It was a winding path (but one it seems like others were also on). My wife was a huge fan of the Dad content. She would share the posts with me regularly and we would chuckle. When the Dad gaming started up, she told me about it and encouraged me to join. I was not big into online gaming and was very reluctant to start there. I had a lot of fun in the fortnite group and the planters tournament. I also participated in retro gaming night in 2020. We entered the family photo contest. I found the video (attached).
After that, I connected with
@joel on Linkedin. After a while, he posted about a new project he was working on, and told people to email him if interested. I still have the original email from 2022 (also attached). Apparently I sent it at 6:28 am on a Saturday!