Hungrybox

Hungrybox
Hungrybox on July 29, 2017 at Get On My Level 2017
Current team
TeamTeam Liquid
Games
Personal information
NameJuan DeBiedma
Nickname(s)Hbox
Clutchbox
Clutchgod
Born (1993-06-21) June 21, 1993 (age 31)[1]
Argentina[2]
NationalityArgentinian and American
Career information
Games
Playing career2007–present
Team history
2013–2014CLASH Tournaments
2014–2015Team Curse
2015–presentTeam Liquid
Career highlights and awards
  • 6× CEO champion (2010, 2011, 2016–2019)
  • 5× DreamHack champion (2015, 2017, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • 3× Get On My Level champion (2015, 2018, 2022)
  • 3× Smash Summit champion (2017, 2018, 2020)
  • 3× ELGX champion (2016, 2018, 2019)
  • 2× Smash 'N' Splash champion (2016–2017)
  • 2× Pound champion (2016, 2019)
  • 2× Shine champion (2017, 2019)
  • 2× The Big House champion (2017, 2018)
  • 2× GameTyrant Expo champion (2017, 2018)
  • Apex champion (2010)
  • MLG champion (2015)
  • Battle of the Five Gods champion (2016)
  • EVO champion (2016)
  • Genesis champion (2019)
  • Mainstage champion (2019)
  • Wavedash champion (2022)
  • Riptide champion (2022)
Twitch information
Channel
Followers487,500
Last updated: April 12, 2024

Juan Manuel DeBiedma (/dəˌbiːˈɛdmə/;[3] born June 21, 1993), better known by his alias Hungrybox, is an Argentine–American professional Super Smash Bros. player, streamer, tournament organizer and commentator.[4] Recognized as one of the greatest and most successful Super Smash Bros. Melee players of all time, he is one of the "Five Gods of Melee" along with Adam "Armada" Lindgren, Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mang0" Marquez, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney, and is regarded as the greatest Jigglypuff player in history. He is also an active competitor in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and has been a member of Team Liquid since 2015, becoming its co-owner in December 2021. He is currently ranked as the 8th best Melee player in the world for 2023.

Hungrybox has won over thirty major Melee Singles tournaments between 2009 and 2022, including editions of Apex, The Big House, CEO, DreamHack, EVO, GENESIS, the MLG National Championship, and Smash Summit. He has been ranked one of the top ten Melee players in the world every year since formal rankings began in 2013, achieving the top rank a record three consecutive times from 2017 to 2019; retroactive rankings establish him as a top ten player in the world every year since 2009, and rank him number one for 2010.[5][6] A 2021 list compiled by PGstats ranked DeBiedma as the third-greatest Melee player of all time after Mang0 and Armada.[7] Despite his "God" status, he is considered one of the most polarizing figures in the Melee community, in part due to the unpopularity of his defensive, counterattack-centric playstyle among part of the community.

Born in Argentina, DeBiedma grew up in Orlando, Florida, and became a U.S. citizen in 2017. Hungrybox has also competed in Super Smash Bros. games subsequent to Melee, and won both Project M and Ultimate tournaments.[8][9] Although primarily known as a Singles player, he also has an extensive career in Melee Doubles, and partnered up with a variety of other players, most notably Mew2King and Justin "Plup" McGrath, both of whom he won major Doubles tournaments with; he has been managed by his lifelong best friend Luis "Crunch" Rosias for the entirety of his career. He also regularly acts as commentator, and is the creator of the mostly-online The Box series of Super Smash Bros. tournaments created in 2020, which include Coinbox, the biggest online Ultimate tournament series.[10][11][12][13][14]

  1. ^ Groot, Justin (December 7, 2019). "Meet Hungrybox, the Unkillable Demon Jigglypuff". Medium.
  2. ^ "Interview with SSBM Player Juan "Hungrybox" of Team Curse". btnsmash. Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved February 26, 2015.
  3. ^ "Smash Summit 3: Mew2King Learns how to pronounce Hbox Last Name" on YouTube
  4. ^ Olivia R. (2014-12-22). "xQc is taking on Hungrybox's Super Smash Bros. challenge". win.gg. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  5. ^ anokh1994 (2016-08-19). "Smash History: 2009's Top Ten Melee Players". Retrieved 2017-06-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ anokh1994 (2016-09-01). "Smash History: Melee's Top 10 of 2010". Retrieved 2017-06-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "The Melee Stats Top 100: The Top 10". PGstats. November 22, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Ian J. Barker (2014-12-22). "Hungrybox triumphs twice in a single weekend". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 2015-01-30. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
  9. ^ @LiquidHbox (2019-01-06). "I got 25th out of around 400(?) people at Smash Conference United. I lost once again to Manny and I feel Puff has a…" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-01-09 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ Jordan Ashley (January 10, 2024). "STEVE UNBANNED AT FIRST COINBOX OF EACH 2024 MONTH". Esports.net. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  11. ^ Tom Bull (February 9, 2024). "Sonic survives Coinbox Ban after heated debate". Esports.gg. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  12. ^ Jordan Eshley (December 5, 2023). "WHAT IS COINBOX IRL? FULL PREVIEW OF HUGE SMASH EVENT". Esports.net. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  13. ^ Richman, Olivia (January 26, 2022). "Hungrybox announces weekly $2,000 Coinbox tourneys throughout 2022". Esports.net. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  14. ^ Richman, Olivia (March 22, 2022). "Hungrybox Coinbox tourney series has paid over $69K to players and casters". ivenglobal.com. Retrieved March 25, 2024.