How DID you members of r/okzy0x start playing genshin? (If you do)

I saw these guys in a comment section on this subreddit, and I got curious. How did all of y'all start playing genshin impact? Did most of you start with characters?

Me personally, I saw my sister playing the game back in 1.0 (like week 1) and thought it looked interesting, but like some kind of shitty mobile game. I installed it the day after? And started playing. Never stopped, because the actual good parts of the game hooked me. The characters had nothing to do with it I just liked the game and they are a part of that.