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I was first introduced to Twitch in 2012 when a friend said to check out these live Mario 64 speedruns. He gave me a link to Siglemic and I just kept watching while noticing the interaction through chat.

After checking out a couple of other channels and asking questions I bought a Dazzle capture card in an attempt to stream. Due to my computer's limitations they came out horribly, but I was still intrigued by the whole concept. I periodically watched Sig and other speedrunners when I was bored.

Then on Halloween night in 2014 I came across a channel with the title MegaMan Nightly, and a few people were watching. Being the MegaMan fan that I am I got involved quickly, and kept coming back night after night. I was sharing in a game series that I loved since I was 9 years old watching someone in their mid 20s play the games blind. More and more people showed up over the months and we built a community.

We would stream all together and do races, mod each other's channels, and join in on everyone's individual content. With the introduction of Discord into the mix everything continued to grow. I'm now part of a large online community across several Twitch channels and Discord servers, and have made many friends along the way. I have impacted some lives, been part of a short lived podcast, and became a playtester for a fan made MegaMan game as a result.

This is what Twitch means to me.

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