When did you buy KSP? (I want to know how many people waited for it to come out of Early Access)

[Yellowburn10]

I bought it not too long before 23.5. Ah, good ol' ARM patch...

[Jean Deaux]

Before the great coffee spill of 2013!

[RocketPilot573]

July 2012... 0.16.0

[Francois424]

Put 0.25, but actually was .22 when I first booted-up the game for the 1rst time.

[Kilmeister]

.18 For me. Think it was when it just added to Steam.

[rodion_herrera]

It's clear to see, based on current poll results, that most people bought it when it first came out on Steam (which is also the time period I got it).

[pvtnum11]

Way back in 0.16, after trying out the 0.13 demo version.

[Red Dwarf]

Man, I remember having to eyeball my Munar transfers. In those days, it was burn and hope.

[Sidereus]

They can take a LOT of abuse, generally speaking, before they blow up.

Sometimes. Kind of.

I was testing a fairly heavy lander once; nothing too crazy. It wasn't Whackjob proportions or anything, but it was big enough to satisfy a contract for a base with a capacity of 16 Kerbals, a science lab, etc.

I slowly eased it up off the landing pad, juked it around a bit to make sure everything was working, and landed it back on the landing pad. It was sort of a hard landing, but not hard enough to break any of the landing legs.

The landing pad blew up underneath the lander. Lander was fine, but the landing pad went up in a ball of flame.

[pslytely psycho]

Bought it October 2012, after playing the 0.13 demo for over 100 hours. It was version 0.17, about a week before 0.18 came out.

I figured a game I put more hours into as a demo than some games I paid full price for deserved my money even if I never played it again. Since I migrated it to Steam when it first became available, I currently stand at 1032 hours. It has come a long way since that time.

Best $17 I ever spent on a game.

I gifted one copy that cost me $24, and it still feels like I massively underpaid for this game.

Edited April 29, 2015 by pslytely psycho

[roosterr]

I just saw on my KSP store account while DLing 1.0: August 2012

[HoloRin]

Bought it when it was 0.18 ! ( can't remember the month/year )

[SkyRender]

Sometimes. Kind of.

I was testing a fairly heavy lander once; nothing too crazy. It wasn't Whackjob proportions or anything, but it was big enough to satisfy a contract for a base with a capacity of 16 Kerbals, a science lab, etc.

I slowly eased it up off the landing pad, juked it around a bit to make sure everything was working, and landed it back on the landing pad. It was sort of a hard landing, but not hard enough to break any of the landing legs.

The landing pad blew up underneath the lander. Lander was fine, but the landing pad went up in a ball of flame.

That's because currently building damage is calculated as a factor of mass and velocity, with no consideration of duration of impact (unsurprisingly; that sort of attention to detail is something that few games have). Meaning that a craft that weighs enough hitting the pad even at 2m/s can destroy it.

[Godot]

February 2012 ... must have been around version 0.13

[Fel]

It's clear to see, based on current poll results, that most people bought it when it first came out on Steam (which is also the time period I got it).

Well, yeah ;p

The great forum explosion of 2013,

Right now, I count us gaining 200 members a day. so the great forum explosion of 2015 may be in effect

[Janos1986]

Bought it in .24

[LN400]

If "Gifted to me" is an option: After playing the demo last summer, a mate who knew I was a nut for anything flight related gifted me the game last fall/late summer through steam. I really don't remember anymore which version it was though.

[Curveball Anders]

Just checked my email archive.

I bought KSP at 2014.04.04 08:50 UTC (which means that I just passed my first year without noticing).

I paid 27 USD which probably ranks as the best investment in fun that I've ever made in my 50+ years of life.

[Fourjays]

Think I bought it while it was at 0.19 and 0.20 was released shortly afterwards.

[FreeThinker]

Over a 100 people voted and not a single person bought it after 1.0 release or is planning to. I might buy it again and give it to someone who I think might like it, just as an appreciation for the many hours I played Ksp.

[waterlubber]

Somewhewr around .22 ~ .23

It was like August 2014

[Preliator]

Back to 0.18!

This is the only early access game that I trusted in

[Octa]

I think the 0.19 demo was up to date when i tried it out. Insta-Buy.

[Mr Tiddles]

Bought it in March 2012, it was a much simpler game back then, but now, it is great and wonderful. (and, I am not gonna lie, but I can't remember what version it was)

[DaPatman]

I bought it in Dec 2013.

Ditto.