Sad news for Minecraft fans around the world, because YouTuber Technoblade, who often plays Minecraft, has recently passed away. It is known that the 23-year-old YouTuber died after battling stage four cancer that he had been suffering from for a long time.

Quoting Kompas.com, the sad news was conveyed directly by the father through a final farewell video uploaded on the Technoblade channel. Titled "so long nerds", the owner of the Technoblade channel left a final message read by his father.

Through the final message, the father explained that the person behind the Technoblade YouTube channel is named Alex. In the last few months, it was discovered that Alex had been on hiatus since last summer due to pain in his right arm. At first, Alex thought that the illness was caused by mild stress and the effects of playing online games for too long.

However, after a long hiatus, Alex finally re-uploaded a video that provided the latest information about himself on August 27, 2021. In the video, Alex tells the viewers about his condition. He said that the pain he was experiencing was not ordinary pain, but from cancer that required serious treatment.

In the video, Alex also does not explain what cancer he has. But he only explained some of the signs of cancer he had, such as his arm often hurt, so he had to go to the doctor often.

From the story, many fans then assumed that the cancer that Alex had was Sarcoma. From a medical explanation, Sarcoma often affects bone or muscle tissue. According to BioMed Central from the journal The Epidemiology of Sarcoma, this type of cancer is classified as malignant cancer, can occur in all ages, and is not limited to certain body locations. The rarity of this disease also makes it difficult for many medical teams to study this rare disease.

Then who is Alex, the man behind the Technoblade YouTube channel? Let's get to know the man.

Profile of Alex, The Man Behind Technoblade

Based on information from The Wiki Feed page, Alex was born on June 1, 1999. He grew up and was born into a Christian family based in California, United States (US). He also has two siblings, one sister and one brother.

Alex attended high school at Local High School California, USA. After graduating from school, Alex then continued his higher education at a local private university in Chicago and chose to major in English Literature. Since childhood, Alex has dreamed of becoming a celebrity. Although this goal was "not achieved", Alex managed to get fame in his own way, namely by playing his favorite game on the Technoblade YouTube channel.

Since becoming a YouTuber, Alex has not only uploaded footage of himself playing Minecraft but also provides some tips and tricks that the audience can follow. Alex also often discusses the latest information prepared by Mojang for Minecraft. In fact, he also often live-streams for hours to play Minecraft while reading comments to his loyal audience.

Alex is also considered an easy YouTuber who is quite successful. In 2022, it is known that Alex managed to pocket a net profit of USD 1.2 million or around Rp. 17.9 billion and managed to have 10.8 million subscribers. Apart from YouTube, Alex has also penetrated several other platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Alex is Humorous

Tecnoblade aka Alex is known as a YouTuber who often plays Minecraft. He started his career as a YouTuber in 2013, and since then his channel has often uploaded videos playing Minecraft. Unlike most other YouTubers, Alex has never revealed his identity or face. This makes information about the person behind the Technoblade channel very difficult to find out.

Even so, the audience did not pay attention to this, but actually really enjoyed his persona in each of his videos. Alex is also known as a humorous person, even in some of his videos, he also cracks jokes. Even when he was still battling cancer, Alex still joked about his healing process after undergoing chemotherapy.

Have Become Part Of The Minecraft Community

The departure of Alex as the figure behind the Technoblade scene certainly leaves a great sorrow for the Minecraft community. Even Mojang feels that they have lost a very influential content creator for the community. Mojang also expressed their condolences via Twitter. As a form of respect for Technoblade, Mojang also gave a crown to a pig in Minecraft and changed its name to Technoblade as a sign of final respect.

Raising Funds for People with Cancer

Alex through the Technoblade channel also held a fundraiser to help people with cancer. The fundraiser was opened through a video uploaded with the title "I Almost Became An Ampute", where in the video, Alex explained that he almost had an amputation due to his cancer. The purpose of this fundraising event is to help patients suffering from Sarcoma, of which 15% of patients with cancer are children.

This fundraising is also managed by the non-profit SFA, which is helping patients with Sarcoma. From this fundraising, USD146.338 or around Rp2,1 billion has been collected.

Still Uploading Videos Despite Being Sick

One of the videos that touched the Minecraft community the most was the video entitled "The Minecraft VR Experience". In the video, Alex explains that he can finally try playing the virtual reality (VR) version of Minecraft. However, in the video, Alex explains that it is quite difficult for him to do some tasks compared to the PC version.

This almost 20-minute video also invites the audience's sympathy for Alex, because he is still trying to be strong even though he is facing stage four cancer that he has. Even in the midst of his pain, Alex still shared his joy when he tried the VR version of Minecraft.

The Final Message

After the last video playing the VR version of Minecraft, there is no more news about Alex on the Technoblade channel. Until finally, a few days ago, a video uploaded called "so long nerds" appeared, which lasted about 6 minutes 32 seconds. The video is the last message given by Alex and read by his father. The last message is intended for his subscribers. The last message was written when Alex was in a critical period. After writing the message, eight hours later Alex died and said goodbye forever.

Here's Alex's last message uploaded on the Technoblade YouTube channel:

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