>>531832573
Mang0 was the high water mark for Smash as a whole. His situation was the best someone who plays smash could ever hope to get, and he only got that after years of playing and building up small fame. And then he flushed it all down the drain in an instant by doing creepy stuff. (Although he has a path back by claiming it was alcoholism).

It's funny how this keeps happening with smash pros. It's almost like we're the problem.

Zain and Cody just came in to it too late. The smash scene had potential during the five gods era to go official, and get Nintendo support, especially with the Evo numbers. But we were too demanding and not willing to work with Nintendo.

Hbox played it smart, transitioned into a content creator, and didn't burn out/do anything stupid while playing up the wholesome act. Plus he branched out to Ult and made bank with the coin box series. Now he's just raking in income.

I am absolutely astounded though, how hard is it to just act normal socially around strangers and not try to fuck kids?