Then people should not repeat that XC delivered now where dark hasn't.
One has to choose between what you say (which makes a lot more sense), and what they do.
DRK masternodes don't work at the moment because the node payment system caused a fork last week. Do I need to link you to the DRK dev's official testing topic where's he's trying to sort it out?
They work, they are not getting paid, but they work, and Darksend works, it has been working for weeks.
Nothing against XC, I hold both coins and I expect a lot from XC in the future, but I think it's getting boring.