I found it out from my friend. He was building a adventure map, and told me that if I got an account, that I could play it. I didn't know that adventure maps were free at the time. I bought an account, I paid him an unspecified amount, then got the adventure map, just to find out it was just a troll face... RAGE QUIT!
My friends were talking nonstop about it and it felt weird because I had no idea what they were talking about. I researched minecraft. It sounded fun so I have it a try. I have minecraft pocket edition and it was definitely worth 6.99.
Well, I found this game "Infiniminer", and I was like "hey, great concept!". So, I decided to make something like this of my own. It turned out poorly, so my friends pointed out a corned beef sandwich to me, and I was like, "Pigs!". And then, I grew a beard and found(ed) Minecraft.
Well I first knew about when I was watching YouTube videos then my friend bought the game so I bought it a week later, then I was addicted for a while.
Cue the research.
Did I mention I'm Notch?