People saying that are oft jaded old timers. Sure, we lost people like Moo, ES and co. But the next generation (Archon, Xiph...) was great. And the following one is showing great prospects. The difference is 1. we've tried pretty much everything in this game. It's stale and it's very difficult to find something new to do; 2. there are a lot of subpar wannabes who are attention whoring like there's no tomorrow in hopes of making a name for themselves but, in the end, bring very little (Ubuntu, Tom Marvolo Riddle, Rotavele, d34th, SCY...)