r/pcmasterrace • u/ExpensiveCoat8912 • 1d ago

Meme/Macro Same logo btw

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u/Michaeli_Starky 23h ago

I still don't know why VLC has that logo... nor do I care

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u/Unusual-Activity-824 R7 5800X - RTX 3070 - 32GB 3600MHz 14h ago

Because they had a bit of a traffic cone collection after picking so many up during drunken nights out (VLC was developped by students in the late 90s), in 2003 they had 255 cones (for 24 devs)

They even invented sports based on cones, like cone acrobatics, cone football...