In HS, a friend of mine tried to get me into MUDs… I played their favorite one briefly (it was very low pop and very mechanical) so they suggested another one they Admin’d for - I also very briefly played that (for like three days)… like five years later I didn’t have a good TTRPG group so I tried picking it up again and loved it… met my partner there, moved to another country… a seriously large chunk of my life can be drawn back to my friend asking me to try their game and me playing it for a handful of days then randomly deciding to try it years later.