And then Broby came along and was like "No. This is what happened: Back in the olden days, when there was only one kind of offtopic section, there was a war. The Spamites, as they were called, wereforced by the Offtopicese to actually participate, which the Spamites did not want to do. So they fought. Eventually, our god Mahz decided that enough was enough. The Spamites want to do their own thing, so they can be pushed over here. Now please stop being not-Fonz cool. And so, Spam had been established. Soon, prominent posters began arising. They formed the girth of Spam, building it from some dirt shack into a shit-kingdom, where they would live their days, fending off trolls, bronies, and Gwazi's dumb friends. And it was good."