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how did you find linus and his channel/forum?

Swndlr
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searching pc stuff back in march 2011, don't remember which video i saw first but i watched almost all of his uploads in my free time way back to the first videos on ltt and ncix, it was glorious, i still miss the casual unboxings from time to time but i still love their current content, i would love if linus make a throw back video one of this day just for fun, like back before when it was him and cameraman, before slick and all the rest of the crew

this is one of the greatest thing that has happened to me recently, and it happened on this forum, those involved have my eternal gratitude http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/198850-update-alex-got-his-moto-g2-lets-get-a-moto-g-for-alexgoeshigh-unofficial/ :')

i use to have the second best link in the world here, but it died ;_; its a 404 now but it will always be here

 

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I think at the time I was looking for a keyboard and found an NCIX Video around 3 years ago. 

 

So I watched a few videos and subscribed, then I found around a year later that Linus Tech Tips Channel.

 

Recently I signed up to the forum after purposely avoiding tech forums as most were full of absolute twits however took a look around and found this forum to be somewhat different.

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this movie was the first one i ever saw of Linus, I thought it was eminem  <_<  ^_^

Guess what PSU on mah desk FTW

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No idea I find it impossible to remember how I meet people in real life I'm not going to remember how I discovered Linus. Considering it takes me a few videos to know I like someone my initial impression would have been oh he is good or that video was informative.

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On a quest for enlightenment, I climbed a mountain to seek out a legendary Tibetan monk who might have the answers I seek to the questions I had. 

Upon reaching that monk, he told me of a youtube channel ran by a man named Linus Sebastian. 

muh specs 

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Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

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Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

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Back with my first build few years ago now.

I stumbled upon his channel while looking for review of the infamous Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO.

Noticed all my other parts I was doubting for were reviewed on there as well, so I kept hanging around. 

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I was looking for some mouse and mechanical keyboard videos and stumbled upon NCIX and LinusTechTips videos. This was around December 2012.

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Youtube !! NCIX videos and AMD vs Intel vids .

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My Dad introduced me to TechQuickie which led me to find the Linus Tech Tips channel which in turn led me to find the forum :D

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I'm pretty sure I bought something and searched YouTube and found Linus' unboxing video. Loved the video and after that I only watched Linus as my one stop shop!

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6 years ago when I was a tech Level 9001 noob, I wasn't sure how to clean my rig..

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I found Linus after looking for a build guide to build a pc

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I thought Linus was a cool dude. I also like computers...Linus last liked computers...I like Linus...

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4 years ago while watching some system build guides.

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from youtube  and going  untill im allive  :D

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im sure it was 2009 or 2010. i was looking for some stuff for my PC and i came across LinusTechTips

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NCIX... In that video you were giving away lots of stuff for a new Store (I guess it was canada) to the people in the line. Long time ago btw

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Found you while searching for a unboxing of a case, but I can't remember what one it was.. it was a while ago.

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Found him back in 2010 on NCIX, the first video I saw of him was his MSI 6870 review with three TVs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mJeefx5_Qc

OMFG that is also the first vid i saw from him( i think ) we should be twins...

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It was just last year (2013) around October. I was doing my very first build and was looking at reviews for the parts I was considering and Linus had some of the most well done and entertaining reviews that I could find. Been subbed ever since.  Always do my best to catch the WAN Show live when I can. 

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About a year ago I started getting interesting in custom PC's and other technology covered by Linus' channel and it was a few minutes later I came across one of his videos (I have no idea which one) and have enjoyed nearly everyone of his videos since. 

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I think I found Linus's channel around the time he released the first full guide on building a PC. I haven't been able to build a new one since 2008 but I love everything to do with building them and watching the process so it was a lot of fun watching that and learning things. And Linus seemed like a really fun guy so I subscribed to the channel and I've been enjoying it ever since.

 

I always knew about the forums but since I was active on a few others (like Reddit) I didn't think I'd spend enough time here so I never signed up. The LG G3 giveaway was too good to pass up and now I think I'm gonna spend a good bit more time here.

 

Edit: I've not done a good job spending more time here.

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I've been shopping at NetLink/NCIX since before YouTube was around.  One day I was in the Burnaby store (at the time, their ONLY store) and they mentioned that they were going to start a YouTube channel.  I been subbed since day one, 7 years ago now.  I've followed along ever since.

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