Hanky Panky is literally the guy who realizes that the best spot to grind is the beginning areas due to the efficiency of it

He is the antithesis of a top melee player. In other words, the most powerful casual you could ever face.

Westballz: ima disrespect this scrub Hanky Panky: I don't even know who you are

Ah yes, Hanky Panky, my favorite of the 5 gods.

I genuinely envy Hanky for his love for accounting. Given how almost no one wants to do it themselves, that's like being handed a free career.

Wow this prince abu guy is pretty interesting I bet he's played some pretty weird sets

your mini-docs are amazing

i actually love this guy so much. the "who are you?" from the other player is what sold it to me this man is straight up just above the ego and the status. filing his winnings to the IRS is the final letter that spells that playing melee is a fun job and nothing more

im glad to see melee stats has pivoted totally to content about prince abu lore

There's something so fascinating and admirable about someone like Hanky who knows his skill and potential, yet only competes in a way that's the most fun and comfortable to him. It makes you wonder how good he could have been if he grinded really hard and went to majors instead of focusing on locals. He could have potentially made a huge name for himself, gaining tons of fans and clout, but none of that mattered to him. He just wanted to play melee at his own pace, something that he does for fun but also in a way that benefited him without taking too much time away from his other commitments. Gotta respect a man for that.

Hanky Panky is going to claim your video, just for the ad revenue

What a brutal melee player, being a hidden boss who takes mad advantage of prize pools rather than caring about some arbitrary ranking. What a legend.

Melee Stats - "the greatest smash player no one knows" Me remembering getting my ass handed to me sundays at mass in Columbus - "im damn well aware of hanky"

god what a gangster. 24000 in two years is honestly nutty for a smasher strictly from prizes. hanky panky on the grind of a lifetime

Incredible. I clicked this thinking, "Ha, jokes on them, I know Hanky Panky beat scar at Big House 3 or something." Little did I know...

As someone who came from this exact scene (sitting to the left of hanky at 17:47) this was 100% spot on. To this day hanky is one of the hardest to fight people I’ve ever played

He is the yoshikage kira of meelee, he just wants to live a quiet life

"No one, not even their mutual friend Prince Abu could bring themselves to watch the whole set." I was definitely there watching the whole thing, let's gooooo

disappointed y'all didn't mention how absurdly fast he can navigate melee's menus. it's inhuman how quickly he can change your settings to rumble. the menu almost never finishes loading by the time he's at the next one. edit: here's the only example I could find on YT, and it's not even him in top form. he's only gotten faster. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJ94oZCU19C3l2w.html

HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THIS: You made Drephen, Cal, Free Palestine, and Boyd Hanky’s Dependents on the Tax Return you Savage

i love that all the facebook pictures have hanky wanting canes lol, he went so much they have his picture up on the wall

Armada has the second highest win percentage of any player. LMAO

So basically he's a top player that remained a casual at heart

incredible vid, suprprised you didn't mention that hanky also held link's awakening speedrun world records for a while though some people are just nutty at games

God I can't believe he slideoff faired him in 2012 LMAO

9:16 Scar: Did you plan this too, Hanky?! Tell me! Hanky: Why are you even asking!? I set a forward air and you walked right into it! All of this went down like clockwork! (thinking) I just got lucky, but thinking I outsmarted him will drive Scar nuts!

Literally the secret final boss of melee.

Its cuz most good melee players want the fame, not the money. He just wants the money not the fame. Which is why he doesn't need to travel.

Man they really just made another prince abu video but in disguise this time

My first tournament ever I walked in and saw Hanky and Drephen playing friendlies and as a brand new player at the time I immediately felt an aura of power around them. I knew right off the bat I was looking at grands and they knew it too. What an incredibly well done video, good shit to everyone involved.

There’s a very good Luigi at my local melee tournament and one day dizzkidboogie came in. It was grand finals between boogie & the Luigi. Dizzkidboogie lost

never thought i would admire a peach player other than armada but this guy is so classy he even likes cane's probably more than i do!

Imagine if Prince Abu entered every local tournament Hanky Panky entered just to make him mad.

this man is the embodiment of "EEEEAAAASSYYYYY MOOOONNNEEEYYYYYYYY"

God I love Melee history and storytelling, especially when it’s this well-written and organized. Thank you guys for continuing to educate the community about incredible, lesser-known Melee stories through these videos!

Wow, what an interesting story. Hanky Panky is probably one of the most down to earth Smash players I have ever heard about. Never thought someone would go to locals just to make money as a side hobby. His smash career is the kind of smash career I would dream of having later in life if I still enjoyed playing Melee.

this man grinds locals more than every socal pr player combined also, rest in peace, michael brooks. the majority report wont be the same without you

Eric Cartman : There's lots of computer-generated boars in Warcraft that die with just one blow... Kyle : [trying to convice Cartman to give it up] Dude! Boars are only worth two experience points a piece. Do you know how many we would have to kill to get up 30 levels? Eric Cartman : [pulls out a piece of paper] Yes. 65,340,285, which should take us 7 weeks, 5 days, 13 hours and 20 minutes, giving ourselves 3 hours a night to sleep. What do you say, guys? You can jus... you can just hang outside in the sun all day tossing a ball around. Or you can sit at your computer and do something that matters...

It's hilarious how high he ranks in the algorithms

Prince Abu: ayo hanky, it has this tourney comin up. You should join Hanky Panky: das crazy n all but how much it pays😐

Amazing work yet again! Really loved this!

Hanky Panky doesn't have a mindset, he has a grindset

the intentional 480p is kinda hot ngl

He’s the guy that appears randomly and beats everyone

Finally someone who's smart enough to not throw their job away for something that can't last forever and will probably bite you back career-wise when you get older

I once entered a local with Hanky in Dayton, OH (got bodied by him lmao), which has a pretty small scene. We usually had, like, $40 prizes for first place. Dude probably profited about $10 after paying for gas lmao

To have an order named after you at canes, where there are less options than an in n out, alone is monumental

This might seem bizarre for smash, but isn't "farming locals" a staple of how other e-sports players make a living?

We should make a category called “demigods” were we showcase good players

You guys KILLED it! What a joy seeing such a great telling of this story. Thanks for your hard work, Melee Stats

Hanky's reign in Ohio was crazy to see and live through at tournaments. Playing against him was addicting because of how good he was at everything, he never seemed to make any mistakes.

When I was just learning how to play peach, I looked up peach videos on KZfaq and saw a few Hanky Panky clips. My boyfriend asked me who my favorite player was, and I said Hanky Panky to which he said - "who even is that?" This video is extremely validating to me xD

im still watching this every 2-3 months

There are many many complex characters in anime. A very underrated example would have to be Hanky Panky from the hit anime Melee.

@6:42 wow you guys went deep to find this out LOL

Hanky is one of the best players I've had the opportunity to interact with.. he's a god in Break the Targets too.

This was one of the most incredibly interesting melee videos ive ever happened upon. Great work.

This is easily one of the top five greatest Melee videos I've ever seen. I really love it. Terrific subject, and a story well told.

wish i knew the song titles, the music sources have massive song libraries

this is literally one of my favourite smash videos of all time. how the simple editing guides the story telling helps so well, along with the fitting music.

I love this videos, they show such expansive knowledge about the games competitive history and shines light on some of the most interesting stories in the history of Melee that are so under watched, keep up the good work!

This is beautiful! Your content is wonderful and I’m glad I subbed.

I was scared you weren’t ganna make another video like this. This is great

This needs to go in the Melee vault. Loved every second. Bravo 👏 👏

Such great production value. Keep doing these! So interesting

I thoroughly enjoyed every second on this documentary! Never heard of this player before so thank you! Your work is amazing

This was a really good watch. I subbed and really looking forward to more mini docs

Very unique and important perspective to have within the Melee Community. Great video. Super interesting and informative. Pleasant voicework and skilled writing. Good job!

The mini doc I didn't know I needed. Great work guys!

These videos are insane. Keep up the incredible work.

This was amazing man. Never knew about Hanky until today. Just subbed 👏

Commenting to push the video up the YT analytics! Just found the channel and I'm already binging every video. Good stuff

I love this, this ordinary dude's quiet and humble journey in and out of the world of competitive Smash, taking out top players, making bank, finding some fame and glory. But at the end of the day he doesn't even care about it, just some guy who's an accountant and eats Raising Cane's. Just awesome.

Fantastic video. I love learning about hidden boss players like this

The 480p resolution really gives off a 2009 vibe... Fits well with such an old game as melee

This was fascinating. Great work on this.

I can really sympathize with Hanky's line of reasoning. This is an awesome doc. Thank you for your hard work and telling his story.

I'm loving this stuff even more than the doc, keep up the good work stats!

As someone who watched the groundshattering set of ORLY vs Hanky Panky live at The Big House 3 (my first ever melee tournament) I had no idea until 20 minutes ago that people didn't know who he was. I regularly think about the guy screaming "HANKUS, YOU CAN DO IT PANKUS"

I have watched each doc 3 times. They're amazing man.

This story is amazing. Great video!

Wow, lovely piece, I thoroughly enjoyed my time viewing this

Great video! Hope you go on and make more videos your way!!

Tyler is definitely the protagonist of his own anime, this was the first season, he can only get stronger.

This is an example of someone who would have been a bigger part of the scene if it weren't so profoundly underground. Prize pools being so low and the skill ceiling being so high means you need very strong financial support OUTSIDE of competing to do well, and streaming/content creating wasn't an option back then. Sponsorships barely cover the bills if you're among the best in the world, and for anyone else it's just all time and money out of pocket. Hanky Panky is probably one of those guys we would have seen a lot more of if the scene had more official support.

This is a beautiful video, thanks for sharing!

Dude, I love these videos. They're so interesting!

That was a beautiful video man

Only time I have been ok with a video putting on lots of ads. Great content dude

First vid i've seen on this channel and now u gotta new sub

This is SO good. Good stuff!

Winning sometime requires setting your own limits. This is inspiring. Gettin the bag over the fame.

This was amazing, thank you!

Wasn't expecting that at the end but RIP Michael Brooks

12:44 that IRS form is 10/10 with the details.

Loved this video!

Alternate title: Hanky Panky the Greatest player that knows nobody

I love melee stats vids. I hope to see more Prince Abu lore!

hilarious mini doc. love it!!!!