One of the best players of Team Fortress 2 announced his own death as a “joke.” Nearly 3 years later, he is back – as healthy as ever.
It is now old news that YouTubers sometimes resort to some strange “pranks” to tease or deceive their viewers. But rarely do YouTubers go as far as Sketchek. He announced that he was suffering from a terminal illness and then withdrew from YouTube. Now he is back – completely healthy and remorseful.
Who is Sketchek? Until 2015, the YouTuber Sketchek regularly published videos about Team Fortress 2, a popular team shooter on Steam. He was not just anyone, but for many he was considered one of the best (if not the best) Pyro players in the scene.
Severe illness only fabricated: In a return video, Sketchek now clears up the whole matter. He was never sick and wants to apologize to everyone who was worried about him or is really struggling with an illness. He wants to clear everything up now because his guilty conscience slowly suffocates him. He has realized that it was not right and what he thought was a “stupid joke” crossed many lines.
Sketchek wanted to go out with a bang: His motivation for the lie back then is quite simple. He had reached a point where he was tired and bored with the world of gaming and wanted to make a radical break. The lie about the terminal illness came to his mind, with which he basically “disappeared with a loud bang.”
In the meantime, Sketchek has contacted many of his old TF2 friends, who have forgiven him. According to his statements, some even recognized “the joke in it” and did not hold it against him.
In the future, Sketchek wants to present high-quality videos again and hopes that fans will remain loyal to his channel and give him another chance.
What do you think of this action? Is it forgivable because he has now publicly apologized? Or should one turn away from such a YouTuber?
Other people also like to pretend to be ill – like this tank in World of Warcraft:
