Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

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Post by lostmsu » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 1:22 PM UTC

bovermyer wrote: post #46

_nalply wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 22 is far too young Yesterday I had a stroll at the local cemetery. We discovered children tombs. One girl died when she was six years old. I can't imagine how hard that was for her parents.

My best friend's son drowned at 5. To say it was devastating would be a severe understatement. Now, over a decade later, he still gets deeply depressed around two days - the day his son died, and the day his son was born.

Was it in their own pool or elsewhere?

Re: Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

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Post by eddieroger » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 1:26 PM UTC

slivanes wrote: post #16

My teenage daughter made an irregular visit to my study about an hour ago to let me know of this news. I let her know that I didn't know this Technoblade, but this news seemed to hit my usually tough exterior daughter pretty hard, so he had some type of positive impact to my family. It is a touching tribute video they released.

I've never been that deep in to gaming videos, and I didn't know who Technoblade was before this news broke, but watching the video broke through me as well. I'm nearly 40, and I don't know how someone half my age was so able to handle dealing with his own mortality in the face of cancer, still altruistically raise money for his siblings and family, and go out with grace. I also empathize with his father, and can't imagine the deep pain of losing a child. I hope his family and fans find comfort quickly, and his memory always be a blessing.

Re: Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

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Post by wonderwonder » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 1:52 PM UTC

JFC. that was heartbreaking. I have never heard of Technoblade but he seemed well loved. The video was a dad who lost a son. Something no one should have to experience.

Re: Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

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Post by doublerabbit » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:03 PM UTC

Aeolun wrote: post #59

eurasiantiger wrote: post #18

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Nah, everybody’s at the mall scratching his ass, picking his nose, taking out his credit card out of a fanny pack and buying a pair of sneakers with lights in them

Hey, my 3 year old is very happy with sneakers with lights in.

If I get adult trainers with lights in, I'd be very happy too.

Re: Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

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Post by Flemlord » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:22 PM UTC

ramidarigaz wrote: post #8

For anyone that hasn't encountered Technoblade so far, the Great Potato War is an excellent place to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qjnDd1rsII Fuck cancer

A year ago, my 9 year old daughter begged me to watch a video from her favorite YouTuber. It was the Great Potato War. We watched all three parts and I became an instant Techno fan. It also led to me playing Hypixel with her for many many hours.

Re: Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

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Post by HeckFeck » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:36 PM UTC

_nalply wrote: post #34

explodingwaffle wrote: post #26

22 is far too young. I've been watching his videos since 2017- the picture in today's video of him in a hospital bed with his 10 million subscriber play button absolutely destroyed me. He used to joke all the time about hitting 10 million subscribers as if it could never happen, and the fact that it did is a monument to all the time and effort he put in- should've lived to 100 million. A reminder to us all- life is p…

> 22 is far too young Yesterday I had a stroll at the local cemetery. We discovered children tombs. One girl died when she was six years old. I can't imagine how hard that was for her parents.

It makes you wonder how parents coped before the advent of modern medicine. Infant mortality was so very high - many of them wouldn't even get marked graves. This is also why the median age of death in the middle ages was so low.

Re: Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

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Post by bombcar » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:49 PM UTC

MonkeyClub wrote: post #41

slivanes wrote: post #16

My teenage daughter made an irregular visit to my study about an hour ago to let me know of this news. I let her know that I didn't know this Technoblade, but this news seemed to hit my usually tough exterior daughter pretty hard, so he had some type of positive impact to my family. It is a touching tribute video they released.

> My teenage daughter made an irregular visit to my study about an hour ago to let me know of this news. She probably needed a hug? (I'm opening my mouth on something that's not my business, cause I've often missed such cues in the past - you can always make up for one you missed, but it's better if you catch it in time. Again, pardon the interjection.)

Everyone needs a hug at times; and we're extremely privileged that many of us aren't really exposed to death or loss until much, much later in life than we used to.

Re: Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

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Post by rglover » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:53 PM UTC

ramidarigaz wrote: post #8

For anyone that hasn't encountered Technoblade so far, the Great Potato War is an excellent place to start: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qjnDd1rsII Fuck cancer

Not a Minecraft player and hadn't heard of this guy but this was really funny. RIP.

Re: Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

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Post by m-p-3 » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 2:57 PM UTC

A young and bright soul, born at the dawn of the millenium and gone too soon. RIP Alex :(

Re: Minecraft content creator Technoblade has died

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Post by lofatdairy » Fri, Jul 01, 2022, 3:15 PM UTC

This is unbelievably sad news. During the pandemic, when my mental health wasn't doing so great, I fell into the Youtube minecraft rabbit hole and Technoblade was one of my favorites. My condolences for his friends and family, I'm glad he was surrounded by loved ones to the end.