Hungrybox

According to his Reddit AMA, ‘Forged my mom's signature when I was in 5th grade for a permission slip LOL. I ended up drawing a doodle out of her signature and that became the "hungry box" you see on my t-shirts and such.

The first time I made it out of pools at a local, I used the "hungrybox" tag and then it just stuck.'

Hungrybox’s older brothers introduced him to video games when he was a toddler. His first console was a Gameboy Advance. After that he got a Gameboy Advance SP, on which he would play many of the Mario and Kirby titles. He got his first Smash games when he was ~12/13 years old.

He and his coach, Luis, became friends in fifth grade while being partnered for a school project and discovering that they both enjoyed Super Smash Bros. Melee.  Luis was the person who introduced him to MLG videos and made him aware that it was possible to compete in Melee had a high level. When they were around 14 years old, they decided to attempt competing in a LAN tournament at a local mall and have been competing in Melee tournaments ever since. His mother told him that she would be supportive and was willing to drive him around, just as long as he kept up his grades.

After graduating from college in 2015, he started working at WestRock.

What he felt was amazing for him was when his hobby became recognized as an eSport and he was able to start winning enough money to help him by towards his tuition, textbooks and rent while he was studying Chemical Engineering at the University of Central Florida college in 2012. Soon after that, he discovered streaming and also started streaming his gameplays from his dorm room while he was still in college. He joined Team Liquid in January 2015 after becoming recognized as one of the top Super Smash Bros Melee players in the world. He has been part of their team ever since.

Towards the end of his contract with WestRock, he decided to attempt a fulltime career as a gamer under a new contract with Team Liquid. In March 2018, he returned to working fulltime in March 2018 because he felt that he needed a break from the pressure and criticism that he was experiencing as a professional eSports competitor.

However, he returned to it as a fulltime career in July 2019. He often teams with Crunch for Doubles.

His mom is very supportive of his career. She has even featured in a competitive Melee-themed advertisement. His father passed away in 2015. He also has a cat.

Hungrybox has ~1,470 subscribers, according to his Twitch overlay. This means that he should be earning a minimum of $3,675 USD per month. This is prior to receiving further revenue income from tiered subscriptions, tips, sponsorships, Twitch cheer bit donations, merchandise sales, advertisements, team salary, casting fees and tournament winnings. According to Esportsearnings, he has won over $345,000 USD from various tournaments over the years.

• Tues, Wed & Fri: 01:00 – 04:00 UTC
• Sat – Mon, & Thurs: No stream
• He occasionally streams on other days and for longer hours.

He chose is college degree because he loved Season 4 of Breaking Bad.