{"id":10895,"date":"2020-12-13T21:07:27","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T21:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/smash-grandees-leffen-and-mango-left-furious-after-portrayal-in-metagame-documentary"},"modified":"2024-07-19T15:53:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:53:36","slug":"smash-grandees-leffen-and-mango-left-furious-after-portrayal-in-metagame-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/smash-grandees-leffen-and-mango-left-furious-after-portrayal-in-metagame-documentary","title":{"rendered":"Smash grandees Leffen and Mango left disappointed after portrayal in Metagame documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update<\/span><\/strong>: Leffen has told fans to not harass Samox<\/a> following his criticism of the Metagame documentary. “At the end of the day I think he tried to do something good for the scene but missed the mark.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Original story:<\/strong><\/p>\n

What started as an exciting project that would help Smash Melee and its community grow amid troublesome circumstances<\/a> has quickly become the subject of harsh criticism from two of the scene’s biggest icons, as Joseph “Mang0” Marquez and William “Leffen” Hjelte have slammed the Metagame documentary<\/a> for their depictions in the eight-part series. <\/p>\n

Directed by Travis “Samox” Beauchamp, Metagame is a sequel to The Smash Brothers series, with both focusing on different eras within Melee’s history.<\/p>\n

Detailing the first years of Melee as a competitive title, The Smash Brothers premiered in 2013<\/a> to critical success and reignited interest in the platform fighter, with newcomers to the scene dubbed “Doc Kids” as a result. Naturally, the hope is that the release of a follow-up would have the same effect.<\/p>\n

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Genesis 7 champion, Zain Naghmi, joined the scene thanks to The Smash Brothers documentary (Photo: Genesis_Smash)<\/span><\/p>\n

Metagame, which is being broadcast on Twitch, tells the story of the rise of those that would come to be known as the Five Gods of Melee Juan “Hungrybox” DeBiedma, Jason “Mew2King” Zimmerman, Adam “Armada” Lindgren, Kevin “PPMD” Nanney, and Mang0.<\/p>\n

Leffen’s involvement during this timeframe is also recounted, a time in which he earned the “God Slayer” nickname, as he was not only the first player to take sets out of all of them but also the only non-God to win tournaments during the height of the quintet’s dominance, including wins at Community Effort Orlando (CEO) and 2015’s Super Smash Con to name a few.<\/p>\n