I picked the game up on my little brother's recommendation, a few days after the yogswarm (his friend was a yogscast fan), and I've been on and off ever since. Earlier on, my computer struggled to load a sector, now it feels fantastic to be able to see so far, to build so big, etc.
My build skills aren't great, and to my disgrace, I've not finished anything bigger than a fighter to date.
Although I've purchased the game, I've only ever been on a few servers, including AdmiralKio's RP server, but while RL problems got in the way of my presence there, the thing that made me wary of servers was getting totalled as soon as I left 2,2,2 on both of the other servers I played on, both times by players in frigate-sized ships, while I was in my only core.
While I recognise this isn't the face of most of the community, it does not fill me with hope for any server I enter. As such, I prefer to build as a solo player, littering my server with half-build destroyers.
Otherwise, yes, I'm still here.