Thank You, KQ Speedrun Discord!

Two years ago, I started making what would become the King's Quest I Speedrun History video. My main goal (then and now) was just to tell the story as well as I could and do justice to the people running the game.

In the last month, my YouTube channel has exploded. I was excited when the KQIII video reached 17K views. It's now at 487K. The channel as a whole has 17K subs and 992K lifetime views. I'm stunned, humbled, and thankful for everyone's support.

When I first started speedrunning adventure games back in 2018, I had no idea how many amazing people I would meet, and just how much I needed this in my life. While I don't always share a lot about my personal life, believe me, this community has helped me get through a lot just by being a welcoming place.

I want to thank everyone who believed in me. I want to thank everyone who's left a comment, told someone about the channel, or watched the videos and enjoyed them. I especially want to thank anyone who has ever helped with a video, whether that was agreeing to an interview, or just answering a quick question.

When I do interviews, I sometimes talk to people for hours, only to have a few minutes (or less!) of that show up in the actual video. Such is the nature of the work, of course, but I don't want to understate how generous people have been with their time. Most of those people are here on this discord, and you are all amazing.

I do have a bit of exciting news. For those of you who may not know, I have a full-time job, a part-time job, and I'm a single father. My most precious commodity is time, and it feels like a miracle that I get any content out at all. But the YouTube ad money I've made in the last few weeks has been enough for me to achieve the American Dream: I'm taking a month off from my second job. I'll be using that time to focus on video creation.

Thank you all again, really. And take care of yourselves, you all deserve it.