Who is Empty?
Herobrine Hunt3r was mainly known as an artist, making animations mainly to do with the turn-based strategy game "Girls Frontline" (Released in 2018). He would often livestream and post videos of him working on his animations and art.
On April 13, Empty would post his last animation to Youtube. This is the animation:
Shortly after this, something began to obviously change in his mind.
Empty began making posts on social media slowly letting his depression be known.
The first sign was posting the song Bones - Klebold
The song is good, but darkly themed around the 1999 Columbine Massacre.
Archived messages show that his mental health had been declining rapidly for up to six months, some even claiming he was institutionalized at one point. Many believed he was also denying medications as well.
There are also claims he attempted to take his own life before the incident, by carbon monoxide inhalation. These claims are not backed up, but are entirely possible based on his history of mental health issues.
Around three months before his suicide, one of his videos gained a large amount of attention, surpassing 100k views and gaining him thousands of subscribers.
Empty would continue to upload content, but behind the scenes it slowly became obvious he was struggling, and would often give "hints" that he was "running out of time", as if he was dying from a disease.
There is little info about his family and home life, but it has been confirmed he lived with his parents who are Cantonese, and likely pressured him academically. This strict dynamic alongside his already existing mental health issues was a recipe for disaster.
FuryTomic
The last person who worked with Empty in content creation was a fellow youtuber FuryTomic, whose collaboration video was uploaded just days before Empty's inevitable death.
"His name wasn't Vincent, it was (bleep). No, it isn't public knowledge. I heard from people who were tuned in to his final livestream that his parents begin to call his name in Cantonese and try to open the door after the gunshot, almost right before the stream ended. I first talked with [Empty] around July of 2022, when he first started to make internet presence by making his animations. The one i found him from was this one. (uploaded picture of video/link) you can see my comment here too..."
FuryTomic's comment
"I encountered him on discord and exchanged some messages, telling him I'd be happy to help him with his animations. I started working with him officially around the first week of January."
"...I wish i had gotten to know him more... his backstory, his home life, etc. I'm sure he, at the very least, wanted to be heard. His most devoted fans no longer have him, and the friends and peers he would talk and have fun with now feel like they could've done better to stop him."
Tomic did not witness the livestream, however they did have some insight on why Empty went down this path.
"It wasn't obvious to me, but after re-reading our messages it became clear that he kept hinting that he didn't have much time left. I thought he meant he was just busy, same as me, so he wouldn't be able to work on content, or his academics and school. I don't know if he was a student, nor was I aware of all the doomposting and suicidal ideation."
Tomic also believes there is a possibility Empty was abused at a young age, but this is unknown.
"I'm sure all the abandonment and lost trust in friends and family, and the pressure from the evil heartless nutjobs online was what pushed him off the edge..." said Tomic
"He was worried that he would never make it anywhere, and would never get returns, without realizing that the returns were already coming in because of his success on youtube. For a community as niche as GSL, he was doing great... He was the only one doing what he was doing."
The beginning of the end
On April 21st, Empty purchased a Mossberg 500 12g shotgun and posted about it on twitter.
His behavior online became erratic, and eventually even changed his twitter bio to say that he had killed himself by self-inflicted shotgun wound.
The livestream
On April 23rd, Empty started a livestream on youtube, the audio well tuned but the screen turned black. He fiddles with the keyboard, explaining how he needs to set up the stream to automatically end, then says "Well, this is it.."
He then pulls the trigger.
Glass shattering and the sound of his blood pouring onto the floor floods the audio as his parents call out his name and begin to fiddle with his doorknob.
This is the video
The video with chat replay, on Youtube
Instantly, trolls began to harass his, along with his family and friend's, twitter and other social media pages.
Vile memes, and comparing him to Ronnie Mcnutt were the least awful of these trolls.
YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UClPAtOzZEUkSOIFYltjo_nA
Twitter: https://twitter.com/depriv3d_sucks
His Website: https://emptyskk.gumroad.com/
His email: hecklerandkochg41@ https://gmail.com
His Twitter post 1 day prior to his suicide:
He was only 20 years old at the time of his death. My deepest condolences go to his family and friends.
Rest in peace. -Supersillykitty
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A really
sad thing. I don't understand how people can harass the family
of a deceased person
with videos or photos of the moment
a life was taken
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As someone who recieved a lot of h@te on plebbit for making merriment out of th' Ronnie Mcbuttsack thing, I must admit that there is a certain allure to being provocative and evil, especially when there is no real consequences for doth being so.
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yeah it's called being an immoral fucking loser
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You can intellectualize it if you want, it's still pathetically childish behavior.
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I hope you yourself become harassed and bullied until you kys. Fucking animal loser.
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You should kill yourself live on a stream for all of us to have a good laugh out of it. Please. The more violent and visceral the better. I beg you.
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Th' interwebs basically allows one to be evil and provacative with no consequences, hence why there are so many evil and provacative people in cyberspace, such as myself.
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Bro talks like an actual "m'lady" neckbeard. Holy shit. LMAO
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"there are so many evil and provacative people in cyberspace, such as myself."
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Dude thinks he's a bad ass but in reality is a mentally ill dumbass who needs to be incarcerated
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idk about that.
I collected evidence against an internet predator and got him in jail for possession of cp.
Your digital footprint isn't an anonymous and protected as you may believe it to be.
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something made McNutsack funny but in this case it's just sad tho, especially to harass the grieving family
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wtf was funny about McNutt? His shit was sad too.
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His name and neckbeard and that he was a selfish prick. But I do feel sorry for his mom
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I'm the same person that provided the chatlog video, here are the comments on the stream from around 1 hour 19 minutes after the stream ended:
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damn he had potential
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Yeah and he wasted it by blocking the camera
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Bro the gunshot made me jump.
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fr that shit was loud asf
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This was one of the first videos I remember watching on WPD. I have not heard of him before that. His animations were pretty good.
There's some more info in this post. I don't have much to add. He sometimes talked about himself in his streams, like this one. (By the way, yes, he was previously institutionalized and attempted suicide before.)
Video with chatlogs from
@snew (Volume warning 2:43)
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The gunshot was loud and made me jump
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Not the case for me, but I'll be goofin if that shot wasn't loud. If only I could see the aftermath of the guy. You guys had any?
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LMAO SAME it's the first time happening to me I'm not getting scared easily xD
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0.0
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One time I heavily boosted the audio, and then compressed it. You could hear his parents speaking Vietnamese/Chinese (I don't remember) downstairs after he shot himself
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It's Cantonese, at the very end his mom asks "What's that sound?" and his dad replies "It sounds like someone's urinating"
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thank you!!! very helpful :D
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Sad, he seemed like a pretty nice dude had a nice talking voice seemed sweet and innocent people always be going through shit and nobody knows till its too late even though all the signs could be seen and its also a sad reality that these depressed individuals see no way through life if it dosent involve them taking there own life no amount of love and help can fix a broken mind and mindset truly sad but its sometimes the reality of most depressed people
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kinda sad case, he seemed like a nice dude![:marseysad: :marseysad:](https://i.watchpeopledie.tv/e/marseysad.webp)
rip
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imagine the people that found him
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that gunshot was loud af
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scared the fuck out of me
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made me jump a little ngl
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Yes fr
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Thank you for this interesting Post!
I never heard from him.
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RIP
at least it was a quick and painless death
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dude was sweet and talented even if it isn't my cup of tea personally. that's sad.
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You can even hear spilling at the end
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dwag TF happened to Plainrock124
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LMAOO WHAT 😭😭
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poor boy :( rest in peace he was obviously a kind person the way he cared enough to cover the screen🙁 i can't believe the comments and the harassing the family wtf 😞🤬 these people are the reason people commit suicide what part dont they understand
its like the ( in my opinion it was a suicide) suicide/killing of Damian the columbine copycat who brought a fake weapon to school ( he didn't kill anyone just made a scene )aimed it at the police and got shot and died and people almost instantly went onto his twitter page commenting horrible things about him making jokes😔💔
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The phrase "This is it" must have some fucking curse associated with it
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I mean it's a quick goodbye without actually saying farewell to anyone
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Fair enough, just that everybody that ends off with it almost always tends to record it and blow their brains out
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He haved such potential tho , is sad to see hem give up
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Holy shit. Rest easy kid. I wish it didn't go this way 🥺❤️. I'll remember you.
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you've posted several times in this thread. you are obsessed and are in urgent need of psychological help.
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Thank you for your non clinical layman's opinion i guess. You do realize you're making that comment ON A APP CALLED WATCHPEOPLEDIE. you're so fundamentally retarded.
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i am far more intelligent than you could ever hope to be. don't go talking down to me on topics you have no understanding of
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Telling others how intelligent you think you are makes you OBJECTIVELY a retard.
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Damn he was a great animator
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This man just needed some Weed and KFC and he would have been fine.... RIP
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I genuinely do wonder if weed or maybe even some of the right kind of shrooms could've helped to soften his outlook and give him some perspective.
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i would have let him rail a line off my massive hard cock.
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heroine is better, weed is too overrated
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Damn his animations were well made, shame such a talent wasted.
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Normally I probably would say somthing edgy about soneone like this but because he was a fellow animator I suppose I shall give my condolences.
⚰💐🌹🌸🏵🌼🌻🌸💐🌹💮🌼🏵🥦🌷🥀🌺⏳💠🎴
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it must be hard drawing with one hand
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how do you feel about your job getting fucking destroyed by ai in the next few years? must be hard, huh?
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I cant imagine the amount of suffering his family went thru, especially made worse by those insufferable trolls.
Dark humor may be one thing, but involving their significant others whom had no control and involvement will always push over the edge
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It's possible that his name was Winston. That's the name that was being said when asked if he was ok.
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RIP Talented Guy - His last Youtube video
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"Girls frontline"
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Im glad he only took gimself out. Lots of times those mental defective losers go on mass shootings. So kudos to him. Rest in pieces 💔
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Someone did not just say “bruh” after hearing that shot in the live chat
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Incredibly sad, great work on this post homie.
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are you black?
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Are you retarded?
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am i wrong?
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I live in your fuckin head rent free buddy. Thank you.
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Sure are kiddo. And you're retarded.
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you have replied to me several times in the past few days. you are practically begging to suck my cock :)
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I replied to YOUR REPLIES retard 😂. You in fact are gargling my balls as we speak sir.
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it currently seems to me that you are the one instigating and replying. the only ball gargling here is when your mother gargles my balls.
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You're making your momma jokes... You actually feel so insecure and depressed right now don't you 😂. Can't get pussy so ya get mad huh buddy ... Sad day to be an incel i bet 😂
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Dude every single one of my replies to you ARE REPLIES TO YOU REPLYING TO MY COMMENT. please jump in a river and go to a country where people on your mental level can run free and shit in the open field together.
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