I do hope Timmy looks at the Grim Fandango Network too, right? ;)
And great to see you. I love seeing how so many different people, from the little to the godlike enjoyed the site.
MI AT THE BAT
The outlook wasn't brilliant for the MI sites that day,
The sites didn't stands, and the fans were whining away.
And then when SCUMMBar died first, and Mojo did the same,
A pall-like silence fell upon the fans of those beloved games.
A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The rest
Clung to that hope which springs eternal in the human breast.
They thought, "Even if only SCUMMBar would succed
We'd put up even money now, that everything will be fine indeed.
So upon that stricken multitude, grim melancholy sat;
for there seemed but little chance of SCUMMBar comming back.
But Legend made it back up, to the wonderment of all.
But SCUMMBar looked as if it wouldn't raise from it's fall.
Then from five thousand throats and more there rose a lusty yell;
it rumbled through the valley, it rattled in the dell;
it pounded through on the mountain and recoiled upon the flat;
for days have gone by, no SCUMMBar, and that was that.
Ten thousand eyes watched intently as the site stayed closed
Five thousand tongues cursed at the Brazilian ugly foes.
Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright.
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light.
And, somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout,
but there is no joy in MI sites --
mighty SCUMMBar has said, "We're over and out."
I post on these boards all the time, and no one ever says "Bloody Hell!!!111 It's Squinky!!!11". I think I deserve at least as much admiration as Tim Shaffir or whatever.
Oh, and please, someone give that guy above me something productive to do.
Originally posted by Squinky
I post on these boards all the time, and no one ever says "Bloody Hell!!!111 It's Squinky!!!11". I think I deserve at least as much admiration as Tim Shaffir or whatever.
Oh, and please, someone give that guy above me something productive to do. Dude, you are not a deity. Shut up and salaam like everybody else.
It is a bit disconcerting, if not flat-out unfair: you write a brief obituary after the site dies, but you never bother answering to a timid interview plea, even to say, “**** off wankers! I am a busy, busy man! I have no time for insignificant pawns such as yourselves!”
tisk
sigh..."Everything dies, baby, that's a fact, but maybe everything that dies, someday comes back." - The Boss. This is hard, prolly worse than the past for most ppl involved, but...sh!t happens, and the best things survive. mojo will survive the lec(am i still allowed say that?) community will survive, and the spirit of the scumm bar and any other sites fallen will always live on..
Dream Forever.
I'm giving you guys one last chance to do the right thing.....
:(
Well...I thought my poem was quite interesting...heartfelt on this side at least...as was my article...oh well..."I will never eat a root again"
you all definitely don't know me, i haven't participated in these forums ever. but the important thing is i've been watching every step of scummbar since the day opened, one of my first browsed site.
i remember all designs they had done, all images, even the room of skyfox - if i'm not wrong ? - when i learned the saddest news , i've been almost crying, yes, almost. it's so hard to leave a lover, yes i 've been in this mood in some of my girlfriends situations. definitely, this is no different than those.
i loved those 90s decade, playing monkeys, those bbs ages, those were great and only the site that make me remember those years is closed, so so sad for me ...
this shouldn't be my first msg in this forum.
and Scumm Bar is so great site that 1000s of international users meet in a flat, i guess there won't be a site or community like this.
god bless you all the makers, skyfox and others. we'll be missing you deeply.
Originally posted by Andi Wan
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?)
I take no responsibility for the actions of Joey.
That site does evoke some nostalgia though, as does The Internet Wayback Machine (
http://web.archive.org). Ah, memories.
memories
through the corners of my mind....
Originally posted by Udvarnoky
I'm giving you guys one last chance to do the right thing..... :(
You were talking to me, right?
Right?
Please don't tell me that I've just donated my home, family, pet dog, and all my savings to the World Wildlife Fund for no reason...
I used to visit The Scumm Bar on a semi- regular basis, usually to check out the MI news, which was excellent, and although the site was, admittedly, not my favourite MI site (My fave's the World of MI, but then, that was the first site I found..) it was still a great site for MI information. I'll particularly miss the media section...
And it is incredibly cool that two of the main names in the MI game production have contributed to this thread! All we need now is Ron Gilbert himself!
Well I'm not going to try and say I visited the Scumm bar for years but It was the second MI site on the net I ever visited, and after the great downtime of 2001 I visited it at least once a week to see what was going on. I'll always remember the site for being the place to get all the best info on the MI games as well as interesting featuresand interviews with the people behind the games. Goodbye Scummbar
ok guys.. this is a pretty unbelieveable responce we have had. I honestly didn't expect it, and certainly not fantastic messages from Jonathan and Tim!
As far as i was concerned.. this was it! SCUMM Bar was no more... it was an ex-parrot! But now... i don't know..
If the data can be fully recovered, would you like it back? Or do you think it has had it's day?
Let me know...
You bastard, you know damm well the answer will be 'oh God yes', this is an exercise in ego-boosting. Bring it back already!
I think it'd be good if everything Scummbar had was transferred to Mojo and then Mojo would be the one site to rule them all.
Originally posted by Mort-Hog
I think it'd be good if everything Scummbar had was transferred to Mojo and then Mojo would be the one site to rule them all.
This won't happen for multiple reasons we've just discussed. ;
haha you skyfox you!
that's it, now you really can't go back anymore! You must bring it back! You know everyone wants to!
Hooray!
Hell, if you don't want to keep running the site, send me all the files. I'll gladly keep it going. Anything to keep the Monkey Island community alive 'n well. It really is/was the best Monkey Island resource on the web.
-RoG-
http://www.I-Mockery.com)
Originally posted by bgbennyboy
You bastard, you know damm well the answer will be 'oh God yes', this is an exercise in ego-boosting. Bring it back already!
Afraid my ego was boosted to it's maximum when Jonathan and Tim posted here. So it's defo not that... and if the site did come back, I would have very little to do with the day to day running (they just need me cause i pay for the domian names these days!)
I assure you this wasn't a publicity stunt... we don't claim to be going and then come back unexpectedly like some people I could mention! *dig* *dig* This was it... but the responce has just stunned us all.. certainly me!
and Benny.. you don't live in Newton-le-willows do you?!?!
Pah, I know better than to tell a scouser where I live. Newton-le-Willows? I hear its that place where all the Harry Potter books got nicked in that wagon, but me? I live in like Devon, yes oo-arr, I live in Devon loike.
....everybody is a stupid jerk.
Bring it back, and I won't have to hurt you.
We want you back! Damnit Skyfox, let the site continue, cuss you RemiO, keep at it! Get the data back and let the site live on!
PS. I don't want my one piece of CMI inspired Fan-Art to be lost
What is dead, dead it is. It can't just come back to life, unless this was some kind of 80's movie about zombies... imagine Remi with a mullet.
¬
How did you know about my 80s image, Sopa? ¬
Don't let the SCUMM Bar die.
I first thought, this has to be a joke.
It's especially unfair after you announced an update.
It is the only site I visit regularly since I first started Netscape.
I can't imagine life without the SCUMM Bar.
I'd even invest a bunch of money, if it could help to get it up and running again.
Internet without the SCUMM Bar is like a Hard Disk without Monkey Island.
Originally posted by RoKo
Internet without the SCUMM Bar is like a Hard Disk without Monkey Island.
Y...you...you mean there IS such a hard drive?
Bastards.
It has to come back! It will be... I loved that page...
(It has to come back or ill ****ing breaking in to those servers and..)
Opps did I write that.. Hmm :rolleyes:
(That was a joke!)
Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every single day
Every stap you made
I'll missing you.........
I can't believe you quoted Puff Daddy! :( :( :(
Skyfox, this had BETTER be the cruelest joke ever, or I'll... or I'l... WAH! :crybaby:
~ John
Originally posted by ThunderPeel2001
I can't believe you quoted Puff Daddy! :( :( :(Dude, I'll call the freakin' Police if you make that sort of insinuation again.
So sayeth Retro-Mojo
The good news is, we just heard back from the disk recovery specialists, and our damaged hard drive can be recovered 100%. That means that sometime in the near future Mixnmojo, its hosted sites, and pretty much the rest of the LFNetwork community will be back on its feet.
Well Mr Skyfox, it appears that all the data can be recovered!
I guess this means that you'll just have to KEEP RUNNING THE SITE!!!!!
Ian,
I don't see why it couldn't come back after all this ego boosting now (¬¬). If remi doesn't want to run it maybe you should seriously think of finding someone else. It would be such a waste after so many years of good times (and free grog!) to just close it.
I also don't understand why you don't have a more active role in what originally was yours, but that is your business not mine i guess. I think from all the posts here you can see people want it back.
And from someone else who lives in lpool i don my black curly scouser wig and humbly quote the god of scousers:
o/~ ALLL WEEE AREEE SAYYYIN IS GIVE SCUMMBAR A CHANCEEE o/~
Give it to me, you pay for it, I'll run it! (I'm well aware that that would never happen and you have no intention of giving this site to a complete stranger, but considering everyone else was making stupid comments like this, I thought I might as well jump on the bandwagon).
Face it guys, the site is gone, let it rest, RIP Scumm Bar, Non Timetis Messor.
Originally posted by GregD
And from someone else who lives in lpool i don my black curly scouser wig and humbly quote the god of scousers:
o/~ ALLL WEEE AREEE SAYYYIN IS GIVE SCUMMBAR A CHANCEEE o/~
'ey! 'ey! calm down!
Actually, what I can't deny is the HUGE ego boost.. you are quite right there. I mean, it's fantastic isn't it!
For me though, online comminities are a very tiny teeny part of my life now. It was there when I needed it, but now, I no longer have the time nor the motivation to take an active role. I'm happy to just sit at the back, cracking the whip ;p
Then put it back up and never update. Then crack the whip all you want.
Dude, I'll call the freakin' Police if you make that sort of insinuation again.
Oh dear lord, either way I'll be watching you. Geddit?
~ John
Originally posted by Skyfox
If the data can be fully recovered, would you like it back? Or do you think it has had it's day?
Let me know...
hmmmmm....I would love the SCUMM Bar to come back, obviously, everyone would, but I also think if you're going to close it, close it! If you re-open it the next time you want to close it the responce might not be as big - why not close it on a high.
Don't hate me for that :S, I loved the SCUMM Bar, they hosted me when no one else would ;) and had the best Monkey Island News and Content on the Internet.
Originally posted by mymipage
but I also think if you're going to close it, close it! If you re-open it the next time you want to close it the responce might not be as big - why not close it on a high.
I couldn't agree more! But I have pressures on me! I mean, Remi has my cat held hostage, gabez wants a job (ever seen a grown man beg? sheesh!) and what tim wants... tim gets...
Originally posted by Skyfox
...and what tim wants... tim gets... Hear, Hear! Still, no reason to revive the site and have an undead monster plague the internet.
I have a great idea: Why don't you open an altogether new site under different screen name and start from scratch? After a while just steal content from the old Scumm Bar and pretend it is fresh. Whadayasay?
Sorry, but this is just impossible, you canґt just stop one of the greatest sites ever! Think of Gabez, Think of Tim! Donґt stop the beat! if you really want to stop you could give the scepter to someone else, there are a lot of ppl in here who would be glad to take on that resposibility. Donґt let the flame go out, keep the Monkey Island fire burning.
KEEP THE SCUMMBAR ALIVE
Scull out.
Never mind Gabez and Tim its me youve gotta watch out for matey, I know where you go to college. When you're stood at the train station, looking across at that building that looks remarkably Grim Fandango-esq, tremble, for any random person that walks past could suddenly grab you by the lapels, pin you against the wall and scream 'You bastard! you closed it! you closed it!'.....unless you give it to Gabez of course.
At least that way he wont be able to fob me off with excuses like 'I dont know what you're talking about', he's a terrible terrible liar.
[Edit] Scull thought I was threatening him, I'm not, I'm threatening Skyfox, thats right I know all about his 'screaming fanboy' phobia, thats why he's going to agree to my demands
I honestly don't know what you're talking about. ;¬
Actually I'm quite scared of bgbennyboy now. ;
ahhh... but there is one huge flaw in your evil plan... yes! I HAVE NO LAPELS!
And just in case ya interested... I am there every Wednesday at about 1pm! Now, where did I put that Klingon dagger....
Bring back TehSCUMMBarr back you Fo0LZ.
The Insult Sword Fighting r00leZ!!!!!
...............I'm going to kill all of you...........
Ok , i fell all warm&fuzzy after seeing this highly anticipated flashy info.
You did the right thing.
Hurray, it was to good to die :rddance:
Play that funky intro......
yeah I'm all giddy now
Flash it baby, yeah!!!!! SCUMMFreakinBAR!!!!