Well, I haven't seen this topic anywhere, soo yea, title says it all.
What was your first Pokemon experience, And what year did you start playing? What generation of Pokemon were you introduced too, was it the official games (Red, Blue, etc.)? The side games (rumble, Mystery Dungeon, etc.)? A fan game (reborn, insurgence)? Or the anime/manga of Pokemon, and if you played the games, what was your first starter?
For me, I've known the Anime of Pokemon for several years as a kid. I started playing Pokemon Pearl around 2009 (I knew nothing of Pokemon Platinum at the time.) My first starter was a female piplup named... um piplup (i didn't bother with nicknames.)
For the first few hours of the game, I was stuck in the player's house, because I didn't know that the red mat on the wall meant the exit
Soo, yeah...