"I Was There When Streaming Was Just a Strange Idea"

"I Was There When Streaming Was Just a Strange Idea"

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"I Was There When Streaming Was Just a Strange Idea"

They call it streaming now. Back then, we just called it “sending video.” No overlays. No chat. Just a webcam the size of a toaster and a lag that could kill a conversation before it started.

I was in a cluttered basement in ‘98, trying to show a friend across the world how I played chess. Not for views, not for money — just to share a moment. Took me four days to get the feed to stop freezing every ten seconds. But when it worked, I knew something had shifted.

The word "stream"? We didn’t invent it. It came from the tech guys — “data stream,” “audio stream.” It sounded cold. But it stuck. Because that’s what it was: a flow. Unbroken, unpredictable, live.

Nobody thought it would become a thing. We weren’t influencers — we were hobbyists, coders, misfits. But something about being seen in real time hit different. It felt... honest.

Years passed. The gear got better. The feeds got cleaner. People started watching. Talking. Sharing. Suddenly, being live wasn’t weird — it was powerful.

Now there are entire platforms built around that energy. One of them, GAD.BET, has become a space where live moments matter — where people gather not just to watch, but to be part of something happening right now.

Funny how far we’ve come. From basements and broken webcams to global conversations. But it all started with one simple idea: “What if I could show someone what I’m doing — right now?”

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