{"id":15995,"date":"2025-06-16T05:59:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=15995"},"modified":"2025-06-16T11:31:51","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:31:51","slug":"team-liquids-hungrybox-wins-smash-melee-ceo-2025-despite-controller-issues","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-06-16\/team-liquids-hungrybox-wins-smash-melee-ceo-2025-despite-controller-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Liquid\u2019s Hungrybox Wins Smash Melee CEO 2025 Despite Controller Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Team Liquid\u2019s Hungrybox Wins Smash Melee CEO 2025 Despite Controller Issues<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hungrybox-Wins-CEO-2025-Melee.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Team Liquid\u2019s Hungrybox Wins Smash Melee CEO 2025 Despite Controller Issues\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hungrybox-Wins-CEO-2025-Melee.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hungrybox-Wins-CEO-2025-Melee.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hungrybox-Wins-CEO-2025-Melee.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hungrybox-Wins-CEO-2025-Melee.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Hungrybox Wins CEO 2025. 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2025\u2019s Melee bracket over Wizzrobe despite having controller issues.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Super Smash Bros. Melee requires precise inputs, which means that controllers are very important in the game.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Hungrybox has finished in the top 8 of all CEO tournaments that have included Melee.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>Juan \u201cHungrybox\u201d Debiedma won the <strong>Super Smash Bros. Melee<\/strong> bracket of CEO 2025 after beating Justin \u201cWizzrobe\u201d Hallett. Throughout the top 8 bracket, Hungrybox was having problems with his controller, which led to him losing games and eventually throwing his controller away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the winner\u2019s final against Aly \u201cMOF\u201d Oquendo, Hungrybox\u2019s controller malfunctioned. He still won the set and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LiquidHbox\/status\/1934314505070330327\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">thanked<\/a> MOF for her sportsmanship, saying that he only won because she allowed him to switch controllers mid-game, mid-stock, and gave him another handwarmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grand final against Wizzrobe was the same story. He tried his original controller once more for game one, but it continued to malfunction. Hungrybox made the decision to jump off the map and give Wizzrobe the win because of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">15 years ago <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiquidHbox?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@LiquidHbox<\/a> won the first <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CEOGaming?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@CEOGaming<\/a> event for Melee. 15 years later he\u2019s our champion again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mA6o0GpEHZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/mA6o0GpEHZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Alex Jebailey (@Jebailey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jebailey\/status\/1934376525916508471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 15, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where Hungrybox looked for a replacement controller to continue the grand final with. He lost 3-0 against Wizzrobe, which reset the bracket and put him in a difficult situation. Hungrybox was able to bounce back and win the tournament 3-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melee is one of the fighting games where precise inputs are very important. This means that the controller a player is using can dictate how well they\u2019re going to play in the tournament. If they\u2019re not used to the controller they\u2019re using, it\u2019s a huge detriment to their performance. Hungrybox using another controller to win CEO 2025 is a huge achievement, especially against Wizzrobe, one of the best Melee players in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, this is Hungrybox\u2019s eighth time winning CEO. Alex Jebailey, the tournament organizer of CEO, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Jebailey\/status\/1934376525916508471\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">posted<\/a> on his X account that Hungrybox won the very first CEO event for Melee back in 2010. 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