:(
I think the Scumm Bar was the web community I frequented. Today is a sad day. :( I'll miss you guys.

Tell me where does all the magic go
When the curtain falls to end the show
Do the clowns always cry
When they pack up the paper sky?
When the champagne is being poured
And the lock is on the old stage door
Will there still be a clown in the sky for me?

Clown in the sky :cry3: gets ya right here, and it gets ya right here. :(

Cry number 3 is broken. Man, everything is going down the drain. Folks, I still don't understand (not as if it has been explained already), why? Randy Sluganski is, like, 75 years old and he is still pushing his little thing. Could it be that you're sick and tired of the whole thing? Why not just hand it over to somebody else?

Originally posted by Jake
Skyfox and Remi are stupid jerks for closing the site, but it's understandable... I guess. :cry6: 3 years since a Monkey Island game came out, like 7 years since a good one ¬. ... :(
Yeah. It's difficult to accept, but Jake is probably right. Hurmph. There is probably not any crazy sexy cool new info about Monkey Island that is going to arise any time soon.

What's the term, "jumping the shark"?

You guy still suck though. cuss.

I LOVE THE SCUMM BAR!!

Originally posted by Jake
I guess. :cry6: 3 years since a Monkey Island game came out, like 7 years since a good one ¬. ... :(


wow, you're rite, time flies! :~

When I was a kid there was a T.V. show called Monkey Magic.

Monkey Magic was a low budget, badly-dubbed Chinese series about the adventures of an unlikely group of characters, led by a demi-god called Monkey. Monkey could pluck a hair from his chest and use it to summon a cloud to fly about on. He could turn into a fly, or grow to the size of a giant. He wore a metal headband that a priest could make shrink and crush his head if he misbehaved.

Sometimes I'd catch an episode of Monkey Magic when it was on. Sometimes I'd forget to watch it, or I'd have better things to do than stare at the T.V.

Monkey Magic isn't broadcast anymore, and you know what? I'd do anything to watch it again.

What's this got to do with the SCUMM Bar, you say?

It just goes to show that you never really appreciate something until it is gone.

Thanks for all your work, guys.

One more thing.

Presuming that a lack of time and/or motivation is to blame for the closure, perhaps it would be possible to find someone to carry on the good work.

I can't direct or write an episode of Monkey Magic (and I'm too old and out of shape to play Monkey!), but I can think of lots of interesting ways to freshen up the site. I'm sure that there are many other people who feel the same way.

Err...Feel the same way about the site, that is. I doubt that many people care or even remember Monkey Magic.

Now, excuse me while I hug myself, rock back and forth in my chair, and sing the Monkey Magic theme song whilst crying about all the things that I've lost.

"Born *sniffle* from an egg on a *choke* mountain top, Monkey was funky..."

When i first read the news i was literally crying <-- this is not a joke (it was probably the music) but now i've learned to live with it and i just wanna say good luck in whatever you're gonna do, and maybe i'll se you arround

Originally posted by Lemort
Monkey Magic was a low budget, badly-dubbed Chinese series about the adventures of an unlikely group of characters, led by a demi-god called Monkey...I'd do anything to watch it again.
The dubbing was done like that intentionally by British actors doing funny voices. Its not bad, its camp! You can watch it again! It's avaliable on DVD (http://www.blackstar.co.uk/circle/search?words=monkey&x=0&y=28) in the UK.

You are right though. This is grossly off topic.

perhaps it would be possible to find someone to carry on the good work.
There are many other sites that do carry on the good work.

I think that the Scumm Bar is Skyfox's site. He always remained involved in some way. If he's not involved anymore, it's not the Scumm Bar, and the mantle should be passed to other worthy sites.

Originally posted by Andi Wan
The dubbing was done like that intentionally by British actors doing funny voices. Its not bad, its camp! You can watch it again! It's avaliable on DVD (http://www.blackstar.co.uk/circle/search?words=monkey&x=0&y=28) in the UK.

You are right though. This is grossly off topic.

That's great news, because actually I *do* live in... Err... China, actually. Ok, so that's not such good news for me.

And off topic? I thought it was a touching tribute that used a personal childhood memory to highlight my feelings about the closure of the Scumm Bar. Doh!


There are many other sites that do carry on the good work.

Agreed.

There are also lots of other crazy Chinese fantasy movies/programs. I still miss Monkey Magic.

Wow. I'm getting waaaay more mileage out of my Monkey Magic analogy than I ever expected!


I think that the Scumm Bar is Skyfox's site. He always remained involved in some way. If he's not involved anymore, it's not the Scumm Bar, and the mantle should be passed to other worthy sites.

Of course, and I have a lot of respect for Skyfox. I still think that the site could viably continue in some way.

well its pretty sad to see such a great site to go...WHY o WHY DID THEY CLOSE
that site will be put down as the best monkey island site ever

Okay, so this site is so big, it developed a life of its own. and so it's only right that it have a will when it dies. I think elements of the site should be distributed around other misites around here so it can live in in some form or another.

Hi everybody,

I haven't posted here before, but I've been a fan of The SCUMM Bar for many years as well as the Monkey Island games, of course.

If hosting is a problem, then I can provide reliable hosting for the site if necessary - I have my own server and I'd hate to see TSB disappear! To most people here I'm probably just a stranger, but I do own several popular sites (eg, www.tt-forums.net). If there's any way I can help, then please get in touch.

*sniff*

I don't actually think hosting is a problem (considering it already gets free hosting from Mojo provided it puts up with advertisements and occasional server downtimes). I think it's main probelm was that it really had nothing to get updated about anymore except stuff that the fans did and quite frankly, we already have quite a few good mi sites that already count for that (worldofmi, BSBC, MIlegend, as well as Mojo) and so saw itself as redundant. I still hope that it stays up so we can get access to it's info on MI that very few sites have including it's interveiws and articals. Ofcourse, if you do, I'll be visiting less often as I usually visited every day for any new news.

New game, and hopefully you'll all go back, no one did it like you. I'm not sure if that was good or bad, but it was still different and something I liked.

RIP The Scumm Bar, Once, and Future King.
Peace
Neil
;)

I remember when Skyfox reprimanded me for posting a million messages whilst I was fooling around with VBScript like four years ago. What a great father he was to me lol; not really, but The SCUMM Bar really did make an impact on the whole community and we're better off for it. Good bye SCUMM Bar. Life will not be the same.

Just want to say that this is so bad for the MI world community.
When i first visited THE SCUMM BAR, I decided to have my own web site concerning MI. I've done it thanks to you guys :)
I think i will remember the site for a long time, you made such a great job... :cry8:

Why? Why? Dear God, WHY???? :(

:ball: :crybaby: :fist: :crybaby: :ball:

~ John

:angel: RIP SCUMM BAR :angel:

God, Remi is such a stupid jerk.

I'd like to take this oppertunity to announce that you, Udvarnoky, are not welcome here and that you should leave now. Yes? ;)

Yeah, the SCUMM bar is gone..and now we'll open the LUA bar! :-)

Originally posted by monkeyadventure
Yeah, the SCUMM bar is gone..and now we'll open the LUA bar! :-) Perish the thought!

Sure, I agree! I was just joking!
Scumm bar,we'll never forget you!
..and whatever I've never liked the LUA bar..

Hi, all!

I've intentionally stayed out of the posting boards all these years. But I feel compelled to say something upon hearing of the end of the Scumm Bar web site. Whenever I wanted to know something about Monkey Island it's where I went.

I remember one time, while we were making Curse that we actually saw information about our game that the management hadn't told Larry and I about.

As we were making the game, there was a thread on the Scumm Bar about how we were making Curse of Monkey Island in something called "SCUMM 3D." So naturally, we added the "3D" mode in the menu options (which did nothing, because there was never anything called SCUMM 3D). So, in a way, the Scumm Bar contributed to our game.

Cheers to the Scumm Bar!

Sincerely,
Jonathan Ackley
Co-Project leader on "The Curse of Monkey Island"

Originally posted by jma

Cheers to the Scumm Bar!


Cheers, indeed.

Well, since Jonathan Ackley posts here, i suppose i can forget about this being a big evil joke. I suppose it's true, then. Great :(

Scummbar people: When did you decide to shut down the scummbar? And what website shall we go to now if we want news about Monkey Island TM ?

-Rapp Scallion

You could always try the other Monkey Island fan sites hosted on the LucasArts Fan Network, and conveniently linked to from the MixnMojo front page (when it's up).

Such as the Monkey Island Legend (http://www.milegend.com), the World of Monkey Island (http://www.worldofmi.com), and I think there's one that I cannot recall.

YOU MANIACS!
YOU BLEW IT UP!
DAMN YOU!
DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!

Skyfox, you'v closed the site 'cause of your age, your duties, the attack or the hacker or what?

Originally posted by jma
So, in a way, the Scumm Bar contributed to our game.

Cheers to the Scumm Bar!

Sincerely,
Jonathan Ackley
Co-Project leader on "The Curse of Monkey Island"

Wow, The Scumm Bars bigger than I thought.

Originally posted by Thrik
Such as the Monkey Island Legend (http://www.milegend.com), the World of Monkey Island (http://www.worldofmi.com), and I think there's one that I cannot recall.

Other Monkey Island (English) Websites are:
http://www.bloodisland.com)
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/paulsuth/homepage.htm)
http://www.monkeymug.com)
http://tmogt.monkeymug.com)
and my site, The BSBC - http://www.brimstonebc.com) (when Mojo's back) Mini Site at http://www.tlkwebdesign.com/bsbc)

*sigh* This is hard.....
The first time I saw it I thought it was a joke..... later I started to realise......damn I didn't think you could get emotional over a thing like this...apparently I was wrong. I have been visiting the scumm bar since 1apparently 998.
Thanks Remi and Ian for being such true monkey island fans. You contributed to that the monkey island cult is as big as it is today.
You will be missed. Though I hoped you could give the site away to someone else, it perhaps never becomes the same.

You truly did it your way.....

best regards Carlius

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every single day
Every stap you made
I'll missing you.........










P.S So, if someone would chat with us, www.phattlibrary.tk) has a chat of : http://pub41.bravenet.com/chat/show.php?usernum=3502892707&cpv=1).


It will be a honour for us to meet someone of you in our chat!
Please, tell us WHEN you are going to come...

Originally posted by Neil Joshi
Wow, The Scumm Bars bigger than I thought.
And you thought any less? Shame on you Neil!

I want to thank you, 'cause today at 1:00 pm (Italy) GABEZ and SCABB have gone into our chat!

Thank you folks, thank you very much!
It is only a little step, in order to become friends...

That was great, yeah, but I WAS NOT THERE WHEN THAT FACT IS HAPPENED!

Well... I hope you're going to return into oru chat http://pub41.bravenet.com/chat/show...02892707&cpv=1).
and I hope I'LL BE THERE!

Come into www.phattlibrary.tk) and visit our chat http://pub41.bravenet.com/chat/show...02892707&cpv=1).

And tell that HYENA SEND YOU TO THE ITALIAN CHAT...


Thank you,
good bye

Originally posted by Hyena
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every single day
Every stap you made
I'll missing you.........

Isn't that:

Every game of Quake
Every camp you stake
Every rule you break
Every move you fake
I'll be dodging you...

Anyways, bye-bye SCUMM Bar. It's been nice knowing you.

Anyway it would have been an hard (or A hard) choose for Skyfox... But WHY have he closed the site?
we'll missing Scumm Bar!!!

P.S.Well...There was an error with the link of the chat
Here there is the chat of www.phattlibrary.tk) Please come to visit us, and tell that HYENA SEND YOU...

Chat: http://pub41.bravenet.com/chat/show.php/3502892707)
Or call: 1-800-Hyena-pizza-spaghetti-mandolino

No more pimping of your site, there is already a thread about it in Feedback Centre, use it, this thread isnt the place.

Well what can I say thats allready been said? I truly loved the site, I think it kept alive the M.I spirit, since most of the adventure games are in a way dying. People are more concerned with the 3D action games.
So this I say goodbye to the site and the people who supplie the huge information about the MI series. I thank you all for making that 7 years of Monkey Madness!!
One of my hopes was to get the news from the Scummbar about the release of MI 5.
I say goodbye with a word from my native language - Saudade!

Cya !!!!

I think my best memory is the emotion I'v felt when I was reading the chatlog with Ron Gilbert!

Farewell Scummbar! I'll miss you
(Never thought I would say I'd go miss a website. Your Bill Tiller interview was the best feature evar.)

Originally posted by Thrik
I'd like to take this oppertunity to announce that you, Udvarnoky, are not welcome here and that you should leave now. Yes? ;)

I had to take a ride on the bandwagon for awhile:)

(Okay, I've never posted to one of these things evar, so forgive me if I screw things up and erase everybody else's message and electrocute you and anybody who is touching you. Here goes...)

I'm having a hard time accepting this. It's not like I really contributed, ever, to the scummbar. Or helped in anyway. Or was very supportive of it. But gosh, it was good to know it was there, you know? And now that it's leaving, I have to wonder about.. everything. Everything is in question now. I mean, what does it mean that the scummbar is going away? Is the world over? Can we leave? Or do we stay in this empty world and just not care anymore? Is it okay to just not give a damn? Can we drive on the wrong side of the street? Can I wear a fanny pack and grow a mustache? Pick my nose in front of girls? Can I do anything now? If there is no scummbar does anything matter at all?

Anyway, I'm not going to suddenly jump in here at the end and act like I was an active, posting member of the community all of a sudden. But I have popped into the scummbar on a regular basis for years. True, I would just open up the front page, search through for my name, and then close it back up again. But those few moments always meant so much to me.

I will miss the scummbar. I would get all sappy and sentimental on ya, but I'm still not sure that this whole "shutting down" bit isn't just some lame April Fool's Joke. So I'm going to play it c o o l . . . .yeah, that's right. Whadup?

So, in conclusion, quit screwing around and put the damn site back up! Let this horrible joke be over! Let us never speak of it again.

Love,
Tim Schafer
www.doublefine.com)

WOW. TIM SCHAFER!!!
Come on guys, how can you argue with that?

The benevolent god of Adventure gaming (and reigning king of Norway) has made his will clear.

He wants the Scumm Bar to stay open.

Heed his advice, lest he smite you!

I don't post often but this is worthy of my post i guess :)

Its a true shame to think that The Scummbar would quit, when i joined the 'scene' back in 97 it was the First Monkey Island site i found along with mixnmojo. Back then it really made a good impression on me, it was what got me familier with the #monkey-island chat room which eventually made me grow into the IT Specialist(?) i am now.

Don't take away my Yoda! :x

Also, always respect The Schafer, mommy told me to always listen to insane people because you never know what might happen ¬¬

Originally posted by Our God!
(Okay, I've never posted to one of these things evar, so forgive me if I screw things up and erase everybody else's message and electrocute you and anybody who is touching you. Here goes...)

Don't worry, that generally doesn't hapen twice in one year. :D

Okay, so we've had two people who worked on a monkey island game come along and express their views on this, this is great. :D

And sad at the same time.

*Eyes glaze over*

I really did love this place.


*sob*

Okay, so with all the weird names around here that i don't bother reading, forgive me for only just getting Tim schaffers pig latin user name. :D Funny.

Dude. The Tim Schafer. Maybe if you'd agreed to be interviewed we wouldn't have quit. Thanks for stopping by!

Bloody Hell!! Jonathan Ackley AND Tim Schafer!

Tim, Please excuse my partner in crime, (aka Remi) what he means to say is "Sorry for sending you a crappy/unfunny email requesting an interview!" We shall not discuss WHO wrote the email though. ¬¬

I remember the day Jonathan and Larry mentioned the SCUMM Bar in that chat, I don't think I heve ever grinned so much... except maybe one other time.. during Monty Pythons Life of Brian. I had always heard that you had seen something on the site.. but NEVER knew what it was... SCUMM 3D eh? I'm well chuffed!

And afraid it's no joke, and besides, for me.. you will NEVER beat the buzz that was around when CMI was first announced.

Thanks very much you two! Wish you all the best in your future games *cough*GrimFandango2*cough* and hope you stick around to read this :)

Lots of love
~Skyfox

Our beloved SCUMM Bar is down for good.

BUT, whilst drowning your sorrows, check out this site and relive the SCUMM Bar's glory days! (http://www.huzatron.freeserve.co.uk/joey/fishbar/)

Funny. I don't remember there being so many fish...

(Is this your site Huz?)