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@@ -12,7 +12,14 @@ be better to wait a bit until things calm down and more of the code is documente
 
 Come chat with us **about development topics** in [#xenia @ irc.freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=%23xenia&uio=MTE9NzIaa).
 
-Current status:
+## NOTE
+
+I'd much rather write code than entertain jerks. If you're ignored or treated with
+curtness perhaps you should reflect upon what you did that would cause that to
+happen. This is a project done for fun and random internet arguments diminish
+that.
+
+## Status
 
 * Some code runs. [Insert any game name here] doesn't.
 * Asserts! Crashes! Hangs! Blank screens!
@@ -45,8 +52,6 @@ See [building](docs/building.md) for setup and information about the
 
 ## Contributors Wanted!
 
-[![Stories in Ready](https://badge.waffle.io/benvanik/xenia.png?label=ready)](https://waffle.io/benvanik/xenia)
-
 Have some spare time, know advanced C++, and want to write an emulator?
 Contribute! There's a ton of work that needs to be done, a lot of which
 is wide open greenfield fun. 
@@ -97,11 +102,48 @@ non-Windows platforms.
 ### What kind of GPU do I need?
 
 DirectX 11 support is required. To get full speed and compatibility Mantle may
-be required in the future (which means R9 AMD cards and up).
+be required in the future.
+
+### Have you heard of LLVM/asmjit/jitasm/luajit/etc?
+
+I get asked this about once a day. Yes, I have heard of them. In fact, I spent
+a long time trying them out:
+[LLVM](https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/tree/85bdbd24d1b5923cfb104f45194a96e7ac57026e/src/xenia/cpu/codegen), 
+[libjit](https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/tree/eee856be0499a4bc721b6097f5f2b9446929f2cc/src/xenia/cpu/libjit),
+[asmjit](https://github.com/benvanik/xenia/tree/ca208fa60a0285d396409743064784cc2320c094/src/xenia/cpu/x64).
+They don't work for this purpose. I understand if you disagree, but please
+understand that I've spent a significant amount of time on this problem.
+
+### Why did you do X? Why not just use Y? You should use Y. NIH NIH NIH!
+
+Trust that I either have a good reason for what I did or have absolutely no
+reason for what I did. This is a large project that I've been working on
+for almost 4 years and in that time new compilers and language specs have
+been released, libraries have been created and died, and I've learned a lot.
+Insulting me will get you ignored.
+
+### Hey I'm going to go modify every file in the project, ok?
+
+I welcome contributions, but please try to understand that I cannot accept
+changes that radically alter the structure or content of the code, especially
+if they are aesthetic and even more so if they are from someone who has not
+contributed before. This may seem like common sense, but apparently it isn't.
+If a pull request of this nature is denied that doesn't necessarily mean your
+help is not wanted, just that it may need to be more carefully applied.
+
+### I have a copy of the XDK. Do you want it?
+
+No.
 
 ### (some argument over an unimportant technical choice)
 
 In general: 'I don't care.'
+That means I either really don't care and something is they way it is because
+that was convienient (such as GYP, which I am familiar with), or that
+I don't care because it's not material to the goal of the project. There are
+a million important things that need to be done to get games running and
+going back and forth about unimportant orthogonal issues does not help.
+If you really do have a better way of doing something and can show it, do so.
 
 Here's a short list of common ones: