Good read I must say, a guild such as ours surely needs its own magazine so I thought this was excellent!

But as to what got me into forum roleplaying? Now that is asking me to dig far back in my brain. But I remember my first time was when a friend of mine convinced me to join a Harry Potter forum, where you would play as a pupil at Hogwarts, go to classes and find friends and all that fancy jazz. Firstly I have to admit that I didn't know squat (and sadly still don't) about the HP-universe, so I did a whole lot of google-ing to not stand too much out. 

I think I stayed there because of the friends I got and actually liked talking with, but eventually the endless fun and possibilities of playing a fictional character got to me. 

So the short answer I guess would be; I like talking with the other players and discuss everything from real-life politics or which way the toilet paper should be placed (outwards, of course...), to playing a character in an universe where everything is possible and endless adventures await. It's like writing a book, only that you're actively part of it.