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:

https://i.imgur.com/a/P1Jk8mO

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