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Whether it be youtubers, memes, popular influencer, or anyone else that has a large internet following. Who have you met?
With how many cons I have been to, I've met a few, so I thought i'd share since it can be interesting to know how different someone can be online vs irl.

Nostalgia Critic: I've seen him at cons many times, been to many of his panels, but never actually talked to him. He has a GREAT stage presence. He is a touch bit more awkward than he is in his videos. He is great at improv and being funny. Honestly, his panels are 10/10 must see. Good example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZsXdWmC7DY

Little Kuriboh: I've talked to him a few times many years ago. Very down to earth. He's generally a cool chill dude. Not much else to say tbh.

Rebel Taxi: I met him recently and I'm sorry, but he was the most awkward guest at a con I've ever met. I talked to him twice at a con and was extremely awkward the whole time and didn't really know what to say or do. It felt like he was just kinda uncomfortable even being at the convention.

ProZD: He called my waifu trash. Worst guest ever. Seriously though, he is just like he is in his videos.

The Runaway Guys: They are just like they are in their videos. They aren't too social and a little awkward, but are still good guests. Their "thrown controllers" panel is done well.

I saw Tobuscus at one con around my city. I didn't meet him upfront but I did see him at a panel.

I went to high school with Alex from Target

I met Arin Hansen from Game Grumps at a Renn. Faire.
Suzie was really nice. Arin was kind of meh.

Much like poochyena, I got to meet The Runaway Guys when they came to New Jersey (it was their first time doing Thrown Controllers outside a convention, and one of the first places happened to be ten minutes from where I lived).
I haven't watched Proton Jon much outside of TRG, but I've been watching Chuggaaconroy and NintendoCapriSun for almost 10 years so it's wild to actually meet them in person. IDK if I should share, but I did take some selfies with them.

I went to MAGFest one year and met Gaijin Goombah just wandering around as a guest, not running any panels or anything. We chatted about how I was practically the only one who watched his Monster Hunter videos because, at the time (before World), Monster Hunter was still a really niche game series, and he really appreciated that. He gave me a hug, and it was nice.

At another year from the same convention, there was a meetup with the Two Best Friends, Woolie and Pat. The line was fucking long and it took like an hour of waiting to just actually get to see them. It was a shorter encounter, but I got a photo with them and they both thought that me getting in the head with my own prop bat during cosplay chess was both unfortunate, and rad as fuck.

The Super Best Friends, Runaway Guys, Doug Walker, and TotalBiscuit. I've been to a lot of cons.

A couple of Greek YouTubers, such as Mikeius, Zok, Tsach, Astronio and Kakos Xamos.