Dark day for PC gaming... well gaming in general :(

Akagi · 15 Oct 2015 at 21:02

Oh no

Wishing you the best John...

thebennyboy · 15 Oct 2015 at 21:05

Nasty disease, all my best wishes are with him and his family. You beat it once and you can beat it again!

fastwunz · 15 Oct 2015 at 21:15

That's a grade A crap bit of news.

Jonny2284 · 15 Oct 2015 at 21:19

Can't say I like his content, but wouldn't wish that on anyone. Hopefully he can beat the average by a long way.

Bloomfield · 15 Oct 2015 at 21:53

Radec said:
I wouldn't understand why anyone would dislike him tbh.
Best of luck to him.

Having read his posts on another forum I find it pretty easy to dislike him tbh. Then there's the wishing cancer on someone before getting cancer himself

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FrenchTart · 15 Oct 2015 at 21:58

Poor guy :/

Bloomfield said:
Having read his posts on another forum I find it pretty easy to dislike him tbh. Then there's the wishing cancer on someone before getting cancer himself .

Has he actually done this?

Martini1991 · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:01

FrenchTart said:
Has he actually done this?

Yes. I believe it to be "ancient history" however.

I'm a fan of his content, not sure I'm a general fan of how he comes across sometimes though, but I do hope he's able to experience a miracle of sorts.

arc@css · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:01

FrenchTart said:
Has he actually done this?

Quite a long time ago, yes, though I doubt be genuinely wished for someone else to fall ill. Still, a bad choice of words, though he did apologize for it later iirc.

Jim99 · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:06

Not familiar with his work, though I've heard his name many a time.

Pretty staggering that it can happen to someone so young.

thedoc46 · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:06

Bloomfield said:
Having read his posts on another forum I find it pretty easy to dislike him tbh. Then there's the wishing cancer on someone before getting cancer himself .

If that's true, that's kinda karma coming back to bite you...

Don't really know him, but even if the above is true, even so, i wish him good luck to him and his family.

Aedus · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:10

thedoc46 said:
If that's true, that's kinda karma coming back to bite you...

Don't really know him, but even if the above is true, even so, i wish him good luck to him and his family.

"Get cancer and die" were his exact words. But yeah he obviously didn't mean it.

MooMoo444 · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:18

Damn that sucks, wouldn't wish it on anyone. Hope he gets longer than that.

Twirlywoos · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:21

Defiant306 said:
Link: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1snlj3r

Quote:
Well, I don't know if there is really a right way to tell people this, so I guess here goes. The CT did not come back negative. The cancer in the bowel is gone, but spots have appeared in my liver. They're not operable and there's no cure. Average life expectancy is 2-3 years, though there are outliers that live much longer. I'll be back on chemo in a few weeks, with the goal of pushing it back and keeping it there for as long as possible. I fully intend to be the outlier, the average is this way because most people that get this are old and not strong anymore. Who knows what they'll come up with in the next decade? I intend to beat it for as long as possible. Gonna need some time to process all of this. I don't really feel anything right now. Thanks.

John Bain, Total Biscuit

Never liked most of his reviews but I know that many people loved him. Still feel sorry for him.

Itchytrigg · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:25

I remember him from my planetside days. He could be an a***, but was usually on point and was mostly balanced in his rebuttal (and very funny in smacking down the total trolls). Hadn't realise he gained a following till a few years ago. Such sad news and I just hope he can keep fighting for a long time.

Vulcan · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:32

Bloomfield said:
Having read his posts on another forum I find it pretty easy to dislike him tbh.

Such as?

Bloomfield said:
Then there's the wishing cancer on someone before getting cancer himself .

He's a target and gets a lot of crap, he snapped and didn't handle it that well.

FloppyPoppy · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:39

Such sad news. A lot of people don't agree with him but surly nobody can deny the effort he has put in to entertaining people and ripping some people a new one.

Kelt · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:48

Cancer is such a **** of a disease

adolf hamster · 15 Oct 2015 at 22:49

From what little i've seen of his work it had me in stitches, but regardless of why people dislike him he can't have done enough to justify such a cruel fate.

Mark A · 15 Oct 2015 at 23:06

Great attitude he has toward it, people have beat inoperable/curable diagnosis before and lived far longer than they were told they could. Hopefully he does the same. Really sad news though, I thought it had gone

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On Holiday · 15 Oct 2015 at 23:10

Bloomfield said:
Having read his posts on another forum I find it pretty easy to dislike him tbh. Then there's the wishing cancer on someone before getting cancer himself .

I've met him a few times 4-6 years ago now and he really didn't strike me as the type of guy to mean something like that.

Truly a nice guy to talk to and get on with.

Great story behind the first time I met him, I was at relatively small LAN event (100 people) and some guy starts shouting from the other side of the room "any more for LoL?" next minute I'm invited by "TotalBiscuit".. That explained the posh mic setup he had on his desk