I started in v13, even though it was only about 10-11 months ago, I still remember the servers being better. But back in V6/7 when my friend first joined, I would watch him play, and I would think to myself, "man, this game looks cool!". I went back home, went to buy Blockland, but my parent's computer crashed then, so they were weary about games, and they said no. But for an 10/11 year old, it was light at the end of a long, dark tunnel. Roblox. It was free. I played it for like a year or two, then I saw my friend play BL again. I had put it at the back of my mind whilst playing roblox. I got my laptop the next year, as my 13th birthday/christmas present, and I immediately bought Blockland in the next 3-4 months. I was amazed at Blockland when I first started playing. All the things you could do, the people you met, aside from the occasional insta-ban for being a 20k, the only limit was your imagination! I played for hours each day, and hours each night. TDMs, freebuilds, rpgs, pretty much everything. Then I joined the forums, and starte really working on my building, and changing my attitude. The rest, is history.
Megascience, if that isn't reminiscing, I don't know what is :P