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Justin McGrath, better known as Plup, is an American professional Super Smash Bros. player from Orlando, Florida. McGrath is considered to be one of the best Super Smash Bros. Melee players in the world, having been ranked as one of the top 10 Melee players every year since 2015.
Plup originally rose to national fame as "Hungrybox's teammate"; their Samus/Jigglypuff team, "Plupbox", has placed consistently high at national tournaments since 2012. Within two years of his rise to doubles prominence, he proceeded to establish himself as the top American Samus player as well.
- 2010-2015: Birth of A Sheikah
- 2016-2018: The Rise of The Jorts
- 2019-Present: Soft Decline and The Era of The Spoonfed Fish
- Other Smash Games
Initially starting as a Samus player, Plup's first notable tournament was at CEO 2010, placing 13th out of 62 entrants. Starting with Advent II, Plup teamed with Hungrybox in doubles, placing 1st at many doubles events and would be his main doubles partner until 2015. Later in 2012, he attended Apex 2012 and placed 33rd with a win over Cyrain. A ye...
At Battle of the Five Gods, he defeated PPMD and Mew2King, with his losses being against Armada and Mango, ending in 5th place. He placed 1st at CEO 2016 Prologue, defeating Colbol in both winners and grand finals, then placed 4th at CEO 2016, 3rd at EVO 2016, and 7th at Shine 2016, 17th at The Big House 6, and 5th at Smash Summit 3, which would be...
Going into 2019, Plup took 3rd place at GENESIS 6 and Pound 2019. In the next two months, he had two fifth place finishes at both Smash 'N' Splash 5 and CEO 2019. Due to not starting off as strong as the previous year, having slightly less notable wins, and stiff competition, his ranking dropped to 7th on the Summer 2019 MPGR. Unfortunately, the se...
Outside of Melee, Plup has competed in other Smash games. He slightly dabbled into Smash 4 during the game's early days, only competing in CFL weeklies and a very rare major in the case of Apex 2015 where he placed 33rd. In Project M, he played Samus in the game's heyday. He teamed up with Wizzrobe in doubles when he was an active player for the ga...
aMSa vs Plup Gauntlet - First to 25 Exhibition Match - GMO Fall '22. Galint Gaming VODs. 7.36K subscribers. Subscribed. 537. 23K views 1 year ago. Follow Battle of BC on Twitter: / battleofbc ...
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Oct 22, 2023 · Follow The Big House 11 on social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBigHouseSSB"Follow BTS on social media:Twitter: https://twitter.com/BTSsmashTwitch: h...
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Sep 18, 2023 · It also boasted the inclusion of some of Melee’s most elusive marquee names in Wizzrobe and Plup. And with Zain opting to drop from the event, the time has finally come for a player other than ...
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