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{{Smasher Infobox
| name          = C9.MaNg0
| image        = mangomlg.jpg
| mainssbm      = Falco
| 2ndmainssbm  = Fox
| otherssbm    = Captain Falcon
| 2ndotherssbm  = Jigglypuff
| moreotherssbm = {{SSBM|Mario}}, {{SSBM|Marth}}
<!--Mango does not play Brawl seriously, please do not add his Brawl main here-->
| mainpm        = Falco
| 2ndmainpm    = Fox
| otherpm      = Captain Falcon
| 2ndotherpm    = Mario
| rankingssbm  = [[SoCal Power Rankings]]: 1st<br/>[[2015 SSBMRank]]: 4th
| crew          = [[Cloud9]]
| former crews  = [[Melee It On Me]], Roundbit, [[The Blade Breakers]]
| skillssbm    = Top professional
| skillpm      = Top professional
| winningsssbm  = ~$74,490.53
| alias        = Scorpion Master
| realname      = Joseph Marquez
| birthday      = 10
| birthmonth    = 12
| birthyear    = 1991
| location      = Norwalk, California
| country      = United States
}}
'''Mango''' (often stylized as '''MaNg0''', also known as '''Scorpion Master''', '''The Kid''', '''The G.O.A.T.''' The ManG.O.A.T and '''The Buster''') is a top professional ''[[Melee]]'' player from Norwalk, California who is currently ranked 1st on the [[SoCal Melee Power Rankings]] and 4th on the [[2015 SSBMRank]], and was formerly ranked at the 0 position on the [[Northeastern Ohio Melee Power Rankings]]. Mango is famous for being able to play several characters at a competitive level, making significant impacts at tournaments with {{SSBM|Fox}}, {{SSBM|Falco}}, {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}}, {{SSBM|Mario}}, {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}, {{SSBM|Link}}, and {{SSBM|Marth}}. Because of his innovations and dominance with Jigglypuff from 2007 to 2009, Mango 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 (now 5th).
 
Currently, Mango is considered to be one of the best Fox players in the world (along with {{Sm|Armada}} and {{Sm|Leffen}}) and one of the three best Falco players in the world (along with {{Sm|PPMD}} and {{Sm|Westballz}}). [[Melee It On Me]]'s [[2013 SSBM Player Rankings]] and [[2014 SSBM Player Rankings]] ranked Mango as the #1 ''Melee'' player in the world, and he remains the only smasher in history to have won ''Melee'' singles in EVO more than once, performing the feat in the 2013 and 2014 installments of the series. Some consider Mango to be the "Greatest of All Time", "GOAT", or "GOAT of All Time".
 
==Biography==
===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.
 
===Rise to fame===
Mango placed 3rd in Singles at [[EVO World 2007]], defeating many of the best known professional [[smasher]]s. He placed 3rd in singles at [[Super Champ Combo]], again defeating many well-known players. In doubles, he also placed 3rd with his partner {{Sm|Lucky}}, even beating the team of {{Sm|Ken}} and {{Sm|Isai}}.
 
On February 4th, 2008, Mango won [[Pound 3]], having beaten top professionals such as {{Sm|Forward}}, {{Sm|Cort}}, {{Sm|PC Chris}}, {{Sm|ChuDat}}, and {{Sm|Mew2King}}.
 
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 {{Sm|Armada}}, a {{SSBM|Peach}} main regarded as the best player in Europe. After defeating {{Sm|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 {{Sm|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.
 
===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 {{SSBM|Luigi}} or {{SSBM|Samus}}, when using his alias, Mango decided to use Mario after soundly defeating fellow SoCal smasher {{Sm|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 {{Sm|Kage The Warrior}} 2-0 with {{SSBM|Link}} and Marth at [[Revival of Melee 3]] and receiving 9th place, and placing 17th at [[Pound V]].
 
===Regaining the lead===
Mango's planned revival was [[GENESIS 2]]. Despite being upset by {{Sm|Taj}} in Winners Semis, he was able to fire through Losers Bracket to reach Grand Finals against {{Sm|Armada}}, defeating {{Sm|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 {{Sm|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 {{Sm|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.
 
At [[Apex 2013]], Mango defeated several notable smashers in Winners bracket such as {{Sm|Nintendude}}, {{Sm|Vwins}}, and {{Sm|Eggm}}, before losing to Mew2King. In Losers bracket, he defeated Vwins again, {{Sm|Hax}}, and {{Sm|Hungrybox}} before losing to Mew2King again, placing 4th.
 
===Road to EVO 2013===
At [[B.E.A.S.T 3]] in Sweden, Mango won the tournament after defeating well known European smashers such as {{Sm|Zgetto}}, {{Sm|Baxon}}, {{Sm|Overtriforce}}, and finally {{Sm|Ice}} in Grand Finals.
 
At [[Kings of Cali 2]], Mango won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating {{Sm|Shroomed}} 3-1 in Winners Finals and {{Sm|Wobbles}} 3-0 in Grand Finals.
 
At NorCal Regionals 2013, Mango was upset by {{Sm|PewPewU}} in Winners Semis. Mango reached Grand Finals after defeating {{Sm|Fly Amanita}}, {{Sm|Westballz}}, and PewPewU in the Losers Bracket and won a convincing 3-0 first set against {{Sm|Hungrybox}} (including a 4 stock in game 2), but failed to pull through in the second set, losing 2-3.
 
At Vindication, Mango defeated {{Sm|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 {{Sm|DaShizWiz}} 2-0 in Losers Quarters, {{Sm|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 {{Sm|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.
 
===EVO 2013===
[[Image:Mango Evo 2013.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Mango after winning [[EVO 2013]].]]
With 709 entrants, [[EVO 2013]] was the largest "Super Smash Bros. Melee" tournament for 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 {{Sm|Axe}} 2-1. In Winners Semis, Mango was put in the Losers Bracket after losing 1-2 to {{Sm|Wobbles}}. Mango then cemented his place in the Top 8 after defeating {{Sm|SFAT}} 2-1.
 
Mango began EVO finals in the Losers Bracket. He defeated {{Sm|Ice}} 2-0 and {{Sm|Dr. PeePee}} 2-0 before reaching Losers Semis against {{Sm|Armada}}. In a highly anticipated match, Mango defeated Armada 2-0 to reach Losers Finals against {{Sm|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.
 
===Post EVO 2013===
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 {{SSBM|Marth}} and 2nd at [[Pound V.5]] with Marth and {{SSBM|Captain Falcon}}.
 
At Fight Pitt 3, Mango's {{SSBM|Fox}} defeated {{Sm|Mew2King}}'s {{SSBM|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.
 
At [[Apex 2014]], Mango beat {{Sm|Fiction}} 2-0 in Winners Quarters but was defeated 1-3 by {{Sm|Dr. PeePee}} in Winners Semis. He then defeated {{Sm|Hungrybox}} in Losers Quarters 2-0 to reach Losers Semis against {{Sm|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.
 
===Cloud9 and MLG Anaheim 2014===
[[Revival of Melee 7]] marked Mango's return to competitive ''Melee''. Mango won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating {{Sm|Hungrybox}} 3-0 in winners' quarters, {{Sm|Darrell}} 3-0 in winners' semis and {{Sm|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 {{SSBM|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 {{Sm|MacD}}, {{Sm|Fiction}}, and {{Sm|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===
[[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 caused Mango to become the first player to win ''Melee'' singles at EVO more than once. Due to these victories along with his victory at MLG Anaheim 2014, Mango was considered by many to be the world champion of ''Melee'' at the time.
 
===Apex 2015===
Mango's appearance at the [[Apex 2015|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 {{Sm|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.
 
===EVO 2015===
EVO 2015 became the largest ''Melee'' tournament of all time, with 1869 entrants. Mango was knocked into the losers bracket in winners quarters by {{Sm|Plup}}'s Sheik 1-2 in a rematch from [[CEO 2015]], causing a major upset. He beat {{Sm|DruggedFox}} 2-0 to make it into top 8, then beat {{Sm|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.
 
==Playing Style==
With Fox, Mango is known for his excellent neutral game, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk09c6iLLdU including excellent dash-dancing], non-stop approaching with shine, and run-up 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 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iMD1_wjxAQ when the crowd is behind him]. Mango is known for having world class DI, great recovery as well as [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T38sP3nibhY 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, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzcIOB8aRbk Falcon and Marth]. Mango will play Falcon occasionally for styling or to play [[ditto]]s. An infamous match where he played Falcon and Marth against {{Sm|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 just [[down smash]]ed for a KO. After that, he closed out the last to games of the set with Marth, which he rarely uses in tournaments.
 
==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
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|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=105 UCLA Monthlies II]||March 24th, 2007||9th||4th||{{Sm|Lucky}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=141 Super Smash Royale III]||April 28th, 2007||5th||5th||Lucky
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=152 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||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[EVO World 2007]]||August 24th-26th, 2007||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super Champ Combo]]||September 29th-30th, 2007||3rd||3rd||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=128941 UCLA Monthlies IV: The Return]||December 1st, 2007||1st (Split)||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=133533 SoCal Best of 2007]||December 29th, 2007||1st (Split)||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=361 UCSD Winter Smash II]||January 12th-13th, 2008||1st||1st||Lucky
|-
|[[Pound 3]]||February 2nd-3rd, 2008||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Forward}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=151379 UCLA Monthlies V: Melee Strikes Back]||March 1st, 2008||5th||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=1180 Triweekly XIX]||June 1st, 2008||1st||1st||{{Sm|Tofu}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=3412 UCLA VII: Avalanche]||November 9th, 2008||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Romeo}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/posts/6037152 SCSA West Coast Circuit #1]||December 6th, 2008||1st||1st||{{Sm|PsychoMidget}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=2390 West Coast Smash League]||December 20th-21st, 2008||1st||1st||PsychoMidget
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=4284 SCSA West Coast Circuit #2]||January 31st, 2009||1st||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/posts/6627015 Quakfest 14: It's Dark And Effing Cold]||February 7th, 2009||1st||5th||{{Sm|P}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=4716 UCLA Revival]||February 15th, 2009||1st||2nd||Tofu
|-
|[[Revival of Melee]]||March 7th-8th, 2009||1st||1st||{{Sm|PC Chris}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=227090 Mango Juice]||March 21st, 2009||1st||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=5204 SCSA West Coast Circuit #3]||March 28th, 2009||1st||1st||{{Sm|Soid}}
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=4403 CGC @ SFSU VII]||April 4th, 2009||1st||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=230730 Smashpocalypse VII]||April 18th, 2009||1st||4th||{{Sm|JFox}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=230901 Mass Madness 15]||April 18th-19th, 2009||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|G$}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=235201 Event 52: MWC]||May 23rd-24th, 2009||1st||1st||G$
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/posts/7856964 SCSA West Coast Circuit #4]||May 30th, 2009||1st||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=237703 Mass Madness 16: Mango Madness]||June 13th-14th, 2009||1st||1st||G$
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=239303 Gigabits Freedom to Melee]||June 27th, 2009||1st||1st||Lucky
|-
|[[GENESIS]]||July 10th-12th, 2009||1st||3rd||Lucky
|-
|[[Show Me Your Moves#SMYM 10|SMYM 10]]||August 1st, 2009||1st||1st||G$
|-
|[[S.N.E.S.]]||August 21st-23rd, 2009||1st||1st||{{Sm|Darc}}
|-
|[[Active Gamers]]||September 26th-27th, 2009||1st||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=255027 CGC @ SFSU XII]||October 10th, 2009||1st||7th||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=255468 Pat's House]||November 14th-15th, 2009||1st||1st||G$
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 2]]||November 21st-22nd, 2009||4th||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/posts/9125185 Winterfest]||December 18th-20th, 2009||1st||1st||G$
|-
|[[Pound 4]]||January 16th-18th, 2010||1st||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=8080 SCSA West Coast Circuit #5]||January 30th, 2010||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Alex19}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=266139 2GG Presents: Champ's Biweekly]||February 27th, 2010||1st||1st||Alex19
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=270288 NCT & 2GG Presents: Nice Shot Hugo]||March 27th, 2010||33rd||7th||Alex19
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=8595 TourneyPlay #5]||May 8th-9th, 2010||2nd||3rd||Alex19
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=271504 Grev Monthly IX]||June 27th-28th, 2010||1st||1st||PsychoMidget
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=271504 Grev Monthly X]||July 17th, 2010||2nd||1st||PsychoMidget
|-
|[[Good Shit German]]||July 24th, 2010||2nd||2nd||Alex19
|-
|[[Apex 2010]]||August 6th-8th, 2010||25th||1st||Lucky
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 3]]||November 20th-21st, 2010||9th||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=294211 Don't Go Down There Jeff!]||December 18th, 2010||5th||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=296278 Winter Game Fest VI]||January 22nd-23rd, 2011||2nd||2nd||Alex19
|-
|[[Pound V]]||February 19th-21st, 2011||17th||2nd||G$
|-
|[http://forums.shoryuken.com/discussion/130844/3-26-csulb-2gg-results 2GG Tatsumaki IV]||March 26th, 2011||2nd||2nd||Alex19
|-
|[http://nintendodojo.com/ttournament.aspx?id=11968 2GG 1.4]||May 7th, 2011||1st||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=304401 Zenith]||May 28th-29th, 2011||&mdash;||2nd||G$
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/posts/12959986 Grev Monthly XIV]||July 2nd, 2011||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[GENESIS 2]]||July 15th-17th, 2011||2nd||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=310113 No Johns Bi-weekly]||September 3rd, 2011||3rd||1st||{{Sm|milktea}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=313816 Sudden Death IV]||November 5th, 2011||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|Hazz}}
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 4]]||November 19th-20th, 2011||1st||2nd||G$
|-
|[[Apex 2012]]||January 6th-8th, 2012||3rd||4th||G$
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/posts/14457061 UCSB: Weekend Wars!]||May 12th, 2012||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Westballz}}
|-
|[[IMPULSE]]||June 30th-July 1st, 2012||1st||1st||{{Sm|PPMD}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=325901 Rule 6 Regional]||July 29th, 2012||1st||2nd||Lucky
|-
|[[MELEE-FC10R Legacy]]||August 12th-14th, 2012||1st||1st||{{Sm|DoH}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/posts/14385151 Rule 6 August]||August 25th, 2012||1st||1st||{{Sm|SFAT}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=328161 O.X.Y: The Documentary?!]||September 23rd, 2012||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[The Big House 2]]||October 6th-7th, 2012||1st||1st||SFAT
|-
|[[Kings of Cali]]||November 10th, 2012||2nd||1st||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/posts/14385151 Rule 6 January]||January 6th, 2013||1st||1st||{{Sm|S2J}}
|-
|[[Apex 2013]]||January 11th-13th, 2013||4th||4th||DoH
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=332852 SWEET IX: Winter Opener]||January 19th, 2013||1st||1st||{{Sm|Slarty}}
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 3]]||April 3rd-7th, 2013||1st||1st||{{Sm|Scar}}
|-
|[[Kings of Cali 2]]||April 13th-14th, 2013||1st||2nd||Scar
|-
|[[NorCal Regionals 2013]]||April 26th, 2013||2nd||1st||Scar
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=336349 Vindication]||May 11th, 2013||1st||2nd||S2J
|-
|[[Zenith 2013]]||June 1st-2nd, 2013||1st||4th||Scar
|-
|[[IMPULSE 2013]]||June 15th-16th, 2013||1st||1st||{{Sm|Unknown522}}
|-
|[[EVO 2013]]||July 12th-14th, 2013||1st||2nd||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=339921 Super Smash Sundays 1]||August 11th, 2013||1st||1st||{{Sm|Tafokints}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=340136 LanHammer 2013]||August 17th-18th, 2013||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=340453 Super Smash Sundays 3]||September 8th, 2013||5th||3rd||Scar
|-
|[[Pound V.5]]||November 9th, 2013||2nd||1st||{{Sm|Mew2King}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=342925 Fight Pitt III]||November 23rd, 2013||2nd||3rd||{{Sm|Lauren}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=345799 SWEET XIII]||January 11th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Carroll}}
|-
|[[Apex 2014]]||January 17th-19th, 2014||3rd||2nd||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=347822 Y-Town Throwdown I]||February 8th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Abate}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/threads/goast-house-march-results-and-shoutouts.349374/ Goast House March] || March 2nd, 2014 || 2nd || 2nd || Lauren
|-
|[[Revival of Melee 7]]||March 8th-9th, 2014||1st||5th||Hazz
|-
|[[Fight Pitt IV]]||April 19th, 2014||1st||1st||Mew2King
|-
|[[WHOBO MLG]]||May 3rd-4th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Hax}}
|-
|[[Get On My Level 2014]]||May 10th-11th, 2014||1st||2nd||{{Sm|Toph}}
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=356291 A New Hope]||May 24th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Beegs}}
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||3rd||2nd||PPMD
|-
|[[Super SWEET]]||June 7th-8th, 2014||3rd||2nd||Scar
|-
|[[MLG Anaheim 2014]]||June 20th-22nd, 2014||1st||2nd||Lucky
|-
|[[CEO 2014]]||June 27th-29th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Kings of Cali 4]]||July 5th-6th, 2014||1st||3rd||Scar
|-
|[[EVO 2014]]||July 11th-13th, 2014||1st||7th||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=364615 Carroll Fest 5]||August 16th, 2014||1st||1st||{{Sm|Juggleguy}}
|-
|[[Smash the Record]]||August 22nd-25th, 2014||3rd||2nd||{{Sm|Colbol}}
|-
|[[The Shape of Melee to Come 5]]||September 27th, 2014||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[The Big House 4]]||October 4th-5th, 2014||1st||9th||Scar
|-
|[[Do You Fox Wit It?]]||November 15th-16th, 2014||&mdash;||2nd||Lucky
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 5]]||January 9th-11th, 2015||3rd||3rd||{{Sm|Baxon}}
|-
|[[Apex 2015]]||January 30th-February 1st, 2015||4th||5th||Lucky
|-
|[http://smashboards.com/showthread.php?t=343347 Mayhem April 2015]||April 4th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[I'm Not Yelling!]]||April 11th-12th, 2015||2nd||4th||Lucky
|-
|[[MVG Sandstorm]]||April 18th-19th, 2015||5th||33rd||{{Sm|HugS}}
|-
|[http://challonge.com/mayhemMay2Top32 Mayhem May 2015]||May 2nd, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Press Start]]||May 9th-10th, 2015||1st||3rd||Lucky
|-
|[[Battle Arena Melbourne 7]]||May 24th, 2015||1st||9th||{{Sm|Meredy}}
|-
|[[Mayhem June 2015]]||June 6th, 2015||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[CEO 2015]]||June 26th-28th, 2015||3rd||5th||S2J
|-
|[[WTFox]]||July 10th-11th, 2015||2nd||2nd||{{Sm|Leffen}}
|-
|[[EVO 2015]]||July 17th-19th, 2015||5th||9th||Lucky
|-
|[[Paragon Los Angeles 2015]]||September 5th-6th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[HTC Throwdown]]||September 19th, 2015||17th||4th||Lucky
|-
|[[The Big House 5]]||October 2nd-4th, 2015||4th||65th||Alex19
|-
|[[Smash Summit]]||November 5th-8th, 2015||2nd||3rd||Lucky
|-
|[[DreamHack Winter 2015]]||November 26th-29th, 2015||5th||4th||S2J
|-
|[[GENESIS 3]]||January 15th-17th, 2016||2nd||129th||S2J<!--Due to Mango not showing up for doubles, S2J teamed with a Level 9 Ganondorf in his place.-->
|-
|[[PAX Arena]]||January 29th-31st, 2016||2nd||3rd||S2J
|}
 
===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|[[The Big House 2]]||October 6th-7th, 2012||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 3]]||April 3rd-7th, 2013||2nd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[IMPULSE 2013]]||June 15th-16th, 2013||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Pound V.5]]||November 9th, 2013||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[WHOBO MLG]]||May 3rd-4th, 2014||3rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[SKTAR 3]]||May 31st-June 1st, 2014||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Super SWEET]]||June 7th-8th, 2014||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[CEO 2014]]||June 27th-29th, 2014||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[The Big House 4]]||October 4th-5th, 2014||33rd||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[B.E.A.S.T 5]]||January 9th-11th, 2015||1st||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
 
==Trivia==
*Mango holds positive records against every smasher he has played with the exception of {{Sm|Armada}} (12-18) and {{Sm|DruggedFox}} (1-1).
*Mango's son, born October 14th, 2013, has his middle name taken from Mango's gamertag; his full name is Joseph Mango Marquez.
*At [[HTC Throwdown]], Mango placed 17th. This was his lowest placing at a national since he had sandbagged as Scorpion Master over 5 years ago. He was upset by DruggedFox and {{Sm|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 now occasionally call him "Mango17", in a similar fashion to {{Sm|Alex19}}.
**[[MVG Sandstorm]], [[EVO 2015]], and [[DreamHack Winter 2015]] marked his next worst placements at 5th each, losing to {{Sm|Axe}} 2-3 and {{Sm|Westballz}} 1-3 at MVG Sandstorm, losing to {{Sm|Plup}} 1-2 and {{Sm|Hungrybox}} 1-2 at EVO 2015, and losing to Plup 2-3 and Westballz 0-3 at DreamHack Winter 2015.
***These noticeably poor performances in 2015 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", along with a pair of sunglasses to reference the term (coincidentally, it was also made the week before Apex 2015 began).
*Every year at EVO since 2013, he has thrown something towards the crowd.
**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.
*Mango is well-known for disliking the Fox [[ditto match|ditto]], instead using primarily Falco against Fox players; however, after losing [[CEO 2015]] losers finals 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 it. He jokingly claims to be the "Fox ditto master" after beating Armada in the Fox ditto at WTFox in losers finals (albeit only in the first game) and Leffen at the EVO ''Melee'' salty suite with a score of 3-2, making a 3-0 comeback.
**The use of the title "Master" in this case is an example of a running gag that California smashers use, where being a "Fox ditto master" translates to "I have played (or won) a Fox ditto before".
*Mango [https://youtu.be/mep1aUW3Opk?t=253 stated] that the reason he decided to main {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} is because he was inspired from watching {{Sm|The King}}'s combo videos.
 
==Gameplay videos==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRLospsK9bw Let's Go EVO 2K13 - A Mango Combo Video]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOnYtXIyfW4#t=583 Super Smash Bros Melee Top 8 MIOM|Mango vs Leffen - Apex 2014 Tournament]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru6pKYt_u54 Mango vs PPMD - Winners Semis - #MLGAnaheim]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWJbTU3Z1kc Mango vs Armada - Grand Finals - #MLGAnaheim]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VyzDj7bmx8 EVO 2014 SSBM Winners Semis - Mew2King vs Mango]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRCO9KgOU_4 EVO 2014 SSBM Grand Finals - Mango vs Hungrybox]
 
==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/C9Mang0 Twitter account]
*[http://www.twitch.tv/mang0 Twitch channel]
*[http://smashboards.com/member.php?u=39598 '''MaNgO''' SmashBoards Public Profile]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJLpammGMzjc4A2RfBVMbOg YouTube Channel]
*[http://www.youtube.com/user/MaNg0Puff Old YouTube Channel]
 
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C9.MaNg0 "Scorpion Master"
Mangomlg.jpg
Character info
Melee mains Falco, Fox
Other Melee characters Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Mario, Marth
Project M mains Falco, Fox
Other Project M characters Captain Falcon, Mario
Team info
Crew(s) Cloud9
Former crews Melee It On Me, Roundbit, The Blade Breakers
Rankings and results info
Most recent ranking Super Smash Bros. Melee SoCal Power Rankings: 1st
2015 SSBMRank: 4th
Winnings Super Smash Bros. Melee ~$74,490.53
Personal and other info
Real name Joseph Marquez
Birth date (age 32)
Location Norwalk, California United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Super Smash Bros. Melee Top professional
Project M Top professional

Mango (often stylized as MaNg0, also known as Scorpion Master, The Kid, The G.O.A.T. The ManG.O.A.T and The Buster) is a top professional Melee player from Norwalk, California who is currently ranked 1st on the SoCal Melee Power Rankings and 4th on the 2015 SSBMRank, and was formerly ranked at the 0 position on the Northeastern Ohio Melee Power Rankings. Mango is famous for being able to play several characters at a competitive level, making significant impacts at tournaments with Fox, Falco, Jigglypuff, Mario, Captain Falcon, Link, and Marth. 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 (now 5th).

Currently, Mango is considered to be one of the best Fox players in the world (along with Armada and Leffen) and one of the three best Falco players in the world (along with PPMD and Westballz). Melee It On Me's 2013 SSBM Player Rankings and 2014 SSBM Player Rankings ranked Mango as the #1 Melee player in the world, and he remains the only smasher in history to have won Melee singles in EVO more than once, performing the feat in the 2013 and 2014 installments of the series. Some consider Mango to be the "Greatest of All Time", "GOAT", or "GOAT of All Time".

Biography

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.

Rise to fame

Mango placed 3rd in Singles at EVO World 2007, defeating many of the best known professional smashers. 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, having beaten top professionals such as Forward, Cort, PC Chris, ChuDat, and Mew2King.

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.

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.

Regaining the lead

Mango's planned revival was GENESIS 2. 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.

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.

Road to EVO 2013

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.

EVO 2013

Mango after winning EVO 2013.

With 709 entrants, EVO 2013 was the largest "Super Smash Bros. Melee" tournament for 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.

Post EVO 2013

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.

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.

Cloud9 and 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

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 caused Mango to become the first player to win Melee singles at EVO more than once. Due to these victories along with his victory at MLG Anaheim 2014, Mango was considered by many to be the world champion of Melee at the time.

Apex 2015

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.

EVO 2015

EVO 2015 became the 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.

Playing Style

With Fox, Mango is known for his excellent neutral game, including excellent dash-dancing, non-stop approaching with shine, and run-up 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. Mango will play Falcon occasionally for styling or to play dittos. An infamous match 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 just down smashed for a KO. After that, he closed out the last to games of the set with Marth, which he rarely uses in tournaments.

Tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
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 — —
Super Champ Combo September 29th-30th, 2007 3rd 3rd Lucky
UCLA Monthlies IV: The Return December 1st, 2007 1st (Split) 1st Lucky
SoCal Best of 2007 December 29th, 2007 1st (Split) 1st Lucky
UCSD Winter Smash II January 12th-13th, 2008 1st 1st Lucky
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 #1 December 6th, 2008 1st 1st PsychoMidget
West Coast Smash League December 20th-21st, 2008 1st 1st PsychoMidget
SCSA West Coast Circuit #2 January 31st, 2009 1st 1st Lucky
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
Mango Juice March 21st, 2009 1st 1st Lucky
SCSA West Coast Circuit #3 March 28th, 2009 1st 1st Soid
CGC @ SFSU VII April 4th, 2009 1st 1st Lucky
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$
SCSA West Coast Circuit #4 May 30th, 2009 1st 1st Lucky
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
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
CGC @ SFSU XII October 10th, 2009 1st 7th Lucky
Pat's House November 14th-15th, 2009 1st 1st G$
Revival of Melee 2 November 21st-22nd, 2009 4th 1st Lucky
Winterfest December 18th-20th, 2009 1st 1st G$
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
Grev Monthly IX June 27th-28th, 2010 1st 1st PsychoMidget
Grev Monthly X July 17th, 2010 2nd 1st PsychoMidget
Good Shit German July 24th, 2010 2nd 2nd Alex19
Apex 2010 August 6th-8th, 2010 25th 1st Lucky
Revival of Melee 3 November 20th-21st, 2010 9th 1st Lucky
Don't Go Down There Jeff! December 18th, 2010 5th 1st Lucky
Winter Game Fest VI January 22nd-23rd, 2011 2nd 2nd Alex19
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 May 28th-29th, 2011 — 2nd G$
Grev Monthly XIV July 2nd, 2011 1st — —
GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 2nd 1st Lucky
No Johns Bi-weekly September 3rd, 2011 3rd 1st milktea
Sudden Death IV November 5th, 2011 2nd 2nd Hazz
Revival of Melee 4 November 19th-20th, 2011 1st 2nd G$
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 3rd 4th G$
UCSB: Weekend Wars! May 12th, 2012 1st 2nd Westballz
IMPULSE June 30th-July 1st, 2012 1st 1st PPMD
Rule 6 Regional July 29th, 2012 1st 2nd Lucky
MELEE-FC10R Legacy August 12th-14th, 2012 1st 1st DoH
Rule 6 August August 25th, 2012 1st 1st SFAT
O.X.Y: The Documentary?! September 23rd, 2012 1st — —
The Big House 2 October 6th-7th, 2012 1st 1st SFAT
Kings of Cali November 10th, 2012 2nd 1st Lucky
Rule 6 January January 6th, 2013 1st 1st S2J
Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 4th 4th DoH
SWEET IX: Winter Opener January 19th, 2013 1st 1st Slarty
B.E.A.S.T 3 April 3rd-7th, 2013 1st 1st Scar
Kings of Cali 2 April 13th-14th, 2013 1st 2nd Scar
NorCal Regionals 2013 April 26th, 2013 2nd 1st Scar
Vindication May 11th, 2013 1st 2nd S2J
Zenith 2013 June 1st-2nd, 2013 1st 4th Scar
IMPULSE 2013 June 15th-16th, 2013 1st 1st Unknown522
EVO 2013 July 12th-14th, 2013 1st 2nd Lucky
Super Smash Sundays 1 August 11th, 2013 1st 1st Tafokints
LanHammer 2013 August 17th-18th, 2013 2nd — —
Super Smash Sundays 3 September 8th, 2013 5th 3rd Scar
Pound V.5 November 9th, 2013 2nd 1st Mew2King
Fight Pitt III November 23rd, 2013 2nd 3rd Lauren
SWEET XIII January 11th, 2014 1st 1st Carroll
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 3rd 2nd Lucky
Y-Town Throwdown I February 8th, 2014 1st 1st Abate
Goast House March March 2nd, 2014 2nd 2nd Lauren
Revival of Melee 7 March 8th-9th, 2014 1st 5th Hazz
Fight Pitt IV April 19th, 2014 1st 1st Mew2King
WHOBO MLG May 3rd-4th, 2014 1st 1st Hax
Get On My Level 2014 May 10th-11th, 2014 1st 2nd Toph
A New Hope May 24th, 2014 1st 1st Beegs
SKTAR 3 May 31st-June 1st, 2014 3rd 2nd PPMD
Super SWEET June 7th-8th, 2014 3rd 2nd Scar
MLG Anaheim 2014 June 20th-22nd, 2014 1st 2nd Lucky
CEO 2014 June 27th-29th, 2014 2nd — —
Kings of Cali 4 July 5th-6th, 2014 1st 3rd Scar
EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 1st 7th Lucky
Carroll Fest 5 August 16th, 2014 1st 1st Juggleguy
Smash the Record August 22nd-25th, 2014 3rd 2nd Colbol
The Shape of Melee to Come 5 September 27th, 2014 2nd — —
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 1st 9th Scar
Do You Fox Wit It? November 15th-16th, 2014 — 2nd Lucky
B.E.A.S.T 5 January 9th-11th, 2015 3rd 3rd Baxon
Apex 2015 January 30th-February 1st, 2015 4th 5th Lucky
Mayhem April 2015 April 4th, 2015 1st — —
I'm Not Yelling! April 11th-12th, 2015 2nd 4th Lucky
MVG Sandstorm April 18th-19th, 2015 5th 33rd HugS
Mayhem May 2015 May 2nd, 2015 1st — —
Press Start May 9th-10th, 2015 1st 3rd Lucky
Battle Arena Melbourne 7 May 24th, 2015 1st 9th Meredy
Mayhem June 2015 June 6th, 2015 2nd — —
CEO 2015 June 26th-28th, 2015 3rd 5th S2J
WTFox July 10th-11th, 2015 2nd 2nd Leffen
EVO 2015 July 17th-19th, 2015 5th 9th Lucky
Paragon Los Angeles 2015 September 5th-6th, 2015 1st — —
HTC Throwdown September 19th, 2015 17th 4th Lucky
The Big House 5 October 2nd-4th, 2015 4th 65th Alex19
Smash Summit November 5th-8th, 2015 2nd 3rd Lucky
DreamHack Winter 2015 November 26th-29th, 2015 5th 4th S2J
GENESIS 3 January 15th-17th, 2016 2nd 129th S2J
PAX Arena January 29th-31st, 2016 2nd 3rd S2J

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 — —

Trivia

  • Mango holds positive records against every smasher he has played with the exception of Armada (12-18) and DruggedFox (1-1).
  • Mango's son, born October 14th, 2013, has his middle name taken from Mango's gamertag; his full name is Joseph Mango Marquez.
  • At HTC Throwdown, Mango placed 17th. This was his lowest placing at a national since he had sandbagged as Scorpion Master over 5 years ago. 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 now occasionally call him "Mango17", in a similar fashion to Alex19.
    • 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 noticeably poor performances in 2015 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", along with a pair of sunglasses to reference the term (coincidentally, it was also made the week before Apex 2015 began).
  • Every year at EVO since 2013, he has thrown something towards the crowd.
    • 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.
  • Mango is well-known for disliking the Fox ditto, instead using primarily Falco against Fox players; however, after losing CEO 2015 losers finals 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 it. He jokingly claims to be the "Fox ditto master" after beating Armada in the Fox ditto at WTFox in losers finals (albeit only in the first game) and Leffen at the EVO Melee salty suite with a score of 3-2, making a 3-0 comeback.
    • The use of the title "Master" in this case is an example of a running gag that California smashers use, where being a "Fox ditto master" translates to "I have played (or won) a Fox ditto before".
  • Mango stated that the reason he decided to main Jigglypuff is because he was inspired from watching The King's combo videos.

Gameplay videos

External links

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