How the Once-Hated God of Melee Became Esports' Greatest Popoff Artist

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Published on July 24, 2022 7:00:17 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuuCU79yDmA

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Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)

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There are countless ways for esports competitors to express themselves into immortality.
Whether it’s in the form of awe-inspiring no scopes, perfectly timed Aegis steals, expertly executed outplays or improvised moments of genius.

But perhaps the most visceral form of self-expression in all of competitive gaming, actually comes after the play itself; I’m talking, of course, about the pop-off.

Pop-offs can be elaborately planned performances, or off-the-cuff emotional releases. They can add exclamation points to emphatic victories, and in some cases, they can become bigger than the players themselves.

But when it comes to these occasionally over-the-top acts of victorious self-expression, perhaps no single game boasts a catalog thicker than Super Smash Bros Melee.

And chief among Melee’s pantheon of pop-off performers has to be none other than Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma — the ‘puff playing, grub-loving mad lad who has built a reputation for losing himself in the moment.

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