Minecraft YouTuber Technoblade Dies of Cancer When His Dad Posts a Message He Prepared for Followers | Science and technology news

The YouTuber and Minecraft gamer known as Technoblade has died of cancer at the age of 23.

His father posted an emotional farewell message on his channel that his son had prepared before his death.

In the video, titled “So Long Nerds,” his father says his son wrote a goodbye note and “he asked me to read it to you all.”

“Hello everyone, Technoblade here. If you see this. I’m dead. So let’s sit down and have one last talk.”

He goes on to reveal that his real name is Alex and that people assumed his real name was Dave because of “one of the most successful pranks we’ve ever pulled” when one of his siblings called him Dave in a video.

“Thousands of online creepy guys trying to get overly personal and like, ‘Oh hey Dave, how are you?'”

He thanks his followers for purchasing his merchandise, which he said would help get his siblings into college.

“Well, if you want. I don’t want peer pressure from dead brothers on them,” he adds.

Pictures of him appear on the screen, showing his face for the first time to his more than 10 million subscribers.

He signs: “But that’s all from me. Thank you all for supporting my content over the years. If I had another 100 lives I would choose to be Technoblade every time as those were the happiest years of my life.

“I hope you enjoyed my content and I made some of you laugh and I hope you all live long, prosperous and happy lives because I love you.

“Technoblade out.”

Technoblade rose to fame by livestreaming and posting clips of themselves playing video games and winning Minecraft tournaments.

He was widely considered 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 had talked about doing a Face Reveal video, but that he was having a hard time focusing on “all the different things that were connected to him.”

His father begins to cry as he explains that he got on his knees next to his son’s bed and told him: “Alex, you don’t have to do anything else, you’ve 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 it to get a little better then I would say don’t wait, I don’t think things will get better.”

He says his son then asked for his laptop and wrote a few paragraphs. “After that he lived for about eight hours,” says his father.

“He was the most amazing boy anyone could ever ask for. I miss Technoblade.”

The video ends with a written message from his mother.

She thanks everyone for their support and says how much her son “adores and respects his fans and colleagues.”

“The past year has had many tough times for our son as he battles stage four cancer. But he didn’t complain,” she says.

“My son’s courage on this journey has been a shining lesson for all of us who have had the privilege of walking it with him.”

Comments on the video were flooded with tributes.

One reads: “I remember growing up playing Minecraft. I used to watch Technoblades videos with friends. It’s amazing to see how much of an impact he’s had on everyone’s lives. I hope he’s somehow immortalized by Minecraft. When they finally fix PVP, they should call it the Technoblade Update.”

Another says: “Techno was such a big part of my childhood and I’m still kind of in shock, he was so strong and his legacy will never die because Technoblade never dies. We all loved him and I hope he’s somewhere much happier now and with less pain, wherever that is.”

Thousands of the tributes include the words, “Technoblade never dies.”