i also registered at AAA when i was 13 (8 days before 14th b-day) because then i had my own computer
i was reading at AAA probably one year at least twice a week before, understanding probably only 10% of the words written there
remember the good old times when the Spit Mk1 came out? it was a sensation, but somehow i was to stupid to install it
i lost a bit of intrest until the AAA UI came out, all i wanted was NEW PLANES!
then new UI versions came out and somehow the atmosphere at AAA became worse. again i lost intrest in mods. then Hades and Cirx began to make some quite nice topics and tutorials. this finally lead me at first to UP and then to SAS
i fully converted to SAS when Jolly left, together with the donations...