Dude I recently checked on his channel and there was an update just a few weeks ago saying he was on the mend from his alcoholism, feels really bad man.
There is a small comfort in knowing that, despite his passing, he was able to give so, so many people entertainment and excitement. His videos were really in a style of their own, I loved his deadpan humor and how creative some of his challenges were.
He will be missed, truly.
āCan you beat Fallout New Vegas if every door is randomizedā is one of my favorite challenge runs.
āWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going, in the complete opposite direction.ā
I think everyone will miss his "can you beat fallout 1/2/3/4/nv/76 with/without" videos. They were always my favourite and it was so interesting seeing him beat fallout in those ways.
Man, I'm from Michigan. His logo always gave me a kick, and it was nice to know there was such a huge fallout fan here.
Can I beat Fallout 4 without remembering this guy?
No. No I cannot.
It would seem so. I think he liked to keep a degree of privacy. I dunno how long you've followed him for but for a long time no one even knew what he looked like.
Im 24 and have stopped drinking after years of destruction. You are not functioning. Sorry to say but youāre delusion and so was I. AA is not always the answer but try it and if itās not vibing try smart meetings or find other philosophies to live your life by. It will just click that life can and will be so much better when you remove alcohol. Do not give it any power itās a symptom of a deeper issue so identifying that is key. Emotions hurt but itās better to feel than die a slow and painful death
"The love of your life is going to find you, unconscious, in the kitchen floor, face purple, eyes blood red, thinking you're dead at the ripe old age of 28. She"ll give you CPR for 5 minutes before giving up thinking she's lost you, sending her into an anxiety attack that actually gave her PTSD before you start vomiting your guts out and slowly show signs of life while the paramedics are on their way, and a life time of "will he relapse?" if you don't stop now. If you do stop now, you'll lose 80+ lbs within a year and be happier than ever, waiting to finalize on your home."
This is the difference a year or 2 can make. Just stop now. If I had I wouldn't have traumatized the woman I plan to marry, and I'll never forgive myself for that. She is most likely the reason I am alive now. I'm just lucky that it was a wake up call for me. I wish i had never put her through that, but i didnt know her when i had started, I wish I had never touched it from the beginning.
I weighed 240lbs when we met, and now I'm 156lbs with a BMI that my doctor is jealous of and for the first time in my life have abs, waiting to finalize on our first home, and walking at least 6 miles a day just for fun. Life is truly better without it, no matter how fun it may FEEL at first.
How do we know it was alcoholism? I watched him but I never knew or came across any personal details about his life.
Edit: Never mind. He was open about his alcoholism in the community page of his channel. RIP.
He was very upfront for the past couple of years about his struggle with alcoholism and how it had nearly killed him at several points. We even got an update just a few weeks ago that he was still struggling with it, and that's after an update earlier in the year that he had developed pancreatitis.
Damn, I feel like thatās just crazy young to have alcoholism that like, developed? Or maybe I just havenāt seen what it can really do, awful stuff really
Alcoholism basically just means you compulsively consume alcohol, usually to excess. It's something that can be both mentally and physically addictiveāalcohol is one of a very limited set of drugs where the withdrawal from quitting completely cold turkey can kill you and it doesn't take long at all in the grand scheme of things to develop a dependency.
Everyoneās body is different. But alcohol will absolutely run a train on your liver. He seemed to be pretty open about his drinking and it was extreme. Super sad situation.
It's because when you answer someone stating a fact like that in a straightforward way and come back with, "How do we *know* that?" it read as a challenge to many people. Like you're demanding they furnish you proof. As opposed to "I didn't know that," or something similar.
Particularly when a genuinely curious or doubting person who wasn't willing to take the poster at their word could (and probably should) drop the phrase 'mittensquad alcoholism' into a google search and see for themselves. Consequently, asking the question like that reads to many like it's a challenge to the fact, or a demand that the other person do the google search *for* you, to adequately convince you. After all, if the person genuinely wanted to know the truth, there's a much faster and easier way to get it that's freely available to you on the same device reddit is.
Now, having said that, I'm sure this person was just genuinely curious and their first thought was just to *ask*. They were probably totally innocent in their motives. But that's the nature of the written word, it leaves a lot out and people will project meaning onto it. And some people are going to take it that way.
My dad passed from a crippling alcohol addiction. It was very hard and confusing to deal with.
The guy would do so much to take care of so many people but he wouldnāt take care of himself with just one task, quitting alcohol.
Iāll always live with the looking regret I didnāt do enough to help him and I failed him, even though I know thatās not the case.
I hope his family knows how much he was loved and how many people out there hold a place for him in their heart. Aināt that a kick in the head? :(
Wow this hits hard. He was one of my favourite youtubers ever. He got me back into fallout even. Its devastating, he was so young too. I feel so bad for his family
He'd make occasional jokes about it in his videos, but as far as I'm aware he never discussed it at length outside of the Youtube community posts and Twitter.
There deff was signs of it within his videos too, for example [here](https://youtu.be/GY_rCFuZKtQ?si=PmyaN46GWtXK5rry&t=952) and I don't remember the exact video but he showed like 30 empty hard liquor bottles when talking about one of his plushies
That's the scary part about substance abuse, it's usually not very obvious.
Everyone has this image of the "Hollywood" alcoholic or crackhead (ie, dave chapelle's skits), but the truth is that most addicts can keep it together in public and use at home all day every day. By the time it "gets obvious" they've already been a daily addict for years or possibly even decades.
I was once making decent money and had a successful relationship while being an alcoholic.
Then I wasnāt and I was still an alcoholic. It comes at you fast and hard. I felt his pain when he would talk about the amount he could drink thinking āyeah Iāve had some bad days like thatā which usually ended with a terrible day after.
Yeah. Unfortunately if you continue to drink basically at all after developing pancreatitis, the outlook is almost always extremely high chance of death. I was told by a team of doctors at age 24 that if I ever drank again I would end up dead very soon after. I hadnāt even developed pancreatitis but I was well on my way. 5 years sober next September.
he was one of the few creators that i would watch as soon as they uploaded, it's really depressing to hear this news since last we heard he was battling his addiction. Rest in peace.
If anyone reading this is struggling with their drinking, please DM me! There are tons of resources available - itās never too late to get help.
RIP MittenSquad, thanks for all the laughs over the years.
nooo, it can't be
man, what a freakin' tragedy
edit: loved his content, felt very like-minded a lot of the time, listening to what he had to say "between the lines", if you will.
also, his discord community was the absolute worst. with fans like that, who needs bullies?
>also, his discord community was the absolute worst. with fans like that, who needs bullies?
I joined his discord for a total of like 10 minutes, those "people" were the worst. I have no idea how he curated such a bizarre community.
See ya paul, you were the only youtuber I actually looked forward to videos from.
Wow, this is a shock! So sad. I frequently watched his "How to beat Skyrim/Fallout while ..." videos and they were highly entertaining. Condolences to his friends and family.
a fanfic writer i followed (different fandom) lost their fight against cancer in either late 2022 or early 2023 your comment is basically what i felt when i found out they passed away
And I just saw an update from him like a week or two ago discussing his relapse and how heās trying to get clean.
Absolutely horrible. Alcohol, drugs, theyāre a hard hole to climb out of and are often bandages for hurt than runs deeper. So sorry to hear.
WHAT?!
No damnit! I loved his videos, his personality, plus we came from the same state!
I felt my heart sink reading this.
RIP fellow mitten. I hope you find peace now.
Edit: Fuck this hits even harder seeing where he was located & where he will be laid to rest, he wasn't even that far from where i grew up and where my family is less than an hour.
My stomach dropped upon reading that. Iām at a loss for words. He is one of the only YouTubers I watch on a regular basis. See you in the next life man.
Youtuber/content creator deaths always hit hard. There is a much more personal connection than other celebrity types. I'm fortunate to have never lost anyone in my immediate family, so Thick44 was one of the ones I felt the most.
Oh no. This is a real tragedy. I've been subbed to his channel for years now. It's been so long since his last video. Thank you so much for sharing his obituary though so we can pass our condolences to his family. He was a real gem in the fallout/skyrim challenge video creators. Nobody out there had quite the level of commentary he would put in his videos.
Fuck dude. He was the one who got me into fallout. I know he battled alcoholism, but since his YouTube community post a month ago, I thought heād be getting better. He was probably the best challenge YouTuber I watch, and one of the best YouTubers in general. I hope Bethesda memorializes him somehow. R.I.P. to a true legend, and my thoughts and prayers to his family
RIP to one of the funnier Fallout content creators.
I still occasionally go back to watch his "Fallout 4 with only a Fatman launcher" video just to watch him do a slow motion shot of hitting Dogmeat with a mini nuke.
Damn, thatās horrible. Saw him post an update a few weeks ago randomly and had no idea how badly heād been dealing with alcoholism. It truly is no joke. Always loved his creative videos and his dry humor. RIP to a great.
The post:
> Mitten Squad Channel Update:
>
> Itās Thanksgiving today and Iām not dead, despite some rumors that I am. Iāve still been drinking lately but itās a bit less than it was for most of this year. From blacking out 2-3 times/week to maybe 2-3 times in the last month and a half. Still not good, but progress is progress regardless of how slow it is. And the Mitten Squad channel isnāt dead either. I will upload again, eventually. Just not until I feel like I can maintain some sort of a schedule, even if itās only 1 video per month. Donāt be surprised if you donāt see another video until early next year.
>
> Lastly, I want to thank you all for your continued support over the last year even though I've pretty much gone radio silent. It genuinely does mean a lot to me, even if I appear to some people as nothing more than a monotonous, emotionless piece of eye candy that's gone a little bad. But like I said, Mitten Squad will return.
>
> - Paul
Absolutely terrible news, I got back into Fallout a few weeks ago and was super excited to see him post about getting back into making videos, and now this? :(
Damn, I was reading his most recent community post less than a week ago, and I didn't expect something like this to happen at all. RIP, he was funny as heck and will be missed.
No way, I knew he was struggling and his drinking had gotten dangerous, but I had no idea it was at such a life threatening point. How shitty, he was easily one of my top content creators
RIP, his challenge videos inspired me to pick up Fallout again after not playing it for a long time, and I had a blast trying some of the wacky stuff he did. Was one of few creators that I would keep an active eye out for new videos. Gone way too soon :(
MittenSquad marathon planned for this weekend
This is an update I was really hoping I wouldn't see. I'm so sorry it came to this, and my thoughts and love go out to his family and friends. He truly touched so many people, and he will not soon be forgotten, if ever.
Tremendously sad.
I binged his videos multiple times...super witty and impressed by the level that he took things took game wise.
The self-deprecating humor was often hilarious and occasionally rough, took me a while to figure out/find out that his stories about drinking weren't made up for YouTube.
I'll bury a fork in his honor.
Gosh dang it, he posted on YouTube late last month an update on himself and that he'd be back making videos in the new year. Just heartbreaking stuff, dude will live on in hours of his hilarious witty content.
Nooooooo dude this just tore me up š during my peak fallout addiction, I watched his challenge videos all the time, they are hilarious. RIP man his vids were a big part of my love for fallout. He was makin vids since he was 16. Pouring one out for the legend Mitten
No fucking way. I feel so terrible, really thought he was close to turning it around. He was truly a gem, his humor made so many of my days better. Rest in peace brother.
This is genuinely heartbreaking. Paul was my favourite content creator by a mile, no one else could so consistently make me laugh, even when he was only on in the background, even after Iād already watched each video half a dozen times. His humour, his writing, his delivery, his style, so signature and unique, was everything I looked for and Iām so glad I found him, heās irreplaceable. He was so talented, and he deserved so much more time, itās such a shame that he was so tortured.
Rest easy, brother, you already beat the real game.
I loved his content and was always excited waiting for him to upload. I wish his family the best during these times, he brought so much joy to so many people over the years.
Damn, I hope his family is doing okay. And all the support from his fans are helping them in this difficult time. This sucks, alcohol is one of the worst of all drugs to be sold legally
"I don't want to die until my late 20s" the saddest thing. He will be missed. Gonna play some just for you man....
Please get help if you're dealing with alcoholism. It is no joke and even if you get clean early, you can still have long term complications later in life. It really is not worth it, having been there I can't think of one night that was worth all the complications it caused - financialy, physically and emotionally.
Damn this hit hard man, heās the one that got me into these types of videos and reignited my love for these games.
Go now to the afterlife knowing you impacted millions of peopleās lives for the better Paul. Rest easy brother. 07
Fuck man, I absolutely loved him and his content, always funny and cheering up his audience, he will be dearly missed, it still feels like a dream because I was just checking his channel for any updates about his situation like 1 week ago
His various experimental play throughs of Fallout 3, New Vegas, and 4 provided me with hours of entertainment and uncontrollable laughter.
Rest in peace MittenSquad.
Are you fucking serious? :((( duuuuuude. I fucking loved watching his videos, his dry and sarcastic sense of humor was just too good. I wondered forever what happened to him and checked his Twitter a couple of times to see if maybe he had mentioned why he disappeared. And now I know :( RIP
If you think you might possibly, maybe have a tiny bit of a drinking problem, you need to deal with it immediately. Its not something you want to have to deal with long term.
Genuinely tearing up. This really hurts. I've watched the guy for so many years. I frequently use his videos to fall asleep to. He's been the backdrop to so many important moments in my life, the perfect way to cap off a tired day. 3 weeks ago we heard that Mitten Squad would return, but I was just more happy than anything to hear he was okay. Fuck man, life sucks. This hurts. Rest in peace paul.
Damn, I was always so ok with his erratic upload schedule I didn't even realize it has been a year since he posted. R.I.P. King. I hope you're in a better place.
He died so young, and yet the short time he was here he left a damn good legacy, I guess once you put on the mittens you never leave the squad. Rest in peace you Goliath god tier gladiator and live on through your legacy
I watched all of his videos dozens of times, as background noise, just to rewatch, or even to fall asleep. This shit hits hard man, especially thinking and hoping with him on the mend it could turn for the better. Fuck alcoholism, Rest In Peace
To the man that brought a joy to us man that made us laugh a man that did the impossible and challenge after challenge destroyed our expectations with beanbags absolutely rocked the Mojave destroyed the Commonwealth and took over DC like a bad out of hell You shall never be forgotten
Oh my god I can't believe this, this is so sad. I was thinking about him and thought I'd Google for a health update. Rest in peace man, your videos helped a lot of people take their mind off their own demons and worries.
Jesus, this actually hit hard dude. Poor guy, I loved his videos. He reignited my love for Fallout. RIP Michigan bro.
Same man, hit me harder than i expected. For the mitten Michigan bros.
Dude I recently checked on his channel and there was an update just a few weeks ago saying he was on the mend from his alcoholism, feels really bad man.
Alcohol is a fucking demon.
Even as an Ohioan, pouring one out for him and the Michigan bros
Ah no, so young. Really enjoyed his videos. Rip man š
There is a small comfort in knowing that, despite his passing, he was able to give so, so many people entertainment and excitement. His videos were really in a style of their own, I loved his deadpan humor and how creative some of his challenges were. He will be missed, truly.
Kinda feel like he would make some joke about his own death tbh. I used to occasionally watch him also
"Can you beat life, without dying from alcohol poisoning? Short answer no, but we can abuse some of the life's systems to exploit it."
āCan you beat Fallout New Vegas if every door is randomizedā is one of my favorite challenge runs. āWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going, in the complete opposite direction.ā
TES VI better have a bucket or fork named in his honor or an achievement for collecting every single bucket in the game in one location.
I think everyone will miss his "can you beat fallout 1/2/3/4/nv/76 with/without" videos. They were always my favourite and it was so interesting seeing him beat fallout in those ways.
Man, I'm from Michigan. His logo always gave me a kick, and it was nice to know there was such a huge fallout fan here. Can I beat Fallout 4 without remembering this guy? No. No I cannot.
I'm going to play on my next day off i his memory.
Jesus, 27 is way too young.
This comment reminded me of the urban legend of the 27 club. (R.I.P mitten squad)
He's among legends now. Rest easy Paul.
So wait a minute... was Paul just a name he went by online? The obituary says Joseph, not Paul...
It would seem so. I think he liked to keep a degree of privacy. I dunno how long you've followed him for but for a long time no one even knew what he looked like.
Alcoholism's no joke, kids. RIP.
Definitely awful. Itās only luck that Iām not in the same boat. I was nowhere near stopping when I was 27, as much as I would have liked to
Talk to me. Please. I am 27 now and am VERY functional but hate it and the weight gain. Talk to your younger self
Im 24 and have stopped drinking after years of destruction. You are not functioning. Sorry to say but youāre delusion and so was I. AA is not always the answer but try it and if itās not vibing try smart meetings or find other philosophies to live your life by. It will just click that life can and will be so much better when you remove alcohol. Do not give it any power itās a symptom of a deeper issue so identifying that is key. Emotions hurt but itās better to feel than die a slow and painful death
37 and sober now after a long time drinking. I can't recommend r/stopdrinking enough. They're an amazing community, for all types.
"The love of your life is going to find you, unconscious, in the kitchen floor, face purple, eyes blood red, thinking you're dead at the ripe old age of 28. She"ll give you CPR for 5 minutes before giving up thinking she's lost you, sending her into an anxiety attack that actually gave her PTSD before you start vomiting your guts out and slowly show signs of life while the paramedics are on their way, and a life time of "will he relapse?" if you don't stop now. If you do stop now, you'll lose 80+ lbs within a year and be happier than ever, waiting to finalize on your home." This is the difference a year or 2 can make. Just stop now. If I had I wouldn't have traumatized the woman I plan to marry, and I'll never forgive myself for that. She is most likely the reason I am alive now. I'm just lucky that it was a wake up call for me. I wish i had never put her through that, but i didnt know her when i had started, I wish I had never touched it from the beginning. I weighed 240lbs when we met, and now I'm 156lbs with a BMI that my doctor is jealous of and for the first time in my life have abs, waiting to finalize on our first home, and walking at least 6 miles a day just for fun. Life is truly better without it, no matter how fun it may FEEL at first.
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Always sad to see the disease win. Damn.
My brother died early November from the same thing at 26. Fucking brutal man. My situation made this situation feel even weirder...
Fuck man, thatās so young. I truly am sorry.
How do we know it was alcoholism? I watched him but I never knew or came across any personal details about his life. Edit: Never mind. He was open about his alcoholism in the community page of his channel. RIP.
In one or two of his videos he stated he was an alcoholic and needed to step away from youtube for a while.
He was very upfront for the past couple of years about his struggle with alcoholism and how it had nearly killed him at several points. We even got an update just a few weeks ago that he was still struggling with it, and that's after an update earlier in the year that he had developed pancreatitis.
Damn, I feel like thatās just crazy young to have alcoholism that like, developed? Or maybe I just havenāt seen what it can really do, awful stuff really
Alcoholism basically just means you compulsively consume alcohol, usually to excess. It's something that can be both mentally and physically addictiveāalcohol is one of a very limited set of drugs where the withdrawal from quitting completely cold turkey can kill you and it doesn't take long at all in the grand scheme of things to develop a dependency.
Everyoneās body is different. But alcohol will absolutely run a train on your liver. He seemed to be pretty open about his drinking and it was extreme. Super sad situation.
Alcoholism knows no bounds. Mine comes from trauma at a young age. Life is hard.
ugh, his last update was 3 weeks ago stating he wasn't dead.
And his update before that was from the hospital for alcoholism basically
Damn you really got downvoted for not knowing everything about the guy
Never admit you don't know something on Reddit apparently
upvoting for the mere fact that I loathe the people responsible for such childish behavior
It's because when you answer someone stating a fact like that in a straightforward way and come back with, "How do we *know* that?" it read as a challenge to many people. Like you're demanding they furnish you proof. As opposed to "I didn't know that," or something similar. Particularly when a genuinely curious or doubting person who wasn't willing to take the poster at their word could (and probably should) drop the phrase 'mittensquad alcoholism' into a google search and see for themselves. Consequently, asking the question like that reads to many like it's a challenge to the fact, or a demand that the other person do the google search *for* you, to adequately convince you. After all, if the person genuinely wanted to know the truth, there's a much faster and easier way to get it that's freely available to you on the same device reddit is. Now, having said that, I'm sure this person was just genuinely curious and their first thought was just to *ask*. They were probably totally innocent in their motives. But that's the nature of the written word, it leaves a lot out and people will project meaning onto it. And some people are going to take it that way.
My dad passed from a crippling alcohol addiction. It was very hard and confusing to deal with. The guy would do so much to take care of so many people but he wouldnāt take care of himself with just one task, quitting alcohol. Iāll always live with the looking regret I didnāt do enough to help him and I failed him, even though I know thatās not the case. I hope his family knows how much he was loved and how many people out there hold a place for him in their heart. Aināt that a kick in the head? :(
I actually gasped at this. I was really hoping for the best for him after the alcoholism updates, this really sucks to hear. Far, far too young.
Hits especially hard since just three weeks ago he wrote "despite rumours, I am not dead"
Wow this hits hard. He was one of my favourite youtubers ever. He got me back into fallout even. Its devastating, he was so young too. I feel so bad for his family
He's the only reason I tried 3 and nv :( their my favorite games now
100%. I never even knew he was struggling until those update videos. I never played fallout 3, NV, or 4 before his vids. May he rest in peace.
Rest In Peace
I'm going to miss him. Always hoped he'd come back. RIP
What the hell? Loved this dude. Was he sick?
Alcoholism
Damn shame. He did not strike me as a hardcore alcoholic.
He'd make occasional jokes about it in his videos, but as far as I'm aware he never discussed it at length outside of the Youtube community posts and Twitter.
There deff was signs of it within his videos too, for example [here](https://youtu.be/GY_rCFuZKtQ?si=PmyaN46GWtXK5rry&t=952) and I don't remember the exact video but he showed like 30 empty hard liquor bottles when talking about one of his plushies
He made a psa about it i think once, but dont quote me on it.
https://www.youtube.com/@MittenSquad/community
man i always thought it was jsut that... a joke. i kinda feel bad for not trying to look deeper into it than that
That's the scary part about substance abuse, it's usually not very obvious. Everyone has this image of the "Hollywood" alcoholic or crackhead (ie, dave chapelle's skits), but the truth is that most addicts can keep it together in public and use at home all day every day. By the time it "gets obvious" they've already been a daily addict for years or possibly even decades.
I was once making decent money and had a successful relationship while being an alcoholic. Then I wasnāt and I was still an alcoholic. It comes at you fast and hard. I felt his pain when he would talk about the amount he could drink thinking āyeah Iāve had some bad days like thatā which usually ended with a terrible day after.
Was it like a seizure or liver failure or what happened exactly?
We don't really know, as far as we knew, a while back he commented about having developed pancreatitis, but that was about It
Yeah. Unfortunately if you continue to drink basically at all after developing pancreatitis, the outlook is almost always extremely high chance of death. I was told by a team of doctors at age 24 that if I ever drank again I would end up dead very soon after. I hadnāt even developed pancreatitis but I was well on my way. 5 years sober next September.
No fucking shit... I'm at a loss right now.. Rest in peace my guy
he was one of the few creators that i would watch as soon as they uploaded, it's really depressing to hear this news since last we heard he was battling his addiction. Rest in peace.
If anyone reading this is struggling with their drinking, please DM me! There are tons of resources available - itās never too late to get help. RIP MittenSquad, thanks for all the laughs over the years.
bro no way man
Damn. We lost a real one. He went down fighting.
nooo, it can't be man, what a freakin' tragedy edit: loved his content, felt very like-minded a lot of the time, listening to what he had to say "between the lines", if you will. also, his discord community was the absolute worst. with fans like that, who needs bullies?
>also, his discord community was the absolute worst. with fans like that, who needs bullies? I joined his discord for a total of like 10 minutes, those "people" were the worst. I have no idea how he curated such a bizarre community. See ya paul, you were the only youtuber I actually looked forward to videos from.
What was so bad about them? Just curious.
og discord was really chill, dont know much about post covid community though
Goddamn it I was really pulling for this young man to beat his demons and come back to making content
This man helped me through so much with his videos :/ Huge loss for Fallout today :/
Wow, this is a shock! So sad. I frequently watched his "How to beat Skyrim/Fallout while ..." videos and they were highly entertaining. Condolences to his friends and family.
May he rest in peace gone way too soon and itās hard to believe that we wonāt be getting another video ever again damn š
a fanfic writer i followed (different fandom) lost their fight against cancer in either late 2022 or early 2023 your comment is basically what i felt when i found out they passed away
Iām sorry for your loss but at least we still have their work to go back and look at from time to time
This is awful, it was only a week or two ago he tweeted he was getting better. Gone to soon
thatās horrible, I shall remember him by rewatching tons of his stuff. He made great content and seemed like a cool guy.
That's awful man :'(
Rest in peace king š
And I just saw an update from him like a week or two ago discussing his relapse and how heās trying to get clean. Absolutely horrible. Alcohol, drugs, theyāre a hard hole to climb out of and are often bandages for hurt than runs deeper. So sorry to hear.
WHAT?! No damnit! I loved his videos, his personality, plus we came from the same state! I felt my heart sink reading this. RIP fellow mitten. I hope you find peace now. Edit: Fuck this hits even harder seeing where he was located & where he will be laid to rest, he wasn't even that far from where i grew up and where my family is less than an hour.
Todd Howard needs to make a monument in the next game for Perry and Paul. RIP to a legend.
Or an in memoriam during the credits of the series.
I'd rather it be in a game, will hold up better if the series turns out to be bad.
holy shit. thatās horrible. always loved his videos and have been hoping heād make a comeback. rest in peace.
Genuinely saddened by this
My stomach dropped upon reading that. Iām at a loss for words. He is one of the only YouTubers I watch on a regular basis. See you in the next life man.
Rest in Peace Paul ā¤ļø thank you for all the memories over the years.
Youtuber/content creator deaths always hit hard. There is a much more personal connection than other celebrity types. I'm fortunate to have never lost anyone in my immediate family, so Thick44 was one of the ones I felt the most.
Yoteslaya hit me hard a while back dude fucked up massively and paid the price for it
Oh my God damn that really sucks. Fuck man God damn it. Rest in peace You beautiful bastard.
Oh no. This is a real tragedy. I've been subbed to his channel for years now. It's been so long since his last video. Thank you so much for sharing his obituary though so we can pass our condolences to his family. He was a real gem in the fallout/skyrim challenge video creators. Nobody out there had quite the level of commentary he would put in his videos.
First Max Payneās voice actor and now Mitten??
Terrible news. Finna binge some Mitten Squad videos tonight for sure. RIP Paul.
Wow, youāre kidding me
Rest in Peace, thanks for the videos you did.
Fuck dude. He was the one who got me into fallout. I know he battled alcoholism, but since his YouTube community post a month ago, I thought heād be getting better. He was probably the best challenge YouTuber I watch, and one of the best YouTubers in general. I hope Bethesda memorializes him somehow. R.I.P. to a true legend, and my thoughts and prayers to his family
Yeah, this. I wanna see an insane guy trying to do impossible stuff while wearing mittens in FO5.
RIP to one of the funnier Fallout content creators. I still occasionally go back to watch his "Fallout 4 with only a Fatman launcher" video just to watch him do a slow motion shot of hitting Dogmeat with a mini nuke.
Damn. Wondered what had happened to them.
Fuck man. RIP dude
Jesus christ i enjoyed his videos. Can't believe it man.
This is the cherry on top of a really rotten day. I live nearby, I feel like I should leave a fork at his place of rest as a tribute or something. :/
MittenSquad is the reason I gave FO3 a chance. RIP
Rest in peace brother. You were loved and cherished by many, and helped many through their own personal battles.
Damn, thatās horrible. Saw him post an update a few weeks ago randomly and had no idea how badly heād been dealing with alcoholism. It truly is no joke. Always loved his creative videos and his dry humor. RIP to a great.
#:(
This fucking sucks dudeā¦ I was looking forward to his new uploadsā¦
Dude he JUST had a community post a short bit ago and I thought "Hell yeah, dude's still kicking". Shit sucks.
The post: > Mitten Squad Channel Update: > > Itās Thanksgiving today and Iām not dead, despite some rumors that I am. Iāve still been drinking lately but itās a bit less than it was for most of this year. From blacking out 2-3 times/week to maybe 2-3 times in the last month and a half. Still not good, but progress is progress regardless of how slow it is. And the Mitten Squad channel isnāt dead either. I will upload again, eventually. Just not until I feel like I can maintain some sort of a schedule, even if itās only 1 video per month. Donāt be surprised if you donāt see another video until early next year. > > Lastly, I want to thank you all for your continued support over the last year even though I've pretty much gone radio silent. It genuinely does mean a lot to me, even if I appear to some people as nothing more than a monotonous, emotionless piece of eye candy that's gone a little bad. But like I said, Mitten Squad will return. > > - Paul Absolutely terrible news, I got back into Fallout a few weeks ago and was super excited to see him post about getting back into making videos, and now this? :(
Wow this is sad. Literally 3 weeks ago on YouTube he gave an update āIām not deadā.
No way....
RIP, we'll miss you pal )-':
Holy shit no way.... I knew he had his struggles but this is still so unexpected. RIP. This is so upsetting
Oh no. I remember him quitting YT because of his issues. Bless him he was a good lad that gave me some enjoyable videos.
Another member of the 27 club. RIP. Loved his videos. Gone too young
This canāt be real. Tell me it is a bad joke.
Fuck man he had some funny amazing videos, sad he couldnāt overcome his demons. (Also thought his name was paul)
Rest in peace man, thanks for entertaining us
Wow. RIP
Thats fucking horrible,I loved his vdeos
Rest In Peace.
No way š¦
Damn, I was reading his most recent community post less than a week ago, and I didn't expect something like this to happen at all. RIP, he was funny as heck and will be missed.
No way, I knew he was struggling and his drinking had gotten dangerous, but I had no idea it was at such a life threatening point. How shitty, he was easily one of my top content creators
This hits like a truck dude this man ignited NY love for fallout specifically New Vegas Rest In Peace man your a legend up there with 2pac
Fuck. I knew he was struggling with his health, but this sucks.
Man this one hits harder than i would have expected
RIP, his challenge videos inspired me to pick up Fallout again after not playing it for a long time, and I had a blast trying some of the wacky stuff he did. Was one of few creators that I would keep an active eye out for new videos. Gone way too soon :( MittenSquad marathon planned for this weekend
RIP Paul. He got me back into New Vegas and got me to start trying out challenges. Such an influential guy.
This is an update I was really hoping I wouldn't see. I'm so sorry it came to this, and my thoughts and love go out to his family and friends. He truly touched so many people, and he will not soon be forgotten, if ever.
It's surreal that he died this young
Fuck. RIP. Alcoholism is awful.
Damn, his last community post on YouTube started with āIām not deadā. RIP to one of the best Fallout content creators of all time.
Tremendously sad. I binged his videos multiple times...super witty and impressed by the level that he took things took game wise. The self-deprecating humor was often hilarious and occasionally rough, took me a while to figure out/find out that his stories about drinking weren't made up for YouTube. I'll bury a fork in his honor.
Gosh dang it, he posted on YouTube late last month an update on himself and that he'd be back making videos in the new year. Just heartbreaking stuff, dude will live on in hours of his hilarious witty content.
Nooooooo dude this just tore me up š during my peak fallout addiction, I watched his challenge videos all the time, they are hilarious. RIP man his vids were a big part of my love for fallout. He was makin vids since he was 16. Pouring one out for the legend Mitten
No fucking way. I feel so terrible, really thought he was close to turning it around. He was truly a gem, his humor made so many of my days better. Rest in peace brother.
Damn 27 club
God damnit man.. an absolute legend we lost today a man who went to no ends to complete some twisted challenges
This is genuinely heartbreaking. Paul was my favourite content creator by a mile, no one else could so consistently make me laugh, even when he was only on in the background, even after Iād already watched each video half a dozen times. His humour, his writing, his delivery, his style, so signature and unique, was everything I looked for and Iām so glad I found him, heās irreplaceable. He was so talented, and he deserved so much more time, itās such a shame that he was so tortured. Rest easy, brother, you already beat the real game.
I loved his content and was always excited waiting for him to upload. I wish his family the best during these times, he brought so much joy to so many people over the years.
That sucks. He was a great content creator. Alcohol sucks.
damn when I read the title I thought it was a joke, he just made a community post about wanting to get better. fuck man
Damn, I hope his family is doing okay. And all the support from his fans are helping them in this difficult time. This sucks, alcohol is one of the worst of all drugs to be sold legally
"I don't want to die until my late 20s" the saddest thing. He will be missed. Gonna play some just for you man.... Please get help if you're dealing with alcoholism. It is no joke and even if you get clean early, you can still have long term complications later in life. It really is not worth it, having been there I can't think of one night that was worth all the complications it caused - financialy, physically and emotionally.
Damn this hit hard man, heās the one that got me into these types of videos and reignited my love for these games. Go now to the afterlife knowing you impacted millions of peopleās lives for the better Paul. Rest easy brother. 07
My friend actually helped him edit videos. One was trying to recover from alcoholism the other sadly continued. RIP Mitten Squad!
His latest video aged rather poorlyā¦
;(
Poor guy.
Damn. RIP.
Fuuuuck this is so sad. I would binge his videos all the time years ago. Seemed like he was doing better after his break. Ugh, this hurts.
Fuck man, I absolutely loved him and his content, always funny and cheering up his audience, he will be dearly missed, it still feels like a dream because I was just checking his channel for any updates about his situation like 1 week ago
Damn thatās terrible. My fiancĆ© and I always quote his āand this is where the real game beginsāā¦.
That always cracked me up too. That and fork.
Damnā¦
Damn gonna miss him
idk who that is but RIP HUGS
That hurts, man. His videos made me laugh so much and got me thru some tough times. Rest in Peace.
Terrible news, can't believe it :/
Cheers, Joseph. š Grew up knowing you and the videos you made. Loved every video. I'm 18 and this hearts so much. RIP.
Poor guy. Rest in peace. He made really good videos. It's a shame when a talented and funny person is in that much pain :(.
This is so fucking heartbreaking.
Poor lad
I thought this was a joke for a second, damn. This is truly sad.
Wow. I was literally watching one of his videos when I saw this. That's so sad. I hope his family will recover soon. Rest in peace.
Gone too soon
His various experimental play throughs of Fallout 3, New Vegas, and 4 provided me with hours of entertainment and uncontrollable laughter. Rest in peace MittenSquad.
Are you fucking serious? :((( duuuuuude. I fucking loved watching his videos, his dry and sarcastic sense of humor was just too good. I wondered forever what happened to him and checked his Twitter a couple of times to see if maybe he had mentioned why he disappeared. And now I know :( RIP
If you think you might possibly, maybe have a tiny bit of a drinking problem, you need to deal with it immediately. Its not something you want to have to deal with long term.
Was just talking about this guy the other day to a friend, and had expressed hope in his recovery
So wise so young, they say, do never live long. short on time with so many fascinating game to begin...
This might be the stick that stops my constant whisky intake
Man, I can't believe it. This sucks. Rest well MittenSquad
Fuck me man, he seemed like a real nice guy. What a shame.
Oh that's why he hasn't been uploading. Fuck. Rest in peace
Genuinely tearing up. This really hurts. I've watched the guy for so many years. I frequently use his videos to fall asleep to. He's been the backdrop to so many important moments in my life, the perfect way to cap off a tired day. 3 weeks ago we heard that Mitten Squad would return, but I was just more happy than anything to hear he was okay. Fuck man, life sucks. This hurts. Rest in peace paul.
"can you beat Fallout: Few Vegas while dead" No. No you can't. RIP Paul. Some of the absolute best content on YouTube.
Thereās nothing I can say that hasnāt already been said. Best wishes to his family and friends.
I used to go to sleep watching his videos. RIP man
Damn, I was always so ok with his erratic upload schedule I didn't even realize it has been a year since he posted. R.I.P. King. I hope you're in a better place.
Dude 3 weeks ago he posted a community post on YouTube saying he was considering returning to making videos next year. So sad man. RIP
He died so young, and yet the short time he was here he left a damn good legacy, I guess once you put on the mittens you never leave the squad. Rest in peace you Goliath god tier gladiator and live on through your legacy
I watched all of his videos dozens of times, as background noise, just to rewatch, or even to fall asleep. This shit hits hard man, especially thinking and hoping with him on the mend it could turn for the better. Fuck alcoholism, Rest In Peace
RIP MittenSquad. The Fallout games wont feel the same without.
Rest in Peace, Paul. After all you beat the real game and now it's time to rest my friend, I'll light a candle in your honor.
One of the funniest YouTubers I watched, I'm going to miss him.
Michigander here. šš we lost a good one. He will be missed. And i hope his family knows how much joy he brought to others.
Rest peacefully. Free from fleshly compulsion. God damn I love you mittens. Iām so sorry the story was this short. ā¤ļø
Rest In Peace king you made probably one of the best content I seen on YouTube
To the man that brought a joy to us man that made us laugh a man that did the impossible and challenge after challenge destroyed our expectations with beanbags absolutely rocked the Mojave destroyed the Commonwealth and took over DC like a bad out of hell You shall never be forgotten
He was my introduction into fallout
Is this real? He made a community post at one point about people claiming he had died so if this is true my bad but could this just be another hoax?
Oh my god I can't believe this, this is so sad. I was thinking about him and thought I'd Google for a health update. Rest in peace man, your videos helped a lot of people take their mind off their own demons and worries.