[9][8] According to Hungrybox, the Melee community's partial rejection of his playstyle started very early in his career, claiming that "people didn't like that at all" when he started placing high in local tournaments in 2008. A sandwich speedrun, head to head blind taste test, and much more in Hungrybox's very own Jersey Mike's challenge. He joined Team Liquid in January 2015 after becoming recognized as one of the top Super Smash Bros Melee players in the world. Currently ranked #1 in SSBM and the largest Smash Ultimate streamer, Hbox shares his love and passion for not only Smash . [15] On January 6, 2015, Team Curse merged with Team Liquid, leading Hungrybox to be picked up by Team Liquid along with his teammate Kashan "Chillin" Khan, joining other Smash Bros. players Ken Hoang and Daniel "KoreanDJ" Jung. After that he got a Gameboy Advance SP, on which he would play many of the Mario and Kirby titles. Never stop moving towards your goals!!! He has been ranked one of the top five Melee players in the world every year since formal rankings began in 2013, achieving the top rank a record three consecutive times from 2017 to 2019. He occasionally streams on other days and for longer hours. She has even featured in a competitive Melee-themed advertisement. Follower and view counts updated as of September 2022. [57] This upset part of the fans, who believed that, as SFAT was not actually being coached, he should have won by disqualification. [61][8] In June 2019, after winning CEO for the fourth time, he announced that he would be leaving the workforce to pursue eSports full-time once again. 1 Melee player in the world. [11], On July 3, 2013, Hungrybox was picked up by team CLASH Tournaments alongside fellow Super Smash Bros. player Aziz "Hax" Al-Yami. Towards the end of his contract with WestRock, he decided to attempt a fulltime career as a gamer under a new contract with Team Liquid. [2] In 2014, he stated: "In my playstyle, I'm a greedy novel editor". Luis was the person who introduced him to MLG videos and made him aware that it was possible to compete in Melee had a high level. Life's too short to not do what makes", "20 years later, it's official: I am now a US Citizen. His mother told him that she would be supportive and was willing to drive him around, just as long as he kept up his grades. You have ways for you to play against really talented people online, if you have a good internet, even if youre in an area thats completely remote. [9] In the mid-1990s, DeBiedma's family moved to Orlando, Florida, after which Violante became a real estate agent. "5 Gods" vs "3 Underdogs", "EVO 2015: Recapping the final day of competition", "Paragon LA 2015 results feat. [63], DeBiedma's early Melee career was documented in an episode of the 2013 documentary series The Smash Brothers. 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[57][11], One of the most infamous moments in Melee history took place in April 2019 at Pound 2019, when, after Hungrybox won the Melee Singles tournament by defeating Mango in the Grand Finals, a member in the crowd, presumably upset by his win, threw a dead crab at Hungrybox, barely missing him. [45], At Riptide on September 1012, 2021, Hungrybox took third place in the singles tournament after losing to iBDW in Winners Finals and to Plup in Losers Finals. [56], Hungrybox's match against Zac "SFAT" Cordoni in the Losers Semifinals at Evo 2017 attracted controversy after Hungrybox called his coach, Luis "Crunch" Rosias, over for advice in between games, which was as a violation of the event's "No Coaching After Pools" rule; as the discussion between Hungrybox and Crunch was ongoing, Gordon "G$" Connell, a friend of SFAT, approached and mocked the other two by mimicking a coach-like discussion with SFAT. [5] Despite his "God" status, he is considered one of the most polarizing figures in the Melee community, in part due to the unpopularity of his defensive, counterattack-centric playstyle among part of the community. What he felt was amazing for him was when his hobby became recognized as an eSport and he was able to start winning enough money to help him by towards his tuition, textbooks and rent while he was studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Central Florida college in 2012. He got his first Smash games when he was ~12/13 years old. As the result, Evo considered that both players had violated the rule, and let the match's original result, a win for Hungrybox, stand; both players nevertheless received a yellow card as punishment for their actions. He and Plup also won the doubles tournament. [35][36][37] He went on to win Smash Summit 9 in February. [4] Recognized as one of the greatest and most successful Super Smash Bros. Melee players of all time, he is one of the "Five Gods" of Melee along with Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mang0" Marquez, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, and is regarded as the greatest Jigglypuff player in Melee history. [1] He discovered video games at a young age, particularly enjoying the Super Mario Advance series, and started playing Melee when he was little after the stepson of one of his father's co-workers introduced him to the game. [50] Liking Melee for its "unorthodox value", he claimed in 2014 that he disliked traditional head-to-head fighting game. [1], DeBiedma was abandoned by his father Juan Daniel when he was 15 years old; the last time they saw each other was when Juan Daniel dropped him to the venue for the Brawl tournament Fast 1 on July 20, 2008, after which Juan Daniel returned to Argentina, and they never met again. [2], Hungrybox has earned the nickname "Clutchbox" due to his frequent clutch performances, pulling off comebacks when in difficult positions, particularly when in the middle of losing sets or after being sent to a Losers Bracket. career. citizen. I ended up drawing a doodle out of her signature and that became the "hungry box" you see on my t-shirts and such. [11][29] At Evo 2018, Hungrybox lost to Armada in the Losers Semifinals and ranked 4th. He has been part of their team ever since. A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked DeBiedma as the third-greatest Melee player of all time. [31] He went on to win more Super Majors, including Pound 2019, Low Tier City 7, CEO 2019, Shine 2019, and Mainstage. Results in major tournaments included placing 2nd at both Apex 2012 and The Big House 3 in 2013. [10][2] In July 2008, he volunteered to host several players at his parent's home for the upcoming 122-player Brawl tournament named Fast 1. [43][44] He and Plup also took 2nd place in a special single-elimination doubles tournament where players could only pick each character once per set, losing to Mang0 and SFAT in the finals. Juan Manuel DeBiedma (/dbidm/;[3] born June 21, 1993), better known by his alias Hungrybox, is an Argentine-American professional Super Smash Bros. player and streamer. He also has a cat. Others pointed out that, according to the official Evo ruleset, if such an incident is not reported at the time it took place, then it is ignored, and that, as neither Hungrybox nor SFAT reported the other, neither should have been carded in the first place. [72] He also is present in another documentary about the competitive Smash scene called Metagame. [55] Bleeding Cool reported the event with the headline "DreamHack Austin Champion Wins In The Most Pathetic Way Possible". Born in Argentina, DeBiedma grew up in Orlando, Florida, and became a U.S. citizen in 2017. His first console was a Gameboy Advance. "Smash Summit 3: Mew2King Learns how to pronounce Hbox Last Name", "Meet Hungrybox, the Unkillable Demon Jigglypuff", "Interview with SSBM Player Juan "Hungrybox" of Team Curse", "xQc is taking on Hungrybox's Super Smash Bros. challenge", "Hungrybox triumphs twice in a single weekend", "I got 25th out of around 400(?) [34], Hungrybox won GatorLAN Spring 2020, before finishing 2nd at GENESIS 7 after losing to Zain in the Singles Grand Finals, while teaming up with him to rank 5th in Doubles. He himself took part of the tournament, finishing in 25th place. [9], His eventual "Hungrybox" name came from middle school, after he failed to forge his mother's signature, producing something resembling a drawing instead. I return as the #1 Ranked Melee player in the world. [29][30], In February 2019, Hungrybox won GENESIS 6, his first GENESIS win after participating in all five previous editions of the Singles Melee tournament. He is also an active competitor in Super Smash Bros. [2][8][1] He has two older brothers, Gaston, the oldest, and Fermin. I have finally decided to pursue esports full time. [38], He won his first Ultimate tournament by finishing 1st in The Salad Online 13's Ultimate Singles bracket. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [54][52], After abandoning his family to return in Argentina in 2008, Hungrybox's father Juan Daniel passed away from a heart attack in late 2015, shortly before Hungrybox won both the Singles and Doubles Melee tournaments at DreamHack Winter 2015, earning his first five-figure payout and marking his first time winning both Singles and Doubles at a Super Major tournament; in a post-win interview, he broke into tears and opened about his father's lack of support. Largely credited with elevating the Melee community's perception of Jigglypuff's viability in competition and setting the standard of how to play the character, Hungrybox relies heavily on a defensive, counterattack-centric playstyle revolving around avoiding his opponent until he finds an opportunity to attack and capitalize on their mistakes; it is considered a "high-risk high-reward" playstyle, as Hungrybox's usual goal is to eventually hit his opponent with "Rest", a move unique to Jigglypuff which inflicts instant high knockback on opponents. He kept on re-creating the drawing when bored in class, eventually resulting in a "hungry box" character resembling a box with eyes and a jagged mouth. At the end of the three-day singles tournament, he took third place, losing to Zain in the winner's finals and then to eventual tournament winner Mang0 in the loser's finals. [35] At CEO Dreamland, he won both the Singles tournament, and the Doubles tournament with Kilmer "mayb" Varela. Hungrybox has ~1,470 subscribers, according to his Twitch overlay. [73] Hungrybox has been a vocal advocate for the competitive Super Smash Bros. scene, praising the technological advancements created for Melee, and criticizing Nintendo for their lack of support towards the community.[74][75]. I looked down and Im like 'who threw this? See how Liquid Hbox's favorite sandwiches are made, and order the Hungrybox combo yourself - a 4 pack catered sub box fit for a true Smash God, and make sure to order it Mike's Way!Find your favorite sub at: https://twitter.com/jerseymikes https://www.jerseymikes.com/Watch streams at: http://twitch.tv/hungryboxSocial Media: http://twitter.com/LiquidHbox http://instagram.com/liquidhboxFollow and subscribe to keep up to date on all of my content. [22][23], The following October, Hungrybox competed at The Big House 6, where he placed 5th, losing to Armada in the Losers Quarter-Finals; although he had been juggling his entire e-sports career with full studies and/or working, Hungrybox, disappointed by his performance, decided to quit his job as process engineer for WestRock to become a full-time professional player for the first time. Hungrybox has won several major Melee Singles tournaments, including Apex 2010, MLG World Finals 2015, EVO 2016, The Big House 7 (2017), The Big House 8 (2018), GENESIS 6 (2019), and 2017, 2018, and 2020 editions of Smash Summit. In March 2018, he returned to working fulltime in March 2018 because he felt that he needed a break from the pressure and criticism that he was experiencing as a professional eSports competitor. I feel like you cant really be good in Melee, or any Smash game, unless you have proper and consistent practice against other good players. [46] Hungrybox and four of his fellow Team Liquid members became co-owners of the team in December.[47]. [39][40], Starting in March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic caused the Smash community to either cancel events or move them online. However, he returned to it as a fulltime career in July 2019. [11][1] In early 2016, Hungrybox won two additional singles Super Major tournaments, Pound and CEO 2016. [10] The following November at Perfect Series 3: ONLINE on November 3, he finished in 17th place. [48][9][52] However, he has remained a polarizing figure for Melee fans and players all throughout his career, with part of the community criticizing his playstyle as annoying and too slow and Jigglypuff as a bad character; he has also been accused of hurting the community, with some alleging that his playstyle was driving viewers away. [2] After finishing in 7th place at Revival of Melee on March 7, Hungrybox placed 3rd at GENESIS for Melee on July 11, his first high placement at a major Melee tournament, while placing 97th on Brawl the following day. "[52], Hungrybox also attracted criticism for his tendency to loudly and flashily celebrate his wins (called "pop-offs" within the community), which some considered disrespectful to his defeated opponents. After graduating from college in 2015, he started working at WestRock. Although he is known for competing mostly with Jigglypuff, he has briefly used Fox in Melee. [51][25], Hungrybox is unanimously seen as one of the best players in Melee history, as well as the best Jigglypuff player in the game's history. His father passed away in 2015. His mom is very supportive of his career. [11] He won both the Singles and Doubles tournaments at CEO 2010 (with ChuDat in Doubles), and then again at CEO 2011 (with Linguini in Doubles). 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