I got back into comic books around then and was familiar with Mage Knight because some of the guys in my D&D group played it (I admit my first experience with it was very negative!) One day I went into the comic shop and Doug, my comic guy, showed me HeroClix the day it came out. I bought an Infinity Challenge starter and ended up playing in the Marquee event a couple of weeks later, and I started playing regularly at a couple of venues in Tulsa after that. There was one that was very competitive, and another that was much more focused on fun - and the crowds were different too. The competitive group was more teenagers and 'gamers,' the fun group was more comic book fans. I much preferred the second group.
Jason "Brother Magneto" Mical, HeroClix World Interview (2009)