To hear is to forget, to see is to remember, to do is to understand.
My first exposure to D&D and TTRPG was the Mentzer Basic Set in '83. But like everyone, we just started playing for fun and didn't pay too much attention to the actual rules. Played off and on through the early '90s, then real life stepped in. When I discovered Roll20, I instantly knew this was exactly what the Dr. ordered to get some D&D back in my chaotic life.