I took the easy way in.
Came across a small tuber, liked his stuff, got active in watching and commenting, became recognizable, joined the discord which was a lot more familiar and chill, talked about potential upcoming content/games, got invited to play some multiplayer stuff like Rivals and Deep Rock with a couple other regulars and the "star", wasnt a speegy weirdo and had a good time, tuber asks if we mind being recorded for potential vid, sure.

Now I'm an infrequent guest LPer with my own POV edits and stuff. Pretty neat and low stress fun.