my thoughts would be that ftr is now so popular because its so good, google aids its popularity, but people wouldnt hang around if it were shitty.

in answer to that year old post about whether its a good idea to teach people... reading this forum gives you the info required to win, but you still have to put in the hours to learn. Also, for everyone that comes on here and learns to win how many hundred (thousand) new fish are added to the bowl?