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The 9rules Story
Written by Scrivs on February 26, 2007
Since we have a lot of fresh faces coming to 9rules now I figured not too many of them know the story behind 9rules and since every great company has a fascinating story to tell…
The 9rules Story opened on August 14, 1980. When I was born I knew I was destined to create a place where a great knitting site done by a man could sit next to some bastards. Around the age of four I knew that this place had to also be a destination to join a discussion with other strangers who you probably wouldn’t like in real life. By age 5 I thought it would be cool to see everyone else’s photos so I could realize that I am the ugliest person on the planet.
In school people would always ask me what I wanted to be when I grow up and I would always tell them I would be a Ruler. They laughed, called me names and occasionally threw rulers at me, but they couldn’t break my resolve. I knew what I wanted to do and I was going to be a Ruler no matter what. I just needed some help in doing so. So after college I told my parents I was going to take a walk for a bit. I enjoyed walking because it helped to clear my mind and when I looked up I was in Rochester.
Without having any idea on how the hell I ended up in Rochester I figured the safest thing I could do was find a young Jewish guy to help me out. Lo and behold I ran across a fellow by the name of Mike Rundle and he seemed like a swell lad. We talked it up, battled with some rap verses and waxed poetic on design issues. Soon after I knew I had found partner #1 in helping me on my quest to become a Ruler, but we knew we needed one more.
Now I’m superstitious and I like to find patterns in things so I sat down and thought what type of person should be the third Ruler. I made a list of traits.
- I live in Tampa, one of the greatest places to live (seriously).
- Mike is a white guy with who you would say has a lot of black in him.
- I’m a half-white, half-black male who has a tendency to act like a girl in sticky situations.
With those traits I figured I needed a black woman, who had a lot of white in her, was strong and lived in the worst city in the world, Cleveland, Ohio. With those kind of specifications I knew we were in trouble because a person like that certainly couldn’t exist, but to my surprise we found the perfect match: Tyme. Hell, even her last name is White.
So there it was, I had my team and we would become Rulers. 3 people leading 9rules. 3 goes into 9 three times so the symmetry is more than just a sign of destiny. What happened after that will be saved for another story, but that is how 9rules got its start.
February 26th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
[...] I have a fascination with company stories. Have you ever noticed that whenever there is an article on a successful company that there is usually a cool story attached to it? Over time the stories become myths with new bits and pieces added in to the point where you don’t know where the truth ends and the story begins. The 9rules Story is a fascinating one when you think about it, but is it true? [...]
February 26th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
lol, that is TOO funny scrivs.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:47 pm
You’re missing a yellow kid… I can’t help you there. I blind the snow with my whiteness.
February 26th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
LOL - great post. I can finally see now how all this came to be… funny how things work out.
February 27th, 2007 at 12:50 am
Hey Scrivs, thanks for the mention–and for the great story! I wish I was more musical, I’d be all about writing The Ballad of 9rules
February 27th, 2007 at 4:12 am
Wow, Tyme is from Cleveland? I didn’t know there were bloggers from Cleveland…
February 27th, 2007 at 7:24 am
[...] The 9rules Story The wacky, witty story behind how “9rules” got its name. (tags: 9rules humor) [...]
February 27th, 2007 at 9:20 am
This story needs more car chases. And an oddly long discussion on Green Wire vs. Red Wire.
February 27th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Nice way to tell your story.
All that things seasoned with dose of humor sounds great.
Ciao from Macedonia!
February 27th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
*throws rulers at Scrivs
hehe
Great post.
All that is missing is for Devin to write a rap about this
February 28th, 2007 at 9:43 am
The sheer quantity of scandalous and amusing details left out of this story is mind-boggling — and probably for the best.
9cheers for 9rules! Hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hip hooray!
March 1st, 2007 at 1:23 pm
Ah, Jewish people are so smart. What a grand story, I mean, this is movie material if you ask me.
Also, even though Mike doesn’t live in Rochester anymore, I do, so the spirit of 9rules lives on. (There might be others here, I’m not sure).
March 5th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
God that’s racist. Talking about black and white like it’s some kind of game? This kind of racial discrimination needs to have justice served to it in court! If you EVER utter something that refers to someone’s race in any context, next time you might find yourself trying to find a good lawyer.
BTW, I’m just kidding, but I’m sure someone might say that, what a rediculous world we live in these days.
June 6th, 2007 at 11:20 am
Haha…. and I thought I was messed-up.
Oh man -That’s just awesome….
So where is the site hampster/monkey/jedi dog in all this?