Where were you all when AzKi debuted? (15 Nov 2018)
I was listening the Kizuna Ai, Vocaloid and Uitate stuff but not really paying attention to the artists and mainly listening to playlists etc.
I was aware of Live2D and avatars as it was mentioned in tech articles, blogs and videos and Nyanners had been using tech to maintain anonymity and a persona.
I actually was aware of AZKi's music WAY before i was aware of AZKi as i'd heard her early stuff.
There's a reason AZKi is my oshi. I was in the Rabbit Hole before i knew there was one.
I didn't get really into the VTuber Hole until late 2019 when more clips were starting to appear and more and more were being subbed. I used to watch the same clips from different clippers and subbers of varying quality to get the whole picture. Often there would be longer clips that were only partially translated and there would be overviews in the comments. Many were also transferred from NicoNico or BilliBilli too. I rarely watched streams live because of the language and time differences.
To be clear i was watching stuff from Nijisanji and Hololive but didn't really pay attention to who was what for a long while. Unfortunately a lot of things were taken down in the big purge but clips are still about and some videos do get unprivated now and then.
Then C19, Lockdowns and Work-From-Home started and the whole scene exploded to where we are at today. It's been quite a ride.
I was thinking about getting my act together and making a VTuber Thread as i was sure it was unlikely i was the only person on Meta who was trying to watch this stuff when this thread appeared, so thanks for that.
( FFS you lot need to step up! A quarter of the posts in this thread are mine, lol. I didn't think it was that many! )