Was mainly lurking in 2010, I was around for all Spyike shit-storm but wasn't actually aware of the exact details. Getting my first avatar + signature off Kina in 2011, I was so proud of them!
I'd say mid - late 2012 was quite a big thing for me, I remember spending a serious amount of time on the site, particularly after my demotion, seriously if there was a counter for hours active logged on, I would have probably been ranked #1 no problem. The IRC was pretty big back then, I remember x339 arguing with the staff over his "improve Sythe" threads and how they should not be locking them.
Oh yeah, those retarded "fix Sythe" threads x339 was making were pretty much cringe-worthy... found it dumb to hell how he retaliated against the staff in the end by working with Finn to write that last "Secrets of Sythe e-book" which did nothing aside from getting them both permanently banned from the site (probably forever), even more hilarious Finn told the admins who was actually trying to sell the book and tear the community apart.
2013 I got banned for "reasons" (people really just wanted me banned was the actual reasoning behind it). So most of that year I was banned, I eventually got back on after e-mailing Richard and stating my case. 2014 I was pretty quiet, and have been for this year too.