In a video posted on his son's account, Technoblade's father announced that his son had passed away.
As he provided commentary off camera, more than 11 million subscribers watched screen recordings of the game. In some videos, he described life events as mundane as going to the D.M.V. or as devastating as being diagnosed with cancer.
A video titled "so long nerds", which was posted on Technoblade's YouTube channel on Thursday and has been viewed more than 26 million times as of Friday afternoon, departed from the channel's usual aesthetic. A man who claims to be Technoblade's father sits in a chair in front of a white background with a dog in his lap.
A message from his son is read by his father. There's a technoblade here. I'm dead if you watch this.
He did not use online his first name, Alex. There are a number of photos of Alex with his family in the video. He preferred to present himself as a pig in his videos rather than showing himself.
Alex said in his letter that he would choose to be Technoblade again every time. The best years of my life were those years.
The father is emotional throughout the video and says that he and his son talked for months about recording a final video. Alex died about eight hours after he wrote the letter.
He thinks he got the main points, even though he didn't say everything he wanted to.
There is a written statement at the end of the video. She wrote that her son was self-deprecating and avoided personal fame even as his channel became popular.
She wrote that from Technoblade's earliest online days, he was always scheming ways to delight and reward his audience, giving away online prizes, encouraging good sportsmanship and, most of all, sharing hisMinecraft adventures for entertainment and laughs.
Alex's family was not reachable on Friday. The family asked that requests for comment not be forwarded to them, according to the gaming company that worked with them. The company's lead administrator said that the video they shared contains all the information they are comfortable sharing.
In August, Alex posted a video on his channel acknowledging his cancer diagnosis. The game was shown in the video while he spoke. He kept his self-deprecating, funny style. At the time, he said he was 22.
He said in the video that the first round of treatment left him so exhausted that he couldn't sit up for a doctor's appointment. He said that he was sitting in a chair.
He said he had pain in his arm. After a few days of rest, he said his shoulder was swelling like crazy and he initially dismissed it as a repetitive stress injury.
He said that the cancer treatments had weakened his immune system and put him at greater risk of serious illness from the coronaviruses.
He said in the video that he would speak on behalf of cancer patients when he said it was annoying. I'm just saying that we have a lot of interest in those hospital beds.
His friends and fans praised him for his humor and for being a role model for others.
Microsoft does not have control over the online server where players meet. It is possible for players to create their own server or join someone else's server and create a vast network of worlds in the game.
The company said it had created a memorial book for people to write messages that would be printed and sent to the family. There was an illustration of a pig as a statue. The success of many of us is tied to the success of Technoblade.
TommyInnit, one of Technoblade's friends, described him as a "legend."
He knows how to beat God.
She gave reporting.
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