[8] He originally used Ness as his main character, but switched to Jigglypuff after realizing the effectiveness of the "Rest" move. [8], While competing professionally in Melee, DeBiedma continued to be a full-time student, graduating Freedom High School in 2011, and the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 2015; after getting his degree, he relocated from Jacksonville, Florida to Buford, Georgia, and then again to Demopolis, Alabama, in order to find work that could still allow him to continue his full-time Super Smash Bros. [11] He then went on to place in high positions repeatedly on tournaments, with Apex 2010 on August 8 marking his first win in a major tournament. Due to Melee not having an online mode, the Melee community became de facto inactive, apart from tournaments using a fan-made online mod of Melee. [11][1] In early 2016, Hungrybox won two additional singles Super Major tournaments, Pound and CEO 2016. Hungrybox is a professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player for Team Liquid. [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. [48][49][2][1], Hungrybox claimed in 2013 that he "got good using gimmicks" and that his hands were not fast enough for technical skill. [8], Hungrybox's lifelong best friend and manager is Luis "Crunch" Rosias, whom Hungrybox credits with training him and helping him develop his skills at Melee, most notably in how to win against Fox, who is often considered the best character in the game, and has a notoriously favorable matchup against Hungrybox's character, Jigglypuff. She has even featured in a competitive Melee-themed advertisement. 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. [39][40], Starting in March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic caused the Smash community to either cancel events or move them online. [33] His best Ultimate ranking for 2019 was at Mango's Birthday Bash, where he finished in 7th place; in addition, he performed as a Melee player, finishing 2nd in both singles and Doubles tournaments (teaming up with Zain for the latter). 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. [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. "[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. "[53] In another article in 2019, they stated that he "has been the recipient of a significant amount of hate throughout his career. 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. 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. [12][13] At Evo 2013, Hungrybox finished in 3rd place, losing to Wobblez in the Losers Finals after a controversial finish; in parallel, he took part in a Melee Doubles Evo side-event, teaming up with Mew2King to win the tournament. A sandwich speedrun, head to head blind taste test, and much more in Hungrybox's very own Jersey Mike's challenge. According to Esportsearnings, he has won over $345,000 USD from various tournaments over the years. Currently ranked #1 in SSBM and the largest Smash Ultimate streamer, Hbox shares . [citation needed] In parallel, he continued to compete on Brawl, to lesser success, and on the Brawl mod Project M, winning several minor tournaments. [35] At CEO Dreamland, he won both the Singles tournament, and the Doubles tournament with Kilmer "mayb" Varela. [2][59][60][8] In 2015, he began working as a process engineer for WestRock, but quit his job the following year after underperforming at The Big House 6, in order to pursue a full-time eSports career. In the Grand Finals, Hungrybox won two consecutive best of five sets, both with a score of 32, to win Evo for the first time in his career. The move has a very small range, making it hard to connect, and, regardless of whether it successfully hits or not, leaves Jigglypuff asleep and completely vulnerable for three seconds afterwards; as such, failure to connect with "Rest", or failure to knock the opponent far enough to kill them, can result in massive damage inflicted on Jigglypuff, or, if damage is already high, in an instant kill; sometimes, Jigglypuff does not wake up fast enough to avoid getting attacked even if the opponent did lose their stock, leaving Hungrybox little room for mistakes during a game. 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. [11][29] At Evo 2018, Hungrybox lost to Armada in the Losers Semifinals and ranked 4th. [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. Soon after that, he discovered streaming and also started streaming his gameplays from his dorm room while he was still in college. 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. I lost once again to Manny and I feel Puff has a", "Here's looking at you, kid: The saga of Hungrybox", "Full history of hungrybox's performances amongst all leagues", "Fighting Game Fans Raise over $225,000 for Breast Cancer Research. [2][8][1] He has two older brothers, Gaston, the oldest, and Fermin. Smash Wins! Ultimate in December 2018, Hungrybox started entering Ultimate tournaments as part of events in which he was also competing as a Melee player; his Ultimate endeavors were less successful. [72] He also is present in another documentary about the competitive Smash scene called Metagame. He got his first Smash games when he was ~12/13 years old. [38], He won his first Ultimate tournament by finishing 1st in The Salad Online 13's Ultimate Singles bracket. 1 Melee player in the world. [18], In 2015, Hungrybox won the Melee Singles tournament at Paragon, defeating Mew2King in the Grand Finals. See how Liquid Hbox's favorite sandwiches . His win in the Singles tournament earned him $10,000, his first five-figure payout; he broke into tears during his post-match interview. [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). [11], For the following years, Hungrybox remained one of the top Melee players, and established himself as the best Jigglypuff player in the world. Ultimate, and he has been a member of Team Liquid since 2015. [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]. A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked DeBiedma as the third-greatest Melee player of all time. [50] Liking Melee for its "unorthodox value", he claimed in 2014 that he disliked traditional head-to-head fighting game. [35][36][37] He went on to win Smash Summit 9 in February. [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. [31] He went on to win more Super Majors, including Pound 2019, Low Tier City 7, CEO 2019, Shine 2019, and Mainstage. I looked down and Im like 'who threw this? [63], DeBiedma's early Melee career was documented in an episode of the 2013 documentary series The Smash Brothers. Click the bell next to the subscribe button to receive instant notifications on all uploads! [24][8] In March 2018, however, the decline of his mental health in 2017 following his break-up lead him to take a regular job once again at ServiceNow in Florida, due to feeling that the Melee community's perception also weighed heavily on him. [10] The following November at Perfect Series 3: ONLINE on November 3, he finished in 17th place. [2] In 2014, he stated: "In my playstyle, I'm a greedy novel editor". Why would you throw this at me? [32] At GENESIS 6, the biggest Ultimate tournament at that point with 2105 entrants, Hungrybox placed 193rd in Singles, and 257th in Doubles with Kashan "Chillindude" Khan. [11], On July 17, 2016, Hungrybox participated in the Evo 2016 Melee tournament and reached the Grand Finals for the third consecutive year, against Armada for a second consecutive time. people at Smash Conference United. [9], His eventual "Hungrybox" name came from middle school, after he failed to forge his mother's signature, producing something resembling a drawing instead. "5 Gods" vs "3 Underdogs", "EVO 2015: Recapping the final day of competition", "Paragon LA 2015 results feat. [41][42] He achieved his worst Melee placement in 13 years in July at LACS 2, finishing 13th. I have finally decided to pursue esports full time. However, he returned to it as a fulltime career in July 2019. He occasionally streams on other days and for longer hours. 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. This is prior to receiving further revenue income from tiered subscriptions, tips, sponsorships, Twitch cheer bit donations, merchandise sales, advertisements, team salary, casting fees and tournament winnings. He himself took part of the tournament, finishing in 25th place. I ended up drawing a doodle out of her signature and that became the "hungry box" you see on my t-shirts and such. I qui", "CEO 4-Peat Champion. [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. [9] DeBiedma and his lifelong best friend and future manager, Luis "Crunch" Rosias, met in fifth grade in Orlando, and would often play Melee together. When they were around 14 years old, they decided to attempt competing in a LAN tournament at a local mall and have been competing in Melee tournaments ever since. ", "All nominees for QTCinderella's Streamer Awards", "Esports Awards 2022 winners: Pansy wins Esports Play By Play Caster of the Year, as Riot and Loud also receive several honours", "The Smash Bros. community: An oral history", "Watch the Super Smash Bros. Melee Metagame documentary here", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hungrybox&oldid=1147029608, University of Florida College of Engineering alumni, People with acquired American citizenship, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2021, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. If you haven't watched some of the #SmashSummit 11 VODs yet you're missing out Congratula", "Mango wins Smash Summit 11, takes biggest prize pool in Melee history", "World's Best Jigglypuff Player Makes Opponent Give Up in Smash Tourney", "Spectator throws dead crab at Hungrybox following victory at Pound", "Fan assaults top Smash Bros. player with crab at tournament", "DreamHack Austin Super Smash Bros. Melee Tournament Champion Wins In The Most Pathetic Way Possible", "FGC fan throws dead crab at Hungrybox after Pound 2019 final", "Yellow Card Ruling On Melee Coaching Stirs Controversy", "Super Smash Pro - Interview with Juan "Hungrybox" DeBiedma", "I did it. [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. [55] In April 2018, Hungrybox claimed on Twitter that a stranger attracted his attention while he was shopping at Walmart earlier during the day, before saying "Fuck you and your family Hungrybox", as well as "some other stuff about [him]". [20][21] In parallel to his Melee career, he competed on the newly released Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U to little success; at Paragon Los Angeles in 2015, the largest Project M tournament in history, Hungrybox finished 4th after being defeated by Mew2King 31. After that he got a Gameboy Advance SP, on which he would play many of the Mario and Kirby titles. Nowadays theres resources like Netplay, Online play. [9] At Paragon Los Angeles, his next tournament after Evo, he finished 3rd in Melee after being eliminated by Mew2King with a score of 23. [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] He would also often play Super Smash Bros. Brawl with Fermin. Galint Melee Open: Fall Edition - North America, 3 Get On My Level champion (2015, 2018, 2022), 3 Smash Summit champion (2017, 2018, 2020), This page was last edited on 28 March 2023, at 12:29. Currently ranked #1 in SSBM and the largest Smash Ultimate streamer, Hbox shares his love and passion for not only Smash . [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. [8][1] According to Hungrybox, his mother, Lucia Violante, was conversely very supportive. [43] Mang0's first-place prize in the singles tournament of $46,700 surpassed the all-time record of $29,315 Hungrybox had earned for winning Smash Summit 5 in 2017. His father passed away in 2015. [11], On July 3, 2013, Hungrybox was picked up by team CLASH Tournaments alongside fellow Super Smash Bros. player Aziz "Hax" Al-Yami. He and his coach, Luis, became friends in fifth grade while being partnered for a school project and discovering that they both enjoyed Super Smash Bros. Melee. [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. [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. Hungryboxs older brothers introduced him to video games when he was a toddler. This means that he should be earning a minimum of $3,675 USD per month. In December 2021 Hungrybox became co-owner of Team Liquid. [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. [9], He has admitted to suffering from the way part of the community treats him, also stating that the community's perception of him was a factor in him starting to drink excessively in 2017 and resuming having a day job despite being the No. 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. Its all a matter of how dedicated you are. Hungrybox has also competed in Super Smash Bros. games subsequent to Melee, including Project M and Ultimate professional tournaments. [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. He is also an active competitor in Super Smash Bros. [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. A sandwich speedrun, head to head blind taste test, and much more in Hungrybox's very own Jersey Mike's challenge. [11] Hungrybox won his first-ever tournament at Revival of Melee 2 on November 21, 2009. Argentinian-American professional esports player, Hungrybox on July 29, 2017 at Get On My Level 2017, Return to in-person competition (2021present). [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. After graduating from college in 2015, he started working at WestRock. [62] On August 15, 2017, DeBiedma became a U.S. [31][1], Following the release of Super Smash Bros. [52][53][54][9][1][8] ESPN stated in 2016: "There is no question that Juan 'Hungrybox' Debiedma is the most polarizing figure in the realm of Super Smash Bros. Melee. He chose is college degree because he loved Season 4 of Breaking Bad. Hungrybox AMA EVO 2016 Melee Champion Smash. High Quality & Comfort At Great Prices Secure Payment 30 Day Money Back Guarantee [46] Hungrybox and four of his fellow Team Liquid members became co-owners of the team in December.[47]. [24][25], In 2017, Hungrybox won multiple tournaments, including the Supermajor tournament The Big House 7, and four Super Major tournaments: Shine 2017, DreamHack Austin 2017, DreamHack Denver 2017, and Smash Summit 5; for the latter, he set a new record for most money won in a single Melee tournament, receiving $29,315.30 as prize money. Life's too short to not do what makes", "20 years later, it's official: I am now a US Citizen. He also has a cat. This is prior to receiving further revenue income from tiered subscriptions, tips, sponsorships, Twitch cheer bit donations, merchandise sales, advertisements, team salary, casting fees and tournament winnings. 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. Player Calls Out Nintendo For "Not Putting Resources Into The Scene", "Hungrybox wins Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles at Smash Summit 9", "Zain vs Hungrybox - GRAND FINALS: Top 8 Melee Singles - Genesis 7 Marth vs Puff", "Zain wins Super Smash Bros. Melee Singles at Pound Online", "iBDW wins Smash Melee Singles at Frame Perfect Series 3: Online", "Yesterday was huge. [11], DreamHack Winter 2015 from November 26 to November 29, 2015, marked Hungrybox' first time winning both the Singles and Doubles tournaments at a Super Major event, winning Singles by defeating Armada 31 in the second set of Grand Finals after losing 30 in the first set, and Doubles by teaming up with Axe to defeat DaJuan "Shroomed" McDaniel and McCain "MacD" LaVelle 31 in the grand finals. After a moment of incredulousness, an infuriated Hungrybox picked up the crab and shouted at the crowd, asking the person who threw it to reveal themselves and "show some respect." [58] Hungrybox eventually lost the following round, the Losers Finals, against Mango, finishing 3rd in the tournament while SFAT placed 4th as the result of his loss. [2][1], DeBiedma played piano and sang a capella while growing up. citizen. [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. This means that he should be earning a minimum of $3,675 USD per month. [54] The crab incident became viral and was relayed by a variety of media outlets, quickly becoming a meme within the Smash community. Juan Manuel DeBiedma (/ d b i d m /; born June 21, 1993), better known by his alias Hungrybox, is an Argentine-American professional Super Smash Bros. player and streamer. [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. Ten years deep as a competitor, he's seen fans discount him, his performances, and his character selection, some even believing that he's killing the game with each set. 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 has been part of their team ever since. The first time I made it out of pools at a local, I used the "hungrybox" tag and then it just stuck.'. [26][27][28], In 2018, Hungrybox continued to consistently rank high on tournaments, winning a total of 18, including three Supermajors: Shine 2017, CEO 2018, and The Big House 8. 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. He often teams with Crunch for Doubles. Hungrybox has ~1,470 subscribers, according to his Twitch overlay. Hungrybox would go on to score five consecutive tournaments wins at the end of the year, including the Singles tournament at Smash Summit 7 on November 15. [19] At Evo 2015 in July, he finished in 2nd place, losing to Armada in the Grand Finals; the following month, he announced that he would be becoming less active in competitive Smash, as he began his career as an engineer. [8][1], DeBiedma discovered the Super Smash Bros. competitive scene around 20062007 and started to perform at small local tournaments in 2007. [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. '", later making fun of the incident by eating a crab during a live stream. He and Plup also won the doubles tournament. [11], In 2013, Evo, the most prominent fighting game event worldwide, announced Melee as part of the Evo 2013 line-up, after the game had only previously been featured at Evo 2007. Juan Manuel DeBiedma was born in Argentina on June 21, 1993, from Juan Daniel Debiedma, a diplomat for Argentina, and Lucia Violante, a flight attendant. [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. Although he is known for competing mostly with Jigglypuff, he has briefly used Fox in Melee. 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