When Shoghi inspired me to learn PHP. Also, believe it or not, I first played mcpe when it was only a demo.
PHP found the way to me through editing a plugin. I just wanted to translate the messages and I thought that can't be so hard. That's how it all started for me.
I played mcpe since 0.6 joined twitter since 2012 joined PM since unknow but around the old API when things are just .php this reminds how we all use to think redstone is impossible and people still use redstone alt
I also remember when mcpe servers were fun without Minigames and all that. The best servers back then were LegionPE, iMCPE, and XenonCraft. I loved XenonCraft it was the best server IMO. Sad to see that leet leet.cc and all the Minigame servers left those servers in the dust.
Those times when I was just a noob like all leet.cc owners, not knowing about a thing that a server was about... I think most people had those times
Ranks are actually given through stats, (likes, posts, blablabla) so I don't think they can just give that.
i think admin can forcefully set it like how you can set someone to admin without making it require X condition
Funfact: I never had a leet server, cuz I had (and still have) a Windows Phone, and there is no leet app in the Windows store
And my memory about this is that I hosted a server on my computer and a few months later the computer overheated and the screen couldn't switch on. I think it was PMF not PMT. As you watch yourself grow up, and the PocketMine community growing bigger together, you can't really distinguish if it is yourself no longer innocent, or other people becoming less genuine, or you are in a dream.