[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. Hungrybox failed to win any for the rest of the year. [9], His eventual "Hungrybox" name came from middle school, after he failed to forge his mother's signature, producing something resembling a drawing instead. He also has a cat. [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. [2] In 2014, he stated: "In my playstyle, I'm a greedy novel editor". This means that he should be earning a minimum of $3,675 USD per month. 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. After that he got a Gameboy Advance SP, on which he would play many of the Mario and Kirby titles. [41][42] He achieved his worst Melee placement in 13 years in July at LACS 2, finishing 13th. The Doubles tournament was a side-event organized by Evo in parallel to the event, but not technically part of the event itself. Hungrybox is a professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player for Team Liquid. He has been part of their team ever since. 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. [63], DeBiedma's early Melee career was documented in an episode of the 2013 documentary series The Smash Brothers. [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). Hungryboxs older brothers introduced him to video games when he was a toddler. 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. [35][36][37] He went on to win Smash Summit 9 in February. 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. [8][1], DeBiedma discovered the Super Smash Bros. competitive scene around 20062007 and started to perform at small local tournaments in 2007. 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. [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. [18], In 2015, Hungrybox won the Melee Singles tournament at Paragon, defeating Mew2King in the Grand Finals. Hungrybox is a professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player for Team Liquid. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. The individual in question was later identified and ejected from the building, with a Pound official announcing that they had been permanently banned from future Pound events and that their name would be privately disclosed to other Smash tournament organizers. 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. [54][56] Hungrybox then apologized on Twitter for losing his temper, later stating: "I was just so disappointed. [57] This upset part of the fans, who believed that, as SFAT was not actually being coached, he should have won by disqualification. 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. [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. Soon after that, he discovered streaming and also started streaming his gameplays from his dorm room while he was still in college. [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. 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. [11], On July 3, 2013, Hungrybox was picked up by team CLASH Tournaments alongside fellow Super Smash Bros. player Aziz "Hax" Al-Yami. [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]. [54] The crab incident became viral and was relayed by a variety of media outlets, quickly becoming a meme within the Smash community. [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. 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. She has even featured in a competitive Melee-themed advertisement. [11][29] At Evo 2018, Hungrybox lost to Armada in the Losers Semifinals and ranked 4th. 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. ", "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. 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. 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. [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]". Ultimate, and he has been a member of Team Liquid since 2015. 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 . [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. 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. [72] He also is present in another documentary about the competitive Smash scene called Metagame. [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. He got his first Smash games when he was ~12/13 years old. According to his Reddit AMA, Forged my mom's signature when I was in 5th grade for a permission slip LOL. Its all a matter of how dedicated you are. [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. A sandwich speedrun, head to head blind taste test, and much more in Hungrybox's very own Jersey Mike's challenge. ", "Hungrybox Joins Team Curse Super Smash Brothers", "NuckleDu, Hungrybox, and Chillindude join Team Liquid via merger with Curse", "Hungrybox finds redemption at Fight Pitt V", "Who Will Be Crowned Greatest Smash Player Alive at EVO 2014? [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. A sandwich speedrun, head to head blind taste test, and much more in Hungrybox's very own Jersey Mike's challenge. His win in the Singles tournament earned him $10,000, his first five-figure payout; he broke into tears during his post-match interview. [31][1], Following the release of Super Smash Bros. "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(?) 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. [38], He won his first Ultimate tournament by finishing 1st in The Salad Online 13's Ultimate Singles bracket. [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). 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. 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. [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. [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. [35] At CEO Dreamland, he won both the Singles tournament, and the Doubles tournament with Kilmer "mayb" Varela. [14] On April 17 of the following year, he left CLASH Tournaments and joined Team Curse. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. He chose is college degree because he loved Season 4 of Breaking Bad. [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. [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. [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. [9] In the mid-1990s, DeBiedma's family moved to Orlando, Florida, after which Violante became a real estate agent. [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. Argentinian-American professional esports player, Hungrybox on July 29, 2017 at Get On My Level 2017, Return to in-person competition (2021present). His father passed away in 2015. [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. 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. He and Plup also won the doubles tournament. [1] He would also often play Super Smash Bros. Brawl with Fermin. According to Esportsearnings, he has won over $345,000 USD from various tournaments over the years. [16], In 2014, Hungrybox placed top three in nine Melee tournaments, including a victory at Fight Pitt V.[17] At Evo 2014, he reached the Grand Finals for the first time, losing to Mango and finishing in 2nd place; he once again won the Doubles side-event, this time teaming up with Justin "Plup" McGrath. [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. 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. [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. He often teams with Crunch for Doubles. Currently ranked #1 in SSBM and the largest Smash Ultimate streamer, Hbox shares . 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. [6][7] Although primarily known as a Singles player, he also has an extensive career in Melee Doubles, and partnered up with a variety of other players, most notably Mew2King and Justin "Plup" McGrath, both of whom he won major Doubles tournaments with; he has been managed by his lifelong best friend Luis "Crunch" Rosias for the entirety of his career. This means that he should be earning a minimum of $3,675 USD per month. [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. [8][1] According to Hungrybox, his mother, Lucia Violante, was conversely very supportive. Never stop moving towards your goals!!! He is also an active competitor in Super Smash Bros. '", later making fun of the incident by eating a crab during a live stream. [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. citizen. He joined Team Liquid in January 2015 after becoming recognized as one of the top Super Smash Bros Melee players in the world. [12] The event is considered the full beginning of the "Era of the Five Gods" (or "Platinum" Era), which marked a surge in prominence and popularity for the Melee competitive scene, and its near-total domination by five players: Hungrybox, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, with every Melee tournament ranked Supermajor (the highest rating for a Smash tournament) or Major (the second-highest) for several consecutive years being won by one of the "Gods", and them rarely losing to anyone but another "God". On July 3rd, 2022, Hungrybox won the Canadian international tournament Get On My Level 2022, marking his first career victory at a major tournament in two and a half years since his last major win at Smash Summit 9 in February 2020. [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], 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. 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. [39][40], Starting in March 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic caused the Smash community to either cancel events or move them online. [citation needed] In parallel, he continued to compete on Brawl, to lesser success, and on the Brawl mod Project M, winning several minor tournaments. [2][1], DeBiedma played piano and sang a capella while growing up. His first console was a Gameboy Advance. [31] He went on to win more Super Majors, including Pound 2019, Low Tier City 7, CEO 2019, Shine 2019, and Mainstage. After graduating from college in 2015, he started working at WestRock. Born in Argentina, DeBiedma grew up in Orlando, Florida, and became a U.S. citizen in 2017. 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. Why would you throw this at me? I ended up drawing a doodle out of her signature and that became the "hungry box" you see on my t-shirts and such. Hungrybox has ~1,470 subscribers, according to his Twitch overlay. Nowadays theres resources like Netplay, Online play. Afterward, ChuDat refused to shake Hungrybox's hand. Smash Wins! Although he is known for competing mostly with Jigglypuff, he has briefly used Fox in Melee. 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." [8] He originally used Ness as his main character, but switched to Jigglypuff after realizing the effectiveness of the "Rest" move. [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. In his first Ultimate tournament, the 385-entrant Ultimatum on December 29, he finished in 65th place. 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. He himself took part of the tournament, finishing in 25th place. [62] On August 15, 2017, DeBiedma became a U.S. Follower and view counts updated as of September 2022. [46] Hungrybox and four of his fellow Team Liquid members became co-owners of the team in December.[47]. [8][11], In 2009 at a local Tampa tournament, Twilight Showdown 6, he placed 3rd for the first time in any tournament, earning $27.50, his first prize money; he recognizes this as the first moment he considered becoming professional. 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. [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. [11] Hungrybox won his first-ever tournament at Revival of Melee 2 on November 21, 2009. [54][8], In the Grand Finals of DreamHack Austin 2017 in which he faced Daniel "ChuDat" Rodriguez in several highly contested games described by ESPN as "high-level spectacle", Hungrybox won the final game, and therefore the tournament, by camping and avoiding contact with ChuDat's Ice Climbers until the clock ran out, giving Hungrybox the win due to his statistical advantage in stocks and damage ratio. 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. [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. [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. 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