Not a "newfag" but not an oldie either, I hang out with a shit-load of oldies, and really like them, I'm going to have to lean A TINY BIT with Zouph, I join servers with some oldies, and have a great time. Their skill is unremarkable, but for hope of the new TB generation, I match them for the most part. Join date doesn't determine skill, it only suggests it. I really, really hate self indulgence, but I put up a very good fight against most oldies, and I consider myself very good at Toribash.
They became popular by being the only people from 2006-2007 those from 2008-2009 became popular by forum memes, post count, or by being the people in the replays (Which does mean skill, but they're not oldschoolers)
Your retort is invalid, my logic is re-undeni-uh-fiable.
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Also, just to add. I remember in 2010 when all these noobs instantly flocked toward kitfox because of his join date and contact kitfox meme, when they never even saw a single post from him until much later. It got so bad that they desperately needed to have a kitfox in their lives, so a rumor was spread that I was kitfox's alt or something stupid like that.