Of all the popular users on EMC, what 3 come to mind? It can be any three members, whether active or inactive... just not banned or bad reputation.
I feel like not only reading people's answers but even just seeing the names of those who have already posted might well influence other people's thinking. But oh well, I had a fairly fresh mind at least. Me, FDNY and Tom were the first three that came to my mind. I guess that makes sense, as those three are the three players with the most posts.
607, Sachrock and Shelluser are the first I think of. Tom(vanWijnen) is a real-life friend of mine, which makes it hard to juge if he is supposed to be in it.
TomvanWijnen, Hashhog, and ToddV come to my mind. I'm an old, not very active user so most of the people I remember are old users
Hashhog is not active enough anymore to be well-known to newer players? Oh, wait, you aren't active here yourself, you've only got 20 posts so far. But you did remark you've never heard of them and "so Tom's probably older", so I guess you mostly play on the Minecraft servers? Sach, that's interesting. Well, I am in my own list, so I'd think Tom would be in yours.
As a Founding Father of EMC (Unofficially), being active was - and kinda still is - something I do. It just took me a long time to get a new computer; that's all. However, you are right in a way.
I've got no idea of the top three... Probably 607 (on forums) and ShelLuser is what I can come up with considering I'm not new but also not a veteran. I'd add Rhy as well.