Juan Debiedma

Hungrybox
Juan Manuel Debiedma
Status Active
Born (1993-06-21) June 21, 1993
Hometown Orlando, Florida
Nationality Argentinian and American
Current team Team Liquid
League Major League Gaming
Evolution Championship Series
Games Super Smash Bros. Melee
Project M
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
Organizer Luis “Liquid`Crunch” Rosias
Career prize money $154,306.15[1]
Championships EVO 2016, Battle of the Five Gods, DreamHack Winter 2015
Nickname(s) Hungrybox
Professional career
2013–2014 CLASH Tournaments
2014–2015 Team Curse
2015–Present Team Liquid

Juan Manuel Debiedma (born June 21, 1993), also known as Hungrybox (or HBox for short), is an Argentinian American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee player from Orlando, Florida. One of the "Five Gods" of Melee along with Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney[2], Debiedma has won several major tournaments, including Apex 2010 and EVO 2016.[3][4][5] He is widely regarded to be the best Jigglypuff main in the world[6][7] and has been ranked in the top five in the world every year since formal rankings began in 2013[8]. He reached second in 2015 and 2016,[9] and has won more money in his lifetime playing Melee than anyone with the exception of Adam "Armada" Lindgren.[10] Debiedma also plays Project M and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, maining Jigglypuff in the former and Mario in the latter.[11] He is a member of Team Liquid.

Career

Hungrybox says that he "got good using gimmicks" and that his hands are not fast enough for technical skill.[12] In 2009, Debiedma placed 3rd at GENESIS 1, his first high placement at a national tournament. He won his first tournament at Revival of Melee 2 later that year. Hungrybox continued to make deep runs in tournaments often finishing 2nd to 5th. In 2014, he placed top three in nine Melee tournaments, including a victory at Fight Pitt V[13] and runner up at EVO 2014.[4] Debiedma believes that he gained more respect in recent years for playing a character once considered gimmicky.[14][15] In 2015, Debiedma won his first national victory for the year at Paragon after handily defeating Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman in grand finals.[16]

On July 3, 2013, Debiedma was picked up by CLASH Tournaments alongside Aziz "Hax" Al-Yami.[17] On April 17, 2014, Debiedma left CLASH Tournaments and joined Team Curse.[18] On January 6, 2015 Team Curse announced that they would be merging with Team Liquid. Because of the merge, Debiedma was picked up by Team Liquid along with his teammate Kashan "Chillin" Khan, joining Ken and KoreanDJ.[19]

On Reddit, Super Smash Bros. Melee player Joseph "Mango" Marquez and Debiedma were involved in a feud in a Ask Me Anything that Mango did in June 2013.[20] Debiedma says that Marquez, despite being the best player in the world, is very immature and said that Marquez somehow turned the whole Smash community against him. In the end, Hungrybox says that he just wants some respect from Mango. Marquez replied that while he does have respect for Debiedma outside of the Smash community, he has no respect for him when playing the game. He says "I think [you're] and i think [you're] god awful. You learn 1 gimmick and abused it .. You never adapt to anything .. [You're] just bad at the game and if you wanna shut me up. Beat me consistently dude and it will change.[21]

In 2015, Debiedma played a 1v1 game of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U against Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime during the 2015 Nintendo World Championships. The two had agreed to an exhibition match the previous year during the Super Smash Bros. Invitational at E3 2014. Debiedma used Jigglypuff while Reggie used Ryu from Street Fighter. Debiedma won the match nearly effortlessly.

In August 2015 Debiedma announced that he would be becoming less active in competitive Smash as he began his career as an engineer.[22] Paragon Los Angeles was his next tournament after EVO. He finished 3rd in Melee after being eliminated by Mew2King by a score of 3-2.[23] In the largest Project M tournament in history, Hbox finished 4th, also after being defeated by Mew2King, losing 3-1. In October, HBox won the MLG World Finals Melee singles tournament after beating Mew2King in grand finals 3-1 to win the tournament. In November HBox won Dreamhack Winter 2015 Melee singles beating Armada 3-1 in the second set of grand finals after losing 3-0 in the first set of grand finals, and won doubles with Axe, beating Shroomed and MacD 3-1 in grand finals.

On July 17, 2016, Debiedma became the Super Smash Bros. Melee EVO 2016 Champion, beating Armada in the grand finals. Debiedma was sent to the losers bracket after losing Winner's Semifinals to Justin "Plup" McGrath, but was able to work his way back up to Grand Finals against Armada after eliminating S2J, Mango, and Plup. Finals consisted of Armada playing Fox and Hungrybox playing Jigglypuff. He won two consecutive best of five sets against Armada, both sets with a score of 3-2.

Personal life

Debiedma was born in Argentina on June 21, 1993.[24] Debiedma is a 2011 graduate of Freedom High School in Orlando and is a 2015 graduate at the University of Florida with a major in chemical engineering.[5][25] In 2015, he began working as a process engineer for Henkel[26]. In 2016, after underperforming at The Big House 6, Debiedma quit his job at Henkel to pursue a full-time eSports career. [27]

In an interview after winning DreamHack Winter 2015, Hungrybox revealed that his biological father had died.[28]

Hungrybox appeared as a guest of Anthony Fantano on the January 9, 2016 episode of the The Needle Drop podcast.[29] Fantano had previously appeared on Hungrybox's twitch.tv stream.

Notable tournament placings

Super Smash Bros Melee

Tournament[30] Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
Revival of MeleeMarch 7–8, 20097th4thColbol
GENESISJuly 10–12, 20093rd13thHax
Revival of Melee 2November 21–22, 20091st4thCactuar
Pound 4January 16–18, 20102nd17thUuaa
Apex 2010August 6–8, 20101st4thHax
Revival of Melee 3November 20–21, 20105th2ndHax
Pound VFebruary 19–21, 20113rd3rdHax
GENESIS 2July 15–17, 20114th2ndHax
Apex 2012January 6–8, 20122nd2ndPlup
Zenith 2012May 26–27, 20124th3rdHax
IMPULSEJune 30-July 1, 20123rd2ndKage
MELEE-FC10R LegacyAugust 12–14, 20122nd2ndChillin
The Big House 2October 6–7, 20122nd2ndChillin
Apex 2013January 11–13, 20135th2ndPlup
Zenith 2013June 1–2, 20132nd2ndDoH
EVO 2013July 12–14, 20133rd1stMew2King
The Big House 3October 12–13, 20132nd1stMew2King
Revival of Melee 6November 16–17, 20132nd1stMew2King
Apex 2014January 17–19, 20145th3rdPlup
Shuffle VFebruary 22–23, 20142nd1stMew2King
Revival of Melee 7March 8–9, 20143rd2ndDarc
CEO 2014 PrologueMarch 28–29, 20141st——
Get On My Level 2014May 10–11, 20142nd1stMew2King
Pat's House 2May 24–25, 20142nd1stMew2King
MLG Anaheim 2014June 20–22, 20147th5thPlup
CEO 2014June 27–29, 20143rd2ndPlup
EVO 2014July 11–13, 20142nd1stPlup
Smash the RecordAugust 22–25, 20141st1stPlup
Tipped Off 10September 20–21, 20141st1stPlup
The Big House 4October 4–5, 20149th2ndPlup
Fight Pitt VNovember 1–2, 20141st1stColbol
Forte 2December 20–21, 20141st2ndArc
Paragon 2015January 17–18, 20151st1stPlup
Apex 2015January 30-February 1, 20155th1stMew2King
Bad Moon RisingMarch 14–15, 20151st1stDoH
MVG SandstormApril 18–19, 20154th3rdSilly Kyle
Press StartMay 9–10, 20154th1stMew2King
Get On My Level 2015May 30–31, 20151st1stHax
CEO 2015June 26–28, 20155th2ndLeffen
EVO 2015July 17–19, 20152nd3rdPlup
Paragon Los AngelesSeptember 5–6, 20153rd——
MLG World Finals 2015October 16–18, 20151st——
Dreamhack Winter 2015 November 26–28, 20151st1stAxe
GENESIS 3January 15–17, 20163rd4thAxe
PAX ArenaJanuary 29–31, 20161st2ndMew2King
Battle of the Five GodsMarch 17th-19th, 20161st——
Pound 6April 2–3, 20161st——
Smash Summit 2April 21–24, 20162nd2ndPlup
Enthusiast Gaming Live ExpoApril 29-May 1, 20161st2ndLeffen
DreamHack Austin 2016May 6-8, 20162nd——
Get On My Level 2016May 20-22, 20163rd3rdLeffen
Smash'N'Splash 2June 11-12, 20161st5thWobbles
Low Tier City 4June 18-19, 20161st2ndESAM
CEO 2016June 24-25, 20161st1stMew2King
WTFox 2July 1-3, 20165th4thIori
EVO 2016July 15-17, 20161st2ndMew2King
Super Smash Con 2016August 11-14, 20162nd——
Shine 2016August 26-28, 20164th——
The Big House 6October 7-9, 20165th5thMew2King
Canada Cup 2016October 28-30, 20162nd——
Smash Summit 3November 3-6, 20162nd5thPlup
UGC Open December 2-4, 2016[31] 3rd[31] 4th[32] Mew2King[32]
Don't Park On The Grass December 17-18, 2016 2nd 3rd Swedish Delight
GENESIS 4 January 20-22, 2017 4th 5th Mew2King
Smash Summit Spring 2017 March 2-5, 2017 2nd 5th Axe

Project M

Tournament[33] Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
Zenith 2012May 26–27, 20121st——
MELEE-FC10R LegacyAugust 12–14, 20121st2ndKage
Zenith 2013June 1–2, 20132nd——
The Big House 3October 12–13, 20137th1stMew2King
Apex 2014January 17–19, 201425th——
Shuffle VFebruary 22–23, 20142nd3rdNintendude
CEO 2014 PrologueMarch 28–29, 20145th——
CEO 2014June 27–29, 20149th4thArmada
Tipped Off 10September 20–21, 20149th3rdMew2King
The Big House 4October 4–5, 201413th——
Forte 2December 20–21, 20141st——
Paragon 2015January 17–18, 20153rd——
Paragon Los AngelesSeptember 5–6, 20154th1st-6thOracle
Smash'N'Splash 2June 11-12, 201633rd5thWestballz
Low Tier City 4June 18-19, 2016—5thMrLz
WTFox 2July 1-3, 20161st1stMew2King

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Tournament[34] Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
Super Smash Bros. InvitationalJune 10, 20142nd——
CEO 2015June 26-28, 201597th3rdZeRo
FC Smash 15XR: ReturnJuly 4-5, 201517th2ndZeRo
WTFox 2July 1-3, 201625th——

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

Tournament[35] Date1v1 placement2v2 placementPartner
Tipped Off 10September 20–21, 20143rd——
Fight Pitt VNovember 1–2, 20144th——

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