I should probably give my own story. Which starts with this video:
It was my first year of college, and the internet (and especially countdown videos) led me to learning of all sorts of games that I had never heard of before. I've always had a preference for video game soundtracks, and this was one that I found and came back to a couple of times. Once, I noticed a similarly drawn Flandre over to the side, realized it was probably more from the same series and listened to it. Then there was a ton of different versions of U.N. Owen in the recommended videos, making me more curious about the actual series these pieces came from.
Now, I was 18/19 around this time and didn't really understand much about the game industry, and once I found some gameplay on Youtube, I actually thought it was just a browser game(s) that had a rediculously large/active fanbase. I went looking for it, and eventually found Ace's site before Moriya shrine. I was hesitant to actually download the games, but eventually my curiosity got the better of me, and I started with EoSD, SWR, and Koumajou Densetsu, and Senguko Gensokyo soon after. I loved each soundtrack (of course), but SWR and Sengoku Gensokyo gave me a love for the characters. I spent a year or so as an anonymouse lurker, but eventually joined the very first forum.
And I'm still around, funny how it all worked out.