I loved RPGs before I knew what RPGs were. In 1987, just starting college, some little store popped up in a mall near my house, it sold pirated games for PC (this was totally fine in South America). Since I had recently bought my first "PC-compatible" computer, I perused their selection and saw one game called 'Wizardry', which I bought. First game that had me playing overnight, and it did it several days (not in a row).
Only a few months later some friend talked to me about a game group he just joined in college, they played a game called 'Dungeons & Dragons' and described it to me, it sounded glorious. I asked him if I could join the group, I joined and the rest of my life was decided right there.