Well, in my opinion, I really don't "miss" all the BL Oldies as much as a majority or BL players do, because I joined sometime in late v10 with an 8k ID, but I can ignore most of the BL newbies, (notice I said newbies, not noobs) but sometimes it gets so out of hand I just have to retaliate against it, or I just kick/ban them if I'm admin.
But yeah, all these newbies are killing BL as we speak. Although I have met some great BL Oldies, like NiXiL or [GSF]Ghost (who was a pretty good friend). I have met Badspot, but seriously, who hasn't? But then again, he doesn't fit in the BL Oldy catagory, more like a... Um... BL Creator... :P
But seriously, these newbies are annoying. Some may act all cool, like someone you can get along with, but a huge majority of them are just plain aweful, especially their building skills, and attitude.
My best advice is to just ignore them. It will be hard, I know, but at least try.