while i continue searching, here's a related forum made by none other than the creator of kotl announcing its death with nylonsock being briefly mentioned
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/off-topic-kotl-is-dead
if you'll look at post 14, you can see why nylon/woolen would make such a comparison.
I don't like him tbh. I can tell when someone is nice and when someone is nasty