My knowledge of the incel sphere goes back to 2006 when i first heard the term "loveshy". Read Dr Gilmartins book. Some of it applied to me. But i was just never shy. Then I found the Loveshy forum in 2009 and it also featured a new term .. "Incels". Thats when I really started to put 2 and 2 together. Sadly that forum no longer exists. Nearly all the members are gone. One particular member of note was a bit Hollywood actor who was a life long virgin despite his best efforts. He wrote a ebook on it.
His username was Alone99. Those guys are the real OG's. Other oldcels i knew roped. Some ascended through beta buxxing. I feel like I'm the last of the Mohicans, though i know of one or two more OG'S on here.