Jacob Rabon

Jacob Rabon IV, also known as Alpharad or Alpha, is a YouTuber, esports personality, and musician best known for his YouTube channel Alpharad, which is primarily focused on gaming videos. He is considered one of the most prominent content creators for the  series.

History
Jacob Rabon created his first YouTube channel, Alpharad, on January 13, 2014, with the majority of his early videos consisting of humorous gameplay videos and montages for various games, primarily the Super Smash Bros. series, such as the "HOW TO PLAY 101" series for . He quickly became a popular figure in the Super Smash Bros. community and would later expand to games such as Pokémon, Overwatch, and Rivals of Aether, the latter of which he became endorsed for. As of August 2020, Alpharad has over two million subscribers, more than any other Super Smash Bros. content creator.

Outside of YouTube, Jacob Rabon is the creative director of the esports organization Panda and an organizer and host for events such as the Quarantine Series for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He is also the founder of the band Ace of Hearts, which released their first single on April 1, 2020.

Work with Super Smash Flash 2
Rabon was first acknowledged by McLeodGaming on May 2, 2016 while streaming gameplay of Super Smash Flash 2, as well as the original Super Smash Flash, on his Twitch channel alpharadtv. Following this, and due to his high prevalence in the Super Smash Bros. community, he was later made a member of the Content Creators Program, in which he was given a tester build of the then upcoming Beta release of SSF2 to produce promotional videos and provide feedback. The only video he produced for the program, "SALTY SMASH FLASH 2", was the first to be released and was used to announce the Content Creators Program on November 4, 2016.

Work with Fraymakers
On December 7, 2020, an alternate announcer pack system for Fraymakers was revealed as a Kickstarter stretch goal for $185,000, which included announcer packs for both Jacob Rabon and Joshua Tomar that would be free for all backers. The following day, Rabon released a now unlisted video to his YouTube channel named "pay money to hear me scream", in which he advertised the game by explaining what it was, his hopes for it, and the fact that he would be an announcer should the stretch goal be reached. The stretch goal was reached the same day.

Trivia

 * Rabon is currently the only announcer for Fraymakers who has not been a voice actor in a previous McLeodGaming game.
 * Rabon pledged $5,000 to the Fraymakers Kickstarter campaign before later reaching out to Team Fray.