I occasionally visited the forums before I registered, sometime in November. Was it last year? It must have been. Yeah, November 2002. Was a bit more active back then, but I want you to know that I still love you.
Anyway, I can't really remember how I discovered AG at first, but I'm sure I stumbled upon it while scouring the net for some adventure gaming. Probably a month or so before I registered at the forums.