diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+__pycache__
+__pycache__/*
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-# Banter
-A fun and interesting script that makes very cool color art in IRC chat
+# banter
+little script to make irc color art that will probably get you banned
+
+![irc art of a fox with a santa hat](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c561d6bb149035725e895178ce744f0c05ed6c55e8d71d8fe01dcce015c8025a/68747470733a2f2f74746d2e73682f646c792e706e67)
+
 # Notice
-In servers/channels that don't allow colors or spam you may get muted and banned. Its best to use this in YOUR channel.
+In servers/channels that don't allow colors or spam you may get muted and banned.
+Its best to use this in YOUR channel or a spam channel.
diff --git a/banter.py b/banter.py
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+++ b/banter.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys,time
+from PIL import Image
+from color import closestColor
+
+ASCIIWIDTH=80
+COLORCHAR='\x03{},{}' # this will be String.format()'ted with two args
+FILLER='.'
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    raise Exception('you must supply an image')
+
+im = Image.open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
+width, height = im.size
+pixel_values = list(im.getdata())
+
+ipix = width // ASCIIWIDTH # // instead of / to devide with a round number
+
+asciiHeight = height // ipix // 2
+
+for y in range(asciiHeight):
+    line = []
+    lastColor=69420
+
+    for x in range(ASCIIWIDTH):
+        color = closestColor(pixel_values[width*(y*(ipix*2))+(x*ipix)])
+        if color == lastColor:
+            colorcode = ''
+        else:
+            colorcode =COLORCHAR.format(color, color)
+        line.append(colorcode+FILLER)
+        lastColor=color
+
+    print(''.join(line))
+    if len(sys.argv) > 2:
+        time.sleep(float(sys.argv[2]))
diff --git a/color.py b/color.py
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+++ b/color.py
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+EXTENDEDCOLORS = {
+17: "#472100",
+18: "#474700",
+19: "#324700",
+20: "#004700",
+21: "#00472c",
+22: "#004747",
+23: "#002747",
+24: "#000047",
+25: "#2e0047",
+26: "#470047",
+27: "#47002a",
+29: "#743a00",
+30: "#747400",
+31: "#517400",
+32: "#007400",
+33: "#007449",
+34: "#007474",
+35: "#004074",
+36: "#000074",
+37: "#4b0074",
+38: "#740074",
+39: "#740045",
+41: "#b56300",
+42: "#b5b500",
+43: "#7db500",
+44: "#00b500",
+45: "#00b571",
+46: "#00b5b5",
+47: "#0063b5",
+48: "#0000b5",
+49: "#7500b5",
+50: "#b500b5",
+51: "#b5006b",
+53: "#ff8c00",
+54: "#ffff00",
+55: "#b2ff00",
+56: "#00ff00",
+57: "#00ffa0",
+58: "#00ffff",
+59: "#008cff",
+60: "#0000ff",
+61: "#a500ff",
+62: "#ff00ff",
+63: "#ff0098",
+65: "#ffb459",
+66: "#ffff71",
+67: "#cfff60",
+68: "#6fff6f",
+69: "#65ffc9",
+70: "#6dffff",
+71: "#59b4ff",
+72: "#5959ff",
+73: "#c459ff",
+74: "#ff66ff",
+75: "#ff59bc",
+77: "#ffd39c",
+78: "#ffff9c",
+79: "#e2ff9c",
+80: "#9cff9c",
+81: "#9cffdb",
+82: "#9cffff",
+83: "#9cd3ff",
+84: "#9c9cff",
+85: "#dc9cff",
+86: "#ff9cff",
+87: "#ff94d3",
+89: "#131313",
+90: "#282828",
+91: "#363636",
+92: "#4d4d4d",
+93: "#656565",
+94: "#818181",
+95: "#9f9f9f",
+96: "#bcbcbc",
+97: "#e2e2e2",
+98: "#ffffff",
+}
+
+
+MIRCCOLORS = {
+        1:  (0,0,0),
+        2:  (0,0,127),
+        3:  (0,147,0),
+        4:  (255,0,0),
+        5:  (127,0,0),
+        6:  (156,0,156),
+        7:  (252,127,0),
+        8:  (255,255,0),
+        9:  (0,252,0),
+        10: (0,147,147),
+        11: (0,255,255),
+        12: (0,0,252),
+        13: (255,0,255),
+        14: (127,127,127),
+        15: (210,210,210)
+}
+
+
+colors = {}
+
+# copy the dict lol
+for i in MIRCCOLORS:
+    colors[i]=MIRCCOLORS[i]
+
+for i in EXTENDEDCOLORS:
+    hex=EXTENDEDCOLORS[i].lstrip('#')
+    
+    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/29643643/9406294
+    rgb=tuple(int(hex[i:i+2], 16) for i in (0, 2, 4))
+    #print(rgb)
+
+    colors[i]=rgb
+
+
+COLORS = colors
+
+
+def closestColor(rgb):
+    r, g, b = rgb
+    diss = {}
+    for cc in COLORS:
+        rc, gc, bc = COLORS[cc]
+        distance = abs(r-rc) + abs(g-gc) + abs(b-bc)
+        diss[cc] = distance
+    return min(diss, key=diss.get)
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Pillow==8.0.1
+