everything is gravy till about 25. then all the girls you know start getting pudgy, pregnant, and married.
anyway, i can't comment on who was the best back then. i showed up at GF's a few months after the release I think but never joined a clan. i just played w/ a bunch of good players and was never much better than average against all you guys. i just enjoyed playing w/ the better players cuz it gets boring playing against randoms. the one person that sticks out in my mind from back the is SB114 though. he's the reason i went to GF's cuz i swore he was cheating some how and i wanted to find out what he was doing so i started looking around and found the gamespot forums which turned into GF's then WU.
everyone join me and mum's game this sunday night btw.
