Okay starting things off, IT'S BEEN A YEAR ALREADY WTF?!

Man, it has been quite the rollercoaster ride. From good things to bad things and every other little thing in between, I never quite expected that a rhythm game about a small listerine haired rat bastard rapping and wanting to do things to his girlfriend was gonna end up putting me over in the streaming category!

Shit's wild as hell and so I've come to make this post.

First off, I want to thank the Funkin' crew of @ninjamuffin99 @phantomarcade @kawaisprite and @evilsk8r for the funny popular rhythm game known as Friday Night Funkin', it was a generally amazing experience having played it for the first time (on NewGrounds of course), even if I wasn't there for it when it began all the way back October 2020, this game made me fall in love with NewGrounds all over again, and it made me feel like I wanted to participate in a community where you can be who you'd want to be, and meet like-minded individuals and form bonds that go beyond borders.

Secondly, I want to thank my viewers, friends, family and internet friends for giving me the boost I needed to actually TRY and be more active in communities like Discord, Twitter and NewGrounds and for helping me achieve what I've always dreamed of doing my entire life.

It wasn't easy getting here, there were some ups and plenty of downs, and most of those downs were so harsh and devastating that I've never really truly gotten to appreciate how fortunate I am to still be here and sharing this with you all. For starters, I was VERY MUCH depressed and jaded beyond redemption (or so I thought) drifting from one dead-end job to another, risking homelessness, broke and absolutely despairing the thought of another tomorrow, life wasn't exactly being nice either, what with my mom getting covid19 and my dad suffering from a stroke at the same time last Christmas 2021, to me nearly ending it all and killing myself because I thought no one would be there for me anymore, it was tough getting here while dealing with those problems, I'd pretty much hoped to just explode on the spot and die a miserable death.

It was certainly not a good thing to look back at, but I needed to learn and improve upon my mistakes because that's one of the things that keep me going, and all of you have helped get me back on track, so just know that I want to thank all of you very much for sticking with me throughout these times and that I hope to continue advocating NewGrounds on stream for everyone to see, discover and enjoy.

Shoutout to @bepixel for grounding me and keeping in touch with me and with what's been up back then up until now, I'm so happy for them too seeing as they're pursuing what they want to achieve and that's epic.

Thanks for one year, and here's to a billion more!

NewGrounds for life!

TL;DR: THANKS FOR ONE YEAR ON TWITCH AND NEWGROUNDS YEAH!

-Gabo

EDIT: FUCK I FORGOT IT WAS ALSO THIS ACCOUNT'S FIRST YEAR ON NEWGROUNDS AAAAAAAAA