And that is why they're in the crowd and not on the main stage. They can not come out of their safe shell.
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Melee fan throws a dead crab at HungryBox after he won a Melee tournament
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Melee people ain't known to excel at their hygiene game so it wouldn't surprise me if no one noticed
compete.kotaku.com/smash-players-plead-with-each-other-to-please-for-the-1826150759/amp
It sounds funny but we got weapon checks after the Madden tourney at big events now. There's no tolerance for fuckery.
And EVO takes their security extra seriously, particularly in light of the mass shooting at the Mandalay Bay.
So did he buy the crab specifically for this occasion or does he just carry one around in case he needs it?
Something to do with a crab emote signifying something or a trend being dead. Hbox has been dominating Melee with Jigglypuff therefore he's "killing Melee".
It wasn't that it was a just mirror match, it's that it was specifically a Bayo mirror.
Wtf? I thought the whole point was fame and fortune @_@ !
They do both blunt and piercing damage. Great for mid-range.
It'd be weird if a Melee fan didn't smell like rotten seafood.
JFC this is so embarrassing.
Oh huh, I thought it just was supposed to mean that Hbox is cancer or something.
Oh huh, I thought it just was supposed to mean that Hbox is cancer or something.
if you're making official rankings, where do the people who harassed Sakurai over Waluigi place?
Wtf? I thought the whole point of the open bracket was to have a "nobody" show up and beat all the top players @_@
- There is a popular general meme to celebrate something dying by putting "X is dead!!!" over this video clip of a bunch of crabs dancing to upbeat music.
- "Melee is dead" became a popular meme in particular after it was announced that Evo won't feature the game this year.
- People think that hbox being so good is hurting Melee, so "Hbox is killing melee" became a separate meme.
- Someone connected all those dots to throw a crab at hbox
What a tangled web we weave.
The Melee community seems to have something against competitors that aren't the Smash Gods.
Thank you for an even further explanation!
How weird that a player being good at a newer version of the videogame, is being blamed for the death of an older version of that same game...really silly logic from the people who think that way.
It's just a natural progression of the franchise. Some don't need to like it, but I guess that's how it is.
What's funny to me is that Hungrybox used to be the perennial underachiever up until like two or three years ago. He didn't use to win shit, nearly always finishing second place. It's only after success that people have turned hostile on him.
Which is still no excuse for how the crowd acted towards the players, even if they players made things worse by how they reacted back.
Hes good at the older game. Not sure where you got the being good at a newer version from?
The gods thing is barely relevant these days
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But how do you become a God if you don't go through the gauntlet... @_@
imagine if one of them threw their month old unwashed underwear.
That's actually not true. The Smash Gods are held in very high regard but recent up and comers like Zain have been received favorably. aMSa, the only top player from Japan and the only one who succeeds competitively with Yoshi, is also well-liked. The key they have though is that they're underdogs and in aMSa's case a very friendly person. They also play characters that don't fight defensively and make hype moments.
Hbox on the other hand isn't buddy-buddy with the other "Gods" and plays Jigglypuff, a character that employs a reactive, defensive playstyle that is impossible to edgeguard where aggressive play and clutch edgeguards are the most beloved aspects of watching competitive Melee.
This site is super toxic towards the Melee community. Sheesh, I doubt many people are supporting the crab thrower.
it was quickly dealt with while being lambasted by both the commentary and top players, but somehow it resulted in generalizations spanning sexuality all the way through hygiene of anyone who plays it. ERA is often an echo chamber of people patting each other on the back.
Like its pretty embarrassing if this poster is an adult:
The Melee community really needs to ostracize these people, this is not my experience from the tournaments or folks I have interacted with in the past. I am not convinced these antagonists are anything more than frustrated outliers.
I have mixed feelings about Hungry Box, but would never want to see him come to any physical or emotional harm.
As for Era, people are making their anti-Melee sentiment abundantly clear. However, I wonder how many here regularly attend tournaments or even really follow the fighting game scene. A suprising amount of shenanigans like this occur regularly at events, because the competitive mindset and sense of investment. It isn't exclusive to just Melee either.
Needless to say, I don't appreciate broadly painting the Melee community as toxic.
I have mixed feelings about Hungry Box, but would never want to see him come to any physical or emotional harm.
As for Era, people are making their anti-Melee sentiment abundantly clear. However, I wonder how many here regularly attend tournaments or even really follow the fighting game scene. A suprising amount of shenanigans like this occur regularly at events, because the competitive mindset and sense of investment. It isn't exclusive to just Melee either.
Needless to say, I don't appreciate broadly painting the Melee community as toxic.
Era is usually an echo chamber in the positive direction, at least in the off topic side. I guess gaming communities in general are just toxic. Kind of a shame.
You misunderstand, hbox is a melee player.
People say he is killing melee because they don't like his playstyle and feel like him dominating the game with that character is making top level competitive play stale.
Why are people acting like this guy killed their mother? He is just a dumb guy who threw a crab lol, he didnt even hit him with it and is super banned forever.
I don't judge but it really does seem like all the absolutely insane FGC stories come out of some Smash Bros game. Like the two dudes who just sat there during EVO and didn't fight each other while everyone booed and they laughed about it until a TO came over to tell them "hey you actually have to fight". There was another where a guy just flew around the stage or something until his opponent just said fuck it and walked off lol. The biggest SFV "incident" I can remember is K Brad popping off on Wolfkrone and that seemed completely innocent compared to the Smash stories I see bubble up.
I'm all for the guy getting booted but I gotta admit I laughed a bit at the planning and eventual execution. Guy lobbed that crab from far as fuck and dropped it on a dime right at the dude's feet lol. But I'm from an area where people buy a whole octopus from the grocer (NOT cheap), stuff it in their pants for 2 hours, and chuck it on the ice at an NHL game and get thrown out of the building to absolutely deafening cheers.
I'm all for the guy getting booted but I gotta admit I laughed a bit at the planning and eventual execution. Guy lobbed that crab from far as fuck and dropped it on a dime right at the dude's feet lol. But I'm from an area where people buy a whole octopus from the grocer (NOT cheap), stuff it in their pants for 2 hours, and chuck it on the ice at an NHL game and get thrown out of the building to absolutely deafening cheers.
Idk a reverse Majin Buu horn made from bubblegum or something?
Considering Hbox is one of the Smash Gods (really Melee Gods), and easily the one that draws the most hate, that's pretty off the mark.
The Melee community has a number of subgroups. The relevant one to talk about where grudges and internet hate (and probably real life crab throwing) are concerned would be the "degenerate spacie main" subgroup, e.g. the (usually not particularly good) players who genuinely want the game to just be fox and falco ("space animals" => "spacies") dittos forever and ever, amen. Marth? Lame. Puff? ICs? Unacceptable
They are a very vocal minority (mango is their lord and savior, hbox their devil)
Disclaimer: This post is an oversimplification, but I believe it is more useful than most
Whats your reason for doubting him?
Its original name is Purin/pudding so I thought it was meant to be like whipped cream
It's a tossup. He's probably not a prominent enough player to get let back in because he plays fightmans really well like other scummy players have been able to do but he's also probably lowkey enough to where he could get back in just based on nobody really caring.