Jebaited

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Updated Nov 12, 2020 at 07:55AM EST by Philipp.

Added Oct 27, 2016 at 01:55PM EDT by Don Caldwell.

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About

Jebaited is graphic emoticon featuring a photograph of CEO Gaming founder Alex Jebailey, which is often used to describe "baiting" video game tactics in chat feeds on the video platform Twitch.

Origin

In September 2016, the "Jebaited" global emote featuring a photo of Jebailey looking up while smiling was added to Twitch (shown below).^[1]

Jebaited Description: This is the face of Jebailey

Spread

On September 23rd, the copypasta "Now We Jebaited" was added to the Twitch Quotes database, featuring the Jebaited emote alongside ''Kappa outdated / Pogchamp overrated / Long have we waited / Now we Jebaited'' (shown below).

KAPPA OUTDATED POGCHAMP OVERRATED LONG HAVE WE WAITED NOW WE JEBATED

On October 16th, 2016, YouTuber AdmiralBulldog posted a DOTA 2 gameplay video titled "Bulldog Jebaited Aegis Steal" (shown below).

On October 20th, streamer TimetheTatman^[3] tweeted the Jebaited copypasta (shown below, left). On October 23rd, Redditor prowness submitted a post asking about the emote to /r/OutOfTheLoop.^[4] On October 25th, Jebailey tweeted a tiled desktop wallpaper of the Jebaited emote with the hashtag "#Jebaited" (shown below, right).^[2]

timthetatman @timthetatman な 요. Follow Jebaited KAPPA IS DATED Jebaited POGCHAMP OVERRATED Jebaited LONG HAVE WE WAITED Jebaited NOW WE JEBAITED Jebaited RETWEETS LIKES 20 194 AM 8:05 PM 20 Oct 2016 1201 194

Alex Jebailey @CEOJebailey Follow Best Wallpaper ever. #Jebated RETWEETS LIKES 59 1:46 PM-25 Oct 2016

Match at AEW's Fyter Fest

On June 29th, Jebailey fought Michael Nakazawa in a hardcore match at the AEW pay-per-view, Fyter Fest. He lost after a fifteen minute match that saw the use of a fighter stick, a gamecube controller, and arcade buttons as weapons.