awesome Melee! This reminded me how fun, intense and satisfying the game can be. Also happy for Mango, very well deserved!

this was absolutely fucking insane in every way

I cant get over how through smash history, Mango progressively transforms into an old war veteran.

The script writers deserve a bonus after this tournament

“There is so much more melee to be played”

In the wise words of PPMD: "What if I'm the one making you play bad".

35:12 "Pressure makes diamonds, Bobby."

top 5 sets of all time

This is the first Melee tournament I've watched. Holy shit I'm sold.

Watching live was an honor.

All it takes is 1 touch for HMW to know Mang0's about to win. "Yo he's cookin'", "Oooh the shield-drop" both preceding a set-winning combo. This felt so old school, man

this will go down as one of the greatest sets of all time

Amazing fact: Zain hasn't lost to a single fox in a set, in bracket since Leffen at Smash N' Splash 5... Until now.

The storyline behind this set is absolutely unbelievable, you couldn’t write it if you tried - Biggest prize pool in smash history - First offline major since a global pandemic - Mang0’s godly losers run to get to this point, beating moky (bare minimum top 20 player) n0ne (same as moky), Plup (top 10 player for years and who knocked him into losers), iBDW (arguably 3rd in the world in the online era), and Hungrybox (former #1 in the world and previous Summit champ) - Zain’s dominance over Mang0 this entire year online and Zain’s dominance period - Mang0 going fox against Zain, who has not lost to a fox since Leffen in 2019, and is historically Zain’s best matchup - Mang0 winning twice on Final Destination to reset, a stage that was pretty much considered an automatic win for Zain against spacies - The Marth-Fox matchup being pretty much a topic of discussion for all of Melee’s history up to this point, with many many players agreeing that the matchup is heavily in Marth’s favor - Mang0 never winning a summit and historically having his worst tournament performances at previous summit iterations If this doesn’t make you want to play melee then I don’t think anything will

Scar: "He's jumping OVER, he's moving UNDER, he's slidin' around!" lmaoooo

Melee is beautiful

I actually can't believe what I just witnessed. Felt literally scripted.

RIP Mang0's liver after this

That feel when 2nd place is still the second largest prize pool in Melee history.

When Zain plays well, it's terrifying. When Mango plays well, it's beautiful. When they both play each other, it's sick.

If this was the final set of Melee I wouldn't be dissapointed

If you're watching this 5 years from now. Good choice, enjoy the show.

35:57 is like a timewarp back to 2009. Crowd cheering for Mango with Brandon on commentary. Didn't realize it in the moment but that gave me goosebumps watching it back later

For those confused about what is being blurred it is the logo which was the shine symbol but linked together like the olympic rings. For some reason the olympic committee is super protective of that logo and even though its completely different they still send cease and desist letters to anyone who has linking rings as a logo. Hell even talking about this I wouldn't be surprised if I got a cease and desist.

Let it be known that no tournament series goes 11-0 against the Kid!

When Toph and Waffles said "who wants the 70% of the 45 thousand dollars" I got so emotional. Hearing that callback to commentary from tournaments on Waffles' channel over 11 years ago - we're still here. From Mango Juice and Pat's House - with prize pools of 45 bucks - to this. Goddamn melee, don't stop.

melee is sick

im gonna miss summit man this was the greatest set of all time

Certified banger.

“I honestly think fox beats marth” CodyBDW stands stoically, slowly clapping

Scar: "This could be the last game" Me: *Checks time on video. 10 minutes into a 40 minute vid Me: "Damn, 30 minute popoff? Does Hungrybox somehow end up winning?"

I just searched up melee match and this was one of the first things that came up. I have never ever watched a melee match before and never played smash before but I think just seeing how complex and competitive this can get makes me wanna go ahead and try it out. :)

One of the best sets of all time

“Pressure makes Diamonds, Bobby”

"I need a cigarette." I felt that.

13:12 The music synced perfectly with Mang0 taking Zain's first stock.

a classic

This might be the best set of Melee I've ever seen. Well fucking played to both. Mango looked so good some of these games.

38:30 iDBW’s face going through 5 different emotions just makes the moment magical

>zain up 2-0 *looks at video timer* >10 minutes in to a 42 minute video Oh, so this is like on survivor when you're only half way through the episode but they're already going to tribal council. Something's going down.

Mango turns to Zain: “We both played bad“

The storybook ending to the Slippi Rollback era and a new beginning for a rebirth of the offline scene. Couldn't ask for a more fitting Grand Finals here. Instantly in the Melee annals forever. Long live this wonderful game. Melee is sick.

Honestly I can’t stop coming back to this match. Easily one of the best Grand Finals ever.

aiden saying "he won two times on fd" is sending me LMAO i love going back to summits and seeing the yard boys. it makes coming back to watching summit content even better

Can we talk about how mang0 played a total of 28 matches seriously fucking wild

leffen will never hear the end of this

"Fox McCloud's jetpack... it goes so far!" Is too good of a comment to not keep coming back to this set

I'm not particulalry a fan of Mango0 but even I can't deny sometimes it feels like he is the protagonist of Melee.

Between HBOX coming back, the mango losers run, zain looking unbeatable, and the mango zain finals it is the best tourney in my mind, storyline and gameplay, and the clutch in this set and the winner pulling the out the W was the icing on the cake. I just really enjoyed the whole thing. Thanks you to each person who donated to make this tourney prize pool crazy, and all the production crew who made it happen. Thanks for a amazing weekend.

GREATEST SET OF ALL TIME, WATCHING LIVE WAS AN ABSOLUTE HONOR.

The moment he came down with that drill at 18:26 his fox ascended to legendary status

The way that these dudes can express so much through their characters blows my mind. Melee is beautiful.

These two young gentlemen are quite talented at Super Smash Bros Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube.

One of the greatest sets I've ever seen. Melee is so sick man

When this was over my immediate reaction was that this is the greatest set(s) of all time. I've since rewatched it three more times, and I stand by that statemet. You couldn't ask for a better story. Mang0 going Fox against Zain's Marth just the prove the naysayers wrong. Reverse 3-0ing Zain while winning back to back on FD (a task that the experts pretty much said was all but impossible) Then of course the second set that went to game 5 last stock each 0% and Mang0 taking it in the end. Add to all that and you have the return to LAN and the biggest prize pool in Smash history. An all time classic.

You've seen Fox like thousands of times over the years, but mango still keeps his play fresh and stylish, even with that massive prize pool hanging in the balance. Man never plays lame.

(SPOILERS) Just have to shoutout Zain’s sportsmanship at the end - went straight for the hug with Mang0 before anything else. Such a respectable player in the game and out of it. He missed out on $23k (as in, that was the difference between 2nd and 1st place) and man you can tell the pressure this tournament was so real the closer it got to the end... tough loss, but huge shoutouts to the ManG0AT!! The Mang0 nation celebrates this day.

Losers side into winning the largest prize pool in melee history. That’s the Mang0

38:29 IBDWs frame-1 transition into a thousand-yard stare, his soul leaving his body

this is my 3rd rewatch, "pressure makes diamonds bobby"

Watching this live, I can't believe I broke the first rule in the book of Melee: Don't Sleep on The Kid. Mango finally taking a Summit after 5+ years of trying, in one of the greatest runs ever. Thank you to both of these players, and everyone else at Summit, for continuing to reinvent this game and deliver moments like these - 20 years and counting!

My 2 Favourite Matches Of All Time - 1) Summit 11 Grand Finals - Mang0 Fox coming from Loser's to win against Zain Marth 2) TBH9 Grand Finals - Mang0 Falco coming from Loser's to win against Zain Marth

“Thou shall not sleep on the kid” absolute legendary performance by Mang0. Zain’s amongst the best of anyone who’s ever played Smash, but there can only be one Jordan 🐐

Well I've come back to watch this set again, probably the 10th time - greatest Grand Finals in Melee history if you ask me. When I hear Toph scream "We got a second set!" and HMW yell "We got a reset!" I still get goosebumps.

these were probably the greatest 40 minutes of melee that have ever been played. this game will never die.

This entire Grand Finals aged me at least 5 years brO my heart

Mangos got one hell of a pair of balls on him, his playstyle is just nutty. As long as he's competing I'll want to see him do well and have fun

Almost forgot to watch this today

"Was that the greatest set in melee history?" Yes Lovage. Yes it was

This one is gonna be remembered for a long time. What a sick way to return to offline melee

Mango pulled off a heist on that last stock. Back against the wall the entire time and he just refused to die. Might have been one of the most ungodly runs I've ever seen.

10:03 this is one of my all time favorite Smash commentary moments. A reference to a set from 12 years prior, with one of the players and multiple commentators being present in both.

Even tho I watched it live I had to come and watch it again. One of the greatest sets ever played. Melee is sick Edit: I’ve now watched this every single day since the tournament

There are a few sets in Melee's History that sit in a tier of their own as some of the greatest ever played. This set easily joins that tier. That was freakin' amazing.

the most iconic set of the post 5 gods era by farrrrrr

I am once again , watching this mfin set

I fully expect a hundred comentary/analysis videos on this set, and I'll watch them all.

My first set ever was ken vs isai 15 years ago. I fell in love instantly with competitive melee. No other e-sports has come close to bringing the intensity that this sets have brought us. I just can't believe the way that this game has and is still evolving. Amazing set, congrats to Mango.

This is the set that I will show people when they ask why I watch melee

13:30 mango turned smash into tekken for moment there

I'm 5 minutes in and cannot believe how fast and technical they're both playing. If you showed this to a player even three years ago it would completely blow their mind, let alone any time before that. Players are becoming so skilled. This was the best tournament I've ever seen.

a beautiful piece of melee history was born today. i love it

Melee really is the hypest fighting game of all time. This game is twenty years old and has no signs of slowing down. This is definitely now in my personal top ten favorite sets that was pure insanity.

greatest set of all time in melee

Mang0s fox was moving like he was possessed. Absolute banger match.

This redeems all the bullshit this scene has gone through. Thankful to Fizzi forever... The online era should never die and should supplement the growth of the LAN tourneys yet to come. GG and the slippi kids are coming :) just give us some time.

Holy fucking shit, this needs to be a movie, needs to be a concept album, needs to be a documentary. This is the greatest set of any game ever. GG.

Smash Melee turns 20 years old this Sunday!! Here's to two decades of smashing greatness!!! Depite the age of the game, Melee remains one of the most popular fighting games of all time and has really dominated this generation.

Oscar: I need a cigarette Me too Oscar. Me too. Edit: No joke this is the greatest set of Melee I have ever seen in my 9 years of watching.

greatest melee i have ever watched in my life. this friendly rivalry, and the amount of COMFORT to just fucking COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER and make something sublime, TOGETHER AS A TWO PERSON EFFORT, is something i have never seen before in competitive gaming in my life. i cried after watching this set live. . . "There's so much more Melee to be played." - Mang0

An honor to even watch this set. Mango and Zain are unreal.

I will never stop coming back to watch this. Favourite 2 players of all time, the GOAT commentators (pressure makes diamonds bobby?? Jesus HMW is Godlike), old school brain melting fox gameplay from mang to win. Incredible

Congratulations to Mang0 for winning his first ever Summit Title The Biggest Prize Pool Ever

Mang0 had the eye of the tiger here you could tell he wanted this so bad! Also everyone played so well at this tournament. The Amsa sets were amazing, plup was killing it. Melee is moving into a new dimension and the players are getting sooo damn good.

What a fitting end to the biggest prize money tournament in Melee's history. That was beautiful. GG ! ! !

I had my friend watch melee for the first time during this set live He witnessed the best melee set of all time I told him he just peaked and he never needs to watch again

This has taught me more then ever that if your still alive even with 1 stock you can still win he didn't give up and thats what got him the W. He made Zain feel pressure like never before and God that was some amazing set

Nick Yingling was the mastermind the entire time. He got to watch this in person.

I watch this set every so often because this was the first tournament I ever watched fully and this was what convinced me to play the game. Every few months ill watch again and notice more as I get better. And every time I watch it just gets more and more insane.

no matter how many busters, stuff like this just makes being in the mango nation worth it