Hungrybox's Incredible Run at EVO 2016 

smashladder chat, twitch chat, etc were all like RIP tourney over Armada will beat hbox in a boring set, then it became the most hype set of top 8

Definitely hyped me up, even though I don't usually watch Melee. Hungrybox was incredible.

I feel he definitely rewatched his game last year and decided to push his aerial combos a lot harder

Zenith Tempest Crunch's coaching probably helped

Unfathomable

You couldn't have said it any better, Alax. This was the single most greatest run I have ever seen.

Did you predict Low Tier city 7?

Hi Alax!

YO ITS ALAX

Well said!

+Nope Plus same here, man. People that don't understand Jiggs say that she takes no skill. Hbox is an example of the opposite of that statement.

I would rather have Armanda win but ehh congrats to Hbox

I usually feel frustrated on his opponents behalf trying to fight jiggs. He super deserves a win at last though.

It's getting old hearing people hate. This man has skill. Got the crowd super hyped and displayed some of the best melee. Best in the world hands down

I'm not the smartest in smash because I havent played it since being a kid but why do people even discredit him for using jigg? If the character is that strong shouldn't other pros be picking it up also? If anything it credits his skill for being able to play a character that no one else can to that point

cute ass comment

salty mango fanboy?

+Anthony That he did. That he did.

J lor Who?

lmao

also, he cried because of family things. in an interview he mentions it.

+Gabe French what happened ?

His biological father passed away

lol Something like this happened on alex's stream. Alex19: I wouldn't cry if I won something like that. Twitch chat: Yeah you're right, You'd fucking kill someone because you can't contain your excitement/strength. Alex:...ok you're not wrong.

+Taylor Wadlington theres an interview with D1. Look up, dreamhack Hungrybox interview. Or Hbox crying and it'll come up.

This nigga stealing shit from Twitter lmao

+42PP someone call the police

And thus Darkmada was born.

Ouch

Oh damn when you say that it makes sense why he pointed up and looked up.

Who said that

@@ilikemakingpeoplemad Hbox himself said that in an interview talking about his father

@@ilikemakingpeoplemad Hbox's dad to him when he was a kid

In all seriousness though, H-Box did an amazing job. One of my favorite smash players winning EVO, he deserves it.

Cyrain in response to Armada: Word.

Sorry, I was making fajitas.

Can I get some please?

+Caleb Miller i want my with pepper.

+Derpic Derp mine*

And who put one in Hbox's tear ducts?

you could see it in his eyes after every single set, it's so amazing he got the win

I'm just so happy that he made this huge run. it's always so exciting when someone makes a glorious comeback like his. very proud of HungryBox. Favorite smash god lol

remember his interview after dreamhack last year? His dad told him that he'll never be the best, he might be one of the greats but never the best. Ever since then he's been a man possessed to be number 1. Fuck dude, solo-maining puff for 10 years he's finally proved that its his time to be the number 1 guy.

idk man, m2k hasn't won a supermajor in a couple of years...

I think it would mean a lot to Mango as well. the 3vo and all

While I don't disagree, it's not like Hungrybox won the matchup entirely on his own. There were multiple occasions where Armada could've easily closed the set but failed to capitalize. Clutchbox is clutchbox though.

yeah, wasn't there a few times where armada literally just threw himself off the stage? i could've sworn he SD'd at least twice.

55thebassman55 yep, first stock of game 1 was an SD from armada iirc

That singular side b offstage ended up costing him the tourney. Which is porbably one of the reasons he was so devastated. Still good shit to hbox, not discrediting him.

I know, sometimes I get scared, fighting the puff lord. But I think eventually Armada just accepted 666XX and it actually helped him play better near the end (also hbox missed some obv punishes so I'm like 'eh')

@@l4vvie k

ikr lol

The accuracy.

Lol that's true

I literally just thought of that xD Lookin like Ryu

LMAO

I was gonna say almost the same thing lol

I just dont like him for his cringy popoffs

If you don't know his backstory of his step father telling him he'll never be the best then it probably is cringy. Having known that and watching this live I thought it was a pretty great moment.

+Jerr Cyr if I had just won anything close to 14k, I would pop off, too. that's not cringe.

+Brad Sanders who said this popoff was cringy?

wat does 3vo mean??

+Lavi_MarioStickMan12 I kept seeing that in the Twitch chat but I just didn't know it meant.

Mango won 2 Evos and started the hashtag #3vo, stating he wanted a 3rd evo

+Lavi_MarioStickMan12 people call Mang0 trying to win 3 evos 3vo. He has won 2 so far.

If Mango won it would be his 3rd evo

He have the 2nd place curse

I think he won the last 2 EVOs so he can't be too mad

+King XCVII he won one time, last year Google it up people

+Allmageddon343 *last one

+Allmageddon343 he won last years but he is really sad about it his family asked him if he won and he started to tear up that's what he said on his Twitter he wanted the second title so badly just to tie with mangos win but this year he couldn't

"Press 1 if you feel GLAD for Hbox." FTFY

1,111,111

_Juan._

AND HIS NAME IS JUAN CENAAAAA!!! (I apologise for nothing)

1^infinity

Underrated comment

Sean Silos Someone was resting on that pun

Also has the integrity, the intelligence, and the reads

and above all else, he falls on the ground in celebration really well

+Derek Unike Few people can pull off falling to the ground out of sheer joy with quite the same finesse

Charisma? He's by far the most hated player in the melee scene, mainly due to his cheesy over-emotional pop offs and annoying play style.

+bisher martini I disagree, leffen is probably more hated, but I like all the melee players

That's what hbox got two years in a row I think

+riSygneD 3rd, 2nd, 2nd, then 1st. Hey, I'd say he deserves it. He's been working hard for it, especially with Jiggs as she is.

Especially if you were on the winners side of the bracket, no wonder armada looked so heartbroken

"with jiggs as she is" you mean an amazing character that fits hungrybox AND has the objective tools to be one of the best characters in the game? yeah man

Nit Bean I mean, don't get me wrong, Jiggs is an amazing character, it's just that you don't see anyone playing Jiggs at such a high level as Hbox.

I'm hoping that Leffen starts winning a bunch and then PPMD comes and puts him in his place.

+Zac Clark don't worry that's all in the script

I knew it! :P

You should start hoping that Leffen starts actually going to tournaments again first, Zac

Leffen beats Hbox. Hbox beats M2K. M2K beats PPMD. PPMD beats Leffen. Mango SDs. Armada wins. ~Melee top 6

Un momento muy épico ;)

And now Argentina became World Champions in Football as well. Another wonderful Day 😄🎉🔥

Hmom 💖

Its krazy

living the dream.

He is definitely amazing, but honestly puff doesn't require as many hours of practice as other top tiers so he can probably manage a full time job.

ShortBusGangster Yea, but still winning grand finals at EVO while working 40 hours a week and still having the power to take on both mango and armada, well, it shows that he is the only one that can do that. Plus he mastered Puff a long time ago, so the only thing I'm impressed about is how he wasn't worn out during the tournament. He showed minimal mistakes out of everyone after working his (probably) 5-day job duties! If I were en engineer, there would be no way in high hell I could accomplish what he just did if I had his level of skill.

Not to mention he has a wife too (I think)

we rule the world baby

completion date? when it's done

PSASBR reference?

Erectin' an L

He solves practical problems.

The set against armada, that is

Same

Same

Same

@@stink430 Third times the charm lol

Oh please, Leffen wouldn't have made it past Plup.

+lol m2k You mean Duck?

Actually, Leffen was applauding Hbox: twitter.com/TSM_Leffen/status/754849113901072384

***** i mean more of that leffen has been left out on soooo many tournaments this year like pound, apex, and genesis.

Damn Visa, damn poor leffen

Hi daddy G&W

It did on twitch but who knows how many people were watching on ESPN2?

+MaxTheHunter Street Fighter 5 is my guess .-.

+DaJuan "Energy" McDaniel Yeah I want to know how much people were watching on ESPN2, cuz srkevo1 stream got up to 165k viewers for SFV,if we add the 2 up, then we will know how much people were watching, but at the same time, Melee got up to 220k viewers, and were also people watching Melee on TopangaTV so those need to be added up as well, I know for fact that TopangaTV reached up 20k viewers during Melee so it is still very possible that Melee was the most watched event at EVO, in other words Melee reached almost 240k viewers overall, that imo is really saying something

Never happening. EVO has always been an FGC event with favor towards Capcom games.

+metaXzero you forgot that the tournament also kinda works like a business so if it would possibly make more money I wouldn't be surprised if it happens.

Ikr at smash 4 I could barely see them play and couldn't even get seats in the front to watch the projector

+Pone Aples why? Because smash 4 was treated badly.

Smash 4 had more entrants and a bigger community but the venue and schedule was total shit. 2nd biggest game at evo .

Eventhough Smash 4 had 2600 and was the second biggest game but EVO treated Smash 4 like shit! Fuck Evo Melee was great tho

+alejandro aguilar Yeah but melee got a lot more viewers. like it was crazy.

Armada was salty.

I thought the same, Hbox hugged Armada last Evo when he lost. But Armada just felt too crushed after losing I assume.

Armada looked way too salty/broken to have the energy to do that. There were hugs the past two evos before this though.

Hbox could probably tell Armada was really upset and didn't want to seem patronizing or whatever. I'm sure they're cool IRL, it's just that high-level competition like that gets really intense emotionally.

Armada was salty af but I'm pretty sure he congratulated him via Twitter.

Armada plays fox.....

@@ZarcRealGaming He mains peach, but he uses fox as a secondary for bad machups

Works for m2k as well lol

@Kaeden Meek Whatchu talkin' about? :P Armada has openly hated Jiggs even since before Genesis 1. He'll talk about it regularly on his stream :P

Kaeden Meek ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iA-ICReHRk8.html

@Kadence Meek He hated Jigglypuff before Smash was even a thing.

By far one of the most emotional players in Melee, and im so happy whenever he wins. He deserves it.

Lol, exactly what I was thinking

Epic ratio

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he's a fantastic player but he's still not number one

+ThatDudePraXis lol armada may have 2 big tourney wins but hbox has CEO and EVO plus all the other summer wins he has on top of second place finishes all around. He was number one before evo but this just solidified it.

+Jason Cossio also battle of the five gods. That's HUGE

+Jason Cossio winning a huge tournament honestly doesn't mean anything, a bottom tier user can beat hbox or anyone if they're on their game

+Jason Cossio No one went to CEO

it's even sadder cuz he looked so happy at 3:25 ;(

Sad Armada looking like Cloud on Smash 4, clapping after loosing. But a great warrior

yeah, but fuck cloud

that actually made me sorta sad too :(

I remember seeing it live, dude.. I thought Hbox's life was in danger for a minute... *Murder face.*

He's clapping, but he's thinking "fuck, fuck, fuck, FUCK!!!" XD

Reminds me of C. Falcon in Sm4sh XD

hindsight what ifs are cringe

kirjian i know i'm just sayin i saw the choke but i'm not salty about hbox winning for anything

You didn't have to read it. Wasted your own time on your own accord.

Prankstersism But you didn't have to so yeh.

He probably still would've lost to Hbox in semis and then would have to play s2j and then armada or Hbox.. He probably still wouldn't have won

Floaties >>>>

+Hazel Ninja FUCK FLOATIES

@@polarbits Yea you right, Peach a pretty thicc bih.

@@polarbits well they ARE both girls...

@@maxalaintwo3578 Puff is a girl 75percent of the time

Couldn't have said it better myself. Wish I could have been there for it live, but every last stock clutch by Hbox had me jumping out of my seat.

+TheTintedHalo I was there live and I think the people next to me might have thought I was fucking crazy because I popped off like 5 times and lost my voice!

He is not fun to watch. It is boring as shit. I liked the s2j vs westballz match better than any match with Hbox.

+Dragyn are you saying...these sets weren't hype for you?

+Dragyn salt

Most diehard Melee fans I know bitch about anything that isn't Fox/ Shiek/ Marth/ or C. Falcon. If it don't go fast it is booooooring. Luckily, I'm not an uncultured swine, and can appreciate footsies.

If only he didn't side b off the stage.

3... I felt like I was going to cry

We didn't need to see anymore furries in the top 8, so happy Jiggs and Hbox made it as champs!

It didn't. It just goes to show that hbox is good at getting rest setups. Puff will never be better than Fox.

+Haru I'd trust those words more if, you know, HBox's puff hadn't prevailed against the foxes he faced.

***** Hbox is undeniably good at the Fox v Puff match up. That being said, Puff will still never be better than Fox.

Melee is scripted

don't. He played awful and deserved the loss. Rarely uptilted, rarely side smashed.

don't. He played awful and deserved the loss. Rarely uptilted, rarely side smashed.

>side smashed >fox stfu. you dont know shit about this game.

Dude is a bum I feel bad for him too

Hold this W bro

keep your ring

Same. Don't like Juan, don't like his Jigglypuff. But man if he isn't the most clutch fucking player out there. It's unbelievable the shit he pulls off in last stock/last game scenarios.

Bair is arguably the best aerial in the game. Lag less start and one hell of a fucking hitbox. Nah dur he would use the best move in the game a lot. Also, he likes to take his characters to the blast zone with the infamous walls of pain.

I know this is weird, but you are the only one to notice the pregame banter between them. Thank you.