nice topic idea!
i was *ecstatic* when i finally made my account. back in 2014 the registration was hard to catch, and the first time i registered my username was too long, so it was a bit of a trial-and-error process. by the time i could actually go in-game, i had lurked on the forums quite a bit and tended to latch on to (read: pester) users i recognized. similarly to toons, i vividly remember getting lost in ficho tunnels - i had no idea where i was or what to do xD
......i went to south pole.
....saw a pretty interesting. conversation in general chat.
i... stayed after that. surprisingly.