I started playing in v2 , same as @Aquaa said , my best ph memories are from v2, the community was way better and criminal rp was way better because people used to report less as it was more for the fun (or atleast thats how i saw it)
Everything is just nostalgia with the previous maps, over the past 4 or so years we've had so many community members drop in and out, we've had updates and of course different maps - people associate different memories with each update. the community has always been salty salty, as you would expect with a bunch of hormonal teenagers spending 4, 5, 6 or 12 hours a day together, crying over their lost virtual items and piping up in OOC.
Of course you'll look back and think wow V2 was great, that's where all your memories started and you probably met some really great people.