Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma
| Hungrybox | |
|---|---|
| Juan Manuel Debiedma | |
| Status | Active |
| Born | 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 |
| Championships | EVO 2016, Battle of the Five Gods, DreamHack Winter 2015 |
| Nickname(s) | Hungrybox |
| 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 a full-time Argentinian American professional Super Smash Bros. Melee eSports player from Orlando, Florida who uses Jigglypuff. He is widely regarded to be the best Jigglypuff main in the world. He is the champion of Apex 2010 and finished runner up in 2012. He also earned 3rd, 2nd, and 2nd at EVO 2013, 2014, and 2015 respectively, and has been crowned the EVO SSBM World Champion in 2016. He is widely regarded as one of the "Five Gods" of Melee along with Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman, Joseph "Mango" Marquez, Adam "Armada" Lindgren, and Kevin "PPMD" Nanney. Debiedma also plays Project M and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and mains Jigglypuff in the former and Mario in the latter.
Debiedma currently holds the title of largest prize check in a Melee tournament with a total of $14,232 USD earned at EVO 2016. This surpassed the previous record of $13,000 at Battle of the Five Gods, which was also held by Hungrybox. Debiedma also holds the title of second largest prize check in an overall Smash tournament with his EVO 2016 winnings, second only to Elliot "Ally" Carroza-Oyarce's $15,972 check for EVO 2016 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U Singles.
Hungrybox says that he "got good using gimmicks" and that his hands are not fast enough for technical skill. 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 and runner up at EVO 2014. Debiedma believes that he gained more respect in recent years for playing a character once considered gimmicky. In 2015, Debiedma won his first national victory for the year at Paragon after handily defeating Jason "Mew2King" Zimmerman in grand finals.
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