When I first started playing online, the very first day I played I deposited $175 to Fulltilt & $150 to Stars. It took me the entire day to get a deposit online. (had to first open a Moneybookers account and to do that I had to activate an old phone). I was finally ready to play at ~10:30pm. I looked at the lobby (Tournament Lobby) and saw something that cost $1 so I entered it. I didn't even know it was a large field MTT with close to 1,000 entrants in it.
5.5 hrs. later I placed 2nd in 'The Ferguson' and won $114.00 I was hooked!
tldr: I won
For the next few months I was a losing player (roi -10%) mostly playing SnG's, and thinking I was getting VERY unlucky! That got me to studying & reading lots of books AND joining up to Cardschat (where I discovered so much more about poker). During that time period, playing in the Cardschat games helped me to improve quickly (I was competitive and wanted (needed) to win).