For me it was on the Fallout New Vegas board on gameFAQs. It was right after the game was announced, and I wanted to join in on the shenanigans. I ended up getting trolled, a lot, and had to look up what a troll was. What about you guys?

lego forums

My life began in the old orange Starcraft II forums, when it'd be spammed every night, and back when the Rick Roll is spreading.

I started posting on RS community forums a decade ago, thinking about it makes me feel old.

WoW forums after a year after i joined.

I regret it to this day. As soon as i found the forums, i literally spent nearly as much time on the forums as i did in the game, with the forums always opened so i could alt tab when i had down time. Practically ruined the game experience by itself.

CompuServe bbs, '91?

This might be my first real forum interaction seeing that I came from Console gaming.

We remember the Great Agora of Athens, the Great Forum of Roma, the Great Bazaar of Qart-Hadast, and even the grandeur of such places, if they could be aggregated to one location, would greatly pale in comparison to this new invention. You have been given a great gift, do not squander it.

-ἑταῖροι άθηνᾶς

It was like... 12 years ago and I was 13. I remember being on some random roleplaying forum. It was pretty fun. The community was very good and clean.