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Thank you Monkey Island Fans

VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
edited May 2010 in Tales of Monkey Island
I always feel nervous about making a new thread, I don’t know why but I guess it’s because I put high expectations on my self, and just want to look cool like all other forum posters. (Don’t even know why I have that thought).

But anyway, I think this time I will relax and just go with the flow.

So what I want to do is what the thread name suggests, I want to thank you all in here for being Monkey Island fans.
I don’t have any friends who is as big a Monkey Island fan as I have just become. I have gotten 3 people to play ToMI, they enjoyed it but they are not as excited about it as I am, but then again maybe I am just an over excited person, but there is not really anything wrong with that :p

I must admit though that my fan status only started just recently (As I have just joined the forum this year).
I saw my brother play Curse of Monkey Island many years ago when I was about 10 or so, and later I watched him play Escape from Monkey Island when I was 13. But that was it, and I just slowly forgot about it. Then just recently I was bored and wanted to do something, so I watched some Let’s Plays on Youtube, and the Monkey Island series just happened to pop in to my mind, I watched them all from 1 to 4. After that I saw Tales and I watched it quite far and I thought it was very funny, and then my Boyfriend suggested I should buy it if I liked it so much, so I did.
After that I was instantly hooked, and I never regret buying it. Childhood memories came back, and I started to become a real fan, and started to regret that I have missed out on something so great as this all these years.
I only have ToMI so far, but in the near future I will buy SoMI:SE and when it comes out this summer, LR:SE.
I bought the Deluxe Edition of ToMI so I am waiting for the DVD and all the extra goodies, and I bought the Voodoo Cards. And when the finances allows I will buy a T-Shirt, the Mug and all the Buttons. And if anything extra comes out, I will buy that as well.

So yeah, in a short time I have become a huge fan, and just wanted someone to talk to about it, who feel the same way I do.
And this forum gives me exactly that, friendly Monkey Island Fans. It’s so great to have a place to share thoughts and excitement, when the real world don’t offer you those opportunities. So nice to know you are not alone :p

Oh and here at the end of my post I want to thank Wolfstar27, after just about 40 posts and you want to be my friend.
Just means that my achievement for coolness on a forum (Don’t know why that is important to me) is going somewhere, I have never had forum friends before, I feel so giddy :p

Ok I will stop my rant now before I embarrass my self, but again thank you people for being Monkey Island fans :)
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  • AvistewAvistew
    edited May 2010
    You're welcome! Thank you, too, and thanks to everyone!

    I'm always enjoying this community, it seems we all have things to contribute that inspire one another, whether it's a comment, a debate or fanart (how would I have been able to make a narwhal strapped to a rocket without Majus? Now it looks good on my resume!)

    I think it's awesome that we can all share our love for the series. You know what they say, love is a unique resource in that the more you share it, the more you have of it :)
  • HaydenHayden
    edited May 2010
    Yeah, I'm sort of in the same position. The only Monkey Island fans I know in real life are my older sister and my younger cousin, so I don't exactly get much time to discuss it with others. That's why the forums are so great, because I now have the opportunity to talk about this awesome game series with other hardcore fans like myself. It's a privilege I've had for almost a year now and I've loved every minute I've spent on here.

    It was especially good during the season. The amount of Fanart that flooded into these forums was incredible. The discussions after each episode's release were very intriguing, I loved hearing other people's theories and speculation on what would happen next. And the few hours leading up to each release were extremely fun, it was so good, you simply have to be a part of it when (or if) a second season is released.
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited May 2010
    Wow, 9 minutes and I get my first replies!
    This community is really great, you guys are all great!
    I am so proud to be part of this :p
    And the few hours leading up to each release were extremely fun, it was so good, you simply have to be a part of it when (or if) a second season is released.

    Ohh, trust me I will, my only regret as posted above is joining all this so late, I really missed out :)
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited May 2010
    Heeey, I wanna be your friend toooooo!
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited May 2010
    OMG!

    The Silwerwolfpet wants to be my friend! *Faints*
  • SubSidalSubSidal
    edited May 2010
    Yup... The Monkey Island fan community is one of the friendliest online communities, if not the most friendly! So... Does MI attract nice friendly people or... does it TURN us into that? :p
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited May 2010
    I want to be your friend too.... on the condition that you can moonwalk.

    just kidding.. we take anyone here.
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited May 2010
    SubSidal wrote: »
    Yup... The Monkey Island fan community is one of the friendliest online communities, if not the most friendly! So... Does MI attract nice friendly people or... does it TURN us into that? :p

    That sure is a hard one to answer, but in my case I am just a friendly person, and if there are people here who are not that friendly, I guess that is just the effect Guybrush has on them :p
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited May 2010
    Irishmile wrote: »
    I want to be your friend too.... on the condition that you can moonwalk.

    just kidding.. we take anyone here.

    Lol, no I can't moonwalk, and I not a MJ fan to even want to learn.

    But hmm, I can touch my nose with my tongue, to gross? :p
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited May 2010
    - Hello, my name is SilverWolfPet.

    - Hi SilverWolfPet.

    - And before playing Monkey Island, I used to kick babies.

    - *clap clap clap*
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited May 2010
    Sorry, double post by mistake..
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited May 2010
    See we take them all in, and turn them for the better :)
  • WarpSpeedWarpSpeed
    edited May 2010
    If it weren't for things like Sam & Max and Monkey Island reminding me of games I played in my childhood (well, teenhood), I wouldn't be here, either. And they wouldn't be making these games if I were the only one buying them, so thanks to everyone else for being interested in them, too!

    Don't worry about looking "cool" on the forums. You already know the truth. ;)
  • HaydenHayden
    edited May 2010
    Silverwolfpet wrote: »
    - Hello, my name is SilverWolfPet.

    - Hi SilverWolfPet.

    - And before playing Monkey Island, I used to kick babies.

    - *clap clap clap*

    Haha! It's posts like these that make me wish I could give a 'thumb's up' like on Youtube.
  • Wolfstar27Wolfstar27
    edited May 2010
    VeronicanPlay wrote: »
    Oh and here at the end of my post I want to thank Wolfstar27, after just about 40 posts and you want to be my friend.

    Hey no need to thank me, I wanted to be your friend,cause i thought your Outstanding, sweet,caring and funny and a bonus your monkey island fan like me :p

    i thought i was the only Monkey Island fan,where i was from, but coming on this forum,i feel at home and i can share my love for the game
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited May 2010
    I knew I came to the right place when I joined this forum, not one day where I regret it :)
  • ScrawfflerScrawffler
    edited May 2010
    I wanna be everyone's friend because you are all awesome. :D

    I appreciate that I know people IRL who have an interest in adventure games, but I must admit that becoming part of this community has made it so much easier for me to just chat to others about them. Here, people actually know what I'm talking about!

    And yes, VeronicanPlay, like Hayden said, the community was amazing throughout the series. There was this epic insanity in the forums each release day.
  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited May 2010
    Yep, TelltaleForums are the best!
    Thanks everyone for making the community such a brilliant one!
  • MajusMajus
    edited May 2010
    Yay, a new Monkey Island Fan! Enjoy the madness!
  • SubSidalSubSidal
    edited May 2010
    adventureaddict wrote: »
    Yep, TelltaleForums are the best!
    Thanks everyone for making the community such a brilliant one!

    And thanks to Monkey Island for making us better persons!!
    Silverwolfpet wrote: »
    - Hello, my name is SilverWolfPet.

    - Hi SilverWolfPet.

    - And before playing Monkey Island, I used to kick babies.

    - *clap clap clap*

    Hi, I'm known as SubSidal.... And before I discovered Monkey Island I always left the toilet seat up...
  • Captain MickeyCaptain Mickey
    edited May 2010
    The forums (espiecally the MI forums) is the best place to be to meet fellow MI fans and it's always awesome to hear more people becoming (or already were and reuniting) fans of the series.

    And to add to how awesome the fans are on the MI forums.... Can I be your friend too? :)
  • EverlastEverlast
    edited May 2010
    YES YES!!! WE ARE GROWING!!!!! SOON I *ehem* WE WILL CONQUER THE WORLD!!!!
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited May 2010
    Before monkey island I wanted to be a flooring inspector.... now....... I wanna be a pirate!
  • JennyJenny
    edited May 2010
    I only know two people who have played Monkey Island, and yet they admit the game is well done, they just don't understand its absolute awe inspiring nature as a true fan does. It's great to have a place to talk about something so important to you, and have others understand just how great it is too.

    And how wonderful to see a fan created from playing a new game in a series. We have Telltale to thank for that with the outstanding job they did with Tales!

    Thank you to Telltale and the fans that made this all possible! I have missed Monkey Island so much, and am ecstatic that such a large outpouring of support has happened in the last year.
  • thin029thin029
    edited May 2010
    These are my favorite forums. I don't like posting too much because people tend to disagree with me about almost everything, since I like being realistic, however, I love to read other people's posts here, most have good humour. I always lol at the topic tags.
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited May 2010
    Majus wrote: »
    Yay, a new Monkey Island Fan! Enjoy the madness!

    Enjoy the Monkey Island forums! (Tried to do it Sparta inspired) :)

    I love to see that this Thread isn't dead yet, I have seen many threads die after I have posted... Or maybe because I just posted in an already dead thread :p

    I must say I am flattered, never really felt so welcome in a community before.
    You guys sure are awesome! :D
  • StarEyeStarEye
    edited May 2010
    Once a Monkey fan, always a Monkey fan. You're in it for life, ya?
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited May 2010
    StarEye wrote: »
    Once a Monkey fan, always a Monkey fan. You're in it for life, ya?

    Yarrrr bet :p
  • SubSidalSubSidal
    edited May 2010
    StarEye wrote: »
    Once a Monkey fan, always a Monkey fan. You're in it for life, ya?

    It's like selling your soul... Once you're in it, there's no turning back! Arghh!! :cool:
  • EznyEzny
    edited May 2010
    Awesome.


    Outside of my sister and her ex-boyfriend I've never really known any MI fans either so it's definately nice that this place is still running strong.

    Glad to see you finally saw the light! :) And yes you should get SoMI:SE ASAP!!!


    Also, I'm an American MI fan, so I'm extra rare! :)


    Oh yeah, and, after you played all the MI games... If you're craving some more adventure games... might wanna check out Sam & Max. :D
  • JennyJenny
    edited May 2010
    Catfish33 wrote: »
    Also, I'm an American MI fan, so I'm extra rare! :)

    Hmm, are American MI fans obscure? What country is MI the most popular in, I wonder?
  • EznyEzny
    edited May 2010
    Jenny wrote: »
    Hmm, are American MI fans obscure? What country is MI the most popular in, I wonder?

    If I HAD to guess, I would say... Germany? Just a guess though.


    Us US MI fans are out there, but I think it's just a little less per capita than european countries per say... I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
  • JennyJenny
    edited May 2010
    Ah, just another reason why I should move to Europe then.
  • VeronicanPlayVeronicanPlay
    edited May 2010
    Yes, we in Europe are good at being MI fans, well except from where I live of course :p
  • Wolfstar27Wolfstar27
    edited May 2010
    well id say Germany loves their adventure games alot, but i thought there was at least alot of fan in the USA, since its the country it was created, I know steven speilberg is a fan of the game, hence he was trying to make a movie of Monkey Island, plus i read that elijah wood is a fan of the game aswell, so both well known American people fans of the game, i havent met that many people fan of Monkey Island in the UK until i came here
  • EznyEzny
    edited May 2010
    Wolfstar27 wrote: »
    well id say Germany loves their adventure games alot, but i thought there was at least alot of fan in the USA, since its the country it was created, I know steven speilberg is a fan of the game, hence he was trying to make a movie of Monkey Island, plus i read that elijah wood is a fan of the game aswell, so both well known American people fans of the game, i havent met that many people fan of Monkey Island in the UK until i came here

    Maybe the fans are there, they just don't speak up.


    Or maybe I just need to get out more. :confused: :o

    Also this is the first I've heard of Elijah Wood saying he's a fan, that's cool.
  • Wolfstar27Wolfstar27
    edited May 2010
    Catfish33 wrote: »
    Maybe the fans are there, they just don't speak up.


    Or maybe I just need to get out more. :confused: :o

    Also this is the first I've heard of Elijah Wood saying he's a fan, that's cool.

    Why dont you organise a Monkey Island event in America, and see how many people turn up, i bet you'd be suprised, and as they say "if you build it, they will come" lol

    if you orgnise it will, you might get Dom to come down and the telltales crew..cause there from the states....maybe start a facebook event or group...i dunno
  • EznyEzny
    edited May 2010
    Wolfstar27 wrote: »
    Why dont you organise a Monkey Island event in America, and see how many people turn up, i bet you'd be suprised, and as they say "if you build it, they will come" lol

    Now there's some inspiration all I need is that spooky voice whispering in my ear. :D
    Wolfstar27 wrote: »
    if you orgnise it will, you might get Dom to come down and the telltales crew..cause there from the states....maybe start a facebook event or group...i dunno

    That part actually is kind of inspiring. That would be cool if I had the time and money for something like that, in which case I would be all over it.
    edit: oh facebook group or something, might be worth looking into.
  • Wolfstar27Wolfstar27
    edited May 2010
    well even if its not many people, at least you'd meet new friends,and you guys can go for a drink every so often, and if your single you might meet a special someone, you never know, I mean, it would be awesome to have a girlfriend who loves monkey island as much as you do...reminds me of how that guy purposed to his gf, by actually editing monkey island 2, the text and i think the music...and guybrush saying to his gf will you marry me
  • JennyJenny
    edited May 2010
    Wolfstar27 wrote: »
    if you orgnise it will, you might get Dom to come down and the telltales crew..cause there from the states....maybe start a facebook event or group...i dunno

    But where would it be held? I think that is a big part of the problem with the U.S. There are too many states, it's hard to get everyone together in one spot for things like this. But it would be worth a shot. Especially if Dom and the telltale crew could make an appearance.
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