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{{Smasher Infobox
{{Infobox Smasher
|name=Alpharad
|name = Alpharad
|mainssbm=Peach
|image = Alpharad.jpg
|mainssb4=Ryu
|mainssbu = Mario
|2ndmainssb4=Brawler
|2ndmainssbu = Joker
|mainpm=Peach
|mainssbm = Peach
|2ndmainpm=ZSS
|2ndmainssbm = Marth
|location=Oklahoma
|mainssb4 = Mario
|realname=J. Jacob Rabon IV
|mainssbb = Marth
|country=USA
|mainpm = Peach
|skill=Pro-amateur
|sponsor = {{Team|Panda}}
|crew=[[Tourney Locator]], Team Crystal
|former sponsors = [[Tourney Locator]]
|realname = [[wikipedia:Alpharad|Jacob Rabon IV]]
|birthday = 19
|birthmonth = 12
|birthyear = 1995
|location = Los Angeles, California
|country = USA
}}
}}
'''Alpharad''' is a pro-amateur smasher most famous for his YouTube, ''How to Play 101,'' and similar videos.
{{art-wikipedia|Alpharad}}
'''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.  
 
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>
 
==Tournament placings==
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz33ms Smash @ DZ #33]||March 22nd, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}
 
===''[[Project M]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 Placement!!2v2 Placement!!Partner
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz18pms Smash @ DZ #18]||November 9th, 2014||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz19pms Smash @ DZ #19]||November 16th, 2014||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz22pms Smash @ DZ #22]||December 21st, 2014||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz26pms Smash @ DZ #26]||January 18th, 2015||17th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz30pms Smash @ DZ #30 (Allstar)]||February 22nd, 2015||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz32pms Smash @ DZ #32]||March 15th, 2015||13th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz33pms Smash @ DZ #33]||March 22nd, 2015||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/ohsnappmdubs OHSNAP 7]||May 12th, 2015||&mdash;||13th||{{Sm|Mart}}
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/m9s Moorenado 9]||June 10th, 2015||9th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/m12d Moorenado 12]||July 11th, 2015||&mdash;||4th||{{Sm|Dad}}
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/m17s Moorenado 17]||August 15th, 2015||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|}


==Notable Tournament Results==
==={{forwiiu}}===
==={{forwiiu}}===
{{TournamentPlacementHeader}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{{TournamentPlacementRow
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|n=Low Tier City 3
|-
|d=August 1st-2nd, 2015
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/dz22s4s Smash @ DZ #22]||December 21st, 2014||7th||4th||{{Sm|Trash}}
|l=Plano, Texas
|-
|1v1=—
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/ss13 Sonic Storm 13]||April 3rd, 2015||5th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|2v2=9th
|-
|p=Jtails
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/ohsnaps4dubs OHSNAP 7]||May 12th, 2015||&mdash;||5th||{{Sm|Zeroic}}
}}
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/ss20 Sonic Storm 20]||June 13th, 2015||7th||&mdash;||&mdash;
|-
|[[Low Tier City 3]]||August 1st-2nd, 2015||&mdash;||9th||{{Sm|Jtails}}
|-
|[http://stockcancelgaming.challonge.com/ss45s Sonic Storm 45]||February 12th, 2016||13th||3rd||{{Sm|Deezus}}
|-
|[https://www.start.gg/tournament/super-bit-wars-4/event/wii-u-doubles/brackets/4032/16434 Super Bit Wars 4]||February 20th-21st, 2016||&mdash;||17th||{{Sm|Dakpo}}
|-
|[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||&mdash;||9th||Deezus
|}
 
===''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]''===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Tournament!!Date!!1v1 placement!!2v2 placement!!Partner
|-
|{{Trn|Frostbite 2019|g=SSBU}}||February 22nd-24th, 2019||&mdash;||65th||{{Sm|Miloni}}
|-
|{{Trn|Low Tier City 7|g=SSBU}}||July 12th-14th, 2019||&mdash;||97th||{{Sm|JoSniffy}}
|}
|}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Occasionally, Alpharad tends to not take local tournaments seriously, occasionally using characters such as [[Wario-Man]] during bracket matches.
*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].
*Alpharad had or was part of several other channels outside of his main channel: Alpharad Platinum (formerly known as Alpharad Plus, then Alpharad Deluxe, then Alpharad Gold), in which he uploads content that is typically unedited; Alpharad Replay, which is used as a stream archive; Alpharad LIVE (formerly known as Not Alpharad), where he uploads non-scripted stream highlights, and previously uploaded very short comedy videos and snippets of his life alongside 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, commonly stylized as WILD/CARD, which is a collaboration between him, Jaiden Animations, Captain Kidd, Giwi, gsmVoiD, Fyrus, sunflowersmith, Weegee Plays, and Vulpixie
 
==References==
{{reflist}}


==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]
*[http://sillymelee.com/ Silly Melee]


[https://twitch.tv/alpharadTV Twitch channel]
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