What got you into KOF/FF/SS/AOF?

Just curious when and what drew you to KOF. For me, I was at NEC for Dead or Alive 4 when KoFXIII first released. They needed players for the tournament so I entered because I thought the art looked good. My first match was against Reynald. I lost (obviously. I go to loser's bracket. My match is against JWong. I lost (obviously). But I watched the rest of the tournament. I was hooked. I went home and started practicing and that's when it all started.

I had also played Samurai Shodown at my laundromat when I was a kid, but it never hooked me like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat did.