Could someone please give this guy a straight answer. Yes, or No. Is this the same ELC that was originally launched?
It's the same blockchain, if you had coins in 2013 you still have coins now (you need 0.6.6 wallet).
But, it's not "that was originally launched" after the hardfork (Scrypt-N + fast diff adjust). Like Bitcoin and others after "soft" and hardforks...