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Mangao smash1/30/2024 ![]() This event will persuade people not to forget Melee, an idea that began with Revival of Melee. After that, Armada is exhausted and lose in the reset of Grand Final, making Mango the winner of GENESIS. The Rest following kill Armada, in one of the greatest read of history. But Mango read through Armada, and launch himself to him as Armada is rolling to the right. Mango go through the bracket, defeating Hungrybox in a Puff ditto and encounter again Armada in Grand Final. If at first, Mango don't take seriously Armada in the winners final, picking Falco, the Swedish Sniper will perform great against him, winning against Mango and sending him to losers final. It will be the semi-finals winner and Grand Final where Mango shine, as he fight Armada, who have beaten every player in his path including Mew2King. 4 Gods are fighting in this tournament : Mango, Mew2King, Hungrybox and a unknown player from Sweden, Armada. Second tournament was GENESIS on July 2009. It was clear : Mango was n☁ in the world. If Mew2King make a comeback on the now iconic Mew2King vs DaShizWiz set, Mango win the tournament by taking down Mew2King with secondary character. But Mango make his way to the bracket and defeat Mew2King in winner semi-finals. ![]() the TOs decide to make the bracket extremely hard for Mango, with a lot of really good player like Cactuar, Zhu, PC Chris, Chudat and Azen. In it, a lot of player answered the call : PC Chris, ChuDat Azen, Hungrybox, Mew2King and of course, Mango. Revival of Melee was called to be a final major tournament before Melee dies. The first tournament was Revival of Melee in March. ![]() In 2009, Mango will shine in two major tournament : GENESIS and Revival of Melee. Pound 3 was the proof everyone needed to see that Mango is good, and this tournament was the only time Mew2King finished second in 2008.Ģ009 : two tournament, two legendary moment Mango win this tournament, the first national one of his career, and not without prestige : he beat every good player in his way, like PC Chris, Chudat, Azen and even beat Mew2King two set in a row. The second major tournament Mango take part in is Pound 3 in February 2008. If Ken beat him again during a Loser Run, the performance of Mango is still remembered, even if smahs analyst of that time refer to Mango's win as a "fluke", even more that Mango at the time play Jigglypuff, inspired by the combo video of an aggressive puff player named King. He beat Mew2King that was in one of his best year and even Ken in winners semi. And already, Mango go in the memory, as EVO 2007 is happening. Mango begin to play competitively the game in 2007, when he is 15 years old. This change is often cited as one of the reason for 20XX. Up until 2009, he played Puff, until he changed to Fox and Falco. Mango always surprises by using technics not everyone is familiar with, and this gameplay was a nightmare to fight against for Mew2King. One of the best example for this is the 4 match of the Loser Round 8 of GENESIS 4, with the choice of a up-b saving Mango in a very special situation. One of his main asset is his unorthodox choices, choising alternative strategy that are not "meta" in definition. It also mean that he is a read-heavy player, responsible of some legendary hard read in the history of Smash, for example against Armada at GENESIS or against Hungrybox at EVO 2013. This strategy work a lot of the time because Mango can reads people mind with ease, know when they feel confident, when they are in fear or panicking. PPMD described one time that Mango pressure come from "being all over the place". Mango is really aggressive, and if he can calm down and be more defensive nowaday, he was in the time constantly at the player face.
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