[00:48] > but there is a power to our :x[00:48] > one that i'm sure you've noticed[00:48] > an addictive quality[00:48] > it takes over the very soul[00:48] > and removes all competitors[00:49] > until, in the end, it is the last one left standing[00:49] > the DD community used to be a varied sort[00:49] > with XD and :D and :P and :) and all in between[00:49] > but then we discovered :x[00:49] > and everything else fizzled away[00:49] > #slackdev was founded around the concept of :x[00:50] > and it branched out[00:50] > kav adopted it from similar roots[00:50] > and it branched out into pyro[00:50] > and when they took control of rmvx.net[00:50] > it branched out there[00:50] > it went from me to TREG[00:50] > to andy[00:50] > to the rest of #rmvx[00:50] > er[00:50] > #rmxp[00:50] > and when we took control of rmxp.org[00:50] > it supplanted all others[00:50] > you see how prominent it is?[00:50] > but you also see how misused it is[00:51] > atemu in particular[00:51] > with ":x;;"[00:51] > that was an affront to God Himself* Not connected to server[00:51] > that was the day we realized we needed to protect it from misuse[00:52] > for if not us[00:52] > then who?