Hungrybox

Juan Manuel DeBiedma (born ), better known online as Hungrybox (sometimes shortened to Hbox), is an Argentine-American gaming YouTuber, streamer, professional Super Smash Bros. player, and e-sports commentator. He is widely regarded as one of the best Smash players of all time, and is often roped into an informal group called the "Five Gods of Melee", which also includes Mang0, Mew2King, Armada, and PPMD.
==Early life==
Juan was born in Argentina in 1993. His father, Juan Daniel DeBiedma, was a diplomat for the Argentine Republic, and his mother Lucia was a flight attendant. He also has two older brothers. Just a few years after he was born, his family moved to Orlando, Florida, where his mother became a real estate agent. Juan grew up playing piano and was into acapella. Juan's father abandoned their family when he was 15, after dropping him off for a Smash tournament. He had taken most of their money and fled.
==Early Smash Gaming==
===Discovering Smash===
Juan started playing Smash with his older brother, Fermin. They would often play Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Luis "Crunch" Rosia, Juan's manager and life-long friend, met with him in fifth grade, where they started to play Melee together. His main character was initially Ness, but then he switched to Jigglypuff, which he became known for.
==="Hungrybox"===
Juan came up with the name "Hungrybox" after failing to forge his mother's signature, ending up with what looked like a drawing of a "hungry box" with a jagged mouth. This is now the character for his Twitch and YouTube accounts.
==Smash Career==
===Early Years===
Juan started to play at local tournaments in 2006-2007. He started becoming known in the Smash community, having won 25th place in a tournament, where he also hosted several players at his parent's home. He won 3rd place at a local tournament in Tampa, having won $27.50 dollars in prize money. It was at this moment that Juan says he started becoming a professional player.
==="Five Gods" Era===
From the late 2000s to the early 2010s, Juan became one of the top Melee players, having established himself with Jigglypuff. Juan began being associated with an informal collection of Smash players dubbed the "Five Gods of Melee", also including Armada, Mew2King, Mang0, and PPMD. In 2013, Juan, along with fellow Melee player Aziz "Hax" Al-Yami, were picked up by CLASH Tournaments, which he ended up leaving in order to join Team Curse in 2014. In 2015, Team Curse merged with Team Liquid, which Juan has been with ever since. Juan continued to win many Smash tournaments and only gained more popularity. By 2020, he was ranked as the number 1 Melee player.
===COVID-19 to now===
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, many Smash Tournaments were forced to shut down. Due to this, Juan began to focus on his Twitch streams and YouTube videos. This led to him gaining attention of viewers from outside of the Smash community. He only gained more attention from outside the Smash community when the YouTuber EmpLemon made a documentary on him: "There Will Never Ever Be Another Melee Player Like Hungrybox". To date, this video has over 6 million views. After COVID died down, Juan also returned to offline tournaments.
==YouTube Content==
The HungryBox YouTube channel was created in 2010, but started to gain more attention by the late 2010s, and mainly in 2020-2021 due to the pandemic. Juan uploads mainly Smash-related content, such as compilations of clips from his streams on Twitch. He also uploads reaction content, mainly on other gaming related content, as well as having a "You Laugh, You Lose" series. He also has made commentary videos on gaming related events and dramas, such as the Dream cheating scandal.
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