Same happened to me. I started becoming extremely interested in Ethereum/ether, wouldn't you know it, the day AFTER the big DAO hard fork. I saw that Poloniex was supporting classic Ethereum suddenly and that's exactly what piqued my interest. I had no knowledge about the whole DAO-Hard fork brouhaha before hand. I am undeterred, now more than ever. I've always wanted to be into something big just as it explodes. Don't we all? I do believe I have found it. If not, well, what the hell. Classic ethereum is x10 cheaper than the fork! I shall keep investing until I see that my hopes and strategy are no longer accurate.