I decided to branch out in my taste of games, which had so far been Tekken, SoulBlade and Crash Bandicoot. So I saw Final Fantasy 9 in the second hand bit and thought "Eh, I've heard of it, so it must be good."
And thats how it began. I can't remember how old I was, 12?
Anyway I only really became a fully fledged fan at FF10 which I thought was amazing.