Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow
It wasn't that long ago, and it certainly wasn't pre-UIGEA. I get the feeling that a lot of people want to be spoon-fed instead of working their asses off. God I love that pun.
This.

Renton's guide is fine for getting yourself to a starting point in NLHE full ring games. I studied the guide myself when I was starting out at 2nl last year and made pretty good use of it. 2nl has likely not changed significantly at all within the last year.