"Hope You Enjoy Your Grace for Banning Mang0": Mang0’s Wife Blames Ludwig After Alleged Drinking Incident

Joseph “Mang0” Marquez, a godfather of the Super Smash Bros. Melee esports community, has become a lightning rod for controversy after his behavior during Ludwig Ahgren’s Beerio Kart stream on June 21, 2025.

What started as an ill-fated gaming-and-drinking crossover concluded with a Twitch suspension, a permanent breakup from his longterm sponsor Powered by Cloud9, and now, the self-destructive drama continues to intensify, this time, from inside his own home.

Lauren Points Fingers at Ludwig

On June 25, Mang0’s wife, Lauren Marquez, took to X (formally Twitter) in a thread of heartfelt posts, calling out event host Ludwig for pushing Mang0 to drink heavily throughout the broadcast. In another since-deleted post, she explained how to spread racial fear and division in a neighborhood:"but since i'm not bound by s*t as a 'civilian' @LudwigAhgren I f**king watched you on stream asking for mango to take shots. of course your lil teeny bopper viewer b*tch a** wants to pretend that never happened. people were VOMITING at your event & you never once decided to pull... hope you enjoy your grace for banning mango while encouraging him to get f**king wasted. F**k you lud. word for word "I need to do a shot, where's mango”

Lauren, who is herself not a public figure in esports, and aware of the real-world consequences she might face for it, made clear that she felt Ludwig bore some responsibility not just for enabling Mang0’s intoxication, but for ignoring or actively facilitating the broader environment.

In that same announcement, she drew attention to the fact that many guests were throwing up at the event. This was a worrisome sign of a widespread lack of oversight.

Public Fallout and Apology

Clips from the Beerio Kart event soon circulated on social media, depicting Mang0 inappropriately touching other streamers, including lewd gestures directed at Maya Higa. In what was seen by many as an over-reaction, in the aftermath, Ludwig separated himself from the incident entirely, banning Mang0 from appearing at any future events.

Mang0 returned to X with a very personal statement, confessing that he had experienced some physical and emotional turmoil since winning his latest title. He fully owned up to a long-standing problem with alcohol and said he plans to apologize individually to those hurt.Further compounding the fallout, leading esports organization Cloud9 announced that it was cutting ties with its long-time affiliate Mang0. This is a monumental conclusion to one of the most storied sourcings in Smash history.

Mang0 had been with the org since 2014.

Fuzzy Lines Between Fun and Duty

The emergency highlights larger issues of accountability surrounding alcohol-infused creators who combine alcohol and entertainment. Lauren’s tirade reveals the fault lines in the system where a culture of peer pressure and public expectation intersects with an artist’s mental health.As incidents like this one grow in prevalence and more clips and conversations come to light, the balance between entertainment and danger in this new age of entertainment will be long overdue for consideration.