Alpharad (YouTuber)
Jacob Rabon IV | ||||||||||
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| Born | December 19, 1995 | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
| Occupation | YouTuber | |||||||||
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| Also known as | Alpharad | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2014-present | |||||||||
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Jacob Rabon IV, better known as his online pseudonym Alpharad, is an American YouTuber who makes gaming commentary videos. He is best known for his gaming videos on Super Smash Bros. along with his participation in the fighting game community as a tournament organizer.
Early Life[edit]
Rabon gained an interest in filmmaking around the fifth grade, uploading comedic videos for his friends and later taking video editing and cinematography classes in high school.[1] He attended the University of Oklahoma[2] while making YouTube videos as a full-time job.[1] His original goal was to be a writer, director, or editor of some kind, but soon learned that in being someone else's editor he couldn't have as much creative freedom as he could making his own content.[1]
YouTube Career[edit]
Rabon has made various gaming videos on his YouTube channel Alpharad, including the Super Smash Bros. series, Pokémon, Sonic the Hedgehog and Fall Guys, among other Nintendo titles.[2][3][4] He has also dabbled in speedrunning specifically in a video of him playing through a Super Mario 64 first-person shooter mod.[5] The Alpharad YouTube channel has reached 796,000 subscribers as of June 2018,[6] 1.2 million subscribers as of January 2019,[7] and over 2 million subscribers as of August 2020.[3][4]
E-Sports Involvement[edit]
Rabon has been involved with the E-Sports community as a tournament organizer and affiliate with other prominent E-Sports personalities. In January 2020, he participated in a Pokémon VGC tournament with fellow competitive Smash Bros. players ESAM, Mew2King and Ludwig Ahgren amongst other content creators.[8]
Two months later in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, Rabon co-hosted five online tournaments, called the “Quarantine Series,” with YouTube personality Charles “Cr1TiKaL” White,[9] which consisted of two events - Minors and Majors - offering $5,000 and $10,000 in prizes, respectively.[10][11] The major invitationals featured top Super Smash Bros. players such as MKLeo, Samsora, Nairo and Marss,[11] and was streamed on both Cr1TiKaL’s Twitch channel and Alpharad’s YouTube channel.[9]
In 2018, Rabon purchased a monthly stake for the E-Sports organization Panda Global, becoming their content director and a minority shareholder.[6][7] He had previously expressed his desire to hold more weight in the organization.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "How to Play Anything: An Interview with Alpharad". The Meta. 2016-10-11. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Oklahoma City band collaborates with former OU student, YouTuber". OUDaily. 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fall Guys: Is Yellow Team Really The Worst?". ScreenRant. 2020-08-14. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "CAA Signs Prominent Gamers Alpharad And The Completionist (Exclusive)". TubeFilter. 2020-09-01. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ↑ "The latest Super Mario 64 speedrun trend gives Mario a gun". Polygon. 2021-03-01. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Panda Global Adds YouTuber Alpharad as First Equity Partner". The ESports Observer. 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Panda Global, the Esports Team That's Saying No to VC's". The ESports Observer. 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ↑ "Eight Professional Super Smash Bros. Players and Personalities Give Pokemon VGC a Try in Wolfe Glick's Invitational Tournament". The Game Haus. 2020-01-14. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Alpharad, Cr1TiKaL launch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Quarantine Series". Dot Esports. 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ↑ "Sonix defeats MKLeo to win Cr1tikal & Alpharad's Smash Ultimate major". Dexerto. 2020-05-03. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Quarantine Series to feature online Smash Bros. tournaments". Upcomer. 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
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