BWTF: DX-Rated!
By Mike Kosior
Bane @ BWTF, Sky Lynx @ 2k5
Sept 13, 1998

For those of you who don't know what DX (Short for Degeneration X) is,
here's a short history. In the WWF, one wrestler, a total asshole named
Brett Hart , kept calling another wrestler, Shawn Michaels, "immature"
and a "degenerate." So, Shawn took it one step further and started his
own group of wrestlers called "Degeneration X." This group has since
shown absolute defiance for all things PC, politics, decency, etc. and
you know what? They do it with style!

BWTF is in no way associated with Brett Hart (who sucks), Shawn
Michaels, "Triple H" Hunter Herst Hemsley, X-Pac, "Road Dog" Jessie
James, "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn, Chyna, or the World Wrestling Federation -
This is the Standard "Please don’t sue me" disclaimer, so don't get your
panties in a knot Vinney Mac, we're just emulating something you did
that we like, so, for the love of God, don’t fuck with us. For more
information on DX go to www.wwf.com.

So yeah, BWTF is now DX-Rated and damn proud of it. Why? you ask. Well,
lemme ask you a couple questions first and we’ll see if you can
identify. Have you ever been on a MUSH that pissed you off because
everything seems steeped in politics and red tape? Nothing really gets
done? Too many assholes get characters and get to stay on the MUSH and
continue causing problems? You can't say what you really want to say on
a public channel despite the fact that someone else is saying something
you can't stand? How about the admin are just a bunch of elitist
assholes who won’t come down from their highhorses to even get to know
you? Anyone ever had a negative opinion of the admin simply because they
alienate themselves from you, refuse to identify with you, and impose a
bunch of bullshit rules on you simply to satisfy their need for power
because they need to overcompensate for their lack of penis size, or in
some cases: lack of a penis? If you answered yes to any of these
questions, please read on. If you answered no to all of these questions,
you are probably one of the Brett Hart-like assholes that caused me to
write this essay in the first place so please, by all means, read on -
It'll be fun!

You see, some of our detractors, a certain other MUSH which shall remain
nameless (although it rhymes with Cost Beers) has taken it upon
themselves to pass judgment on BWTF's Players and Admin. Their judgment:
We're Immature Egotistical Elitists who will eventually pay for our
crimes against them. Will we pay? Maybe someday, but who knows or really
cares - I sure as hell don't. Their impotent spewage sure doesn't scare
me and it sure as hell shouldn't scare ANYBODY else. For years I have
watched these people hide behind their personal (warped) definitions of
decency and politics, simply to go about the net forcing their views on
other people. These same people seem to elevate themselves to the point
were they look at Transfandom and say "This belongs to ME" (Much like
Brett Hart does Professional Wrestling). They happily invade public
forums vomiting various forms of rhetoric, trying to show the rest of us
how stupid we are or how immature we are - at least by their standards.
Unfortunately, I don't have very high standards, especially when it
comes to fictional robots from another planet. Most especially when
those standards are set by pathetic shut-ins who value the friendships
of fictional cartoon characters over their RL flesh and blood friends.

So where does the DX come in at? Well, you see, there are no elevated
politics at BWTF. There are no politics at BWTF at all for that matter.
Someone wants to do a certain type of RP, there is no Red Tape. If
somebody's causing problems, we eliminate that problem on way or
another. The players and admin are on the same level and get along
because we're friends and there's no alienation whatsoever (probably
because we have BIG penises!) Someone, whether players or admin, wants
to say something on channel or in their DOINGS, they say it! You know?
That freedom of expression deal? *Grin* America, love it or leave it and
if you love it but don’t live here - MOVE HERE!

You see, a certain member of Cost Beers (Let's call him Spiel Gayvidson)
just recently tried to use politics to get us to take down an
inflammatory @poll on BWTF because he didn’t agree with the content.
Unfortunately, what Spiel didn't realize is that I personally don't deal
on a political level with people - Hell, I'm a member of DX! I shouldn't
be expected to! He needed to bring himself down to my level to persuade
me one way or another - which involves swearing, name-calling and lots
of ;)'s. Spiel's second mistake was trying to tell a member of DX what
to do. I believe the opening line to the DX theme is "You think you can
tell us what to do?" The answer is no. You can't tell me what to do on
the MUSH I helped design, create, PAID for, and currently maintain a
number of good friendships with the players. You can't tell them what to
do either. Hell, *WE* don’t tell them what to do and we often yell at
them when they tell each other what to do. So, I've got two words for
you and your buddies at Cost Beers who seem to hold BWTF's opinion of
your pathetic MUSH so dear that you continually take it to heart, and
then there are the times when you express your concern for our MUSH's
welfare, so you tell us how to run our MUSH:

                              SUCK IT!

We don't tell you assholes how to run your MUSH. We don't tell you
assholes how to run your lives. Furthermore, we don't give a flying fuck
what you think of us either, so keep that in mind the next time you
decide to mnpage one of us or have one of your flunkies log onto another
TF MUSH and ask him to try and make people boycott us. People will log
on if they want to or they won't if they don't want to. No political
maneuvering or incredible (as in lack of credibility) defamation of us
is going to change that. We are Immature, we are Degenerates, we defy
politics, and we don't know the meaning of decency or PCness; Hell, call
us the Sophomore Class if you want - but you're not gonna change us and
you sure as hell aren't gonna stop us. We’ve got the best damn
playerbase and the best damn MUSH in the TF community today and they
like us just fine; and there's nothing you jealous assholes can to do
change their opinions of us. So go hang with Brett "Asshole" Hart and
complain till you're blue in the face, that's your prerogative, but don't
be surprised when nobody pays any attention to you.

Take what's left of your fragile egos and leave us the hell us alone
or, if you feel froggy and wanna turn this Cold War into a Hot one:
"Don't sing it! BRING IT!" - The DX Army is ready willing and able.

Responses to this essay can be directed to kosior19@sgi.net