It was a rough climb for me since I live in a town that is mostly punk and shit, but over this two years, people get really excited to see me play local shows because it means they can mosh to something different. Not only that, but me and my friend have organized two local electronic shows that went over great (Decktonic played at the first one, KOOLSKULL and Bubblegum Octopus played at the second one), and I have inspired two other younger dudes in my town to get their own gameboys to start writing chiptunes themselves (One of these people i played a show with two weekends ago).
But, sometimes, and definitely most of the time in the beginning, it was/is super awkward.