Alpharad
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| Born | Jacob Rabon IV December 19, 1995 Norman, Oklahoma, U.S. | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2014–present | |||||||||
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| Subscribers | 2.86 million (main channel)[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 1.42 billion (main channel)[1] | |||||||||
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Last updated: November 26, 2022 | ||||||||||
Jacob Rabon IV (born December 19, 1995), better known by his online pseudonym Alpharad, is an American YouTuber, esports personality, and musician. He is best known for his gaming videos on the Super Smash Bros. series along with his participation in the fighting game community as a tournament organizer.
Early life
Rabon was born on December 19, 1995, in Norman, Oklahoma. He gained an interest in filmmaking around the fifth grade, uploading comedic videos for his friends, one of his first videos being Major O's.[2] Later, he would take video editing and cinematography classes in high school.[3] Rabon attended the University of Oklahoma while making YouTube videos as a full-time job.[3][4] However, he later stated that he dropped out to fully focus on his rising YouTube career. 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.[3]
Career
YouTube
Rabon created his main YouTube channel on January 13, 2014. Since its creation, he has made various gaming videos on his channel, Alpharad, including the Super Smash Bros. series, Pokémon, Splatoon, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Fall Guys, as well as other Nintendo titles.[4][5][6][7] He has also dabbled in speedrunning, specifically in a video of him intensely playing through a Super Mario 64 first-person shooter mod, as well as being a retired Super Mario Odyssey speedrunner.[8]
Other videos of his include video game related challenges and streams.[9][7] In 2021, Rabon collaborated with YouTuber Jaiden Animations on a charity stream for Red Nose Day which involved removing Pokémon from their team after reaching various donation incentives.[9] In 2022, he played Pokémon Go in the Warner Grand theater located in Los Angeles during a Halloween event.[10]
In 2020, Rabon signed with the Creative Artists Agency alongside YouTuber The Completionist.[6] Rabon's main YouTube channel has reached over 2.83 million subscribers as of October 2022.[5][6]
Esports
Rabon has been involved in esports as a tournament organizer and affiliate with other prominent esports personalities. In January 2020, he participated in a Pokémon VGC tournament hosted by Wolfe Glick with fellow competitive Super Smash Bros. players Ludwig Ahgren, ESAM, and Mew2King amongst other content creators.[11]
Two months later, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rabon co-hosted five online tournaments for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate called the "Quarantine Series" with fellow YouTuber Cr1TiKaL,[12] which consisted of two events, Minors and Majors, offering $5,000 and $10,000 in prizes, respectively.[13] The major invitationals featured top Super Smash Bros. players such as MKLeo, Samsora, Nairo and Marss,[13] and was streamed on both Cr1TiKaL's Twitch channel and Rabon's YouTube channel.[12]
In 2018, Rabon purchased a monthly stake for the esports organization, Panda Global, becoming their content director and a minority shareholder.[14][15] He had previously expressed his desire to hold more weight in the organization.[3]
In 2021, Rabon hosted another tournament in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, dubbed a "Portal Smash" tournament, that involved competitive players fighting on recreated stages with added obstacles and hazards.[16] Later in October, Rabon hosted a Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl charity tournament with Panda Global member Coney for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The tournament featured content creators such as Cr1TiKaL, Ludwig Ahgren, Jaiden Animations and Trihex, and ultimately raised over $100,000.[17][18]
Other ventures
Music
Rabon is also a musician, and he formed a band named Ace of Hearts.[6][19][20] Their first single was "Fool for You", which was released on April 1, 2020. The band's first EP, Monophobia, was released on June 5, 2020.[6] This was then followed by another single, "Silver Lining", which was released nearly a month later on July 1, 2020. The band's second EP, Scorpion Queen, was released on December 13, 2020.[19] The band's single "Lights Off" was released on March 31, 2021. Ace of Hearts' most recent single, "Deadbeat Boulevard", released on November 11, 2021. Their newest album "Frozen in Time" was released on December 10, 2021.[21]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fool for You" | 3:09 |
| 2. | "Manic Daydream" | 2:36 |
| 3. | "Lighter Than Air" | 5:35 |
| 4. | "Monophobia" | 3:26 |
| Total length: | 14:47 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Scorpion Queen" | 5:50 |
| 2. | "Your Name" | 5:20 |
| 3. | "All the Rain" | 4:17 |
| Total length: | 15:27 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Lights Off" | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Deep Space" | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Find Me in Your Dreams" | 4:35 |
| 4. | "Silver Lining" | 4:30 |
| 5. | "Monophobia II" | 3:56 |
| 6. | "Your Name" | 5:21 |
| 7. | "Queen of Everything" | 3:41 |
| 8. | "Deadbeat Boulevard" | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Waiting for Your Call" | 4:34 |
| 10. | "A Life Frozen in Time" | 7:24 |
| Total length: | 43:38 | |
Copypasta Theatre
On June 27, 2021, Rabon announced a one-time pop-up show to be held the very same day. He and thirteen other creators dramatically read copypastas to a live audience at the Black Box theatre in Los Angeles. Stage guests included Daniel Thrasher, Adriana Figueroa, Drumsy, Mari Norwood, Jules Conroy, Phil Visu, Cristina Vee Valenzuela, Ross O'Donovan, Dan Fulling, C. J. Ya, Johnny Rico (who impersonated Bruno Mars), and Rabon’s project manager Deanna Gowland. The viral video of the performance involved a segment where several of gaming streamer Ninja’s Twitter posts were read aloud; Ninja later shared the video on his Twitter page.[22][23]
Other Theatrical Adventures
Also in 2021 Rabon and other content creators did of Romeo and Juliet, with himself in the role of Romeo, Deanna Gowland as Juliet, Anthpo as Mercutio, Jaiden Animations as Benvolio, Cristina Vee as Tybalt, Family Jules as Lord Capulet, Tori Gowland (Deanna's mother) as Lady Capulet, Adriana Figueroa as Lord Montague, Altrive as Friar Lawrence, Caleb Swindell as the Nurse, Pointcrow as Count Paris, Cjya as Peter, Johnny Manchild as the Apothecary and 8illy as Prince Escolus. The play was fully improvised and their only source came from JoSniffy who is an English Major who wrote down what needs to happen in the scene.[24]
How Did We Get Here?
In September of 2021 Rabon and Coney (Zak Zeeks) announced a podcast titled How Did We Get Here in October of 2021, the first episode was released on October 13th 2021. Every Episode is produced by himself, Zeeks and Deanna Gowland, the theme was produced by Garret Williamson and the audio engineer is Justin Asher who used to work for MTV. Each episode usually lasts around an hour and ends with them trying to remember everything they talked about in that episode.[25]
| Episode Number | Episode Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Moral Implications of Advertising Your Podcast
Episode Inspiration: Advertising the podcast to the masses |
October 13th 2021 |
| 2 | The Political Ramifications of Laser Tag
Episode Inspiration: Laser Tag and how teamwork doesn't make the dream work |
October 20th 2021 |
| 3 | The United Affairs of Eugenics and Mickey Mouse
Episode Inspiration: The World of Disney and what is Goofy? |
October 27th 2021 |
| 4 | The Societal Impact of Correcting You're Grammar
Episode Inspiration: Grammar and how people immediately correct it |
November 3rd 2021 |
| 5 | The Myopic Arrogance of a Server Memorizing Your Order
Episode Inspiration: Arrogant Servers Memorizing a Complex Order |
November 10th 2021 |
| 6 | The Demented Phenomenon of Anime Profile Pictures (Part 1)
Episode Inspiration: People using Anime Profile Pictures and the phenomenon of it |
November 17th 2021 |
| 7 | The Demented Phenomenon of Anime Profile Pictures (Part 2)
Episode Inspiration: See Above |
November 24th 2021 |
| 8 | The Sacred Geometry of McDonald's Nuggets
Episode Inspiration: The Geometry of McDonald's Nuggets and what constitutes as the perfect shape for a Chicken Nugget. |
December 1st 2021 |
| 9 | The Forgotten Etymology of the Wifebeater
Episode Inspiration: The Etymology of words and the gradual disintegration of words with problematic history |
December 8th 2021 |
| 10 | The God-Defying Audacity of Randy Savage
Episode Inspiration: The man, myth and legend that is Macho Man Randy Savage |
December 15th 2021 |
| 11 | The Primordial Etiquette of Costumed Disney Characters
Episode Inspiration: How certain Disney characters are supposed to act at Disney World parks |
December 22nd 2021 |
| 12 | The Paradoxical Zenith of my Stepbro's Quantum Superposition
Episode Inspiration: The epidemic of incest pornography |
January 5th 2022 |
| 13 | The Cultural Perversion of Funko Pops
Episode Inspiration: Funko Pops appealing to all |
January 12th 2022 |
| 14 | The Alluring Divertissement of Scholastic Book Fairs
Episode Inspiration: The Excitement and absolute joy of Scholastic Book Fairs |
January 24th 2022 |
| 15 | The Cultural Degradation of Music Television
Episode Inspiration: MTV and how it has morphed, changed and developed from it's humble beginnings to the modern day |
January 26th 2022 |
| 16 | The Capitalist Sovereignty of an Eternal Rat
Episode Inspiration: The influence of the powerful rat, Charles Entertainment Cheese |
February 2nd 2022 |
| 17 | The Presumptuous Disposition of Ghost Kitchens
Episode Inspiration: Food Delivery in high demand and how unique the qualities of Ghost Kitchens are |
February 24th 2022 |
| 18 | Smash Bros.
Episode Inspiration: Super Smash Bros. and the cultural impact it had on the world of gaming |
March 2nd 2022 |
| 19 | The Sanctified Transgressions of Newgrounds
Episode Inspiration: Newgrounds and how it broke the internet |
March 11th 2022 |
| 20 | The Law-Abiding Technicality of Remote Execution (Anime)
Episode Inspiration: the Death Note and how you sometimes. Never get caught |
March 18th 2022 |
| 21 | The Divine Multitude of Vehicular Manslaughter
Episode Inspiration: Demolition Derbies and how destructively brilliant it is |
March 24th 2022 |
| 22 | The Intrinsic Mendacity of Prepubesence
Episode Inspiration: The truth about lying in Pre-Puberty kids and how they could get away with almost anything |
March 30th 2022 |
| 23 | The Lucrative Miracle of the Fortnite Zeitgeist
Episode Inspiration: The never-ending popularity of Fortnite and how it may never die |
April 6th 2022 |
| 24 | The Scintillating Romantics of Hollywood Conspiracies
Episode Inspiration: Major conspiracy theories and how one falls prey to one of them |
April 15th 2022 |
| 25 | The Imperishable Prosperity of Pokémon Cards
Episode Inspiration: Pokémon Cards, their popularity and how childhood's collecting them can get one rich quick |
May 12th 2022 |
| 26 | The Awe-Inspiring Magnitude of 20,000 Documented Kisses
Episode Inspiration: Richard Dawson and how 20,000 documented kisses holds a place in history |
May 18th 2022 |
| 27 | The Morbific Mortification of MORBIUS (2022)
Episode Inspiration: Morbius Sweep and how you can put Morb in to morbing anything |
June 15th 2022 |
| 28 | The Perennial Inhibition of Dr. Seuss
Episode Inspiration: The longevity of Dr. Seuss' books and how his education changed lives and how his nuances changed his legacy |
June 22nd 2022 |
| 29 | The Annual Iridescence of Rainbow Capitalism
Episode Inspiration: How major brands have queerbaited multiple people through pride month |
June 29th 2022 |
| 30 | The Dystopian Endangerment of Squid Game
Episode Inspiration: Squid Game, the show, the story, the challenge, the danger and That Tweet |
July 7th 2022 |
| 31 | The Ubiquitous Cornucopia of Bottled Water
Episode Inspiration: Bottled water, it's everywhere and is limitless |
July 13th 2022 |
| 32 | The Charitable Degeneracy of Competitive Beer Pong
Episode Inspiration: Alpharad's Beer Pong Tournament, how it is so hard to get 31 creators, A Bruno Mars impersonator and your dad in one room. |
July 20th 2022 |
| 33 | The Habitual Mundanity of Saturday Night Live:
Episode Inspiration: Saturday Night Live its ever-present factor in comedy and the sometimes interesting factors of its |
July 29th 2022 |
| 34 | The Midseason Think Tank
Episode Inspiration: Thinking about what to talk about |
August 4th 2022 |
| 35 | The Allegedly Unlawful Ravaging of Donald Trump
Episode Inspiration: Donald Trump in reference to his rise and fall, in reference to his presidential campaign, presidency and the multiple controversies that arose in that time |
August 12th 2022 |
| 36 | The Multiversal Conglomeration of Shaggy from Scooby-Doo
Episode Inspiration: Multiversus, in reference to sponsorships and how Lebron James got involved in Multiversus |
October 5th 2022 |
| 37 | The Cosmic Justice of Mario Party
Episode Inspiration: Mario Party, in reference to Chance Time and how Justice prevails |
October 13th 2022 |
| 38 | The Financial Fiduciary of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Episode Inspiration: Marvel's Financial Domination of the Multiverse of films |
October 29th 2022 |
| 39 | The Solemn Solicitation of Ludwig's Crippling Addiction
Episode Inspiration: Gambling in reference to Las Vegas |
November 4th 2022 |
| 40 | The Nostalgic Unfamiliarity of Genuinely Awful Media
Episode Inspiration: How people critique and then revere media, for example Pokémon Black and White |
November 18th 2022 |
LA's Got Talent
On April 9th 2022, Rabon announced LA's Got Talent a show which would take place the following day, if contestants are able to get a high score they can tweet anything from Rabon's account in which everyone who participated did. The most liked tweet of the day was a tweet referencing the famous copypasta about Vaporeon[26][27]
Cup Pong
On July 1 2022. Rabon hosted a Cup Pong tournament with multiple content creators and his Dad raising money for Extra Life raising over $25,000 with the national anthem and the halftime show performed by Johnny Rico (who once again impersonated Bruno Mars)[28][29]
Personal life
In 2018, Rabon married his long-time girlfriend, Fiorella Zoll. They were living in their home state, Oklahoma, before moving to Los Angeles alongside close friend and frequent collaborator JoSniffy. On June 15, 2020, Rabon came out as bisexual.[30] Rabon announced his divorce to his wife Fiorella on October 20, 2021, stating that they had been separated for some time before the announcement.[31] During an episode of Rabon’s podcast, How Did We Get Here?, Rabon opened up about his experience being diagnosed with ADHD. In the same podcast, he also revealed that he is somewhere in the asexual aromantic spectrum.[32]
See also
References
- ^ a b "About Alpharad". YouTube.
- ^ Rabon, Jacob (December 22, 2008). Major O's (video). JRabonProductions. Retrieved August 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ a b c d Groot, Justin (October 11, 2016). "How to Play Anything: An Interview with Alpharad". The Meta. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
- ^ a b Bonnet, Siandhara (February 4, 2019). "Oklahoma City band collaborates with former OU student, YouTuber". OUDaily. Archived from the original on 2019-02-06. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ a b Haime, Jackson (August 14, 2020). "Fall Guys: Is Yellow Team Really The Worst?". Screen Rant. Archived from the original on 2020-08-18. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Weiss, Geoff (September 1, 2020). "CAA Signs Prominent Gamers Alpharad And The Completionist (Exclusive)". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ a b Hernandez, Patricia (June 12, 2015). "Guy Spends Entire Splatoon Match Drawing Dicks, Still Wins". Kotaku. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Hernandez, Patricia (March 1, 2021). "The latest Super Mario 64 speedrun trend gives Mario a gun". Polygon. Archived from the original on 2021-03-01. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ a b Parker, Lewis (January 19, 2022). "8 Most Bizarre Pokemon Challenges". TheGamer. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Morrow, Emily (October 27, 2022). "Streamer Alpharad goes IRL ghost-hunting to celebrate Pokémon Go's Halloween event". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Bartlett, Eric (January 14, 2020). "Eight Professional Super Smash Bros. Players and Personalities Give Pokemon VGC a Try in Wolfe Glick's Invitational Tournament". The Game Haus. Archived from the original on 2020-11-28. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ a b Michael, Cale (March 24, 2020). "Alpharad, Cr1TiKaL launch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Quarantine Series". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group. Archived from the original on 2020-03-25. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ a b Tate, Dylan (March 25, 2020). "Quarantine Series to feature online Smash Bros. tournaments". Upcomer. Archived from the original on 2021-04-23. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ Observer, The Esports (June 28, 2018). "Panda Global Adds YouTuber Alpharad as First Equity Partner". The Esports Observer. Archived from the original on 2018-09-18. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ Khan, Imad (January 26, 2019). "Panda Global, the Esports Team That's Saying No to VC's". The Esports Observer. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
- ^ Price, Renata (September 8, 2021). "Smash Bros.' Most Ridiculous Tournament Is Glorious Chaos". Kotaku. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Michael, Cale (September 28, 2021). "Panda to host Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl charity event featuring Ludwig, Cr1TiKaL, and more". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group. Archived from the original on 2021-09-28. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ^ Michael, Cale (October 6, 2021). "ConnorEatsPants wins Panda All-Star Nickvitational, event raises $100,000 for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation". Dot Esports. GAMURS Group. Archived from the original on 2021-10-08. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
- ^ a b Rabon, Jacob (February 2, 2020). "Alpharad in 2020 ❤️". TwitLonger. Archived from the original on 2020-03-20. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ Rabon, Jacob [@Alpharad] (February 2, 2020). "tl;dr - Making less content in 2020 (going from 5-7 weekly uploads to like 2-3) - Will probably never ever stop making content, I love it too much - Focusing on music / mystery project - My band (Ace of Hearts) is releasing an album (Scorpion Queen) in May of 2020 - #LTP" (Tweet). Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Sloman, Christine (December 11, 2021). "Ace of Hearts gets vulnerable on debut album 'Frozen in Time'". Melodic Magazine. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ McGuire, Keegan (July 15, 2021). "Ninja's Tweets Have Never Seemed So Dramatic". SVG. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
- ^ Rabon, Jacob (July 12, 2021). "Copypasta Theatre" (video). Alpharad. Retrieved July 20, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Romeo and Juliet, but without any rehearsals, retrieved 2022-12-01
- ^ "How Did We Get Here?". Spotify. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
- ^ A talent show where the prize is my Twitter password, retrieved 2022-12-01
- ^ Twitter https://twitter.com/alpharad/status/1513282652421324803. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Alpharad's Cup Pong Invitational (FULL STREAM), retrieved 2022-12-01
- ^ $25,000 Cup Pong Tournament, retrieved 2022-12-01
- ^ Rabon, Jacob (June 15, 2020). Super Sir Mario World (video). Alpharad Deluxe. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ Rabon, Jacob [@alpharad] (October 20, 2021). "💙" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-10-26 – via Twitter.
- ^ Rabon, Jacob (December 2021). The Sacred Geometry of McDonald's Nuggets (podcast). How Did We Get Here?. Retrieved May 23, 2022 – via Spotify.
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