It kind of is. Njrg is/was a pretty cool person overall, but her flooding of the forums with ponies wasn't the best way to show newcomers how to post. Thus, these new rules come into play.
And it also kind of is to make sure this site remains a bit more 'elite' than other sites. Like NeoGAF, which is probably the most elite gaming-related site ever to exist.
wtf i dont even... NeoGaf is just a few thousand fanboys (faggots) posting on a shitty vBulletin doing nothing more than getting boners and fapping over animated gifs