I was 13 when my girlfriend introduced me to Vampire Wars a PVP Mud based on VtM. I stopped playing for several years, then at 16/17 I started on VW: Classic, a splinter game from VW. Just before I turned 18 I joined LAmush that friends from VWC convinced me to join.
I had been RPing in a kind of chat room/forum type hybrid thing. And was amazed at how much faster MUSHing was.
Then as soon as I turned 18 I jointed City by the Bay because baby Cobalt loved the Anitaverse, but you couldn’t play on CbtB unless you were 18+.
And baby Cobalt followed the rules, lol.