I saw this thread, and I think it applies to me. :D
After getting hooked on the lore in MechWarrior 2 Merc 1998ish, was lurking around since the "Classic" Battletech moniker - played a bit of MegaMek when I first saw it available back in 2002ish, bought my first printing TRO 3057 that I saw collecting dust in a lonely corner at a bookstore, was intrigued by the QuickStrike rules, and finally purchased AlphaStrike as it was simpler and easier to teach my partners. O0
Since then, bought TRO 3090 (Aka Prototypes) and purchased TRO 3039 (Oh, that was worth it) and ended up playing cardboard cutouts of Liao Urbanmechs waddling and whacking Marik Patron Militia Mechs on the way to the bank.....