I received word of it from another player that I knew. More accurately, I saw my brother playing it at a really early point and, after trying my hand at it, decided I liked it. Forgot when this was-it was about five years ago, though, I'd suspect.
And, speaking of naming of characters... I've been naming Magus Janus ever since-My brother did that, so I suppose I sort of picked up on it from there. It wasn't until quite recently that I started naming Frog Glenn or Marle Nadia. Meh.
So, yeah.
-Arashi