How It All Started, circa 1999

The humble beginnings (12/7/99), as pasted from an ICQ conversation between Mucha (France) and Snow (ATL):

Jonathan:
dude, baab and i determined that we're going all the way to the 31st, or at least Christmas. it's like an Advent calendar. 25 e's/ we're naming them all the way up there, just for you.

Mucha:
DOOD!
that is soooo hardqore
we've got to go all the way up to 31
I mean, given, it may take a while to receive so many appointedly hardqore visions of names from the Lords...
but what could be better than to have a completely new naming convention for the days of the calendar?

"Hey, what's today's date?"
"Oh, it's the sloppy seventh of December."
"Most appointed. Thanks..."

Jonathan:
yeh! dude, so appointed. so tell me-- are you up to the challenge? 31 e's in a day?

baab and i were discussing it-- it'd e like the old french guy walking down the road with his daily baguette. except that the french guy would be you, and he'd be walking down the street with his daily 2-dozen fatpak of e's!

you HAVE to do it for at least one month! can you imagine eating that many e's in a month?

Mucha:
I could support a small developing country with the amount of eggs I ate in a month
up to the challenge?
have I ever been known to turn down ridiculously crazy, extreme contests?
I think the answer is obvious...

Mucha:
besides, I can't do the tour until we have rounded out the 31
I mean, how could I work toward a goal without knowing the appointed moniker?
no need to artificially rush the conception of new e titles, though
they will all become apparent at the appointed time

In fact, to develop monikers as one is sarfing e's is a tried and true method, for the beginner, that is. You see, sarfing e's puts you in the mindset to receive the visions of tastiness. But, when one has advanced far enough down the road to ultimate hardqoreness, one learns that it is not necessary to sarf the e's to receive the visions. In fact, one can carry the e with oneself all day long, in spirit. When one has reached that level, one begins to have thoughts of e's all day long - not just at the appointed time.

True, some of the best monikers have been developed over a delightful bowl of e's. Gluttunous Decade, need I say more?

In fact, doing the tour will be quite an experience. I mean, can you imagine? That is just soooo hardqore! I mean, we could be complacent in our hardqoreness. We've already achieved much more than anyone before us, and oh, so much more than anyone ever would have thought possible. But do we rest on our laurels? NO! We keep it real - 'nuf said.

this month, however, is not the month to be pushing the limits
january is off limits too
too much travel in those two months, so they aren't quite appointed right now
and february - well, that's only 28 days, so that's pretty softqore

march would be the first window of opportunity
quite an appointed way to usher in the spring season, I must say

I left out december mainly cause the month has already started, and if you're doing the tour, then do the tour
don't be softqore and start after almost a whole week has gone by
sure, those first few days of e's are little fellas, but every e counts
you just just can't spurn the softqore single, or else in the end, you will end up being softqore, yourself