User blog comment:LordFrz/Luffy's New Bounty/@comment-3103150-20101007104339/@comment-3079175-20101007192953

Were is that mentioned anywhere, you do not have to go to the new world or even the grand line for that mater to be true pirate.

Luffy was called a true pirate back in LougeTown, many pirates on the grand line never go to the new world. That does not make them rookies, Luffy has been a pirate for over two years; he is no longer a rookie.