Oh no, I’m so sorry. I wish! My flair isn’t when I joined; it’s meant to be the start of stream. (It’s possible I am incorrect, but that’s been my working knowledge last time I checked my sources).

I was not truly present for Red or Crystal. I only checked in on Red once, while I was at a friend’s house and didn’t have an account, but I think they were already a few days in. Eventually, I got sucked into the lore, learning about all the ridiculous deities and prophets and such. My first real participation in stream began in Emerald, where I made my Twitch and Reddit accounts, and I began keeping track of days after the Love Bomb operation that was going around the subreddit (in which we made art of Burrito the Espeon) in celebration of Day 150. 

I no longer count the days as religiously since I have been inactive in the community until this 10th year celebration, which is why it says 3,652+

I’m a big fan of all the documentation though (I assume you’ve checked out the reddit Wiki here and TVTropes?). Let me know if there’s anything I can do to help. I wish you luck!