Juan DeBiedma

Juan DeBiedma
Hungrybox at Get On My Level 2017
Player information
Full name	Juan DeBiedma
Nickname	Hungrybox, Hbox
More nicknames	Clutchbox, HGod
Date of birth	June 21, 1993
place of birth	Argentina
country code	United States
game	Super Smash Bros. Melee and other SSB parts
preferred game party	Jigglypuff , Mario ( Wii U only )
team	Team Liquid
Former teams	CLASH Tournaments , Team Curse
page	Hungrybox's Twitter profile

Juan Manuel DeBiedma (born June 21, 1993 ), mainly known as Hungrybox or HBox for short , is an Argentine - American esports professional in various games of the Super Smash Bros. -Line. As one of the so-called five gods of Melee along with Jason Zimmerman ( Mew2King or M2K ), Joseph Marquez ( Mango ), Adam Lindgren ( Armada ) and Kevin Nanney ( Dr. PeePee or PPMD ), DeBiedma has won several major tournaments, including Apex 2010 and EVO 2016. (As gods, people are generally summarized in a discipline, whose performance differs so far from the other competitors that when they take part in a tournament they win most of the time, but the ranking among each other is not clear or subject to frequent changes.) DeBiedma is widely regarded as the best Jigglypuff player and has consistently been among the top five players in the world since the official ranking began in 2013. Joseph Marquez also played Jigglypuff in the past. Since Adam Lindgren in 2015 next to Peach and Fox plays, he is the only one of the five gods , the whole of his Melee- and Project M career exclusively uses a character.

DeBiedma holds the record for the highest cash prize won in a single Melee tournament at $ 29,315.30 at Smash Summit 5 in November 2017 , and has won more cash total for Melee than any other player. DeBiedma has also played Project M and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U in the past , playing mostly Jigglypuff in the former and Mario in the latter. After the game was released, he began participating in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments with Jigglypuff . He is a member of the e-sports clan Team Liquid .

Career

Hungrybox claims that he “got good at gimmicks” and that his hands are not fast enough for technical dexterity. In 2009, DeBiedma finished third in Genesis 1 , his first high ranking in a major Melee tournament. Later that year, he won his first tournament at Revival of Melee 2 . Hungrybox continued to get good rankings in tournaments where he often ended up in 2nd and 5th place. In 2014, he finished in the top three of nine Melee tournaments, including a win at Fight Pitt V and second place at EVO 2014. In 2015, DeBiedma took his first national win at Paragon of the year after easily defeating Jason Zimmerman in the final would have.

On July 3, 2013 DeBiedma was added to the side of Aziz Al-Yami ( Hax ) of CLASH Tournaments . On April 17, 2014 DeBiedma left CLASH Tournaments and joined Team Curse . On January 6, 2015, Team Curse announced that they wanted to merge with Team Liquid . Due to the merger, DeBiedma was taken over by Team Liquid along with his teammate Kaschan Khan and joined Ken and the KoreanDJ. Due to the merger, DeBiedma was taken over by Team Liquid together with his teammate Kaschan Khan ( Chillin ) and joined Ken Hoang and the KoreanDJ .

In August 2015, DeBiedma announced that as he began his career as an engineer, he would become less active as a player. Paragon Los Angeles was his next tournament after EVO. He finished third after being defeated 3-2 by Mew2King . In the biggest Project M tournament in history, Hungrybox finished fourth, also after losing to Mew2King . In October, Hungrybox won the MLG World Finals Melee in individual bout after beating Mew2King 3-1 in the finals and winning the tournament. In November, Hungrybox won the Dreamhack Winter 2015 Melee after beating Armada 3-1 in the second set of the finals after losing 3-0 in the first set of the finals, and won the 2v2 tournament together with Ax with a 3-1 win over Shroomed and MacD in the finals.

With the victory over Armada he became SSBM champion at the EVO 2016. DeBiedma was sent to the loser group (for winners and losers group see double knock-out ; practically all smash tournaments use double knock-out as a tournament form) after he in the semifinals of the winning group Justin McGrath ( Plup ) was defeated, but was able to fight back to the finals after the elimination of S2J , Mango and Plup against Armada . There he beat Armada, who took on the character Fox, in two best-of-five sets, both of which he won 3-2.

Private life

DeBiedma was born in Argentina on June 21, 1993. He graduated from Freedom High School in Orlando in 2011 and graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 2015 . In 2015 he started working as a process engineer at WestRock. In 2016, DeBiedma quit WestRock after underperforming in The Big House 6 smash tournament to pursue his esports career full time. In March 2018, however, he quietly returned to the workforce at an undisclosed location. In June 2019, after winning Community Effort Orlando for the fourth time , he announced that he would be leaving the company to devote himself entirely to eSports.

On August 15, 2017, DeBiedma became a citizen of the United States .

Significant tournament successes

Super Smash Bros. Melee

competition	Period	1 versus 1	2-on-2	partner
Revival of Melee	March 7th and 8th, 2009	7th	4th	Colbol
GENESIS	10-12 July 2009		13.	Hax
Revival of Melee 2	November 21 and 22, 2009		4th	Cactuar
Pound 4	16.-18. January 2010		17th	Uuaa
Apex 2010	6-8 August 2010		4th	Hax
Revival of Melee 3	November 20 and 21, 2010	5.		Hax
Pound V	19. – 21. February 2011			Hax
GENESIS 2	15-17 July 2011	4th		Hax
Apex 2012	6-8 January 2012			Plup
Zenith 2012	May 26 and 27, 2012	4th		Hax
IMPULSES	June 30th and July 1st 2012			Kage
MELEE-FC10R Legacy	12-14 August 2012			Chillin
The Big House 2	October 6th and 7th, 2012			Chillin
Apex 2013	11-13 January 2013	5.		Plup
Zenith 2013	June 1st and 2nd, 2013			DoH
EVO 2013	12-14 July 2013			Mew2King
The Big House 3	October 12th and 13th, 2013			Mew2King
Revival of Melee 6	November 16 and 17, 2013			Mew2King
Apex 2014	17th-19th January 2014	5.		Plup
Shuffle V	February 22nd and 23rd, 2014			Mew2King
Revival of Melee 7	March 8th and 9th, 2014			Darc
CEO 2014 Prologue	March 28 and 29, 2014		-
Get On My Level 2014	May 10th and 11th, 2014			Mew2King
Pat's House 2	May 24th and 25th, 2014			Mew2King
MLG Anaheim 2014	20.-22. June 2014	7th	5.	Plup
CEO 2014	27.-29. June 2014			Plup
EVO 2014	11-13 July 2014			Plup
Smash the record	22-25 August 2014			Plup
Tipped Off 10	September 20 and 21, 2014			Plup
The Big House 4	October 4th and 5th, 2014	9.		Plup
Fight Pitt V	November 1st and 2nd, 2014			Colbol
Forte 2	December 20th and 21st, 2014			Arc
Paragon 2015	17.-18. January 2015			Plup
Apex 2015	January 30th and February 1st, 2015	5.		Mew2King
Bad moon rising	March 14th and 15th, 2015			DoH
MVG Sandstorm	April 18 and 19, 2015	4th		Silly Kyle
Press start	May 9 and 10, 2015	4th		Mew2King
Get On My Level 2015	May 30th and 31st, 2015			Hax
CEO 2015	26.-28. June 2015	5.		Leffen
EVO 2015	17th-19th July 2015			Plup
Paragon Los Angeles	5th and 6th September 2015		-
MLG World Finals 2015	16.-18. October 2015		-
Dreamhack Winter 2015	26.-28. November 2015			Ax
GENESIS 3	15-17 January 2016		4th	Ax
PAX arena	29.-31. January 2016			Mew2King
Battle of the Five Gods	17th-19th March 2016		-
Pound 6	April 2nd and 3rd, 2016		-
Smash Summit 2	21.-24. April 2016			Plup
Enthusiast Gaming Live Expo	April 29 - May 1, 2016			Leffen
DreamHack Austin 2016	6-8 May 2016		-
Get On My Level 2016	20.-22. May 2016			Leffen
Smash 'N' Splash 2	June 11th and 12th, 2016		5.	Wobbles
Low Tier City 4	June 18 and 19, 2016			ESAM
CEO 2016	June 24th and 25th, 2016			Mew2King
WTFox 2	1st - 3rd July 2016	5.	4th	Iori
EVO 2016	15-17 July 2016			Mew2King
Super Smash Con 2016	11-14 August 2016		-
Shine 2016	26.-28. August 2016	4th	-
The Big House 6	7th-9th October 2016	5.	5.	Mew2King
Canada Cup 2016	28-30 October 2016		-
Smash Summit 3	3rd-6th November 2016		5.	Plup
UGC Open	2-4 December 2016		4th	Mew2King
Don't Park On The Grass	17.-18. December 2016			Swedish Delight
GENESIS 4	20.-22. January 2017	4th	5.	Mew2King
Smash Summit Spring 2017	2nd to 5th March 2017		5.	Ax
Smash rivalries	April 8th and 9th, 2017			Mew2King
Smash 'N' Splash 3	2-4 June 2017		7th	Professor Pro
CEO 2017	16.-18. June 2017
Game Tyrant Expo 2017	2-4 June 2017		4th	Chudat
The Big House 7	6-8 October 2017		4th	Chudat
Smash Summit 5	2nd to 5th November 2017		5.	Wizzrobe
Smash Summit 6	3rd-6th May 2018	4th	4th	2Saint
Smash 'N' Splash 4	1st - 3rd June 2018		-
Evo 2018	3rd to 5th August 2018	4th	-
Super Smash Con 2018	9-12 August 2018			Mew2King
Shine 2018	24.-26. August 2018		4th	Chudat
DreamHack Montreal 2018	7th-9th September 2018		-
The Big House 8	5th-7th October 2018			Chudat
Canada Cup 2018	26.-28. October 2018		-
Game Tyrant Expo 2018	2-4 November 2018		-
Pound 2019	19. – 21. April 2019			Chudat
Smash Summit 8	June 15, 2019	5.		iBDW
The Big House 9	4th-6th October 2019	5.	-
EGLX 2019: Rising Stars	20th October 2019			Mew2King
Mango's Birthday Bash	December 8, 2019		-
GENESIS 7	January 26, 2020		5.	Zain
Smash Summit 9	13-16 February 2020		-

Project M

competition	Period	1 versus 1	2-on-2	partner
Zenith 2012	May 26 and 27, 2012		-
MELEE-FC10R Legacy	12-14 August 2012			Kage
Zenith 2013	June 1st and 2nd, 2013		-
The Big House 3	October 12th and 13th, 2013	7th		Mew2King
Apex 2014	17th-19th January 2014	25th	-
Shuffle V	February 22nd and 23rd, 2014			Nintendude
CEO 2014 Prologue	March 28 and 29, 2014	5.	-
CEO 2014	27.-29. June 2014	9.	4th	armada
Tipped Off 10	September 20 and 21, 2014	9.		Mew2King
The Big House 4	October 4th and 5th, 2014	13.	-
Forte 2	December 20th and 21st, 2014		-
Paragon 2015	17.-18. January 2015		-
Paragon Los Angeles	5th and 6th September 2015	4th	1-6	Oracle
Smash 'N' Splash 2	June 11th and 12th, 2016	33.	5.	Westballz
Low Tier City 4	June 18 and 19, 2016	-	5.	MrLz
WTFox 2	1st - 3rd July 2016			Mew2King

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

competition	Period	1 versus 1	2-on-2	partner
Super Smash Bros. Invitational	June 10, 2014		-
CEO 2015	26.-28. June 2015	97.		Zero
FC Smash 15XR: Return	4th and 5th July 2015	17th		Zero
WTFox 2	1st - 3rd July 2016	25th	-

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS

competition	Period	1 versus 1	2-on-2	partner
Tipped Off 10	September 20 and 21, 2014		-
Fight Pitt V	November 1st and 2nd, 2014	4th	-

Media

On January 26, 2020, the YouTuber EmpLemon published a documentary about Hungrybox as the fifth part of his Never Ever series with the title [T] here will Never Ever be another Melee player like Hungrybox (German for example: “Never again will it be a Melee- Giving players like Hungybox ”).

"It is my personal belief that human beings are naturally meant to persevere. No matter what happens, as long as we simply make the decision not to give up, it simply does get better if you believe it will. There are certain experiences that even thinking about - the act of thinking about it - sets you back, maybe all the way back to all the work you've done, just by thinking about it. But that's not the point. The point is you need to focus on the fact that you overcame it and if you're going through it, focus on the fact that you are choosing to overcome it. You're pushing through, that's more than anyone can ask of you. "

“It is my personal conviction that humans are naturally made to endure. No matter what, as long as we just choose not to give up, believing in it will get better. There are certain experiences where just thinking about it - the act of thinking - throws you back, maybe even back to all the work you've done just by thinking about it. But that's not the whole point. It's about having to focus on the fact that you have overcome it, and when you have overcome it, you have to focus on the fact that you choose to overcome it. If you go through with it, that's more than anyone can ask of you. "

- Juan DeBiedma : there will Never Ever be another Melee player like Hungrybox

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Juan DeBiedma: Hungrybox on Twitter . Twitter . August 15, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
2. ↑ Five Gods - Liquipedia Smash Wiki . In: wiki.teamliquid.net . Retrieved July 26, 2017.
3. ↑ Joe Cribari: Who Will Be Crowned Greatest Smash Player Alive at EVO 2014? "5 Gods" vs "3 Underdogs" . In: Nintendo Enthusiast . July 10, 2014. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved on January 29, 2015.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Imad Khan: 'Smash Bros.' star Hungrybox dishes on his fantastic Evo run . In: The Daily Dot . July 18, 2014. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
5. ↑ ^{a b} Sam Stewart: Super Smash Pro - Interview with Juan "Hungrybox" DeBiedma . In: Game Informer . December 12, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} there will Never Ever be another Melee player like Hungrybox . In: youtube.com . January 26, 2020.
7. ↑ Yannick LeJacq: World's Best Jigglypuff Player Gives Heartbreaking Interview After Winning Smash Tournament . In: Kotaku . Retrieved July 26, 2017. 
8. ↑ Patricia Hernandez: World's Best Jigglypuff Player Makes Opponent Give Up in Smash Tourney . In: Kotaku . Retrieved July 26, 2017. 
9. ↑ Melee | Smashboards . In: smashboards.com . Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
10. ^ E-sports earnings . Retrieved April 17, 2019.
11. ↑ Ian J. Barker: Hungrybox triumphs twice in a single weekend . In: The Daily Dot . December 22, 2014. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
12. ↑ hungrybox: I got 25th out of around 400 ( en ) In: @LiquidHbox . January 6, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
13. ↑ Ian J. Barker: Hungrybox finds redemption at Fight Pitt V . In: The Daily Dot . November 3, 2014. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
14. ↑ Imad Khan: Hungrybox gets inside Mew2King's head . In: The Daily Dot . January 19, 2015. Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
15. ↑ Chibo: CT Hungrybox and CT Hax Join The Team! . In: old.clashtournaments.com . Archived from the original on January 30, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
16. ↑ Justin Wenzel: Hungrybox Joins Team Curse Super Smash Brothers . In: Team Curse . April 17, 2014. Retrieved January 29, 2015.
17. ↑ Steven Chavez: NuckleDu, Hungrybox, and Chillindude join Team Liquid via merger with Curse . In: EventHubs . January 6, 2015. Accessed January 29, 2015.
18. ↑ Nicholas 'MajinTenshinhan' Taylor: Paragon LA 2015 results feat. Mango, Leffen, Hungrybox, Mew2King, Westballz . In: EventHubs . September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
19. ↑ Barrett Womack: Friendlies: Hungrybox, the Antithesis . In: Red Bull eSports . September 16, 2015. Accessed September 16, 2015.
20. ↑ Interview with SSBM player Juan "Hungrybox" of Team Curse . In: btnsmash . Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved on February 26, 2015.
21. ↑ Smash "nicolas cage" Hungrybox quits job to pursue esports full-time . In: ESPN.com . ESPN . Retrieved November 29, 2016.
22. ↑ Melee . In: SmashBoards . Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
23. ^ UGC Smash Open . In: smash.gg . Retrieved February 15, 2017.
24. ^ UGC Smash Open . In: smash.gg . Retrieved February 15, 2017.
25. ↑ Project M . In: SmashBoards . Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
26. ↑ Smash Wii U . In: SmashBoards . Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
27. ↑ Smash 3DS . In: SmashBoards . Archived from the original on January 31, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2015.