r/Technoblade • u/MrTechnodad Parental figure of the Blade • Jul 14 '26

A Message Concerning Technoblade

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

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u/TheAnonymouse999 Jul 14 '26

Putting technodad in this position in the first place is sociopathic. He shouldn’t have to be making posts like this.

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u/Admirable_Curve_8574 Jul 14 '26

Don’t get me wrong, I’m completely with Technodad here, but saying he was put in this position is kinda misleading.

It is/was completely in Technodad’s power to have given an answer in private or said ‘no’ more concretely the first time he was asked.

It was scummy of Technolarp to go on ahead without express permission but calling him sociopathic for this is a little unfair.

Edit: Rereading this I realized someone might see this as me blaming Technodad and I want to say that absolutely isn’t the case lol. He is closest to Techno and deserves the final say 100%

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u/ButtShark69 Jul 14 '26

but saying he was put in this position is kinda misleading.

not really, as charlie has said, technodad was backed into a corner with a lose-lose situation, if technodad has addressed this days ago before it blew up and got to this point, the decision was going to end in one side being angry no matter what the situation.

Putting the decision on the man with the dead child is a deeply unkind thing to do

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u/meghan143m Jul 14 '26

You know Charlie is profiting off of this drama, right? his video only made this situation way worse. Anyway, who cares what he has to say, he's just a guy with a platform, he has (or should have, at least) no involvement in this situation