I really started my "online" persona on YouTube as "Thriftdweller Nate". I made videos for a loose community of Retro Video Game Collectors. Now a days there's probably thousands of retro video game channels when back there I bet there was only a few hundred it feels like.
Not only did I get to interact with other like minded people, I've actually met up with a few (in real life), like 64BitMatthew, or "Matt" in real life. I totally found him randomly and noticed he had a locally relevant shirt! So I messaged him and some how we met up in Winnipeg. Since then we've had many game hunting days in Winnipeg, I've visited his town and I've even had the pleasure of hosting his family at my place for dinner.
This might be an extension to my "game hunting - more than games" post a few days ago, but it's cool to see how this community has grown outside of YouTube to Facebook, Blogs (like this one) and even twitter. I enjoy interacting with these peeps! Who knew there was so many retro game collectors? Check out Matt's latest PICKUP video where he mentions out latest game hunting trip.
"I asked my old boss once, what the secret to success was? "Network" he said" -Nate
-Nate is gonna sleep... ZZZ
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