Seriously tho I have no idea where I learned about gg it feels like it just mysteriously started existing one day many many moons ago and retroactively existed from that point
I do remember how I learned about Guilty Gear because it was the "kill your friends guilt free" magazine ad for the very first game.
And I also remember thinking "Wow, this game looks like shit."
nintendo power review of the ggx gba port. they said there was a guy with a bag in his head and i said 'wow thats so random'
looking through MUGEN mod stuff as a kid, same with melty blood.