Indeed it's worse than it has ever been. Mods must still be on their summer holliday.... 
Nah - this board used to be immensely popular as well as have a guest post feature (ie, no signup). That was madness.
Ron had to start allowing new accounts - this place was stale and extremely soft. Having the odd person run a gimmick seeking attention is par for the course and how it was until Ronneth started not accepting new accounts - but that goes both ways, the same people with the same conflicts and the same shit being said... for years.
Honestly, I hope they stick around for a while longer (the gimmicks) - the poor fucker above me has been trying desperately to get his account banned for days, now. I dunno about you, but I'm more amused than anything about the thought of some sad cnut posting 40 posts of vitriol a day, trying to get a rise from anybody (with the 30 sec post limit, at the very absolute minimum, 20 minutes of his time per day).
Perhaps getbig is returning to greatness.