Same. I've lurked here for years before joining. Until recently I felt no reason to join - I just came, obtained instructions for things, and went about my business.
5 days before my 1st year member

Lurker since 2009-2010
I used to chill over at wiihacks.com it's so shit there now, I'm pretty sure there are more staff then active users lol. And the staff there are absolutely horrible and rude. They're the type of people who get angry when a total noob makes a mistake or doesn't know something. Last straw was when I was threatened with a ban for not giving a mod super respect lol. they did have the best wii hacking
tutorial though.
I would have an account there, and lurk over here mostly. Then gateway came along and I made the complete switch. Waiting. And waiting. And waiting.
But you know what? It hasn't been thaaaat bad. I mean I tasted some prison, trolls, and vague release dates, but this community we've got going on has been pretty chill. I'm most likely here to stay, but probably lurk a lot again
Can't forget Thomas though! Never forget Thomas.