I just got Skyrim today, (because of a mishap with Gamestop) And during the chaos of the dragon attack in the beginning, I apparently chose to follow the Imperial guy. Then I realised later on I seem to be getting a LOT of Imperial gear as rewards for my quests. I didn't set myself up to be an Imperialist because of accidentally picking to follow that guy?

Not at all! It's just some starter gear/quest rewards.

No, you don't really set your path of who you support until you officially join one side or the other later on.

Alright, I usually don't post such dumb threads like this, but I started to get worried after I'd complete some random mission (like 2 hours in the game) and get rewarded with Imperial stuff. Thanks for clearing it up though

Nope. You have the option to choose a different side as the story progresses (which is the same basically on either side). So no worries! I did the same thing!!!

So long as you didn't go to solitude and be like go i wanna be a imperialist scrub then no, you can still join the stormcloaks, but it won't be quite as immersive.

No way! Dovahkiin reserves the right to change his/her mind. Nobody questions you, what with the slaying dragons and all