Valve used Arch as base because of the advanced package and kernel management, something users just wanting to game wouldn't want and don't know how to effectively use, hence, my original comment you started this argument about.

No idea why you keep saying "outdated", because that makes no sense. If you mean not running bleeding edge kernels or package versions, that is every distro out there, and I think you Gail to understand how release management and version pinning works.