# TotalBiscuit has liver cancer **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 16, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840 "2015-10-16T20:16:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/1 "2015-10-16T20:16:25Z")
Just wanted to share for anyone who might be interested that **TotalBiscuit** has announced he has liver cancer. He had colon cancer last year and seemed to beat it but now he’s got the liver variety. > **[YouTuber TotalBiscuit diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer, given 2-3 years...](https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/youtuber-totalbiscuit-diagnosed-inoperable-liver-cancer-given-2-3-years-live-1524255)** > > After being cleared of bowel cancer John Bain reveals disease has spread to his liver and is inoperable. I’ve been watching his vids of certain games I was interested in for a couple of years now. It’ll be sad if his voice goes away. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/2 "2015-10-16T20:25:53Z")
Christ, dude is only in his 30s, with a wife and kid. Here’s hoping he beats the odds. He was the first youtubber I ever watched. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/3 "2015-10-16T20:57:56Z")
He was the first one I started watching too. I was looking up vids on a pokemon game for my nephew and we liked his voice so we kept going back to him for other games. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/4 "2015-10-16T21:12:49Z")
I totally an not a 1337 gamer, but I have seen and appreciate the young man’s work. My gaming world intersects his rather expansive one only in World of Warcraft, but I always thought his videos about WoW were on-the-point, informative, and enjoyable. I read his tweet. It started out as colon cancer, but metastasized to his liver after his colon cancer surgery (and a few months of apparent remission). ☹ Sucks bad. What a shame. I hope and pray he pulls through, but from what I’ve seen it would take a miracle. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/5 "2015-10-17T01:33:09Z")
Well as he pointed out most people who get the liver cancer are older folks whose bodies are weaker. So him being as young as he is does give him a bit of an edge but who knows if it will be enough. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/6 "2018-05-01T12:24:07Z")
TB just posted an update on his health. Chemotherapy not working anymore. Tumors putting pressure on his spine. Liver too weak for clinical trials. semi-retiring. [https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/8g4eoj/official\_totalbiscuits\_future/](https://www.reddit.com/r/cynicalbritofficial/comments/8g4eoj/official_totalbiscuits_future/) > [@](#): > > TL:DR - Conventional treatments ineffective, liver too damage for clinical trials that we know of. I’m retiring as a critic to spend whats left of my life sharing my love of gaming with my wife and all of you via co-op videos and streams. The podcast will continue every week, with a streamlined 2-hour format. We have no plans to launch any kind of donation campaign and suggest above a list of ways to support us if you would like to. Looks to me like he doesn’t have long left. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/7 "2018-05-01T13:03:48Z")
Crap, I liked his vids, very entertaining. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/8 "2018-05-25T00:15:13Z")
And he has passed away. R.I.P.: > **[Game Critic Totalbiscuit Dies At 33](https://kotaku.com/game-critic-totalbiscuit-has-died-1826310517)** > > After retiring from games criticism at the start of the month, YouTube personality John “Totalbiscuit” Bain has passed away. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/9 "2018-05-25T01:02:19Z")
RIP John and sincere condolences to his family. I do not know if he was the first YouTube games commentator (almost certainly not) but he was the first I became aware of and I followed his show for a long time. He was a credit to the gaming community and will be missed. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/10 "2018-05-25T03:25:00Z")
I’d never heard of this guy before, but I’m not really in the on-line gamer community. Interesting to see people on some other sites saying stuff like ‘good riddance’. Gamergate type? Anyone have insight as to why people hate him? The first mention of him I saw was on @XavierWoodsPHD twitter, calling him a friend. ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/11 "2018-05-25T20:00:38Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I’d never heard of this guy before, but I’m not really in the on-line gamer community. > > Interesting to see people on some other sites saying stuff like ‘good riddance’. Gamergate type? Anyone have insight as to why people hate him? > > The first mention of him I saw was on @XavierWoodsPHD twitter, calling him a friend. People are literally claiming he’s responsible for Trump getting electing, mainly because he really didn’t like Brianna Wu and Anita Sarkessian. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/12 "2018-05-26T00:15:08Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Interesting to see people on some other sites saying stuff like ‘good riddance’. Gamergate type? Anyone have insight as to why people hate him? Some people are jerks, and as a very visible personality, some people wanted to poke him in the eye any chance they got. ---
**Author:** ![Palooka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/palooka/32/2902_2.png) [@Palooka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palooka)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/13 "2018-05-26T01:57:30Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Interesting to see people on some other sites saying stuff like ‘good riddance’. Gamergate type? Anyone have insight as to why people hate him? Those people are terrible. He had a lot of stereotypical gamer opinions about things and spent a long time doing the horrid sarcastic/angry gamer thing on Youtube. Gamergate-type gives you the idea. **smiling bandit** has a good point. Once you’re popular like he was from his initial stuff you start having crazy people harass you. Venom leads to more venom. Gaming culture is terrible like that. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/14 "2018-05-26T18:05:45Z")
Not happy he is dead but he WAS a supporter of Gamergate, there is no sugar coating that. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/totalbiscuit-has-liver-cancer/734840/15 "2018-05-27T03:54:45Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Not happy he is dead but he WAS a supporter of Gamergate, there is no sugar coating that. Both sides in Gamergate were toxic. I learned fast there was absolutely no winning when expressing an opinion on it. No matter what you said. No matter how well reasoned or supported by facts, one side or the other would dog pile you. Sad thing is there was a good and important conversation to be had in there but it got totally lost. I think John Bain was trying to be a voice of reason but, as mentioned, it really didn’t matter what you said for someone to spew hate back at you about it.