Esports Organization Cloud9 Drops Mang0 After Drunken Antics at Recent Event

North American esports organization Cloud9 announced that it has dropped Joseph “Mang0” Marquez from its roster after clips of him sexually harassing women at a recent Mogul Moves event surfaced.

“Regardless of tenure or accomplishments, the behavior demonstrated is entirely unacceptable and directly conflicts with our organization’s core values,” Cloud9 said in a statement. Mang0 has been widely regarded as the greatest Super Smash Bros. Melee player of all time.

Mang0 also published a post on his X account, saying that he has nobody to blame but himself and “I had it all and f**king tossed it in the trashcan,” lamenting the loss of his sponsor. He also mentioned that he thinks he will be banned from tournaments.

In a previous post, Mang0 said that he’s going to stop drinking and try to redeem himself over time. He’s sorry to everyone that he let down and that he finally realized that he was coddled for so long and looked the other way when it came to his drinking problems.

As of the writing of this article, no tournaments have formally announced the ban of Mang0 at their venue. Super Smash Bros. Melee tournaments are mostly in the hands of the tournament organizers, and they will have the final call on whether a player will be banned from their events.

Ludwig Ahgren, the organizer of the event where Mang0 did his drunken antics, has formally stated that he’s going to be banned from all future Mogul Moves events.