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{{Smasher Infobox | {{Smasher Infobox | ||
| name = | | name = Hungrybox | ||
| image = hungrybox_teamliquid.jpg | | image = hungrybox_teamliquid.jpg | ||
| mainssbm = Jigglypuff | | mainssbm = Jigglypuff | ||
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| mainssb4 = Ness | | mainssb4 = Ness | ||
| 2ndmainssb4 = Little Mac | | 2ndmainssb4 = Little Mac | ||
| | | otherssb4 = Jigglypuff | ||
| | | 2ndotherssb4 = Mario | ||
| moreotherssb4 = | | moreotherssb4 = {{SSB4|Villager}} | ||
| crew = [[Team Liquid]] | | crew = [[Team Liquid]] | ||
| former crews = [[CLASH Tournaments]], [[What are the Oddz]], [[Team Curse]] | | former crews = [[CLASH Tournaments]], [[What are the Oddz]], [[Team Curse]] | ||
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| winningspm = ~$2,941.20 | | winningspm = ~$2,941.20 | ||
| rankingssbm = [[2015 SSBMRank]]: 2nd | | rankingssbm = [[2015 SSBMRank]]: 2nd | ||
| alias = | | alias = Hbox | ||
| realname = Juan Manuel Debiedma | | realname = Juan Manuel Debiedma | ||
| birthday = 21 | | birthday = 21 | ||
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| country = United States | | country = United States | ||
}} | }} | ||
''' | '''Hungrybox''' is a professional ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' [[smasher]] from Orlando, Florida who is currently residing in Atlanta, Georgia, and is widely considered to be the best {{SSBM|Jigglypuff}} [[main]] in the world by a considerable margin. He is considered to be [[The Five Gods|one of the top six players in the world]], due to consistent high placements at national events. He was one of the smashers to be sponsored by [[Team Curse]] before it eventually merged with [[Team Liquid]], being picked up by said team on April 17th, 2014. Hungrybox was also previously sponsored by [[CLASH Tournaments]]. He is currently ranked 1st on the [[Florida Power Rankings|Central Florida Melee Power Rankings]] and 2nd on the [[2015 SSBMRank]]. | ||
==Tournament history== | ==Tournament history== | ||
After becoming known as one of the best smashers in Florida due to his high placings at events around his area, | After becoming known as one of the best smashers in Florida due to his high placings at events around his area, Hungrybox made his first international appearance at [[Revival of Melee]]. He lost to {{Sm|PC Chris}} in winners' bracket, and then defeated {{Sm|KoreanDJ}} in losers' bracket to make it to losers' top 8, before losing to {{Sm|ChuDat}}, placing 7th. | ||
His breakout performance occurred at [[GENESIS]], where he placed 3rd. Although he lost to {{Sm|Mango}} early in winners' bracket, he swept through losers' bracket, defeating several notable smashers such as {{Sm|Darc}}, {{Sm|DaShizWiz}}, {{Sm|Darkrain}} 2-1, {{Sm|Scar}} 2-0, and finally {{Sm|Zhu}} 3-2 in losers' semis before losing to Mango 0-3 in losers' finals. | His breakout performance occurred at [[GENESIS]], where he placed 3rd. Although he lost to {{Sm|Mango}} early in winners' bracket, he swept through losers' bracket, defeating several notable smashers such as {{Sm|Darc}}, {{Sm|DaShizWiz}}, {{Sm|Darkrain}} 2-1, {{Sm|Scar}} 2-0, and finally {{Sm|Zhu}} 3-2 in losers' semis before losing to Mango 0-3 in losers' finals. | ||
Hungrybox won his first national at [[Revival of Melee 2]], where he defeated {{Sm|Hax}} 2-0, {{Sm|Cactuar}} 2-0, and {{Sm|Kage}} in winners' semis to make it to winners' finals, where he defeated {{Sm|Dr. PeePee}} 3-1. He defeated Dr. PeePee 3-1 again in grand finals to take the tournament without dropping a set. He also placed 2nd at [[Pound 4]], where he defeated Zhu, Hax, {{Sm|SilentSpectre}} 2-0, and {{Sm|Mew2King}} to make it to winners' finals, where he lost to Mango 2-3. He defeated {{Sm|Amsah}} 3-0 in losers' finals, but ultimately lost to Mango 1-3 in grand finals. | |||
Hungrybox won [[Apex 2010]] without dropping a set, defeating Kage 2-0, {{Sm|VaNz}} 2-1, {{Sm|Armada}} 2-0, Mew2King 3-0, and Armada 3-0 in grand finals. However, he did not perform as well at [[Revival of Melee 3]], where he lost to Mew2King 0-2 in winners' quarters. He made it to losers' quarters, where he lost to Dr. PeePee, placing 5th. | |||
At [[Pound V]], | At [[Pound V]], Hungrybox lost to Armada 0-2 in winners' quarters. In losers' bracket, he defeated {{Sm|Shroomed}}, Cactuar, and {{Sm|Axe}} 3-0 in losers' semis after Mew2King forfeited to him in losers' quarters. He lost to Dr. PeePee 2-3 in losers' finals, ending his run at 3rd place. At [[GENESIS 2]], Hungrybox defeated {{Sm|Wobbles}} 2-0 in winners' quarters before losing to Armada 1-3 in winners' semis. He defeated Mew2King 3-2 in losers' quarters, but lost to Mango 0-3 in losers' semis, placing 4th. | ||
At [[Apex 2012]], | At [[Apex 2012]], Hungrybox was upset by {{Sm|KirbyKaze}} 1-2 early in winners' bracket. Despite this, he was able to make an extremely long run through losers' bracket. He defeated {{Sm|Silent Wolf}} 2-0, Zhu 2-0, Wobbles 2-0, Shroomed 2-0, KirbyKaze 2-0 in a rematch, {{Sm|Javi}} 3-0, and finally Mango 3-1 in losers' finals. In grand finals, he was able to win the first set against Armada 3-2, though he still lost the second set 0-3, placing 2nd at the tournament. | ||
Hungrybox placed 4th at [[Zenith 2012]], where he lost to ChuDat 2-3 in winners' semis and Dr. PeePee 2-3 in losers' semis, 3rd at [[IMPULSE]], where he lost to Dr. PeePee 1-3 in winners' bracket, then defeated Mew2King 3-0 in losers' semis before losing to Mango 2-3 in losers' finals, and 2nd at both [[MELEE-FC10R Legacy]] and [[The Big House 2]], losing to Mango in grand finals of said tournaments. | |||
At [[Apex 2013]], | At [[Apex 2013]], Hungrybox defeated {{Sm|Overtriforce}} in winners' quarters before losing to Armada 1-3 in winners' semis. He ended up losing to Mango 1-3 in losers' quarters, placing 5th. Hungrybox did, however, place 1st at NorCal Regionals 2013, an EVO 2013 qualifier event. He defeated {{Sm|PewPewU}} 3-0 in winners' finals, and although he lost to Mango 0-3 in the first set of grand finals, he still won the second set 3-2. Hungrybox then attended [[Zenith 2013]], another EVO 2013 qualifier event, where he defeated {{Sm|Abate}} 2-0 in winners' quarters, Dr. PeePee 3-2 in winners' semis, and Mew2King 3-0 in winners' finals. He lost to Mango in both sets of grand finals (both 1-3), placing 2nd. | ||
Hungrybox made it to top 8 at [[EVO 2013]] through winners' bracket, defeating {{Sm|Leffen}} 2-0 in the winners' quarterfinals pool. He defeated Mew2King 2-0 in winners' semis to make it to winners' finals against Wobbles, though he ended up losing this set 1-2. Notably, neither Hungrybox nor Wobbles knew that the set was best of 3; EVO founder Tom Cannon had to inform the two to prevent a fourth game from starting. In losers' finals, Hungrybox lost to Mango 0-2, placing 3rd at the tournament. | |||
Hungrybox placed 2nd at both [[The Big House 3]] and [[Revival of Melee 6]]. At the former, he lost to Mew2King 1-3 in winners' finals and 0-3 in grand finals, and at the latter, he lost to Mew2King 2-3 in winners' finals and 0-3 in grand finals. | |||
At [[Apex 2014]], | At [[Apex 2014]], Hungrybox made it to the top 8 bracket through losers' bracket, defeating Axe 2-0 to do so after losing to Leffen 1-2 in winners' quarters. He defeated {{Sm|Fiction}} 2-0 in losers' top 8 before losing to Mango 0-2 in losers' quarters, placing 5th once again. | ||
At [[Shuffle V]], an MLG Anaheim 2014 qualifier, | At [[Shuffle V]], an MLG Anaheim 2014 qualifier, Hungrybox placed 2nd, defeating {{Sm|Swedish Delight}} 3-0 in winners' semis before losing to Mew2King 0-3 in winners' finals. He defeated {{Sm|The Moon}} 3-0 in losers' finals, and won the first set of grand finals against Mew2King 3-2, but still lost the second set 2-3. He placed 3rd at [[Revival of Melee 7]], losing to Mango 0-3 in winners' quarters, then defeating Darc 2-0, {{Sm|DJ Nintendo}} 2-0, KirbyKaze 2-0, and {{Sm|Darrell}} 3-0 before losing to Mew2King 1-3 in losers' finals. Hungrybox successfully qualified for the MLG Anaheim 2014 championship bracket by winning [[CEO 2014 Prologue]]. He also attended [[Get On My Level 2014]], where he placed 2nd, losing to Mew2King 2-3 in winners' semis, then defeating {{Sm|Duck}} 2-0, KirbyKaze 3-0, and MewKing 3-2 in losers' finals, before losing to Mango 2-3 in grand finals, and [[Pat's House 2]], where he once again placed 2nd, defeating {{Sm|Westballz}} 3-1 and {{Sm|Fly Amanita}} 3-0 before losing to Mew2King 1-3 in winners' finals, then defeating Fly Amanita 3-0 again in losers' finals before losing to Mew2King 0-3 in grand finals. | ||
In his pool at [[MLG Anaheim 2014]], | In his pool at [[MLG Anaheim 2014]], Hungrybox defeated PewPewU 3-0, Fiction 3-1, Westballz 3-0, {{Sm|ZeRo}} 3-1, and {{Sm|aMSa}} 3-0, but lost to Armada 0-3 and Mango 2-3. Despite having the same set win-loss count as Mango (5-2), his loss to Mango caused him to be seeded in losers' bracket in the championship bracket. In the championship bracket, Hungrybox defeated {{Sm|Plup}} 3-1 to make it into top 8, but he lost to Axe 1-3 in losers' top 8, to finish at a disappointing 7th place. | ||
Hungrybox later attended [[CEO 2014]], where he lost to Armada 1-2 in winners' semis, and then defeated {{Sm|Wizzrobe}} 2-0 in losers' quarters and Mew2King 2-0 in losers' semis before losing to Armada 0-3 in losers' finals, placing 3rd. | |||
Despite his disappointing performance at MLG Anaheim 2014, | Despite his disappointing performance at MLG Anaheim 2014, Hungrybox surprised many with a stellar performance at [[EVO 2014]], where he finished at 2nd place. He defeated PPMD 2-1 in the winners' quarterfinals pool to make it to top 8 through winners' bracket, and then defeated Armada 2-1 in winners' semis, before losing a close set against Mango 2-3 in winners' finals. He defeated Armada 3-2 in losers' finals, and then lost to Mango 2-3 again in grand finals. | ||
Hungrybox ended up winning [[DreamHack Winter 2015]], over Armada and several other top European and US players. | |||
Hungrybox took [[Battle of the Five Gods]], winning against many top smashers, such as {{Sm|Armada}}, {{Sm|Westballz}}, {{Sm|SilentWolf}}, and defeating {{Sm|Mango}} for the win in grand finals, after Mango reset the bracket once. | |||
===Other ''Smash'' games=== | ===Other ''Smash'' games=== | ||
While | While Hungrybox doesn't actively play ''Brawl'', he is known to have a rather competent {{SSBB|Jigglypuff}} in it despite Jigglypuff's drastic nerfs and his own lack of practice in it, to the point that he's considered one of the best Jigglypuff players in ''Brawl''. Hungrybox was once even ranked on [http://www.ssbwiki.com/Florida_Power_Rankings#September_2012.5B2.5D Florida's ''Brawl'' Power Rankings] using a combination of {{SSBB|King Dedede}} and Jigglypuff. | ||
He has participated in a few ''Smash 4'' tournaments, though he doesn't play as seriously on them as in ''Melee''. At first playing {{SSB4|Jigglypuff}}, he later dropped the character, commenting on how it was unfitting for his playstyle. However, he has commented he would enter tournaments more frequently, and would be playing as {{SSB4|Ness}} | He has participated in a few ''Smash 4'' tournaments, though he doesn't play as seriously on them as in ''Melee''. At first playing {{SSB4|Jigglypuff}}, he later dropped the character, commenting on how it was unfitting for his playstyle. However, he has commented he would enter tournaments more frequently, and would be playing as {{SSB4|Ness}}. | ||
Hungrybox was one of the 16 players who participated in the [[Super Smash Bros. Invitational]], placing 2nd with {{SSB4|Kirby}}. At the tournament's end, he challenged Nintendo of America President and COO [[Reggie Fils-Aimé]] to a "For Glory" match after he had teased possible future Nintendo-sponsored tournaments. Fils-Aimé declined, admitting that he "sucks at Smash", but that his "opportunity was coming with {{for3ds}}." He concluded his response by saying he would "come back next time and kick [Hungrybox's] ass," to the amusement of the audience. One year later, Fils-Aimé and Hungrybox made a special appearance in the 2015 Nintendo World Championships, and played the promised For Glory match, Hungrybox using Jigglypuff, and Fils-Aimé using Ryu. Hungrybox took the win by a very large margin. | |||
==Tournament placings== | ==Tournament placings== | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
* | *Hungrybox 4-stocked {{Sm|Mew2King}} in a [[money match]] on a large projection screen at Event 52 prior to the finals. Mew2King won the set, but {{Sm|Cactuar}} gave him a dollar anyway, stating "Hungrybox 4-stocked Mew2King, and here is his dollar," as he delivered it to Hungrybox. | ||
*Unlike a majority of players who play sitting down, | *Unlike a majority of players who play sitting down, Hungrybox plays standing up on occasion. This can result in player cams showing his torso or zooming out most of the time. | ||
** | **Hungrybox also occasionally wears sunglasses during his matches, particularly closer to the end of the tournament. This has sparked rumors that he does both of these things to look at his opponent's controller in order to have a better read on their DI for combos. | ||
* | *Hungrybox had a 500+ set winning streak on Smash Ladder netplay until he was beaten by {{Sm|Smash G0D}} on October 8th, 2015<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/smashbros/comments/3o1fkw/hungryboxs_500_win_streak_in_netplay_is_now_over/</ref> | ||
* | *Hungrybox currently holds the title of having the largest prize check in a ''Melee'' tournament having won [[Battle of the Five Gods]] winning a total of $13,000 in prize money. The previous record was held by {{Sm|Armada}} with a total of $11,525.15 at [[Smash Summit]]. | ||
** | **Hungrybox also holds the title of largest prize check in any Smash tournament with the previous record being held by {{Sm|Gnes}}'s $12,500 from winning the ''Brawl'' tournament at [[MLG Dallas 2010]]. | ||
== Gameplay videos == | == Gameplay videos == | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq_Tcb3XqAI Hungrybox - Yeezus (combo video | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq_Tcb3XqAI Hungrybox - Yeezus (combo video)] | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMeThNGtWl0 Apex 2012 - SSBM Losers Finals - Mango VS | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMeThNGtWl0 Apex 2012 - SSBM Losers Finals - Mango VS Hungrybox] | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtGhhX5jP04 EVO 2014 - SSBM SMF Pools - PPMD vs | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtGhhX5jP04 EVO 2014 - SSBM SMF Pools - PPMD vs Hungrybox] | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey6DyowhbrU EVO 2014 - SSBM Losers Finals - Armada vs | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey6DyowhbrU EVO 2014 - SSBM Losers Finals - Armada vs Hungrybox] | ||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcY8x75Jwnk Dreamhack Winter 2015 - SSBM Winners Finals - Armada vs | *[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcY8x75Jwnk Dreamhack Winter 2015 - SSBM Winners Finals - Armada vs Hungrybox] | ||
==References== | ==References== |