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C9.MaNg0 "Scorpion Master, The Kid"
Character info
Melee mains	Fox, Falco
Other Melee characters	Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Mario, Marth, Link
Project M mains	Falco, Fox
Other Project M characters	Captain Falcon, Mario
Team info
Crew(s)	Cloud 9 HyperX
Former crews	Melee It On Me, Roundbit, The Blade Breakers
Personal and other info
Real name	Joseph Marquez
Birth date	December 10, 1991 (age 32)
Location	Norwalk, California
Miscellaneous info
Skill	Top professional ;

Revision as of 22:40, May 27, 2015

Mango (often stylized as MaNg0, also known as Scorpion Master or The Kid) is a top professional Melee player from Norwalk, California and is ranked #1 on the SoCal 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 two best Falco players in the world (along with PPMD). Both the 2013 SSBM Player Rankings and 2014 SSBM Player Rankings ranked Mango as the best 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. His success has garnered himself the title of "Greatest of All Time", or "GOAT". Mango is also currently ranked at the 0 position on the Northeastern Ohio Melee Power Rankings.

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 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 is currently the third largest Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament of all time, and was the largest 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.

Cloud 9 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, Cloud 9 HyperX 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 Smash tournament of all time. 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 is currently considered by many to be the world champion of Melee.

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.

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 also capable of playing many characters at a very high level, including Mario, Jigglypuff, Falcon and Marth. With every character Mango is known for having world class DI, great recovery as well as reading and reacting to his opponent's poor choices.

Notable tournament placings

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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
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
BAM7	May 24th, 2015	1st	9th	Meredy

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 (10-14).
Mango's son, born October 14th, 2013, has his middle name taken from Mango's gamertag; his full name is Joseph Mango Marquez.
At MVG Sandstorm, Mango placed 5th. This was his lowest placing at a national since he had sandbagged as Scorpion Master. Despite there being 3 other members of the Top 6 who participated at the tournament, Mango was eliminated by Axe 2-3 and Westballz 1-3.

Gameplay videos

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