For me, I found a demo of Jazz Jackrabbit when I was 8 (Golly, that must have been 1996!), and seeing the rabbit shooting the gun in a action pose just screamed cool for me. (The game really impressed me as a kid, as I had never seen anything the like of it involving rabbits, of all animals!) I played that demo again and again, off and on until I got the full version from epic classics in 2000.

In 1999, I learned of Jazz Jackrabbit 2 (++internet searches). I did not pay much attention to it until a little later, when we got a Imac that was capible of playing the demo. I was further amazed by the music and gameplay. I got the full version of jj2 in 2001

I started playing around with JCS, and that's what caused me to come to this community: asking annoying questions on how to work JCS. I seemed to stick around, even during a long period of inactivity between 2003-2005.

Why? My guess is the regulars tolerate me and the community is small enough that you get to know them.