Gigas, this is hard bro. Wish you didn’t have to go but I know the Lord has something bigger and better for you. Even though our friendship was “online” it was real and genuine.
I remember the first time we actually chatted. It was a voice chat in our Discord server. I noticed he was in there by himself and I jumped in and we started talking. It was crazy because it was just so natural from the start. He asked me about streaming because I used to stream daily and was currently just streaming part time. So told him what was involved and what he was going to need to get started. I walked him through OBS and setting it all up.
Then Gigas went live for the first time with a test stream and we went back and forth getting everything looking and sounding good. When he first started , it’s like anybody who has streamed before, you’re lucky if 1, maybe 2 people watch your stream. But Gigas ran with streaming when many others would have given up. And he had quite a following he had amassed due to his personality. Though his streams were voice only, you could hear the person Gigas was. People wanted to engage with him.
Gigas also loved the game Splinterlands. In subsequent conversations he would tell me about putting his money into the game and what he was buying. He was a true believer in play2earn and nft based games. Not just the earning money part but the actual gameplay and strategy involved.
I would try to make most of Gigas’ streams on Twitch. If I could I would just jump in to say hi even if I couldn’t hang around. And when he saw me he would say “Oh hi Dude! Welcome our great guild leader!” I knew he was being sarcastic so I would tell him to knock it off. Well, then all the other subsequent times he would lay it on even thicker. Then I would give it back to him in chat every time he messed up something or would forget to change his intro screen to the game. When he would catch his mistake I hit him with “ Gigas showing off his pro streamer moves!” He would just chuckle and reply “Yeah. Pro streamer moves” We had a lot fun busting each other's chops.
Also in our Splinterlands guild, he was well loved and a major part of our community. Willing to help newer players and was a major part in moving our little guild to greater heights.
To Zack’s parents. I just want you to know that he was a special person not only to me but many, many others in our Splinterlands guild, community and to all of his followers on Twitch. You don’t run into many people like Zack in your lifetime, but when you do it leaves an impression that none of us will ever forget. He was loved by those of us that had the good fortune of the Lord bringing him into our lives. The only regret is that we couldn’t have more time with him.
God Bless you Gigas. Love ya bro!