On a dark moon a few systems over a select few see the degradation behind the scenes, the lose of control the general person has lost, and stagnation rising from a comfortable life with vim. They see a new path must be tread and even if their text editor doesn’t win, something must exist to push the boundaries forcing careful hands to take risks.

Thus started the neovim schism, and the following editor jihad which ensued would soon eclipse the vi-macs war. Perhaps not in bloodshed, but in the fear it sows