My freind told me about it, but i still never played it untill me actully showed me the game.

I found CC through Geti, a good friend of mine, a while back. probably build 21 or 22...

lol
A while back is > 15.

No, thats Aeons ago, Data releases Builds every 100 years or so.

Found it 3 years ago while browsing wikipedia for facts about physics games.

Yes, wikipedia.

I found Cortex Command a few years ago via this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibVxifAeX4s

then i promptly forgot about the game till 2 weeks ago and decided to buy it.

i found it in build 13, played a bit [never even looked at the forums], got bored, forgot it.
then i came back and bought build 19 or 20.

Found out about it while googling physics games around B13, and bought it a little before the second buyable build.

Found a pirated copy on the school computer's hard drive. Fell in love.

You then promptly deleted all pirated copies and then purchased the game, correct?

Let's see your trooper badge, boyo.

Badges are broken :V

Or maybe he doesn't play the pirated version and just plays in tutorial?

heard about it from a friend! loved it ever since!! although the modding community is kind of down and out lately

Don't worry, the few number of new features in b24 will bring it back to life.

So we'll just have to wait the Data's usual "few weeks" aka. "few years".