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| {{Infobox Smasher | | {{Infobox Smasher |
| |name = Alpharad | | | name = Alpharad |
| |image = Alpharad.jpg | | | image = Alpha.jpg |
| |mainssbu = Mario | | | caption = Alpharad (right) |
| |2ndmainssbu = Joker
| | | mainssbm = Peach |
| |mainssbm = Peach | | | 2ndmainssbm = Marth |
| |2ndmainssbm = Marth | | | mainssb4 = Villager |
| |mainssb4 = Mario | | | 2ndmainssb4 = Bayonetta |
| |mainssbb = Marth | | | mainpm = Peach |
| |mainpm = Peach | | | skillssbm = Pro amateur |
| |sponsor = {{Team|Panda}} | | | skillpm = Pro-amateur |
| |former sponsors = [[Tourney Locator]] | | | skillssb4 = Pro-amateur |
| |realname = [[wikipedia:Alpharad|Jacob Rabon IV]] | | | crew = [[Panda Global]] |
| |birthday = 19 | | | former crews = [[Tourney Locator]] |
| |birthmonth = 12 | | | realname = Jacob Rabon IV |
| |birthyear = 1995 | | | birthday = 19 |
| |location = Los Angeles, California | | | birthmonth = 12 |
| |country = USA | | | birthyear = 1995 |
| | | location = Oklahoma |
| | | country = USA |
| }} | | }} |
| {{art-wikipedia|Alpharad}}
| | '''Alpharad''' is a smasher from Oklahoma who is most famous for his series of ''Smash 4'' montages on [[YouTube]] called ''How to Play 101'', as well as ''Story for Glory'', ''Challenge Mode'', and other series featuring a variety of games. He also helped developed the ''Melee'' mod '''Silly Melee''' which changes every character to have unique moveset changes and new stages. He used to be part of the Smash streaming crew, [[Tourney Locator]], until he left on May 4, 2016. Almost two months later however, he would be picked up by [[Panda Global]]. |
| '''Alpharad''', or simply '''Alpha''', is a smasher and [[YouTuber]] from Norman, Oklahoma, who is currently residing in Los Angeles, California. He was first known for his series of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' montages on [[YouTube]] entitled ''How to Play 101'', as well as ''Story for Glory'', and ''Challenge Mode'', and although branching out to other content since, he is considered one of the most well-known ''Smash Bros.'' YouTubers, becoming the first ''Smash Bros.'' YouTuber to reach 1 million subscribers on November 22, 2018, and currently sits at 3 million subscribers. | |
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| Outside of content creation, he helped develop the ''[[Melee]]'' mod ''[[Gameplay modification#Silly Melee|Silly Melee]]'' alongside {{Sm|MagicScrumpy}} and co-organized the {{Trn|The Quarantine Series|series}} alongside {{Sm|Cr1TiKaL}} during [[COVID-19]]. He was part of the streaming crew {{Team|Tourney Locator}} until May 4th, 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/alpharadTV/status/727960346720243712|title=Alpharad confirming that he is leaving Tourney Locator}}</ref> and was picked up by {{Team|Panda}} two months later,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PandaGlobal/status/748646569436602368|title=Alpharad joins Panda Global}}</ref> serving as their Creative Director for a period before stepping back in late 2019. He remained a shareholder in the company as of November 30th, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Alpharad/status/1598091685741105154|title=Tweet commenting on his dealings during Panda Global's controversy}}</ref>
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| ==Tournament placings== | | ==Tournament placings== |
| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz33ms Smash @ DZ #33]||March 22nd, 2015||9th||—||—
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| ===''[[Project M]]''===
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz18pms Smash @ DZ #18]||November 9th, 2014||9th||—||—
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz19pms Smash @ DZ #19]||November 16th, 2014||9th||—||—
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz22pms Smash @ DZ #22]||December 21st, 2014||9th||—||—
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz26pms Smash @ DZ #26]||January 18th, 2015||17th||—||—
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz30pms Smash @ DZ #30 (Allstar)]||February 22nd, 2015||7th||—||—
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz32pms Smash @ DZ #32]||March 15th, 2015||13th||—||—
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz33pms Smash @ DZ #33]||March 22nd, 2015||7th||—||—
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/ohsnappmdubs OHSNAP 7]||May 12th, 2015||—||13th||{{Sm|Mart}}
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/m9s Moorenado 9]||June 10th, 2015||9th||—||—
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/m12d Moorenado 12]||July 11th, 2015||—||4th||{{Sm|Dad}}
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/m17s Moorenado 17]||August 15th, 2015||5th||—||—
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| ==={{forwiiu}}=== | | ==={{forwiiu}}=== |
| {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | | {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |
| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner | | !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner |
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz22s4s Smash @ DZ #22]||December 21st, 2014||7th||4th||{{Sm|Trash}}
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/ss13 Sonic Storm 13]||April 3rd, 2015||5th||—||—
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/ohsnaps4dubs OHSNAP 7]||May 12th, 2015||—||5th||{{Sm|Zeroic}}
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/ss20 Sonic Storm 20]||June 13th, 2015||7th||—||—
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| |[[Low Tier City 3]]||August 1st-2nd, 2015||—||9th||{{Sm|Jtails}} | | |[[Low Tier City 3]]||August 1st-2nd, 2015||—||9th||{{Sm|Jtails}} |
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| |[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/ss45s Sonic Storm 45]||February 12th, 2016||13th||3rd||{{Sm|Deezus}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/super-bit-wars-4/event/wii-u-doubles/brackets/4032/16434 Super Bit Wars 4]||February 20th-21st, 2016||—||17th||{{Sm|Dakpo}}
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| |[https://www.start.gg/tournament/no-man-s-land-ft-dmg-james-250-pot-bonus/event/wii-u-doubles/brackets/95601/291327 No Man's Land]||March 18th, 2017||—||9th||Deezus
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| ===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
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| !Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
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| |{{Trn|Frostbite 2019|g=SSBU}}||February 22nd-24th, 2019||—||65th||{{Sm|Miloni}}
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| |{{Trn|Low Tier City 7|g=SSBU}}||July 12th-14th, 2019||—||97th||{{Sm|JoSniffy}}
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| *Occasionally, Alpharad will not take local tournaments seriously, using characters such as [[Wario-Man]] during bracket matches or partnering with a random person for doubles matches. He also uploaded a video of him at a tournament [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bX397Ihduk playing by himself as Wario-Man in doubles]. | | *Occasionally, Alpharad tends to not take local tournaments seriously, using characters such as [[Wario-Man]] during bracket matches or partnering with a random person for doubles matches. He also uploaded a video of him at a tournament [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bX397Ihduk playing by himself as Wario-Man in doubles]. |
| *Alpharad had or was part of several other channels outside of his main channel: Alpharad Gold (formerly Alpharad Plus and then Alpharad Deluxe), in which he uploads content that is typically unedited; Alpharad Replay, which is used as a stream archive; Not Alpharad, in which he uploads very short comedy videos and snippets of his life as well as clips from his videos on his other channels; and Friends Without Benefits, a collaboration between YouTubers Dad as Heck, Weegee Plays, Deezus, and Major Duncan that he was part of until 2018. He is now also part of a group channel called Wildcard, a collaboration between him, Jaiden Animations, Captain Kidd, Giwi, gsmVoiD, Fyrus, sunflowersmith and Weegee Plays
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| ==References==
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| ==External links== | | ==External links== |
| *[https://youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw YouTube channel] | | *[https://youtube.com/channel/UCBODyKF0JMbUd6D9Bklyzbw YouTube channel] |
| *[https://twitter.com/Alpharad Twitter account] | | *[https://twitter.com/AlpharadTV Twitter account] |
| *[https://twitch.tv/alpharadTV Twitch channel] | | *[https://twitch.tv/alpharadTV Twitch channel] |
| *[http://sillymelee.com/ Silly Melee] | | *[http://sillymelee.com/ Silly Melee] |
| | *[https://twitter.com/alpharadTV/status/727960346720243712 Alpharad confirming that he is leaving Tourney Locator] |
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| [[Category:Oklahoma smashers]] | | [[Category:Oklahoma smashers]] |
| [[Category:Southern California smashers]]
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