Two Mang0 vs. Leffen sets in a tournament. 4 nail-biting Game 5 sets in a row to end it off. TBH9 is an instant classic in the annals of Melee.

Maybe a weird compliment, but I liked that alongside Mang0's swaggy plays, the times he GOT dunked were also included in the cuts. I know of a few players/editors who would get rid of any moment that made them look bad. Melee is sick, and it takes the whole host of top players to make it so. Props to the editor, and congrats to Mang0 on the brutal grind through a nasty tournament.

"I think he feels a little bit abandoned by his rival, his partner", I didn't want to tear up watching melee today wtf.

Morsecode762 is actually a cyborg deployed by PPMD to study his opponents.

I love that Scar and Toph don't feel the need to comment on every single move done. I love this style of commentary so much more. Also, congrats Mang0.

28:08 when somebody asks me the name of the bad guy from Monsters Inc.

1:26 i can feel the mang0 "hehehehe" from here

GOAT. Dominated with Puff then switched to Fox to become the best ever, no one could touch him in his prime. And now half a decade later, he’s still winning major tournaments with Falco

Commentary timestamps for "There's so much more Melee to be played": 0:17 Scar's anecdote 25:38 "Infinite players and infinite games" 27:09 "WHAT IS HAPPENING"

The faces Leffen makes while he plays are absolutely wild.

I really liked scars piece on fiction. He played with so much emotion and heart this tournament and proved himself and his play style not only to himself but to everyone watching and doubting

I've stepped away from melee, but this gives me hope. Mango is sick

I remember typing to this kid on AIM about learning to DI against Fox's UAir as Jigglypuff and he was so cool. I'm glad he turned out alright

Scar’s shouting during commentating is so hilarious and I love it. He genuinely portrays what we’re all feeling during that Grand Finals match. Props to Scar and Toph for the sickest commentary.

As somebody that didn't pay that much attention to Melee back in the day. And being a huge huge fan of ultimate, i can honestly say that I've rarely got this exited watching a super smash video. Honestly this seems like Melee players are on a different level than ultimate. You can really grasp how the game has aged and all those years of practice taking all kind of combos, follow ups and punishes to God like perfection. Then again i really want to see the evolution of ultimate and what are the next secrets to unlock. Thought i think no super smash will never age as well as Melee.

28:26 perfect commentary

20:44 - Scar had to stop himself from saying "Leffen is getting trunched" lol

"THEY DONT WANT US TO SEE THE TECHNOLOGY"

Mang0 said himself that when he isn't shaking his head at any flubs (from him or his opponent), that's how you know he's in the zone.

As much as I wanted Mang0 to win, I still felt so bad for Zain. He was definitely heartbroken.

"You gotta fear the Trojans even when they bring gifts." Is legit the most genius and underrated commentary moment of all time. Scar is a legend.

Mang0 will single handily pull Armada out of retirement

Normally Randall is admittedly a pretty cheeky fellow...but I swear he had an agenda to give us all heart attacks this tournament.

I miss the old mang0, but goddamn do I love the new one too

Mang0's jump after winning any Grand final and the crowd going crazy is pure melee nostalgia , congrats champ !!!!!

Never failing to put a smile on my face, that's the Mango.

I love the intimately close facecams, you can really see all the stress in detail

HungryBox: exists Mang0: FOX

28:56 Lol you can hear some dude in the audience yelling "Oh NoOoO!!" after Zain misses his up b

Name a player who SD’s as much as Mang0 and still wins tourneys. A true god

This loser run feels like 2014-2015 when i first started to watch melee tournements. When is the last time a falco main won a super major ? Insane run mang0.

Man when that guy is on, he is O N!

I could rant for hours about why this tourney is probably the turning point in Melee right now. The best in the game putting most of their time into ultimate, hungrybox running away with first for the third year in a row, and the “technical robots” taking over the game (as the commentators put it), Melee was waning in viewership and interest. No Evo, no second summit, no heart. It seemed like the game was going to be overshadowed by its new brother. And then there’s Mango (and also Axe). The last ray(s) of hope and hype. He got a win at goml, and it seemed like a turnaround, and then… nothing. Bustering out left and right, which is the mango, but it seemed like he was out of contention. The drones of technical perfection and campy puffs were suddenly all that’s left. At TBH9, there was something in the air. Fresh blood taking household names, the return of the king of the mews with an incredible run, and Mango, sitting in winners top 16. All seemed right in the world. Melee was feeling fast, but awesome to behold. It was clean, but it wasn’t just flowcharts and techskill, it was heads up plays and sick combos that defied everything we’d seen previously. And as was said many times, “there’s so much more Melee left to play” rang true as the bracket started. Then disaster strikes. Leffen takes Mango through the ringer, and sets up his fight with Hbox, a demoralizing 3-0 and heading into the hands of his maker. The war between the lame and the sick was about to finish. This was the end of Melee as we knew it once to be. Mango, the stubborn man he is, said no. Suddenly he looks alive, and is ripping apart Hbox’s defenses. The fox was kicking, and finding every UpAir and crazy kill read. Before we knew it, the crowd was on its feet, and the final stocks laid at the feet of Hbox. The ray of hope became a sensation, a burning passion deep within the hearts of everyone watching. HBOX GOT FIFTH?? The numbers on twitch started climbing. Mango was about to redeem himself, as mango always will it seems, with a Big House losers run. And this is just the beginning. The way mango went to his tournament stock in EIGHT GAMES in FOUR SETS STRAIGHT just shows how much he needed this win for the fans, for the community, for the potential for Melee to live on as something that cannot be bound by flowcharts and techskill, but something more beautiful. And this epitomizes in his fight with Zain, that stood tall against each and every technical and flowcharted spacie that came his way. Except mango. At the end of it all, there is still so much more Melee to be played.

*15:51** Changing my passwords to:*

Armada lacks two things that made want him to quit during the age of Hungrybox: American spirit and tenacity

This win truly gave me chill and happiness that i havent felt in a long time.

part of being in the nation is knowing at any moment he can do the mang0 and just throw its thrilling

They say that lady is still screaming “LETS GO MANG0!” Till this day

I could watch this till the day I die. THE KID WINS AGAIN

14:00

Best grand finals I've ever seen in my life.

28:06 at this point everyone watching thought Zain was gonna win, it was crazy

28:07 RANDALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Am I wrong in thinking that if Leffen was having those same stomach problems that Hbox was having, he would have twitted about it and then dq'd himself? I respect Hbox.

This is why I give you money dude

I love that this includes highlights of Zain dunking on Mango in Mango’s highlight video.

"That forward smash was actually very intelligent" lol

Mangos win was so legendary he has 6 likes on a video with only one view

13:20 "might be mango running out of gas." How wrong you were

17:40 Feel bad for Leffen,you can literally see it in his face that he knew that was it. He was really trying his best.

The gameplay for the Zain set was so high level. This game is being pushed to the limits. Look at the Zain combo at 23:23

This is why I love Melee!! I don't watch it often but when i do it's HYPE AF!!!! Congrats Mango!!

29:53 Zain motions to congratulate Mango 30:10 completed. Epic

We all knew he would win by the thumbnail but the journey was the best part. USA USA USA

Legend of zelda mango's awakening

Melee has the best commentary.

watching this live was sick. always love to see mango get a win.

Best run. Best tournament. Best ending featuring the greatest player to ever touch this game

One of the most hype and edge of your seat grand finals in a long time. Well played Mang0!!

27:43 as soon as I saw Mang0 double laser, I knew he was gonna die, still not safe

One of the best top 8s ive seen in minute. Ggs to the goat.

28:07 cloud doesn`t want mango to win lmao

That was a sick video ..... need more of these condensed runs of tournament wins from any of the gods

This tourney had one of the most hype melee top 8's ive ever seen. absolutely sick

Melee is so sick

This was in my opinion one of the greatest tournaments we’ve seen in a long time

Toph: "Mmmhmmm"

I'm even more convinced that Mang0 and Justin Wong are literally the Kings of Loser Runbacks... Jesus man 😷

That randall save was unreal..

30:06 security dude trying to tell Alex to get off stage, and Alex is like "NO U".

Mango in losers is a whole different beast

That last set was like Ken vs PC-Chris, but with 19 years worth of Melee history and God Skills

i love how the cameras all close to manjos face lmao

Mango playin like a saiyan, he kept getting beaten within an inch of his life but that shit just kept making him stronger. Such a sick losers run

God what a SICK top 8. Absolutely outstanding run. Melee never ceases to amaze.

25:18 you could tell mango's heart was beating and he really wanted this lol whenever mango wins everyone's happy

being the best is pretty cool ive gotta say

So glad to see mango going for those nairs against zain after he discovered that was way too effective than dair (on neutral)

7:35 “What an Up-air Rest from Mang0

Mango shmovin in game and irl, that pop off was frame one

Hell yeah clutch af man congrats! Happy to see all that combo practice you've been putting in pay off. Your adaptations to your opponent's play style when it was do or die time were insane. Well deserved victory, an inspiration to up and coming smash players world wide 👌

"There is so much more melee to be played"

This is my favorite DBZ saga.

Randall is an absolute mad lad!

Here again after Summit 11

fiction kept nodding like he earned that game

30 minutes of great Melee.

I can hear Mang0's laugh at 1:27

Most dangerous melee player of all time wins the big house 9 fuck yeah!

Was waiting for this video

26:52 here in the Mang0 nation we use the whole hit box. It’s not much but it’s simple work.

Is this real life? You cant write a better story than this!

Ma brain let me go to sleep sees mango wins Big House 9, Starts 30 min video. No regret

man every time i think i’m over at least the competitive part of smash, mango wins a major and makes me feel like it’s 2014 again

THOU SHALL NOT SLEEP ON THE KID!

This was AMAZING MangonationFoxMccloud

6:32 is around the moment when I was watching live that I assumed Mang0 couldnt win the tourney anymore. Damn if I’m not happy I was wrong though.

this warms the cockles of my heart

MANGO! MANGO! MANGO!

23:46 Zain is nutsss