I started sometime around when the Carnival was first opened, I think? I remember at the time it was a big deal when the level cap was raised to like 80, and the Forgotten Quarter was first opened… my first echo is from March 1 1889 (Fallen London), but the first reference in my old emails that I can find to Fallen London is in May 2010. When I registered on the fallen london forums. …not THESE forums. These didn’t exist yet. A fansite, that was long since deleted.
Those were the days.