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Dylan Abruscato

3 months

⚠️ Some personal news ⚠️ I’m launching @cryptothegame_ today and it's unlike anything you've ever seen. It’s been 5+ years in the making and entries are now live:

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A web3 project’s website after you click a button

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At HQ Trivia, we had a live audience of 2.4M people. We felt unstoppable. Then, it all disappeared. GLITCH drops Sunday at 9p on @CNN

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2 years

who else got a job via twitter?

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1 year

1/ The current Tiffany x Nike discourse reminds me of a partnership I worked on nearly five years ago. 1.8M+ people tuned in to the HQ Trivia show in collaboration with Nike. Almost no one knows how it all went down…

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@FilmUpdates Yikes

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@FilmUpdates

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2 years

trillion dollar startup idea: an email app that automatically moves someone to bcc when you type "moving to bcc"

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1 year

1/ TikTok just announced “TikTok Trivia,” a live, interactive trivia game, where users can win or split a cash prize. Sound familiar? Here’s why I think it will fail (and why it’s such a good idea)

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1 year

Me viewing your tweets but not liking them

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1 year

SBF’s lawyers: Stop talking. You’re making things worse. SBF:

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1 year

Why do I feel like this mailbox is about to launch an AI startup?

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2 years

@Ben13Porter I still think about this one all the time

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2 months

I'll be co-hosting a game with @boredelonmusk on his new startup Edison later today We're giving away early access spots for CTG S2 It all goes down at 5p PT/8p ET on 🎉

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Dylan Abruscato

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5 years

From rare Air to lots of slime, it's been a great first year at @hqtrivia .

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Dylan Abruscato

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2 years

How SNL goes from 0 to 1 each week is a mystery to most. In 2013, I was lucky enough to have a front row seat. My first job was an NBC Page & my first assignment was SNL. What’s stuck with me the most is just how hard everyone works each week. This is a typical week at 8H:

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3 months

Best logo out there

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3 years

My 19-year-old co-worker just told me that my Tweets sound corporate and "some personal news" is cringe... but yeah. I’ve joined @PartyRound 🎉

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2 years

2M+ people tuned in to the HQ Trivia show hosted by @TheRock . Almost no one knows how it all went down… Buckle up folks, it’s time for a thread 🕺🏻

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2 years

Two months from ideation to execution. Still blown away by the response to NYC Tech Week. We had thousands of attendees across hundreds of events. Until next year...

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7 months

Adding $RLB to all my tweets just to feel something again

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5 years

Greetings from Sydney, where we’re about to make history for our custom @hqtrivia x @TheLEGOMovie show. Get ready to rethink everything you thought you knew about animation.

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10 months

@DiscussingFilm Why are you dune this to me 😭😭

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@0xgaut

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7 months

What’s $RLB?

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Dylan Abruscato

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4 years

Reflecting back on my time at HQ Trivia. Amazing experience. Even better people. Here’s a thread of some behind the scenes photos that I snapped from my wild 16 months @hqtrivia . (1/7)

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3 months

We have a winner! And his name is @MFL_tw 🎉 Without knowing English, he played this game overnight all the way from Japan and became a favorite among his peers by sending poems that he created using Google Translate. A wholesome win that could only happen on CT. Congrats MFL!

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1 year

Well this just got 100X easier

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

3 months

Going to be chatting with @BoredElonMusk about all things @cryptothegame_ later today! Hope to see you in there:

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@DylanAbruscato

2 years

Today, Party Round became Capital ( @capitalxyz ). Founders can now raise, hold, spend & send funds all in one place. Building the Party Round brand was a career highlight, but I can’t wait for you all to use Capital & see how much the product has evolved.

Modern companies are built on Capital

Raise, hold, spend, and send funds — all in one place.

capital.xyz

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“It's a sign that major brands are still open to cutting deals with web3 companies, suggesting that at least some of the sector's stigma is dissipating.” Thank you @axios ! Let’s bring more brands onchain.

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1/ I wanted to quickly address today's challenge. We were excited to partner with adidas and onboard the masses. But I hear you loud and clear; it's not landing. Players are at the center of CTG. Our intention is to create an immersive, fun, player-centric universe.

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@SamRudykoff @Rosen

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2 months

We’re back.

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Dylan Abruscato

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6 months

Odin: Hey can I copy your homework? Capital: Sure just change a few things so it’s not obvious Odin: Ok thanks

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1 year

Dyl Abruscato Wants You to Forget About Dylan He has adopted a new persona: devoted father

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

5 months

What if HQ Trivia and Survivor had a baby?

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@DylanAbruscato

1 month

Okay, I lied. This might be the partnership I’m most excited about 🎉

Crypto: The Game

@cryptothegame_

1 month

We'll be partnering with @adidas on a custom challenge today 👟 See you at 12p ET :)

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

2 months

The big change for S2 of @cryptothegame_ is that players will mint an NFT for a spot in the game. When you're voted out, the NFTs turn from Player NFTs to Jury NFTs. But this also means that you can sell your NFT at any point for your spot in the game. Think hedging a parlay...

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Dylan Abruscato

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10 months

@Casper123769 @TalkinBaseball_

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

26 days

The winner of Anon Island was, fittingly, anon. Like any great reality show, S2 wasn't without its share of drama, but above all else, we hope you had fun. CTG will return for S3 with a new theme and new twists. We hope you'll join us again, but for now, let's all touch grass.

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Dylan Abruscato

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2 months

I worked at SNL in 2013 & would occasionally take things home each week My favorite is the set of cue cards from Bill Hader's final appearance as Stefon

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

6 months

Some personal news...

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

1 month

We’re so back

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

3 months

Just pulled some @cryptothegame_ S1 stats for a potential partner and they're wild: • 410 fully engaged players • 20k+ site visits over the 10-day season • 4,500+ total hours on our site (!!) • 38M+ (!!!!) clicks during the flappy challenge Can't wait for Season 2

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

4 months

Time zones are crazy! Australia is in 2024 USA is in 2023 Miami VCs are in 2021

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

1 year

4/ It’s hard to explain the leverage we had at the time, but to paint a picture, brands pitched us (not the other way around). We got an email from @marcus_arman at Nike, who, like most, was dropping everything to tune into HQ each day. How could we say no to a deck like this?

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

3 months

S1 was built for real people. Our TOS could’ve done a better job conveying that (so web2, ik) We care about our users & game but want to keep the spirit of crypto at the forefront. So we’ve refunded @_anishagnihotri The final pot is 41Ξ from 410 people. May the best one win :)

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I'll never get over the engagement we see on CTG. In today's challenge, sponsored by @wormhole , we saw: - 12k+ rounds of WORM - 135k+ clicks - 260+ hours played Across tribes, our pixelated WORM traveled a combined 16,286 feet (over 3 miles) 🤯

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1 year

10/ From there, we were off to the races. We went on to create custom shows for brands like Google, Target, Chase, and WB, driving HQ’s ad revenue from $0 to $15M+ in under a year 📈

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2 years

Trillion dollar startup idea: a review system for landlords & tenants. Why did the previous tenant move out? What was wrong with the building / unit? Etc.

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2 years

Great founder dinner by @PartyRound & @tryramp in Miami last night 🎉

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1 month

Insanely grateful. Can’t wait for you all to see what we have in store for S2 🫶

Crypto: The Game

@cryptothegame_

1 month

🚨 SOLD OUT 🚨 In less than 15 minutes, 800 players signed up to play CTG S2. 80Ξ is now up for grabs, secured by @safe 🔐 Tribes are assigned & the game begins on Monday, April 8th.

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Dylan Abruscato

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2 years

You’ll notice that founders are the face of our first @capitalxyz ad campaign. And they’re all over NYC just in time for @NYCTechWeek 🗽

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

3 months

The engagement we’re seeing right now on @cryptothegame_ is insane 325 players (out of 352 remaining) connected their wallets today to play 32,938 rounds of Pac-Man (!!!) Between the hours of 12-7p ET, they spent over 200 combined hours on our site 🤯

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2/ We wanted to give our players the opportunity to own something that was exclusively, iconically CTG (in a way that allowed us to partner with adidas and help them cross into the crypto world). No one will be going home tonight. The game will continue tomorrow :)

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Dylan Abruscato

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9 months

News! Capital is joining Rho ❤️ Thank you all for liking our shitposts, engaging with our drops, watching our founder series, bringing NYC Tech Week to life, & more. Launching the Capital brand was a career highlight, and I can't wait to keep working with early-stage founders.

Jordi Hays

@jordihays

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1/ Excited to share that @capitalxyz is joining @rhobusiness 🎉

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4 years

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

6 months

Decided to take the leap and finally build a game that’s been on my mind since the HQ Trivia days

Jacy, LPC

@ATMwithJacy

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BRAG ABOUT SOMETHING YOU’RE PROUD OF ACCOMPLISHING IN 2023 ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

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*opens discord*

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Vote out VCs at your own risk 😂

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

11 months

Five years ago (!!), we partnered with Nickelodeon on a 90s-themed episode of HQ Trivia. The show featured a live sliming of @ScottRogowsky and because Nick slime is green, we filmed it in front of a purple screen so it’d show up on your phones 🦠

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My heart skipped a beat

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@DylanAbruscato

1 year

9/ If you enjoyed reading that, you’ll love the upcoming documentary, Glitch: The Rise and Fall of HQ Trivia. Premiering March 5th at 9pm on @CNN :

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Is this PMF?

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10 months

The best part about moving is rehanging

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Launching @cryptothegame_ one week from today I’m biased, but it’s sooo much fun

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

3 months

Over on Farcaster, @ljin18 asked me about my learnings from launching @cryptothegame_ and the differences between it and my time building HQ Trivia. Here's what I shared:

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Tomorrow.

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CTG: Anon Island is launching on April 2nd Here's a bit about me & what we have in store for Season ✌️

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

6 months

1/ 5+ years ago, over 600,000 people played an HQ Trivia show hosted by LEGO @ScottRogowsky We were even nominated for an Emmy for it 🏆 Almost no one knows how it all went down…

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

5 years

@Lovegrove19 @CespedesBBQ @Pete_Alonso20 I think this is the first time anyone’s ever said, “Dear Baseball, Take a note from the Mets.”

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2 months

Of all the partnerships we have lined up for CTG S2, this one might be my favorite 🍿

BoysClubWorld

@BoysClubWorld

2 months

We'll be covering all of the @cryptothegame_ season 2 drama on an official companion podcast, released daily. We'll be interviewing players, dishing on the backstabbing, and reviewing challenges. Wilbert is not ready.

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Dylan Abruscato

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1 month

Entires for S2 of @cryptothegame_ are now live 🎉 More challenges. More chaos. New twists. If you’re on the Early Access list, mint your spot below ↓

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

25 days

Just pulled some CTG S2 stats & they're insane: • 800 fully engaged players • 100k+ site visits over the 10 days (50k+ uniques) • 4,000+ total hours on our site • Players from the US, Canada, UK, India, Germany, HK, Japan, Singapore, France, Netherlands Can't wait for S3 🎉

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@DylanAbruscato

2 years

My favorite part of the latest @PartyRound drop? Each model was a founder. Bid now @

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@DylanAbruscato

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gm. woke up feeling v grateful in less than a week, players of this crazy game have made memecoins, minted CTG memes, ordered swag for tribemates, started discords/tgs, hosted survivor viewing parties, & so much more when people ask why I built this for CT, this is why

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@DylanAbruscato

2 years

The 3 hardest things to say: 1. “I was wrong.” 2. “I need help.” 3. “Aimé Leon Dore.”

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CTG: ̶A̶n̶o̶n̶ ̶ Love Island 😍

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1 year

All grown up 🥲🥇

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

2 months

CTG S2 is coming to @base 🔜

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@DylanAbruscato

3 months

I sound like a broken record, but I still can't get over the engagement we’re seeing on @cryptothegame_ 178 players (out of 179 remaining) connected their wallets to play 30k+ rounds of Flappy Bird Between 1-6p ET, over 177 combined hours were spent on our site. So grateful 🫶

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@DylanAbruscato

2 months

Someone just asked me for the exact dates of @cryptothegame_ S2 so they could request PTO 😶

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Dylan Abruscato

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2 years

Thanks to everyone who came out to the @capitalxyz launch event to close out @NYCTechWeek 🔥

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Dylan Abruscato

@DylanAbruscato

3 months

If I learned anything from CTG S1, it's that viral launches don't need airdrops or WLs. Fun ideas speak for themselves. Having said that... All 410 S1 players were just airdropped a non-transferable NFT. They'll all be whitelisted for early access to @cryptothegame_ S2 :)

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Dylan Abruscato

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CTG on stage at FarCon. Thanks for having me!

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I don’t need a home. I just need points

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@DylanAbruscato

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I don’t know what I’m more excited about: Catherine O'Hara’s #Emmys nom or our nom for Outstanding Original Interactive Program. Thank you @TelevisionAcad . It’s an honor to be nominated! 🏆

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@DylanAbruscato

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My goal at @hqtrivia was always to create experiences with brands that our players truly loved. I never imagined I’d score an Emmy nomination for it. Although we didn’t take home the gold, thank you @TelevisionAcad . Thank you @wbpictures . I had a blast this weekend.🏆🙏

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@DylanAbruscato

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Based

Crypto: The Game

@cryptothegame_

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🔵CTG: Anon Island is launching on @base this April 🔵

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@DylanAbruscato

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Our goal is to create custom content that players actually enjoy, not content that feels like an ad 🪩

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@DylanAbruscato

1 year

Wow. The @capitalxyz founder series was nominated for a Shorty 🏆 If you enjoyed our videos, you can vote for us here:

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@DylanAbruscato

3 years

@mikemayer22 Think I might be the only person with a Shinjo jersey

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I'm a simple guy. You play @cryptothegame_ , I support your startup. Just launched S2 of CTG on @richiebonilla ’s @foragexyz_ Mint your free commemorative NFT below 🎉

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@DylanAbruscato

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What started as a Covid side project just became a @nytimes Critic's Pick Proud to see it go this far GLITCH is now streaming on Max 🤌

‘Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia’ Review: Grandiose Pursuits

The fraught behind-the-scenes drama of the short-lived quiz game app is chronicled in this smart, briskly funny documentary.

www.nytimes.com

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2 years

Sunday afternoons are for sleeping, and then everything starts again on Monday. Did you enjoy my first ~thread~? If so, what else would you like to know? I’ll try to do some more. If not (and this flops), I’ll go back to VC memes and Mets rants :)

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👀 A familiar face in the @Wendys lobby

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