The Monkey Island SCUMM Bar: A Fond farewell... for now

Well, looks like this is it folks... after 6 years in the Monkey Island web business, it's time for me to take a back seat. Both this site and #monkey-island will be under the (ruthless) control of RemiO, he's done a fantastic job of late.. and he will not let us down. (no pressure mate!)

The reason? Well, you lot may not believe it... but you were there when I needed you all, and now life has changed and I have to move on and do other things. I'll still be about, but behind the scenes.

In the words of the great Bilbo Baggins... "I don't know half of you half as well as i should like... and i like less than half of you half as well as you deserve!"

Take care and all the best
~Skyfox

Just to make it clear - Sky will still run The SCUMM Bar, he'll just take a less active role.

I'm sure we all know the amazing work Sky has done for the MI community - we can pretty much thank him personally that there is such a tight knitted community as it is. Hope you'll be back for full soon, Sky! :)

Posted Mar 22, 2002

well Ian mate, what can i say?
youve done a fantastic job on the site, and its a real shame to see you "go", but i guess these things happen.
good luck to you, and do keep in touch

Posted Mar 22, 2002

Have fun Ian!

Posted Mar 22, 2002

This is so sad *sniff*. Why are you doing this to us. I mean, I never got a chance to know you that well in the years I've gone to this site. This was the one site that showed me that I wasn't the only one who dedicated my life to Monkey Island. Well, happy sailing.

Posted Mar 22, 2002

Best of luck to you Sky, in whatever you do. Hope to still see ya around!

Posted Mar 22, 2002

The same to you Sky...
Hope you have a nice time resting from us!! =)
you know...I never got to know you that much, but i think all of us have THIS monkey obsession in common, and you made it stronger with your work here, so a BIG thanks to you...
take care

Posted Mar 22, 2002

I don't know how much I can say that hasn't been expressed before. The Scumm Bar has been a favorite of mine for years; you should be mighty proud of what you have accomplished, Ian. It was great getting to finally talk to you in #monkey-island, and I hope that you manage to stop by from time to time :).

However, if you must take a back seat, there was no better choice than Remi to fill your shoes. All in all, I wish you good luck in all that you do in life. Cheers!

Posted Mar 23, 2002

Good luck and have fun!

Posted Mar 23, 2002

have fun Skyfox!


and mates (aye!) remember:

All those who wonder are not lost (J.R.R Tolkien), we will here again from our Skyfox!

Posted Mar 23, 2002

See ya and good luck!
You're my favourite scouser ;)

Posted Mar 23, 2002

Sky?

I can't believe this, fellow pirate and trusty wing commander. The scummy website or mi channel operation services you have given us all are not those that I shall miss most of all. (perhaps mainly because they're in good hands with RemiO and are still there), but the chats are which I'll truly miss. Reckon it's no mystery that you were my favourite #mi and #wc regular and I can only hope that you WILL actually come by from time to time to greet us plebes and minions. I guess its tradition that times do change eventually, and I can only thank you for all that you have done and wish you good luck with all that you will plan to do in the future.

Just try to come by enough okay? I was already wondering where you had gone past days. See ya on the flip side!

PALS
//Ral

Posted Mar 23, 2002

Arrr, ill see you around some time. Also in your honour I dedicated my day at LegoLand to Arrr'ing all day in a pirate style to all the guests, have fun in what ever your doing. Sad to see you go, maybe meet up some time at Alton Towers again?

Posted Mar 23, 2002

He never answered my mails, he's scared of slugs, but I say Good Luck anyway :)

Posted Mar 23, 2002

Arrrrgh, I've already said good luck but I'm going to say it again because you deserve it!

Posted Mar 24, 2002

Boohoo :(
Just promise me you wont become a door-to-door sink unblocker 3001 Salesman.

Posted Mar 24, 2002

Bye Ian! Good luck in the future! :)

Hope you return someday though:)

Posted Mar 25, 2002

Awww... Crap.
In a good way.

Posted Mar 25, 2002

Arrrrg Skyfox ol' pal...so in fact this means that you will be first mate and RemiO captain?

Posted Mar 25, 2002

Well, heh, I don't know if I can answer that with pirate ranking, Folkert. :) It'll be more... Sky will be president, and I will be CEO. If that makes sense.

Posted Mar 25, 2002

Ian,

I can't say this comes as a surprise. I know how demanding maintaining a website is and how time consuming it is. I fully understand that you need to take a step back after 6 years.

The Scumm Bar was the first Monkey Island site I found on the Internet back in 1997 and the coolness and your devotion to it inspired me to create my own.

I wish you the best of luck in the future and I hope you visit the community once in a while :)

Your pal and colleque,
Ken

Posted Mar 25, 2002

Don't go away sky
We love you!! :)

Posted Mar 25, 2002

thanks for all the good years sky.

farewell and good luck.


- captain syyn.

Posted Mar 26, 2002