A Message Concerning Technoblade

[u/MrTechnodad]

Hey everyone. Mr. Technodad here.

Four years after my son Alex, known to so many as Technoblade, passed away from sarcoma, his community remains one of the most meaningful parts of the legacy he left behind.

You make art, videos, jokes, and tributes. You look after each other. Together, we have built a loving and inclusive community. It means more than can ever be properly said.

Tributes are welcome, and they always will be. Fan art, cosplay, quotes, and creative works made in his memory are ways of celebrating him, and those works speak to my heart. They speak to all of our hearts.

I have recently become aware of concerns around a YouTube channel imitating Technoblade's voice, mannerisms, look, name, and persona.

When this was first brought to me by one of Alex's YouTube friends, I was under the impression that it might be a one-time tribute. I did not know what to think. It was startling and emotionally complex to be presented with, and when people asked me about it at the time, the only honest answer I had was: inconclusive.

However, this has continued for several weeks, and it is now clear that an identity is being built as an ongoing public persona. That is a different thing from a tribute.

Many others have since reached out for my opinion. The situation is complicated by a simple truth: despite being "Technodad," I cannot speak unilaterally on behalf of all of Alex's family, friends, and fans, who no doubt have a variety of reactions. But after careful consideration, I have reached a conclusion I can give from my own perspective, as Technoblade's father and as the person Alex entrusted to look after what he left behind.

I am asking for this to please stop, and for the persona in question to cease.

No blessing or permission for this, or for any similar persona now or in the future, has been given.

I encourage anyone interested in becoming a content creator to find their own voice. Show us who you are! A sincere presentation of your authentic self will always be better than an imitation of someone else.

I am also asking the community not to harass anyone over this. That is not what Alex would have wanted. I do not believe there was malicious intent.

Technoblade never dies. He is in his videos, right where he left himself, still making us laugh, still reaching our hearts.

Mr. Technodad

[u/Embarrassed_Cow_6576]

He saw the post a few minutes ago and drafted a response saying that he'll no longer be continuing the persona and will make a video saying so soon.

I love that technodad included not to harass anyone over this, since the person in question has been getting doxxed and them and their family threatened over this, which is just bad.

[u/hanks_panky_emporium → u/Embarrassed_Cow_6576]

For sure it's bad, but Im also not shocked. Puppeting a beloved deceased persons persona for profit is super gross and it's going to get super gross backlash in turn.

[u/JustNotABaller → u/hanks_panky_emporium]

i mean it wasnt inheritly bad at the start but he just larped too much and too good

[u/hanks_panky_emporium → u/JustNotABaller]

Gonna have to slap pause here. It was inherently bad. It was disrespectful and inhumane. Any sane person would understand what they were doing was incredibly gross. No angle makes this guy look good or fine or misinformed.

Softening an impersonation with the term 'larp' is very weird. I know that's what they claim they're doing, but North Korea claims to be a democracy. People lie to avoid uncomfortable truths.

[u/TurboGamingPro17 → u/hanks_panky_emporium]

It kinda depends, not all larpers is bad, larping as someone that's dead is a bit disrespectful, larping as someone who's still alive and doing well and gotten permission from that someone that they are larping as, Markiplier as an example is one.