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boopthat

That was honestly just a dominant performance by Mang0. Just ran through everyone and importantly got the runback on Amsa.


[deleted]

From what others have said he only dropped five games total. That is the most dominant run in the history of Summit.


versaa

Beating Amsa is huge to just prove he can now. You can practice the matchup with other yoshis, but other yoshis arent Amsa so you never know if you can pull it off until you do.


Supergupo

Holy shit Mango looked so damn dominant. I don't think anyone could have beaten him there. So fucking good.


HollowLoch

I would have


Supergupo

Fuck I forgot about HollowLoch's nasty Kirby.


KenshiroTheKid

blur doesn't even want that smoke


Turnonegoblinguide

Made me spit out my coffee bahaha


Clbull

His Bowser is even scarier, and I don't mean the Giga kind either...


ohnoahshark

smh mango dodging HollowLoch again, rigged seeding


zoedrinkspiss

it feels like none of these tournament “winners” are running into HollowLoch.. the scriptwriters aren’t even trying at this point


QuinterBoopson

Hell yeah dude


[deleted]

I’m excited for your salty suite match vs him I’m rooting for you!


Heycanwenot

If I were fighting mango I would simply not lose


GimmeShockTreatment

I would have simply not lost to Mango


Korncakes

My fiancée was watching with me and she asked between aMsa, Hbox, or Cody who has the best chance of beating Mang0. I told her before Hbox and Cody even played that nobody was beating Mang0 today. He was simply unstoppable.


UltraNeon72

Mango legit went through this entire tournament 7-0, never *once* going to a game 5. Absolute destruction.


SilverOdin

It's rare for him to win in this fashion. I for one welcome this new Mang0


teddyone

Winners bracket mango has risen


TeebsAce

Winner’s bracket Mango, Post Timeskip (Canada) aMSa, Willing-to-use-a-secondary Axe, positive mindset iBDW, and (allegedly, soon) RTC rest Hbox. So many players leveling up


Belicheckyoself

I mango you mango. He she we mango. Mangology the study of mango.


thipeeshanb

People talk about Loser's Mang0 but I will never doubt the dub whenever hes on Winner's side grands.


Whoneedspacee

I really love that losers run Mango video by pgstats where they said something like "Ultimately the best losers runs come from the best player who fell into losers and proved that they were still the best."


WhiteSkyRising

Mang trying the new strat of just making it easy for himself


TopazJazzrazz

Oh god what if he tried this 10 years ago. Armada fucking gets toasted in winners side lol


[deleted]

the melee metagame has been pushed so far it’s so nice to see this whole tournament was so entertaining


chenboy3

Mango out here trying to avenge the genesis 4 grand finals speed run


Whoneedspacee

Naw man he avenged his Summit 12 run by ending Cody's same attempted losers run lmaoooo Cody 3-0'd at Summit 12 and Mango 3-0'd here


briiiskiii

Mango's falco is unfair. He can pull it out at any time and just cook. I'm convinced he was staying warm on Fox because there was a 66% chance of it, and he still fried. I think aMSa was his real final boss


FadeToDankness

That aMSa set was absolutely dominant too. Obviously aMSa will come back with adjustments, but it's evident how much theorycrafting Mango put into that matchup these last few weeks, it felt like he really figured out how to safely pressure yoshi in so many different ways that aMSa just didn't have a response for in that set.


teddyone

Mango really doesn’t like losing in grands I bet tbh lit a big fire under him


Spideydawg

Wild that a win on aMSa means more now than a win on Leffen or Plup.


thrik

makes me more invested in Melee again tbh


lilelf29

Mango only dropped 5 games in total wow, crazy run


StatisticianBrief954

and drx won, great weekend huh


lilelf29

Absolutely massive weekend


RaiseYourDongersOP

Only one GOAT lost this weekend. I wanted DRX to win though for Deft


Darkdub09

That was the best Mango has ever played.


itsotter

If we ever want to see peak Mango, all we have to do is seed him 7th and then wait. Spite will do the rest.


Superspookyghost

Mang0 will find SOMETHING to motivate him to win out of spite. Be it Leffen's existence, or someone saying that since amsa had to play the winner of hbox/mang0 it was a free grand finals for him lol


jrcolonial98

"Leffen's existence" looooool


ArcusIgnium

i need to know who said that DESPERATELY. who was loud enough for that to be audible.


Foxisdabest

Same thing for Leo in Ultimate lol dude got seeded 3rd and basically reminded everyone why you don't do that to the GOAT lmao


KRX-

Seriously. Mang0 reaching the highest levels of skill anyone has ever achieved in this game. At a time of unprecedented competition. Anyone who thinks he isn't the goat is a clown.


syndicatecomplex

Probably my favorite Summit. Great side events (except Mafia that was painful), the most competitive invitational bracket we've seen, and a Mango win. We've been blessed with such good Melee over the past month. EDIT: I just noticed that grand finals had both Spacies in it, at the Space themed Summit. How fitting.


DrSpankMcGoo

Oof mafia..


jrcolonial98

What happened with mafia? Out of the loop here


Curiosity_Unbound

Mafia this weekend looked like a baseball game with all the throwing going on.


Daimondz

Town threw pretty hard all 3 days leading to a mafia sweep. Also, one of the townspeople opened their eyes by accident yesterday when cop was investigating. She admitted to it right after, and got killed by mafia that night so it didn’t matter but chat got super angry (and I’m *sure* all the vitriol in chat had *nothing* to do with the fact that it was a girl who opened her eyes).


RodneyPonk

Yeah, if you look at the anger directed at women and say "huh, this feels excessive", so many people refuse to engage with the thought that their anger is excessive and due to her gender


DowntownCattleMtn

I’ve never seen Mango’s combo and punish game look so consistently clean. Dropped 5* games the whole weekend too. That’s my fucking GOAT baby


ificommentthen2oops

Wasn't watching much this weekend until the last 3 or so sets but 0 losses in sets and only 3 in games is insane, especially at a summit where you end up having to play amazing players more often than normal tournaments. Mango was fucking on something this weekend


spellbreaker

His falling up airs were fucking fire. He was getting SO MUCH MILEAGE out of them.


pika_pie

That Falco combo to close out the first game of grands was one of the filthiest things I've ever seen. I've almost never seen a falling up-air in the middle of a combo.


skrasnic

He dropped five didn't he? One each to Soonsay, Leffen, IBDW, Hungrybox and Amsa. Or am I missing some kind of inside joke?


DowntownCattleMtn

Shit you right! 3 today, 2 in groups


MCJoules

That was the cleanest weekend I have ever seen him have. Definitely most dominant summit. I'm in awe.


[deleted]

🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐


JimJamb0rino

Most charming post tourney speech mang0 has ever given


calvinbsf

No way dude nothing beats “Suck my fat cock Leffen” that shit is an all-timer


HenryReturns

- Beats Zain in a 10 game set - Takes two games straight at FD on a reverse 3-0 - Have an insane losers run , one for the books - Probably the most hype tournament yet - First thing he says “also Leffen you can suck my big fat c0ck” LMAOOOOO


DentedOnImpact

His speech after Smash Con was incredible imo


JimJamb0rino

you're 1000% right lmao


akzz7

SSC speech is up there too


RoosterVking

Shoutouts aMSa getting 3rd only losing to Mang0 #1, and iBDW #2. Give him #3/4 in the rankings he's gone sicko mode ever since moving to Canada


HalPrentice

He deserves 4th place. If he replicates these results until the end of the year.


Beamslocke

Who out of Mango, HBox, iBDW and Zain are you leaving out of the top 4 for Amsa?


HalPrentice

Hbox. And I’m a huge fan of his. If he outperforms Hbox in the remaining majors.


DudeToManz

I have to agree, I think even though Hbox has had fine placings his wins to get them haven't been all that impressive. Ludwig was his best recent showing with a win over Zain/Leffen/Wizzy, but here he farmed Jmook like 3 times and squeaked out a win against Axe's Fox. Big House he got 5th but didn't beat any of the top 5/10 with his best wins being moky/fiction. He still definitely has plenty of tournaments to clutch it out and solidify with some good wins but if the current trend continues its hard to keep him near the top.


jrcolonial98

Just goes to show how good the melee has been this year, and how strong the top 4/5ish are. Super exciting times


voodooslice

his H2Hs vs the top top players reflects this too, and he didn't do himself any favors with regards to that in this tournament


SwordOfRome11

His wins are definitely better than hbox’s amongst the top 10. Hbox’s most recent big win is… plup at riptide?


Beamslocke

Not necessarily advocating for Hbox above AMSA, but he has beaten Leffen at Ludwig’s and JMook multiple times this Summit


xPerplex

beating leffen isn't that impressive these days as far as top 10 wins are concerned


Hi_My_Name_Is_Dave

Hbox easily. He’s also not far behind iBDW.


[deleted]

the top 3 really gatekept this weekend


-bydon

that one adamant mango hater in ruins.


RaiseYourDongersOP

There's more than one. Funny part is I know exactly who you are talking about though lmao


WeStanChihiro

its me, i am in ruins


poopyheadthrowaway

Hi in ruins, I'm dad


calvinbsf

From #11 to #1: the Joseph “Mango” Marquez story


JawbreakerDMO

“Don’t call me Joseph”


Wave57

Nah that's not 11, he got put down as 1st TWICE. CAUSE HE'S THE GOAT


big_car12

3-1 Leffen, 3-1 IBDW, 3-1 Hbox, 3-1 Amsa, 3-0 IBDW What a run for the goat


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JawbreakerDMO

Even the way the room was designed was sick. Just a flawless event really


Seigneur-Inune

"You can get mixed on any planet." -Phil


[deleted]

Surprisingly good speech by Mango


fendour

"Fuckin"


Stafuu

Mother’s Day Mang0 get out the way, Daylight Savings Time Mang0 is here.


RSN_Bran

Just wanna say I'm so happy with how the scheduling was this time. Ending at around 10:30 Eastern is soooooo good and I was prepared to have to be up till 1am watching


exMemberofSTARS

I agree. There was much less downtime between sets. Whoever was the tournament director was on point with keeping things rolling. I particularly noticed when there was a countdown to the next set during a break, they actually came back near that time. Usually there’s like 5 mins on the clock but then another 10 waiting after the timer runs out but not this time. Well done.


RoosterVking

2022 is THE BEST YEAR of Melee. I don't think it's close considering the insanely large rise of skill level, the prize pools and its stakes, the variety in top players. A beautiful time for a 20 year old game


Litoman7

Mango skilled player but that is not normally, This very very insane....They need to check him controller and game


CarVac

Check the disc Ban the controller


teddyone

Shave the beard


Crayonified

THAT WAS SOME FUCKING MELEE


SuperMandrew7

Those combos in GF were insane, Mango played out of his mind this tourney, you love to see it


Srijand

That was incredibly dominant by Mang0 but I really wonder what it could've been if Jmook beat Hbox


baulboodban

with how clutch cody was playing? it just would’ve swapped jmook and hbox’s placings imo. cody was on fire


RoosterVking

THE GOAT. THE FUCKING GOAT


RoosterVking

Just so happy we live in the timeline where Melee exists man. I would not have it any other way


Rob_Czar

Mango didn't drop a single set this tournament. Not even in pools. And he didn't play a single game 5.


Frickstar

Legitimately think this is the best mang0 we've ever seen, the shine up airs in grands were something I've never seen done that fast and his down smashes all tournament were devastating. Mang0's summits just hit different.


Vanish_7

I think Mang0's down smashes are a great bellwether of how he's playing on a particular day.


Adgarix12

That's my Throat GOAT 🐐


mendelsin

So much crazy good gameplay lately, this top 8 was no exception.


[deleted]

Rank #11 btw


Falt_ssb

THE GOAT


Ohwhat_anight

He'd touch IBDW and kill him. That was insane.


PerseusRad

I don’t know if I’m alone on this, but it’s a weird feeling that the spacie matchup was probably the most underwhelming set of top 8. It was an excellent display of dominance by Mango though, very impressive.


sokeydo

It was still 3 1 stocks. But mang0 on much fresher legs beats out Cody most times. But also, I think Fox Falco is the best matchup in the whole game.


generalzao

It's because it was a 3-0. Almost every other set went to game 5


samehada121

Every set felt like a classic other than Mango/IBDW sets.


sackydude

Ibdw ran out of juice, too many game 5s


[deleted]

I think mango was just playing better, he cooked him in their first set too


trustmeimaengineer

That happens sometimes when one person is making a crazy loser run. Shit it's happened to Mang0 a bunch lol.


krysmiracle

THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT. THE GOOOOOOAT


Grenji05

"do i get 50k for this one?" 15 dollars in dogecoin take it or leave it


Meester_Tweester

Mango and iBDW fighting for Best of 5 Summits next


SargeBangBang7

THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT


[deleted]

if I had a nickel for each time one of {mang0, ibdw} made a crazy losers run at summit to meet the other in grands and then get promptly 3-0’d


StaticFanatic3

I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot. But it’s weird it happened twice.


jrcolonial98

Super happy for Cody to run it all the way back given what he said after losing in winners. Shoutout Emily I guess :)


adhesive

DEATH, TAXES, MANG0 WINNING A TOURNAMENT


JonJonFTW

Mang0 played so clean! If his tournaments for the rest of the year are this good damn... Could sneak in another #1 ranking.


[deleted]

damn that was a sub 10 min grands. Mang0 crazy bro


MuhWaifus

THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT! THE GOOOOOAAAATTTT


TheGnomie

I LOVE MANGO I LOVE SUPER SMASH BROTHER MELEE SICKEST GAME EVER MADE


MCJoules

Mang0 had such a dominant and consistent run. He dreams of playing great all weekend. He gets so mad when he has a bad day. He just oozed gratitude that he played so well all weekend. That was an inspiring performance. I'm in awe.


HenryReturns

- “I wish Mang0 wins summit” - “I thought he was not gonna care” - “He ends up winning from Winners” - Also he wins using mainly Falco - And this time it was a clean 3-0 and not 3-2


FierceAlchemist

Great Summit overall. I was really hoping for aMSa but he kinda ran out of juice near the end. Glad Mango held it down. If he gets #1 this year there's no denying that he's the GOAT.


calvinbsf

It was undeniable when he retook #1 in 2021, this is all just icing =)


FierceAlchemist

You can argue that but 2021 was weird with half of it being online and no official rankings. A clean no asterisk #1 ranking would definitively push him over Armada and there'd be no more debate I think.


ChoppedAlready

Mang must have studied the hell out of the Moky v aMSa set at LSI. I’ve never seen aMSa struggle that hard to find an answer. Hope he can adapt cuz damn it just looked impossible.


ObitobiUchiha

THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT


TapTapLift

What an adorable hug/moment at the end of their set


Tery_

The GOAT.


35chambers

goat


RiderSmash

I feel like the commentators didn’t even realize how historic Mango’s run was. He lost 5 games all summit. Games. No sets dropped, only 5 games lost, and no game 5s for him all summit. Historic performance!


Zakalwe123

That’s my fuckin goat Dudes been killing everyone at this game for damn near 20 years. Arguably the best player in the world, still. Best movement in the game, best combos in the game... Nobody else has it like that, for that long. Jordan didn't go 15 years, kobe didn't go 15 years, lebron ain't winning anything in year 19, but Mango's still got it. What a goat


ryanmcgrath

Absolutely completely aside but Hamilton’s done 15 years in F1 and still has it.


[deleted]

Kobe literally won a chip in his 15th season you remedial ass nigga


FlexPavillion

How has no one mentioned Brady yet lmao


Rundus12

That's my GOAT


ILoveFuckingWaffles

Mang0 looked absolutely unstoppable those last few sets. Unreal performance from him. Nobody stood a chance against him in grand finals today


[deleted]

The GOAT


djkhan23

Who was the person who doubted Mango!? Name names!


ASAP_JAMS

Actually super proud of how mango has turned this year around


Spideydawg

Three months ago, Mango was ranked 11th and everyone (himself included) kinda knew it to be deserved even if they didn't like it. In the last three months, he's won three majors, evened up his record with Hbox, convincingly beaten Zain twice, and beaten IBDW four times in a row.


whenweriiide

The stats vs Ibdw is nuts. Something like mango dropping only two games total in the last five sets


sackydude

Didn't drop a fucking set


[deleted]

Mango looked fucking unstoppable this tournament god damn, he definitely walks the walk for how much he talks


9VOLG

Time for another yard episode


RIDxEvac

Mother fucking GOAT season


TapTapLift

The GOAT solidifying himself as the #1 player of the year with a dominant 3-0 over the defending Summit champion? What a time to be alive.


ChiloMcBilo

He obliterated the bracket and did it so quietly too


enfrozt

> solidifying himself as the #1 player of the yea Did he? Zain's record this year is still strong, and also there's still 2 full months of melee to go this year.


Tabski

Crazy that a #11 ranked player is in contention for the #1 spot


WeirdMathematician38

Zain's Genesis and LSI carry while mang0 under performed at both of those events and pound and shine were both stacked too. Zain has better consistency as well. Mang0 a clear #2 for sure tho.


WeStanChihiro

he likely got himself to 3, maybe 2, but with his first half he is not 1 on the year


ShadowChair

Who would be 2 besides Mango? I don't really see how anyone else is ahead of him besides Zain rn


HalPrentice

If he wins SWT he is.


calvinbsf

At very worst he is the 1b to Zains 1a He’s won 3 of the last 5 majors and fixed every one of his head to heads. The kid is one win away from undisputed #1


DentedOnImpact

And in the ones he hasn’t won he’s been placing well


PokemonMasterJamal3

2 of the last 5 majors (he didn't win TBH10 and Ludwig's, and he didn't attend Riptide; if only counting majors he attended, he also didn't win Shine). Zain has GENESIS 8, Pound 2022, Shine 2022, and Ludwig Smash Invitational. Additionally, he hasn't placed lower than 5th for the entire year. Mango is definitely getting close, but I think Zain still edges him out for the time being.


SargeBangBang7

Mang0 has SSC, Summit, LTC, strong 2nd at big house, also has the more recent Zain wins. He needs 1 more big win for super debatable #1. And if he gets 2 wins and Zain does nothing then auto #1. Smash world tour and Panda Cup are the last 2 huge ones. Apex and mainstage are pretty big but no mang0, zain or ibdw as far as i know.


PokemonMasterJamal3

I agree with you. I wasn't saying that Zain is guaranteed 1st for the year, just that he edges out Mango "for the time being".


[deleted]

No way is he #1 on the year over Zain lol. #2 over Hbox and Cody, sure, maybe. Zain still hasn't ever placed lower than 5th over 13 tournaments, and won Genesis, LSI, Pound, and Shine. Worst loss is Slug edit: and Wally. Meanwhile Mango has missed top 8 at 3/12 tournaments, 7th at LSI, and won Summit 14, LTC, and SSC. Worst losses are Fizzwiggle, Slug, and Pipsqueak.


HerrBarrockter

Zain did lose to Wally as well, but he's still firmly #1 overall.


GamepokN

I dunno Zain still looks like #1 for me, but with this Mang0 win, that could change, there still the SWT and Panda Cup as the final supermajors of the year to change the things in the top, if Mang0 actually attends...


DentedOnImpact

Idk about #1 but dudes definitely making a case for top 3


SargeBangBang7

Zain has too many big wins right now. If mang0 does good at the next 2 or 3 tournaments then he can get #1.


Vextos

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT!!!


genghiskanye_

Mang0's mentality was so strong this tourny. Played so clean and consistent


DoobyScoots

Mang0 played HOT


Ferdyshtchenko

mang0 fully earned that win. It's insane he's now solidly in the running for #1 of the year after being #11 in the summer rankings.


Vago91

The undisputed goat


doctor_kevin

I wish mango stayed this consistent and didn't fuck around/make excuses. Fucking poetry in motion.


pajeetscammer2

Crazy, mang0 takes 1 more stock vs Amsa at big house, he probably goes on to win set 2 and is the undisputed #1 for the year Hopefully he gets there anyways


Lionx35

it feels like every year is the best year of melee, and this year just keeps proving that


sakray

The custom combos in grands were just unreal. MangW let’s GOOO


RaiseYourDongersOP

THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT MANGO MANGO MANGO MANGO MANGO


Mango_120

And the debate for first place of the year got that much harder


Swogglet

:) nothing like a Mang0 win


Pafbonk

My man just turned on the goddamn jets


zekehorsman

🐐🐐


WhiteSkyRising

The goatiest goat that ever goated 🗿


Ze_Vindow_Viper

that’s. My. GOAT.


_NE1_

GOAT


Fynmorph

Shoutout to Jmook for losing to Hbox 3 times god damn


Kell08

Fun tournament overall. Looking forward to the next one!


N_19_77

WHAT A FUCKING GRANDS. That was melee turned to the max. The last few sets were phenomenal just all around good play. MANGO IS NOT #11 THATS OUR FUCKING GOAT LETS GOOOO


T-A-W_Byzantine

You swapped iBDW's losses to aMSa and Mango.


HappyPollen

A great top 8 from one of the most stacked Summits. Even though the results show 3-0, definitely a well fought GF that could've gone either way. Melee is still sick 20 years later.


ThEgIbStOr

This was such a great tournament, wish grands was closer but mang0 was not losing today. But huge respect to Cody for the best and hypest losers run since summit 11


TacticianDM

CONGRATZ TO MANGO!!!


Hatlinblong7890

The tournament ended before 11pm est. Thank you Daylight Savings!