How long have you been roleplaying?

I think I started at around age 13 on an HP forum in my native language, but I didn't break into English RPGs until I was 17. Shee-it, I guess it's been almost 20 years.

 

I began my role playing adventures back in 1993 with my first table top game, a Star Wars dX game, I think it was, and got hooked. I didn't start play by post gaming until 2005, when a Guest to my first form mentioned how boring my site was (a fan shrine to Princess Ayeka). I thought up a plot involving the character of Tenchi Universe, and started a free form dialog. This would also be my first time being a Game Master. Needless to say, that I found the experience to be enjoyable. The best part? All the unhinged surprises the players would throw at me! We played that game for a couple of years, before ending the game and moving onto a new game because the characters nearly destroyed the universe! It was during this time that I discovered the Big Eyes Small Mouth role playing game (second revised edition at the time). To this day, I think that system is still my favorite.

 

I technically started fairly young, like the others, but it was mainly confined to chat rooms. I wrote a lot of fantasy, but dabbled into dark/horror themes as well. I gave it up in High school/College as I thought that was something I 'had' to do. It wasn't until I graduated and was miserable in a relationship (at 25) that I decided to get back into it. Found an amazing community that helped me understand forum-based rp, and I've been exploring sites/stories ever since!

 

I started pretty young, too, like most folks. I think I was around 12? It was middle school, and it was on some sort of RP forum where you didn't have sub accounts and just created a character for each plot/story/thread you wanted to participate in. I don't remember the details, other than that I mostly played adult characters, and the one time I played a young teenager (at the time the same age as me), I was told that they spoke too maturely/were unrealistic, and I was most offended!

I RP'd on and off, not consistently after that, as life got busy, college and work and such. I got back into it post-college and have been really consistently RP'ing again for the past 5 years.