The struggles of 0.17

[Comrade Jenkens]

0.17. Though I was too new to try going to the Mun and so never really appreciated things like maneuverer nodes.

[LameLefty]

I read about the game in the earliest versions but the cartoony graphics put me off ("Pfffft! I have a REAL aerospace engineering degree! This stuff is just silly.") I was still intrigued by the premise and when 0.19 came out on Steam, I picked it up after all. I was hooked immediately and spent weeks mentally kicking myself for waiting so long.

[SuperBigD60]

Someone know which update I bought the game at? I think it was the last one where the KSC looked like it does in the OP...

I believe that was .19

Then the (then famous) XKCD strip went up and I got curious again.

Mostly seriously, I've kind of made it my life mission to prove this comic wrong.

[Giggleplex777]

.15 here. Had the demo all of half an hour before I purchased it outright. I've loved seeing this game grow. I'd buy it again tomorrow, and in fact have roughly 4 times to pass the love of space onward.

Sadly, I did not think to keep the first couple versions I played but now I'm archiving them as they come out.

http://i.imgur.com/FftELCo.jpg

I have every paid version on my HD. Playing 0.14 right after playing 0.23 really gets you discombobulated.

KSP was the best $7 I've ever spent.

[Wahgineer]

I started in 0.18.4 (the unity update), and have been here ever since. I remember the old space center, the old ramp-less runway, the launch tower, the older kerbin (after 0.18 but before 0.21), the "light shining through the planet" bug, etc, etc. I think it's safe to say I'm an experienced ksp player (still trying to learn transfers, though).

[Extemporary]

I decided to load up the oldest version on KSP I kept: 0.13. I started just before 0.13 released but I didn't think to keep 0.12.

Figured I'd run a Mun mission.

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[Javster]

Joined in 0.19, so I saw the space centre change a few times, but I've still never been to Moho.

[Whirligig Girl]

I never got to Eve until 0.20, I joined in 0.16, but for a month before I had played 0.13.3

[sdj64]

I played a little bit around when they introduced strut connectors... This was before there was the mun or even map mode. The game was free and all you could really do was go straight up and see how fast you could go. Forget what version that was. I stopped for a while then actually bought the game at 0.20.

[Astronaut]

I remember that BIG RED LAUNCH TOWER. If just one part on your rocket hit it the whole rocket would tip over and explode.

[Tank Buddy]

I bought it right after 0.18.0 came out, so I got to play it as the current make, more or less. I'm kinda glad I did because 0.18 was a great improvement over 0.17.

[3_bit]

Yea, I remember really wanting to do a Gilly mission but knowing I had to wait until it got fixed.

[kBob]

I'd been keeping an eye on it for awhile finally took the plunge last Dec but didn't start playing until a few days ago...sorry I procrastinated, still it's nice to see the progress that's been made...bodes well for the future.

[magico13]

I started in .20. So relatively new but old enough to have seen some pretty big changes. I would have joined when it first hit Steam, but I had glanced at it and thought it looked too cheesy/childish. I'm not sure if I've ever been that wrong in my life! I've *only* got 150 hours into it and have barely scratched the surface of what's available. I played nonstop for the first couple weeks before work took too much time. Then I started a let's play, which has ironically decreased the amount of time I play!

[DeathFromBelow]

I think I joined at version .13. I downloaded the demo thinking "this will probably be boring like Orbiter." I ended up buying the game an hour or so later.

And it just keeps getting better...

[stallion x1]

I think i started in 0.14? i think... not really sure all i can remember is the docking using landing legs as clamps....

hehehe good times good times

[bitbucket]

Let us reminisce about the days before the Mun, when the atmosphere was a brick wall and when the dark side of the planet was a death sentence to try to land on. Does anyone else remember the days before 0.12? Granted, I only knew them for a week or two before 0.12 came out, but it's still where my KSP adventures began. Good times...

My first KSP session featured no Mun, no persistence, no rotating Kerbin, and landing on the night side of the planet meant your capsule exploded for no good reason. Despite its shortcomings then, I still managed to get to orbit in a few tries, and I've stuck with it.

[lammatt]

i was h0ere since 0.12

didnt even hv maneuver nodes

[Lundmunchkins]

I joined in 0.17, lot's of good memories were made in that version