Joseph “Mang0″ Marquez, a long-time Smash Bros. participant and two-time Evo champion, isn’t getting invited again to the following Beerio Kart World Cup. The esports professional was banned for inappropriate conduct in the course of the livestreamed occasion and subsequently dropped from his group, Cloud9. “I’m sorry everybody,” he wrote afterwards. “Want I used to be higher. I had all of it and fucking tossed it within the garbage can.”
The Beerio Kart World Cup occasion was organized by Twitch streamer Ludwig Ahgren and, for anybody unfamilliar with the final idea, featured numerous on-line personalities competing within the just lately launched Mario Kart World whereas driving below the affect. Individuals bought extra inebriated because the match progressed, with Marquez particularly ultimately ditching his Wario costume and strolling round shirtless.
A clip from the livestream at one level confirmed him showing to drunkenly dry-hump behind Twitch streamer Maya Higa who was sitting subsequent to Emily “ExtraEmily” Zhang whereas they talked to the livestream digital camera. A number of different clips present him seemingly proceed to behave inappropriately towards the pair at different factors in the course of the occasion. The livestream reveals numerous folks calling out Mang0’s conduct in the course of the Mario Kart match, although it’s not clear that any of the organizers intervened on the time.
“I reached out to anybody who I believed may need felt uncomfortable and talked to them but additionally, and I already instructed Mang0 this, not inviting Mang0 to Mogul Strikes occasions,” Ludwig mentioned in a June 22 livestream, referencing his firm that organized the match. “It’s a privilege to go to an occasion, the entire level of an occasion is it’s a enjoyable factor to do, to have a great ass time and if any person showing jeopardizes any person else having a great time that simply can’t be a factor.”
On June 23, Marquez acknowledged the incident and mentioned he had an issue with alcohol. “Sorry to everybody I’ve let down or harm,” he wrote on X. “I do know it simply seems to be like I’m making an attempt to avoid wasting face however I genuinely really feel so terrible about it.. all I’ve carried out is mirror on my life and realized I’m a damaged human I’ll attempt to redeem myself over time as I at all times do Gonna cease ingesting instantly and get it collectively.”
Later that day, nonetheless, Cloud9, the group which Marquez has been representing in Smash Bros. tournaments for over a decade, introduced it was parting methods with the esports participant. “Following an inside analysis, we now have made the choice to launch mang0 from Cloud9,” it wrote in an announcement. “No matter tenure or accomplishments, the conduct demonstrated is fully unacceptable and immediately conflicts with our group’s core values. We keep a zero-tolerance stance relating to harassment or every other type of inappropriate conduct.”
It’s unclear how the Beerio Kart World Cup incident will impression Marquez’s involvement within the Smash Bros. aggressive scene shifting ahead. One of many subsequent massive occasions, Supernova 2025, takes place in August. At the moment ranked third amongst all Melee gamers, Marquez recommended he may be taking a break. “C9 dropping me. In all probability getting banned from tourneys. Fucking shit man,” he wrote on X. “Nobody guilty however myself however man. By no means although I may hit this low. In all probability received’t hear from me for some time I’m sorry everybody.”
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