It\u2019s not only a principle, YouTuber<\/a> MatPat<\/a> has formally introduced his retirement.<\/p>\n Matthew Patrick, who for the final 13 years has been higher referred to as wisecracking on-line character MatPat, on Tuesday evening introduced he would stop to host his ever-popular \u201cGame Theory\u201d movies.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not clickbait. On March 9, I will be hosting my last \u2018Theory\u2019 episode, at which point I will be handing off the channels to someone else,\u201d Patrick stated in a 25-minute video titled Goodbye Internet<\/em>.<\/p>\n The 37-year-old social media star struggled to maintain his feelings at bay all through the announcement, at occasions shedding tears whereas he addressed his loyal fan base.<\/p>\n \u201cThis has been a literal third of my life and I\u2019m going to miss you,\u201d Patrick cried to his viewers.<\/p>\n The video has garnered almost 9.5 million views in its first 18 hours on-line.<\/p>\n Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Patrick known as The Game Theorists YouTube channel the \u201cfirst child\u201d of he and his now-wife Stephanie. The pair co-created the challenge in 2011 within the hopes of reaching fellow online game lovers eager about lore and fanciful theories about their favorite video games.<\/p>\n Since then, the couple have cultivated a following of 18.5 million subscribers on the channel \u2014 and have seen Patrick launched to worldwide fame as a much-beloved, nerdy on-line creator.<\/p>\n Over the years they\u2019ve launched a number of different spin-off tasks about movie<\/a>, meals<\/a> and fashion<\/a> theories.<\/p>\n But by Patrick\u2019s self-admission, his \u201cwork-first\u201d mentality has taken a toll on him and his private life. He and Stephanie had a son in 2018, and the \u201clate nights\u201d engaged on movies are not perfect for Patrick and his household.<\/p>\n Patrick stated he additionally misses the times when he was capable of merely bask in his ardour for taking part in video video games with out ideas of content material creation.<\/p>\n \u201cI miss the days where I could just sit down on the couch with (Stephanie) and play video games, and it\u2019s not for content,\u201d Patrick stated. \u201cOr I\u2019m playing a game, and I\u2019m not thinking about what theories are going to come out of that.<\/p>\n \u201cWe knew that we couldn\u2019t do this forever,\u201d Patrick stated of him and his spouse. \u201cWe knew that, honestly, we didn\u2019t want to do this forever.\u201d<\/p>\n Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Luckily for his followers, Patrick received\u2019t disappear completely. Instead, the YouTuber will keep concerned behind the scenes and will seem in future livestreams and Style Theory movies.<\/p>\n Patrick introduced {that a} group of creators who already work on The Game Theorists and different affiliated channels will take over his video internet hosting duties. He stated the gaming channel has uploaded greater than 1,200 impressively in-depth theories about widespread video video games, with most of the channel\u2019s hottest movies surrounding the Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s franchise.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\")