I believe I joined a friend in game, and poof :3, liked it ever since.
...who are you?
ANYWAYS.
I asked a close friend to let me try out their GMod late November 2009.
They let me use their account, and I chose a random server on the server list.
rANdOm Zombie Survival!
Played ZS pretty constantly, made friends like Devie, Xexxar, Krasher, Tomcat, Carp, Magic, Crypto, Pro Black, Raidersfan, Toxin, and moar. Applied for respected around January after I got my own GMod for Christmas.
Lost respected around March because of some minge cading team-members out and I votebanned him, became hated but I sucked it up and lost the hate. Got back respected next month.
So on, so on, respected gets replaced late summer and I still haven't got VIP while people who've been around just as long as me have gotten admin (poutingbaby.png) and I love this community. <3