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- When Sketchek would die unexpectedly in Late 2015, his audience, and the entire Team Fortress 2 community, were understandably devastated. Extensive tribute videos were posted to TH-cam dedicated to Sketchek’s incredible skill level, users on reddit would pour their hearts out in threads that discussed how Sketchek had influenced their play style, all while the developers of team fortress 2 would add a weapon attribute to the game in memory of sketchek’s life. The only problem was, Sketchek wasn't really dead.
This is, How A Pro Gamer Successfully Faked His Death (For The Dumbest Reason)
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The idea for this video was partially inspired by TheGamerFromMars's video in October 2019 titled "The TH-camrs That Faked Their Deaths - Internet Mysteries". You can watch his version here - • The TH-camrs That Fak... - บันเทิง
Deep down, we all knew that Sketchek wasn't really dead because Jaystation would've summoned him.
Omhahahha
@today was a good day SuS
plus jaystation more worse them him anyway
True
Lmaoooo
Quite unbelievable how his return was welcomed after faking a terminal illness, if he did this in 2022, he surely wouldn’t have been as successful with it.
Hey no mustache man
do you comment for a living or smth
Yes
@@Chronicalss If you are asking that question when he's verified, then you know the answer. 🤦♂
I didn't expected you here but I excepted you here
The fact that the weapon says "leave a fake corpse" is absolutely perfect
Someone named a separate weapon that as a joke (the dead ringer). That weapon never had anything to with sketchek and it was actually the axtinguisher, the speed boost stat of which was dubbed ‘sketchek’s bequest’ tho that subtitles now been removed.
yeah ikr the axtinguisher is the best spy weapon
Meet the dead ringer
😮ütfù😅
And just like the Spy, he left a fake corpse and reappeared with a new disguise.
And like a bad spy there was a delay before he put on said disguise.
If he fakes his death again to escape Niji, I wouldn't hold it against him
NAAAHHHH
Imagine a few months later niji makes an announcement saying sonny "died" and that his death was negligible
💀
Fr💀
I hope his song choice is still as awesome as
"Cloak Type: Feign Death"
"Leave a fake corpse upon taking damage and temporarily gain invisibility, speed and damage resistance"
yeah, sounds about right
Hehe, Dead Ringer
So many robots
@@silly_lil_guy right. Wtf is going on?
@@silly_lil_guy just like the game
the Devs either knew something or just had the luckiest guess
This is taking the phrase “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move” to a whole new level
LMAO
Pyro gamer move
Lol
@Treel because he didnt do anything wrong. he's allowed to lie to as many anonymous people on the internet as he feels like. people need to grow the fuck up and stop acting like unforgiving fundamentalist christians. who gives a fuck if someone you knew died from an illness. him faking one isnt taking advantage or making light if it. he did something truly unique and pulled it off for years and then had a fun way of coming back. i swear the kids on the internet now are a different fucking breed of soft and easily "outraged". grow a fucking pair
@Treel Because he did nothing wrong.
And then he turned into a yellow highlighter
You cant be real
he turned into a 2d yellow highlighter anime man@@bungoustraykids04
Wait so that’s actually his account? (Sonny brisko)
@@Bruhbhrisnbrubruhg yes, he's joined to a place where fake people gathered.
I got to hand it to him. He managed to map out a storyline for his departure. Lol
legendary
All you kids need to get a life. I never heard of anything mentioned in this video and thank God for that.
no, what he did doesn’t deserve any sort of respect in the slightest
Yeah, you're some sad people if you respect his actions.
@@leejjjjjjj1 It does. Its nobodys f business about HIS life
the best thing about this is that the item shown with "Sketchek's bequest" as it's name is a dead ringer, an invisibility watch for the spy that allows you to.. you guessed it, fake your death.
I didn't guess it...
Dun dun dunn
it was on the axtinguisher because he was a pyro player that made axtinguisher montages so thats why the game tributed him to the axtinguisher pyro weapon
@@zyphin-2541 yeah but when he shows an item in the video with the name its the dead ringer
@@reallyfastturtle3272 i have been arrested for multiple crimes, including: battery on a police officer, armed robbery, grand theft, declaring war on italy, and public indecency. I will be escaping prison on: march 18th
The fact that someone said "Absolute speechless, His legend would live on forever" Did really come true...
(im not that person.)
@Don't Read My Profile Photo ok
He did a IRL Resurrection Arc.
Technically yeah it did 😂
Lol
rofl
Just wanting to "go out with a bang" and faking a terminal illness like that is not cool, but at the time he thought that gaming was ruining his life. You can't argue with that part.
I also can’t really blame him for not wanting the TF2 community to know he quit making videos, they’re known for harassing TH-camrs who stop making TF videos
That part of the tf2 community is not the true Tf2, True tf2 is people chilling and not harrasing
@@KoumeAkaboshi literally look at Muselk. He was harassed (and still is) because he doesn’t make TF videos anymore. Multiple creators have come out and said they’ve received harassment for making any form of content that isn’t TF2
All you kids need to get a life. I never heard of anything mentioned in this video and thank God for that.
Huge red flag: I will be as honest as I can (!)
Honesty doesn’t need caveats unless it is prohibited by the law (.e.g non disclosure agreement, defamation, etc)
With everything going on in Nijisanji, dude has a once in a lifetime chance to do the most hilarious thing ever.
BIG BRAIN MOMENT
Twice in a lifetime.
The only credit I give him is that he could've continued the lie and explained his return by saying he miraculously recovered. It doesn't forgive the situation in its entirety but coming clean helps people forgive mistakes.
He could have also stuck closer to the truth and say he was addicted and needed to take extreme measures to stop playing and not having the addiction ruin his life. Plus, he could have been afraid that people would try to beg him to return.
@Treel yeah I think the mysterious build up to his return takes away from the credit given
@@drakesilmore3760 maybe he was addicted to anime girls in japan
@@Falsealarm. What.
@@drakesilmore3760 b-but he wasn't addicted????
If this was a hated channel who faked their death and came back like that, there would be outrage. I can't believe this guy got away with pretending to be terminally ill, worrying his fans. He should've just been honest at the start, it's really not that hard.
People do mistakes, most of the time it's minor but every once in a while you do a large fuck-up that you remember for your whole life. This is one of them.
like the other person replied, sometimes you do things you really shouldn’t, and can’t take back what you said/did and it makes it really hard to just say “hey i didn’t mean it” while also knowing the longer you wait the worse it will be
i’m sure you’ve also done something you shouldn’t have and known the feeling
Even though you want to it can be really hard to tell people you were straight up lying about dying
I personally don't think he should've lied about being dead in the first place. He could've simply left TH-cam or made an update video explaining that he wasn't interested in making videos anymore. He disregarded the feelings of his fans who were worried, upset and felt grief.
Cant believe how smart he felt about it, just a kick to the face of each and anyone who felt bad about him passing.
He sounded pretty smug about faking a terminal illness. Just gross, honestly.
Its a dick move to fake your death to a fake terminal illness. Knowing how many people died to illnesses like technoblade and kitty as mentioned and edd gould. Its like all those people who died to these illnesses was all a joke and it was funny to him.
Ahhh yes internet nobody’s posted rip and then moved on 2 secs later. 😂 He sure broke their hearts.
@@LongBeach88 Dude, LazyPurple fuckin posted tributes for him under the context that he died, and Soundsmith talks about it too. You're so weird.
They are fans, not friends. Same "fans" that would unsubscribe and never watch you again for saying something they disagree with. There is no loyalty, just emotional children.
For someone in their last six months of life, Sketchek sounded amazing! Terminal illnesses make you feel like crap, then you sound like crap
I hope you enjoy your last 6 months :(
@@tangerine_9627 i think they were talking about sketcheck😭
Almost as if he was feigning sick?
@@tangerine_9627 LMAOO
@@gunsway6127 what's funny?
i dont even be knowing half the people this dude talk about. but the detail and info V2 has on these videos is like a netflix documentary
Totally Agreed
i barely know any of them haha
i know right. this is amazing journalism.
@Rare one idc but glad to see youre happy its finally here
Is this even english anymore?
Pretty sure him coming back and owning up to lying before anyone called him out is why his channel didn't die like other scammers. Telling the truth versus trying to lie your way out of something goes a long way. But that's just my guess.
the reason he owned up to it is because people found out he was lying...
Well considering that none of the movements prior to the "sketchek confirmed" video were considered as the smoking gun so to speak he could've still come out saying "hey y'all so I somehow beat the odds and managed to recover but due to what I experienced I decided to quit for awhile to enjoy life" or something of the sort and I don't think the community would've batted an eyelid over it
@@scribbles5027 still better than somone who found lying but still try to defend their lies
@@cracked4707 there is nothing "better" or good about lying that you're going to die. period
with no reason to lie makes him a very unreliable, and untrusted youtuber. someone I wouldn't ever watch or think about welcoming back no matter how good they are.
He really does sound like Sonny Brisko. That’s crazy
He IS Sonny Brikso
Watching all tributes people make.. Wouldn't that make someone feel guilty? Seeing how devestated people are? And he's like "jk lol, I'm alive"
Gosh it's frustrating
It wasn’t “jk lol” it was more like he realised how wrong it was and he could no longer lie about it. He felt guilty because he knew it was wrong. I’d much rather someone pretend to die and then admit they lied, than actually tragically die.
@@gamegladi8or669A shilling outlook
I’d much rather not pretend to die and just make an exit, temporary or permanent, from YouTubing without traumatizing your fanbase.
No one is entitled to feel bad for you, even if they caused it. Maybe.. maybe if people didn’t get so emotionally invested in the internet they wouldn’t be taken advantage o…🤔
@@glizzygladiator8055 "even if they caused it" okay so you want 0 accountability for the actions people take online. You're an incompetent twit.
This actually drives home a point. Internet relationships (whether they be one sided hypothetical relationships with a content creator, online friends on discord, or just people you know on the internet) are very fragile. In the sense that, if someone suddenly stops all online activity, you have no way of knowing what actually happened to them. It's kind of sad to think that something like this might happen to some of us in the days to come, and none of us would be any the wiser about what happened to them. It's kind of sad.
Happened to me and a friend. We had a group chat of 3 friends and out of the three of us, me and A lived the closest. E lived across the country. A came into the groupchat one night saying some VERY concerning suicidal stuff, and then suddenly disappeared without any context. Nothing. Gone. I reached out on every platform I could think of, I was either blocked on everything or they deleted everything. I was on the verge of a panic attack, my friend E WAS panicking and I was about to call the police because I knew the general area they lived in. Then, A comes back acting like nothing happened at all and treats it as a joke. I still carry a lot of resentment against A for that, even if we are still friends
@@clownrat5759 Not defending A as I don't know much, but they were probable having an episode.
im dying of a extremely terminal illness as we speak
@@BenetbenetLive okay I won't remember you lol
was it meant to show how no one cared because i kind of wish he was still dead
He probably felt guilty over the years faking his illness. Then the "Sketchek's Bequest" part on one of the items in-game (Axtinguisher/Postal Pummeler weapon) probably solidified his decision to just tell the truth.
wtf u on about. why would he feel guilty, he just wanted to do a stunt and probs planned to tell the truth anyway
Completely wrong. The guy literally said that he just wanted to keep playing tf2 and making new videos, he had no choice but to come clean. No regrets
@@danelemin2009 Because people have a consciousness
@@prolichmirox8187 He literally could have just pretended he got better and was struggling with it this whole time and played himself off as innocent instead of coming clean. He had every choice but to come clean, you're completely wrong.
@@whateverwhatever4476 Sociopaths, psychopaths and narcississts want to have a word with you, because they dont
i mean he could’ve came back saying that he survived and was back to making videos but anyways☠️
i suppose he wanted to tell the world that he managed to fake his death, what's the point of making stories if you can't tell anyone.
I don’t think he would have wanted that. From what I could tell, he sounded like he felt really guilty
That would have been morally reprehensible though. He sounds like a pretty genuine person who made a shitty decision at a major turning point in his life.
@@alphabee8171 he felt guilty
He came back because he felt guilty about lying and he couldn’t deal with it anymore. That’s called realising your mistake and being honest
learning all this and knowing what he’s doing now feels absolutely insane
what does he do
@@fxlowz he’s a vtuber in one of the largest vtubing agencies lmao
@@tsumies o
@@fxlowz yeah LMAOO
is he really in nijisanji holy shit??
The opposite happened to me, kinda. After my best friend died, I was in a dark place. I made a video for the channel just in case that I'd ever die unexpectedly. I scheduled it to one year in advance, planning to renew it by another year every time. But I forgot about it. So...for a short moment almost 200 viewers of that video thought I had died - while I was sleeping at home. God, that was embarassing.
@sploopxl he's not exactly well known, who would care
@@craigbaker593 My dude, just cause he isn't super popular doesn't mean nobody would care.
@@craigbaker593 Have you ever seen 200 people in a room together?
I think people on the internet forget very fast what numbers actually look like in person. Everything under 100k isn't big for them.
All it takes is literally one single person to care and your question would be invalid.
Finally its here. YES
th-cam.com/video/GTHlCk7fEOY/w-d-xo.html
@@craigbaker593 dude with only 200 viewers it's very close connection
Honestly, if sketchek had been honest from the start, he would have still been considered a legend in the TF2 community.
He still is
it’s not that easy to go back on something you did, as you should know from experience
I mean he still is and just be happy that he isn’t actually dead
He definitely is a legend still, he too good with pyro
@@z_xd_lol mhm, especially when you never had to do it in the first place
bro got the double life 😭😭
WOAH this guy faked his own death, then Shows up as a vtuber.
If he fakes his death again to leave niji don’t be too surprised
Stuff like this is why being skeptical is a good thing...
Id rather not believe some information on the internet unless it provides absolute proof.
Edit : Oh god why does every single one of my comments start a flame war...
@@TeamFortressTwoGaming except 99% of the time its not
@@TeamFortressTwoGaming How is that proof? Because they said it themselves? Do you know what lying is?
if someone says they’re dying, 99% of the time they’re telling the truth and it’s kind of extremely rude to just act like they could be lying
@@z_xd_lol You would be shocked by the amount of fucked up shit people lie about.
To be fair, I would have trusted this guy simply by seeing no reason not to. He had nothing to gain by lying about some shit like that. If all he wanted was to distance from the community, all he had to do was make a statement about it.
@@z_xd_lol how is it rude to question a random TH-camr on what they say?
Gonna be real, faking a terminal illness is a shitty thing to do but god I have thought about faking my death so often and this guy actually did it, lol
Most I've done is fake a cold to get out of school lmao
Yeah and that's reasonable to think that way, but to try and gain clout/ followers is sickening
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23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 3:16
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16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Romans 10:9-10
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9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.
Faking your death is not illegal. You can disappear, start a new life elsewhere, and life outside of the records.
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Fans: “YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD.”
sketchek: “ *_I got better?_* “
And somehow, one of the biggest Vtuber agencies in the world saw all this and said "yeah he's a good fit"
I’m pretty sure Vox has grooming allegations, one of the new members has scamming allegations, Luca’s whole debacle, and more.
I’m not super surprised with it anymore.
I remember watching his videos when i was a child, trying to be like him, a professional. I remember his "Fake Death" Nerfs of weapons that he was using and etc
@Don't Read My Profile Photo ok we won't
“You Either Die A Hero, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become The Villain”
@today was a good day NO
TH-cam is a warehouse for bot accounts, we just hang out here cause we aren't smart
@@f.r3644 I agree
What people don’t realize is the tf2 community had bad abandonment issues. Had sketcheck been honest, he would have gotten a ton of hate and harassment. Ironically the only way for the community to remember him as positively as they did was for him to die. And I think understanding that makes his decision a lot more understandable.
and i say fuck to all that. if i was in his shoes, and they were going to hate me for leaving, then i would just be extra motivated to leave as fast as possible. why should you be concerned about how a toxic fanbase thinks about you?
I absolutely agree, it was a bit of a damned if you do damned if you don't scenario for sketchek
You shouldn’t have to lie about a terminal illness to maintain your reputation. If he was going to leave anyways, his reputation shouldn’t have even been a big contributing factor. He could have easily just left without a word.
Heat 🥵 th-cam.com/video/3WgcQxwIWfk/w-d-xo.html Heat🔥
@@farris1104 You shouldn’t, but welcome to the post 2016 TF2 community.
The lore is WILD
I honestly think he was just paranoid that his fans would hate him for quitting, and he tried to get away from the channel in a way where he wouldn’t receive hate. Turns out he got more hate than what he would’ve if he just said he’s quitting.
this is definitely one of those "i wish i hadnt done that one thing i thought was a good idea but now realize i was a dumbass and this will probably haunt me forever" moments
this guy used Kitty0706 death from views
@@hugoumero9723 pretty sure kitty died after sketchek faked his death
Heat 🥵 th-cam.com/video/3WgcQxwIWfk/w-d-xo.html Heat🩸
@@house_cocoon no kitty died 5 months before
@@catchara1496 oh whoops, my bad
As someone who has been in the TF2 community for a long time I can confidently say a large majority of people watching TF2 youtubers are beyond unhinged and have no sense of boundaries. Had he just quit his audience would have thrown a fit, I don't agree with him faking his death, but having seen other TF2 youtuber's audiences do a total 180 on them and become almost hostile because they either want to branch out, or got bored with TF2.
If it's to be believed that he felt videogames were ruining his life, it's probably true he was suffering from some degree of mental illness, and I can sort of understand why he would lie about his leaving, especially if he's seen other people in the community face backlash for not wanting to play the game anymore.
I think the the terms of morality on youtube, stating you have a terminal illness of some sort isn't the worst thing anyone could do. I don't like the fact that he had donations on his channel, that's really scummy in my opinion. However this doesn't really hurt as many people as some of the awful stuff other youtubers have done (scams, false flags, child exploitation etc)
Internet went from 2012-2019 being the extremely harsh/horrible levels of dark humor with no boundaries, to 2020-2022 where everyone gets too sensitive and has to share their opinion on any matter. It just sounds like Sketchek said, it was a horrible joke, but when he made those vids saying «un named terminal illness» or whatever, atleast he pulled his sick joke by vaguely mentioning shit and letting the fanbase build the rest of that story in their imagination. I feel like it would’ve been a lot worse if he genuinely faked cancer or ALS or named an illness that people have lost lives to.
I remember being a teen online 2012-2017, it was so fucking normal for people to say «get cancer you fucking loser» as like an attempt at dark humor, but now that shit just feels so childish because most of us grew up beyond that.
He's a vtuber now btw, Sonny Brisko
th-cam.com/channels/uuAb_72QzK0M1USPMEl1yw.html
I honestly am not mad at the "terminal illness" lie, its only truely only a lie, and he even apologized, people where just mad because they god offended, at least he didn't lie about having cancer or any advanced organ diseases, he just needed a break and thats what he got, maybe he didn't deliver it correctly but you cant get mad at someone wanting attention, its what humans are built around, a social life, and attention can give you one.
Seeing those tweets and comments in the video, I believe you about the audience being unhinged. I completely understand getting emotional because someone (even a stranger) is dying young, and unexpectedly, but some of those people are lunatics. They're talking about his impact on their lives as if they knew him personally. You just watched him play video games not solve world hunger. Goddamn. Get some perspective, people!
th-cam.com/video/3lUp2C0pS_Y/w-d-xo.html finally its here,
I still remember to this day the day he "died", it was a great grief amongst all the servers. in tribute most stood as pyro doing the guitar taunt, "saluting" to the legend's passing.
I myself could not believe it, he always was my idol. I even today do his epic combo shit, but he will never be the same legend in my eyes.
I think he matured, he's a vtuber now
@@manamana5391 thats a very funny sentence to read, idk why
Dude faked his death then made some analog horror cipher hunt style stuff just to come back and actually feel sorry.
And now nobody really is bothered by it.
Why would anyone really be bothered? The people who'd be affected by a death are friends, family, and acquaintances. He didn't fool those people. He fooled nobodies online. What kind of morons are this affected by the death of someone they don't even know?
@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme Technoblade passing affected tens of millions.
@@doteleven5890 Well technoblade didnt fake it right?
@@Purfait right? ....
you know, Im torn on that one. would love to see more techno and hope hes alive ( he almost certainly isn't) but... I would lose a ton off respect if we was alive and well, and faked it all.
@@Purfait well...i guess we'll never know will we? We don't know him personally
kind of funny how you decided to use the Dead Ringer when showcasing Sketchek's Bequest. You know, since the watch allows you to feign your own death
cracked detail in the video
as someone who knew nothing of this, the way he returned with the like clues and stuff is pretty cool, but faking to be dead isn't at all
@Rare one I know where you live
I mean it’s not that cool because it shows that he isn’t sorry at all he doesn’t even remotely regret it
@@PurgPurg these people dont have lives or real connections thats why they can sympathise with a pathological liar
@@glamglam8347 sure man
Honestly, what sketchek isn’t that bad compared to what other creators have done, he doesn’t seem like such a bad guy
I die like 10 times every game why was everyone so upset that the best player died once?
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The trickster
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Because they were good at the game
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It's actually cool. Fooled everyone and then made a creepy horror movie like reveal. If I cared about TF2 I'd definitely follow him out of sheer awe for such a well executed masterful deception.
Small note: Sketchek's Bequest isn't the name of an item, it's the name of a stat that was added to his signature weapon. There is, however, an item in the game that lets you feign your death, and some players titled that item after Sketchek as a joke after he came back
Definitely messed up of him to fake a terminal illness and death especially considering how dedicated his fans were but I also feel bad because once you do something like that its really difficult to prove that you’ve changed even if you have. And nobody owes you forgiveness.
Yeah
I do think he did something messed up but it's a lot better to come clean and apologize than to lie your way out it. I feel like that shows honesty and guilt.
I like your pfp and name btw :D
@@Lostbreva Honesty? He kept it a secret for 3 years, he obviously only came back cause he was in need of an income.
@@Phelps-1247 honesty as in coming clean. I'm not talking about the intent
imagine your response to your favorite content creator not actually being dead is "im extremely dissapointed". I respect his decision cuz in the end, if he wouldve just went "im quitting gaming cuz its destroying my life bye" then people wouldve been spamming him 24/7 saying he should return.
@@denizcaliskan908 yeah, tbh with the way the internet works I don't entirely blame him. he definitely could have gone about it another way, though.
I like the thumbnail because it's just a typical otaku gamer guy, even though we've literally never seen Sketchek's face.
I did this when I was 11 like 14 years ago to leave a clan in a 2D space game "dark orbit" because I didn't have the heart to tell the clan leader (a 30+ year old) that I wanted to leave, then they had a whole memorial for me etc. But after a couple of weeks of people writing to my irl friends I had to come out as a living creature again
wtf
LMFAO
I would like to point out as someone who drenched themselves in the tf2 community for years, that tf2 fans have a bad habit of turning on creators who leave the community to do other things and other games. A lot of tf2 fans seem to think if a creator got their start through tf2, they now belong to tf2 forever and can't do anything else or they are abandoning and failing the community that made them popular in the first place. Since there's a lot of toxic fans like that there would be a pressure to not be honest. The community might turn on him as quickly as they did to people like STAR_. Dying seems like he would go through a lot less drama in the short term since no one could really get mad at someone leaving tf2 for that reason.
Generally, there is a certain portion of the TF2 community that is very boisterous and toxic in this regard. A lot of complaining for any dumb reason. We shouldn't give any cares as to what they supposedly think.
@@rainchopper898 I feel like what you're saying is very easy for someone like you or me, but for major content creators who get thousands of eyes on them, they're going to have to deal with more serious harassment than some mean words like doxing, and even insane people calling their place of work to try to get them fired.
Do you even know what it's like to be popular enough that that kind of harassment is pretty much a given? It's not nearly as easy to ignore as you think. It's not the same as somebody just leaving you an angry comment which can be easily ignored. It's thousands of people ganging together trying to dog pile and destroy you in any way possible. I feel like when you don't deal with that sort of level of harassment that comes from popularity it's really easy to try to play a moral high ground and just be like, "ignore it." cause they've never had a crazy fan going to their grandmother's Facebook page to harrass their family, or call their job lying and saying they've been stealing, or calling the police to swat their house. There's a genuine lack of safety when there's so many eyes on you.
Thank you! proves that tf2 community is not as good as they say
The problem is that he faked a terminal illness just to get away from the game.
Exactly, remember when Muselk used to play TF2 and got a ton of backlash to switching to OverWatch and then Fortnite later. The TF2 community is genuinely one of the most toxic fanbases out there as we feel we are entitled to everything, literally scroll r/TF2 for 10 seconds and you'll find someone complaining.
It's kind of baffling that this is was even debated at all among the community. Beloved or not, this dude casually faked having a terminal illness just because he "wanted to go out with a bang", something that's incredibly disingenuous and extremely gross to be regarding so flagrantly. I know that people can change and it could have been a matter of him regretting his action years later, a lot can change even in 3 years, but from the video played it doesn't seem like that, it just seems like a casual shrug like "oh btw i faked my illness but i wanna make videos again haha". It tells me that he didn't really understand the gravity of what he had done at the time, even after three years of letting it settle in.
Although I think the thing that really cements how this wasn't him realizing he'd fucked up was him making some spooky ARG out of his return like he was being fun and cheeky.
It’s cool cuz it was pretty funny 👍👍👍
Plus turning it into an ARG makes it feel more calculated, i get the feeling he did that to hype up his channel again in the hopes that he wouldn't loose too many fans and i guess it worked
@@silverwatermermaid1563 Exactly. This whole thing just feels like he didn't fully understand the gravity of what he'd done, and he didn't take it seriously.
okay??? so would you rather him dead? Its either that or this situation. I think its clear which is better
@@TheGaming100 I mean, sure, I'm glad he's not *dead,* this is technically the more preferable outcome to that, but that doesn't somehow absolve him of doing something fucked up. Just because one is worse doesn't make the other not bad.
He could have kept the lie up, but apologized and moved on, respect
I've never heard of this man in my life, but this story is insane. I'm somewhere between extremely entertained, baffled, and grossed out. Holy
I think he didn't completely ruin his career because it wasn't that big to begin with. If he had been a bigger TH-camr with a wider audience, he would've been canceled immediately and his career would've taken a huge hit. However since he had a very specific niche and his face wasn't attached to his content at all but rather the game and his skills, it makes sense that the community would just keep watching him.
pretty sure if a bigger youtuber wanted to escape the youtube life then he wouldnt care if he got “cancelled” or what. also cancelled is stupid af cus if you only get cancelled if you let yourself get cancelled. meaning only pussies get cancelled. just the truth
He hasn’t uploaded in 10 months and all vids have comments disabled why do people think they have accepted him back lol
yup. same reason NFL players like deshaun watson and AB get a job after they do all that shit. people will forgive wayy too easy
@@shallchairsitfallen No, he didn't upload because he ditched his sketchek persona and became a vtuber. I'm most definitely sure he is Sonny Brisko from Nijisanji EN, since their voices are exactly the same. Bro faked an illness and is still earning thousands every day...
@@chococlair2035 dude what he did was fucked up but so is casually doxxing
I love the way he makes these videos. Like a forensic files episode
you knows it’s a good video when 45 seconds in, you already start to understand how bad the situation was.
For those of you who don't play TF2, there was never an item memorializing Sketchek, there was a line with an effect added to his favorite melee weapon. The item stats that SunnyV2 used were for a spy weapon called the dead ringer which is used to fake your own death.
And a player named the weapon Sketcheks Bequest as a joke due to the weapon allowing the user to feignt their death
Specifically, that item is the Axtinguisher for the Pyro. The Axtinguisher does less damage than the normal fireaxe, but deals a guaranteed crit on burning enemies, at the cost of extinguishing them. The effect is "Hitting an enemy with afterburn deals additional damage based on the amount of afterburn time remaining." This is in addition to the Crit, by the way.
Whoever wrote Sketchkek's Bequest on the dead ringer is a comedic genius.
i bought a name tag just for this
The whole "I'm sick with a terrible, terrible illness" speech was so theatrical I would have suspected it was a joke from the start
Wait aren't you the same dude from the guy named prowler??
you either die a hero or live enough to see yourself become the villain
Omg, never realised this, but he that vtuber, like wow, he basically walked away with this unharmed and a new career and a new fan base lmao
I feel conflicted on the effort he put into coming back, the whole mystery he created and hunt he sent people on is honestly cool, but I can’t tell if it comes off as giving the people who really cared something as an apology, or still seeing the whole thing as a game. I can’t get a read on this guys current empathy level, but obviously in the past it was pretty low.
You're definitely right. It's important to consider what might have changed in that time, too. Good on you for pointing it out.
The fact that he did it to make money totally invalidates any concept of empathy. Dude’s straight up a scammer, what a piece of shit.
I mean in his defence he did say “even if i healed im not coming back” so assuming he’s dead was entirely on them, everyone went with it
@@xaviergl but he said it was terminal and he didn’t have long to live.
Despite faking his death, the way he revealed his return was considerably cool.
Yeah, it was a pretty good arg for a beginner.
@@isaiahp.4609 maybe he just wanted to make an arg the entire time
I guess we're all just too used with influencers faking their saddness and keep lying about things making his return with truth yet bitter taste a bit refreshing.. atleast thats imo
How was it cool?!
“My death was extremely exaggerated”
One thing I love about these videos is that they serve as cautionary tales to aspiring online personalities.
I’ve been very ill and it comes out in your voice…..he sounds healthy as hell in that “this is it” video
to be fair, if he was play enough video games to ruin his life he might have actually been suffering from addiction. addicts lie all the time, it's a symptom and lying to put yourself in a position to get away from whatever is hurting you is ultimately healthy. If faking his death actually saved him I wouldn't hold it against him.
Gaming is not good
@@mac2312 yes you are right it is actually the other way around ''what a place like you doing in a girl like this'' -Deadpool
Dude, I’m an addict and I’ve never told and a lie in my entire life!
(Another example of an addict lying)
@@mac2312 no, gaming is not good or bad, it just is, much like tv, books etc its a negative influence when it starts harming your life
That would just mean that him returning, and the boost in his viewership - are the worst possible outcome.
We're describing a powerful relapse into an addiction that made the man fake his own death.
What's he going to do, this time?
This is sickening. After seeing that Technoblade has died, this is truly disgusting. People claiming to have terminal illnesses for clout is absolutely terrible, diseases are not something to play with.
Edit: MOM IM FAMOUS
Edit 2: I didn’t make this comment because I’ve seen Techno’s death before this, I saw this video way before he died. I wrote it because seeing someone die was the last straw when it came to making a light matter of such things. It was never moral of Sketchek to do such crazy bullshit, or of anyone to ever do this kind of crazy shit. You can’t cover his shit up with “It was a prank” or any bullshit excuse, what Sketchek did is down to fucking horrible. And to the people who said he didn’t do it for clout, you must’ve not watched the video fully or didn’t pay attention. Why go out with a bang? He EXPLICITLY SAID THAT HE WANTED TO GO WITH A BANG! FOR WHAT?! Well, obviously, if you could listen, you could’ve picked up it was for FUCKING ATTENTION. Guess you ain’t got no one to be on the same page nowadays, huh?
was looking for this comment. it’s disgusting that he faked his illness and death for attention, when in reality, terminal illness is serious and this kind of loss greatly affects the community
RIP Technoblade. He was truly amazing. I barely even know him, but I can say confidently he loved his fanbase. He was a sweet guy. I dislike how people are 'Memeing' it. He was a real person. The pain in his father's voice. You will be missed, Technoblade never dies.
Sketchek is gross and should've never done this. Terminal illnesses is not a joke.
That’s what I was thinking
Thats exactly what i was thinking
same here, i just heard that he had died and this showed up on my recommended.
when you have friends with an illness that stops them from playing with you, you start to have a deep understanding why these kind of manipulations really suck
Loved that the whole time you showed his custom weapon, it was the fanmade one on the dead ringer lmao
Sadly this didn't talk about the other side of the coin as for the reason why this happened, where he was kicked out of his house for being a video game NEET and thought video games were ruining his life. Then had to spend a year or 2 wandering Japan as a hikki until he was basically saved by a friend. There are reasons why some people go off the deep end at times and I am just happy he is doing well mentally these days.
I do agree he should have been just straightforward and admitted to the reason why he had to leave, I think people would have been quite understanding and empathetic. But young edgy teens on the internet thought "going out with a bang" like that was the thing to do. Internet culture can be quite the drug.
had no idea about the hikki part, can't help but feel for him with that type of isolation, happy to hear a friend helped him there. also really well put abt internet fame, v v true
I think times have changed from the early 2010's Internet culture wise. As we can see here from the wide-ranging sentiment that faking chronic illness is a bad thing otherwise. Sketchek talked in his apology video wanting to make it as hard as possible to come back as at the time he left he thought that the video game addiction he had was ruining his life as I said earlier.
The point I do want to make is, today 2022-wise people are much more accepting of mental health issues and saying "hey my parents are kicking me out of the house, I won't have access to the internet in a stable manner for a long time and I need time for myself to get better" I think folks will understand.
But from what I gathered, the TF2 fanbase at the time would probably had just made fun of it or whatever. Which is why if you look for his Sketchek content nowadays it's been scrubbed by him. He wanted a fresh start away from all this drama, and I am quite happy that he is at a better place living plus mental health wise, and with what content he is creating nowadays.
What if I told you, he lied about all of that? That it was just a sick joke and to manipulate the narrative to bring in more viewers. You're just basing what he's saying, considering faking his own death, his words coming back should have always been presented has such, take it as a grain of salt. Yet stans ate that up without question.
@@sdfsdf2205 Honestly, you can get into quite the rabbit hole if you want to research as to why this isn't a lie. Like it's scary how much folks have dug up about this and him since March of this year. Hence why I'm just happy he's moved on from this and is doing more diverse content nowadays.
At the same time the irony of SunnyV2 being the one making another video about sketchek made me laugh a lot.
@@NettoAzure Well if everyone is ok with it, then I guess there is nothing to talk about, to each their own.
I'm pissed because I do understand what he meant by the whole "video games ruined my life" and how awful something like that might feel, but he should have just come and said that outright. He lied about having a terminal illness and that's just wrong. Even if he hadn't opened his channel for support and thus not made any money off of it, he still lied about it, and I don't think he should just be welcomed back with open arms because of it..
I don't get how he didn't think that would have been an acceptable way to quit. Maybe he just had no intention of coming back at the time, so he didn't care about his reputation. He could have just made some kind of rage video being like "Fuck it, I hate video games they're ruining my life. I quit." and it would probably give the shock factor he wanted without being deceptive.
I understand, but you underestimate the TF2 community. I've been here for a while now, and every other sunday a content creator is under attack. He probably wanted to avoid that, but didn't really do it in a great way.
I don't hate him though
I cant blame him too much the only reason we live anyways is to go out with a "bang" like he said. To at least be remembered.
I also dont like the fact that people's first reaction was "Why did you lie" rather than "omg he was actually fine". Feels like people only liked seeing him when he was uploading and we he stopped they felt that being empathetic about it was a moral obligation not a genuine reaction.
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Sonny Brisko from NijiEn.
sketchek wasn't even trying to make it sound real 💀
we aint gonna talk about how this dude with "illness" created a mini arg to make his viewers understand his "story" and try to justify his death
The way he returned was honestly kinda cool
@@BARDYGUARD I have to admit, it might have been really fucked up, but at least it was also kinda cool and impressive
@@alrineusaldore6764 it’s was pretty godam cool fr but he’s a dick for lieng about a terminal illness but dam me if the whole Japanese text thing wasent insanly cool
I don't know anything about this guy and I just randomly came across this video but I can't understand why people would be willing to forgive him. It doesn't sound like a genuine apology at all. In fact, his return comes across as performative. Like the arg itself is very telling of his attention-seeking personality. It was honestly cringey and narcissistic.
@@slowclapswellwellwell6423 maybe he was so addicted to games he needed to get away before he yknow, actually got ill
He straight up couldve vanished without a word for years and THEN start the hunt with secret codes. THAT would have been infinitely better than the shit he pulled. I still can't believe he got away with it.
People are so weirdly ready to forgive anything a person does if "They are the best at the game" but I say fuck that. Being a god at a game does not excuse genuinely shitty behaviour.
Edit: I didn't think my comment would get this much attention, this is fun to read. That is all.
i agree
yeah but wasnt he like a kid?
I didnt forgive him for his talent. He was never a "personality" youtuber. you watched the channel for the clips, not the user behind it, so it didn't emotionally affect me as I wasn't emotionally attached in the first place. its simply up to how emotional you are. he had no intention to gain anything from the whole event, hell, asked you to unsubscribe.
can't lie though, having mad video game skills can compensate for some things
I mean, it was pretty funny ngl
They sure know how to pick 'em...
Sunny your videos are so addictive, and educational :D
9:17 it really was a "sick" joke. Get it? Cuz... He said he was sick... Bad time? Ok
I think he was mainly accepted back because he came clean about everything. He literally could've just popped back on TH-cam and been like "hey I beat my illness" and maybe even gone a step further and explain what the "illness" was in order to make his story more believable. But he didn't, and instead explained what he did. I'm not excusing his actions, and coming clean about something isn't enough in any way shape or form, but it is more than a lot of other content creators can say after they do something along the lines of this, or elaborate lies and stuff like that. He wasn't even pressured into coming clean either and did it fully out of his own free will, which I think earned him some bonus points in the community. Once again tho, doesn't excuse what he did.
Why are we trying to still give him props? Could he have not even done this in the first place?
Who cares. It's in the past, and he didn't do anything personally harmful to anyone.
@@idkhahahaha it's still fucked up tho
@@wolfzmusic9706 Only to those who consider it offensive
@@idkhahahaha He scammed people technically
Bro coulda just said that he didnt die and he started feeling better since he already stated that he wont go back even if he survived. Mf still had a chance and he decided to go clean, he has my respect on that part.
The one thing that threw me off was the fact that he was so calm recording those videos. I know I'd be bawling my eyes out talking about something like this but that could just be me.
Wouldn’t be surprised if he was a sociopath lmao
You kinda come to terms with it when you are on your deathbed or told you are terminally ill.
kinda dumb of you to say that because the videos are prerecorded so even if he was telling the truth and he did cry he could just remake the videos
He mentioned in his vid that he had to rerecord it several times cuz his voice trembled at sertain parts.
@@inbeing3464 kind of dumb of you to say because you could just explain that without being rude about it
It is so interesting to know that, throughout history, some people do this. Some people disappear out of the blue because they rationally decided to. Some fake their own death because they rationally decided to. Some people change names and go live a different live altogether because they rationally decided to.
I am a disinterested party here, I wasn't affected by what he did, so I don't feel anything really. Other than curiosity. What goes on inside these people's head?
i feel like it's done for attention a lot of the time - when someone dies, they get talked about, praised, and missed so much in the aftermath. it makes sense how some people would want to witness that if given the opportunity
In this case it almost certainly wasn’t done for attention. But everything about the plan was so half-baked and stupid that it got attention. He should have just turned off comments on all his socials and left, like how his channel is now.
I mean many people were not affected by it but still think it's a shitty thing to do, he had donations from people who really cared about him, something doesn't need to affect you to know how low you need to be to actually do what he did
@@teethcoat4274 in the video he can literally be heard saying that it was to draw attention.
@@Bananaguy7 I think he was lying, personally. If he wanted attention for it he would have made a bigger deal out of it, instead he made one video and dipped.
I don't know why, but knowing this guy is a Nijisanji VTuber now makes this video even more surreal.
Welcome to the dark side of those "sealed" truths...
wtf 💀
bro?
WHAT
... damn this isn't /vt/ yk
When people in the community mentioned him, i always shaked in rage saying "Why not just make a video saying youre leaving?!"
Judging from his reasoning of "video games ruined my life" he probably believed that all the time he put in to his youtube channel was pointless so he didn't care to do a little bit of trolling unknowingly disregarding the parasocial relationship that his audience had with him. He was a young man trying to find his way and made a mistake as he did so but along the way he realized that what he did was wrong and put the truth out there. That is all that matters.
Sorry for going off-topic but I really like your DIO pfp :D
@@nobody6723 ty
Yeah, and I think in that situation it sort of makes sense why he'd enable donations as well. He probably felt he wasn't getting anything back from the TF2 community.
No that's not all that matters. If you come clean about mølesting someone, does that suddenly make it okay?
Screw him. I don't wish him physical harm, but i do hope his channel dies and his name is forgotten. This dude is clearly addicted to attention, don't give him any
@@SilentForrest There are some things that are forgivable and some that aren't I understand that but I don't think in this scenario that he has done something completely irredeemable. Whether or not you believe he was genuine in his apology is completely different. I try to stay away from very pessimistic assumptions about others because of how that distrust would affect society if we all did it as a whole but, I can very well see that this may be a person who is addicted to attention.
I’m honestly in awe somebody got away w/ that. “He seems genuinely sorry” not to me, his only reason for coming clean was “I want to make more videos” not an actual apology to me in the slightest. Who fakes their death for attention? That’s just sad.
I’m in agreement, what Sketch did was wrong and I heard a lot of people respected him before this. Also, didn’t expect to see you here btw. Small world, glad to see you’re doing well and I wish you the best.
Before the whole debacle he was pretty respected and genuinely a great guy and also he don't have any monetary gain for his videos he just makes them for fun so idk what u talking bout
@IkeaChairLeg Why are you treating this like its just a "mistake" he faked his own death and left his fans morning for years on end just to come back and said he did it as a "joke" idc how much of a great guy he was
Fuck him you don't just leave your fans morning your fake death for years on end as a "mistake" i would rather have his channel buried and forgetten
Got away ? You literally have fucking nothing ro do with him
@IkeaChairLeg people make mistakes but you still have to hold them accountable
The whole cryptic hunt for the proof is pretty legendary tbh.
I feel like he genuinely thought because of video games that it did ruin his life and like that one quote that you don’t appreciate something till you lose it, was true for him and once he realized that I think he wanted to come back but before that I think he thought that he wasn’t going to and like he said he wanted to go off with a bang, making all this happen.
I never really knew Sketchek back in those days, but my fucking heart sank when Kitty was mentioned :( Elliot goes to school and the other projects kitty worked on were amazing to me! Even to this day i find myself sometimes thinking of clips from the old uploads and referencing them.
It delights me to see after all these years, Kitty is still remembered!
rest in peace kitty0706
i still find myself rewatching the various elliot videos and moments with heavy because they were some of the best out there, not to even mention team fabulous 2.
Bruh I would never joke about that stuff just because I’m scared if I do I’ll make it a reality and if it does become reality it’s probably well deserved
Pressure.
Bro literally I never say anything like that for the same reason 😂
@yo Depp why are you spamming this Link on everyone’s comments
@@koolcatvalley because he isn't a he, it's a bot
@@regaI oh that’s annoying lol
He thought gaming was ruining his life, so if he wanted to quit properly faking your death makes it harder to comeback rather than just stopping
Sketchek's Bequest "Leave a fake corpse on taking damage and temporarily gain invisibility..." -Amazing. That item pretty much summarizes the entire story.
Wild theory: His terminal illness was depression, which led him thinking about taking is own life. Eventually got away from video games had a good experience in Japan, decided not to kill self and was left with telling people about his struggles or just be like “yeah it was just a joke”
Hmmmm makes sense. I mean someone with depression probably doesn't wanna talk about it. Probably wants to just move on to the better times. Fact is he wants to move on and it's best we just remember him for the best times he gave.
tf did Japan come into the theory
Chances of a depressed person Going through a japanese train surviving is 0
if you know you know
@@cuntpoopoo2968 lol fair enough. It just came in the theory because in the video he says he was having a great time in Japan and stopped playing at that time.
thats what i was thinking as well.. but "ohh he did it for attention," and such.. maybe this reaction proves him right for putting it as a physical illness instead of mental illness. it isnt as much of a wild theory as a plainly logical theory, but people just write off mental health as an aspect.
Perhaps he had depression, definitely was in a bad mental place, but in Japan he actually was kicked out of the house and was sort of homeless for a year or two and severe social anxiety + sorta language barrier kept him from working and he wandered until a friend helped get him turned around again
He could've left the TH-cam community by just being honest about how he actually felt, not faking some terminal illness. Seriously, it's one of the dumbest reasons to fake a terminal illness.
I think at the time the TF2 community was a lot more toxic and those that attempted to leave it struggled. I think a channel named Ster_ had issues, but I don’t remember well
It's dumb yes but it's not a crime
If anything it's just the equivalent to a mediocre publicity stunt
TF2 is a game that’s even harder to hold an audience upon switching to a new game than League of Legends. Not only that, but the TF2 community on TH-cam is absolutely deranged and will piss themselves every time they believe a TF2ber is going to quit creating and publishing TF2 content.
@@abird7833 poor Ster, hated because he wanted to stop playing a video game and play the next one; its like the community can't accept that their game isn't the main focus of people's lives sometimes
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0:36 "leaving a fake corpse" ooh,accidental foreshadowing,i love that.
The fact his axe has “feign death” that’s wonderful
I love these random/ unknown internet mysteries Sunny introduces us to. Keep it up!
man's got replied by 4 bots :skull:
@@Mointuspointus Everyone is Here
*cue SSBU music*
Wtf is this reply man
@@Mointuspointus I am really hoping these buts suddenly leave youtube one day
the replies reminds me of the state of tf2 right now
10:57 dam that descript really fits the weapon, "leaves a fake corpse on the ground".
In the aftermath it’s funny to think he said “kept ya waiting huh” and in the video after that “the man who sold the world” is playing
i had a viewer on one of my other channels fake a death, he spurgd out in chat and after MIA ing for a few days, a new alt appeared claiming to be his 'friend' he told us after everyone laughed at him last time that the kid took his life, everyone felt terrible for weeks there, then out of nowhere the kid just pops back in and now pretends his friend was just trolling.
This content is always so fucking good. Literally like taking a hit every time I click.
ikr its so like taking
wtf is this comment
Like I take-
@Don't Read My Profile Photo ok we won't
Pfp🤮🤮
This guy is the definition of the meme template:
“Didint you die?”
“Yes, but I lived!”
"the reports about my death were greatly exaggerated"
*dead ringer uncloak sound* *french laughs*
@@a_singular_nugget heh
ironic
The community: so you died?
Sketchek: Well yes but actually No