Smasher:Hungrybox

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Hungrybox "Hbox"
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Character info
Melee main Jigglypuff
Other Melee characters Fox, Falco, Ness
Brawl mains King Dedede, Jigglypuff
Smash 4 (3DS) main Jigglypuff
Other Smash 4 (3DS) character Kirby
Project M mains Mario, Jigglypuff
Other Project M characters Olimar, Fox
Team info
Crew(s) Team Curse
Former crews CLASH Tournaments, What are the Oddz
Personal info
Real name Juan Manuel Debiedma
Birth date (age 30)
Location Gainesville, Florida United States
Miscellaneous info
Skill Other Top professional (Melee, Project M)
Professional (Brawl)
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Hungrybox is a professional Super Smash Bros. Melee smasher, widely considered to be the best Jigglypuff main in the world by a considerable margin. He is considered to be one of the top 5 players in the world, due to consistent placements in top 6 at national events. He is one of the smashers to be sponsored by Team Curse, being picked up by said team on April 17th, 2014. Hungrybox was also previously sponsored by CLASH Tournaments, although he still keeps a close relationship with his former team for his produced content. Hungrybox is currently ranked 1st on the Florida Melee Power Rankings.

Hungrybox was one of the 16 players who participated in the Super Smash Bros. Invitational, placing 2nd with 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 Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS." He concluded his response by saying he would "come back next time and kick [Hungrybox's] ass," much to the pleasure of the audience.

Tournament history

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 PC Chris in winners' bracket, and then defeated KoreanDJ in losers' bracket to make it to losers' top 8, before losing to ChuDat, placing 7th.

His breakout performance occurred at GENESIS, where he placed 3rd. Although he lost to Mango early in winners' bracket, he swept through losers' bracket, defeating several notable smashers such as Darc, DaShizWiz, Darkrain 2-1, Scar 2-0, and finally 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 Hax 2-0, Cactuar 2-0, and Kage in winners' semis to make it to winners' finals, where he defeated 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, SilentSpectre 2-0, and Mew2King to make it to winners' finals, where he lost to Mango 2-3. He defeated 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, VaNz 2-1, 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, Hungrybox lost to Armada 0-2 in winners' quarters. In losers' bracket, he defeated Shroomed, Cactuar, and 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 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, Hungrybox was upset by KirbyKaze 1-2 early in winners' bracket. Despite this, he was able to make an extremely long run through losers' bracket. He defeated Silent Wolf 2-0, Zhu 2-0, Wobbles 2-0, Shroomed 2-0, KirbyKaze 2-0 in a rematch, 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, Hungrybox defeated 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 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 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 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, 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 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, Hungrybox placed 2nd, defeating Swedish Delight 3-0 in winners' semis before losing to Mew2King 0-3 in winners' finals. He defeated 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, DJ Nintendo 2-0, KirbyKaze 2-0, and 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 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 Westballz 3-1 and 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, Hungrybox defeated PewPewU 3-0, Fiction 3-1, Westballz 3-0, ZeRo 3-1, and 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 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 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, 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.

Other Smash games

While Hungrybox doesn't actively play Brawl, he is known to have a rather competent 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 Florida's Brawl Power Rankings using a combination of King Dedede and Jigglypuff.

He has participated in a few Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS tournaments, playing Jigglypuff, his general main and Kirby, from his Super Smash Bros. Invitational showdown.

Notable tournament placings

Melee

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
August Gigabits August 18th, 2007 9th
Doodah 3 December 29th, 2007 9th Hiroshi
Gigabits 1/12 January 12th, 2008 3rd 9th Hiroshi
TGMTSBCO June 7th-8th, 2008 5th 7th Exarch
FAST 1 July 17th-20th, 2008 7th 2nd DaShizWiz
Event 52 October 18th-19th, 2008 5th 13rd Hiroshi
Tipped Off 4 January 17th-18th, 2009 2nd 3rd Linguini
Revival of Melee March 7th-8th, 2009 7th 4th Colbol
GENESIS July 10th-12th, 2009 3rd 13th Hax
HERB2 July 25th-26th, 2009 2nd 3rd Porkchops
Gigabits 8/1 August 1st, 2009 1st 1st QueenDVS
Tipped Off 5 September 5th-6th, 2009 1st 1st Mew2King
Revival of Melee 2 November 21st-22nd, 2009 1st 4th Cactuar
Winterfest December 18th-20th, 2009 2nd 3rd Uuaa
Pound 4 January 16th-18th, 2010 2nd 17th Uuaa
HERB3 March 27th-28th, 2010 2nd 2nd Tope
C.E.O. 2010 June 5th-6th, 2010 1st 1st ChuDat
No Johns 7/10 July 10th, 2010 1st 1st Jman
Apex 2010 August 6th-8th, 2010 1st 4th Hax
WATO12 September 4th, 2010 1st 2nd Uuaa
Tipped Off 6 October 16th-17th, 2010 1st 3rd Dop
Revival of Melee 3 November 20th-21st, 2010 5th 2nd Hax
Don't Go Down There Jeff! December 18th-19th, 2010 4th 2nd Zhu
N.O.O.B. 3 January 15th, 2011 1st 3rd Skrach
Pound V February 19th-21st, 2011 3rd 3rd Hax
Zenith 2011 May 28th-29th, 2011 1st 9th DJ Nintendo
CEO 2011 June 10th-13th, 2011 1st 1st Linguini
GENESIS 2 July 15th-17th, 2011 4th 2nd Hax
Tipped Off 7 December 3rd-4th, 2011 1st Dr. PeePee
Apex 2012 January 6th-8th, 2012 2nd 2nd Plup
Zenith 2012 May 26th-27th, 2012 4th 3rd Hax
IMPULSE June 30th-July 1st, 2012 3rd 2nd Kage
MELEE-FC10R Legacy August 12th-14th, 2012 2nd 2nd Chillin
The Big House 2 October 6th-7th, 2012 2nd 2nd Chillin
Apex 2013 January 11th-13th, 2013 5th 2nd Plup
NorCal Regionals 2013 April 26th, 2013 1st 3rd Bladewise
Zenith 2013 June 1st-2nd, 2013 2nd 2nd DoH
EVO 2013 July 12th-14th, 2013 3rd 1st Mew2King
The Fall Classic September 14th-15th, 2013 1st 1st Dr. PeePee
The Big House 3 October 12th-13th, 2013 2nd 1st Mew2King
Revival of Melee 6 November 16th-17th, 2013 2nd 1st Mew2King
Tipped Off 9 December 14th-15th, 2013 2nd 1st Plup
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 5th 3rd Plup
Shuffle V February 22nd-23rd, 2014 2nd 1st Mew2King
Revival of Melee 7 March 8th-9th, 2014 3rd 2nd Darc
CEO 2014 Prologue March 28th-29th, 2014 1st
Fear The Green Missile April 26th, 2014 1st 1st Plup
Get On My Level 2014 May 10th-11th, 2014 2nd 1st Mew2King
Pat's House 2 May 24th-25th, 2014 2nd 1st Mew2King
MLG Anaheim 2014 June 20th-22nd, 2014 7th 5th Plup
CEO 2014 June 27th-29th, 2014 3rd 2nd Plup
EVO 2014 July 11th-13th, 2014 2nd 1st Plup
Mayhem August 9th, 2014 1st 2nd Westballz
Smash the Record August 22nd-25th, 2014 1st 1st Plup
Tipped Off 10 September 20th-21st, 2014 1st 1st Plup
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 9th 2nd Plup
Fight Pitt V November 1st-2nd, 2014 1st 1st Colbol

Project M

Tournament Date 1v1 placement 2v2 placement Partner
Zenith 2012 May 26th-27th, 2012 1st
MELEE-FC10R Legacy August 12th-14th, 2012 1st 2nd Kage
Zenith 2013 June 1st-2nd, 2013 2nd
The Big House 3 October 12th-13th, 2013 7th 1st Mew2King
Apex 2014 January 17th-19th, 2014 25th
Shuffle V February 22nd-23rd, 2014 2nd 3rd Nintendude
CEO 2014 Prologue March 28th-29th, 2014 5th
CEO 2014 June 27th-29th, 2014 9th 4th Armada
Tipped Off 10 September 20th-21st, 2014 9th 3rd Mew2King
The Big House 4 October 4th-5th, 2014 13th

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Super Smash Bros. Invitational June 10th, 2014 2nd

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS

Tournament Date 1v1 Placement 2v2 Placement Partner
Tipped Off 10 September 20th-21st, 2014 3rd
Fight Pitt V November 1st-2nd, 2014 4th

Trivia

  • Hungrybox 4-stocked Mew2King in a money match on a large projection screen at Event 52 prior to the finals. Mew2King won the set, but Cactuar gave him a dollar anyway, stating "Hungrybox 4-stocked Mew2King, and here is his dollar," as he delivered it to Hungrybox.
  • Hungrybox has never been known to use Jigglypuff's Sing, but uses it himself

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