Jebaited

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]

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copypasta "Now We Jebaited" was added to the Twitch Quotes database, featuring the Jebaited emote alongside ''Kappa outdated / Pogchamp overrated / Long have we waited / Now we Jebaited'' (shown below).

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]

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.

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