The btc-e trollbox speculators look like dinosaurs now from ages ago. They discuss Litecoin and why it's falling ad nauseum without realizing that there is a whole new PoS world brewing two clicks away that btc-e didn't present to them

Well said.
Yea, BTC-E is just lagging behind, they are stuck in the past, and resist change.
Odd that they don't take the 1000's of bitcoin extra daily volume they would get by adding some new coins, no?
It is very odd, maybe their just too lazy to add new coins? They feel as if they get enough $ from already? Idk, but that exchange is becoming more of a mystery to me.
Carrying all the extra coins brings a ton of extra overhead and issues

I am sure that plays a ton into it.
exactly. not all new coins are clean. some have hidden premine. some could have viruses.
Only 1 used-to-be-popular coin I know of had a hidden premine, and that was Asiacoin...I've downloaded and virus scanned many new coin wallets, and I've personally only caught 1 of them that had viruses, and it ended up turning out to be a bug..