Outputting numbers as ASCII art is not beautiful. Can't parse it, can't pipe it, doesn't deserve to be in the command line.
I son't know but I love ncurses software and find the actual UI "beautiful since it gets me the information quickly and quickly lets me get things done.
I find my wee-chat with 256 color urxvt with Source Code Pro font in Light Solarized to be the best looking IRC client ever :)