Gaming community salutes Technoblade, late YouTube star who built 'Minecraft' empire


Technoblade announced his cancer diagnosis in August 2021 with a YouTube video. — Screengrab from YouTube

The community around the hit video game Minecraft lost one of its most prominent content creators this week after YouTube star Technoblade died from cancer Thursday. He was 23.

Technoblade, whose following included 11 million YouTube subscribers and 3.8 million Twitter followers, rose to prominence for his videos about the widely popular game. In Minecraft, players operate in a pixelated world where they gather material to create tools and buildings and fend off blocky foes.

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