I think I get it.
The OP wants to know two things: when you first started playing any of the Elite series game (84 for the original, 2k for FE2/FFE, 2014 for ED), and whether or not you think ED is perfect. The OP's obvious expectation is that his personal experience is actually a rule, and that there is a correlation between when you first played Elite and how much you enjoy ED ('84 crowd loves ED, today's spoiled kids just don't understand it).
Well, that, or the OP was actually molesting a Pole.
