Many, many years ago—I think I was in college—I sent Totilo a PM on NeoGAF, asking him how he managed to work at MTV, because my longterm goal (at least at the time) had been to work at a mainstream publication and write about video games. He actually responded and was very kind, and then a few years later reached out and hired me to work at MTV. My career wouldn't be nearly the same without his patience and guidance.
Very cool. Didn't know that's how you two got to know each other.
I talked a lot of shit on GAF about Kotaku before and just after Totilo joined - 99% of it warranted. I don't recall a single post of mine that he didn't comment on directly. He didn't bullshit me on what had happened in the past, but basically was adamant that those things were in the past and steps had been taken to ensure those things wouldn't happen again.
Man kept his word and none of those checks bounced. Like I said, great deal of respect for his leadership there.