Tomorrow marks three years from RPAN shutting down. What are some of your best memories from it? I’ll start. My first thought was u/hodorstonks who oftentimes would be found making bone broth, video gaming, eating at a restaurant, or propagating plants. She was into lots of things. She was intelligent. She was friendly. She answered questions in the chat like a natural born teacher. She had humor and heart and knowledge. Then, there was a shift where it got serious in tone. She was studying to pass the bar exam. If memory serves, she had already passed in one state but had relocated and needed to pass for her new state. So she breaks out her books and notes, reads the laws, makes cheat sheets and flashcards, quizzes herself, dissects the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial in real time, all the while still keeping up with curious RPAN chatters. She takes her test. She continues on, relieved of all the studying. Then comes the day for her bar exam results. I don’t think she opened that live on stream, but she did start one up very soon after she had found out. She passed! She’s visibly aflutter, there’s a lightness about her, her eyes are smiling, she’s in partial disbelief, that look of awe is on her face, and everyone chatting is congratulating her. At one point, and this is my favorite memory, as it’s all sinking and settling in that’s she’s done it, she’s bar certified, she’s over the hard part, she gets up from her seat and starts tearing down all the post-it notes on her wall, all her stacks of paper went flying into the air, I’m sure a book or two was thrown. It was like a cartoon, and it was one of the most joyous things I’ve ever seen and experienced vicariously in my life. I’ll never forget that moment. Thanks for sharing that with us, Hodor. Hope you’re still out there getting it in all kinds of ways. Now, who else has a good memory to share? It can be anything. Just trying to stir up some nostalgia and appreciation for that old, brief space.
I don’t have a huge amount of standout memories but it was lovely to meet all the freaks from across the globe. It got me through some very tedious times though and I wouldn’t even know what live streaming was if not for it. It may return someday as its own thing perhaps.
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"Goodnight and Good Luck" - by u/hspcym
I was feeling nostalgic yesterday for the the pure sonic energy that u/musicgreatcommunicat (GuitarBarian) had in his streams. The man had presence.
He actually released an album in 2023 - Leaving the Nervous System. Listening to it rekindles that wild and unpredictable RPAN stream experience he cultivated. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4gDb7Nus2HLywtJS3qzFPK?si=uB46qKcYQg61KXbJes3dVQ
These days he's actually producing a video game on Steam: "True Roman". Should be interesting! He also noticeably changed his name (temporarily?) to "GameBarian" lol. https://store.steampowered.com/app/3484780/True_Roman/
Of course looking beyond one sonic viking's streams, we had an ocean of other content I enjoyed. I submitted many of them, with appropriate mini-bio's, to the RPAN Streamer Wiki https://www.reddit.com/r/pan/wiki/streamerwiki/
Anyway RPAN was a blast. Thanks for stopping by Nostalgia, USA with me u/BoogNobody.
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I just enjoyed painting and having new people hang out and chat while I did. It was very special meeting so many nice folks from around the world. No other platform has offered a fraction of the discoverability
Your painting streams and the infamous Octopus were popular!
Completely changed my life
Hodor got me into Elden Ring before it took off. She was a skilled variety streamer and always made you feel at home!
Miss you u/galabanza and u/helios---, hope you’re both doing well!
whaddup GB!
Helios--- for realios! GTSY!
I don’t have one particular memorable moment, it’s more like a whole bunch of small interactions that I miss.
There was the girl in England somewhere who had spiders as pets. She also did the diamond painting thing.
There was a guy who would stream being at work on a Saturday morning.
There was a girl who’d have smoke sessions and then walk to the bodega downtown New York somewhere. Very, very witty, she’s fucking hilarious.
There was a guy named Tyler who would stream morning coffee sessions. I follow him on twitch and discord but he doesn’t do coffee streams anymore.
Intergalacticdiscowitch was a lot of fun. I think she’s in Iceland or something lol. She’s very outgoing, has a huge personality.
DJ1L was awesome, he played rnb music videos. I follow him on twitch but there are ads.
Megsbeauty was so fun, she’s in…Eastern Europe somewhere, I don’t remember. She would stream putting on makeup. I’m not into that but she was so much fun to chat with.
Mizddabz streamed from Alabama. She always had some town drama going on.
Funny enough I never caught MrMikeyUnlikely on rpan but someone told me he was fun so I follow him on twitch, I really enjoy his streams.
JoJo, intergalacticdiscowitch, is Finnish and is still streaming on twitch.
Finnish! Yes! I follow her on twitch! I follow several ex-rpan streamers on twitch and some on discord.
Heh well said. Many interactions knitted into a quilt of memories.
Chillavision. RIP Snoogiesmagoo.
Yup yup snoogs was a real 1. Solid streams and immaculate vibes.