This is the exact kind of bickering that is destroying the friendly atmosphere the game once had.
I'm sorry, I remember the D-List as well as anyone: it was not friendly. It was a hostile place with an extremely low tolerance for new voices where golden oldies commanded a massive influence. Sure it was nice for the club at the top, but for those of us who were mostly new players at the time when the D-List was at its height, it was not the friendly place you seem to be remembering.