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I started VRChat because everyone I knew from MikuMikuOnline was on there, and I was jealous. This was around the time the Oculus Quest came out (2019), so I decided to buy the HMD and try it out. Have I met any of the people I knew from MikuMikuOnline in VRChat? Nope. I didn’t need to; there were already a lot of friendly people in cute anime avatars, and that’s when I started using VR 24/7. This was also when I switched from Windows 8.1 to Linux Mint. I also left Twitter around this time because it was having too much of an effect on my life. I mean, I started Misskey the next year, but I believe this was a nice change: a relaxed SNS without drama shoved down your throat.

The Oculus Quest was nice because it was standalone, but it was extremely limited, and I couldn’t attend most events. Also, most avatars were grey, unattractive robots, which, at one point in my life, I had daymares about. Thank goodness for fallback avatars!

I started as a Quest user, so I know what it’s like to feel left out. That’s why I make sure every avatar I upload is Quest/Mobile-friendly, and every event I host is in a Quest/Mobile compatible world. If starting VRChat as a Quest user taught me one thing, it’s the importance of optimization. Always Optimize Everything! Not everyone has a gaming computer like you!

There are so many ways VRChat has impacted my life that I could (and probably will) write a book one day. But for now, let’s just say VRChat has changed my life forever. I actually go out now because of VRChat. I know if I told myself that 6+ years ago, I’d think I was delulu, but I actually take selfies now thanks to VRChat. I like myself a little more now, which may not sound like much, but it’s a significant change in my life. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing several of the largest communities form from scratch! I was there to witness the birth of EN-JP Language Exchange, Projekto Babel, and Ma Toki Pona VR!

In 2020, the LinuxVR community hadn’t quite matured yet, and getting VR set up was difficult, unlike today where you can easily run VRChat on Linux with a Valve Index. At one point, I was (actually, I still am) subscribed to the Valve Proton VRChat (438100) Thread #1199.
Running VRChat on Linux for the first time made me very happy, even if video players and lipsync didn’t work back then. Now, everything works with Proton-GE-rtsp, and Linux VRChat users today have it pretty good. Meetup events for Linux users didn’t exist for a long time, even though the majority of the QA/debug users of VRChat were Linux users!
After procrastinating for years, Linux groups started to appear, but none had meetups. So, I created one just a few months ago, and that’s how @LinuxVRC began.

Mark these words on my grave: I am forever grateful for all the people I’ve met in VRChat and the wonderful experiences this game has brought into my life.

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