It was my Mums (at the time) boyfriend that got me in to Final Fantasy with FFVII. I used to watch him play it on his PS1 and I thought it looked really fun. When I gave it a go I was terrible at it, and the piss easy materia system confused the hell out of my tiny 7/8 year old brain. Also my Mum used to do mobile hairdressing, so I went around with her. One of her clients had FFVII so I spent more time getting used to it there, too. When I got the hang of it fully I was hooked, and I've been playing Final Fantasy ever since.