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Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood on the Tales Box?

mightypiratemightypirate
edited June 2010 in Tales of Monkey Island
The memoirs are a tradition in the Monkey Island games! In the TMI box there will be new "excerpts from the book" :) ?
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  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    it is?
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited October 2009
    I think he's asking a question, but yeah I agree with him...those need to be on there.
  • JedExodusJedExodus
    edited October 2009
    Defintootly!
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    Am I just incredibly stupid because I still have no clue what you are all going on about?
  • monkey_05_06monkey_05_06
    edited October 2009
    These excerpts:

    http://www.worldofmi.com/thegames/monkey1/index.php#Excerpt%20from%20Memoirs
    http://www.worldofmi.com/thegames/monkey2/index.php#Excerpt%20from%20Memoirs
    http://www.worldofmi.com/thegames/monkey3/index.php#Excerpt%20from%20Memoirs
    http://www.worldofmi.com/thegames/monkey4/index.php#Excerpt%20from%20Memoirs

    Were included on the original release packaging of each of their respective game titles, taken from a fictional book titled, "The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood: The Monkey Island Years".

    It is supposable that in the beginning(s) of both CMI and EFMI this would be (or would be taken from) the book(s) in which Guybrush is writing, though that's not strictly official.

    For those who haven't read them before:
    The Secret of Monkey Island [i]Memoirs Excerpt[/i] wrote:
    I cursed my luck again as I slid down the monkey's throat. Have my dreams of guzzling grog and plundering galleons been reduced to this. "Three small trials and you're a pirate like us." Fair enough. If only I could stomach the foul brew these scurvy seadogs swilled, the rest would be easy. How could I have known I'd meet a powerful and beautiful woman with a jealous suitor too stupid to realize he'd been dead for years? And how can I crawl through this great stone monkey to find a man who walks three inches above the ground and sets fire to his beard every morning?
    Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge [i]Memoirs Excerpt[/i] wrote:
    I thought I'd killed the Ghost Pirate LeChuck for good. Wrong. How many times can that bloated old fool die? Other pirates tell me there's no escape. "When LeChuck wants you dead, you're dead", they say. Legend has it that the treasure of Big Whoop holds the key to great power... I must find it before LeChuck finds me.
    The Curse of Monkey Island [i]Memoirs Excerpt[/i] wrote:
    I've sailed the seas from Trinidad to Tortuga and I've never seen anything like it! The engagement ring I gave Elaine has a terrible pirate curse on it. LeChuck is behind it, I'm sure. I should have known that nothing good could come out of that evil zombie's treasures. And if that's not bad enough, the clairvoyant I met in the mangrove swamp told me that if I am to break the curse and save Elaine, I will have to die!
    Escape from Monkey Island [i]Memoirs Excerpt[/i] wrote:
    Spitting the sand of Monkey Island from my mouth, I began to wonder if the life of a mighty pirate was all it was cracked up to be. I'd ignored recent events that should have been warning shots across the bow of my soul, from my wife's brush with death to the anti-pirate ramblings of Australian gazillionaire Ozzie Mandrill. If only I'd chosen a different path, LeChuck might still be dead, and the mystery of the Ultimate Insult might have remained an enigma. If I'd never picked up a sword, the grog-swilling pirates of the Tri-Island Area might be unthreatened by the twin forces of gentrification and demonic heckfire. If only . . . suddenly, the hairy finger of a familiar monkey tapped me on the shoulder. It was time. Time to stop LeChuck (again). Time to make the world safe for pirates. Time for the biggest battle of my swashbuckling life.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    Ah ok I get it now
  • IgnatiusIgnatius
    edited October 2009
    I hope they include them.
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited October 2009
    i did a similar thread a while back, but idk what happened to it. I would definitely like this to happen, but i don't feel it is a necessity. If there was a choice between doing this or putting all the episodes into a full game, I would choose the latter.
  • monkey_05_06monkey_05_06
    edited October 2009
    I think the biggest question on this would actually be the legality on it. Given the fact that four different times LA has "officially" referenced "The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood: The Monkey Island Years" I wouldn't be surprised if LA (and in fact would find it more surprising if they didn't) holds a current copyright on the title. TTG has licensed MI, but if the Memoirs titled is in fact copyrighted but not licensed that would definitely be the last word on the matter.

    However, if LA hasn't copyrighted it, how hard is it honestly to write a brief paragraph of fluff text like this? I'm sure that (at least if there's enough interested sparked by the idea) TT wouldn't mind assigning somebody to scribble a little spot for the back of the case.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited October 2009
    monkey_05_06 wrote: »
    I think the biggest question on this would actually be the legality on it. Given the fact that four different times LA has "officially" referenced "The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood: The Monkey Island Years" I wouldn't be surprised if LA (and in fact would find it more surprising if they didn't) holds a current copyright on the title. TTG has licensed MI, but if the Memoirs titled is in fact copyrighted but not licensed that would definitely be the last word on the matter.

    However, if LA hasn't copyrighted it, how hard is it honestly to write a brief paragraph of fluff text like this? I'm sure that (at least if there's enough interested sparked by the idea) TT wouldn't mind assigning somebody to scribble a little spot for the back of the case.

    Why would LA specifically take out a copyright on something that would be covered by the fact that they own the rights to the character the title is referring to?
  • LaserschwertLaserschwert
    edited October 2009
    Where's Jake when we need him?
  • DeLucaDeLuca
    edited October 2009
    Also, LA wouldn't stop TTG from doing this. They've put Monkey Island in their hands, I doubt they would do anything to weaken the franchise. Licensing MI to TTG was a strategic and financial decision to strengthen their franchise with minimal financial involvement, they'll want to see the highest returns possible on it and have no reason not to let TTG do this.

    People are forgetting that putting the LA logo in the beginning of this game was no homage, they are still involved in TMI. They still own MI. They are just letting someone else make it FOR them and are earing through licensing payments rather than sales as they found that to be a better financial decisions for their company.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited October 2009
    Laserschwert wrote: »
    Where's Jake when we need him?

    on Monkey Island!
  • KaladronKaladron
    edited October 2009
    Bump! Let's make this happen, Telltale!
  • monkey_05_06monkey_05_06
    edited October 2009
    Pale Man wrote: »
    Why would LA specifically take out a copyright on something that would be covered by the fact that they own the rights to the character the title is referring to?

    I honestly wouldn't put it past them. In fact I wouldn't put it past them to hold a copyright on the Memoirs title and not hold a current copyright on Guybrush's name...I'm not saying I think that this is the case, though it wouldn't come as a huge surprise to me if it were.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited October 2009
    If they are allowed to write about Monkey Island on their site they should be able to include it in a manual. My $.02
  • BrainiacBrainiac
    edited October 2009
    Laserschwert wrote: »
    Where's Jake when we need him?
    Sailorcuteness wrote: »
    on Monkey Island!

    Or Dinky Island/Atoll.

    Cause he's a Big Whoop, ya know.

    Ba-dum-tish!
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited March 2010
    Well, now that the pre-orders for the DVD are happening, they must be finished (or at least almost done) with it, so hopefully they've listened to our requests and we'll have the memoirs on the back cover. Speaking of which, I wonder what the back cover will look like?
  • monkey_05_06monkey_05_06
    edited March 2010
    Hopefully it will include the second largest backside of a monkey we've ever seen. :D
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited March 2010
    I just want to point out that the existence of the memoirs refutes the "Guybrush is a little boy" theory. Who in their right mind would publish the memoirs of a little boy who was lost in a theme park for a day?
  • monkey_05_06monkey_05_06
    edited March 2010
    It is possible that Guybrush just didn't want to let the imagination die and lived out an entire life, publishing his memoirs and all, whilst still at the park..or possibly after going home.

    My personal opinion is that the park wasn't reality but it wasn't just a spell to trick Guybrush either. Somewhere in-between. For the record I'm a firm believer that Guybrush and LeChuck really are blood-related brethren.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited March 2010
    im allwaysed thought it was a spell but oringaly a better spell not just oh look im on a bumper car now
  • priznaprizna
    edited March 2010
    Who here would buy "The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood" if there really was such a book?
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited March 2010
    prizna wrote: »
    who here would buy "the memoirs of guybrush threepwood" if there really was such a book?

    meeeeeeeeeeeeeee
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited March 2010
    prizna wrote: »
    Who here would buy "The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood" if there really was such a book?

    Umm of course!
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited March 2010
    prizna wrote: »
    Who here would buy "The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood" if there really was such a book?
    Fools, mostly.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited March 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    Fools, mostly.

    and I am that pirate fool
  • priznaprizna
    edited March 2010
    yea i would too, i just didnt want to say unless I was the only one. :o
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    monkey_05_06 wrote: »
    Hopefully it will include the second largest backside of a monkey we've ever seen. :D
    Brainiac wrote: »
    Ba-dum-tish!

    ...
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    prizna wrote: »
    Who here would buy "The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood" if there really was such a book?

    I too, would definitely buy it.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    You know what could be cool? If there was a game called "The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood", where you could click on the entries of the book and each entry would transport you to the particular adventure that Guybrush has written about - sort of like a flashback.

    So, for example, there main title screen would have an open book of, say, six entries (all clickable), and you decide to click on one that maybe says:

    "I woke up to find my self in shackles, in the ship's quarters of yet another brand new enemy. There was no doubt that he was eventually going to punish or kill me for my attempt to steal his most valuable possession. I didn't like the idea of walking from the plank into a pool of vicious sharks, being impaled by several rusty blades, or being keelhauled until my lungs were half filled with seawater and my skin half blue. I had to find some way of escaping the clutches of the malicious captain before he could deliver me to my deathbed at the bottom of the ocean, but how was I to do so with heavy chains hanging from my every limb and nothing at my disposal except for a cap from my last bottle of GrogXD..."

    ...and this could be where the level begins, with Guybrush bound in chains inside a ship, his inventory consisting of a bottle cap, and the objective to escape the ship. Does anyone think this idea is okay, or is it complete rubbish that could never work?
  • OzzieMonkeyOzzieMonkey
    edited March 2010
    haydenwce27 wrote: »
    You know what could be cool? If there was a game called "The Memoirs of Guybrush Threepwood", where you could click on the entries of the book and each entry would transport you to the particular adventure that Guybrush has written about - sort of like a flashback.

    So, for example, there main title screen would have an open book of, say, six entries (all clickable), and you decide to click on one that maybe says:

    "I woke up to find my self in shackles, in the ship's quarters of yet another brand new enemy. There was no doubt that he was eventually going to punish or kill me for my attempt to steal his most valuable possession. I didn't like the idea of walking from the plank into a pool of vicious sharks, being impaled by several rusty blades, or being keelhauled until my lungs were half filled with seawater and my skin half blue. I had to find some way of escaping the clutches of the malicious captain before he could deliver me to my deathbed at the bottom of the ocean, but how was I to do so with heavy chains hanging from my every limb and nothing at my disposal except for a cap from my last bottle of GrogXD..."

    ...and this could be where the level begins, with Guybrush bound in chains inside a ship, his inventory consisting of a bottle cap, and the objective to escape the ship. Does anyone think this idea is okay, or is it complete rubbish that could never work?

    You know what I think? That's bloody brilliant! Telltale could do that, you know. Maybe call it Memoirs of Monkey Island, or Monkey Island 6: Memoirs of Guybrush.
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    OzzieMonkey wrote: »
    You know what I think? That's bloody brilliant! Telltale could do that, you know. Maybe call it Memoirs of Monkey Island, or Monkey Island 6: Memoirs of Guybrush.

    Why thankyou! I'm glad you think so. I think that it could really work well with the episodic format.
  • djsouzadjsouza
    edited May 2010
    So... is there a Memoirs excerpt in TOMI boxed version? And if so, can someone post the text here?;)
  • FuryFury
    edited May 2010
    djsouza wrote: »
    So... is there a Memoirs excerpt in TOMI boxed version? And if so, can someone post the text here?;)

    TOMI DVD still isn't released to the public. The original shipment from the manufacturer was delayed shitloads because of the oilspill, it had to sail around it and it's still on it's way.
  • GuruGuru214GuruGuru214
    edited May 2010
    Don't make things up.
  • FuryFury
    edited May 2010
    GuruGuru214 wrote: »
    Don't make things up.

    That's enough from you Ken.
  • doodinthemooddoodinthemood
    edited May 2010
    The shipment found a cunning combination of everyday items that allowed it to sail through the oilspill, though encountering many other shipments to do insult battle with along the way, so I heard.
  • FuryFury
    edited May 2010
    doodinthemood wrote: »
    The shipment found a cunning combination of everyday items that allowed it to sail through the oilspill, though encountering many other shipments to do insult battle with along the way, so I heard.

    Oh yeah, I read about that. I didn't realize it was the TOMI shipment though.

    Didn't the crew attach giant skis to the bottom of the ship, and skidded through?
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited May 2010
    Fury wrote: »
    Oh yeah, I read about that. I didn't realize it was the TOMI shipment though.

    Didn't the crew attach giant skis to the bottom of the ship, and skidded through?

    No, they tied all of their bedsheets and clothes together to make a big absorbent sponge to soak up the oil as they sailed through it.
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