I can't really remember when I first showed up on the forum - January maybe (my current post count notwithstanding - not sure how that's happened...)
Thinking back to February of last year, a few events stand out -

- The WW2 thread that wouldn't die.

- The 'who's the real Draugr?' controversy.

- 'I think I read somewhere that it's coming out March 1st...'.

The thing I remember in particular about those long months of waiting for the full-version release is how certain members of the community really made the most of the demo - they helped keep the STW demo on my computer longer then most full games stay there.