That doesn't mean he started to play MCSG then... I didn't join until this year, and I've been playing since very early days.
The majority of people who join the forums will typically join a few days after getting into MCSG, it only makes so much sense, right?
Even then, I'm still kind of right with Golden, as he just stated he joined in March (when he first started playing) which I'm pretty sure made absolutely no difference from then and today, because:
1. People still teamed like a disease.
2. The whole, "caring" about each other thing died when the game itself got really competitive with wins. Don't ask me when that happened, cause I joined around the time MCSG was really getting a growth in players, and people were still flaming their heads off, maybe even more than today honestly.
3. People still have fun, some just get way too competitive. (See 2)
4. Try-harding is the point of the game. Don't want to win, then don't try.
5. People's grammar on MCSG has never been the sharpest in the shed, let alone the internet's...
I could keep going on, but as you see, I want to keep my post at a readable level.
*Joined ealy march 2013 during V2 of MCSG, I still saw mobs and stuff then on some maps.
By the way- New moves MCSG makes that are bad may eventually result in MCSG's current situation which I'm not too fond of.
MCSG's current situation which I'm not too fond of won't happen until Minecraft itself dies. Which means MCSG has a lot of spare time, unless they seriously make careless mistakes and forcibly run off their fanbase, which won't happen.