About Me

Hello everyone! My name is Florian, but most people know me as Flo and some as fooltimeGamer. At the moment, as I record this, I am 37 years old.

Born in 1985, I am now a proud husband and father of two sons, living in the beautiful state of Bavaria, Germany.

The Past

Gaming has always played a central role in my life. The very first game I can remember was Gorilla.bas. Maybe some of you remember it? It’s a bit like today’s Worms – two monkeys on top of skyscrapers throwing bananas at each other. You had to correctly calculate wind and angle to hit the other monkey.

Over the years, many more games joined the mix – Minesweeper, Hover, Solitaire, Sokoban, and Prince of Persia. Do you know Roger Wilco and The Time Rippers? And who could forget The Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island, Sam & Max, or Indiana Jones?

When I was about 10 years old, my grandmother financed my first PC, a Pentium 1 586 with 100 megahertz (133 if you pressed the turbo button!). From there, my love for gaming only grew deeper. Over the years, I’ve tried out a plethora of games.

Some of the more well-known ones that have accompanied me for a long time include Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, Half-Life, Counter-Strike, World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls, and Starcraft. Other notable mentions are Quake 3 Arena, Wolfenstein 3D, Unreal Tournament, Need for Speed, Jagged Alliance, Age of Empires, GTA, Soldier of Fortune, and Call of Duty.

The Present

Nowadays, I work full-time in online marketing, more specifically in HR Performance Marketing at a private university in Germany. In my spare time, I have been trying for almost three years to establish another foothold in the field of content creation on Twitch and YouTube.

I always had reservations about starting a blog, mainly because of concerns regarding data protection and the legal stuff in general. But recently I found a hosting provider who offers a legal service and creates a privacy policy, which has somewhat reduced my hurdles and prompted me to finally start this blog here (as of: June 17, 2023).

I’ve always been a bit of an outsider, strongly introverted and possibly also with ADD (so without the hyperactivity). I’ve also always had problems showing myself on camera. But after I started a project on YouTube that revolved around 360-degree nature videos and where I occasionally appeared in the picture, I lost my fear of it step by step.

In the last two to three years, I have mainly focused on Twitch and tried to build a gaming channel on YouTube. But so far, none of that has worked out particularly well. Maybe because I was just sending clips and highlights like everybody else does :).

Also, I have learned that I might be better in text form, which is one of the reasons why I want to give blogging a try. Additionally, I wanted to try out, how AI could help me with formatting and formulating.

But enough about that, now it’s your turn! I hope you enjoy reading my blog. I look forward to feedback and comments. Feel free to share my posts with your friends.

Also, feel free to visit me on my Twitch channel, check out YouTube and Kick, join the Discord, and exchange ideas. I hope to offer high-quality content here and look forward to the coming months and years with you.

Thank you for stopping by and reading!

Flo (fooltimeGamer)