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YOUTUBER and streamer Wilbursoot hosted a stream in the Technoblade’s memory.
Though the stream, titled “Let’s remember our dear friend,” took place three hours ago, fans are able to view the recording posted to Wilbur’s account.
The announcement was posted on Twitter after Wilbur shared an image on June 30 of himself along with the late creator and fellow Streamer Shubble.
The tweet reads: “So long, blood god No-one could do it like you. I miss you everyday.”
Fans have also taken to the platform to mourn Techno, many of whom have posted fanart inspired by the late streamer.
On June 30, Technoblade posted one final YouTube video post titled “So long nerds” in which his father shared the tragic news of his son’s passing after a sarcoma cancer battle.
“Hello everyone, Technoblade here,” the message began. “If you’re watching this. I am dead.”
Read our Technoblade blog for more news and updates…
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Fan posts joke Technoblade made about pig lifespan
Back in 2019, Technoblade took to Twitter and posted about the lifespan of a pig being between 15-20 years.
Since he was widely recognized by his pig logo, he made light of this by posting that he was then 20 years of age, making light of the statistic.
Following Techno’s death, fans are discussing the tweet, and one said: “Sad fact: The oldest pig in captivity named Baby Jane lived until the age of 23.”
Technoblade died at 23 years old.
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‘Technoblade never dies’
Fans continue to pay tribute to Technoblade after learning of his death.
One fan posted fan art of a crown along with the text “Rest in peace, Technoblade. You will be remembered.”
They tweeted: “Technoblade never dies – The King Himself. Technoblade shall continue to live within us. I hope he is watching us all from the heavens above. May he rest in peace.”
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Techno dabbled in voice acting
Technoblade joined OfflineTV’s Disguised Toast, Sykkuno, and Valkyrae in April 2022 as voice actors for the Hannya Squad in the anime Tribe Nine’s English dub, per Sportskeeda.
Corpse Husband, a Twitch streamer and rapper, provided the voice acting for a recurrent character in the anime, which garnered media attention.
By securing cameo appearances from other content producers, it gained traction.
Techno’s Twitter bio reads “famous voice actor.”
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His career with Minecraft
Alongside other content developers he would work with, he started competing in Minecraft Championship competitions and won twice, per Sportskeeda.
Techno joined the Dream SMP server, a Minecraft server that was invite-only and frequented by several well-known content producers.
He would regularly work with Dream even though their supporters fueled their friendly rivalry.
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Techno created his YouTube account at 14
When Technoblade was 14 years old, he started his YouTube channel on October 28, 2013, per Sportskeeda.
Over the course of his nearly nine-year YouTube career, Minecraft has been the major focus of his video.
He routinely plays minigames like BedWars and SkyBlock on the Hypixel server.
When Techno was 20 and six years into his profession as a content creator, his channel took off in 2019.
He frequently took part in Minecraft Mondays, a Drama Alert host Keemstar event, and he won it four times.
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Fans asking for in-game tribute
Some community members are requesting that the creators of Minecraft take more overt action to express their gratitude for Technoblade’s contribution to the community.
A crown was proposed by fans as the type of aesthetic to be added to the game in his honor.
Other fans have asked for a mention of Techno in a splash screen, which would be appropriate and would serve to appropriately immortalize him in the game for all time.
Splash messages frequently include allusions to other games, media, or individuals, per Sportskeeda.
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‘It reminded me of him’
A Technoblade fan posted an image they took on Twitter, writing that it reminded them of the late streamer.
The image is of the setting sun behind some clouds.
They wrote: “i took this photo last week. it reminded me of him and it feels like he was telling me beforehand that i’ll be okay in the end.
“it doesn’t feel okay right now, but things take time. technoblade never dies.”
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Fan finds Techno’s last-ever tweet
One fan took to Twitter in search of Technoblade’s final tweet posted to his account.
The tweet from Techno read “Proud of you king!”
Meanwhile, the fan who posted a screenshot of Techno’s final tweet wrote: “This was Technoblade’s last ever tweet. It’s so fitting.
“Him being proud of his friends, of the lgbt community, of his community, of us.
“Proud of you too king. Not in the same way but definitely just as much.”
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The official Minecraft Twitter account pays respects
After learning of the news of Technoblade’s death, Minecraft’s official Twitter posted a tribute to him.
It reads: “We have been trying to find the words, but all of us here at Minecraft are heartbroken over the loss of Technoblade.
“He meant so much to our community and brought so much joy. He will be missed dearly.”
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Author John Green pays tribute to Technoblade
The author of young adult books The Fault in Our Stars and Looking for Alaska John Green has also paid tribute to the late streamer.
He added a photo of Techno’s renowned Minecraft pig and wrote: “Henry and his buddy’s tribute to @Technothepig.
“They loved him so much. I hope his family and friends can feel all that love pouring in from around the world.”
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Elon Musk breaks socmed hiatus for Techno
Elon Musk returned to social media after a 10-day absence to pay respects to the late Technoblade on Twitter.
Since June 21, the CEO of SpaceX had been on a social media hiatus.
The 51-year-old business billionaire returned to Twitter, where he has over a 100million followers, to tweet a photo honoring the late Minecraft player.
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YouTube video posted announcing death
In one final post to Technoblade’s account, his father made an appearance and announced the passing of his son.
“You’ve done so much for so many people, millions of people,” his father told him.
“If you want to, you can rest. But if you want to write one last video and you’re waiting for things to get better, I would say don’t wait.”
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How did Technoblade die?
Technoblade disclosed in a video released on August 27 that he had previously had soreness in his right arm and had taken a few days off to heal.
At first, he believed it to be a stress injury brought on by too much game playing.
He went to the hospital, but instead of feeling better, he found that his shoulder was swollen and thought he had fractured a bone.
On August 2, 2021, the prognosis was presented to him.
Doctors performed multiple scans while he was there and informed him that a tumor was to blame for his arm problems.
Before finally passing away from the illness, he had chemotherapy treatment.
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Techno wanted to record a longer message
Technoblade intended to record a longer message, but “we waited too long,” his father said in his son’s death announcement.
He added that he ran out of time and that his son struggled to concentrate as his health declined.
On his deathbed, eight hours or so before passing away, Technoblade managed to compose his final message on a laptop, according to his father.
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‘Dead brother pressure’
In the video that announced his death, Technoblade thanked his fans for their support, subscriptions, and merchandise purchasing.
Jokingly, he said: “My siblings are going to college, well, if they want to — I don’t wanna put any dead brother peer pressure on them.”
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‘You’ll always be a legend’
As word of Technoblade’s death spread, many of his supporters and other YouTubers paid him tribute on social media.
One such streamer was Jonathan Schlatt, who tweeted: “I left work early to play in a Minecraft tournament with him. I barely knew how to play… and the dude still carried us to win the entire f–king event.
“Rest in peace, big guy. You’ll always be a legend.”
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When did Technoblade die?
There isn’t an exact death date revealed for the late streamer.
However, Technoblade penned his parting note after his father gave him some heartfelt advice, and eight hours later, he passed away, his father explained in the video.
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‘He didn’t complain’
Technoblade’s mother’s message continued: “This past year has had a lot of rough spots for our son as he battled stage four cancer,” she continued.
“But he didn’t complain, and kept using his famous strategic mind to try to beat what he knew were almost impossible odds.
“My son’s bravery on this path was a shining lesson to all of us who were privileged to walk it with him.
“Thank you for sharing his journey through it all, as he did the work he loved for his beloved fans.”
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Statement from Technoblade’s mom
To conclude the Youtube video announcing Technoblade’s death titled “so long nerds,” a message from the streamer’s mother said: “From Technoblade’s earliest online days, he was always strategizing ways to delight and reward his audience.
“Even after his eventual successes he somehow managed to keep his good-natured humility, competing with an endearing balance between his confidence and self-deprecating wit.
“He avoided personal fame and worked hard to keep his true identity confidential, and we ask you to honor his wishes to protect his privacy and the privacy of his family.”
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Technoblade collaborated with many creators
In the past, Technoblade has collaborated on videos with well-known YouTube game creators.
Some of these were Daniel Robert Middleton, whose channel goes by the name DanTDM and has 26.1million subscribers, and Dream, whose entire name is unknown but who has 29.4million subscribers.
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What was Technoblade’s real name?
The 23-year-old, popularly known as Techno, was born on June 1, 1999.
His father shared a message from his son in a YouTube video on his account along with news of the streamer’s death.
It was there that Technoblade disclosed his real name was Alex.
Additionally, he talked about how he had tricked followers by persuading a sister to call him Dave in a now-deleted 2016 video.
According to him, “thousands of creepy online dudes trying to get overly personal” by addressing him as Dave as a result of the successful prank.
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Technoblade and his Youtube
Technoblade established his channel in October 2013, according to his YouTube biography
He constantly produced videos of himself playing video games both alone and with other artists.
Techno also focused mainly on the popular video game Minecraft, which is popular among streamers.
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End-of-year milestone
In a rare tweet on December 31, 2021, Technoblade posted about how he reached 10million subscribers on YouTube.
He wrote: “When I was 13 I decided to get 10 million subscribers on YouTube. Today, after 8 years, 2 months and 3 days: 100%”
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Techno became a YouTuber to get to 10million subscribers
In the video “the search for the [PIG] rank,” Technoblade claims that the only reason he started the channel was to feel confident and get 10million subscribers.
However, he immediately realized that he “needed to get an even cooler rank” after encountering someone with the three-colored [McProHosting] rank, Wiki reported.
The [PIG] rank is a specially colored rank that was created by Technoblade.
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Minecraft vs. Cancer
The charity Minecrafters vs. Cancer received more than $75,000 thanks to the efforts of Technoblade, a well-known streamer, and other Minecraft content creators.
Soon enough, the YouTube channel’s fundraising target was increased to $100,000, per SportsKeeda.
He announced on his YouTube channel at the start of February 2022 that he would be holding a benefit event for the Sarcoma Foundation of America dubbed Minecrafters vs. Cancer.”
He added that the foundation would support sarcoma research because it’s responsible for childhood cancer.