Technoblade started his YouTube channel in 2013 and eventually became known for posting about Minecraft. His videos have garnered more than 1.2 billion views. — Screengrab from YouTube
Popular YouTuber Technoblade has passed away from cancer. He was 23 years old.
Technoblade posted one last video on his YouTube channel titled “so long nerds”, in which his father appeared to read his final message to fans.
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“Hello everyone, Technoblade here. If you’re watching this, I am dead,” Technoblade said in the video, where he also shared that his real name is Alex.
He went on to thank fans who supported his YouTube career by buying merchandise and channel memberships and joked that his siblings “are going to college”.
“If I had another 100 lives, I think I would choose to be Technoblade again every single time as those were the happiest years of my life,” he said.
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The video ended with an official message from his mother, who shared how Technoblade was always finding ways to entertain and reward his audience through online prizes and encouraging good sportsmanship.
“This past year had a lot of rough spots for our son as he battled stage four cancer. But he didn’t complain, kept using his famous strategic mind to try to beat what he knew were almost impossible odds,” the message read.
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Technoblade started his YouTube channel in 2013 where he eventually became known for posting about Minecraft. His videos have garnered more than 1.2 billion views.
In a video posted last year, Technoblade revealed that he was diagnosed with sarcoma – a rare kind of cancer that grows in tissues like bone or muscle – after noticing some pain and swelling on his right arm.
Tributes have poured in for Technoblade via Twitter where fans said they will miss his storytelling abilities and sense of humour. Hypixel, a Minecraft minigame server, announced that a tribute for Technoblade will be set up in the main lobby where players can contribute to a book of condolences that will be presented to his family.
