As The XWorld Turns...
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.
ABB
David kc0eks
Tess
Adam B
Gaiden Kitty
TheOne
BikerBabe
Gowin LW
Tom
Bonehead
Grouch maestro
XS
BoK
Handy MajorKira
CiRc
John
Sarge