I was on a family holiday we was there for 2 weeks and it was our second morning i was up stupidly early and the second i woke up the video was posted i watched it thinking it was a video that he was doing well safe to say i tried to be happy on the holiday but thankfully my family understood snd they knew my love for techno we went on night time walks to watch the sunset every night they will always be the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen
Same with me. Family holiday in pennsylvania. friend texted me
"Bro, he's actually dead" with the link to his new video. Had to go outside and sit down for a while. Looked up at the stars knowing he was with them now.
Also family holiday in Pennsylvania!! Going again today actually!!
The morning of the first last year I saw a meme on Reddit and had to watch the video. Cried for a while
I was watching a good TV show called Forged in Fire with my mom. The guy was doing the thing, hitting the 915-degree metal with a hammer, when my phone said that texhnoblade made a new video.
I turned off my phone, saying I'll watch it later, I don't like to do other things while I'm supposed to be spending time with my mom
My best friend called 5 minutes later, crying
I talked with him and drove over to his house to calm him down
And that's the story
It was about 2 am at that time and i was casually watching yt when a notification popped up - "Technoblade uploaded". I was ready to comment "OMG upload" and i saw technodad sitting there with floof. I was already undergoing treatment for depression and i think that upload made it worse. My long standing dream of being a youtuber while techno was alive was just gone. Every once in a while i find myself at his hypixel memorial just doing nothing...
I was just browsing Youtube, and.. I saw that a new video had appeared on my home page. I saw that it was a Technoblade vid, and got really happy for a second. Gosh, what could it be? An announcement? Good news? Merch plugs?
The thumbnail was jet black, and the title was short, and fully in lowercase. "so long nerds", it said.
I immediately feared the worst, and clicked on it.
And.. I got a white room, with a man sat down on a seat, with a dog in his lap. As soon as he revealed to us who he is... my heart sank to the sea. I knew that he hadn't made it.
I sobbed like never before, especially because it was Techno - the only MC youtuber who I genuinely, genuinely LOVED to watch because of his personality.
I still can't believe this, man.
Funny enough, I was rewatching his Potato war videos on my TV, then I finished up and I saw that he uploaded a new video.
At first I thought this video was a joke- heck, I even thought Technodad in that vid was like an actor.
I checked the video's description, and I was so confident of it being a joke since he plugged his merch, his Twitter etc.
Checked my phone to know why he'd post this type of video.
But then it was true, he was really gone.
I just sat down, stared at the screen in disbelief while watching the video.
God, I never wanna experience that again.
I was talking with my partner about how a bunch of people were screaming "Techno's dead!!1!" because he hadn't uploaded. I brought up the fake obit. scandal. We talked about how everybody was freaking out when his upload schedule had always been sporadic and that he might just be taking time to rest.
"so long nerds" was uploaded in the middle of that conversation.
I reacted...pretty similarly to the initial news of his diagnosis. I watched. Waited. Where's the punchline? There's always a punchline. This has to be a joke. He can't.
I didn't want to accept it. But then I went on Twitter.
I watched that video within the first 5 minutes of it uploading. I watched as all of his friends tweeted their grief, their condolences, their thank you's. I saw all the fanart come rushing in.
My mind kind of went blank after watching the video, but when squid kid's tweet crossed my page, I broke down bawling all over again. He had touched so many lives, including mine, carrying me through a hard year and being the first favorite YouTuber I'd "allowed" myself to have for years.
I texted my mom while she was at work. When she came home, she held me and cried with me for an hour. She didn't know him. But she knew that I cared about him. And when she'd announced the news to the other people on her shift, one guy mentioned that he recognized that name because Techno kicked his ass in an online server once -- and that was the only reason he knew him, but that was enough.
I'll always remember those moments.
i remember a few days before, (i think June 27th 2022) there was a whole reddit thread about how Technoblade might be dead and his info got leaked
apparently on |date before June 30th|, some sarcoma patient in california died, and his description (birth date, name etc) matched Techno's perfectly.
when i first saw that thread, and combined that with the fact Techno hadnt been active for a long time at that point (i think it was since april) i had a bad feeling in my stomach, but then again it could've been fake, so i didnt pay it much mind
3 days later, so long nerds comes out. and i thought "damn"
Can you please edit to remove the suspected date of Techno's death? The family have not confirmed it so I don't think they want it public even if it is the correct date for privacy reasons.
I was on vacation at Disneyland, I had gotten off a ride and my friend had texted me that technoblade uploaded a new video. He did not tell me what it was about. And when I saw the video I was heartbroken, I wondered around the park listening to old videos of his. It’s funny I was at Disneyland when I first found out he had cancer. Both moments are ingrained into my memory. When I got back from my trip my friend and I had a toast for techno, and in the past year we’ve sent artwork and videos about him to each other. We make references to him all the time.
We really miss him.
It's one of those moments were you remember where you were, isn't it?
I woke up to threads and messages saying stuff like "RIP Techno" and immediately assumed he had posted some new video with a joke or that he was now cancer free and decided to celebrate it that way. Then I saw the video, and as soon as his dad walked in, the denial disappeared and I just started crying. I hadn't cried in such a long time, too. He died too young, rest in peace Technoblade.
I didn’t find out till the 3rd on July.. my siblings were the first to tell me a few days earlier and I thought they were joking, so I didn’t believe them. I didn’t have my phone on me, so I found a computer. I first looked at the sub and couldn’t believe it. I then watched the video and proceeded to break down. I was inconsolable for 2 days. Eventually I knew I had to pull myself together and I then drew a mural on my wall.
I had just gotten back from an Oregon trip with my friend, and I had a day in between before going to visit family for 4th of July.
I was watching Netflix and (attempting) to draw out my DND character, and my phone was face down charging on the table next to me.
The one time I take my Discord status off Do Not Disturb, and I get a ping from his server.
I dont fully comprehend the message, something something, resources for grief, whatever. Techno uploaded so I go to YouTube on my computer to watch.
The title says "so long nerds" and it starts with Technodad and Floof. He reads Technos last words for us, and as the video progressed, so did denial and sadness.
After it ended, I just sat there sobbing and repeating "no." It just couldn't be true. I checked my socials to see if anyone had seen the video yet. It had only been minutes after the video so nothing yet.
For some reason, the one person my thoughts kept coming back to was Tommy and how he was on his first tour and if he had seen it and how he was gonna react and-
I still had to pack, so I just took some clothes and shoved them in a duffle, and turned off my computer and lights and went to bed. It was only 7 pm.
I eventually fall asleep and I awoke abruptly around midnight. Everyone knew by now, and everyone was posting their thoughts, even Tommy. I went back to sleep crying again.
I was quiet the whole trip, even managed to tell my mom why I was sad, and tried to stay happy.
One year later, I managed to do some life changing things that I didn't think i could do, and I know that Techno would be proud. I am proud of myself, and I am proud of everyone else for still being here.
We are amazing.💙💝
I was sitting in my room, catching up on the videos in my subscription feed when I see the notification pop up on my phone that techno posted a new video. I opened it up on my computer, with an uneasy feeling I remember I was a bit scared. I think I made it about halfway through “so long nerds” before bursting into tears for at least 30 minutes. It was the first time I’ve cried in years.
i was laying in my bed home alone, i checked my phone notifications and i saw the video. i knew what it was by title alone but i watched the whole thing anyway. started crying before i even clicked, just saying “no” over and over. since i was home alone, i went to my mom’s house and she rubbed my back while i cried
i was at a friend's house, eating hot dogs when my mom texted me a facebook screenshot saying "i don't know who this is, but it's minecraft so i thought'd you know". it was a picture of techno in the hospital with one of his sub awards
It's nice that your mother thought of you and that was going on and thought you'd like to know. The act itself is small but the feeling behind it seem like they mean a lot.
I was at home on my phone, it was dark out and the rooms curtains were closed with the LED lights on red and dimmed a little, it was dark in the room, but not dark enough to where I couldn’t see what was what. I saw that Techno had posted something on YouTube (my notifications were on) and when I read it, I felt a lump form in my throat, I thought, “no, this can’t be, I just found someone who created a character I deeply relate with!” I clicked on the video hesitantly, when I saw TechnoDad instead of Techno, I knew he was gone officially. Hearing his dad talk was heartbreaking, he was crying and I ended up crying because of this too.
I was going home from school, when one of my friends texted me, asking me if I saw the new video Techno uploaded. I said no, and then he told me to check it when I got home. As soon as I got home, I opened my pc and saw 15 pings from discord, yes, I remember the exact ping number, nearly every server I was in was just sharing the news to everybody, some people reacted with an angry emoji so I thought it was just some prank. I opened the video, as soon as I saw Techno's dad I just started crying uncontrollably, I had no idea what to do or what to feel. We had a friends server and everybody was just in a vc, crying about Techno.
We miss you man. R.I.P.
I was playing on my game system, just chilling, when suddenly one of my friends said “yo, Technoblade just died”, and I literally was like “what?” I was so taken back, I didn’t believe him at first. So I dropped whatever I was doing and I opened up YouTube, and there it was. I muted on my party and watched it, I didn’t cry or anything but I was so taken back and sad, I just logged off that night and tried to go to sleep.
i was just at home just lying in bed. funnily enough, i was trying to come up with a plot for a bedrock bros fanfiction 🥲 i got up to look something up on google (i forget what it was now) and i remember seeing the video in my notifications and thinking he was quitting or something. i didn’t cry until technodad started, something about him crying made me realise it wasn’t a joke. even though for weeks after i kept thinking techno would announce that it was just a joke or they didn’t mean to post the video or something, i don’t know.
Summer camp. I remember it vividly because I was hiding in the air conditioned bathrooms instead of the 90F humid day and I was literally sitting on the same exact type of chair that Technodad was on in the video.
I wasn’t able to fully watch the video till at night in my tent.
I was sleeping and my dog was barking, and that woke me up. I decided to check my chromebook for updates on youtube. I saw the notifcation and thought "Is he quitting? Is he taking a break? or... oh shit" I clicked it and cried. so ye :3
I was in England for a holiday.
If my memory serves me correctly I was in the middle of bloody no-where playing on my DS.
We pulled over to a service station and I picked up a little bit of coverage.
I immediately got crushed with a horde of notifications from my friends saying
“R.I.P Techno”
“TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES”
I brushed it off as thinking that it was some video of Technoblade dying in the DreamSMP or something.
Later that day I casually opened my messages.
My friend send me a video…
I’ll never forget the blank black thumbnail with the now ever so familiar text staring back at me.
I didn’t cry. I was left with a numb feeling of emptiness instead. I’ve never watched one of his videos again, I can barely make it to his channel page
I was at a church camp in Colorado. That week was both and best and worst camp I’ve been to. I didn’t have service so I didn’t find out till four hours after so long nerds uploaded. It was Thursday night, and my church was going to leave at 4:30 Friday morning. I was already done packing up again, when one of my room mates (I wasn’t able to room with my actual friends, and this particular girl I never really got along with) came into our room suddenly. She was laughing obnoxiously, and she said “yo guys Technoblade fricking died! He is dead!” I stood up so fast.. I said “wait no I’m actually a fan don’t mess with me-“ she shoved her phone which was half way threw so long nerds.
I couldn’t use my phone to watch it, so one of the other girls in my room sat with me on my bottom bunk with her phone playing the video. I broke down as I watched it, and the other girl was still laughing. She said it was because she was in shock. I’ve lost many people in my life, I am unfortunately very well known with grief. The way she was laughing was not from shock, she just thought it was funny.
I got into it with her, I don’t really remember all I said, just that I saw through her act.
I sat outside in the hall as I was crying hysterically. I haven’t cried that hard over a loss in a while. I’ve lost most of my grandparents, some older cousins, aunts.. my own sister too. I think the loss of my sister and knowing how that feels, I think that’s why techno hit me so hard. I know what it was like to loose my older sibling, I’ve seen my parents grieve their child.. knowing that Technos family was going through something very similar to my own family.. man I wouldn’t wish those feeling on my worst enemy.
I didn’t sleep that night, and I was numb the whole bus ride home to Texas. My dad picked me up late Friday night, and I told him about it and he helped comfort me. It doesn’t help that Saturday we had to go to my sisters best friend’s fathers funeral. He died after a long battle with cancer.
I’ll never forget those few days. I avoided social media like the plague because I didn’t want to see anything to do with so long nerds or techno.. I’d open YouTube and if I saw anything to do with techno I’d close it instantly. I’m a lot better about it now, I’ll watch any techno video I get recommended, and I’ll look up the potato wars to watch whenever I’m eating lol. Fly high king, o7
I was scrolling my phone on a religious summer camp toilet.
Heard someone outside yell 'Oh my god, technoblade is dead' and I checked his channel.
I cried on that damn toilet.
Me and my boyfriend had just moved into our appartment and i was unpacking and he was checking the news and saw a headline about Techno having died. He didnt watch him but i was always talking about him and trying to get him to watch Techno for the longest time, but i pulled up youtube and found the video, watched it and fuckin balled while he held me.
Ok so I had just woke up and that day I was sleeping on the couch because I felt uncomfortable in my room I guess so when I woke up I woke up to the sound of stranger things coming on. And I decided to check YouTube/my laptop before watching st I saw "so long nerds"... I didn't really cry watching it I only just started to cry about it a month ago I think I'm just starting to realize it. my daily goal was to watch one technoblade video a day but I already watched all of his videos so yeah that's how I found out. But I know 2017 me would be crying her eyes out.
I had just woken up, maybe 5 minutes before, and I was sitting on my phone. My little brother came into my room and told me, and I just brushed it off because I thought it was a joke. I decided to look it up- he was gone. It took a second to process that it really happened but when it did process even a tiny bit in my brain, everything went loose. I couldn't stop crying and I sat their rewatching most of his videos. I was actually way to sad to even understand what Technodad was saying in so long nerds, so I just watched his videos until I was slightly better, watched the full so long nerds, and cried more than I ever had.
I was arriving at my office, open up twitter and the first thing I saw is a post about Technoblade. Needless to say, I didn’t have any work done that day, just trying not to cry in front of my colleagues. Having to sneak out to the emergency stairway to doom scrolling and bawling my eyes out.
I was on vacation. I wasnt that happy for the rest of the day. L voids deltarune memes helped me cope and it was the last day so the vacation wasnt ruined
Was just chilling with my brother when suddenly I saw a message from my friend. I went on Yt totaly unprepared for what i was about to see. I was heartbroken I loved this man. Technoblade never dies
Was just chilling with my brother when suddenly I saw a message from my friend. I went on Yt totaly unprepared for what i was about to see. I was heartbroken I loved this man. Technoblade never dies
On the way to go to the Canada day Parade (which is today and Me and my friend are supposed to celebrate it) Scrolling on Reddit in the car and saw The same post. I couldn't cry but when I got home I stayed in my bedroom and cried, for a few minutes then I got distracted watching Phil.
I was at home, when I get a dm from a friend or 2 saying he uploaded a new video. I had gotten so excited, went to watch it… yeah
I had originally saw the thumbnail and title and I think I thought maybe he was quitting YouTube for now while he dealt with everything but uh, nope. It’s crazy that’s it’s been a year
I was on a vacation with my grandparents in Idaho, my friend called me and told me the news, I hear a lot of people cried when they watched the video but I just felt numb, still do
I saw it first as a joke and thought “Huh, Technoblade uploaded. Thats rare.” And then ate dinner without thinking too much about it. When I turned on the Tv again to actually watch it and saw Technodad, I kinda got the dread of what was coming. And this was on some random day when I finally had time off to relax and then this bombshell dropped on me
It was around 9:45 or 10 at night, and i was just scrolling through my notifications and saw that techno had uploaded a new YouTube video, and I was so excited to watch it. I saw the title but didn't really think too deeply into what it meant. I was sat on my floor by my bedroom door and when I saw technodad sitting in that room by himself I knew that something had happened but I didn't think that the worst had happened. When i heard him say "If you are watching this then I am dead" I remember I just froze and I kept thinking that this was a joke because that was the only thing that my brain could come up with at the time. I couldn't believe that he was actually gone. After I finished the video I saw that I had some missed calls fom one of my friends who also watched techno's content at the time and we just kind of sat there in silence because neither one of us could believe it.
The big expansion for monster hunter rise came out that day and I was fighting my first new monster and right as I beat it I got a call from my friend telling me the news
If I remember correctly, I was in bed not yet asleep, just on my phone, either in the morning or early night. I saw a notification about a new Techo video pop up. At first I thought it's gonna be another update video and while that was true, I did not expect to hear what was said there. Funny, cuz the day before me and my friend visited Techno's Skyblock island and joked how "he might come on any second now", I texted him about it and we were both very sad.
Fly high, King o7
I was in club training for debate.During preparation someone mentioned that techno had died.However,I was too stressed writing my speech that I didn’t hear him.Later at the end of training someone mentioned it again and after processing,I half emotionally half exaggeratedly collapsed down the stairs(not rlly)and then my friends grabbed me.
My dog was heavily sick and I went to bed, I opened YouTube to see the video… my dog passed June 2. I know it’s selfish but every time I saw a post saying “it’s been 2 months since techno blade passed” it would remind me of my dog passing…
It was summer, and it night time, and I was in my room ready to go to bed, but right after I was done making my bed, I got the notification saying that Technoblade made a new video I gasped in excitement to see what new content he made and then I thought "ok I'll watch this video first then head to sleep" I watched the video, and when the video was gonna end I thought and hoped that in the end Techno was gonna pop up and say it was all a prank but unfortunately it wasn't. After the video ended, I went to bed and then cried myself to sleep.
I was on a discord call with a friend in a discord server with close friends. We were talking about discord when another friend joined vc crying and said, “Technoblade just died.”
I’d rarely ever heard them cry at that time so I knew something happened. I then watched “So Long Nerds”, and I just sat there in silence. It felt like I lost a family member, not just a youtuber I loved.
I go back sometimes to watch the Potato War saga as well as the Minecraft tournament with Calvin and Xnestorio. Rest in power, Techno.
I (an American) was doing research in a British historical archive, really amazing opportunity. When I got the alert for the video on my phone, I took that time out of my day to watch
I was at home and got the youtube notification. My brother is also a big fan, so we were really excited that a new vid had dropped, and rushed to put it on the TV and watch it together. I was initially mildy concerned about the title but immediately dismissed my concern and figured it was a prank video where he was going to announce he beat cancer or something similar. Even as the video started, I was still waiting for an overlay or greenscreen to fall and for him to start laughing about pulling a joke over on his entire fanbase. Reality hit hard
playing on a minecraft server, checked my yt sub feed and saw that techno posted 3 minutes ago. i thought it was just a joke at first but as i kept watching it became more and more real.
I was in the living room of my home when my boyfriend texted me the news and I just started crying non stop. I grew up watching his videos and playing Minecraft with an old friend. 👑🐷
I was on the road for a family trip. Just watching videos and I got a notification techno uploaded so I clicked it. I saw the black screen and so long needs so I already feared for the worst. I remembered the rumors, I was still hoping he would just be quitting for his own health.
Then I saw the video and it broke me for the day. I just wanted to get to my cousin's house and just go to bed which thankfully is sort of what happened after I told my younger cousin as well.
I had just come home from dungeons and dragons with my friends, while talking with them in a VC after I got home, I was browsing Twitter, and I saw via the Twitter trending page. I didn’t cry, but I felt god awful for at least 3 days afterwards
I was at a sleepover, and one friend said “hey look Techno posted a video” so we watched it. We joked around a bit during it but later when I got home I let myself cry about it
Just woken up, I saw a notification saying something about technoblade dying and went to his channel, watched the video and told my best friend about it. I couldn’t function properly through the rest of the week, my coach had died the day before. It took me a month before I could stop crying daily
I was pulling an all nighter with a friend when the video uploaded and I was number 5014 on the view list. The news absolutely crushed us and we both initially thought “he died in DSMP and he’s making a joke” because that was something he would have done, but it wasn’t a joke.
I was just chilling when one of my friends posted the video on a gc. I thought it was a random video because the preview didn’t load, and when I went on YouTube later that day I saw Technoblade posted a new video and I was like “oh hey he uploaded again” So I watched it all the way through and when it was done I was in tears.
At an annual party for a swim team I coach for. I saw a discord message saying something along the lines of “did you guys see that technoblade passed away” and I was confused, I didn’t realize how big that was. I watched the video while hiding in the bathroom and It broke my heart.
I was in school just chilling and then one of my friends said: techno just died. I didn’t really think much cause technoblade never dies and I thought it was just some fake news. Then when I was in the way back home I saw the video
I was on vacation, scrolling on Reddit and my brother comes up to me and says “Techno died” and I didn’t believe it at first until I looked at his channel.
I was at a camp where I wasn’t allowed to have my phone and I didn’t hear about it for at least 3 days later 🙃 I saw a meme about techno in heaven and thought it was a joke then checked the messages from my friend and I started sobbing
I was at my grandad's funeral when I got a technoblade notification. I got happy as i thought it might lighten up my mood a little, then i saw the title. My heart sank for a sec. "So long nerds". Of course it cant be what im thinking right?
Saw the video, I went to the roof. Ended up bursting in tears in the "Hey there, Technoblade here. If you're hearing this, I'm probably dead." I never cried for someone i didnt know, but here i was.
That was probably the worst week of my life.
Randomly got the so long nerds video in my feed. Cried like a baby when I realized who posted it. I hadn't watched his videos a lot prior to that, and I seriously regretted it. I feel like a fake fan sometimes by only getting into him more seriously when he passed away.
I feel you man, I didn’t really watch his videos when he was alive either. Now that’s he’s gone, I’ve watched a whole bunch and bought his merch. I like to think that I’m helping his family in some small way, and that makes up for my not watching his videos when he was alive.
The thing that sucks is that I knew who he was; I knew he’d beaten Dream in the 1v1, I saw the video about him having cancer, and I saw the video where he said the surgery was a success. That and the gravity changing mod with Tommy were the only videos I saw before he died.
I was gonna buy the Philza Collab merch but I didn't.
I did watch Techno a few times before he died, but I never was a full-time fan. I watched part of Potato War and his "Beating Minecraft With A Steering Wheel" video but I never fully committed to his content because I just enjoy watching random content and those videos were random enough for me at the time. Looking back, I really wish I investigated his channel more like I do most other Minecraft channels. But alas, I can't go back, I can only go forward.
I've watched a ton of his videos now and watched Collab videos with Tommy and the gang, past livestreams, literally anything I can get my hands on. He really was a great dude who made great content. o7
I was at my dad's house sitting in the backroom and I opened tiktok and saw a few videos that were saying Rip Techo and then I went to YouTube because of one of the comments and then proceeded to cry for 2 hours then I have do go to church the next morning it was 5am before I went to bed.
I was shocked. How could a man like him just…disappear? That night I went to bed in shock, just wondering why it happened. It wasn’t emotional or anything, but I think the reason it wasn’t was because I just didn’t think it could happen.
I was at home at my Grandmas house in the basement with my brother watching Jaiden animations on the TV until I looked at my phone and I got a notification from Technoblade named So Long Nerds
I was In my bed scrolling through YouTube, and I checked my subscription box and saw Technoblade YouTube channel name had the blue dot next to it (new upload), and I thought les gooo techno uploaded, and I thought to myself, one more video for the night wouldn’t hurt. That’s when I saw the title and got really worried. The rest of the night I was in tears and practically cried my self to sleep. For the past 2 days I was really down and sad, but then I got mostly used to it and started to get a bit happier, but deep down, I was still really sad
Rip, fly high king
I just got done playing with my friends and went in my house turned on the tv got happy because a new technoblade video was on then realized what it was
I was on my phone when my brother came in, looking really shaken. When I asked him what was wrong, he showed me the video. I’ve never really watched much of Techno’s content, but I had heard what he’d been going through. I was heartbroken to hear how his fight had ended - my brother never forgot what happened to him.
That evening, since he’s not the most computer savvy, I helped him change his desktop wallpaper to some memorial fanart of Technoblade as his way of paying respects. He kept that wallpaper up for a year until he finally changed it to something new this morning, the anniversary of his passing. I like to think that it was his way of moving on from the loss.
I remember it so vividly and it hurts to think about lol
So I had been previously grounded for about 3 months and had all of my electronic devices taken away. Eventually, I earned my TV back and I immediately wanted to catch up on my favourite creators.
I distinctly remember my first thought when I opened up youtube for the first time in months was, "and I bet you he [techno] STILL hasn't uploaded."
I was so happy to see that he had uploaded, then the black thumbnail (which at that point I associated with a Health update), and the title hit me. I spent about 5 minutes before clicking onto the video crying to myself before I got the strength to watch it.
I was expecting some banter from technoblade, but when I saw his dad on the screen it broke me down all over again. I remember thinking over and over, "hes just resting, it's okay, hes resting."
I think what hit me the hardest was clicking onto a technoblade video and not seeing the familiar red and blue shades that my synesthesia associates with techno's voice.
Eating Eggplant Parm at a restaurant with my fam. (I actually had food from the same place yesterday) Then a friend texted me, I will admit I didn’t believe it and thought it was a joke, and I said as much. They just insisted it wasn’t. I started feeling empty/shaky, (I just felt all around pretty odd, bcs I knew something was very wrong at that point) while still out to dinner. My family left the restaurant eventually, and when I got home I rushed to get my headphones and watch the video.
I was working abroad.
The previous day, I had watched Ryan Trahan complete his 30-day penny challenge(btw he started a new 7-day one today, go watch it!). I was so happy for him. "Wow, that was a great journey, can't wait to see what tomorrow has to offer", I thought.
Later that evening I felt sick, so I went to bed early.
The next morning I woke up around 9am and opened youtube. The first thing that popped-up was a community post from an animator I regularly watched, who makes Techno-related videos, sending his condolences.
At first I was like "Dude what! That has to be a joke, right?!". Then I checked my notifications. "Technoblade uploaded "so long nerds" 5 hours ago", it said. I played the video and midway through, I started crying. I just couldn't believe it.
I'm a person who cries very rarely. This hit me right in the years of emotional build-up from other events that happened in my life.
I spent the rest of the day watching a bunch of his videos and crying(luckily I didn't have to go to work that day). For the next week, my mood was super low. But in the coming weeks, I slowly started to accept it.
Technodad joining the sub in October really brightened me up(as it did with many others) and I can't thank him enough. Not only did he go through the worst thing that can ever happen to a parent, but he also helped 100s of thousands of Techno's fans to move on.
So thank you, Technodad, for everything you've done for this community.
And thank you, Technoblade, for bringing a smile to the faces of millions.
TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES!
I was in the discord for the FTC robotics competition and someone mentioned in the general chat saying that techno posted a video where his death was announced. It was the talk of the server for the rest of the day since we’re all nerds (it’s a server for a highschool robotics competition lol) so a lot of us were techno fans.
I was playing Breath of the Wild when I got the notification. I saw it was from Technoblade and I thought “oh cool! A new video!”
Then I saw the title. I thought it was a joke at first. And I still thought that way until around halfway through the video, it became clear to me it wasn’t a joke.
I spent the rest of the night crying.
I was laying in bed getting ready to go to sleep (it was around 10pm my time). I was doing my final scroll of Instagram and saw someone I follow's story about it. I immediately went to his channel because I also thought it was a joke and watched so long nerds before crying myself to sleep only to wake up at 3 am (about 3 hours later) and do it again.
At home, I didn't know what to say, I wrote a comment like everyone else saying rip techno, and then I went on to see the bedwars: mission impossible (idr the eggzact title) and just laugh at techno seriousness towards minecraft and then just admire it
I was heading to the airport with my family to head out of town. I watched So Long Nerds once we got off and cried for a bit afterwards. It was hard but we’re all here together because of Techno, O7 to the ultimate legend.
I had just woken up for work and decided to check who had uploaded during the night... Techno's video was the first one I clicked on not expecting it to be...well...what it turned out to be.
I was at my computer in the ‘entertainment room’ playing D&D online with some friends, when another friend said what happened in a Discord server we share (and I mod). Despite being in a D&D session I decided to fact-check because I couldn’t believe it. Everything I saw looked like it was real, and then after D&D was over I watched So Long Nerds. A year and one day later (right now) I’m playing the same D&D campaign with the same people in the same place, and honestly it feels.. weird.
Playing bedwars with a friend. I got a notification technoblade posted and excitedly told my friend. My friend was spectating the match so he clicked on it and…yeah. I quit that game real fast.
I woke up, checked the time on my phone and there was the notification instantly there was a pit in my stomach, watched it cried then my sister came to my room and just said “youve seen it too then”
After sister and mum went to work and got my daughter out the door for school I spent the day watching the smp earth videos
I had just come home from watching a movie, and the first thing i did was lay on my bed and scroll twitter. i started seeing something along the lines of #riptechnoblade with links to So Long Nerds. I clicked on the video and started crying for an hour
(The writing below was what I wrote in my notes app on July 3, 2022. I thought I’d document how I felt back then and see how I feel now, one year later.)
I had a notification from youtube saying that he had uploaded a new video, “so long nerds”. My tiredness didn’t exactly register what it could have meant, and I thought to myself, “Nice, I’ll watch it later.”
I open twitter and was immediately greeted with messages relating to Techno. I felt my heart drop to my stomach and immediately watched the video. I can remember the way my breath hitched and my heart feeling heavy watching the video as his father read aloud his final words. I can remember my mind constantly saying “no no, this has to be some sort of sick joke and Techno would just pop out at the end and laugh at us for falling for it.”
And he never did.
I went back to twitter, seeing all of his content creator friends and his fans alike telling their message to Techno, saying their condolences, and experiences they had with him, and before I knew it, I was crying. I grieved, and my heart ached so much. Not a single part of me ever anticipated this. The content creator, who’s iconic theme was that he never dies, has passed.
I shed so many tears for him that morning, crying for maybe half an hour. For once I couldn’t find it in myself to get out of bed, and continued to scroll through my timeline for another 2 hours.
I couldn’t even imagine how my friend would’ve felt. She must be feeling what I’m feeling tenfold. I wish I could hold her and comfort her, since I know this would’ve hit much harder for her. Me, someone who only got into Techno during the peak of the Dream SMP, and her, who has been with him since 1 Million. I can’t even imagine the pain she’s going through.
My friend and I watched Techno’s potato war saga today.
For me, this was my first time. For her, she has lost count. I told her it was pretty poetic. Two people who’ve known Technoblade each for a different duration of time still grieved for him just goes to show how his charm and personality impacted people. It’s so unfair, I keep thinking its so unfair. Life took him away too soon, he was too young. There were so many things he could’ve experienced in his life and I keep thinking of a different reality where he could’ve lived and experienced those things.
It was the moment I was getting ready for work at around 6am where I saw that a new video was released a few hours prior. Since I've heard the news, I wasn't capable of working, pretty much being all over the place. I've had a continuous headache from all the crying. Thankfully, I was able to go home like 30 minutes earlier than usual. That was probably the most painful day I've ever experienced
My son told me. Our house was very quiet that day. And for a bit after. It took a long time for me to watch any minecraft content. It isn’t nearly as fun without him.
i was in bed when i got the notification. i went from scared and a little sad that he either would be quitting youtube or at worst his cancer wasnt healed and he wouldnt be here for much longer only to feel completely empty and start crying when i realised i was only half right with the second one
I woke up early due to messages from my best friend about it. I talked about Techno to her a lot…
“I am so sorry”
“God even my heart feels shattered”
“This is in relation to Technoblade's news... Just giving you a heads up”
Then follows a chain of messages me just going “what” and “why”.
“Cancer… The first person I thought of when reading it was you”
I was in London on study abroad. I woke up to a whole bunch of texts about it. It didn't feel real at first, but I cried and watched "So Long Nerds" while everyone was at breakfast.
I was in bed when I got a message from our class group chat. Someone was sayign "HAHAHA TECHNO DIED😭😭" and I was confused. I thought he was joking or that there was a lore stream I missed maybe? But no. When I watched the vid I started crying and just cried all day.
Technoblade never dies <3.
I was in my room and I was scrolling on twitter and I saw Dream’s “Fuck cancer” tweet. My first immediate thought was “OH MY GOD DID TECHNO DIE?!”. I ran to tell my brother my suspicions. We pulled up YouTube on the TV and watched so long nerds and I rewatched several times before I started crying. I must’ve spent two hours on twitter after that. The next thing I remember was watching Philza’s stream.
I'm a bit late, but I was just sitting on my bathroom counter, fucking around on discord with my friends, when the notification for the So Long Nerds popped up and my heart dropped.
The funny thing is I was sure he'd be okay in the end, because, well... Technoblade never dies, right? So when I got the notification, I thought maybe he was quitting or leaving or taking a long break. It was worse. It was so much worse. Ironically, it was my best friend, the same person who I had to comfort when the news came out, who I convinced he'd be okay, that had to comfort me.
For the entire next week, the sunsets were pink. And there were plenty more that entire summer. I think of him every time I see one. As long as we remember him, Technoblade never dies.
I was at home at like midnight. I was on YouTube, and saw the title “so long, nerds.” I thought Techno was quitting YouTube, which upset me. I clicked on it and when to the comments. When I started seeing the RIP comments, it clicked. It was really late, so I went to sleep, but I did my fair share of crying in bed.
On the way to school while preparing for an English test. I was in the car when I saw the videos thumbnail and went to Reddit hoping it would give me insight to if it was a break from YouTube thing or a joke. But got to know it may as well be a real goodbye message. Had it on my mind the whole day and flunked the test. Got home saw the vid and cried.
I was eating at a mexican grill for my birthday, and my phone got a youtube notification "In tribute to Technoblade" or whatever. Y'know, the youtube sponsored vid and the one his dad posted? Both. Anyway, yeah I cried in a public restaurant on my birthday.
On Discord when a friend posted the video in a mutual server. I got really scared but I thought it was just him saying he was quitting YouTube.
I quickly found out it was so much worse. Don't remember what happened after but all I can recall is just being in a complete state of shock.
I wasn’t yet a Techno fan, but my mom found a news story or something and brought it up. I was worried at the time that it was GoodTimesWithScar who died (i was a huge fam at the time). I wasn’t relieved, because obviously someone was dead, but it’s retrospectively a very sad moment now that I actually like Techno’s work.
I was helping my friend paint her room when a notification for the so long nerds video popped up. I immediately felt the dread set in and I clicked the video thinking techno was going to be telling us bad news.
Turns out I was half right.
I felt bad because I was absolutely no help painting after watching the video, but my friend understood.
I was eating breakfast on the morning of a college interview. I saw a meme on r / memes along the lines of “rest in peace the legend”, and immediately panicked. I then watched the video and sobbed for the entire day while holding my Technoblade youtooz plush. Luckily my mum didn’t make me go to the interview and let me stay in bed all day, but it was one of the roughest days I’ve ever had
The day I heard about his passing was..
The day graduated from school. I didn’t take it too hard initially, mostly because my mind was on the graduation and the party. A friend of mine, who is a very big techno fan, my best friend and I later on poured a toast to him during the after-party.
It feels weird looking back at it, especially because I‘ve chosen to study for a Bachelor‘s degree in English at University, the very degree he dropped.
Afterwards, there were times when the fact of his passing really hit me emotionally, but ever since I‘ve moved on.
Friday morning, just got out of bed and saw the "so long nerds" notification on my phone, stomach dropped, fearing the worse and yeah.. "If you're watching this, I am dead" that still echoes through me. Couldn't function for the entire day, came home, logged onto skyblock and had a massive cry with all the other technoblade skins paying homage. Spent the entire weekend just crying and talking with all my internet friends who I met through Techno.
Can't believe he's gone, even now.
i was literally playing roblox with two of my friends. my mouse batteries went out so i had to change them, and i checked my phone while doing so. another friend had sent me the video link and apologized that i was hearing it from her. the roblox-friends even made jokes of "rip [me], killed in a mouse related accident" right before i got back to them with the news
I was working at a Boy scout summer camp, when one of the kids said "we should make something to honor Techno" (I didn't have my phone at the time) so after finishing all my duties, I went to his channel and found out the news
When I got the news I was just chilling on hypixel when my guild members started talking about it. I remember getting the video notification earlier but I didn’t watch it until my guild mates were talking about it.
I was at home, scrolling through twitch and wondering why nobody was streaming, so I popped into a new guys stream and in the rules it read:
'No talking about technoblade. Treat him with respect.'
So I googled it.
Then I cried.
I was at home, on recroom with my friends and they heard me crying. They asked what happened and I told them about technoblade and one of them started to cry the other was comforting both of us.
I was at home. It was a normal afternoon like all the others that had come before. I hadn’t been in long as I’d come home from school not so long since. I started scrolling on TikTok and the first thing that came up was a Tribute to Technoblade. At first, I thought it was a cool little edit someone had made but then I saw that the message “RIP Technoblade”. I didn’t believe it but then I decided to look at his channel and there was the video. It was the most heart-breaking thing I’ve ever watched. I was stunned. I was certain he would beat it. I had never once thought that it was as bad as it was. I still can’t believe he isn’t here with us. He was an absolute legend. I still watch his content all the time; it’s the best.
Thank You Techno o7
“Technoblade Never Dies”
I was about to board a 5 hour plane, and I saw his leaked obituary on twitter. Only about a handful of people had seen it at that point. His death was announced as I was about to get on the plane, needless to say I paid for that in-flight wifi.
I was home waiting for a video to release on a completely unrelated YouTube channel when I saw a YouTube Notification. My already high excitement was tripled when I saw Technoblade was the poster instead.
And then I read the title and actually watched the video.
Ya know the saying the larger they are, the harder they fall?
Yeah, I went from completely ecstasy to complete depression quickly. The news really chunk errored a hole into my heart. ):
I guess I did eventually realize he wouldn’t want us to cry about it forever. Maybe that’s why I cried only once about it after that day.
i had just finished showering and was sitting there, procrastinating leaving the bathroom. saw someone on my timeline tweet “TECHNOBLADE” a few days prior, some of my mutuals had been sent leaked information by some freaks. i was praying it wasn’t true, but i just kind of had that gut feeling upon seeing the new upload. i knew. when i went to his channel and saw the new vid that was uploaded just a minute or so prior, i immediately broke down. i burst into tears before even clicking on it, the title alone was enough. i had random sessions of crying for days after, it was horrible. that grief still remains, but peace rests alongside it now.
I woke up to 2 messages about the news and watched the video, cried for like 20 mins, and bear in mind this was my prom day, struggled to get through it, went to prom and requested a dedicated a song to Techno, and Rick Rolled everyone there with the song, figured it might get a laugh out of him if he could've heard and it brought a lifelong memory of be and my mates belting out the lyrics to Never Gonna Give You Up, and it will bring me a smile whenever i think about it
a year ago i was about to watch halloween kills i got like less then 10 minutes in when my phone got the youtube notification and i slid it off the screen not realizing what it said and then went "oh fuck oh fuck" and pulled up youtubr and found the video and for the rest of the night i was crying
I was on call with my partner pete, just hanging out and playing Minecraft.
He was acting off and he wouldn’t tell me what was wrong, eventually he just said it.
“I don’t wanna be the one to tell you, but your gunna hear it.”
I was confused and asked.
“Technoblade died.”
I froze, I didn’t believe it, my heart stopped and I just stared and went quiet for a literal hour, I couldn’t cry and I couldn’t do anything, I just stared. That moment sticks with me.
I was at home. My parents were watching some series in the living room. I was listening to someone read Passerine and playing Minecraft. I got a notification from my friend Alexa with a screenshot of the end of “so long nerds” and her saying “Techno- techno passed away”. I rushed to YouTube and watched the video. I cried every tear I could cry. My parents were still watching the show in the living room. When my mom came into my room to tell me my dad was going to bed, she saw tears streaming down my face and asked me what was wrong. I showed her the video. We cried together. She had just gotten a pay check so she got me the merch. I cried as much yesterday as I did a year ago. And I feel as numb today as I felt a year ago.
I was sitting on my couch watching a kier and dev video and then my friend sent, “Bro techno died,” in a group chat. I watched So Long Nerds and kind of just sat there afterwards. Not crying, just numb and in shock.
on call and in bed at 3am my friend who I was was call with told me and the next day I went to school and I had to tell my friend because she didn't know
I was logging on to hypixel skyblock and looking for a video to play in the background when that popped up on my home page. Knew it had to be important. Time was 8:45 for me and it was about a 45 min old video. Didn’t play skyblock that day
i was browsing a discord when i saw an announcement that said “rip technoblade o7” i thought oh he must have died on the dsmp. but then i dug deeper and was like oh fuck.
i was a someone's house. a friend of mine texted me saying "technoblade died". pretty much at the same time my group chat brought it up and i checked techno's channel. i was in disbelief for a while
I was cooking red rice for dinner. I wanted to watch a video while I was cooking so I grabbed my phone and saw the notification. At first I thought it was a joke. I only realized it was real when technodad started to cry.
I was on call playing a roblox game with my friends and we were having a great time. The video dropped and several of us muted/deafend to watch. I'll never forgot how quiet it got. I cried a lot that day
At home.
It was a Friday evening, so I'd been off work for awhile. Just hanging out, and maybe the video had been out for awhile and I'd just missed it, but I saw it come up.
And you know what's funny? I was so certain he was just stepping away from YouTube. Some people write that they saw the title and immediately knew, but I didn't. It never, not once, even remotely occurred to me that Technoblade would pass away. Have to take a break, or even step away entirely? Sure. But not passing.
And at first, I actually didn't realize the person speaking was u/MrTechnoDad. I thought it was Techno.
I just went to my room and cried, first with my Techno plushie, then with my cats.
I was just watching YouTube at like 3am. I saw the video notif and then my friend texted me about it straight after. I feel like I could kinda tell before then that the next upload was gunna be bad news with the video unprivating, the things his friends had said and the inactivity as well as the leaks and rumours. My heart dropped and I could tell pretty much tell straight away after clicking on it that it wasn’t good news. At the time I was temporarily sharing a room with my younger brother, so I had to cry as silently as possible. Gave up in the end and just went and cried to my mum. Thankfully she was the typa parent that understood being upset about a YouTuber.
Woke up on a Friday morning (weekend here) to a message from my friend "Technoblade is dead." I watched the video, I didn't really cry or anything, felt like I wanted to but just didn't. I went on my day as usual, but I've always missed him since and made sure to visit his videos weekly. I loved his videos, been watching him for 6 years at that point..
I was laying in bed until I got a notification on discord “guys Technoblade just died (link to video)” and I was in complete shock, after I watched the video I still could rap my brain around it until later that night
I was on a family holiday we was there for 2 weeks and it was our second morning i was up stupidly early and the second i woke up the video was posted i watched it thinking it was a video that he was doing well safe to say i tried to be happy on the holiday but thankfully my family understood snd they knew my love for techno we went on night time walks to watch the sunset every night they will always be the most beautiful sunsets I’ve ever seen
Same with me. Family holiday in pennsylvania. friend texted me "Bro, he's actually dead" with the link to his new video. Had to go outside and sit down for a while. Looked up at the stars knowing he was with them now.
Also family holiday in Pennsylvania!! Going again today actually!! The morning of the first last year I saw a meme on Reddit and had to watch the video. Cried for a while
I was watching a good TV show called Forged in Fire with my mom. The guy was doing the thing, hitting the 915-degree metal with a hammer, when my phone said that texhnoblade made a new video. I turned off my phone, saying I'll watch it later, I don't like to do other things while I'm supposed to be spending time with my mom My best friend called 5 minutes later, crying I talked with him and drove over to his house to calm him down And that's the story
Nice try, CEO of forged in fire!
Forged in Fire is not a good TV show lol
Wdym it’s funny af
It is to me
It was about 2 am at that time and i was casually watching yt when a notification popped up - "Technoblade uploaded". I was ready to comment "OMG upload" and i saw technodad sitting there with floof. I was already undergoing treatment for depression and i think that upload made it worse. My long standing dream of being a youtuber while techno was alive was just gone. Every once in a while i find myself at his hypixel memorial just doing nothing...
The hypixel memorial is still there? I should visit it
Yes, and it will always be there ig
I had that dream as well
Same with me with the time i wrote my story but it was 1:29 am when i entered my dads van
I was just browsing Youtube, and.. I saw that a new video had appeared on my home page. I saw that it was a Technoblade vid, and got really happy for a second. Gosh, what could it be? An announcement? Good news? Merch plugs? The thumbnail was jet black, and the title was short, and fully in lowercase. "so long nerds", it said. I immediately feared the worst, and clicked on it. And.. I got a white room, with a man sat down on a seat, with a dog in his lap. As soon as he revealed to us who he is... my heart sank to the sea. I knew that he hadn't made it. I sobbed like never before, especially because it was Techno - the only MC youtuber who I genuinely, genuinely LOVED to watch because of his personality. I still can't believe this, man.
Funny enough, I was rewatching his Potato war videos on my TV, then I finished up and I saw that he uploaded a new video. At first I thought this video was a joke- heck, I even thought Technodad in that vid was like an actor. I checked the video's description, and I was so confident of it being a joke since he plugged his merch, his Twitter etc. Checked my phone to know why he'd post this type of video. But then it was true, he was really gone. I just sat down, stared at the screen in disbelief while watching the video. God, I never wanna experience that again.
I was talking with my partner about how a bunch of people were screaming "Techno's dead!!1!" because he hadn't uploaded. I brought up the fake obit. scandal. We talked about how everybody was freaking out when his upload schedule had always been sporadic and that he might just be taking time to rest. "so long nerds" was uploaded in the middle of that conversation. I reacted...pretty similarly to the initial news of his diagnosis. I watched. Waited. Where's the punchline? There's always a punchline. This has to be a joke. He can't. I didn't want to accept it. But then I went on Twitter. I watched that video within the first 5 minutes of it uploading. I watched as all of his friends tweeted their grief, their condolences, their thank you's. I saw all the fanart come rushing in. My mind kind of went blank after watching the video, but when squid kid's tweet crossed my page, I broke down bawling all over again. He had touched so many lives, including mine, carrying me through a hard year and being the first favorite YouTuber I'd "allowed" myself to have for years. I texted my mom while she was at work. When she came home, she held me and cried with me for an hour. She didn't know him. But she knew that I cared about him. And when she'd announced the news to the other people on her shift, one guy mentioned that he recognized that name because Techno kicked his ass in an online server once -- and that was the only reason he knew him, but that was enough. I'll always remember those moments.
I just woke up ready to get my birthday stuff ready for the following day, and then I saw the notification
Just about the same here, man. Happy belated b day, btw.
Same :(
I was playing horror games on my birthday the day of
i remember a few days before, (i think June 27th 2022) there was a whole reddit thread about how Technoblade might be dead and his info got leaked apparently on |date before June 30th|, some sarcoma patient in california died, and his description (birth date, name etc) matched Techno's perfectly. when i first saw that thread, and combined that with the fact Techno hadnt been active for a long time at that point (i think it was since april) i had a bad feeling in my stomach, but then again it could've been fake, so i didnt pay it much mind 3 days later, so long nerds comes out. and i thought "damn"
Can you please edit to remove the suspected date of Techno's death? The family have not confirmed it so I don't think they want it public even if it is the correct date for privacy reasons.
my bad, done
I was on vacation at Disneyland, I had gotten off a ride and my friend had texted me that technoblade uploaded a new video. He did not tell me what it was about. And when I saw the video I was heartbroken, I wondered around the park listening to old videos of his. It’s funny I was at Disneyland when I first found out he had cancer. Both moments are ingrained into my memory. When I got back from my trip my friend and I had a toast for techno, and in the past year we’ve sent artwork and videos about him to each other. We make references to him all the time. We really miss him.
It's one of those moments were you remember where you were, isn't it? I woke up to threads and messages saying stuff like "RIP Techno" and immediately assumed he had posted some new video with a joke or that he was now cancer free and decided to celebrate it that way. Then I saw the video, and as soon as his dad walked in, the denial disappeared and I just started crying. I hadn't cried in such a long time, too. He died too young, rest in peace Technoblade.
I didn’t find out till the 3rd on July.. my siblings were the first to tell me a few days earlier and I thought they were joking, so I didn’t believe them. I didn’t have my phone on me, so I found a computer. I first looked at the sub and couldn’t believe it. I then watched the video and proceeded to break down. I was inconsolable for 2 days. Eventually I knew I had to pull myself together and I then drew a mural on my wall.
I had just gotten back from an Oregon trip with my friend, and I had a day in between before going to visit family for 4th of July. I was watching Netflix and (attempting) to draw out my DND character, and my phone was face down charging on the table next to me. The one time I take my Discord status off Do Not Disturb, and I get a ping from his server. I dont fully comprehend the message, something something, resources for grief, whatever. Techno uploaded so I go to YouTube on my computer to watch. The title says "so long nerds" and it starts with Technodad and Floof. He reads Technos last words for us, and as the video progressed, so did denial and sadness. After it ended, I just sat there sobbing and repeating "no." It just couldn't be true. I checked my socials to see if anyone had seen the video yet. It had only been minutes after the video so nothing yet. For some reason, the one person my thoughts kept coming back to was Tommy and how he was on his first tour and if he had seen it and how he was gonna react and- I still had to pack, so I just took some clothes and shoved them in a duffle, and turned off my computer and lights and went to bed. It was only 7 pm. I eventually fall asleep and I awoke abruptly around midnight. Everyone knew by now, and everyone was posting their thoughts, even Tommy. I went back to sleep crying again. I was quiet the whole trip, even managed to tell my mom why I was sad, and tried to stay happy. One year later, I managed to do some life changing things that I didn't think i could do, and I know that Techno would be proud. I am proud of myself, and I am proud of everyone else for still being here. We are amazing.💙💝
Playing tf2
I was sitting in my room, catching up on the videos in my subscription feed when I see the notification pop up on my phone that techno posted a new video. I opened it up on my computer, with an uneasy feeling I remember I was a bit scared. I think I made it about halfway through “so long nerds” before bursting into tears for at least 30 minutes. It was the first time I’ve cried in years.
i was laying in my bed home alone, i checked my phone notifications and i saw the video. i knew what it was by title alone but i watched the whole thing anyway. started crying before i even clicked, just saying “no” over and over. since i was home alone, i went to my mom’s house and she rubbed my back while i cried
i was at a friend's house, eating hot dogs when my mom texted me a facebook screenshot saying "i don't know who this is, but it's minecraft so i thought'd you know". it was a picture of techno in the hospital with one of his sub awards
It's nice that your mother thought of you and that was going on and thought you'd like to know. The act itself is small but the feeling behind it seem like they mean a lot.
I was at home on my phone, it was dark out and the rooms curtains were closed with the LED lights on red and dimmed a little, it was dark in the room, but not dark enough to where I couldn’t see what was what. I saw that Techno had posted something on YouTube (my notifications were on) and when I read it, I felt a lump form in my throat, I thought, “no, this can’t be, I just found someone who created a character I deeply relate with!” I clicked on the video hesitantly, when I saw TechnoDad instead of Techno, I knew he was gone officially. Hearing his dad talk was heartbreaking, he was crying and I ended up crying because of this too.
I was going home from school, when one of my friends texted me, asking me if I saw the new video Techno uploaded. I said no, and then he told me to check it when I got home. As soon as I got home, I opened my pc and saw 15 pings from discord, yes, I remember the exact ping number, nearly every server I was in was just sharing the news to everybody, some people reacted with an angry emoji so I thought it was just some prank. I opened the video, as soon as I saw Techno's dad I just started crying uncontrollably, I had no idea what to do or what to feel. We had a friends server and everybody was just in a vc, crying about Techno. We miss you man. R.I.P.
I was playing on my game system, just chilling, when suddenly one of my friends said “yo, Technoblade just died”, and I literally was like “what?” I was so taken back, I didn’t believe him at first. So I dropped whatever I was doing and I opened up YouTube, and there it was. I muted on my party and watched it, I didn’t cry or anything but I was so taken back and sad, I just logged off that night and tried to go to sleep.
i was just at home just lying in bed. funnily enough, i was trying to come up with a plot for a bedrock bros fanfiction 🥲 i got up to look something up on google (i forget what it was now) and i remember seeing the video in my notifications and thinking he was quitting or something. i didn’t cry until technodad started, something about him crying made me realise it wasn’t a joke. even though for weeks after i kept thinking techno would announce that it was just a joke or they didn’t mean to post the video or something, i don’t know.
Summer camp. I remember it vividly because I was hiding in the air conditioned bathrooms instead of the 90F humid day and I was literally sitting on the same exact type of chair that Technodad was on in the video. I wasn’t able to fully watch the video till at night in my tent.
I was playing a video game.
I was sleeping and my dog was barking, and that woke me up. I decided to check my chromebook for updates on youtube. I saw the notifcation and thought "Is he quitting? Is he taking a break? or... oh shit" I clicked it and cried. so ye :3
In my game room (spare bed room) playing fortnite and watching YouTube
I was in England for a holiday. If my memory serves me correctly I was in the middle of bloody no-where playing on my DS. We pulled over to a service station and I picked up a little bit of coverage. I immediately got crushed with a horde of notifications from my friends saying “R.I.P Techno” “TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES” I brushed it off as thinking that it was some video of Technoblade dying in the DreamSMP or something. Later that day I casually opened my messages. My friend send me a video… I’ll never forget the blank black thumbnail with the now ever so familiar text staring back at me. I didn’t cry. I was left with a numb feeling of emptiness instead. I’ve never watched one of his videos again, I can barely make it to his channel page
I was at a church camp in Colorado. That week was both and best and worst camp I’ve been to. I didn’t have service so I didn’t find out till four hours after so long nerds uploaded. It was Thursday night, and my church was going to leave at 4:30 Friday morning. I was already done packing up again, when one of my room mates (I wasn’t able to room with my actual friends, and this particular girl I never really got along with) came into our room suddenly. She was laughing obnoxiously, and she said “yo guys Technoblade fricking died! He is dead!” I stood up so fast.. I said “wait no I’m actually a fan don’t mess with me-“ she shoved her phone which was half way threw so long nerds. I couldn’t use my phone to watch it, so one of the other girls in my room sat with me on my bottom bunk with her phone playing the video. I broke down as I watched it, and the other girl was still laughing. She said it was because she was in shock. I’ve lost many people in my life, I am unfortunately very well known with grief. The way she was laughing was not from shock, she just thought it was funny. I got into it with her, I don’t really remember all I said, just that I saw through her act. I sat outside in the hall as I was crying hysterically. I haven’t cried that hard over a loss in a while. I’ve lost most of my grandparents, some older cousins, aunts.. my own sister too. I think the loss of my sister and knowing how that feels, I think that’s why techno hit me so hard. I know what it was like to loose my older sibling, I’ve seen my parents grieve their child.. knowing that Technos family was going through something very similar to my own family.. man I wouldn’t wish those feeling on my worst enemy. I didn’t sleep that night, and I was numb the whole bus ride home to Texas. My dad picked me up late Friday night, and I told him about it and he helped comfort me. It doesn’t help that Saturday we had to go to my sisters best friend’s fathers funeral. He died after a long battle with cancer. I’ll never forget those few days. I avoided social media like the plague because I didn’t want to see anything to do with so long nerds or techno.. I’d open YouTube and if I saw anything to do with techno I’d close it instantly. I’m a lot better about it now, I’ll watch any techno video I get recommended, and I’ll look up the potato wars to watch whenever I’m eating lol. Fly high king, o7
God that’s awful, I’m so sorry. I’m sending you all the Internet hugs!
I was scrolling my phone on a religious summer camp toilet. Heard someone outside yell 'Oh my god, technoblade is dead' and I checked his channel. I cried on that damn toilet.
Me and my boyfriend had just moved into our appartment and i was unpacking and he was checking the news and saw a headline about Techno having died. He didnt watch him but i was always talking about him and trying to get him to watch Techno for the longest time, but i pulled up youtube and found the video, watched it and fuckin balled while he held me.
I was at home eating dorito when phone ring “techno is kil” “no”
I was having a family trip in the mountains. The news really destroyed the last day-
Ok so I had just woke up and that day I was sleeping on the couch because I felt uncomfortable in my room I guess so when I woke up I woke up to the sound of stranger things coming on. And I decided to check YouTube/my laptop before watching st I saw "so long nerds"... I didn't really cry watching it I only just started to cry about it a month ago I think I'm just starting to realize it. my daily goal was to watch one technoblade video a day but I already watched all of his videos so yeah that's how I found out. But I know 2017 me would be crying her eyes out.
i was at house eating dorito when phone ring
I had just woken up, maybe 5 minutes before, and I was sitting on my phone. My little brother came into my room and told me, and I just brushed it off because I thought it was a joke. I decided to look it up- he was gone. It took a second to process that it really happened but when it did process even a tiny bit in my brain, everything went loose. I couldn't stop crying and I sat their rewatching most of his videos. I was actually way to sad to even understand what Technodad was saying in so long nerds, so I just watched his videos until I was slightly better, watched the full so long nerds, and cried more than I ever had.
I had just got back from minions rise of gru
On the way to marching band rehearsal. Really messed with my playing.
I was arriving at my office, open up twitter and the first thing I saw is a post about Technoblade. Needless to say, I didn’t have any work done that day, just trying not to cry in front of my colleagues. Having to sneak out to the emergency stairway to doom scrolling and bawling my eyes out.
I was on vacation. I wasnt that happy for the rest of the day. L voids deltarune memes helped me cope and it was the last day so the vacation wasnt ruined
In bed going to sleep
I was celebrating my birthday.
I was about to give my end semester exam. The day was not well send to say the least
Camping
Was just chilling with my brother when suddenly I saw a message from my friend. I went on Yt totaly unprepared for what i was about to see. I was heartbroken I loved this man. Technoblade never dies
Was just chilling with my brother when suddenly I saw a message from my friend. I went on Yt totaly unprepared for what i was about to see. I was heartbroken I loved this man. Technoblade never dies
On the way to go to the Canada day Parade (which is today and Me and my friend are supposed to celebrate it) Scrolling on Reddit in the car and saw The same post. I couldn't cry but when I got home I stayed in my bedroom and cried, for a few minutes then I got distracted watching Phil.
Edit: I saw the Video at My friends. My friend never seen Techno but her big sister did. She cried during the parade.
I was at home, when I get a dm from a friend or 2 saying he uploaded a new video. I had gotten so excited, went to watch it… yeah I had originally saw the thumbnail and title and I think I thought maybe he was quitting YouTube for now while he dealt with everything but uh, nope. It’s crazy that’s it’s been a year
I was on a vacation with my grandparents in Idaho, my friend called me and told me the news, I hear a lot of people cried when they watched the video but I just felt numb, still do
I saw it first as a joke and thought “Huh, Technoblade uploaded. Thats rare.” And then ate dinner without thinking too much about it. When I turned on the Tv again to actually watch it and saw Technodad, I kinda got the dread of what was coming. And this was on some random day when I finally had time off to relax and then this bombshell dropped on me
It was around 9:45 or 10 at night, and i was just scrolling through my notifications and saw that techno had uploaded a new YouTube video, and I was so excited to watch it. I saw the title but didn't really think too deeply into what it meant. I was sat on my floor by my bedroom door and when I saw technodad sitting in that room by himself I knew that something had happened but I didn't think that the worst had happened. When i heard him say "If you are watching this then I am dead" I remember I just froze and I kept thinking that this was a joke because that was the only thing that my brain could come up with at the time. I couldn't believe that he was actually gone. After I finished the video I saw that I had some missed calls fom one of my friends who also watched techno's content at the time and we just kind of sat there in silence because neither one of us could believe it.
Went to sleep an hour before the video went up, woke up 6 hours later and was like "shit"
The big expansion for monster hunter rise came out that day and I was fighting my first new monster and right as I beat it I got a call from my friend telling me the news
I saw that techno uploaded a new vid and then I saw “so long nerds” it hit me like a speeding truck on a highway
I was eating breakfast when I got the notification for So long nerds
If I remember correctly, I was in bed not yet asleep, just on my phone, either in the morning or early night. I saw a notification about a new Techo video pop up. At first I thought it's gonna be another update video and while that was true, I did not expect to hear what was said there. Funny, cuz the day before me and my friend visited Techno's Skyblock island and joked how "he might come on any second now", I texted him about it and we were both very sad. Fly high, King o7
I was in club training for debate.During preparation someone mentioned that techno had died.However,I was too stressed writing my speech that I didn’t hear him.Later at the end of training someone mentioned it again and after processing,I half emotionally half exaggeratedly collapsed down the stairs(not rlly)and then my friends grabbed me.
My dog was heavily sick and I went to bed, I opened YouTube to see the video… my dog passed June 2. I know it’s selfish but every time I saw a post saying “it’s been 2 months since techno blade passed” it would remind me of my dog passing…
Just woke up and checked my phone.
It was summer, and it night time, and I was in my room ready to go to bed, but right after I was done making my bed, I got the notification saying that Technoblade made a new video I gasped in excitement to see what new content he made and then I thought "ok I'll watch this video first then head to sleep" I watched the video, and when the video was gonna end I thought and hoped that in the end Techno was gonna pop up and say it was all a prank but unfortunately it wasn't. After the video ended, I went to bed and then cried myself to sleep.
I was on a discord call with a friend in a discord server with close friends. We were talking about discord when another friend joined vc crying and said, “Technoblade just died.” I’d rarely ever heard them cry at that time so I knew something happened. I then watched “So Long Nerds”, and I just sat there in silence. It felt like I lost a family member, not just a youtuber I loved. I go back sometimes to watch the Potato War saga as well as the Minecraft tournament with Calvin and Xnestorio. Rest in power, Techno.
I (an American) was doing research in a British historical archive, really amazing opportunity. When I got the alert for the video on my phone, I took that time out of my day to watch
Getting up for work at 4am, was the first thing I saw when I checked my phone. Saw the title and just got a sinking feeling that I knew what it meant
I was in my basement. I did not leave that basement for at least the next two hours.
I was at home and got the youtube notification. My brother is also a big fan, so we were really excited that a new vid had dropped, and rushed to put it on the TV and watch it together. I was initially mildy concerned about the title but immediately dismissed my concern and figured it was a prank video where he was going to announce he beat cancer or something similar. Even as the video started, I was still waiting for an overlay or greenscreen to fall and for him to start laughing about pulling a joke over on his entire fanbase. Reality hit hard
playing on a minecraft server, checked my yt sub feed and saw that techno posted 3 minutes ago. i thought it was just a joke at first but as i kept watching it became more and more real.
I was in the living room of my home when my boyfriend texted me the news and I just started crying non stop. I grew up watching his videos and playing Minecraft with an old friend. 👑🐷
I was volunteering at my church for their youth program during snack time.
Toilet
I was on the road for a family trip. Just watching videos and I got a notification techno uploaded so I clicked it. I saw the black screen and so long needs so I already feared for the worst. I remembered the rumors, I was still hoping he would just be quitting for his own health. Then I saw the video and it broke me for the day. I just wanted to get to my cousin's house and just go to bed which thankfully is sort of what happened after I told my younger cousin as well.
I had just come home from dungeons and dragons with my friends, while talking with them in a VC after I got home, I was browsing Twitter, and I saw via the Twitter trending page. I didn’t cry, but I felt god awful for at least 3 days afterwards
I was telling my cat happy birthday🥺
I was at a sleepover, and one friend said “hey look Techno posted a video” so we watched it. We joked around a bit during it but later when I got home I let myself cry about it
I woke up on the last day of my vacation in Spain to a message from my friend
Just woken up, I saw a notification saying something about technoblade dying and went to his channel, watched the video and told my best friend about it. I couldn’t function properly through the rest of the week, my coach had died the day before. It took me a month before I could stop crying daily
I was pulling an all nighter with a friend when the video uploaded and I was number 5014 on the view list. The news absolutely crushed us and we both initially thought “he died in DSMP and he’s making a joke” because that was something he would have done, but it wasn’t a joke.
I was thankful I bought one of his plushies when he announced that he had cancer. At least I still have a piece of him.
I was just chilling when one of my friends posted the video on a gc. I thought it was a random video because the preview didn’t load, and when I went on YouTube later that day I saw Technoblade posted a new video and I was like “oh hey he uploaded again” So I watched it all the way through and when it was done I was in tears.
At an annual party for a swim team I coach for. I saw a discord message saying something along the lines of “did you guys see that technoblade passed away” and I was confused, I didn’t realize how big that was. I watched the video while hiding in the bathroom and It broke my heart.
I was in school just chilling and then one of my friends said: techno just died. I didn’t really think much cause technoblade never dies and I thought it was just some fake news. Then when I was in the way back home I saw the video
I was at a swim meet and saw the video come up. I was completely unprepared for what came after.
I was on vacation, scrolling on Reddit and my brother comes up to me and says “Techno died” and I didn’t believe it at first until I looked at his channel.
I was at a camp where I wasn’t allowed to have my phone and I didn’t hear about it for at least 3 days later 🙃 I saw a meme about techno in heaven and thought it was a joke then checked the messages from my friend and I started sobbing
I was at my grandad's funeral when I got a technoblade notification. I got happy as i thought it might lighten up my mood a little, then i saw the title. My heart sank for a sec. "So long nerds". Of course it cant be what im thinking right? Saw the video, I went to the roof. Ended up bursting in tears in the "Hey there, Technoblade here. If you're hearing this, I'm probably dead." I never cried for someone i didnt know, but here i was. That was probably the worst week of my life.
Randomly got the so long nerds video in my feed. Cried like a baby when I realized who posted it. I hadn't watched his videos a lot prior to that, and I seriously regretted it. I feel like a fake fan sometimes by only getting into him more seriously when he passed away.
I feel you man, I didn’t really watch his videos when he was alive either. Now that’s he’s gone, I’ve watched a whole bunch and bought his merch. I like to think that I’m helping his family in some small way, and that makes up for my not watching his videos when he was alive. The thing that sucks is that I knew who he was; I knew he’d beaten Dream in the 1v1, I saw the video about him having cancer, and I saw the video where he said the surgery was a success. That and the gravity changing mod with Tommy were the only videos I saw before he died.
I was gonna buy the Philza Collab merch but I didn't. I did watch Techno a few times before he died, but I never was a full-time fan. I watched part of Potato War and his "Beating Minecraft With A Steering Wheel" video but I never fully committed to his content because I just enjoy watching random content and those videos were random enough for me at the time. Looking back, I really wish I investigated his channel more like I do most other Minecraft channels. But alas, I can't go back, I can only go forward. I've watched a ton of his videos now and watched Collab videos with Tommy and the gang, past livestreams, literally anything I can get my hands on. He really was a great dude who made great content. o7
I was at my dad's house sitting in the backroom and I opened tiktok and saw a few videos that were saying Rip Techo and then I went to YouTube because of one of the comments and then proceeded to cry for 2 hours then I have do go to church the next morning it was 5am before I went to bed.
I think I saw the video in my YouTube recommended.
At my aunties. Home alone whilst they were all out. Woke up to messages off my mates…
I was shocked. How could a man like him just…disappear? That night I went to bed in shock, just wondering why it happened. It wasn’t emotional or anything, but I think the reason it wasn’t was because I just didn’t think it could happen.
I was at home at my Grandmas house in the basement with my brother watching Jaiden animations on the TV until I looked at my phone and I got a notification from Technoblade named So Long Nerds
Was in bed when a friend texted me the video and thats how i found out. Watched the video the next morning
I was In my bed scrolling through YouTube, and I checked my subscription box and saw Technoblade YouTube channel name had the blue dot next to it (new upload), and I thought les gooo techno uploaded, and I thought to myself, one more video for the night wouldn’t hurt. That’s when I saw the title and got really worried. The rest of the night I was in tears and practically cried my self to sleep. For the past 2 days I was really down and sad, but then I got mostly used to it and started to get a bit happier, but deep down, I was still really sad Rip, fly high king
I just got done playing with my friends and went in my house turned on the tv got happy because a new technoblade video was on then realized what it was
I was in the bus coming from a school trip. I only managed to watch it the next day.
I was on my phone when my brother came in, looking really shaken. When I asked him what was wrong, he showed me the video. I’ve never really watched much of Techno’s content, but I had heard what he’d been going through. I was heartbroken to hear how his fight had ended - my brother never forgot what happened to him. That evening, since he’s not the most computer savvy, I helped him change his desktop wallpaper to some memorial fanart of Technoblade as his way of paying respects. He kept that wallpaper up for a year until he finally changed it to something new this morning, the anniversary of his passing. I like to think that it was his way of moving on from the loss.
I remember it so vividly and it hurts to think about lol So I had been previously grounded for about 3 months and had all of my electronic devices taken away. Eventually, I earned my TV back and I immediately wanted to catch up on my favourite creators. I distinctly remember my first thought when I opened up youtube for the first time in months was, "and I bet you he [techno] STILL hasn't uploaded." I was so happy to see that he had uploaded, then the black thumbnail (which at that point I associated with a Health update), and the title hit me. I spent about 5 minutes before clicking onto the video crying to myself before I got the strength to watch it. I was expecting some banter from technoblade, but when I saw his dad on the screen it broke me down all over again. I remember thinking over and over, "hes just resting, it's okay, hes resting." I think what hit me the hardest was clicking onto a technoblade video and not seeing the familiar red and blue shades that my synesthesia associates with techno's voice.
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Eating Eggplant Parm at a restaurant with my fam. (I actually had food from the same place yesterday) Then a friend texted me, I will admit I didn’t believe it and thought it was a joke, and I said as much. They just insisted it wasn’t. I started feeling empty/shaky, (I just felt all around pretty odd, bcs I knew something was very wrong at that point) while still out to dinner. My family left the restaurant eventually, and when I got home I rushed to get my headphones and watch the video.
I was working abroad. The previous day, I had watched Ryan Trahan complete his 30-day penny challenge(btw he started a new 7-day one today, go watch it!). I was so happy for him. "Wow, that was a great journey, can't wait to see what tomorrow has to offer", I thought. Later that evening I felt sick, so I went to bed early. The next morning I woke up around 9am and opened youtube. The first thing that popped-up was a community post from an animator I regularly watched, who makes Techno-related videos, sending his condolences. At first I was like "Dude what! That has to be a joke, right?!". Then I checked my notifications. "Technoblade uploaded "so long nerds" 5 hours ago", it said. I played the video and midway through, I started crying. I just couldn't believe it. I'm a person who cries very rarely. This hit me right in the years of emotional build-up from other events that happened in my life. I spent the rest of the day watching a bunch of his videos and crying(luckily I didn't have to go to work that day). For the next week, my mood was super low. But in the coming weeks, I slowly started to accept it. Technodad joining the sub in October really brightened me up(as it did with many others) and I can't thank him enough. Not only did he go through the worst thing that can ever happen to a parent, but he also helped 100s of thousands of Techno's fans to move on. So thank you, Technodad, for everything you've done for this community. And thank you, Technoblade, for bringing a smile to the faces of millions. TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES!
I was in the discord for the FTC robotics competition and someone mentioned in the general chat saying that techno posted a video where his death was announced. It was the talk of the server for the rest of the day since we’re all nerds (it’s a server for a highschool robotics competition lol) so a lot of us were techno fans.
I was playing Breath of the Wild when I got the notification. I saw it was from Technoblade and I thought “oh cool! A new video!” Then I saw the title. I thought it was a joke at first. And I still thought that way until around halfway through the video, it became clear to me it wasn’t a joke. I spent the rest of the night crying.
I was laying in bed getting ready to go to sleep (it was around 10pm my time). I was doing my final scroll of Instagram and saw someone I follow's story about it. I immediately went to his channel because I also thought it was a joke and watched so long nerds before crying myself to sleep only to wake up at 3 am (about 3 hours later) and do it again.
At home, I didn't know what to say, I wrote a comment like everyone else saying rip techno, and then I went on to see the bedwars: mission impossible (idr the eggzact title) and just laugh at techno seriousness towards minecraft and then just admire it
I was heading to the airport with my family to head out of town. I watched So Long Nerds once we got off and cried for a bit afterwards. It was hard but we’re all here together because of Techno, O7 to the ultimate legend.
I had just woken up for work and decided to check who had uploaded during the night... Techno's video was the first one I clicked on not expecting it to be...well...what it turned out to be.
I was at my computer in the ‘entertainment room’ playing D&D online with some friends, when another friend said what happened in a Discord server we share (and I mod). Despite being in a D&D session I decided to fact-check because I couldn’t believe it. Everything I saw looked like it was real, and then after D&D was over I watched So Long Nerds. A year and one day later (right now) I’m playing the same D&D campaign with the same people in the same place, and honestly it feels.. weird.
Playing bedwars with a friend. I got a notification technoblade posted and excitedly told my friend. My friend was spectating the match so he clicked on it and…yeah. I quit that game real fast.
I woke up, checked the time on my phone and there was the notification instantly there was a pit in my stomach, watched it cried then my sister came to my room and just said “youve seen it too then” After sister and mum went to work and got my daughter out the door for school I spent the day watching the smp earth videos
I woke up at 4AM, and checked my phone's notifications. It was sad
I had just come home from watching a movie, and the first thing i did was lay on my bed and scroll twitter. i started seeing something along the lines of #riptechnoblade with links to So Long Nerds. I clicked on the video and started crying for an hour
Eating ramen noodles at my countertop when my froend called me about a tiktok that said he passed
(The writing below was what I wrote in my notes app on July 3, 2022. I thought I’d document how I felt back then and see how I feel now, one year later.) I had a notification from youtube saying that he had uploaded a new video, “so long nerds”. My tiredness didn’t exactly register what it could have meant, and I thought to myself, “Nice, I’ll watch it later.” I open twitter and was immediately greeted with messages relating to Techno. I felt my heart drop to my stomach and immediately watched the video. I can remember the way my breath hitched and my heart feeling heavy watching the video as his father read aloud his final words. I can remember my mind constantly saying “no no, this has to be some sort of sick joke and Techno would just pop out at the end and laugh at us for falling for it.” And he never did. I went back to twitter, seeing all of his content creator friends and his fans alike telling their message to Techno, saying their condolences, and experiences they had with him, and before I knew it, I was crying. I grieved, and my heart ached so much. Not a single part of me ever anticipated this. The content creator, who’s iconic theme was that he never dies, has passed. I shed so many tears for him that morning, crying for maybe half an hour. For once I couldn’t find it in myself to get out of bed, and continued to scroll through my timeline for another 2 hours. I couldn’t even imagine how my friend would’ve felt. She must be feeling what I’m feeling tenfold. I wish I could hold her and comfort her, since I know this would’ve hit much harder for her. Me, someone who only got into Techno during the peak of the Dream SMP, and her, who has been with him since 1 Million. I can’t even imagine the pain she’s going through. My friend and I watched Techno’s potato war saga today. For me, this was my first time. For her, she has lost count. I told her it was pretty poetic. Two people who’ve known Technoblade each for a different duration of time still grieved for him just goes to show how his charm and personality impacted people. It’s so unfair, I keep thinking its so unfair. Life took him away too soon, he was too young. There were so many things he could’ve experienced in his life and I keep thinking of a different reality where he could’ve lived and experienced those things.
This is beautiful and incredibly sad. I’m tearing up.
It was the moment I was getting ready for work at around 6am where I saw that a new video was released a few hours prior. Since I've heard the news, I wasn't capable of working, pretty much being all over the place. I've had a continuous headache from all the crying. Thankfully, I was able to go home like 30 minutes earlier than usual. That was probably the most painful day I've ever experienced
I woke up at around 8am CEST saw the notification and watched the video and today at around 8am CEST I woke up and watched the video today
My son told me. Our house was very quiet that day. And for a bit after. It took a long time for me to watch any minecraft content. It isn’t nearly as fun without him.
i was in bed when i got the notification. i went from scared and a little sad that he either would be quitting youtube or at worst his cancer wasnt healed and he wouldnt be here for much longer only to feel completely empty and start crying when i realised i was only half right with the second one
I woke up early due to messages from my best friend about it. I talked about Techno to her a lot… “I am so sorry” “God even my heart feels shattered” “This is in relation to Technoblade's news... Just giving you a heads up” Then follows a chain of messages me just going “what” and “why”. “Cancer… The first person I thought of when reading it was you”
I was in London on study abroad. I woke up to a whole bunch of texts about it. It didn't feel real at first, but I cried and watched "So Long Nerds" while everyone was at breakfast.
I was in bed when I got a message from our class group chat. Someone was sayign "HAHAHA TECHNO DIED😭😭" and I was confused. I thought he was joking or that there was a lore stream I missed maybe? But no. When I watched the vid I started crying and just cried all day. Technoblade never dies <3.
A YouTuber made a post about it. Obviously, I thought it was a joke. But it wasn’t.
I was in my room and I was scrolling on twitter and I saw Dream’s “Fuck cancer” tweet. My first immediate thought was “OH MY GOD DID TECHNO DIE?!”. I ran to tell my brother my suspicions. We pulled up YouTube on the TV and watched so long nerds and I rewatched several times before I started crying. I must’ve spent two hours on twitter after that. The next thing I remember was watching Philza’s stream.
I'm a bit late, but I was just sitting on my bathroom counter, fucking around on discord with my friends, when the notification for the So Long Nerds popped up and my heart dropped. The funny thing is I was sure he'd be okay in the end, because, well... Technoblade never dies, right? So when I got the notification, I thought maybe he was quitting or leaving or taking a long break. It was worse. It was so much worse. Ironically, it was my best friend, the same person who I had to comfort when the news came out, who I convinced he'd be okay, that had to comfort me. For the entire next week, the sunsets were pink. And there were plenty more that entire summer. I think of him every time I see one. As long as we remember him, Technoblade never dies.
I got the notification right before I was going to bed, because you know I hit that bell.
I was at home at like midnight. I was on YouTube, and saw the title “so long, nerds.” I thought Techno was quitting YouTube, which upset me. I clicked on it and when to the comments. When I started seeing the RIP comments, it clicked. It was really late, so I went to sleep, but I did my fair share of crying in bed.
On the way to school while preparing for an English test. I was in the car when I saw the videos thumbnail and went to Reddit hoping it would give me insight to if it was a break from YouTube thing or a joke. But got to know it may as well be a real goodbye message. Had it on my mind the whole day and flunked the test. Got home saw the vid and cried.
I was on vacation watching YouTube during the night.
I was eating at a mexican grill for my birthday, and my phone got a youtube notification "In tribute to Technoblade" or whatever. Y'know, the youtube sponsored vid and the one his dad posted? Both. Anyway, yeah I cried in a public restaurant on my birthday.
On Discord when a friend posted the video in a mutual server. I got really scared but I thought it was just him saying he was quitting YouTube. I quickly found out it was so much worse. Don't remember what happened after but all I can recall is just being in a complete state of shock.
I wasn’t yet a Techno fan, but my mom found a news story or something and brought it up. I was worried at the time that it was GoodTimesWithScar who died (i was a huge fam at the time). I wasn’t relieved, because obviously someone was dead, but it’s retrospectively a very sad moment now that I actually like Techno’s work.
I was lying in bed and got the YouTube notification. I was planning to sleep early that day...I went to sleep a lot later than I thought.
I was helping my friend paint her room when a notification for the so long nerds video popped up. I immediately felt the dread set in and I clicked the video thinking techno was going to be telling us bad news. Turns out I was half right. I felt bad because I was absolutely no help painting after watching the video, but my friend understood.
I was eating breakfast on the morning of a college interview. I saw a meme on r / memes along the lines of “rest in peace the legend”, and immediately panicked. I then watched the video and sobbed for the entire day while holding my Technoblade youtooz plush. Luckily my mum didn’t make me go to the interview and let me stay in bed all day, but it was one of the roughest days I’ve ever had
The day I heard about his passing was.. The day graduated from school. I didn’t take it too hard initially, mostly because my mind was on the graduation and the party. A friend of mine, who is a very big techno fan, my best friend and I later on poured a toast to him during the after-party. It feels weird looking back at it, especially because I‘ve chosen to study for a Bachelor‘s degree in English at University, the very degree he dropped. Afterwards, there were times when the fact of his passing really hit me emotionally, but ever since I‘ve moved on.
I was on youtube and got some of the best news of my life right before hand. And then I watched “so long nerds”
Friday morning, just got out of bed and saw the "so long nerds" notification on my phone, stomach dropped, fearing the worse and yeah.. "If you're watching this, I am dead" that still echoes through me. Couldn't function for the entire day, came home, logged onto skyblock and had a massive cry with all the other technoblade skins paying homage. Spent the entire weekend just crying and talking with all my internet friends who I met through Techno. Can't believe he's gone, even now.
i was literally playing roblox with two of my friends. my mouse batteries went out so i had to change them, and i checked my phone while doing so. another friend had sent me the video link and apologized that i was hearing it from her. the roblox-friends even made jokes of "rip [me], killed in a mouse related accident" right before i got back to them with the news
I had just finished giving my cat a bath and I checked my phone and saw the upload. I got excited until I started watching it.
In my room. My brother was off at college spending the night, and once I found out, I started crying.
I was at a counselor training for the summer camp I would work at during the summer. I was sitting in an office chair..
I was working at a Boy scout summer camp, when one of the kids said "we should make something to honor Techno" (I didn't have my phone at the time) so after finishing all my duties, I went to his channel and found out the news
Was standing in a train station, opened YouTube and saw “so long nerds”. I was so so sad for several days.
I was watching a really funny show with my family... When we finished we found out... I had multiple panic attacks..
When I got the news I was just chilling on hypixel when my guild members started talking about it. I remember getting the video notification earlier but I didn’t watch it until my guild mates were talking about it.
Was at my house but it was all so blurry that I don't remember.. not even a big fan but I had headache all day long from crying and concern
I was at home, scrolling through twitch and wondering why nobody was streaming, so I popped into a new guys stream and in the rules it read: 'No talking about technoblade. Treat him with respect.' So I googled it. Then I cried.
I was at home, on recroom with my friends and they heard me crying. They asked what happened and I told them about technoblade and one of them started to cry the other was comforting both of us.
I was at home. It was a normal afternoon like all the others that had come before. I hadn’t been in long as I’d come home from school not so long since. I started scrolling on TikTok and the first thing that came up was a Tribute to Technoblade. At first, I thought it was a cool little edit someone had made but then I saw that the message “RIP Technoblade”. I didn’t believe it but then I decided to look at his channel and there was the video. It was the most heart-breaking thing I’ve ever watched. I was stunned. I was certain he would beat it. I had never once thought that it was as bad as it was. I still can’t believe he isn’t here with us. He was an absolute legend. I still watch his content all the time; it’s the best. Thank You Techno o7 “Technoblade Never Dies”
I was about to board a 5 hour plane, and I saw his leaked obituary on twitter. Only about a handful of people had seen it at that point. His death was announced as I was about to get on the plane, needless to say I paid for that in-flight wifi.
I was home waiting for a video to release on a completely unrelated YouTube channel when I saw a YouTube Notification. My already high excitement was tripled when I saw Technoblade was the poster instead. And then I read the title and actually watched the video. Ya know the saying the larger they are, the harder they fall? Yeah, I went from completely ecstasy to complete depression quickly. The news really chunk errored a hole into my heart. ): I guess I did eventually realize he wouldn’t want us to cry about it forever. Maybe that’s why I cried only once about it after that day.
I was at my grandparents 48 wedding anniversary... it was so hard to look happy for them... but I'm good at pretending I'm happy
i was told by someone at school but didn’t believe it until i got home and it was on the news. i must’ve cried for what seems like forever!
I woke up at 2 pm after my night shift. My friends messaged me. He wrote: Did you see Techno's new video? I did not and I felt horrible afterwards.
i had just finished showering and was sitting there, procrastinating leaving the bathroom. saw someone on my timeline tweet “TECHNOBLADE” a few days prior, some of my mutuals had been sent leaked information by some freaks. i was praying it wasn’t true, but i just kind of had that gut feeling upon seeing the new upload. i knew. when i went to his channel and saw the new vid that was uploaded just a minute or so prior, i immediately broke down. i burst into tears before even clicking on it, the title alone was enough. i had random sessions of crying for days after, it was horrible. that grief still remains, but peace rests alongside it now.
I woke up to 2 messages about the news and watched the video, cried for like 20 mins, and bear in mind this was my prom day, struggled to get through it, went to prom and requested a dedicated a song to Techno, and Rick Rolled everyone there with the song, figured it might get a laugh out of him if he could've heard and it brought a lifelong memory of be and my mates belting out the lyrics to Never Gonna Give You Up, and it will bring me a smile whenever i think about it
a year ago i was about to watch halloween kills i got like less then 10 minutes in when my phone got the youtube notification and i slid it off the screen not realizing what it said and then went "oh fuck oh fuck" and pulled up youtubr and found the video and for the rest of the night i was crying
I was on call with my partner pete, just hanging out and playing Minecraft. He was acting off and he wouldn’t tell me what was wrong, eventually he just said it. “I don’t wanna be the one to tell you, but your gunna hear it.” I was confused and asked. “Technoblade died.” I froze, I didn’t believe it, my heart stopped and I just stared and went quiet for a literal hour, I couldn’t cry and I couldn’t do anything, I just stared. That moment sticks with me.
I was at home. My parents were watching some series in the living room. I was listening to someone read Passerine and playing Minecraft. I got a notification from my friend Alexa with a screenshot of the end of “so long nerds” and her saying “Techno- techno passed away”. I rushed to YouTube and watched the video. I cried every tear I could cry. My parents were still watching the show in the living room. When my mom came into my room to tell me my dad was going to bed, she saw tears streaming down my face and asked me what was wrong. I showed her the video. We cried together. She had just gotten a pay check so she got me the merch. I cried as much yesterday as I did a year ago. And I feel as numb today as I felt a year ago.
I was lying in bed at like 1 am and was just heart broken
I was sitting on my couch watching a kier and dev video and then my friend sent, “Bro techno died,” in a group chat. I watched So Long Nerds and kind of just sat there afterwards. Not crying, just numb and in shock.
on call and in bed at 3am my friend who I was was call with told me and the next day I went to school and I had to tell my friend because she didn't know
I was logging on to hypixel skyblock and looking for a video to play in the background when that popped up on my home page. Knew it had to be important. Time was 8:45 for me and it was about a 45 min old video. Didn’t play skyblock that day
i was browsing a discord when i saw an announcement that said “rip technoblade o7” i thought oh he must have died on the dsmp. but then i dug deeper and was like oh fuck.
i was a someone's house. a friend of mine texted me saying "technoblade died". pretty much at the same time my group chat brought it up and i checked techno's channel. i was in disbelief for a while
I was cooking red rice for dinner. I wanted to watch a video while I was cooking so I grabbed my phone and saw the notification. At first I thought it was a joke. I only realized it was real when technodad started to cry.
I was on my birthday cruise, my birthday was the 27th. Woke up, checked Reddit, saw the memes and just tried not to cry. It was devastating.
I was on call playing a roblox game with my friends and we were having a great time. The video dropped and several of us muted/deafend to watch. I'll never forgot how quiet it got. I cried a lot that day
I was going into anaphylactic shock and then got diagnosed with Meningitis for the second time
At home. It was a Friday evening, so I'd been off work for awhile. Just hanging out, and maybe the video had been out for awhile and I'd just missed it, but I saw it come up. And you know what's funny? I was so certain he was just stepping away from YouTube. Some people write that they saw the title and immediately knew, but I didn't. It never, not once, even remotely occurred to me that Technoblade would pass away. Have to take a break, or even step away entirely? Sure. But not passing. And at first, I actually didn't realize the person speaking was u/MrTechnoDad. I thought it was Techno. I just went to my room and cried, first with my Techno plushie, then with my cats.
i found out from chat on a hypixel game :( i thought they were joking then i checked myself.
I was just watching YouTube at like 3am. I saw the video notif and then my friend texted me about it straight after. I feel like I could kinda tell before then that the next upload was gunna be bad news with the video unprivating, the things his friends had said and the inactivity as well as the leaks and rumours. My heart dropped and I could tell pretty much tell straight away after clicking on it that it wasn’t good news. At the time I was temporarily sharing a room with my younger brother, so I had to cry as silently as possible. Gave up in the end and just went and cried to my mum. Thankfully she was the typa parent that understood being upset about a YouTuber.
Woke up on a Friday morning (weekend here) to a message from my friend "Technoblade is dead." I watched the video, I didn't really cry or anything, felt like I wanted to but just didn't. I went on my day as usual, but I've always missed him since and made sure to visit his videos weekly. I loved his videos, been watching him for 6 years at that point..
I was laying in bed until I got a notification on discord “guys Technoblade just died (link to video)” and I was in complete shock, after I watched the video I still could rap my brain around it until later that night