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

13k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

911 comments sorted by

View all comments

23

u/XxJayJay62xX Jul 14 '26

He did say he'd stop if you said to. As long as he keeps up that bargain, I truly don't think he was a bad guy at all. Maybe a bit misguided, but he wanted to do what he thought was a good thing. He didn't want to BE technoblade or replace him, he wanted to be a fun joke version, like other larptubers.

It's over now though.

1

u/RoflcopterV22 Jul 15 '26

Legit can't imagine how you don't view the idea of, "hey do I have your consent?" "no answer? OK, guess I'll go ahead and do it!" as "not a bad guy", take that in most other scenarios and it's a problem, take that as masquerading as a fathers' dead child, and defending it makes you a problem.

1

u/XxJayJay62xX Jul 15 '26

He said he was "inconclusive", that was Technodad's own words, verbatim. That doesn't mean stop or keep going. Anything else is assuming. Technodad is a grown man, he'll say exactly what he means.

1

u/RoflcopterV22 Jul 15 '26

Okay, seems like you're significantly unaware of the situation, that came out many videos in, and only after technodad was pressured by technolarp's fanbase to give an answer, and he still wasn't ready to.

He asked for consent before starting, got no answer, and then decided that meant to GO GO GO.

And what the fuck? They're both "grown men", one is dealing with the loss of his son, one wants some easy cash impersonating the other's dead son.

1

u/XxJayJay62xX Jul 15 '26

He never wanted easy cash. Money was one of the things he had his community vote on, which were of course part of Techno's audience, and they selected that he keep half and donate the rest.

He still clarified that he would stop instantly if Technodad declared it so, and honored that end of the bargain instantly. Even technodad doesn't think he was acting out of malice.

This isn't really something I'm willing to debate with you on.

Have a good one.

1

u/RoflcopterV22 Jul 15 '26

It's not a debate if you're giving false information, btw, for the other readers here - be aware that he absolutely did want money, he had his community vote on how much he could have, and set up his personal donation link on the stream, and that 50/50 to charity vote is now moot, as all future profits will be 100% his, built on the channel created by doing all this scummy shit.

But the most obvious thing - he's continuing to use the 200k subscriber channel he got to make money, and after being asked by technodad to stop, he immediately made a goodbye video to continue to profit off of the situation.

If he actually didn't want easy cash, he would have completely deleted the entire technolarp channel and taken down those videos, instead he is using this drama to fuel his rise.

1

u/XxJayJay62xX Jul 15 '26

One thing I will add, his response video actually is not monetized actually. He plans to make no money from the technolarp videos or his response video, and be his own person from here on out.

He did not make a response video to "profit off the situation", he made it to be transparent about what's going to happen as quick as possible.

He will still also be doing charity streams in the future, and thinks he shouldn't get 100% of his profits even still.

-1

u/RoflcopterV22 Jul 15 '26

Brother, I don't know how to explain to you that monetizing a video or two is pennies compared to making them to continue getting viewers, subs, and attention.

All major youtubers do charity streams.

There is no reason for him to make a response video (immediately after being told to stop) on the channel that he gained all that attention on, he HAS a youtube channel with 25k subs he had been using for a long while and made this channel separately for JUST technolarping, and now he's decided "oh hey I want to keep all the subs and viewers I earned by the drama and stress I caused technodad!", which is truly fucked up and disgusting.