Leffen/IBDW: This MU is 49:51, its literally unplayable, we need to implement airtime limit for puff and shieks to beat marth mang0: my backair still does 15%
this feels like that domino effect meme were thunderz like 4 stocks junebug, june hates pm DK, june picks DK, DK top 3 at a major. Crazy world we live in. Bro congrats on the run. 🦍
Mad props for being honest about your starstruck state and nerves. It's a really under mentioned part of competition in general. Especially in melee. I think now though with this huge and legendary accomplishment you can start to look at yourself and at Donkey Kong as capable of winning a major. I believe for you June, it's all mental from here. That's the key thing you need to keep forging. Wishing you all the success and hope to see you further down the road on our melee journies
Aww, I really liked hearing about the 'mid tier solidarity'. Axe and aMSa give me super good vibes so it's cool to hear that translates to actually interacting with them. The melee community really is my favorite gaming community and it's not close.
Seeing the crowd not cheer for mango but for June was wild. The only other time we have seen that in the past 10 years is Amsa at TBH. Sure this was home court but I think this would have happened anywhere. That whole tournament was incredible. -SSC- Supernova has been my favorite tourney for years since it never disappoints when it comes to melee. Also mango finally getting his confetti almost made me cry.
Hey man, I was standing next to you in line when you bought pizza before top 8 and you looked locked in so I didn't say hi and I am so glad I didn't cause holy shit you KILLED it! lol That was the most insane crowd I've ever experienced at any sporting event ever, no exaggeration. It was my fiance's first time going to a smash tourney and now she is asking to travel to all these other events xD. Next time I see you I'll have a red tie for you to sign. GGs!
Watching this run at my first (super)major, especially as a mid-tier main and a former NoVa resident, was the absolute best thing I didn't even know I would ever see. Thanks for making this video, gave me a new perspective and brought back some great memories.
im not vocal but ive been a big junebug fan since the project m days, its so cool to see your put so much work into dk in melee man this character is so freaking fun to watch... thanks for providing so much entertainment to the scene bro
Not only was Joshman a PM player, he actually played DK himself in PM for a time! Nowadays though whenever he enters PM he doesn't bust out the DK anymore sadly.
Its been a few years since ive seen Junebug. He literally turned into DK ❤ (in the best way possible) thanks for entertaining us all in the smash community.
Your Melee Donkey Kong single handedly brought me back to playing melee after a +10 year retirement from Melee, now I actually switched from Fox to DK and I've been learning so much new stuff and overall having a blast with the monke, it's like therapy for my current depression, so yeah, thank you June 🐒 goated player
I just so happened to luck in to watching this run while scrolling through twitch an being bored, and man it's gotta be up there with Mang0's first Summit win as the most hype tournaments and runs I've had the good fortune of catching live. Utterly fantastic performance and an absolute joy to watch.
this is what i've been waiting for, the story behind the monkey god. ggwp dude, amazing run, and i can't wait to see how you go next time now you've got a taste of the pressure and will be more ready for the adrenaline/nerves.
Literally came here to see if you were gonna talk about the turn around shield vs pika nair and you brought it up right away haha I loved watching that sequence evolve as the set went on with Axe.
As a person who was there and dedicated 1 page out of my 19-page on the entire event on him, I can absolutely say he's my favorite player of all time. It was such an incredible story.
June... you're an absolute legend to not just DK players but the Melee community!! Something tells me that your DK will continue to do amazing things. :) And even if this is the "peak" of the monke renaissance, well darn, what a legacy you've already cemented my friend!
I would genuinely love to get your extended thoughts on that "Playing against a dinosaur" feeling when playing mango. Analysis of that set to point out his "off-meta" things would probably be invaluable knowledge (and also great content)
Hey I was one of the pikas you played at the start of Sunday (like the first one you played) and pika is like my 4th best character so I wanna apologize for being so bad but I’m really grateful I got to play you at all. You played amazing and I couldn’t be any more proud
I'm a fan of AMSA and AxE, but I loved the work you put into this Junebug keep it up. You are playing with a very good competitive mindset. I say this based on my experience as a MTG player and someone who played pvp in WoW.
Sick af run, will be remembered for a long time. Would love to see it surpassed someday, but to focus on the now, it's an incredible achievement especially in the current landscape.
Have you thought about making a DK matchup chart? As far as I'm aware no top DK has made one, and there's a lot of bad information about him out there. Also I'd just like to hear more of your opinions about DK lol.
I was behind Joshman while Moky vs Quang was happening and based on his comments during that set, I thought the run was ending at him. A lot of DK’s success is from the matchup check, and Joshman was going off about what to do in certain situations against the ape to the friends he was sitting next to so I thought June was cooked. Insane win.
It'll be interesting to see how you play once the nerves settle down a bit more as you get use to fighting for higher and higher placements. Nerves make you play weird.
THE LEADER OF THE BUNCH
YOU KNOW HIM WELL
HES FINALLY BACK
TO KICK SOME TAIL
HIS COCONUT GUN
CAN FIRE IN SPURTS
Finally Junebug gets to content farm the win that everyone else has already content farmed, he sure as hell earned it
LOL THATS WHAT IVE BEEN SAYING
>Goes to commentate
>Top 8 in doubles
>Top 3 in singles
>Starts to elaborate:
>"Because Monke"
>Leaves
3rd place in the bracket but 1st place with the crowd 🐵
Sigma grindset
The Mango recap was basically "this 97 year old spacie still beats midtiers the old fashioned way" LMFAO
Leffen/IBDW: This MU is 49:51, its literally unplayable, we need to implement airtime limit for puff and shieks to beat marth
mang0: my backair still does 15%
hey guys its me junebug
real :0
How many bananas did you have to consume to pull off this run?
Edit: uhh grammer
Hey guys Junebug here
hey guys its me walt
SHUT UP WALT
That run was bananas. No wonder the crowd went ape for it, they knew you were in it to win it and not just monkeying around.
He's the leader of the bunch.
When is it too much?
@@Thewithersvlog a primate example?
this feels like that domino effect meme were thunderz like 4 stocks junebug, june hates pm DK, june picks DK, DK top 3 at a major. Crazy world we live in.
Bro congrats on the run.
🦍
reality is truly mickey mouse
And June uses the Thunderz color palette.
If June's beard gets any bigger he might begin to seize the means of production.
Your DK Play has single handedly gotten me back into watching Melee tournaments. The DK Renaissance is so beautiful to watch. Much love from Canada!
DK going from barely noticed low tier to placing well at tournaments and being seen as a top-of-mid tier is insane.
Mad props for being honest about your starstruck state and nerves. It's a really under mentioned part of competition in general. Especially in melee.
I think now though with this huge and legendary accomplishment you can start to look at yourself and at Donkey Kong as capable of winning a major.
I believe for you June, it's all mental from here. That's the key thing you need to keep forging.
Wishing you all the success and hope to see you further down the road on our melee journies
Thank you Red X, this dub is for all the PM players
The comedy of this is many will probably be starstruck when they play Junebug now..
Been a fan since the PM days, respect
Aww, I really liked hearing about the 'mid tier solidarity'. Axe and aMSa give me super good vibes so it's cool to hear that translates to actually interacting with them. The melee community really is my favorite gaming community and it's not close.
Unless you say too much and the TOs hate you. You get banned FOREVER.
This gets him the mention on the UVA wikipedia page as a notable alumnus.
LMAO famous alumni such as the founder of Reddit and the best Melee Donkey Kong
“I try to shield grab a double shine”
“DUMMY! DUMMY ALERT”
Way funnier to me than it probably should be
Had me busting laughing as well 😭😭
3 things are constant in this world: Death, Taxes, and Junebug going on crazy runs with mid and low tiers
Put your hands together, if you want to clap!
As we take you through this monkey rap!
Whatever character makes you enjoy the game enough to keep playing, play them. You never know what can happen.
Seeing the crowd not cheer for mango but for June was wild. The only other time we have seen that in the past 10 years is Amsa at TBH. Sure this was home court but I think this would have happened anywhere. That whole tournament was incredible. -SSC- Supernova has been my favorite tourney for years since it never disappoints when it comes to melee. Also mango finally getting his confetti almost made me cry.
Hey man, I was standing next to you in line when you bought pizza before top 8 and you looked locked in so I didn't say hi and I am so glad I didn't cause holy shit you KILLED it! lol
That was the most insane crowd I've ever experienced at any sporting event ever, no exaggeration. It was my fiance's first time going to a smash tourney and now she is asking to travel to all these other events xD. Next time I see you I'll have a red tie for you to sign. GGs!
haha im sure i wouldnt have minded! what a first tournament to attend! ty!
@@arJunebugSmash no I am the reason for your success don't take this away from me
Watching this run at my first (super)major, especially as a mid-tier main and a former NoVa resident, was the absolute best thing I didn't even know I would ever see. Thanks for making this video, gave me a new perspective and brought back some great memories.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This was so hype to watch live! I was losing my mind, sick run. I've seen so many DKs on slippi since this, excited to see more characters in melee.
im not vocal but ive been a big junebug fan since the project m days, its so cool to see your put so much work into dk in melee man this character is so freaking fun to watch... thanks for providing so much entertainment to the scene bro
Ty bro always appreciate an OG fan
Not only was Joshman a PM player, he actually played DK himself in PM for a time! Nowadays though whenever he enters PM he doesn't bust out the DK anymore sadly.
Axe is literally the pinnacle of good sportsmanship. Astounding accomplishment, congrats Junebug!
Junebug: PM DK is so over-tuned compared to Melee.
Also Junebug: Alright, now I'll prove it.
The positive of this run is Junebug gets to content farm. The Monkeys’ paw of this run is everyone else gets to content farming.
Its been a few years since ive seen Junebug. He literally turned into DK ❤ (in the best way possible) thanks for entertaining us all in the smash community.
Your Melee Donkey Kong single handedly brought me back to playing melee after a +10 year retirement from Melee, now I actually switched from Fox to DK and I've been learning so much new stuff and overall having a blast with the monke, it's like therapy for my current depression, so yeah, thank you June 🐒 goated player
Hypest moment In melee in a long time. When wizzy won with falcon a few years back I knew that the meta was shifting
Do N O T shave, o mighty Samson
I just so happened to luck in to watching this run while scrolling through twitch an being bored, and man it's gotta be up there with Mang0's first Summit win as the most hype tournaments and runs I've had the good fortune of catching live. Utterly fantastic performance and an absolute joy to watch.
Haven’t played or paid attention to Melee since 2008. I watched your entire run. Love to see this innovation and success in such a legendary game
Donkey Kong 🎉
a Renaissance even
this is what i've been waiting for, the story behind the monkey god. ggwp dude, amazing run, and i can't wait to see how you go next time now you've got a taste of the pressure and will be more ready for the adrenaline/nerves.
Subbed just because I want to see you continue with the Donger.
Dude that one dude behind you at 11:12 hits the hypest air punch holy shit
YOU ARE A LEGEND!!! oh my god my brother and i have never been so excited watching a tournament!!!!
Haters will call it a Mickey Mouse run and maybe it is, but it was hype and Supernova was great. This is amazing for Melee; good shit June.
I loved watching you play the last few tournaments and it was a blast to see you play! Favorite player by far this year for me.
Watching you in top 8 felt like I was watching our moon landing, congrats on the run truly incredible stuff
Well deserved, legendary moment. Love how humble you are, looking forward to more DK in Melee 👏
Good job, it was really hype and fun to watch! Though my heart broke every time you SD'ed.
Literally came here to see if you were gonna talk about the turn around shield vs pika nair and you brought it up right away haha
I loved watching that sequence evolve as the set went on with Axe.
Watching this run was such a blast. Congrats! Here's to more claps, punches, and cargo throws!
Really loved the mango commentary on the meta and stuff. Very epic man. It’s true. These OGs have habits but years of mind games to cover thems
As a person who was there and dedicated 1 page out of my 19-page on the entire event on him, I can absolutely say he's my favorite player of all time. It was such an incredible story.
appreciate it! link me this article! i would love to read it
@arJunebugSmash It's a Word document, fair warning. I'm not sure how to post it publicly unfortunately. Should I use Twitter?
June... you're an absolute legend to not just DK players but the Melee community!! Something tells me that your DK will continue to do amazing things. :) And even if this is the "peak" of the monke renaissance, well darn, what a legacy you've already cemented my friend!
this was the first major i saw live and watching my two favorite players (Spargo Junebug) go on 2 crazy runs in two different brackets is crazy
Junebug, Akir, Quang, the three MONKEYmen of anti-meta Kong 🗿
I was screaming and jumping like a nut job and I’m not the biggest melee guy. It was the coolest shit ever dude.
Star of the show. I feel like mango is sick that you overshadowed him but would never admit it
My PM legend. Please keep trying big dawg!
I would genuinely love to get your extended thoughts on that "Playing against a dinosaur" feeling when playing mango. Analysis of that set to point out his "off-meta" things would probably be invaluable knowledge (and also great content)
Thanks for all you do for the scene, June.
It was an absolute honor to witness this live
Hey I was one of the pikas you played at the start of Sunday (like the first one you played) and pika is like my 4th best character so I wanna apologize for being so bad but I’m really grateful I got to play you at all. You played amazing and I couldn’t be any more proud
if anyone is wondering just how bad I did out of like 10 games we played I got 4 stocked in 9 of them and took 2 stocks in the other
lmao i remember you, thanks for the warmup, no worries, i ended up playing Jchu afterwards and was doing similar combos to him xD
@@arJunebugSmash lmaooo hope one day I’ll be good enough to play you in bracket (went 1-2 at supernova and was close to going 2-2) 😼
@@user-wn7ko1uu3b omg ssl ur famous
Watching you 30 multipl top players was just eye candy man, great job! Next stop, 1st place! Sidenote, hoping for more Project + content
You give me inspiration that no one else has, INSANE run, so deserved too. Hope to see more :)
I'm a fan of AMSA and AxE, but I loved the work you put into this Junebug keep it up. You are playing with a very good competitive mindset. I say this based on my experience as a MTG player and someone who played pvp in WoW.
Congrats on the incredible run and for making Donkey Kong history
I've loved DK since SNES.
I've loved playing him casually in Melee since release.
Watching you push him so high and so far is amazing.
I'm so glad someone could bring the Kong back into the limelight. He's my favorite in Smash U, even though I'm better with Bowser than I am DK
Bum is smiling down from melee heaven
I said exactly the same thing about the fox interactions. The DK has seen these interactions sooooo many more than any fox realizes
Sick af run, will be remembered for a long time. Would love to see it surpassed someday, but to focus on the now, it's an incredible achievement especially in the current landscape.
As a huge DK fan, you have made me a huge melee fan 🦍 💕
Congrats Junebug!
Congrats on your success, Junebug!
Congrats dude! Was awesome to watch!
Junebug is now another TOP UNDERDOG. History has been made thanks to you! Another reason I’ll never stop watching melee.
Had to double take when I saw your DK in top bracket Winners😂 Nothing but love and respect since watching you fry on PM, keep it up champ 🥂
Have you thought about making a DK matchup chart? As far as I'm aware no top DK has made one, and there's a lot of bad information about him out there. Also I'd just like to hear more of your opinions about DK lol.
It's in the works rn!
@@arJunebugSmash Awesome, I'm looking forward to it!
I was behind Joshman while Moky vs Quang was happening and based on his comments during that set, I thought the run was ending at him. A lot of DK’s success is from the matchup check, and Joshman was going off about what to do in certain situations against the ape to the friends he was sitting next to so I thought June was cooked. Insane win.
I was also there him and magi looked upset to see moky lose
the dude responsible for the uptick in unranked DKs ⬆️
If you watched anyone else who content farmed this run, you must watch this video
Likes and subbed Junebug. You are so hype to watch!
Invisible ledge strikes again.
When they cheer for you over Mang0 then you know you're the main character!
subbed instantly; thank you so much
Awesome, thank you!
Your insight into Chillin and Mang0's (dated) habits is very interesting :)
Not to further feed your ego but we're fast approaching the point where you can't tell the story of Melee without you. GGs MonKing
I have watched melee since the beginning. This is my favorite timeline.
i still cant fuckin believe that punch hit joshman lmao i was screaming
HI PARTY
it really shouldnt have and i was freaking out but we take those! LOL
This was amazing to watch unfold
ty for signing my controller at patchwork!
Please use ground pound as a tech chase. Use head butt as a shield breaker punish, use headbutt as a tech chase at times etc.
keep making history boss
This video was amazing
You are an inspiration to all Kong lovers
Truly a legend
you're the first youtuber i've wanted merch of since filthy frank
All the Marths are gonna have a pocket DK now
Donkey kong being fun is the best reason to go crazy with him
My goat 🐐
It'll be interesting to see how you play once the nerves settle down a bit more as you get use to fighting for higher and higher placements. Nerves make you play weird.
Your dk got myself back into melee.
Keep steam boiling going and get to da top June.
Mid tier who?
ive been saying this
This was so nice :)
I never knew the completionist was so good at melee!!!