A lot of people play/played WoW.. Certainly many of which played MMO's that came out prior to WoW. Wasn't just "noobs" that liked it. My first MMO was the first EQ, started playing in I think December of 1999 when I was 14 years old, and played lots of MMO's after it. Including WoW. Anyways.. I think people just keep bringing it up because it's the most recently huge MMO and it's fresh in people's memories - it's still very popular.