I was a guest for like 10 years here. The only thing that prevented me to join in the early 2010's was the paid e-mail barrier, oh and I heard about the 6 month waiting list to join. Then I kinda got so used to just lurking I got everything I needed from just reading the posts here (also the funny pics threads became my main reason to visit this site when it got boring). I have to also mention I was a devoted System Warrior on Gamespot's Systemwars forum, and then later on the systemwars.com, so I guess I was already part of the gaming community.