When did you first start playing the sims

I first played in 2004 IIRC , with a copied CD from friend of mine. I loved it, so I went legit two weeks later and bought it along all expansions to that point on eBay, and I kept on going until they forced the game obsolete to promote TS2. So I shunned TS2 and switched right from TS1 to TS3. I still play TS3 from time to time and maybe I'll give TS5 a try.

I still have a The Sims: Vacation promo tshirt, though it no longer fits. I mean a real life tshirt, not a Sims' top.