| Celebrated Name: | Totalbiscuit |
|---|---|
| Real Name/Full Name: | John Peter Bain |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age at the time of death: | 33 years old |
| Birth Date: | 8 July 1984 |
| Date of Death: | 24 May 2018 |
| Birth Place: | Spennymoor, United Kingdom |
| Nationality: | British |
| Height: | 1.7 m |
| Weight: | 77 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Married |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | Genna Bain (m. 2007–2018) |
| Children: | Yes (1 Child) |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): |
N/A |
| Profession: | Video gaming commentator and game critic on YouTube |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $2 million |
| Last Updated: | April 2024 |
Totalbiscuit was the alias of the British commentator John Bain. Bain is well known for his commentary on various games and also as a bold and brazen YouTube celebrity. He has also gained other online nicknames such as ‘The Cynical Brit’ and ‘TotalHalibut.’
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Early Life
John Bain was born on the 8th of July in 1984 in Spennymoor, Britain. When he was only 13, Bain became one of the founders of Live365. He was also a beta-tester for the same. He studied at De Montfort University to obtain a degree in law. While still there, Bain became considerably involved with his university’s radio station, Demon FM. He was the host of a music show of the extreme metal genre.
Personal Life
Totalbiscuit met YouTube contemporary and future wife, Genna Bain, when he was covering Blizzcon 2005. They got married and had a son. Around the end of April 2014, a video log by Bain declared that he had been diagnosed with an irregular mass in his colon, which was suspected to be the early sign of colon cancer.
He soon stated that he did, in fact, have colon cancer and began treatment with radiation as well as chemotherapy. His cancer spread and affected his liver severely. However, in October 2017, Bain discussed on an H3 Podcast that his stage 4 cancer was still with him, although currently not metastasizing.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 8 July 1984, Totalbiscuit was 33 years old at the time of his death. His height was 1.7 m. tall, and weigh 77 kg.
Career
After his successful university metal music show, Bain’s acclaim only grew. In 2005, he switched to talk radio and gained a tremendous amount of recognition for hosting “Blue Plz” on the World of Warcraft Radio station. He was greatly praised by the World of Warcraft family and was invited to Blizzcon 2005. During his five years at World of Warcraft Radio, Bain got promoted to managing director, and it was after this that he started his personal site, Cynicalbrit.com.
Bain lost his job as a financial advisor in 2010 during the recession. He began his YouTube videos on gaming and very soon gained huge popularity. Subsequently, he was invited to The Game Station by StarCraft 2 commentator, HuskyStarcraft. Bain’s posts on a variety of content on video games on the Polaris network resulted in his skyrocketing publicity. His fans were especially hooked to his series of videos in “WTF is…?”.
Awards and Achievements
In the 2012 Golden Joystick or the People’s Gaming Awards, John Bain managed to become the runner-up of the ‘Greatest YouTube Gamer’ category. Noted sites such as the Technorati and the Eurogamer recognized the sheer talent of Totalbiscuit. He was called ‘champion of indie gaming’ by Eurogamer personality, Will Porter. This 33-year-old British celebrity from Newcastle upon Tyne won the Battle Royale in 2012. Totalbiscuit decided to donate his prize money to ‘Charity: Water,’ a non-profit organization. In 2014, he got into the Brit List of MCVUK and also won The Game Award.
Net Worth & Salary of Totalbiscuit in 2024
Totalbiscuit’s YouTube channel has gained him over two million subscribers, and his fame is on the rise even now. He managed to become the top curator of the platform on a digital distribution called Steam. Bain had a follower number of 400,000 that surpassed that of the next three together. This British commentator and professional eSports caster have a net worth of $2 million as of April 2024.
Totalbiscuit or John Bain, moved to America after he got married to Genna Bain. His fanatic acclaim as a YouTube gaming commentator and critic is noteworthy. Bain confirmed in 2018 that his cancer was back, and he would be trying to be a subject for a clinical trial on the same. He hosted the Co-Optional Podcast with Brooke Thorne and Jesse Cox that airs on Twitch.tv. And recently, he died after a four-year fight with cancer.