Last month, JoCat, a streamer and YouTuber known for his Monster Hunter, D&D, and Final Fantasy 14 videos like "A Crap Guide to X," announced an indefinite hiatus.

This was in response to a harmless video titled "I Like Girls" (a gender-swapped parody of Lizzo's "Boys") that, in his own words, "reached outside his target audience."

According to JoCat, the fringe elements to the widely acceptance led to a wave of harassment, including Doxing attempts, threats of violence, and "suspicious packages."

As initially announced, JoCat had a project it wanted to finish before leaving. He said, "I will still continue with the Heart of Elynthi and JOmega charities, but once that is done, I will take an indefinite break from posting online.

"Heart of Elynthi" will be posted on JoCat's D&D live stream (where he is the DM) as an unposted, deleted video as soon as his Baldur's Gate 3 play ends. However, the JOmega Charity Run ended yesterday. [For those unfamiliar with the raid scene in Final Fantasy 14, Ultimate is a grueling 8-player boss fight. Considered one of the hardest fights in the game, it is a chain of super hard boss fights where one mistake can lead to the demise of the entire team.

Ultimate itself can be completed in 15-20 minutes with success, but it can take months to actually learn the fight; in JoCat's case, it took over a year; JoCat has decided to make this event a charity for trans rights and hopes to donate He created a stretch goal on Tiltify for players who wanted to donate. He also said he would donate $1 for every one person who died.

JoCat has now completed the raid with a total of 1,573 deaths. Because his charity of choice is Gendered Intelligence, JoCat has converted dollars to GBP, increasing his personal donation to approximately $2,000. As of this writing, the campaign has raised GBP 53,607 (over $60,000).

After beating the raid, a crowd of supporters greeted JoCat at Lads at Han and immediately filled the screen with particle effects; JoCat thanked them in a live stream and later uploaded the whole thing to a YouTube video.

"I want to thank everyone, including [the team] who helped me get here. And I want to thank all my friends - including the trans friends I've made along the way who have inspired me to not only do this, but to be myself," he made several other special mentions.

And JoCat offers a heartwarming thank you to his fans. I can't thank you enough for building me a house over the years, finding me a fiancé, helping me pay off my parents' house, etc.

"I don't know when or if I'll ever get back ...... But I've said "you're welcome" so many times, now it's my turn to say "thank you." So thank you, and I hope you have a wonderful evening and a wonderful year."

JoCat concludes the video with footage from his time at the Latech School of Design in 2018. After his presentation, he is asked if he does YouTube videos." It's one of the best presentations I've ever seen, and it flows like a YouTube video: ...... Because it's so great."