Technoblade

Alexander "Alex" † (June 1, 1999 - June 2022 [aged 23]),https://clips.twitch.tv/BusyRelatedYamDansGame-qz4-h10Dvz9Cgimjhttps://youtu.be/-ClMro1hrXk?t=504 better known online as Technoblade (or simply Techno), was an American gaming YouTuber known for his Minecraft content and collaborations with other YouTubers and Twitch streamers. He was a member of the Minecraft server Dream SMP and had a friendly rivalry with Dream.
== About ==
Technoblade created the majority of his videos on the Minecraft server Hypixel. The time range between his video uploads was usually a week to a month, though he had tried (and failed) to do daily episodes. He also streamed Minecraft content live on YouTube, playing on the popular Minecraft server Hypixel, Minecraft Mondays, MC Championship, SMP Earth, Minecraft Story Mode, Party Games and the Dream SMP. He was part of Sleepyboisinc along with Wilbur Soot, Ph1LzA and TommyInnit and had been nicknamed "The Blade" by TommyInnit.
In the past, Technoblade mostly uploaded Blitz Survival Games. His 500th episode special, titled "Ultimate Hunger Games," was his most-viewed video before he gained more popularity. He had also made older videos of him doing things like cooking and green screen content showing his YouTube awards.
Technoblade was well-known throughout the Minecraft community for his skill in PVP (player-versus-player) combat. He earned the [PIG+++] rank on Hypixel for winning the Minecraft Monday tournament four times, more than any other YouTuber. He collaborated numerous times with other famous YouTubers, which many had been through Minecraft Monday, some of whom were teammates during the said event.
In late November 2019, he joined a Minecraft server named SMP Earth, a Factions server where an assortment of YouTubers plays survival on a 3000:1 recreation of the Earth. Technoblade also began streaming different games aside from Minecraft, such as the popular Minecraft spin-off "Minecraft Story Mode", and "Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord", which consists of 5 streams as of June 15. During the Potato War, Technoblade made multiple alternative Minecraft accounts such as Asiyn, Whitelisted, Whitelisted 2, PommesDeTerre, NoHaxCanJustFly, Ender_Gamer09 and BizarreZzz.
Technoblade also played Hypixel's version of Skyblock, which often featured his friends and co-op members, such as Jiyn, TimeDeo and xHascox. Technoblade made an entire series of Hypixel Skyblock and was well-known for being "the fastest man in skyblock," as well as for his three-part Potato War saga in which he fought user Im_a_squid_kid for the #1 potato rank.
== Personal life ==
Technoblade was born on June 1, 1999,https://twitter.com/Technothepig/status/1134836104157249536https://twitter.com/Technothepig/status/1002445721449009152https://twitter.com/Technothepig/status/870196406513836032 and lived in San Francisco, California.https://twitter.com/Technothepig/status/1215312829441433600 He had three younger sisters and a brother named Chris. Technoblade had made a reference to a younger brother, although it is unclear if he was talking about Chris or if he had another brother.Technoblade referring to a younger brother He also had a small dog named Floof.https://youtu.be/kHLMUkgEo_k?t=11
Technoblade took fencing classes while in middle school. He resided in California for most of the beginning of his YouTube career, attending and graduating high school in the state. In the middle of 2018, after his gap year, Technoblade moved to and enrolled in the as an creative writing majorhttps://www.reddit.com/r/Technoblade/comments/yzjnwm/comment/ix278auhttps://dailyiowan.com/2023/04/30/technoblade-never-dies-former-university-of-iowa-student-and-youtuber-remembered-after-death/ for over a year before moving back to San Francisco after dropping out. He said in one of his Q&A videos from 2016 that his parents were divorced.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFwPe3qcihA&t=261s Up until the end of his life, Technoblade lived with his father, as revealed in a stream when he forgot to mute his microphone.Technoblade's father speaking to him on stream It was also revealed that his father owns a film studio.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCbD7BYPqoM
In Dream's stream, Remembering Technoblade, Techno's dad talked about his family, making clear that Techno was the oldest among his siblings, which would prove that Chris is his younger brother, and that Techno's oldest sister is around two years younger than him.
Techno made multiple references in his commentary videos and tweets about having ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). His ADHD was also confirmed on a Hypixel Forum post from September 27, 2014.Technoblade confirming he has ADHD
Techno never did an official "face reveal". However, his face has been visible in his 100,000 subscriber special video, in the "Cooking with Technoblade" videos, and at the end of his "playing minecraft hardcore with a steering wheel" stream. He was an agnostic atheist.https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgzvHV_ZkbAKKXcLyd14AaABCQ
=== Cancer diagnosis ===
On August 27, 2021, Technoblade uploaded a video titled "where I've been", in which he revealed that he had been diagnosed with sarcoma, a rare bone and soft tissue cancer, in early August after feeling severe pain and swelling in his right arm. The cancer was detected early by doctors, and Techno focused on getting chemotherapy treatments. Later in the video, he urged his viewers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and take necessary precautions since he was now immunocompromised and at higher risk. Since his announcement, he has received support from many content creators Dream, DanTDM, CaptainSparklez, and other members of the Dream SMPhttps://www.dexerto.com/minecraft/minecraft-youtuber-technoblade-reveals-cancer-diagnosis-after-2-month-hiatus-1640732/, as well as from Roblox YouTubers KreekCraft, HelloItsVG and Ryguyrocky as they used to be Minecraft YouTubers or watch him. Following his announcement, the hashtag #TechnoSupport soon trended on Twitter and other social media platforms for a couple of days.
In the following MC Championship, in which Technoblade did not participate, Dream decided to match every point his team got and donated that amount in dollars to cancer research. Dream was able to raise roughly $21,000 for cancer research. Before the event started, Skeppy, Awesamdude, Finnster, TapL and Grian agreed to individually donate whatever Dream donated as well. Between the five of them, roughly $105,000 ended up being donated. The Aqua Axolotls (Antfrost, Fundy, Tubbo and 5up) agreed to donate $50 every time they swear. The week after his diagnosis, he posted a Sleepyboisinc video.https://youtu.be/oURjAOHF9HY The existence of an unedited video featuring him, Wilbur, Phil and Tommy had been alluded to on Twitter by some of the four before. Phil later confirmed on his Twitter that the video was recorded long before the cancer diagnosis.https://twitter.com/Ph1LzA/status/1433868301093019649 After that point, he only streamed or uploaded/recorded whenever he had the strength between chemotherapy sessions, and managed to do two lore-streams on the Dream SMP: one on his prison escape, and the other on him Jailbreaking Dream, ConnorEatsPants and Ranboo.https://youtu.be/dWlS7QElgx0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WILFUrBhppA&t=4325s He also streamed his attempt to beat Minecraft with viewers controlling the game, with viewers donating various awards to aid or prohibit him, and the stream raised roughly $322,900 for sarcoma research.
Additionally (though unrelated), the day he shared his diagnosis was the same day his channel finally surpassed one billion video views, making him one of just over 200 channels to have achieved that milestone.
==== Surgery and Temporary Recovery ====
On December 23, 2021, he made an update video with the ominous title "I Almost Became An Amputee". He said that he had scheduled to have his tumor removed in a surgery in October, but his doctors said that they would have to amputate his right arm, and it may have already been too late. After many referrals, the doctors told Technoblade that he could have a limb salvage procedure, in which the doctors would remove some of his bones and muscles, but they would also take out the tumor that caused his cancer in the first place. The second and more painful option would be a full amputation of his right arm. However, the amputation was said to increase his survival rate no further than the limb salvage procedure. They signed him up for a procedure but told him he had to wait for two weeks because the plastic surgeons were busy.
The surgery went quite well, despite Technoblade being in immense pain the week following. They did have to take a few muscles out of his left leg, rendering it inanimate, but the muscle was used to replace the muscle in the shoulder. They also had to take out his right clavicle, leaving him with 205 bones, which he joked advanced him beyond mortal levels. He also joked that his upper body strength was "steamrollered" so he would have to cancel his unannounced boxing match with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. 
==== Minecrafters vs Cancer ====
On February 1, 2022, he announced the start of the Minecrafters vs. Cancer fundraising event, which was also a response to his cancer battle. Multiple creators joined in by adding the fundraiser to all their videos, while Techno also posted the fundraiser on his streams.
==== Death ====
Technoblade died on an unspecified day, from cancer.
===== Announcement =====
258x258|thumb|The video uploaded by his family in which they announced his death.
On June 30, 2022, a video was uploaded to Technoblade's channel titled "so long nerds", in which his death was announced by his father, along with a short script written by Technoblade approximately 8 hours before dying, with a slideshow of a few pictures of him.so long nerds He said this in a message:
===== Aftermath, tributes, and controversies =====
Shortly after his death was publicly announced and made headlines on the news, Dream and other members of the Dream SMP expressed their condolences, support, and admiration for him online, as well as the co-founder of Hypixel (Simon Collins-Laflamme), owner of SpaceX and Tesla, Elon Musk, and many more. YouTube Gaming tweeted its condolences to his family, friends, and fans following the release of the video. Minecraft also tweeted its condolences, as well as adding a tribute to him by adding a crown to the pig in the Minecraft: Java Edition launcher, in reference to Technoblade's in-game Minecraft skin and channel branding. They later added a splash text in tribute to Technoblade, with the text reading "Technoblade never dies!" on both Bedrock and Java Editions, after his fans have petitioned his quote to be added on Minecraft. On August 20, 2022, TommyInnit stated that he and the SMP's members already knew about it earlier, from a phone call with Dream a week before the video got released.
In the weeks following Technoblade's death, hundreds of YouTubers released videos as tribute, with many of them continuing the spirit of the Minecrafters vs Cancer initiative by making their video a fundraiser for the Sarcoma Foundation of America. Roblox YouTuber and MC Championship Pride 21 winner KreekCraft, added a fundraiser on his ExplorerElizabeth Livestream, and donated all of the stream's Channel Memberships and Superchats to it at the end of his stream. The tribute video released by animator SAD-ist, using the opening speech from Techno's Hypixel Skyblock video, likewise has a Sarcoma Foundation fundraiser.
In mid-October 2022, Technoblade's father and Dream made a livestream, titled "Remembering Technoblade", which is on Dream's channel, although it is now unlisted, and the stream was also a fundraiser for Sarcoma Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to cancer research.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75gRb0a5yY
In late October 2022, to honor the 9th anniversary of the launch date of Technoblade's YouTube channel, which was on October 29, 2013, YouTube themselves uploaded a tribute video for Technoblade titled "Technoblade Never Dies", with the title being based on his iconic quote. In that video, a female narrator from the YouTube team explains the life of Technoblade on YouTube. Moreover, if someone searches up "technoblade" on YouTube, under the search bar, there would be a prompt saying "Did you mean: technoblade never dies", in honor of Technoblade. Around the same timeframe, MrBeast uploaded a challenge video titled 100 Youtuber Minecraft Battle Royale!, which was recorded about a month prior to Technoblade's death. MrBeast contacted Technoblade's father regarding when to upload it, and Technoblade's father agreed for MrBeast to upload it around the anniversary of the launch date of the Technoblade channel.
== Minecraft accounts ==
=== Minecraft Java ===
His account name was "Technoblade", and he mainly played on Hypixel (Skywars/Bedwars). He competed in Minecraft Mondays and MC Championship. He also owned the accounts Whitelisted, BizzarreZz, PommesDeTerre and Whitelisted2 (latter known as MrBeastGoon27) as shown in his Great Potato War videos, qqng, shown in his "bedwars youtube event w/ AciDic BliTzz, Mydoeza, ShadowApples, a lot of people really" video, as well as coolperson147, as mentioned in his “The art of a balanced breakfast - survival games montage” video. His account "Whitelisted" was originally created for a joke.Origin of Technoblade's account "Whitelisted" Technoblade also owned the accounts Technogrenade, used in "Alt Account! - Solo Skywars #12" back in 2016, and SuspicousPIgman.
== History ==
=== StudioLore and Derp Squad ===
Before the creation of his main YouTube channel, "Technoblade", he had another channel named "StudioLore", in which he posted a relatively small amount of irregular low-quality Team Fortress 2 videos and one Roblox Sword Fight On The Heights video. In his time on this channel, he accumulated around 50 subscribers. Technoblade was around 10 years old when he started publishing videos on this channel. He mentioned this older channel in his 1 million subscriber's special video and talked about it in detail.
Technoblade's first Minecraft content was posted on another channel, named "Derp Squad". The channel seems to have been created specifically for collaborations with his brother but was abandoned when the "Technoblade" channel was made. All videos on this channel were uploaded in August 2013, about a month after the StudioLore channel went inactive and roughly two months before the creation of the "Technoblade" channel.
=== Motivation ===
In Technoblade's video "the quest for the [PIG] rank", he says that he created the channel for the sole purpose of being confident and getting 10 million subscribers. But, when he met someone with the 3-coloured [McProHosting] rank on the Hypixel servers, he quickly decided that he "needed to get an even cooler rank". Technoblade came up with the idea to have a uniquely colored rank called the [PIG] rank. When he tweeted Hypixel how many subscribers he would need to acquire this rank, Hypixel responded with 10 million.
This was apparently "all part of his master plan" and supposedly increased his motivation to tryhard his YouTube career even more than usual. Despite not having reached 10 million subscribers at the time, he still gained the [PIG], [PIG+], [PIG++], and [PIG+++] ranks after Hypixel donated in his Minecraft Monday stream, stating that he would get [PIG] rank if he'd win the tournament. Following that victory, another plus sign would be added to his rank with each extra win in the event. The [PIG+++……] later became a meme and an inside joke among his audience.
=== Dream SMP ===
Technoblade joined the Dream SMP on September 23, 2020. He coined himself an Anarchist and was convinced by TommyInnit and Wilbur Soot to help them overthrow the corrupt government of the nation of L'Manburg, led by jschlatt and Quackity. However, when Tommy's side thought the war was over, Wilbur pressed a button that set off loads of buried TNT, which destroyed a large part of L'Manburg. 
When Tommy tried to organize a new government to take control, Technoblade turned against them as he wanted a society without any governments, and he and Dream went on a killing spree. He was banished from L'Manburg and retired to a faraway land, putting his dreams of anarchy across the server on hold but secretly preparing for the next war. He later found the now-banished TommyInnit squatting in his house. Tommy was hiding from Dream and wanted Technoblade's help to get back some Music Discs that had sentimental value to him. When the new L'Manburg government sent a hit squad after Technoblade, Techno decided to end his retirement, teaming up with Dream to destroy L'Manburg once and for all. TommyInnit, who wasn't willing to go that far, betrayed Techno and joined the other side, but Technoblade and Dream pulled off their plan and annihilated the city. Shortly after the war, Technoblade allied with Ranboo, Niki Nihachu, and Ph1LzA. As the influence of the mysterious mind-controlling entity known as "The Egg" spread across the remains of L'Manburg, Technoblade's group grew further with people intent on acting against it.
== Tournaments Joined ==
=== Minecraft Mondays ===
In 2019, Technoblade participated in Keemstar's Minecraft event, Minecraft Mondays, where YouTubers and streamers would come together to play a wide variety of minigames, and the prize for winning was set as $10,000 dollars to be split between the first-place team, changed to $5,000 past week three. He won four times: week one, week two, week six, and week ten. He took part in the minigame-based event with other popular YouTubers and/or streamers including Skeppy, CaptainSparklez, Speedyw03, Vikkstar123, DanTDM, JeromeASF, jschlatt, MrBeast, Lachlan, PewDiePie, James Charles, Ninja, LazarBeam and more.
In this event, Technoblade had the unique opportunity to fight and kill celebrities and his childhood heroes for money (or, as Techno says, "Blood for the Blood God!"). Hypixel, the owner of the biggest Minecraft server in the world and the server Technoblade mainly makes videos on, sent a donation promising that if he won the tournament, he would be given [PIG] rank for 1 week. Minecraft Monday contributed many subscribers and viewers to Technoblade's channel due to the competition being held by Keemstar and being more mainstream. In the end, he won a total of $15,000 from the Minecraft Monday tournament series.
==== Week 1 ====
In the first week of Minecraft Monday, Technoblade won the event with ShotGunRaids and received the $5,000 payment, as well as the prestigious [PIG] rank, which Hypixel was originally only going to give to Technoblade after he hit 10 million subs.
==== Week 2 ====
In the second week of Minecraft Monday, teamed with iBallisticSquid, he won a second time, this time only receiving a $2,500 reward. Additionally, he received the [PIG+] rank on Hypixel.
==== Week 3 ====
In the third week of Minecraft Monday, Techno was teamed with ChrisO2, and there was an assortment of games including dropper, parkour, and more. Technoblade lost first place on teams but won first place individually with 937 points. However, only winning as a team will earn you the cash reward.
==== Week 4 ====
In week 4, he teamed with James Charles and did not win either the team score or the individual score.
==== Week 5 ====
In week 5, Techno was paired with CallMeCarson. However, Carson logged off halfway through the event, so Techno's team placed 5th overall. He placed 2nd Individually.
==== Week 6 ====
In week 6, he won for the 3rd time with jschlatt, both as a team and individually. Additionally, he received the [PIG++] rank on Hypixel.
==== Week 7 ====
In week 7, due to glitches and bugs in the game modes "Build Battle" and "One Shot", it is unclear who won the event. However, Technoblade and his teammate, Junky Janker, are in the running for the victors of MM week 7 since they were only 2 points behind the 1st place team, BadBoyHalo, and Skeppy. In any case, Technoblade won individually.
==== Week 8 ====
In week 8, Technoblade teamed with DanTDM. The team came second overall to MCmorganplayz and needlexd, and Technoblade came second to needlexd in individual points.
==== Week 9 ====
In week 9, Technoblade's teammate was JackSucksAtLife, and the team placed fifth. However, Technoblade still placed first individually. This was Techno's lowest team placing.
==== Week 10 ====
In week 10, Technoblade teamed with Ph1LzA. The team won first place with 1,892 points, setting a record for the highest number of points gained by any team on any Minecraft Monday. Technoblade also won first place individually with 1,080 points, beating the highest individual record of the event. Additionally, he received the [PIG+++] rank on Hypixel.
==== Week 11 ====
In week 11, Technoblade's teammate was ConnorEatsPants. They placed third as a team, and Technoblade placed second to aquathecheater in individual points. Week 11 was also the week of the fall.
==== Week 12 ====
In week 12, he teamed up with Ninja. However, he ended up dropping out 10 minutes early due to internet problems. His team still placed third place, and Techno got second place to m0xy in individual points.
==== Week 13 ====
In week 13, he teamed with Wilbur Soot. His team placed third place, and Techno got third place after xNestorio and m0xy.
==== Week 14 ====
The main game was cancelled due to a hacker hacking the Minecraft Monday server. Techno was going to team with Wispexe on week 14. However, Techno instead played Hypixel with 7 other YouTubers and tied for first place with TapL.
=== MC Championship ===
In 2020, Technoblade participated in Noxcrew and Dangthatsalongname's MC Championship event, an event where YouTubers and streamers would come together to play a wide variety of fancy minigames. The tournament consists of 10 teams and 40 players, featuring a variety of custom minigames. The prize is a special MCC coin by Noxcrew.
Techno was the only player in the said tournament to have played in more than one event and never leave the Top 10 Individual Leaderboard.
Techno and Quig are the only 2 players in the tournament to have scored Top 2 Individual with a team 5th place and lower.
Techno holds the Individual point record in the tournament, with an Individual score of 4307 points. Techno also holds the record for the highest point differential over 2nd place; his lead was almost 1000 points. 
Techno also has the second-highest debut MCC performance ever with a whopping 3665 points, only behind TommyInnit with 3686.
In MCC P21, teammate Wilbur Soot experienced an unexpected fire alarm during Game 5, Parkour Tag. After the round, Noxcrew temporarily substituted Ph1LzA while Wilbur was away dealing with the fire alarm. Wilbur returned to MCC after Game 6, Battle Box. The team also came 3rd by 2 points to the Orange Ocelots, with scores 22765 and 22767, respectively.
MCC# 	Team 	Teammate(s) 	Team Result 	Individual Result 	DB Result
Normal Events 	Normal Events 	Normal Events 	Normal Events 	Normal Events 	Normal Events
2 	Red Rabbits 	Smajor1995Strawburry17Wilbur Soot 	4th 	3rd 	N/A
3 	Cyan Creepers 	RTGameToxxxicSupportWilbur Soot 	5th 	4th 	N/A
4 	Purple Pandas 	Wilbur SootPh1LzATommyInnit 	1st 	1st 	Won (2 Purple-0 Green)
5 	Lime Llamas 	VoiceoverPeteWilbur SootPh1LzA 	5th 	4th 	N/A
6 	Pink Piglets 	Ph1LzAWilbur SootSeaPeeKay 	4th 	9th 	N/A
7 	Orange Ocelots 	Ph1LzAWilbur SootSeaPeeKay 	2nd 	7th 	Lost (1 Orange-3 Green)
8 	Pink Parrots 	DreamMichaelmcchillKingBurren 	2nd 	6th 	Won (3 Pink-2 Aqua)
9 	Aqua Axolotls 	CxlvxnF1NN5TERSpifey 	4th 	2nd 	N/A
10 	Lime Llamas 	Ph1LzANiki NihachuTheEret 	5th 	2nd 	N/A
11 	Cyan Centipedes 	TapLCaptain PuffyKaraCorvus 	6th 	3rd 	N/A
MCC12-Present: Did not participate.	MCC12-Present: Did not participate.	MCC12-Present: Did not participate.	MCC12-Present: Did not participate.	MCC12-Present: Did not participate.	MCC12-Present: Did not participate.
Special Events 	Special Events 	Special Events 	Special Events 	Special Events 	Special Events
P21 	Pink Parrots 	Wilbur SootGrianSolidarity 	3rd 	3rd 	N/A
=== Minecraft Ultimate Hunger Games ===
MC Ultimate is a Minecraft Hunger Games event for 250+ streamers. Organized by Pikaclicks, or Noah, it is known as the largest hunger games event held in the MC Community. Based around raising money for charity, participants received in-game items for their fans' donations to charity. On July 24, 2020, it was announced that Technoblade would be participating in Season 2 of the event as a last-minute add-on/replacement.
* MC Ultimate Season 1: Did not participate.
* MC Ultimate Season 2: Teamed with Calvin and xNestorio. Placed 1st individually, and his team placed 1st overall, winning the event.
** Technoblade was added last-minute as a replacement for 2 members on the team.
** Due to Technoblade's large fanbase, the team got a huge advantage in items from donations. Technoblade described the setup as "pay to win" and aptly named his video about it "Absolutely Ruining a $36,000 Minecraft Tournament".
** He got 47 kills in the tournament, setting a record for most kills in a single MCU event.
** Calvin placed second for kills with 40 kills, and Nestor placed third for kills with 29 kills.
** Altogether, the team scored 116 kills overall, setting a new record for most eliminations in a team in one event. This is especially notable because this team only consisted of 3 players. The previous record was 19 by Lego Maestro.
** Techno alone raised $11,625 for charity out of the $36,264 raised overall in the event.
** Due to the imbalance, all other teams joined up to fight them, resulting in a final battle of their team of 3 vs 21 survivors. The trio wiped them all out and won the event.
=== MrBeast 100K Duel ===
After the MC Championships 8 Teams were announced, MrBeast indicated that he would like to have Technoblade and Dream duel for $100,000. They both agreed and started to train immensely. The duel was set to take place on Thursday, August 27, 2020, and was not streamed live. The results of the Duel were announced on a Video Premiere on MrBeast's Gaming channel, MrBeast Gaming, on August 29, 2020. The Duel consisted of fairly basic kits and 10 battles, 5 in 1.16 PVP and 5 in 1.8 PVP.
Round	Version	Winner
1 	1.8 	Technoblade
2 	1.16 	Dream
3 	1.8 	Technoblade
4 	1.16 	Technoblade
5 	1.8 	Dream
6 	1.16 	Dream
7 	1.8 	Technoblade
8 	1.16 	Dream
9 	1.8 	Technoblade
10 	1.16 	Technoblade
Technoblade won the 100K duel against Dream, 6-4. They quickly made analysis videos later, showcasing their POVs, and Techno and Dream agreed to split the money beforehand, regardless of the outcome. However, many of Dream's fans showed backlash against Technoblade winning the duel, although Technoblade expressed to his fans not to send hate towards anyone, as in the end, it was a close and good fight.
== Accomplishments ==
* Winning the Minecraft Monday tournament 4 times. (Weeks 1, 2, 6 and 10)
** He was the only player besides xQc and m0xyy to win the tournament twice in a row.
* Breaking multiple records during Minecraft Monday Week 10 with Ph1LzA.
* Breaking multiple records during the second MC Championship Minecraft tournament.
* Earning the [PIG], [PIG+], [PIG++] and [PIG+++] rank on Hypixel.
* Killing defek, the owner of the Minecraft server Mineplex.
* Killing Hypixel, the owner of the Minecraft server Hypixel.
* Claiming a leaderboard spot for the most final kills in Bedwars, a mini-game on Hypixel.
* Eliminating many popular YouTubers and streamers on Minecraft Monday. This includes Ninja, JeromeASF, CaptainSparklez, DanTDM, PewDiePie, James Charles, and many more.
* Placing 2nd in a server-wide Hypixel Skywars Solo tournament, where 63,090 unique players competed.
* Beating Minecraft hardcore mode with nothing but a USB steering wheel.
* Beating Minecraft, despite the in-game block "TNT" (an explosive that can deal great damage to the player) spawning on him every 10 seconds
* "Flying" in the popular Hypixel game Skyblock.
* A +1 speed bonus talisman added to the popular Hypixel game Skyblock as an easter egg.
* Killing Ninja within 30 seconds of the start of the first hunger games round in the first Minecraft Monday.
* Being a leaderboard player in Ranked Skywars; placing 5th overall in the 2016 June Competition out of approximately 1000 competitors, which got him the Dragon Rider Victory Dance.
* Being a leaderboard player in Blitz SG.
* Once claiming the largest win streak in BedWars, a mini-game on Hypixel, reaching 1400 wins with the help of various well-known players before losing it. This win streak was then beaten by a player called Defone (with the aid of Technoblade and others) 3 months after Technoblade set his record. That win streak went on to reach 1818 wins before being lost.
* Winning a game of SkyWars despite not using a keyboard.
* Being the #1 potato farmer in Hypixel Skyblock, farming potatoes at rates of over 1 million per hour, overtaking Im_a_squid_kid.
* Tricking TommyInnit into calling him "Alpha Male" on SMP Earth through a war treaty.
* Taking over the world in SMP Earth. (Though he had to /unclaimall because of the Saint-Malo trials)
* Holding many records in the MC Championship Minecraft tournament despite not having joined the first season.
* Winning MC Championship #4 while teamed with WilburSoot, Ph1LzA and TommyInnit
* Coming first in individual points in MC Championship #4 by nearly 1,000 points
* Winning Mc Championship #8 teamed with Dream, King_Burren and MichaelMcChill
* Winning MC Ultimate Season 2 in first place with 47 kills, and his team had 116 kills, in a ~220 player event, despite having only two teammates. He also raised about 1/3 of the funds for the fundraiser
** To put this into context, 2 players from xNestorio's and Cxlvxn's team dropped out, and they asked Techno to sub in. However, the event organizer, Pikaclicks, told Techno that to keep it fair, he had to replace both of the missing players.
* Winning a 3 v 21 in MC Ultimate Season 2
* Winning $100,000 in the Dream vs Technoblade event hosted by Mr.Beast with the scores being 6-4. 
** To clarify, he would've won $100,000 if he had not agreed to split the money evenly between him and Dream before the duel ever even began.
* Holding the fastest time for a run in Ace Race.
* Killing both AntFrost and BadBoyHalo without ever dropping below 5 hearts, despite the fact that both Ant and Bad had strength potions.
* Obtaining 231 xp levels using only a spider spawner, equating to 214,287 experience points.
* Defeating Quackity in a 1v1 with only unenchanted iron armor, a netherite pickaxe, and potions, whereas Quackity had a diamond axe and full enchanted netherite.
* When he was younger, Techno was taught basic sword and knife-fighting in a summer camp with foam weapons. He got disqualified from his summer camp's dueling tournament because he would throw his knife high in the air at the start of his matches and stab his opponent while they were distracted watching the knife fall.https://youtu.be/169vky-mEfc?t=468s
== Gear ==
* Monitor: BenQ ZOWIE XL2411P 144Hz
* Keyboard: CORSAIR K70 MX Red
* Mouse: Razer Deathadder 2013
* Headset: Sony MDR7506
* Microphone: Blue Yeti USB
* CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950x
* GPU: NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3080 TI
== Quotes ==
* "Techno never dies."
* "Technoblade… sometimes dies…"
* "Not even close."
* "I'm the second worst thing to ever happen to those orphans."
* "Quackity… they weren't always orphans."
* "I dropkicked that child in self defence... Please Officer you gotta believe me."
* "Do not put your plans and techniques in a YouTube video, you fool, you moron."
* "Bruhhhhhhhhh."
* "Harry Potter is my favorite anime". 
* "Subscribe to Fundy and Technoblade...bruhhhhhh."
* "I just praised Jesus and I'm not even Christian!"
* "If Hypixel has taught me something, it's that if you have a problem, the answer is slavery." (in Skyblock: The Great Potato War)
* "Kill Lukas, he must die." (referring to Lukas, from his Minecraft: Story Mode let's play)
* "Nope, only death."
* "Say it with me. NOT. EVEN. CLOSE." (referring to him beating Dream, while on half a heart)
* "I can tryhard any game!"
* "The only thing that works in this world, is that you treat others as they treat you. Those that have treated me with kindness; I will repay that kindness ten fold. And those...that treat me with injustice!...That use me. That hunt me down. That hurt my friends! I shall repay that injustice a thousand-times over."
* "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!"
* "I don't believe in friendship, Tommy… We tell ourselves it's real so the cogs of society can turn… The only thing that's real, Tommy… is CASH!"
* "You can't run away from all your problems… Not when they have ender pearls."
* "Let's cyberbully some nerds."
* "WHAT A NERRRD!"
* "Thank you, Hypixel." (in the hypixel skyblock experience)
* "Withers are homophobic."
* "Dying is for casuals."
* "This is my main game."
* "If you wish to defeat me, train for another [insert multiple of 100 here] years."
* "I'm so good at video games."
* "All my subscribers are going to unsub immediately if I lose this."
* [Kills someone and gets their coins] "Thank you very much, sir."
* "Let's stab this guy to death."
* "This guy is insistent on being a clown."
* "It's all part of my Master Plan."
* "When I first made this grinder, I thought that I was trapping the skeletons, but now, I've realized... I was only trapping myself..."
* "...OH HEY LEVEL 50!" (in the hypixel skyblock experience)
* "SUBSCRIBE TO TECHNOBLADE!"
* "Uninstallin'" (whenever anything bad happens)
* "PIG+++…" (any abnormal amount of pluses)
* "Dude, these orphans are getting destroyed."
* "I'M OUT, BYE, I'M LEAVING."
* "I need an ego boost."
* "One of us. One of us." (channel member chant)
* "Sometimes it's tough being the best."
* "HEEEEEEH?!?!?"
* "Let's play a relevant game, like Grinch Simulator."
* "Buy my Youtooz."
* "Like my grandma, my blade is sharper than society. When President?"
* "This really says a lot about our society."
* "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" (when losing or talking about the Pig's Foot accessory from Hypixel Skyblock)
* "PEER PRESSURE, PEER PRESSURE." (to peer pressure someone to play the game that Techno wants to play)
* "It's like drop kicking a toddler."
* "Dibs on earth."
* "[insert Minecraft name], that name strikes fear into their enemies."
* "To simp or not to simp."
* "We win these!"
* "Phil wasn't here last time because he was getting married! What a simp! What a simp!"
* "Respect women!"
* "Chat, if my mic is muted then spam [relevant channel meme]"
* "This man's been playing checkers, while I've been farming potatoes, HE'S THROUGH!!!" (from "Skyblock: Potato War 2)
* "Party Games is my major, English is the minor." (from Skeppy vs Technoblade (The Final Reckoning))
* "I'm so good at hitting small animals." (from Skeppy vs Technoblade (The Final Reckoning))
* "There ain't enough room for the two of us on this server, boy." (from Skeppy vs Technoblade (The Final Reckoning))
* "This is the second-worst thing that has happened to these orphans in their lives." (from Skeppy vs Technoblade (The Final Reckoning))
* "Take that, orphans." (from Skeppy vs Technoblade (The Final Reckoning))
* "I know you're in- I know you're in the UK or somewhere in Europe- in one of those countries that doesn't matter and I know your time is disadvantageous. Did you know what, it should be about 11:00 PM where you are, your bedtime is coming up, whereas for me, it's like 3:39 PM, I can be here all day, so you want to get this battle done." (Technoblade bullying TommyInnit)
* "I'm just a hardworking honest man, stabbing people for coins."
* "Think of how far I could dropkick a dog that small."
* "NERRRRRDSS *laughing*" (from THE TECHNOBLADE QUIZ)
* "What kind of question is that?!" (from THE TECHNOBLADE QUIZ)
* "AY CARAMBA DONDE ESTA LA BIBLIOTECAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" (Technoblade final kill on TommyInnit in Bedwars)https://youtu.be/MQm64UHGLVA
* "Discord scales your voice to your subscriber counts" (Technoblade answering to Sylvee saying "Techno why are you so loud?")https://youtu.be/MQm64UHGLVA
* "You're the kind of guy to play against Magnus Carlsen in chess and take out his pawn and go 'OhMyGoD I ToOk YoUr PaWn' but he's like 'Oh but I took your queen-' 'I tOoK yOuR pAwN'"
* "He's the type to brag about non-final kills."
* "Now the first thing you do when you get married is you go to her- you go to your wife, and you take off all of her clothes. And then you put it on yourself for the stat bonus." (Technoblade after he gets a wife in a Bannerlord stream)
* "We're dancing, we're dancing, we're dancing on him, we're dancing, GET DAAAANCED ON! TWO WEEKS OF MY LIFE, SQUID! TWO WEEKS! WATCH ME DANCE, SQUID KID! YOU LOSE! YOU LOSE THE WAR! He can see this, he has the mod pack! He can see these moves. Get out of here, SQUID KID! TWO WEEKS OF MY- NINE MONTHS I farmed potatoes. GET HIM OUT" (Technoblade after crushing im_a_squid_kid in the Hypixel Skyblock: The Great Potato War. Winning in the process)https://youtu.be/SRnIym_D9Ps?t=1281
* "Look, I'm an atheist, but when God sends me to hell, I want him to hesitate." (Technoblade after crushing im_a_squid_kid in the Hypixel Skyblock: The Great Potato War. Winning in the process)
* "Rank number 1 isn't an achievement, it's a prison which forces you to dedicate your life to defend a temporary title. But now, with the war finally over… I'm free." (from Skyblock: Potato War 3 (Finale))
* "It is only with a worthy rival that one can reach their fullest potential."
* "He's playing Skyblock while I'm playing DEATH NOTE!"
* "DANCE POTATO BOY, DANCE!" (in Skyblock: Potato War 3 (Finale))
* "They say that history is written by the winners, but I can't help notice him writing over there." (Technoblade, TommyInnit editing the treaty for the war in SMP Earth)
* "Imagine dating a woman, total simp move, bro…" (Technoblade, answering to Michael saying that his girlfriend made him a sandwich during MCC 8)https://youtu.be/wXspodtIxYU?t=7592
* "I'm used to playing tournaments a man down; we still got this." (Technoblade's reply when Burren said that Dream left the VC)https://youtu.be/wXspodtIxYU?t=7592
* "I'm speedrunning 3 million subscribers."
* "Can you change your name? You're ruining a lot of my catchphrases, I have to say."
* "I'm about to speedrun this man's funeral."
* "That's at least 12 pizzas!"
* "If you see twins just kill one of them. Gets rid of a lot of confusion." (Technoblade in Nihachu's practice streams)
* "I think Skyblock, at its core, is the ultimate challenge in resource management. You spawn on a tiny island in an empty universe. All you have is a tree, some supplies, and some dirt to stand on. You have to treasure every dirt block because if one falls into the void, there's no way to replace it. As you carefully navigate your absurd circumstance, you gain a new appreciation for the few things you have, as you meticulously use them to their fullest effect. With nothing but some ice, lava, and saplings, you slowly transform this empty expanse into a world of your very own. Skyblock teaches us that no matter how ridiculous the odds may seem, within us resides the power to overcome these obstacles and achieve something beautiful. And one day, we'll look back at where we started, and be amazed at how far we've come."Intro of the hypixel skyblock experience
* "I had to take a break from drowning to get a glass of water."
* "EVERYONE ABOARD THE TECHNOPLANE!!"
* "It's like Sun Tzu said "[Insert Sun Tzu Art of War quote here]"
* "WEAKSAUCE!" (1 million subscriber milestone)
* "Tommy, the thing is, you're using words, but the thing about this world, Tommy, is that the only universal language is violence. And we've had that conversation, we've spoken that language in the pit! Onto a new day, a new plot - to destroy Manberg."
* "Let me tell you a story, Tommy, about a man called Theseus. His country (well his city state technically) was in danger, and he sent him forth into enemy lines, he slayed the Minotaur, and saved his city, do you know what they did to him, Tommy? They exiled him. He died in disgrace, despised by his people. That's what happens to heroes, Tommy. The Greeks knew the score, but if you want to be a hero, Tommy, that's fine." (Technoblade explaining the consequences of Tommy's actions and what happens to heroes)https://youtu.be/_5Sd6StYI3A?t=7941
* "Do you want to be hero, Tommy? You want to be a hero, Tommy!? THEN DIE LIKE ONE!!" (Technoblade as he spawns the Withers in the Dream SMP)https://youtu.be/_5Sd6StYI3A?t=7941
* "Good things don't happen to heroes." (in THE REVOLUTION [dream SMP])
* "Of course I don't suffer from hubris because hubris is a flaw, and I am perfect. Therefore, I don't have hubris." (from the fallout (dream SMP))
* "No... No, this can't be... this man... made eight potato eleven minions... AND THEN HE PAINTED THE MONA LISA!"
* "There's voices... Sometimes the voices say... E."
* "My doctor has me taking some new medication, so if in the future I am a completely unbearable douchebag, please let me know, because that means the medicine isn't having any effect."
* "Just ditched a woman, feeling good!"
* "If I want to die to a fire, all I have to do is go outside."
* "I'm seeing a lot of death, but at least we have more trees."
* "I have a pickaxe, AND I WILL PUT IT THROUGH YOUR TEETH, QUACKITY!"
* "It's a Black Friday sale on the Earth and it's 100% off. Add to cart."
* "All I know is anarchy, violence, and get subscriber."
* "FEAR IS THE GREATEST MOTIVATOR."
* "Problem: 'My baby needs to learn to understand theoretical physics' - screw all of you who gave me this prompt. The solution: A GUN."
* "Are there any millionaires in the chat?"
* "You see, uh, back in high school, before I had a huge ego, a lesbian referred to me as ‘actually pretty funny' and my ego has been coasting ever since! So, they're all right with me. Alright?"
* "We're gonna need another forest..."
* "I clearly remember there being an infant in this boat...DID YOU EAT THAT BABY?"
* "After 3 minutes have elapsed, you're gonna want to give up on your dreams, like so."
* "Heh?!"
* "I immediately headed to the safest place I knew, Afghanistan"
* "I don't actually have any bread, so we're just gonna pour a s**t-ton of whatever the hell this is."
* "Things were getting canceled so fast, people thought it was Twitter!"
* "For reference, it took me three attempts to put on my shirt."
* "Startin' the stream."
* "So long nerds"
== Channel milestones ==
=== Subscriber milestones ===
* 1,000 subscribers: June 30, 2014
* 10,000 subscribers: February 14, 2015
* 50,000 subscribers: February 22, 2016
* 100,000 subscribers: December 17, 2016Technoblade hitting 100,000 subscribers
* 500,000 subscribers: December 19, 2018Technoblade hitting 500,000 subscribers
* 600,000 subscribers: June 24, 2019
* 700,000 subscribers: July 5, 2019
* 800,000 subscribers: July 15, 2019Technoblade hitting 800,000 subscribers
* 900,000 subscribers: July 27, 2019Technoblade hitting 900,000 subscribers
* 1 million subscribers: August 8, 2019Technoblade hitting 1 million subscribers (elbow reveal)
* 2 million subscribers: July 18, 2020Technoblade hitting 2 million subscribers
* 3 million subscribers: ​October 17, 2020Technoblade hitting 3 million subscribers
* 4 million subscribers: December 15, 2020Technoblade hitting 4 million subscribers
* 5 million subscribers: January 7, 2021Technoblade hitting 5 million subscribersfanart by @Lonewol21836346 on twitter
* 6 million subscribers: February 25, 2021Technoblade hitting 6 million subscribers
* 7 million subscribers: April 20, 2021
* 8 million subscribers: July 2, 2021Technoblade hitting 8 million subscribers
* 9 million subscribers: September 15, 2021Technoblade hitting 9 million subscribers
* 10 million subscribers: December 31, 2021Technoblade hitting 10 million subscribers live
* 11 million subscribers: July 1, 2022
* 12 million subscribers: July 1, 2022
* 13 million subscribers: July 3, 2022
* 14 million subscribers: July 7, 2022
* 15 million subscribers: July 28, 2022
* 16 million subscribers: March 29, 2023
* 17 million subscribers: June 1, 2024
=== Video view milestones ===
* 1 million video views: December 24, 2014
* 10 million video views: April 26, 2016
* 50 million video views: November 17, 2017
* 100 million video views: May 6, 2019
* 200 million video views: September 25, 2019
* 300 million video views: April 26, 2020
* 400 million video views: August 19, 2020
* 500 million video views: November 9, 2020
* 600 million video views: December 29, 2020
* 700 million video views: February 23, 2021
* 800 million video views: April 14, 2021
* 900 million video views: June 10, 2021
* 1 billion video views: August 27, 2021
== Trivia ==
* He owned a Roblox account called "IRockYouDont".https://www.roblox.com/users/326480/profile
* He really liked Star Wars: Battlefront II and made mentions of it on occasion in old Minecraft streamsTechno mentions BF2: https://www.youtube.com/live/PgTmvnHQhBY?si=EI9Xw18BbRYi72Ud&t=1832. 
** He also really liked Star Wars: The Last Jedi when it came out and compared it to how when in high-school, his class read the novel "Ready Player One" and everyone but Techno hated itTechno on The Last Jedi: https://youtu.be/Eseghwx4grg?si=_26BzJaDwNxTgWE6&t=50. 
* Techno was a huge supporter and fan of Team Fortress 2. 
** Whenever Techno heard the word "Krieg" he thought of Blitzkrieg and the Medic primary, KritzkriegTechno on Krieg: https://www.youtube.com/live/RNi0gLnfUC8?si=NoTA0CeXGgMpu-z_&t=2739. 
** Techno's favorite TF2 character/class was, The SoldierTechno on his favorite TF2 character: https://www.youtube.com/live/kq2idjWZwVU?si=1a4luT4ncAdrwK_u&t=17123. 
* He donated over $11,600 to the Miracle Foundation during MCUltimate Season 2.
* He had a distaste for songs with lyrics whenever streaming.
* He had a strong dislike for Lukas (from Minecraft: Story Mode)https://youtu.be/UUXvWQ16MSw and a dislike for all other characters except Reuben.https://youtu.be/lLJ9nobsRB0?t=13083
* He was 6'2.5" (189 cm) tall, but rounded it to 6'3".Technoblade confirming his heightAt 6'2½", he was the second-tallest member of Sleepyboisinc, behind Wilbur Soot (6'6") and ahead of TommyInnit (6'1").
* In 2014, he wrote a Hypixel fanfiction called "Revolution - A Blitz Story" in the Hypixel forums, although all of his old forum posts are now deleted, including the fanfiction.
* His Twitter account became verified on February 27, 2021.Technoblade on Twitter: "i am the Real Technoblade"
* Technoblade was invited to Philza's wedding but did not attend due to participating in MCC.https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgwtqmvAZ01bSzxkDDF4AaABCQ
* His name was thought to be based on the Techno Blades from Season 3 of Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu. However, this was later debunked by himTechnoblade on his pseudonym: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFwPe3qcihA&t=76s.
* He never understood people who enjoyed the Bee MovieTechnoblade on the Bee Movie: https://youtu.be/UjeUIC9xC8w?si=eZIrbkPzTn0ClQ3o&t=28. 
* After the Great Potato War, Technoblade was put as a temporary NPC in Hypixel Skyblock where players could purchase special items from him.
* He is followed by Allen Ellison, an American politician on Twitter.
* He stated that his favorite cartoon is Code Lyoko, but this was due to him not wanting to say Avatar: The Last Airbender for fear of being too basic.
* After his death, Mojang temporarily had a memorial for him in the launcher menu of Minecraft. Specifically a pig that was located in the menu has had a crown added on its head. This was removed upon the release 1.19 however.
** Popular mod for Hypixel SkyBlock, Skyblock Extras has a feature to tribute Technoblade, granting a crown and wings to all pigs by default.
* There is a YouTube easter egg in which if you search up "Technoblade", a small text will appear on the bottom of the search bar saying "Did you mean: technoblade never dies", in reference to one of his famous quotes.
* To honor the Blood God, a potato farm and a shrine (with Technoblade's signature crown) was built on top of the wall of Quesadilla Island - right next to Philza's house (one of Technoblade's bestfriend and Minecraft "Father").
* His Father revealed under one of his video descriptions that Technoblade's favourite dessert was Devil's Food Cake with Chocolate Frosting.
== Gallery ==
Winstreak.jpg|Technoblade's 2017 Bedwars Winstreak
MCU2 techno.png|Technoblade wins Minecraft Ultimate Hunger Games 2 with Calvin and xNestorio.
MCC 4 win.jpg|Technoblade wins Minecraft Championships 4 with Ph1LzA, Wilbur Soot, and Tommyinnit
MCC 8 win.png|Technoblade wins MCC 8 with Dream, KingBurren and MichaelMcChill
Technoyoutooz.png|Technoblade's original Youtooz figure
Technoplaneyoutooz.png|Technoblade's second Youtooz figure, "Technoplane"
TechnobladeElbow.jpg|His official elbow reveal.
Technoblade's fanart.jpg|Technoblade's 'fanart' for Dream.
Technoblade's emote.png|Technoblade's emote.Original posted to Technoblade's Sponsor Discord on February 12, 2019, by sethGG as an edit of the thumbnail image for the video, "grown man stabs children in bedwars while talking about soap". https://twitter.com/s3thGG/status/1327066310656675841
technoskin.png|His Minecraft skin
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