Technoblade facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Technoblade
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Technoblade in 2020, at his father's wedding
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Alexander
June 1, 1999 |
| Died | June 2022 (aged 23) |
| Cause of death | Metastatic sarcoma |
| Education | University of Iowa (dropped out) |
| Occupation | YouTuber |
| Years active | 2013–2022 |
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| YouTube information | |
| Pseudonym | Technothepig |
| Genre | Gaming |
| Subscribers | 17.2 million |
| Total views | 1.77 billion |
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| Subscriber and view counts updated as of July 1, 2024. | |
Alexander (born June 1, 1999 – died June 2022), known online as Technoblade, was a popular American YouTuber. He was famous for his Minecraft videos and live streams. He was also a big part of the Dream SMP, a special Minecraft server.
Technoblade started his main YouTube channel in 2013. Most of his videos showed him playing Minecraft, especially on the minigame server called Hypixel. He became very popular in 2019 for being great at player versus player (PvP) games. This led to him being invited to the Dream SMP Minecraft server in 2020, which made him even more famous.
In August 2021, Technoblade shared that he had cancer. Sadly, after trying different treatments, he passed away from a type of cancer called sarcoma in June 2022. His death touched many people in the Minecraft and YouTube communities. When he died, his YouTube channel had almost 11 million subscribers.
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Technoblade's Online Journey
Technoblade started his main YouTube channel on October 28, 2013. His videos were mostly about the video game Minecraft. He often played on the Hypixel server, which has many small games. In one video from 2017, he even beat Minecraft on the hardest setting using a racing wheel controller! He also had a fun series called "The Great Potato War". In this series, he tried to grow the most potatoes in a Hypixel game mode called Skyblock. He was competing against another player named im_a_squid_kid.
Technoblade became much more popular in 2019. This was after he won many "Minecraft Monday" tournaments. In these tournaments, he beat other well-known content creators in combat. He also played regularly in the MC Championships (MCC) tournaments with other YouTubers and won two of them. Many people, like Cale Michael from Dot Esports, thought he was one of the best Minecraft players, especially in player versus player (PVP) fights.
In 2020, Technoblade joined the Dream SMP. This is a Minecraft server run by the YouTuber Dream. Many other popular Minecraft YouTubers play there. Technoblade started making lots of videos and live streams from this server. He and Dream had a friendly competition, and both were seen as top Minecraft players. As part of their rivalry, MrBeast held a series of player versus player duels with a $100,000 prize. Technoblade won this challenge.
In September 2021, Technoblade held a charity live stream. He raised over $300,000 for the Sarcoma Foundation of America. He reached his goal of $250,000 in just two hours.
Around the time of his death in June 2022, Technoblade's channel had 10.8 million subscribers. In August 2022, after he passed away, his channel reached fifteen million subscribers.
Technoblade's Life
Alexander, known as Technoblade, was born on June 1, 1999. He lived in San Francisco, California. In a video from 2018, he shared that he would start college to study English. However, in a video from 2019, he announced that he had left college. He wanted to play Minecraft full-time instead. The Daily Iowan later reported that he had attended the University of Iowa for a year, from 2018 to 2019. He studied creative writing there. He also had ADHD.
Technoblade liked to keep his personal life private. He usually avoided questions and interviews about himself and his family. But sometimes, he would talk about his life in his videos. His family also chose not to give interviews after he passed away. Technoblade once admitted that he and a sibling tricked his viewers in a video from 2016. They made people believe his name was "Dave". Many people thought this was his real name until his death was announced. That's when his real name, Alexander, was shared.
His Cancer Journey and Passing
In a video posted on August 27, 2021, Technoblade told his fans he had cancer. He noticed pain in his right arm and swelling on his shoulder. Treatments like Chemotherapy and radiation therapy did not work well. His doctor said his arm might need to be removed. Technoblade also told his viewers to wear face masks and get vaccinated. This was important because his body's defenses were weak at the time. After his diagnosis, Dream gave $21,409 to cancer research. Technoblade also held a charity live stream in September 2021. In December 2021, he had a successful surgery to save his arm.
On June 30, 2022, a video called "so long nerds" was put on Technoblade's YouTube channel. In this video, his father announced that Technoblade had died from cancer. Technoblade's father read a message that Technoblade had written eight hours before he passed away. He also said that money from future merchandise and videos would go to the Sarcoma Foundation of America. It would also help pay for his siblings' college education. The video ended with a message from Technoblade's mother. Technoblade had planned to make the video himself, but he became too sick.
Technoblade never said exactly what type of cancer he had. However, he had raised $500,000 for the Sarcoma Foundation of America during his YouTube career. Several news groups reported that Technoblade died from sarcoma that had spread. The Foundation also confirmed that Technoblade had been diagnosed with sarcoma.
On September 20, 2022, the Sarcoma Foundation of America shared more details. They said Technoblade had an unknown type of stage 4 sarcoma. Scans showed the cancer had spread to both his lungs. This was found when the painful lump on his shoulder was checked.
Tributes and Reactions
The video announcing Technoblade's death quickly became the top trending video on YouTube. It also became a popular topic on Twitter. The video stayed trending for several days. It got over 30 million views in the first 24 hours. By the end of August 2022, it had been watched over 80 million times and liked over 8 million times. This made it the most viewed and liked video on his channel. YouTube named it the top trending video of 2022. In August 2022, Technoblade's channel reached fifteen million subscribers after his death.
Many YouTubers, including Dream and other members of the Dream SMP, shared their sadness and respect online. Simon Collins-Laflamme, who helped start Hypixel, and businessman Elon Musk also shared similar feelings. YouTube sent their condolences to his family, friends, and fans. The official Minecraft Twitter account also shared their sadness. The Sarcoma Foundation of America put a special tribute on their website. Polygon called Technoblade "one of Minecraft's most celebrated personalities."
Don Pireso, a main manager at Hypixel, told The New York Times that Technoblade's family would not say more about his death. The Hypixel team also made a special place on their Minecraft server. Fans could write one-page messages using an in-game book and quill until August 2022. Over 377,000 messages were written, filling 22 books. These books were given to Technoblade's family in November 2022. They also received a book of fan art, a fan-made painting of Technoblade, and a Technoblade-themed cosplay headpiece.
On July 2, 2022, Mojang Studios added a tribute to Technoblade in the picture for the Minecraft: Java Edition launcher. The picture showed a pig with a crown, which was like Technoblade's Minecraft skin and channel logo. This tribute was removed a month later when the picture changed to promote a new Minecraft update. After fans suggested it, Mojang added a new message to the Minecraft title screen: "Technoblade never dies!" Mojang Studios wrote in an email to The New York Times that Technoblade "became known for being a source of good."
On September 28, 2022, the Sarcoma Foundation of America gave the SFA Courage Award to Technoblade's family. This was to honor Technoblade's "strength and never giving up" during his cancer fight.
On October 28, 2022, nine years after his YouTube channel started, YouTube uploaded an eight-minute video. It was called "Technoblade Never Dies" and celebrated his channel's anniversary. YouTube shared that since his death in June, about 300 new videos with the same phrase in the title were uploaded every day. On the same day, MrBeast uploaded a video that is thought to be the last one Technoblade was in.
On June 23, 2023, Dream released his fourth song, "Until I End Up Dead". It was made to remember Technoblade. He also released another video for the song, called "The Duel", on August 26, 2023, also in his memory.
In July 2023, on the r/place online art project, a picture of Technoblade was created.
In June 2024, Richard Davidson from Sarcoma UK said that about £1 million (about US$1.26 million) has been raised. This money helps spread awareness about sarcoma since Technoblade passed away.
On June 30, 2024, two years after Technoblade's death was announced, a new video was uploaded to his YouTube channel. It was edited by TommyInnit. TommyInnit explained in the video:
Two years ago, I recorded a video with Technoblade where one hundred Minecraft YouTubers came together to survive some natural disasters and fight to the death. A few months ago, I realized I didn't actually use much of [his] footage in my video, and after taking a long, long time to track his recording down ... I found out it was actually really entertaining. So I've put together what I think would live up ... to a Technoblade video in Alex's standards.
The video was a collection of old footage from Technoblade's point of view. It showed the Minecraft world's natural disasters. According to NOS, the video got almost 3 million views in just a few hours.
Images for kids
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Technoblade in 2020, at his father's wedding
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Technoblade's YouTube icon
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Tribute to Technoblade at the TommyInnit & Friends live show on July 1, 2022
See also
In Spanish: Technoblade para niños
