Who made you get (into) KSP?

[KrizzGaming]

My uncle bought it...

And Danny2426 made me go back to KSP.

[DarkGravity]

I reject the premise underlying the question. No one made me get KSP. I followed it on Steam for a few months, then one day it was out of Beta AND on sale at the same time, so I bought it.

[peachoftree]

Learned about it from a friend, forgot about it. Remembered it 2 years later and here I am

[Korizan]

I play Orbiter from time to time so when I saw this on steam well there is just no way I could pass it up

[razark]

I had a couple of co-workers mention it to me.

[FawkesFTK]

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Edited June 28, 2016 by FawkesFTK

[Tourist]

An Australian gaming TV show called Good Game did a segment on it, very, very early in its development. Unfortunately I came across the segment halfway through and was doing something else at the time, so only half watching, meaning I missed crucial details.... like the name, developer, and any information which would have been helpful to Google. I liked what little I saw though.

I went looking for this cool space game. But, had little to go on, unfortunately "Space" and "Game"... do not limit hits in google as much as you would think.

Because of the sketchy graphical details I saw, I thought it might be a smart phone game. Thought it would be cool to launch rockets while on the train to work. But alas, could not find it.

Eventually I saw it on Steam Early access, bought it... the only early access game I've bought. My love for it is strong, even though the frequency I play it ebbs and flows. I find I'll playing it feverishly for a couple of weeks, then peter out... I'll play other things, then.... a vision.... an invention, or design will come to me in my sleep... and before you know it I'll be right back again. Its very much a "project" based game.

Anyway... musing over.

[T-Bouw]

Mister "Hello Procrastinators!" was responsible for my affliction.

Edited May 20, 2015 by T-Bouw
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[AndyMt]

I actually came accross it when SpaceX tried their very first "first stage" ocean touchdown in September 2013. Someone in one of the life stream comments wrote: "this reminds me to play KSP again"...

I googled "KSP game", downloaded the demo and that was it! I've spent hundrets of hours in this game and still am. And now I even started modelling parts.

The most rewarding game I've ever played.

[Hary R]

Well it was youtube, the many fail to go to orbit on it, then Markiplier plays it get more interested and then I discovered Scott manly videos and get hooked. Tried the demo and bought the game.

[Warzouz]

I played Elite Dangerous, went to Scott Manley channel and watched some video of ED then KSP. Then I bought KSP.

[LordFjord]

Teh interwebz.

Randomly browsing humblebundle, steam and other gaming sites.

Installed the demo, a few hours later I bought the game.

[KerbMav]

I brought it onto myself - think it was a steam sale that brought it to my attention, but I had seen it months before that I think.

[katateochi]

A friend told me about it, that was several years ago now and I'm still here!

[Red Iron Crown]

I read about KSP on another forum back in 2011, the game was free at the time so I gave it a whirl and then it consumed my life I've been playing ever since.

[Guest]

One of my father´s workmates, who is a gamer, read about it in a gaming magazine and thought: " The son of this guy at the next desk is such a geek clever guy, I guess I should recommend him this." And he did.

[Great General Kaboomsky]

I'm pretty sure it was a strip from the XKCD web-comic where I first heard the name.

I thought, hmmmm, landing on the moon in Kerbal Space Program, eh? Should probably check that out.

Now, KSP owns me... I totally blame XKCD.

[Ninjahgoblin]

Honestly, I made myself. Put a gun to my head and say you will buy it! No but for real. I am patient Zero in my group, and I am slowly infecting my friends with this viral symbiote of a game.

Was on my wishlist for some time, finally pulled the trigger. Never looked back.

One MechJeb later and I am successfully advancing to the Stars. (for the record, I am no flight sim guy. But I love Space, science and adventure)

[Voyager_sput]

I used to play the old BARIS, Orbiter and Freelancer and started looking for more recent space simulators in Dec 2012. When I did a search for "Space program" this odd thing named Kerbal Space Program came up. Looked nice enough, tried the demo for 10 minutes and then bought the Alpha (0.18.2) I admit to having skipped a few versions, such as 0.23 and 0.90, but been playing it off and on for the past 2 years Very addictive.

[FatboyTim]

I was introduced to KSP by Youtube's recommendation of HOCgaming's

series and Scott Manley's

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[regex]

A coworker told me about it around 0.17, I downloaded the demo and bought it like two days later.

[Specialist290]

I came in around when one of the sub-versions of 0.18 came out. I was an enthusiastic follower of kurtjmac's "Far Lands or Bust!" series, and one of his other playlists had this interesting little space game that I had never seen before but looked like something right up my alley. Did some searching, found the demo, and loved it so much that I bought the full game later the same day.

[The Destroyer]

Freeallegiance Forums. Check out that game.

[rodion_herrera]

Harvester told me to try it (he posted about it in the Orbiter forum).

[fairytalefox]

One day, my little brother (he isn't actually that little; he is higher than me) said: "Did you know there was a game about building rockets and launching them into space?" I didn't, so I googled. This was my day one.