How Long Have you Been Playing MTG?

It would be interesting to really get a gauge of the overall tenure of the people WotC and the Magic community are attempting to disenfranchise with their actions.

Personally, I've been playing magic for most my life. Learned when I was very young with 7th edition, so abouy 16 years, and for most of my life have at least kept tabs on the game. Crazy to see where this has all gone.