Upvote because I found interesting your story about how you got from Nxt to XEM.

However I think there is some part which you left uncounted. You invested 60 USD in Nxt and you got 600 NXT. Next you said:

This angered some who started calling it a scam and some were probably legit worried as the stakes got up to about $1000 each before the funding was complete. But with my $60 investment, I wasn't too worried.
Well after over a year, the coin finally launched in March of 2015 and sure enough, when I downloaded my NEM wallet my stake was in there waiting for me.

Did you invested another 60 USD in NEM or how did you get from Nxt to XEM?

Again, thank you for your explanation on how did you get involved with Nem :)