Hungrybox vs. Armada - Melee's Fiercest Arms Race

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Fair argument for the greatest set of all time. I will say however, you have not seen me vs my friend, drunk out of our minds at 3am playing DK dittos.

Walt’s in his Summoning Salt phase rn

i could listen to armada talk about melee history for hours

God I love this series. Evo 2016 still has such a special place in my heart, being there in person, competing and watching top 8 in the arena was truly incredible. No other tournament that I've been to has had quite the same feeling.

I can´t wait for aMSa vs Mang0 at big house 10, we all know that set has to be in this series of the greatest sets

Juan's reaction to the win, and especially his interview afterwards where he opens up about his father always, without fail, makes me tear up. What a guy.

Thumbnail had me thinking this was False Swipe Gaming lol

It's genuinely incredible how long the old heads have been playing melee at this point Seeing baby hbox and armada give me the feels ... still shout "lfg!!!" seeing these games to this day :face-fuchsia-tongue-out::face-blue-wide-eyes:

happening to be on youtube as a walt video was uploaded is the best thing that will happen to me today

it is funny, cause while Mango Vs Armada is undoubtedly THE Melee rivalry, in a lot of ways Armada and Hungrybox goes deeper -Armada getting brutalized by Puff at Apex 2010 -Armada picking up Young Link to counter Puff -Hbox struggling immensely with the matchup, only really getting a leg up in one set of Apex 2012 -Breaking out NESS to try and counter Armada at Aprex 2013, failing and falling back to Puff -Then breaking out a Falco and Fox to try and deal with it, while more successful they ultimately fail -Hbox finally conquering the matchup at Evo 2014 -Down 0-2 at Paragon Orlando, Armada elects to bring out his Fox as the new counter -Armada goes on a tear in 2015, winning 5/6 sets leading into Dreamhack -At Dreamhack Hbox brings Crunch to coach him for the FInals and obtains his first Supermajor since Apex 2010 -Coaching is then restricted in some fashion, but Hbox fires off the first half of 2016 to contend as best in the world -EVO 2016, nuff said, only for Hbox to fumble in the last half to finish 2nd to Armada -2017 starts off okay for Hbox, but Armada is looking unstoppable following his 2nd EVO win -Hungrybox proceeds to win a staggering five tournaments in a row to pry the No. 1 spot from Armada's fingers -Despite being in prime position to take the No. 1 spot, Armada elects to retire after Smashcon 2018 (This is a complicated one, as there's a decent argument that Armada's citation for no longer having fun was referring to dealing with Puff. I'm 50/50, cause the most anxiety I've seen of Armada on camera is when he just narrowly made Top 8 at EVO 2018 over Zain) Whereas Armada and Mango were about putting together some amazing sets and their battle of nations, Armada and Hbox feels more personal. This character I don't like, this person denies me my assured victory, they are relentless in figuring me out, describing it as an arms race is spot on

Having a rivalry in a game series is a hell of a feeling. While leagues below them, I had a solid rivalry for a while ever since I started going to locals with another player in the region, and I think my time competing would’ve been a lot less enjoyable without that to push me.

I don't know if I would say "forgotten"

HELL YEAH. This is the set that got me into spectating melee. Absolutely incredible gameplay

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Immaculate video. Combines awesome narrative of the rivalry, first-hand accounts from the players, great technical analysis, wrapped up in a deliciously edited banger! I'll always hold their EVO set to be one of the best of melee's history and you really showcased why better than I'd ever be able to explain.

that 2016-2018 run is legendary

This is the set that really made me fall in love with melee in specific, and why I'm still around to this day. I love your videos so much Walt thank you

This is my favourite Melee set of all time, I'm grateful that you decided to invest time and effort in this. Keep it up.

I miss my wife