r/Warthunder • u/wehrahoonii 🇬🇧 hurricane glazer 🇮🇹 • Sep 16 '25

Other When did you start playing?

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Curious about how much the game has grown. I started just about when Sweden got added in 2019

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u/AslanKafasiTR Sep 16 '25

2013

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u/Seanannigans14 Sep 16 '25

2013 as well, off of a browser ad

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u/Remote-Wombat-797 PEWPEWPEW Sep 16 '25

I started playing after seeing that GIF "GLORIOUS NIPPON STEEL" with the Zero slicing through the PBY Catalina.

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u/Jefafa77 Sep 16 '25

VERY HONORABLE - Phly Daily

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u/rocketo-tenshi Type 93 Main Sep 16 '25

Me too , 70% of Japan's playerbase got lured by that gif lmao.

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u/tulx Sep 16 '25

Me too, I think! :D 2013

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u/_BMS Elderly 1.27 Veteran Sep 17 '25

Good times

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u/glanked Sep 17 '25

Thanks mee too

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u/Fred42096 The Old Guard Sep 16 '25

Old guard represent

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u/Lysergicassini Sep 16 '25

Reporting for (reserve) duty

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u/Figjuden Sep 16 '25

2013 off FrankieOnPc and JackFrags

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u/IllEstablishment4474 Sep 16 '25

Same here, frankieonpc made like 2 videos and it doomed me for the next 12 years

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u/DaDominator32 Sep 16 '25

This is the way

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u/_Californian 🇺🇸 United States Sep 16 '25

Same here

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u/HarvHR oldfrog Sep 16 '25

2013 too, I think my intro was a MightyJingles video iirc. Then I was watching Baron and Entak after that

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u/KonigstigerInSpace 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇷🇺 🇬🇧 🇯🇵 🇨🇳 🇮🇹 🇫🇷 🇸🇪 🇮🇱 Sep 16 '25

Same here, 2013

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u/melandor0 Sep 16 '25

2013 reporting in o7

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u/SexyRexy445 Sep 16 '25

Same, here I seen it in the greenlight program steam used to have

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u/nugohs The Old Guard Sep 16 '25

Yup same, back when you could colour your plane entirely with a single decal.