His father posted a touching farewell message on his channel, which his son had prepared before he died. In the video, called “such long nerds”, the father tells him that his son wrote a farewell note and “asked me to read it to all of you”. “Hello everyone, Technoblade here. If you’re watching it. I’m dead. So let’s sit down and have one last conversation.” He goes on to reveal his real name is Alex and that because of “one of the most successful pranks we’ve ever done”, where one of his brothers called him Dave in a video, people thought his real name was Dave. “Thousands of creepy online guys trying to be overly personal by saying ‘Oh, Dave, how are you?’” He thanked his followers for buying his wares, which he said would help pay his siblings to go to college. “Well, if they want to. I do not want to put pressure on any dead brothers,” he added. Photos of him appear on screen, revealing his face for the first time to his more than 10 million subscribers. He signs: “But this is all from me. Thank you all for supporting my content all these years. If I had another 100 lives, I think I would choose to be Technoblade every time, as these were the happiest years of my life. . “I hope you enjoyed my content and made some of you laugh, and I hope you all live a long, prosperous and happy life, because I love you. “Out of the Technoblade.” Technoblade became known for live streaming and posting clips of himself playing video games and winning Minecraft tournaments. He was widely regarded as one of the best Minecraft players in the world. Last year, he revealed to fans that he had been diagnosed with cancer. In the farewell video, his father explains that they talked about making a “face-to-face” video, but that he found it difficult to focus “on all the different things that were connected to him.” His father begins to cry as he explains that he fell to his knees next to his son’s bed and said to him: “Alex, you do not need to do anything else, you have done so much for so many people, millions of people. , and if you want now, you can rest. “But if you want to write one last video and wait for things to get a little better, then I would say don’t wait, I don’t think things will get better.” He says that his son asked for his laptop and wrote some paragraphs. “He lived another eight hours or so,” says his father. “He was the most amazing kid one could ask for. I miss Technoblade.” The video ends with a text message from his mom. She thanks everyone for their support and says how much her son “loved and respected his fans and colleagues”. “This past year has had many difficult times for our son as he battled cancer in the fourth stage. But he did not complain,” he says. “My son’s bravery on this path was a brilliant lesson for all of us who had the privilege of walking with him.” Comments on the video have been flooded with tributes. One says: “I remember growing up playing Minecraft. I always watched Technoblades videos with friends. It’s amazing to see how much impact it had on everyone’s lives. I hope it was immortalized by Minecraft somehow. Technoblade update. “ Another says: “Techno was a huge part of my childhood and I’m still somewhat shocked, it was so strong and its legacy will never die eg technoblade will never die. We all loved it and I hope to be somewhere much happier now and with less pain wherever that is. “ Thousands of tributes include the words, “Technoblade never dies.”
