wasn't able to pass through winner's finals as his rival, Armada, was able to swiftly 3-0 Mango out of winners. Pursuing retaliation once again, he made it to Grand Finals as he eliminated Hungrybox 3-2. Mango and Armada made a rematch once again in Grand Finals. Unlike their previous rematch at Royal Flush, where their matches were extremely close, EVO's Grand Finals was merely lopsided to Armada's favor as Mango was stumped by Armada's strong dominance. Losing to Armada 3-1, Mango placed 2nd at EVO 2017.

Super Smash Con 2017 was held once again in 2017. Mango finished phase 1 and phase 2 pools, defeating Crush 3-1. Throughout winners, he first faced Axe; after taking a game against Axe, Mango and Axe did the unexpected and switched from their mains to their secondaries: Mango as Mario and Axe as Young Link. In a close match, Axe's Young Link clutched the game against the former Scorpion Master. After Axe took the game, the two competitors switched back to their mains where Mango defeated Axe in a close 3-2. Riding the winners bracket into top 8, Mango defeated Mew2King 3-1, Plup 3-2 and made it to Grand Finals. During Grand Finals, Mango swiftly 3-0 Mew2King and was declared as the champion of Super Smash Con 2017, maintaining his title from the previous year.

At Shine 2017, Mango swept through top 96 and defeated Captain Smuckers 3-0, PewPewU 3-2, and finally defeated ChuDat 3-1, heading to top 8 winners. In top 8 winners, Mango defeated Plup 3-0 but lost to Hungrybox 3-1, forcing Mango to be sent to losers. In loser's finals, Mango made a convincing 3-0 against S2J. On Grand Finals, Mango was defeated by Hungrybox in a close 3-2 set. Unable to reset Grand Finals and losing to Hungrybox, Mango secured his placement at 2nd.

During top 32 winners of DreamHack Denver 2017, Mango defeated NMW 3-0, and ChuDat 3-1. Into top 8, Mango defeated Axe 3-1 while losing one game as Mario. However, Mango lost to Hungrybox 3-2 and was sent to losers bracket. In Loser's Finals, Mango defeated Axe 3-0 while getting vengeance with Mario in the set. In Grand Finals, Hungrybox defeated Mango 3-1, securing Mango's spot as 2nd place.

The Big House 7 was a profound tournament in 2017. In top 64, Mango was capable to run through winners while able to defeat Professor Pro and Shroomed but was quickly stopped by Leffen with a 3-0 loss. Throughout loser's top 16, Mango eliminated Crush 3-1 and Wizzrobe 3-1. After Mango had defeated Wizzrobe, the two "Non-Gods", Leffen and Plup, were able to defeat Hungrybox and Armada. The latter, Plup, became the second person to defeat all "Gods", with Plup beating Armada 3-1, earning his status as a "God-Slayer". This marks the first tournament ever where there is not one single "God" at Winner's Finals since the Era of the Five Gods (with Leffen and Plup, the God-Slayers, earning their spots in Winner's Finals by eliminating the four competing Gods). Coincidentally, all of the "Gods" with the exception of PPMD (who is currently inactive), made it in and competed against each other in top 6 loser's bracket. Mango unfortunately lost to Armada 3-1 in losers' quarters, securing a 5th place finish.

2018: Inconsistency against Top Players and Slight Decline

At GENESIS 5, Mango breezed through most of Top 32, before falling to Plup 2-3 in Winners Quarter-Final. He then preceded to eliminate Wizzrobe and Axe before losing to Leffen 2-3, placing 5th. His next tournament was The Mango, a tournament that he had helped organize; despite this, Mango chose to sandbag and played Captain Falcon, losing to Kalamazhu and Glitch, placing 17th. Mango then went to Full Bloom 4, where he blew through top 32, defeating Duck and aMSa, before being destroyed by Leffen 3-0. He then preceded to eliminate SFAT, Wizzrobe, and win his dominant rematch with Leffen 3-0 to make it to Grand Finals, where he lost to Hungrybox 3-1, placing 2nd.

For the sixth time in a row, Mango was invited to Smash Summit 6. During pools, Mango pulled off an impressive run by defeating everyone in his pool, including Armada and Hungrybox with Falco (the first time either had lost a full set to Falco in years), while making it to the winner's side of bracket. However, Mango then lost to Zain 2-3 and, later, to Hungrybox 3-1, placing 7th. In doubles, Mango teamed with SFAT, defeating n0ne/Wizzrobe, Mew2King/Plup, and Armada/Leffen to make it to Grand Finals. However, they were then double-eliminated by Armada/Leffen 2-3 and 3-0, placing 2nd.

At Smash 'N' Splash 4, Mango swept through his pool and most of Top 64 until he was sent to Loser's Bracket by Mew2King 2-3. In Loser's, he defeated Wizzrobe before losing to Zain 0-3, placing 7th. At his next tournament, Low Tier City 6, Mango was upset by ARMY 2-3 in Top 64. He then preceded to defeat Tai and AbsentPage 3-1 and 3-0, respectively, before losing to Armada 1-3, placing 5th. Mango similarly placed 5th at EVO 2018, making it to Winner's Top 8 but losing to both Plup and Armada 0-2. Despite his consistent results, Mango was inconsistent against top players; furthermore, he had only made it to Grand Finals once at that point, while failing to win a tournament. As such, Mango dropped to 6th on the first Melee PGR.

At Super Smash Con 2018, Mango lost to Flipsy in Phase 2. He then subsequently dropped out of the tournament, citing that he was too tired, and placed 65th; not only did he fail to defend his title from last year, but it was also his lowest placement to date. This caused a lot of backlash from his fans, who threatened to unsubscribe from his Twitch channel; Mango then preceded to say that he had spent a lot of time streaming and taking care of a family, while telling the haters that "they couldn't make it in sandals." Thankfully, Mango was able to perform significantly better at Shine 2018. In Top 8, Mango was able to defeat Plup's Fox 3-1 before losing to Zain 2-3 and Hungrybox 0-3, placing 3rd.

Mango's next tournament was The Big House 8, where he stormed through to Winner's Top 8 without dropping a game. In Winner's Semis he met Leffen; there they had a close and intense set, but Mango ultimately triumphed 3-1. Mango advanced to face Hungrybox in Winner's Finals and lost 0-3, notably bringing out his Fox for the first time in tournament since he had met Hungrybox seven months earlier at Full Bloom 4. He then played Plup in Loser's Finals, switching back to Falco, but fell 0-3 once more. Losing 0-6 to MPGR's #1 and #2 players, Mango was out at 3rd, ending his legacy of even-numbered Big House victories.

2019: Breaking the Dry Streak and Further Inconsistency

At GENESIS 6, Mango was upset in pools by Magi, but managed to make a big loser's run until being 3-0'd by aMSa, placing 5th. His next tournament was Pound 2019, where he finally beat Hungrybox again, and proceeded to beat Plup in Winner's Finals to enter Grand Finals through winner's, looking poised to finally take a major after over a year. However, he lost 2 heartbreaking sets to Hungrybox in Grands to get 2nd.

At Get On My Level 2019, despite nearly losing to Swedish Delight early, he pulled out in a Game 5 last hit set, proceed to 3-0 SFAT, then dominated Leffen in Winner's Finals 3-0, including a 4-stock game 1. Again, Mango found himself in Grands. This time, he dispatched of his adversary Axe convincingly, 3-stocking him in Game 5 to claim his first major victory in almost 2 years.

However, at Smash 'N' Splash 5, Mango was sent to loser's early by aMSa again, and was 3-1'd by Leffen in top 8 loser's, getting just 7th. His next tournament was Smash Summit 8, where he looked strong in pools, emerging 3-0 and the 1st seed after swiss, notably defeating former demon Zain as well as Plup. However, he was immediately sent to loser's by Axe, where he was defeated by rising star iBDW, placing him 9th, his first finish outside of top 8 since Smash Summit Spring 2017. Despite a major victory, his continued inconsistency had him repeat his previous ranking at 5th on the Summer 2019 Melee PGR.

Mango's summer would prove equally disappointing. At Low Tier City 7, Mango would fall to his old demon Zain again, before being eliminated in 4th by Hungrybox. At Super Smash Con 2019, Mango would lose again to Zain, pitting him against his new demon aMSa. After losing games 1 and 3, he switched to Fox to win game 4, but was defeated in game 5, giving him his 3rd loss to aMSa this year and placing him at 9th, outside of top 8 yet again. At Smash Camp: End of Summer, Mango lost to Zain for the 3rd tournament in a row, before being dispatched by Spark, getting 5th place. Then, at arguably his most disappointing tournament this year, Mango would lose to ARMY at Mainstage, and would be beaten by his long time friend Lucky for the first time ever in tournament, getting just 13th. At this point, Mango looked like a shell of his former self, having failed to win, or even place top 3, all summer and losing to a multitude of different players and characters.

Going into The Big House 9, Mango was seeded just 6th due to his paltry recent results. He started strong, defeating Fiction before losing to Leffen in Winner's Semis, pitting him against Hungrybox for 5th. However, Mango shocked the world by coming out strong, 3-1'ing the #1 player and eliminating Hungrybox at 5th. Next, he faced Fiction in a runback from Winner's, and although Fiction looked strong, being up 2-1, Mango took game 4 and narrowly won a nail-biter game 5 set where he made an amazing comeback. In Loser's Finals, he again faced Leffen, who also went up 2-1 before Mango narrowly won game 4 and then pulled away in game 5 to reach Grands against his demon Zain. There, in 2 back-and-forth game 5 sets, Mango pulled out the victory, breaking the dry spell and claiming his 4th Big House in an emphatic fashion.

At Rising Stars at EGLX 2019, Mango would lose to 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, Mango 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 Melee PGR Mango was ranked 3rd, barely edged out of 2nd by Leffen, whose consistency across the entire year was valued slightly higher than Mango's peaks.

2020: The Switch to Online Play

At GENESIS 7, Mango defeated his 2019 demon aMSa as well as Leffen before losing to Zain, and was eliminated by Hungrybox for 3rd place. Mango's final in-person tournament of the year was Smash Summit 9, where he dropped sets to Hungrybox and Plup to again finish 3rd. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the suspension of in-person tournaments, Mango 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. Zain emerged as Mango'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.

Mango closed out the year by dominantly winning Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3, dropping only 3 games the entire tournament. Despite the absence of any 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 Mango and Zain widely considered to be the top 2 North American players.

Playstyle

With Fox, Mango is known for his excellent neutral game, featuring incredible dash-dancing, aggressive running shine cross-ups, and running shield mix-ups. With Falco, Mango is known for creativity, excellent use of crouch cancels and shine out-of-shield to start combos and an unparalleled ability to dominate otherwise amazing players when the crowd is behind him. Mango is known for having world-class DI, great recovery, as well as reading and reacting to his opponent's poor choices.

Mango is also capable of playing many characters at a very high level, including Mario, Jigglypuff, Falcon, and Marth. He often has demonstrated (and pointed out himself) that his Jigglypuff in particular still influences his usage of aerial movement with his other characters in tournament, such as in this moment during GOML 2016. Mango will play Falcon occasionally for styling or when playing a ditto match. An infamous set where he played Falcon and Marth against Hax, who had recently changed to Fox, was in Winner's Quarterfinals at The Big House 4. Mango won the set 3-1 and had a notably memetic play where he walked up slowly and down smashed for a KO. After that, he closed out the last two games of the set with Marth, which he rarely used in tournaments at the time.

However, Mango's performance can be wildly inconsistent, as seen with his 17th placing at HTC Throwdown. His unorthodox and usually unsafe approach to the game has led to several upsets from lower ranked players, such as Westballz, MacD, DruggedFox, Axe, Hax, and Wobbles. He has since worked on mixing in defense and zoning along with his signature aggressive style, which had seen some success against Hungrybox and Armada.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner	Earnings
Pomona Tournament 2/4	February 4th, 2007	7th	1st	HugS
Westminster Biweekly 2/17	February 17th, 2007	13th	3rd	Lucky
Just Smash 3	February 24th, 2007	2nd	1st	DSF
Westminster Biweekly 3/3	March 3rd, 2007	2nd	4th	Lucky
UCLA Monthlies II	March 24th, 2007	9th	4th	Lucky
Super Smash Royale III	April 28th, 2007	5th	5th	Lucky
UCLA Monthlies III	May 26th, 2007	4th	7th	Lucky
Zero Challenge 3	July 20th-22nd, 2007	25th	5th	Lucky
EVO West	July 27th-29th, 2007	7th	—	—
EVO World 2007	August 24th-26th, 2007	3rd	—	—	$1,000
Super Champ Combo	September 29th-30th, 2007	3rd	3rd	Lucky	$400
Southern Arizona Smash Tournament 2	October 13th, 2007	1st	1st	Lucky
UCLA Monthlies IV: The Return	December 1st, 2007	1st (Split)	1st	Lucky	$240
SoCal Best of 2007	December 29th, 2007	1st (Split)	1st	Lucky
UCSD Winter Smash II	January 12th-13th, 2008	1st	1st	Lucky	$876
Pound 3	February 2nd-3rd, 2008	1st	2nd	Forward
UCLA Monthlies V: Melee Strikes Back	March 1st, 2008	5th	1st	Lucky
Triweekly XIX	June 1st, 2008	1st	1st	Tofu
UCLA VII: Avalanche	November 9th, 2008	1st	2nd	Romeo
SCSA West Coast Circuit	December 6th, 2008	1st	1st	PsychoMidget	$132
West Coast Smash League	December 20th-21st, 2008	1st	1st	PsychoMidget
SCSA West Coast Circuit #2	January 31st, 2009	1st	1st	Lucky	$175
Quakfest 14: It's Dark And Effing Cold	February 7th, 2009	1st	5th	P
UCLA Revival	February 15th, 2009	1st	2nd	Tofu
Revival of Melee	March 7th-8th, 2009	1st	1st	PC Chris	$675
Mango Juice	March 21st, 2009	1st	1st	Lucky	$717
SCSA West Coast Circuit #3	March 28th, 2009	1st	1st	Soid	$105
CGC @ SFSU VII	April 4th, 2009	1st	1st	Lucky	$147
Smashpocalypse VII	April 18th, 2009	1st	4th	JFox
Mass Madness 15	April 18th-19th, 2009	2nd	2nd	G$
Event 52: MWC	May 23rd-24th, 2009	1st	1st	G$	$675
SCSA West Coast Circuit #4	May 30th, 2009	1st	1st	Lucky	$249
Mass Madness 16: Mango Madness	June 13th-14th, 2009	1st	1st	G$
Gigabits Freedom to Melee	June 27th, 2009	1st	1st	Lucky
GENESIS	July 10th-12th, 2009	1st	3rd	Lucky	$2,280
SMYM 10	August 1st, 2009	1st	1st	G$
S.N.E.S.	August 21st-23rd, 2009	1st	1st	Darc
Active Gamers	September 26th-27th, 2009	1st	1st	Lucky	$1,000
CGC @ SFSU XII	October 10th, 2009	1st	7th	Lucky	$150
Pat's House	November 14th-15th, 2009	1st	1st	G$	$932
Revival of Melee 2	November 21st-22nd, 2009	4th	1st	Lucky	$80
Winterfest	December 18th-20th, 2009	1st	1st	G$	$637
Pound 4	January 16th-18th, 2010	1st	1st	Lucky
SCSA West Coast Circuit #5	January 30th, 2010	1st	2nd	Alex19
2GG Presents: Champ's Biweekly	February 27th, 2010	1st	1st	Alex19
NCT & 2GG Presents: Nice Shot Hugo	March 27th, 2010	33rd	7th	Alex19
TourneyPlay #5	May 8th-9th, 2010	2nd	3rd	Alex19	$78
Grev Monthly IX	June 27th-28th, 2010	1st	1st	PsychoMidget	$96
Grev Monthly X	July 17th, 2010	2nd	1st	PsychoMidget	$52
Good Shit German	July 24th, 2010	2nd	2nd	Alex19	$252
Apex 2010	August 6th-8th, 2010	25th	1st	Lucky
Revival of Melee 3	November 20th-21st, 2010	9th	1st	Lucky
2GG Battle Frontier	December 11th, 2010	1st	?	?
Don't Go Down There Jeff	December 18th-19th, 2010	5th	1st	Lucky
Winter Game Fest VI	January 22nd-23rd, 2011	2nd	2nd	Alex19	$300
Pound V	February 19th-21st, 2011	17th	2nd	G$
2GG Tatsumaki IV	March 26th, 2011	2nd	2nd	Alex19
2GG 1.4	May 7th, 2011	1st	1st	Lucky
Zenith 2011	May 28th-29th, 2011	—	2nd	G$
Grev Monthly XIV	July 2nd, 2011	1st	—	—
GENESIS 2	July 15th-17th, 2011	2nd	1st	Lucky	$1,698
No Johns Bi-weekly	September 3rd, 2011	3rd	1st	milktea
Battle Arena Melbourne 3	October 2nd, 2011	1st	1st	Redact
Sudden Death IV	November 5th, 2011	2nd	2nd	Hazz	$84
Revival of Melee 4	November 19th-20th, 2011	1st	2nd	G$	$1,100
Apex 2012	January 6th-8th, 2012	3rd	4th	G$	$804
UCSB: Another Melee Tournament	May 12th, 2012	1st	2nd	Westballz
IMPULSE	June 30th-July 1st, 2012	1st	1st	PPMD	$383
Rule 6: NorCal Regional	July 29th, 2012	1st	2nd	Lucky	$450
MELEE-FC10R Legacy	August 12th-14th, 2012	1st	1st	DoH	$1,000
Rule 6 August	August 25th, 2012	1st	1st	SFAT	$135
O.X.Y: The Documentary?!	September 23rd, 2012	1st	—	—	$69
The Big House 2	October 6th-7th, 2012	1st	1st	SFAT	$684
Kings of Cali	November 10th, 2012	2nd	1st	Lucky	$228
Rule 6 January	January 6th, 2013	1st	1st	S2J	$147
Apex 2013	January 11th-13th, 2013	4th	4th	DoH	$392
SWEET IX: Winter Opener	January 19th, 2013	1st	1st	Slarty	$303
B.E.A.S.T 3	April 3rd-7th, 2013	1st	1st	Scar	$4,450
Kings of Cali 2	April 13th-14th, 2013	1st	2nd	Scar	$432
NorCal Regionals 2013	April 26th, 2013	2nd	1st	Scar	$146
Vindication	May 11th, 2013	1st	2nd	S2J	$461
Zenith 2013	June 1st-2nd, 2013	1st	4th	Scar	$630
IMPULSE 2013	June 15th-16th, 2013	1st	1st	Unknown522	$393
EVO 2013	July 12th-14th, 2013	1st	2nd	Lucky	$3,205
Super Smash Sundays 1	August 11th, 2013	1st	1st	Tafokints	$264
LanHammer 2013	August 17th-18th, 2013	2nd	—	—	$450
Super Smash Sundays 3	September 8th, 2013	5th	3rd	Scar
The Shape of Melee to Come 2	September 14th, 2013	1st	1st	Juggleguy
Pound V.5	November 9th, 2013	2nd	1st	Mew2King
Fight Pitt III	November 23rd, 2013	2nd	3rd	Lauren	$330
The Shape of Melee to Come 3	December 21st, 2013	5th	2nd	Lauren	$36
SWEET XIII	January 11th, 2014	1st	1st	Carroll	$454
Apex 2014	January 17th-19th, 2014	3rd	2nd	Lucky	$1,152
Y-Town Throwdown I	February 8th, 2014	1st	1st	Abate	$506
Goast House March	March 2nd, 2014	2nd	2nd	Lauren
Revival of Melee 7	March 8th-9th, 2014	1st	5th	Hazz	$847
Fight Pitt IV	April 19th, 2014	1st	1st	Mew2King	$696
WHOBO MLG	May 3rd-4th, 2014	1st	1st	Hax	$306
Get On My Level 2014	May 10th-11th, 2014	1st	2nd	Toph	$1,091
A New Hope	May 24th, 2014	1st	1st	Beegs
SKTAR 3	May 31st-June 1st, 2014	3rd	2nd	PPMD	$284
Super SWEET	June 7th-8th, 2014	3rd	2nd	Scar	$240
MLG Anaheim 2014	June 20th-22nd, 2014	1st	2nd	Lucky	$5,000
CEO 2014	June 27th-29th, 2014	2nd	—	—	$548
Kings of Cali 4	July 5th-6th, 2014	1st	3rd	Scar	$930
EVO 2014	July 11th-13th, 2014	1st	7th	Lucky	$5,820
Carroll Fest 5	August 16th, 2014	1st	1st	Juggleguy	$463
Smash the Record	August 22nd-25th, 2014	3rd	2nd	Colbol
The Shape of Melee to Come 5	September 27th, 2014	2nd	—	—	$200
The Big House 4	October 4th-5th, 2014	1st	9th	Scar	$2,280
Super Smash Sundays 28	October 26th, 2014	33rd	—	—
Do You Fox Wit It?	November 15th-16th, 2014	—	2nd	Lucky
B.E.A.S.T 5	January 9th-11th, 2015	3rd	3rd	Baxon	$594
Apex 2015	January 30th-February 1st, 2015	4th	5th	Lucky	$1,807
Mayhem April 2015	April 4th, 2015	1st	—	—	$440
I'm Not Yelling!	April 11th-12th, 2015	2nd	4th	Lucky	$1,187
MVG Sandstorm	April 18th-19th, 2015	5th	33rd	HugS	$173
Mayhem May 2015	May 2nd, 2015	1st	—	—	$335
Press Start	May 9th-10th, 2015	1st	3rd	Lucky	$2,500
Battle Arena Melbourne 7	May 24th, 2015	1st	9th	Meredy	$1,866
Mayhem June 2015	June 6th, 2015	2nd	—	—	$352.50
CEO 2015	June 26th-28th, 2015	3rd	5th	S2J	$783
WTFox	July 10th-11th, 2015	2nd	2nd	Leffen	$610
EVO 2015	July 17th-19th, 2015	5th	9th	Lucky	$373
Paragon Los Angeles 2015	September 5th-6th, 2015	1st	—	—	$2,988
HTC Throwdown	September 19th, 2015	17th	4th	Lucky
The Big House 5	October 2nd-4th, 2015	4th	65th	Alex19	$1,453
Smash Summit	November 5th-8th, 2015	2nd	3rd	Lucky	$5,927
DreamHack Winter 2015	November 26th-29th, 2015	5th	4th	S2J	$600
GENESIS 3	January 15th-17th, 2016	2nd	129th	S2J	$4,376
PAX Arena	January 29th-31st, 2016	2nd	3rd	S2J	$875
Battle of the Five Gods	March 17th-19th, 2016	2nd	—	—	$5,000
Pound 2016	April 2nd-3rd, 2016	2nd	—	—	$3,499
Smash Summit 2	April 20th-24th, 2016	4th	3rd	S2J	$1,944
Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo	April 29th-May 1st, 2016	2nd	3rd	Duck	$1,506
DreamHack Austin 2016	May 5th-May 8th, 2016	1st	—	—	$4,700
Get On My Level 2016	May 20th-22nd, 2016	2nd	2nd	Lucky	$1,539
Low Tier City 4	June 18th-19th, 2016	2nd	1st	Lucky	$1,273
WTFox 2	July 1st-3rd, 2016	1st	—	—	$4,081
EVO 2016	July 15th-17th, 2016	4th	—	—	$948
Clutch City Clash	August 6th-7th, 2016	3rd	—	—	$558
Super Smash Con 2016	August 11th-14th, 2016	1st	2nd	S2J	$5,170
Shine 2016	August 26th-28th, 2016	3rd	—	—	$994
The Big House 6	October 7th-9th, 2016	1st	—	—	$6,252
Smash Summit 3	November 3rd-6th, 2016	4th	4th	S2J	$1,620
DreamHack Winter 2016	November 24th-27th, 2016	4th	—	—	$1,500
UGC Smash Open	December 2nd-4th, 2016	13th	—	—	$89
GENESIS 4	January 20th-22nd, 2017	2nd	—	—	$3,408
Smash Summit Spring 2017	March 2nd-5th, 2017	9th	3rd	Lucky	$1,028
Frame Perfect Series 2	March 17th-19th, 2017	13th	—	—
Smash Rivalries	April 8th-9th, 2017	7th	1st	Lucky	$100
DreamHack Austin 2017	April 28th-30th, 2017	4th	1st	SFAT	$700
Royal Flush	May 12th-14th, 2017	1st	9th	Lucky	$3,324
Smash 'N' Splash 3	June 2nd-4th, 2017	5th	—	—	$674
EVO 2017	July 14th-16th, 2017	2nd	—	—	$2,870
Super Smash Con 2017	August 10th-13th, 2017	1st	—	—	$4,914
Shine 2017	August 25th-27th, 2017	2nd	2nd	Mew2King
The Big House 7	October 6th-8th, 2017	5th	—	—	$761
DreamHack Denver 2017	October 20th-22nd, 2017	2nd	—	—	$2,000
Smash Summit 5	November 2nd-5th, 2017	4th	5th	S2J	$6,281.85
Super FamiCon 2017	November 17th-19th, 2017	7th	2nd	n0ne
GENESIS 5	January 19th-21st, 2018	5th	—	—	$367
The Mango	March 18th, 2018	17th	—	—
Full Bloom 4	March 24th-25th, 2018	2nd	—	—	$1,085
Smash Summit 6	May 3rd-6th, 2018	7th	2nd	SFAT	$660
Smash 'N' Splash 4	June 1st-3rd, 2018	7th	3rd	Mew2King	$356
Low Tier City 6	July 27th-29th, 2018	5th	—	—
EVO 2018	August 3rd-5th, 2018	5th	—	—	$270.60
Super Smash Con 2018	August 9th-12th, 2018	65th	—	—
Shine 2018	August 24th-26th, 2018	3rd	—	—
The Big House 8	October 5th-7th, 2018	3rd	—	—	$1,238.40
GameTyrant Expo 2018	November 2nd-4th, 2018	2nd	—	—
The Mang0: Homecoming	November 10th-11th, 2018	65th	—	—
Smash Summit 7	November 15th-18th, 2018	3rd	5th	Leffen	$6,149
GENESIS 6	February 1st-3rd, 2019	5th	—	—
Pound 2019	April 19th-21st, 2019	2nd	—	—	$1,623
Get On My Level 2019	May 17th-19th, 2019	1st	—	—	$2,520
Smash 'N' Splash 5	May 31st-June 2nd, 2019	7th	—	—
Smash Summit 8	June 13th-17th, 2019	9th	1st	S2J	$789
Low Tier City 7	July 12th-14th, 2019	4th	—	—
Super Smash Con 2019	August 8th-11th, 2019	9th	—	—	$42
Smash Camp: End of Summer	September 14th-15th, 2019	5th	—	—
Mainstage	September 20th-22nd, 2019	13th	—	—
The Big House 9	October 4th-6th, 2019	1st	—	—	$3,636
Rising Stars at EGLX 2019	October 18th-20th, 2019	5th	—	—	$500.50
Mango's Birthday Bash	December 7th-8th, 2019	1st	1st	Plup	$3,000
GENESIS 7	January 24th-26th, 2020	3rd	9th	Lucky	$494
Smash Summit 9	February 13th-16th, 2020	3rd	—	—	$9,016
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 2	July 25th-26th, 2020	2nd	—	—	$4,000.16
THE CLG MIXUP	September 26th, 2020	1st	—	—	$800
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 1	October 11th, 2020	1st	—	—	$1,600
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 2	October 18th, 2020	3rd	—	—	$400
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 3	October 25th, 2020	5th	—	—	$250
Slippi Champions League - Season 1 Week 4	October 31st, 2020	5th	—	—	$250
Smash Summit 10 Online	November 19th-22nd, 2020	2nd	—	—	$2,302.65
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 3	December 19th-20th, 2020	1st	—	—
Four Loko Fight Night	March 6th-7th, 2021	9th	—	—
Summit Champions League - Season 2 Week 1	April 11th, 2021	1st	—	—	$640
Summit Champions League - Season 2 Week 2	April 18th, 2021	2nd	—	—	$320
Summit Champions League - Season 2 Week 3	May 2nd, 2021	3rd	—	—	$160
Summit Champions League - Season 2 Week 4	May 9th, 2021	2nd	—	—	$1,000
Netplay for Palestine	May 21st, 2021	—	7th	null
Smash Summit 11	July 15th-18th, 2021	1st	—	—	$46,611.60
Smash Summit 12	December 9th-12th, 2021	2nd	—	—
Ludwig Ahgren Championship Series 4	January 29th-30th, 2022	2nd	—	—	$5,400
GENESIS 8	April 15th-17th, 2022	9th	—	—
Pound 2022	April 22nd-24th, 2022	13th	—	—
Smash Summit 13	May 12th-15th, 2022	9th	—	—
Get On My Level 2022	July 1st-3rd, 2022	5th	—	—
Phantom 2022	July 16th-17th, 2022	3rd	—	—
Wavedash 2022	August 6th-7th, 2022	4th	—	—
Super Smash Con 2022	August 11th-14th, 2022	1st	—	—	$3,208
Shine 2022	August 26th-28th, 2022	5th	—	—	$356
Lost Tech City 2022	September 30th-October 2nd, 2022	1st	2nd	SFAT
The Big House 10	October 7th-9th, 2022	2nd	—	—	$3,964
Ludwig Smash Invitational	October 21st-23rd, 2022	7th	—	—	$2,100
Smash Summit 14	November 3rd-6th, 2022	1st	—	—	$15,930
Mainstage 2022	December 2nd-4th, 2022	1st	—	—
Scuffed World Tour	December 18th, 2022	3rd	—	—
GENESIS 9	January 20th-22nd, 2023	97th	3rd	aMSa
Battle of BC 5	May 19th-21st, 2023	9th	—	—
Tipped Off 14: Resurgence	June 3rd-4th, 2023	2nd / 344	—	—

Project M

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
The Big House 2	October 6th-7th, 2012	2nd	—	—
B.E.A.S.T 3	April 3rd-7th, 2013	2nd	—	—
IMPULSE 2013	June 15th-16th, 2013	1st	—	—
Pound V.5	November 9th, 2013	3rd	—	—
WHOBO MLG	May 3rd-4th, 2014	3rd	—	—
SKTAR 3	May 31st-June 1st, 2014	33rd	—	—
Super SWEET	June 7th-8th, 2014	5th	—	—
CEO 2014	June 27th-29th, 2014	17th	—	—
The Big House 4	October 4th-5th, 2014	33rd	—	—
B.E.A.S.T 5	January 9th-11th, 2015	1st	—	—
Battle Arena Melbourne 7	May 22nd-24th, 2015	2nd	—	—
Low Tier City 4	June 18th-19th, 2016	—	9th	Lucky

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Get On My Level 2014	May 10th-11th, 2014	25th	—	—

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Tournament	Date	1v1 placement	2v2 placement	Partner
Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018	June 12th, 2018	4th	—	—
GENESIS 6	February 1st-3rd, 2019	193rd	—	—
Ultimate Nimbus	March 3rd, 2019	33rd	—	—
Smash Ultimate Summit	March 8th-10th, 2019	13th	—	—
Low Tide City 2021	October 1st-3rd, 2021	513th	—	—

Controversy and public image

Despite being known as one of the most skilled Melee players ever, and a consistent crowd favorite, Mango has been the center of a handful of controversial situations earlier on in his career. Such situations usually concern his divisive style of humor, or the sometimes abrasive and brief delivery of comments and criticism to others.

The most notorious example of this is his reddit AMA created after his EVO 2013 win. Many observers criticized Mango's responses for lacking substance, as well as proper grammar, and the thread exploded when Hungrybox wrote a lengthy comment criticizing Mango's allegedly poor treatment and respect of him. Mango's response became one of the most downvoted reddit comments of all time, and following the AMA, many criticized Mango for creating a negative image of Melee and being a poor representative of the community.

However, Mango would later take part in a follow-up interview with Hungrybox conducted by Melee It On Me, where they cleared up their misunderstandings. Additionally, after Mango established himself as a popular Twitch streamer, he has since been seen more favorably by both outside observers and individuals in the Melee community who disliked him in the past, due to his improved conduct compared to his 2007-2013 self. Both Hungrybox and Mango himself have established as late as April 2019 on their respective Twitch streams that they no longer have any animosity towards each other.

During the EVO 2015 awards ceremony, Mango threw his fifth place medal into the crowd, and gave a thumbs-down as Hungrybox received his second-place medal, causing many spectators to boo him. While some argue that his medal-throwing was unsportsmanlike, and done out of Mango's disappointment at not capturing first place, others believe that the gesture was done out of respect for his fans. Mango has since thrown his medal several more times at major tournaments, including after placing 1st at Get On My Level 2019.

Trivia

• Mango is the only player to have competed at every Smash Summit for Melee. Despite this fact, Mango was unable to win any of the Summits until Smash Summit 11 in 2021, almost 6 years after the tournament’s creation.
• Mango's son, born October 14th, 2013, has his middle name taken from Mango's gamertag; his full name is Joseph Mango Marquez. He is also referred to as "Jojo".
• At HTC Throwdown, Mango placed 17th. This was his lowest placing at a national since he had sandbagged as Scorpion Master over 5 years earlier. He was upset by Druggedfox and MacD, who both beat him 2-1. Due to this poor placement, he jokingly insists that he only flew to San Francisco that weekend specifically to guest star in episode 5 of the "Scar and Toph Show", and smashers used various nicknames for Mango such as "Mango17" (in reference to Alex19) or simply threw around the number whenever his HTC Throwdown placement is mentioned or alluded to in a Twitch broadcast.
  • At UGC Smash Open, he placed 13th, losing to MikeHaze and getting eliminated by Mew2King
  • MVG Sandstorm, EVO 2015, and DreamHack Winter 2015 marked his next worst placements at 5th each, losing to Axe 2-3 and Westballz 1-3 at MVG Sandstorm, losing to Plup 1-2 and Hungrybox 1-2 at EVO 2015, and losing to Plup 2-3 and Westballz 0-3 at DreamHack Winter 2015.
    • These relatively poor performances in 2015 and 2016 have elicited the term "buster", which is usually used in the Smash community to describe someone who has underperformed at any given event (severely or otherwise). Mango once famously said at Apex 2015: "Life is this crazy, mystical thing, and sometimes, you just go out like a buster." One of Mango's Twitch subscription emotes uses the face of Buster, the bunny from the cartoon Arthur, wearing a pair of sunglasses to reference the term (coincidentally, the emote was also created the week before Apex 2015 began).
• Mango has a well-known penchant for throwing objects (most commonly medals) at tournament crowds during awards ceremonies.
  • From 2013 to 2015, Mango has thrown something towards the crowd at EVO.
    • He threw his shirt in 2013 after beating Armada in losers semis.
    • He threw his hat in 2014 after beating Hungrybox in grand finals.
    • He threw his 5th place medal in 2015 right after receiving it during the awards ceremony, which he did not initially show up for.
  • At GENESIS 4, he threw his 2nd place medal towards the crowd right after receiving it during the award ceremony.
  • At GOML 2019, he threw his 1st place medal towards the crowd.
  • At Low Tier City 7, he threw his 4th place medal towards the crowd.
  • At GENESIS 7, he threw his 3rd place medal towards the crowd.
  • At Phantom 2022, he threw his 3rd place medal towards the crowd.
• Mango is well-known for disliking the Fox mirror match in Melee, instead using primarily Falco against Fox players. However, after losing losers finals of CEO 2015 against Armada due to losing the first game in Fox dittos and not being well versed in the Falco/Peach matchup, he eventually decided to learn how to fight other Fox players with his own Fox, and has since defeated Armada in the Fox ditto at WTFox in losers finals, GENESIS 3 in grand finals, and Battle of the Five Gods (albeit only in the first game in the first case). In terms of Fox ditto games, he leads against Armada (8-3) between CEO 2015 and WTFOX 2.
  • In relation to these victories, Mango has popularized the use of the title "master", not using it to actually describe his mastery at any particular thing, but rather to denote something he has done before or to boost his confidence in doing that action; in this case, it would be Fox dittos, in which he would call himself the "Fox ditto master" despite still disliking the matchup. Mango sometimes jokingly claims he is the "shield drop master."
• Mango stated that the reason he decided to main Jigglypuff is because he was inspired from watching The King's combo videos.
• Mango lost $1,000 in a match against Leffen at winners' semis of Apex 2015, tying for the biggest loss of money in a single set, alongside SFAT and Tian. Mango would go on to lose a $1,000 bet against Leffen, on a losers quarter-finals set at The Kid, the Goat, the Mang0, between Lucky and Swedish Delight, where Mango bet on Lucky.
• Curiously, Mango won every Melee singles tournament falling on Mother's Day weekend that he played in from 2011-2017, those tournaments being 2GG 1.4 (2011), UCSB: Another Melee Tournament (2012), Vindication (2013), Get On My Level 2014, Press Start (2015), DreamHack Austin 2016, and Royal Flush (2017).
• While Mango has never entered Smash 4 tournaments, he did make a notable guest appearance at 2GGC: Civil War.
• At one point, Mango was both the youngest player and the oldest player to win a major Melee tournament: Pound 3 at 16 years and 2 months old, and Lost Tech City 2022 at 30 years and 9 months old. The latter feat stood until aMSa won The Big House 10 at the age of 30 years and 11 months.
• Mango is the only player alongside Hungrybox to have won a major Melee tournament in three different decades (Pound 3 in 2008, Pound 4 in 2010, and Smash Summit 11 in 2021).
• Throughout his entire career, Mango has never missed Top 8 for more than three Melee tournaments he attended in a row until 2022 (9th at GENESIS 8, 13th at Pound 2022, 9th at Smash Summit 13).

Gameplay videos

Super Smash Bros. Melee

• MLG Anaheim Winners Semis - Mango vs PPMD
• MLG Anaheim Grand Finals - Mango vs Armada
• EVO 2014 SSBM Winners Semis - Mew2King vs Mango
• EVO 2014 SSBM Grand Finals - Mango vs Hungrybox
• GENESIS 3 - {A}rmada (Fox/Peach) vs C9.Mang0 (Fox) - SSBM - Grand Finals
• SSC 2016 SSBM - C9 Mango (Fox) Vs. Liquid` Hungrybox (Jigglypuff) - Melee Grand Finals
• TBH6 SSBM - C9 | Mango (Fox) Vs. {A}rmada (Peach) - Smash Melee Grand Finals
• Genesis 4 SSBM - TSM RB | Leffen (Fox) Vs. C9 Mango (Falco) Smash Melee Losers Quarters
• Royal Flush SSBM - {A} Armada (Peach) Vs. C9 Mango (Fox, Marth) Smash Melee GF
• Zain vs Mang0 - GRAND FINALS: Melee Singles Top 8 - TBH9 | Marth vs Falco
• Zain vs Mango - GRAND FINALS: Singles Bracket - Smash Summit 11 | Marth vs Fox

External links

• Twitter account
• Twitch channel
• YouTube Channel
• SmashBoards public profile
• Old YouTube Channel