I started prior to 1.0.5, but I don’t know exactly when because at that time I wasn’t really paying attention to version numbers. I do recall that the first time I found the (old, pre-Discourse) forums, people were mostly griping about how OP Webspinner was, and how RNG was out to get them. Luckily, we’ve all moved past that by now (well, past Webspinner anyway!) At some point, the holy grail was to pull a “Sammy,” which was to achieve level 1000, the level cap for a long time. I also remember hating Celestasia when she was given the Barrier trait and thinking there’d never be anything more annoying or hard to beat. 
My first forum contribution didn’t come until long after the switch to Discourse, and it was this thread:
And shortly afterward I was complaining about not having a title:
There used to be a troop list on the official page that was last updated when dinosaurs ruled the earth, and one day I got tired of it and decided to see if I could do better. Back then, things were simpler — most of the game data was in plain sight in the install folder — so it was easy. Here’s my first post about the project I was working on:
https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/feedback-updated-troops-list/5925
It’s still around somewhere, probably…
Nowadays, I play much less (though I still do play; I haven’t been in a guild in over a year because I hate not being able to contribute regularly). My favorite activity since Salty empowered me is to abuse said power to lock threads and get in the last word (I’m pretty sure I’d hate me if I met me).
I have no intention of going anywhere, and as the game adapts, so too will GoWDB.com (at some trailing pace or something). I haven’t made a cent from it but I do love that it is used and of use to the community as a whole. Keep on keeping on (and ranting about Webspinner and/or RNG) and I’ll be here to see it!