Yeah... blame Nin3DS... he's lazy. He only cares about the forums.... not his members.
Seriously though, remember Astr0 from the other place? It was say, 2007, and he asked Nin3DS if he could be made a member, as he was 'retiring' from being a (full/global) moderator. Was he demoted soon? No. Was he demoted by 2008? No. What about 2009? No... how about 2010? Surely he was.... right? Wrong. AFAIK, he was never demoted.
Something that takes 5 seconds to do, Nin3DS...
So, would us 4 + Cheat be the real remaining higher-ups from back in the day? Or are there others? I know Ninjablooper is here, but he was kind of a late bloomer.