On August 23-24, 1996, BikerBabe outlined the beginnings of XWorld with an
ISP from Illinois in his offices.  XWorld was officially born on September 29,
1996.  Since that time, all of the original people who ran servers on the network
have left except for BikerBabe and PAK.  Some left due to losing the ISP their
servers ran from, some left when they went off to college, some left due to
differences of opinions among the server Admin.

Every IRC network will lose a server from time to time due to various reasons.
XWorld is different in that it has survived 2 major network server splits.  The
reason for these was mainly server Admin differences of opinion.  Being head
Administrator of the network, BikerBabe has always retained the right to have
veto rights on all matters that involve the network.  She has done this to ensure
that kiddy porn, warez, and any other illegal activities done in IRC will never be
allowed in XWorld.  Some Admin have not agreed with this and have left the
network.  BikerBabe does not feel that lowering our standards to get more users
on XWorld is worth it.

Other servers left due to disagreements with a former Admin we had who used
the nicknames of bobster, b0b, and r0b.  BikerBabe put Bob (his real name) on
as one of her IRCops when XWorld was young.  In time, as he learned more
about IRC and it's workings, she moved him up into an Admin position.  He was
a great help to her at first, but as time went on he changed.  Bob started to make
rules without getting approval first.  Bob decided he didn't like WebTV users so
he deleted all their channels.  Bob added servers to the net without informing
BikerBabe.  The last things he did happened recently.  Bob decided he wanted
to take over XWorld from BikerBabe.  Knowing she was on medicine from her
doctor, Bob went around to a lot of the channels and told Admin, IRCops, and
users that BikerBabe was on drugs.  (He never mentioned they were legal drugs
from her doctor.)  Then he added to that and told people she needed mental
help.  At this point BikerBabe fired Bob.  The last thing Bob and other Admin
who left the network said was that BikerBabe was trying to sell drugs in the
#xworld channel after she was joking with a police officer in there one night and
asked him if he wanted to buy some of her drugs.  Anyone who knows BB is
aware of the fact that she is a policeman's wife and she does NOT sell drugs.

So...quite a few of the servers have now left XWorld with Bob to make a new
IRC network.  XWorld is now restructuring and adding new servers to replace
those who left.  BikerBabe is still head Admin and takes care of users problems.
MajorKira is still with us as head Admin of Channel Services and helps channel
owners with XS problems.  Our other Admin and IRCops who stayed with us
are available when online to help with any problems you may have while you
are in XWorld chatting with your friends.  #xworld channel is always open for
you to join and find us when you have a question, need help, or just want to
stop in and get to know your server Admin and IRCops of XWorld.

The XWorld Admins and IRCops thank you all for your continued support of
the network.  The thank you's we receive make all the work we do and get
no pay for worthwhile.