| Alpharad | |
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| Character info | |
| Melee mains | Peach, Marth |
| Brawl main | Marth |
| Other Brawl character | Falco |
| Smash 4 mains | Mario, Cloud |
| Other Smash 4 characters | Bayonetta, Lucina, Zero Suit Samus, Lucas, Villager, Sheik, Captain Falcon |
| Ultimate mains | Joker, Palutena, Pichu |
| Other Ultimate characters | Mario, Wii Fit Trainer, Mii Brawler, Zelda, Hero, Luigi |
| Project M main | Peach |
| Other Project M characters | Wario, Sonic |
| Team info | |
| Sponsor(s) | Panda Global |
| Former sponsor(s) | Tourney Locator |
| Personal and other info | |
| Real name | Jacob Rabon IV |
| Birth date | |
| Location | Norman, Oklahoma 
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| Miscellaneous info | |
| Skill |  Pro-amateur  Pro-amateur  Pro-amateur  Pro-amateur
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Alpharad, or simply Alpha, is a smasher from Norman, Oklahoma who was put on the map by his series of Super Smash Bros. 4 montages on YouTube entitled How to Play 101, as well as Story for Glory, Challenge Mode, and other series featuring a variety of games. He, along with YouTuber MagicScrumpy, helped develop the Melee mod Silly Melee, which changes every character to have unique moveset changes, along with the addition of new stages. He used to be part of the Smash streaming crew Tourney Locator, until he left on May 4, 2016[1]. However, almost two months later, he would be picked up by Panda Global[2], and is currently their Creative Director. He currently has the most subscribers of any Smash content creator.
Tournament placings
Super Smash Bros. Melee
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smash @ DZ #33 | March 22nd, 2015 | 9th | — | — |
Project M
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 Placement | 2v2 Placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smash @ DZ #18 | November 9th, 2014 | 9th | — | — |
| Smash @ DZ #19 | November 16th, 2014 | 9th | — | — |
| Smash @ DZ #22 | December 21st, 2014 | 9th | — | — |
| Smash @ DZ #26 | January 18th, 2015 | 17th | — | — |
| Smash @ DZ #30 (Allstar) | February 22nd, 2015 | 7th | — | — |
| Smash @ DZ #32 | March 15th, 2015 | 13th | — | — |
| Smash @ DZ #33 | March 22nd, 2015 | 7th | — | — |
| OHSNAP 7 | May 12th, 2015 | — | 13th | Mart |
| Moorenado 9 | June 10th, 2015 | 9th | — | — |
| Moorenado 12 | July 11th, 2015 | — | 4th | Dad |
| Moorenado 17 | August 15th, 2015 | 5th | — | — |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smash @ DZ #22 | December 21st, 2014 | 7th | 4th | Trash |
| Sonic Storm 13 | April 3rd, 2015 | 5th | — | — |
| OHSNAP 7 | May 12th, 2015 | — | 5th | Zeroic |
| Sonic Storm 20 | June 13th, 2015 | 7th | — | — |
| Low Tier City 3 | August 1st-2nd, 2015 | — | 9th | Jtails |
| Sonic Storm 45 | February 12th, 2016 | 13th | 3rd | Deezus |
| Super Bit Wars 4 | February 20th-21st, 2016 | — | 17th | Dakpo |
| No Man's Land | March 18th, 2017 | — | 9th | Deezus |
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
| Tournament | Date | 1v1 placement | 2v2 placement | Partner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frostbite 2019 | February 22nd-24th, 2019 | — | 65th | Miloni |
| Low Tier City 7 | July 12th-14th, 2019 | — | 97th | JoSniffy |
Trivia
- 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 playing by himself as Wario-Man in doubles.
- Alpharad is the first Smash Bros. YouTuber to reach 1 million subscribers (although he has branched out to playing other games), achieving the feat on November 22, 2018.
- Alpharad started a second Let's Play channel, along with fellow YouTuber Dad as Heck, called Friends Without Benefits. The channel has since added three more YouTubers known as Weegee Plays, Deezus, and Major Duncan, and has reached over 150,000 subscribers.
- However, on August 21st, 2018, Alpharad announced that he was going to leave Friends Without Benefits, saying that he didn't feel like he was fitting in anymore; he also said that he would be doing one more Let's Play with each member of the group before leaving. [3]
- Alpharad currently has three channels, the others being Alpharad Plus, in which he uploads content that is typically unedited and rarely pertains to Smash, and Alpharad Replay, which is used as a stream archive.