You joined in 2011. How do you even know who we are talking about, other than through stories and old archived posts? He was a regular poster years before that (2006/2007).. I've been here since January 2000 (under a different profile name, but have been using this once since 2006).
Come on, you're a smart guy. Just because I joined as DCM in '11 doesn't mean I:
*couldn't have lurked for awhile
*couldn't have registered earlier with a different handle, for which I could be ...
*a sock-puppet

I'm actually not a puppet; as it happens, I just forgot the password for my old account, Professor Lodz (Carnivale had just started when I joined the first time, after some years of occasional lurking). I tried to change the password, but for some reason I never received it :?:
So, yeah, I know what everyone's talking about. Dave was Mirz first, then Sarcasm, then Squadfather, then QuakerOats, right?
The only thing I really missed was some talk about his involvement in a domestic dispute. I also saw rumblings about a child-related offense, whatwith people calling him a pervert and such. But I never bothered to look into the veracity of that -- don't care enough.