Joseph Marquez

Mango
Joseph Manuel[1] Marquez
Status	Active
Born	(1991-12-10) December 10, 1991
Hometown	Norwalk, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Current team	Cloud9
Games	Super Smash Bros. Melee Project M
Career prize money	$127,678.90[2]
Championships	EVO 2013 EVO 2014 MLG Anaheim 2014
Nickname(s)	Mango Scorpion Master The Kid The G.O.A.T. (Greatest of all time)
Professional career
2014–present	Cloud9
7/2013–6/2014	Melee It on Me
?–7/2013	Roundbit
?–7/2013	The Blade Breakers

Joseph Marquez (born December 10, 1991), known by his gamertag Mango (sometimes MaNg0 or Mang0), is a professional competitor in Super Smash Bros. Melee, a crossover fighting game published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2001. A native of Norwalk, California, Marquez is part of the Cloud9 esports team. He primarily plays as Fox and Falco, although he began his competitive career as a Jigglypuff main.^[3] Marquez is considered one of the dominant "Five Gods" of Melee, along with Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, and Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, and is viewed by some as Melee's greatest all-time player.^[4][5] Marquez is known for his strong mental game and ability to adapt.^[6]

He won Genesis in 2009, Evolution Championship Series in 2013 and 2014 and Major League Gaming Anaheim in 2014. Marquez was ranked as the best Melee player in the world in both 2013 and 2014,^[7][8], as well as fourth in 2015 and third in 2016.^[9] Mango's other nicknames include "Scorpion Master" (used when he is playing as Mario) and "The Kid".^[10] He also plays Project M in tournaments, using both of his Melee mains.^[11]

Career

Rise to fame

Mango began his career as a Jigglypuff main, citing Californian Jigglypuff main The King as his inspiration.^[12] He contributed to the character's rise in the Melee's list of character viability known as the tier lists.^[13][14] Marquez entered EVO 2007, beating players such as Mew2King. He finished 3rd after losing to Ken Hoang. Mango's first national tournament win was Pound 3 in 2008^[6] where he beat many of the best smashers. He placed 3rd in singles at Super Champ Combo, again defeating many well-known players. In doubles, he also placed 3rd with his partner Lucky, even beating the team of Ken and Isai.

On February 4, 2008, Mango won Pound 3, having beaten top professionals such as Forward, Cort, PC Chris, ChuDat, and Mew2King.^[15]

By March 8, 2009, he was considered one of the best active Melee players in the world, having beaten PC Chris, ChuDat, Mew2King, and many other smashers at Revival of Melee in Nanuet, New York, placing 1st.^[16]

On July 10, 2009, Mango attended GENESIS by DBR, which had 290 entrants in Melee Singles (Melee's largest tournament ever at the time), where he reached the Winners Finals and lost 2-3 the first set against Adam "Armada" Lindgren, a Peach main regarded as the best player in Europe.^[17] After defeating Hungrybox in Losers Finals 3-0, Mango reached Grand Finals against Armada. Mango then proceeded to win a very intense and close second set 3-2, and the third set 3-0 to win the tournament.

Revival of Melee 2 was the cause of much debate within the Smash community when Mango placed fourth after being double eliminated by Kage The Warrior. However, rumors and uncertainty ended after Mango claimed 1st place at Pound 4, then the largest tournament in Melee history with over 300 entrants, without dropping a set, defeating Hungrybox 3-1 in Grand Finals.^[18]

Since his victory at Pound 4, Mango was regarded by many to be the world champion of SSBM.^[6]

Scorpion Master

After being banned on Smash World Forums, Mango, along with DBR and the rest of his region, decided to prank the rest of the Smash community by creating an alias known as ScorpionMaster94 and sandbag at a number of tournaments. Originally going to use Luigi or Samus, when using his alias, Mango decided to use Mario after soundly defeating fellow SoCal smasher Johnny "S2J" Kim in a money match.

Mango and the rest of SoCal created a backstory for his alias, claiming "Scorp" was a prodigy from Mexico named Joshua Lopez who defeated everyone in SoCal and was ready to place Top 3 at Apex 2010. Mango, however, failed in this endeavor, losing to Wobbles and Eggz and getting an unexpected 25th place at Apex 2010.^[19] Mango continued to sandbag with other characters, such as Captain Falcon and Marth, in addition to his Mario, convincingly defeating Kage The Warrior 2-0 with Link and Marth at Revival of Melee 3 and receiving 9th place, and placing 17th at Pound V.

Regaining the lead

Mango's planned revival was GENESIS 2. Despite being upset by Taj in Winners Semis, he was able to fire through Losers Bracket to reach Grand Finals against Armada, defeating Hungrybox 3-0 in Losers Semis and Taj again 2-0 in Losers Finals (Taj forfeited after he was dominated in the first two games). After a close and intense set, Mango ultimately placed 2nd, losing 2-3 against Armada.^[20]

Mango secured his position as champion of North America by winning Revival of Melee 4, convincingly defeating Dr. PeePee 3-0 in Winners Finals and 3-1 in Grand Finals.^[21]

At Apex 2012, Mango fell short of people's expectations and placed 3rd after losing 0-3 to Armada in Winners Finals and 1-3 to Hungrybox in Losers Finals.^[22]

After Apex 2012, Mango began to regain the dominant lead he held back in 2008. He won IMPULSE, a Canadian national tournament, after defeating Dr. PeePee, Hungrybox and Mew2King. Mango continued to defend his victory streak, convincingly defeating Hungrybox in Grand Finals at MELEE-FC10R Legacy^[23] and again at The Big House 2, winning both national tournaments without dropping a set.^[24]

At Apex 2013, Mango defeated several notable smashers in Winners bracket such as Nintendude, Vwins, and Eggm, before losing to Mew2King. In Losers bracket, he defeated Vwins again, Hax, and Hungrybox before losing to Mew2King again, placing 4th.^[25]

Road to EVO 2013

At B.E.A.S.T 3 in Sweden, Mango won the tournament after defeating well known European smashers such as Zgetto, Baxon, Overtriforce, and finally Ice in Grand Finals.^[26]

At Kings of Cali 2, Mango won the tournament without dropping a set, defeating Shroomed 3-1 in Winners Finals and Wobbles 3-0 in Grand Finals.^[27]

At NorCal Regionals 2013, Mango was upset by PewPewU in Winners Semis. Mango reached Grand Finals after defeating Fly Amanita, Westballz, and PewPewU in the Losers Bracket and won a convincing 3-0 first set against Hungrybox (including a 4 stock in game 2), but failed to pull through in the second set, losing 2-3.^[28] On June 16, it was announced that Mango became sponsored by Melee website and podcast Melee it on Me.

At Vindication, Mango defeated Mew2King in Winners Finals 3-0, but lost the first set of Grand Finals 1-3. However, he managed to win the second set 3-1, winning the tournament.^[29]

Zenith 2013 was a significant tournament, with all 4 top players in the United States present for the first time since Apex 2013 as well as being a road to EVO qualifier. Mango was put in the Losers Bracket by Mew2King after losing Winners Semis 1-3. He defeated DaShizWiz 2-0 in Losers Quarters, Dr. PeePee 3-1 in Losers Semis, and Mew2King 3-1 in Losers Finals before reaching Grand Finals against Hungrybox. Mango won the tournament after defeating Hungrybox in 2 sets, both 3-1.^[30]

At IMPULSE 2013 in Toronto, Mango claimed 1st place without dropping a game, defeating Unknown522 3-0 in both Winners and Grand Finals. Teaming with Unknown522, Mango also took 1st in Melee Doubles and 1st in Project M Singles.^[31]

EVO 2013

With 709 entrants, EVO 2013 is currently the seventh largest Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament of all time, and was the largest for a year. With his victory at Zenith 2013, Mango was the number one seed and advanced from his pool in day one, cruising into the Winners Quarters pool without dropping a game.

On day two, Mango then proceeded to the Winners Semis pool after defeating Axe 2-1. In Winners Quarters, Mango was put in the Losers Bracket after losing 1-2 to Wobbles. Mango then cemented his place in the Top 8 after defeating SFAT 2-1.

Mango began EVO finals in the Losers Bracket. He defeated Ice 2-0 and Dr. PeePee 2-0 before reaching Losers Semis against Armada. In a highly anticipated match, Mango defeated Armada 2-0 to reach Losers Finals against Hungrybox. After defeating Hungrybox 2-0, Mango reached Grand Finals against Wobbles. Mango then defeated Wobbles in 2 sets, 3-0 and 3-1 to become the champion of EVO 2013.^[32] Following his EVO victory, he was considered to be the best player in the game.^[33]

Post EVO 2013

After winning EVO 2013 and with the birth of his son, Mango announced that he would be taking a small hiatus from competitive Melee. In 2013, Mango became less active in gaming, choosing to spend more time with his family.^[34] During this period he entered tournaments primarily with secondary characters, including placing 2nd at LANHAMMER 2013 with Marth and 2nd at Pound V.5 with Marth and Captain Falcon.

At Fight Pitt 3, Mango's Fox defeated Mew2King's Marth 3-2 in Winners Finals. However, Mew2King managed to take 2 sets from Mango in Grand Finals to win the tournament, both sets 3-1.

By the end of 2013, the Melee It On Me (MIOM) 2013 SSBMRank placed Mango as the best player of that year.^[35]

2014

At Apex 2014, Mango beat Fiction 2-0 in Winners Quarters but was defeated 1-3 by Dr. PeePee in Winners Semis. He then defeated Hungrybox in Losers Quarters 2-0 to reach Losers Semis against Leffen, the preeminent Fox player in Europe. Mango defeated Leffen in a riveting 3-2 set (including a 4-stock in game 5). Mango ultimately lost to Mew2King 1-3 in Losers Finals and placed 3rd. Apex 2014 was won by Dr. PeePee.

Cloud9 and MLG Anaheim 2014

Revival of Melee 7 marked Mango's return to competitive Melee. Mango won the tournament without dropping a set,^[36] defeating Hungrybox 3-0 in Winners quarters, Darrell 3-0 in Winners semis and Mew2King 3-2 in Winners finals and 3-1 in Grand Finals.^[37] This was also the third time Mango has claimed a ROM title.

At Fight Pitt IV, Mango faced off against Mew2King in Winners finals.^[38] In Grand Finals, Mew2King won the first set 3-2, but Mango prevailed in the second set, winning 3-0. In the final set he won 3-2. Mango's Falco was able to defeat Mew2King's Marth on Final Destination in two consecutive games, a remarkable feat considering Mew2King's mastery of the Space Animal match-up on that stage.

At WHOBO MLG, Mango was upset by Hax 1-3 in Winners finals.^[39] Mango went on to defeat Hax in two sets of grand finals 6-0 using Falco to win the tournament and qualify for MLG Anaheim 2014.^[40]

On May 6, 2014, Cloud9 HyperX announced that they had signed Mango to lead their fighting games division.^[33] Mango's first tournament under this new sponsor was Get On My Level 2014 in Toronto, where he took 1st place, defeating Kage 2-0, KirbyKaze and Mew2King 3-0, and Hungrybox 3-2 in grand finals for the title.^[41] However, at subsequent tournaments, Mango did not perform as well. At SKTAR 3, he lost to PPMD 1-3 in Winners finals, and then was eliminated by Mew2King 1-3 in Losers finals, finishing at 3rd place overall.^[42] At Super SWEET in Ann Arbor, Michigan, he was defeated by Armada 2-3 in Winners finals then eliminated by Mew2King 1-3 once again in Losers finals, with the last match being a 4-stock against him on Pokémon Stadium.^[43]

MLG Anaheim 2014 had one of the largest prize pools in Smash history at US$15,000 and was the first Major League Gaming sponsored Melee tournament since 2006.^[44] Mango dropped two sets in pool play, one to Armada 2-3, and one to Westballz 0-3.^[45] Mango defeated PPMD in Winners semis 3-2. He beat Armada in Winners finals and grand finals, both sets 3-2, to claim first place.^[46]

Mango later attended CEO 2014, where he managed to defeat Mew2King 2-0 and Armada 3-1 to secure a spot in grand finals. In grand finals Armada came back to win two sets over Mango, 0-3 and 1-3, to take the tournament.^[47]

At Kings of Cali 4, Mango defeated MacD, Fiction, and aMSa 3-0 before reaching Winners finals against Armada, where he won 3-1. He lost the first set of grand finals 0-3 to Armada, but still won the second set 3-1, placing 1st overall in singles at the tournament.^[48]

At the end of the year Melee it on Me ranked Mango as the best Melee player in the world in the 2014 SSBMRank.^[49]

EVO 2014

EVO 2014 had a total of 970 entrants for Melee, surpassing the record set by EVO 2013 and becoming the largest Smash tournament at the time.^[50][51] In the Winners quarters pool, he defeated Axe 2-1 to make it into the top 8 via Winners bracket. He then defeated Mew2King 2-0, and Hungrybox 3-2 in both Winners finals and grand finals, to take first place.^[52]

Post-EVO 2014

After winning EVO 2014, Mango attended Smash the Record. Seeded first, Marquez took out Samus main HugS and Fox main Colbol. In Winners Finals, however, Mango lost to Hungrybox and then eliminated from the tournament by Mew2King, finishing his run at third place. The tournament was won by Hungrybox. Mango did only play Captain Falcon in this tournament however.^[53]

After, Mango attended The Shape of Melee to Come 5 in Kirtland, Ohio. In Winners Quarterfinals, Mango defeated Peach main Hanky Panky. He then beat Samus main Duck before losing to Armada. In Losers Finals, Mango beat Luigi main Abate but lost to Armada again, this time in Grand Finals, placing second.

At The Big House 4 in Romulus, Michigan, Mango qualified for Top 32. He defeated Captain Falcon main Wizzrobe, Marth main The Moon, and Fox main Hax, before losing to Mew2King 0-3. In Losers Quarterfinals, he defeated Fox main and best friend Lucky and in Losers Semifinals he defeated rival Armada. In Losers Finals, Mango beat Leffen 3-1 to face Mew2King in Grand Finals. Mango beat Mew2King 3-1 but had to win another set since he came from the Losers bracket. He, again, beat Mew2King 3-1 to win The Big House 4.^[54] He also placed 9th in doubles, teaming with Captain Falcon main Scar.^[55]

At Do You Fox Wit It?, Mango only entered in doubles with Lucky and the team took second place, losing to Hax and Mew2King in Grand Finals.^[56]

2015

Mango only attended one national event before Apex 2015: B.E.A.S.T. 5 in Gothenburg. There, while seeded first, Mango defeated Sheik main and Armada's younger brother Android and, Sheik main and Germany's best player Ice before losing 2-3 to Leffen in Winner's Finals. In Losers Finals, Mango lost 0-3 to Armada, finishing in third place.

Apex 2015

Mango's appearance at the Apex 2015 in February 2015 was largely the role of an avenger after Leffen's highly anticipated and convincing 5-0 game win against Chillin. In response to Chillin's loss, Mango challenged Leffen, claiming: "If we meet in bracket, we're putting one thousand on it." Leffen immediately accepted and would go on to defeat Mango's Falco with Fox in a series of hard fought matches that ended with a 3-1 game score in Leffen's favor. After the defeat, Mango defeated Yoshi main aMSa in a close 5 game set 3-2 in Losers quarters before losing to Armada 0-3 in Loser's semis, netting 4th place.

Spring and Summer

Mango attended six more national tournaments before EVO 2015.^[57]

At I'm Not Yelling! in Oakland, California, he beat Falco main Westballz in Winners Quarterfinals, Leffen in Winners Semifinals, and Armada in Winners Finals. However, Armada came back after winning Losers Finals and beat Mango, giving Mango a second-place finish.^[58]

At MVG Sandstorm in Tempe, Arizona, Marquez beat Peach main MacD before being sent to the Losers bracket by Pikachu main Axe. Mango was then knocked out by Westballz at 5th place at the tournament, which ended in a 3-0 win for Armada over Westballz.^[59]

At Press Start in Irvine, California, Mango qualified for Top 32 and was set to face off against Mario main A Rookie. However, due to Mango, along with Hax and S2J, arriving late, he was immediately sent to Losers bracket. From there, he beat Captain Falcon main Jace, Westballz, Hax, Leffen, Sheik main Shroomed, Lucky, Hungrybox, and Axe to reach Grand Finals against Ice Climbers main Fly Amanita. Mango beat Fly Amanita twice to place first at Press Start.^[60]

At Battle Arena Melbourne 7 in Melbourne, Australia, Mango placed first by defeating S2J in Winners Semifinals, Leffen in Winners Finals, and then Leffen again in Grand Finals.^[61]

At CEO 2015 in Orlando, Florida, Mango beat Abate but was sent to Losers bracket by Shroomed. He then beat MacD, Sheik main Plup, Hungrybox, and Westballz before being eliminated by Armada, placing third in the tournament. Leffen ended up winning his first US major.^[62]

At WTFox in Memphis, Tennessee, Mango defeated Wizzrobe before being sent to the Losers bracket by Armada in Winners Semifinals. In Losers Semifinals, he beat Westballz and Mew2King before facing off against Armada. In a close 3-2 set, Mango beat Armada to face off against Leffen in Grand Finals. Leffen then went on to beat Mango 3-0 and win the tournament.^[63]

EVO 2015

After winning the last two EVO tournaments, Mango aimed to win EVO 2015 and capture a third straight title. With 1,869 entrants, EVO 2015 became the biggest Melee tournament of all time. Mango beat Sheik main Ice 2-0 using Falco in the round of 16 before being upset by and sent to Losers bracket by Plup, 1-2. Mango then defeated Sheik main DruggedFox 2-0 to qualify for top 8 for the fourth straight time. In Losers top 8, Mango defeated Ice Climbers main Chudat 2-0. Then, in Losers quarterfinals, Mango lost to Hungrybox, 1-2, ending his EVO 2015 run with a fifth place tie, along with Leffen. The tournament was eventually won by Armada, 3-2, over Hungrybox. Mango also teamed with Lucky and placed 9th. PewPewU and SFAT beat Armada and Ice to take first in doubles.^[64]

After EVO 2015, MIOM ranked Mango in 3rd in its 2015 Summer SSBMRank, behind Armada and Leffen after being ranked first for the past two years.^[65]

Post EVO 2015

Mango signed up for Super Smash Con at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Virginia. However, since he arrived late, a tournament organizer disqualified him from the competition. Marquez stayed behind to commentate Melee with fellow Smashers Scar and Toph. Super Smash Con ended with Leffen beating Mew2King.^[66]

Mango's first tournament after EVO 2015 was Paragon Los Angeles 2015 on September 5 and 6.^[67] Mango qualified for the Top 64 bracket, beating everyone in his pool. He then started using his Falco more than his Fox in this tournament; he cites since that Armada didn't attend the tournament and that he didn't have to face off against Leffen or Hungrybox, both of whom Mango commonly counterpicks Fox, he could keep his Falco "in shape."^[68] His first match was against Marth main Azen; Mango beat him 2-0. He then beat Peach main Bladewise 2-0 and HugS 2-0. In Winners Quarterfinals, he beat Plup 2-0 and in Winners Semifinals he beat Axe 3-1. He then beat Mew2King 3-1 in Winners Finals and then Mew2King again 3-2 in Grand Finals to take first place at Paragon.^[69]

Marquez announced that he will be attending HTC Throwdown in San Francisco, California.^[70] There, after beating Rudolph 2-0, he lost to Drugged Fox for the first time 1-2. Then, in his first set in Losers, he lost to MacD 1-2, ending his HTC tournament run at 17th place.^[71] This is his lowest placing in a tournament since he stopped using the Scorpion Master alias. The tournament was won by Leffen.^[71]

At The Big House 5 in Dearborn, Michigan, the Melee events started off with a 5 v 5 crew battle, with Mango representing SoCal (Southern California), along with HugS, MacD, Westballz, and Lucky.^[72] The SoCal crew convincingly defeated New England and Florida.^[73] In the Finals against Europe, Europe took a strong lead thanks to Armada taking eight stocks off SoCal. After Westballz, MacD, and HugS took out Fox main, and Britain's best player, Professor Pro and Armada together, Lucky knocked out Android and two stocks off of Norway's Widl. Mango anchored the SoCal crew. There, he lost a stock to Widl but took out his last two stocks. In the Final matchup against Ice, Mango only lost a stock while taking off all four of Ice's stocks, leading SoCal to winning to crew battle.^[74] In doubles, Mango teamed with friend and Fox main Alex19, but were knocked out by the teams of Sauc3 and Coffeeblack and Subzero and Burnt out Ninja in the Phase 1 pools. Doubles was won by the team of Android and Armada.^[75] In singles, Marquez qualified for the top 64 bracket after winning his Phase 1 and Phase 2 pools. He then proceeded to beat Falco main Tirno, Sheik main Drephen, and Fox main HomeMadeWaffles to secure a top 16 spot through the Winners side. Mango then beat Nintendude 3-2 and Abate 3-0 before losing the Hungrybox 1-3 in Winners Semis. In Losers Top 8, Mango beat Westballz 3-1 but lost to Mew2King 0-3 to end his TBH5 run at fourth place. The tournament was won by Armada.^[76]

Mango was invited to Beyond the Summit's, a company known for its Dota 2 coverage, Smash Summit in Los Angeles. He was invited with Armada, Mew2King, PPMD, Plup, Lucky, Axe, Leffen, PewPewU, and Westballz. In addition, six other players - S2J, SFAT, Alex19, Zhu, Kage, and Swedish Delight - were chosen by the community.^[77] There, his crew, Team Alex19, which was made up of Alex19, Mango, S2J, and Lucky, defeated by Team Swedish Delight, 16-15, but lost to Team Kage - Kage, Armada, SFAT, and Shroomed - 15-16.^[78] In the Iron Man competition, Mango lost to Armada 18-20; Armada won the Iron Man over Mew2King after Mew2King forfeited after his second character.^[79] In doubles, Mango teamed with Lucky. The duo beat Westballz and Zhu 2-0, but lost to PewPewU and SFAT 1-2. In Losers, they beat Plup and PPMD 2-1 and Shroomed and S2J 3-1. In Losers Finals, the lost to Armada and Mew2King 0-3. PewPewU and SFAT won doubles 3-2 over Armada and Mew2King in a close set.^[80] In singles, Mango convincingly beat Zhu 3-0 and SFAT 3-1. In Winners Semifinals, Mango lost to Mew2King 0-3, sending Marquez to Losers. Mango then beat Shroomed 3-1 in Losers Quarterfinals and beat Plup 3-1 in Losers Semifinals. In Losers Finals, he beat Mew2King 3-1, sending him to Grand Finals against Armada. In a very close set, Armada barely clutched it out 3-2 over Mango, giving Mango a second-place finish.^[81]

On October 9, 2015, Armada announced that Mango will be attending DreamHack Winter 2015 in Jönköping, Sweden through Twitter.^[82] After winning his pools, he went on to beat RashAttack, Mike Haggar, Young Thug, and HugS to move on to Winners Quarterfinals. In a close set against Plup, Mango lost 2-3, sending him to Losers. Mango beat Shroomed 3-0, but was upset by Westballz 0-3 in Losers Quarterfinals, giving him another 5th-place finish, tied with Samus main Duck. The tournament was won by Hungrybox, who lost to Armada 0-3 in the first set of Grand Finals, but beat him 3-1 in the second set.

In the final 2015 Rankings, Mango was ranked 4th, his lowest placing since MIOM started the SSBMRank, by a group of 43 professional players and active people in the Smash scene. Armada, Hungrybox, and Leffen placed ahead of him, while he placed ahead of Mew2King, and PPMD.^[9]

2016

The first national of the year, GENESIS 3, in San Jose, California, had 1,836 entrants, including Mango. The GENESIS organizer decided to give the top 64 players a free pass for the first day, giving them a pass on Round 1 pools. Instead, many of the top 64 players participated in the Smash Draft crew battles, featuring eight top players as captains and then drafting players. Mango was drafted by Scar, along with Alex19, Samus main Duck, and Fox main Colbol. The team faced Team PewPewU in the first round and lost in a convincing fashion. The crew battle was won by Team Hungrybox. In doubles, Mango failed to show up with his partner S2J, so the duo was immediately disqualified from the tournament. In Round 2 singles, he beat Falco main Rula and Fox main Phil to easily make top 64. In top 64, he beat Luigi main Abate 3-1 and HugS 3-0, heading into the final round of Winners against Axe. There, however, he lost to the Pikachu main 1-3, sending Axe to top 8 from Winners and sending Mango to Losers. He beat Plup in the final round of Losers, giving him a top 8 spot. The next day in Losers Top 8, Mango switched to Fox from Falco and he overwhelmed Ice Climbers main Nintendude and beat him 3-0 and then beat PPMD 3-0 in Losers Quarters. In Losers Semifinals, Mango was in a rematch against Axe and ended in an Axe flub and a 3-0 Mango victory. In Losers Finals, Mango took out Hungrybox 3-2 and the Grand Finals pitted the same matchup as it did in the other GENESIS tournaments: Armada versus Mango. In the first two games, Mango's Fox convincingly beat Armada's Fox, forcing Armada to go Peach. Mango then got the bracket reset 3-1, but lost the second set 1-3, giving Armada the GENESIS 3 victory.

Mango has signed up for PAX Arena in San Antonio, Texas.^[83] Mango defeated Mexican Fox main Valdo 3-0 and Wizzrobe, the up-and-coming Captain Falcon main, 3-1. In Winner's Semifinals, he beat Mew2King's Marth 3-1 with Falco, but lost to Hungrybox in Winner's Finals 2-3 with his Fox. He beat Westballz 3-1 in Loser's Finals but fell short to Hungrybox again in Grand Finals, 2-3.

Marquez was invited to SXSW's Battle of the Five Gods, which featured twenty players: Mango, Armada, Mew2King, PPMD, Hungrybox, MacD, Ice, Silent Wolf, DruggedFox, HugS, Westballz, Nintendude, Plup, SFAT, PewPewU, Shroomed, Axe, Lucky, Wobbles, and S2J. He was placed on the top of his group in the Robin Round; the group also consisted of Axe, considered the world's best Pikachu player, who has defeated Mango twice at MVG Sandstorm, 2-3, and GENESIS 3,1-2; MacD, the second best Peach player who has beaten Mango once, 1-2, at HTC Throwdown; and DruggedFox, Georgia's best player who beat Mango also at HTC Throwdown, 1-2. Mango beat all three players in his pool, 3-2, 3-0, and 3-0, respectively, to move on to the playoffs group to face Westballz. Mango lost to Westballz 1-3 and was sent to loser's to face Silent Wolf. After a 3-1 set victory, Mango proceeded to defeat Plup 3-1 and Wobbles 3-1 to face Armada in Loser's Finals. In a close 3-2 set, Mango edged out Armada on a last hit situation to move on to Grand Finals against Hungrybox. Mango cleanly beat Hungrybox 3-0 in the first set of Grand Finals, but then Hungrybox brought it back the second set 1-3, netting Mango another second-place victory.

Mango also attended Pound 6 (April 2–3), where he ended up in winners bracket for top 8. He lost to Hax$ in winners semis and sent to the losers bracket. He beat Plup in losers quarters 3-0 and beat Swedish Delight in losers semis 3-2 in order to play Hax again in losers finals. He beat Hax 3-0 and went to Grand Finals, finishing second after a 1-3 loss to Hungrybox in Grand Finals set 1.

Mango was invited to Smash Summit 2, along with Armada, Hungrybox, Mew2King, Plup, Westballz, Axe, Shroomed, SFAT, Silent Wolf, ESAM, PewPewU, Ice, Duck, S2J, and Wobbles. In crew battles, Mango's team, which included Duck, Silent Wolf, and S2J, defeated Team Hungrybox but lost to Team Armada and then to Team Hungrybox in Loser's to net a third-place finish. In the Iron Man competition, Mango defeated Shroomed 20-19 and Mew2King 20-18 to face Armada in the finals. Mango was first down, but then used his Mario to take 5 stocks from Armada, winning the Iron Man 20-19. In doubles, with S2J, the duo beat Shroomed and Westballz 3-1 and upset Hungrybox and Plup 3-2 to move into Winner's Finals. They lost a close 2-3 to Mew2King and Armada, who would end up winning doubles, and then lost to Hungrybox and Plup 0-3 in Loser's Finals. In singles, he edged out Duck 1-3 in the round of 16 and barely beat Westballz 3-2 to move on to Winner's Semifinals. There, in a last hit, last stock situation, he was on the verge of defeating Hungrybox but failed to convert a kill, losing 2-3, sending him to Loser's. Mango defeated Plup 3-2 after a long combo to end the set but lost to Armada 0-3, placing fourth at the tournament.

Mango attended Big House 6, a fall national held annually in Michigan. He won first place after advancing to Grand Finals on the winning side, and defeating Armada after a bracket reset in game 5.

Personal life

Marquez is of Costa Rican American descent.^[10] He graduated from John Glenn High School in 2010.^[84] He and his girlfriend Lauren have one son, Joseph Mango Marquez., born October 14, 2013, whose middle name comes from the older Marquez's Melee handle.^[85] Marquez says that his involvement in gaming kept him out of gangs. Marquez streams ^[86]Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dark Souls, Team Fortress 2, Overwatch, and other games on twitch.tv.^[10] Mango currently lives in Norwalk, California.^[87] He lived in Ohio after winning EVO 2013, but has moved back to Norwalk since.^[88]

Marquez's Melee career was documented in an episode of the 2013 documentary series The Smash Brothers.^[6]

Notable tournament placings

Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament results

Year	Tournament[89]	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
2007	Zero Challenge 3	25th	5th	Lucky
2007	EVO West	7th	—	—
2007	EVO World 2007	3rd	—	—
2007	Super Champ Combo	3rd	3rd	Lucky
2008	Pound 3	1st	2nd	Forward
2009	Revival of Melee	1st	2nd	Tofu
2009	GENESIS	1st	3rd	Lucky
2009	Show Me Your Moves	1st	1st	G$
2009	Revival of Melee 2	4th	1st	Lucky
2010	Pound 4	1st	1st	Lucky
2010	Apex 2010	25th	1st	Lucky
2010	Revival of Melee 3	9th	1st	Lucky
2011	Pound V	17th	2nd	G$
2011	GENESIS 2	2nd	1st	Lucky
2011	Revival of Melee 4	1st	2nd	G$
2012	Apex 2012	3rd	4th	G$
2012	IMPULSE	1st	1st	PPMD
2012	MELEE-FC10R Legacy	1st	1st	DoH
2012	The Big House 2	1st	1st	SFAT
2012	Kings of Cali	2nd	1st	Lucky
2013	Apex 2013	4th	4th	DoH
2013	B.E.A.S.T 3	1st	1st	Scar
2013	Kings of Cali 2	1st	2nd	Scar
2013	Zenith 2013	1st	4th	Scar
2013	IMPULSE 2013	1st	1st	Unknown522
2013	EVO 2013	1st	2nd	Lucky
2013	Pound V.5	2nd	1st	Mew2King
2014	Apex 2014	3rd	2nd	Lucky
2014	Revival of Melee 7	1st	5th	Hazz
2014	WHOBO MLG	1st	1st	Hax
2014	Get On My Level 2014	1st	2nd	Toph
2014	SKTAR 3	3rd	2nd	PPMD
2014	Super SWEET	3rd	2nd	Scar
2014	MLG Anaheim 2014	1st	2nd	Lucky
2014	CEO 2014	2nd	—	—
2014	Kings of Cali 4	1st	3rd	Scar
2014	EVO 2014	1st	7th	Lucky
2014	Smash the Record	3rd	2nd	Colbol
2014	The Shape of Melee to Come 5	2nd	—	—
2014	The Big House 4	1st	9th	Scar
2015	B.E.A.S.T 5	3rd	3rd	Baxon
2015	Apex 2015	4th	5th	Lucky
2015	I'm Not Yelling	2nd	4th	Lucky
2015	MVG Sandstorm	5th	33rd	HugS
2015	Press Start LAN	1st	3rd	Lucky
2015	Battle Arena Melbourne 7	1st	9th	Meredy
2015	CEO 2015	3rd	5th	S2J
2015	WTFox	2nd	2nd	Leffen
2015	EVO 2015	5th	9th	Lucky
2015	Paragon Los Angeles	1st	—	—
2015	HTC Throwdown	17th	4th	Lucky
2015	The Big House 5	4th	65th	Alex19
2015	Smash Summit	2nd	3rd	Lucky
2015	DreamHack Winter 2015	5th	4th	S2J
2016	GENESIS 3	2nd	DQ	S2J
2016	Battle of the Five Gods	2nd	—	—
2016	Pound 2016	2nd	DQ	S2J
2016	Smash Summit 2	4th	3rd	S2J
2016	Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo	2nd	3rd	Duck
2016	DreamHack Austin 2016	1st	—	—
2016	Get On My Level 2016	2nd	2nd	Lucky
2016	Low Tier City 4	2nd	1st	Lucky
2016	WTFox 2	1st	DQ	Westballz
2016	EVO 2016	4th	—	—
2016	Clutch City Clash	3rd	—	—
2016	Super Smash Con 2016	1st	2nd	S2J
2016	Shine 2016	3rd	—	—
2016	The Big House 6	1st	—	—
2016	Smash Summit 3	4th	4th	S2J
2016	UGC Open	13th[90]	—	—
2017	GENESIS 4	2nd	—	—

Project M tournament results

Year	Tournament[11]	1v1 Placement	2v2 Placement	Partner
2012	The Big House 2	2nd	—	—
2013	B.E.A.S.T 3	2nd	—	—
2013	IMPULSE 2013	1st	—	—
2013	Pound V.5	3rd	—	—
2014	WHOBO MLG	3rd	—	—
2014	SKTAR 3	33rd	—	—
2014	Super SWEET	5th	—	—
2014	CEO 2014	17th	—	—
2014	The Big House 4	33rd	—	—
2015	B.E.A.S.T 5	1st	—	—
2015	Project Melbourne	1st	—	—
2016	Low Tier City 4	—	9th	Lucky

References

External links

• Joseph Marquez on Facebook
• Joseph Marquez on Twitch.tv
• Joseph Marquez on Twitter