When and why did you start playing Don't Starve?

[KidneyBeanBoy]

I bought it right when the ruins were added, but I first heard of it when they were wrapping up with winter.

[Syd]

Mid November 2012. The latest update added gobblers, which was probably the first of what would eventually be many attempts to curtail berry farming (at the time, there was no fertilizing or rotting mechanic, so all you had to do was transplant a bunch of berry bushes to your base for infinite food).

[johnsnake71]

Around the time northernlion uploaded a video on it.  I saw his first look of it, thought it was a cool game, bought it.

[Guest]

Early novenber, so I looked it up and I joined right before The birds and the bees and the dogs that want to kill you update. First hound attack sent me crazy: "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!!!". I never saw a pig before that happened.

 

Edit: Early november 2012

[koompastomp]

I started playing a little bit before the "Long live the Queen" update (I think that's what it was called)

[Pangur]

 I first played DS with strange new powers update .

[Hawx541]

Well, I heard about this game some time around when the caves came out. And bought it maybe somewhere around May 2014..? I think. I'm good at remembering things.

[hotmatrixx]

I picked this game up just a couple of months back, post "All's Swell".

 

What is this William Carter thing of which you are be mentioning?

[DwerBomb]

I picked this game up just a couple of months back, post "All's Swell".

What is this William Carter thing of which you are be mentioning?

All's Well.

FTFY

For William's story check the wiki:

http://dont-starve-game.wikia.com/wiki/William_Carter_Puzzles

It summarizes it pretty well

[CyanBlue]

3rd of January 2013, joined the forums 4 days later. Right before the "Turf!" update! 

[NikMik]

I started playing when a canadian guy, the best and the real guy, showed it to me. It was quite fun to see, so a few weeks later I bought it. Back then, I didn't know of the amazing modding API (in Lua as well ^^).

It goes without saying that I don't regret anything.

The only guy, the best guy, also introduced me to DS. I got it around Strange New Powers. It's gotta be said.

[The Letter W]

Euhh... June 2013 I want to say. If Steam would actually tell me when the game was gifted to me, that would be great. It might have been before, I just know it was a rather early birthday gift. I'd heard of it before because of some friends in my regular Skype call playing it but I didn't have the dosh to get it. 

[Surten]

I don't remember exactly when I started playing, but I'm pretty sure at least the Strange New Powers update was already in there, as Willow already had her lighter. I stopped playing after some time and months later I started playing again, much later than the Where there's a Wilson... update, maybe a month or two ago.

[Palpetinus]

I'm not even sure when exactly that was, but it was right before the gobblers were added I think, so around October-November-ish 2012.

 

EDIT: Okay, Steam tells me it was the 16. Nov. 2012. Horray for detailed descriptions as to when a person buys stuff. I saw it earlier on streams and stuff, decided to test it a bit, that's why I have it earlier in memory.

[BurningSprite]

I started in the good ol' Enter the Gobbler! Update. From an era long gone, I took a hiatus for a while, and now I'm back, roving the forums!

[the truthseeker]

I started in the good ol' Enter the Gobbler! Update. From an era long gone, I took a hiatus for a while, and now I'm back, roving the forums!

welcome back to the forums! Glad to have met you BTW! 

[Malk]

Nov 18 2012 I got a cracked version from some youtuber (ethoslab) played it for a day then forgot/got board

Here I am also 2 years later with the full game RoG also. Luv it <3

[LtShinySides]

I believe I got this game back in December of 2012 for my birthday. I watched Yogscast play them and a guy named GenerikB. I was soooooooo into it back then. A make believe survival game with a hint of story? Heck yes! I loved it and still do. I'm glad to see this game doing so well after all this time since the beta. 

[ViridiZant]

I played the demo on Google Chrome a while back.

Sometime later, one of my friends on steam messaged me "Hey, do you want a game called Don't Starve?" I said "Uh... sure?" and he gave it to me.

[Flare2V]

I started playing shortly after "The Birds and The Bees and The Dogs That Want to Kill You" update for a few months, then gave it a rest. When I heard it came out on steam, I bought it right away.

[Crown_king]

Mine was during one of the Yogcasts Christmas Charity drive i saw them playing it like 3 years ago. 

[Crown_king]

 (ethoslab) 

Etho is amazing!

 

 

​Hey Jonathon can you pour me a glass of Malk. 

[vanquishbhp]

I've been playing since just before the Strange New Powers update. I started because it had been getting my attention, so my friend and I downloaded the game and we fell in love.

[eddie10089]

2012 Christmas. It looked awesome and is more awesome now .

[Bekuno]

Ah, I picked it up this last Christmas but it had been in my wishlist for awhile. I saw AishaNeko playing it and though it looked really cool but I forgot about it again for a long time. I don't even remember how I stumbled upon it again but I'm forever grateful that I did.