I've been playing FF since I was 12. It was kind of this forbidden fruit, as living in the world's video game ghetto meant I needed to resort to emulation. IV, V and VI were the easiest to emulate, which is why they're the ones I started with. And for the longest time, FFs were the only RPGs I would play as Id see other series as rip-offs.

But later I got a PS2 and branched out considerably. I am now much more focused on series that are more niche such as DQ (its niche in the West, there's no denying that) and MegaTen and FF is just kinda there. I still love it and I have amassed a vast array of knowledge about it, since I've played all the numbered entries and some spinoffs, but I'm not nearly the FF junkie I was before. I'm literally much more passionate about DQ and SMT now than FF, though there still are certain entries that are very dear to my heart.