For me, it started when I had downloaded the 5th movie in Japanese (subbed, of course ^_^, and I was lucky enough to find it with EMule) A while later, I was in the mood for more Pok?mon vids on my computer, and since I had noticed they mentioned something about #free_pokemon in an overlay in the credits. I did a google search of it, and I found the official site... After worming my way around there, I hopped onto mIRC and into #free_pokemon, under a different name than I usually used - that name being Q Man (but it had to be Q_Man/QMan for the purposes of IRC) and after some confusion about downloading, I decided to look on thier forums for some help (they had a "forum" link, so I followed it) and BLAM! I was here, and found myself being one of 80-some people on PC at the time. Shortly after, I registered and expectantly waited over an hour and a half for the confirmation email. In the meantime, I just kept reading more and more and more posts, and I even tried to respond a few times, which didn't go over well, since I was still waiting for the darned confirmation email :p