To pav!

MITZE · November 18, 2023, 20:24

Many many thanks to pav, for creating oook and the many many years of hosting and admin-ing.

Someone get pav back here, he needs to know he was appreciated!

Bostock · November 18, 2023, 20:27

Mnoho štěstí a úspěchů do dalšího života a spoustu vydařených fotek přeji!

Gwarl · November 18, 2023, 20:47

So long and thanks for all the posts.

Ingwe Ingweron · November 18, 2023, 20:51

Yes, many thanks to Pav. The forum allowed Angband to survive and thrive, together with its many variants, in no small measure because of Pav's efforts behind the scenes.

Sideways · November 18, 2023, 21:10

Many thanks to Pav for the many years of oook!

I first came to oook as an immature, savescumming and not particularly competent youth some twenty years ago (ow - I feel old now

); and through all those years, as I changed and *bands changed and the world changed around us, Pav was always a competent and steady hand on the tiller, keeping the site and the community going; and we could rely on any problems with uploading dumps to the ladder to be resolved promptly, even when completely new variants were involved.

Few if any people have contributed as much to the *band community as Pav has; and while I understand his desire to move on, I will miss him.

Nick · November 18, 2023, 21:26

I have way too many things to post here, so I think I'll just start a list of ways Pav was awesome and come back and edit it when I think of something new.

Giving me free hosting for FAangband when it was a new variant in 2005
The news section
Setting up a new competition page with a ladder when the old competition page died
The ladder
Screenshots
Hosting the Angband comic when it was homeless
The forums! (I can't believe it needed pav's post to point that out...)
Answering all my emails promptly and patiently

Arjen · November 18, 2023, 21:31

Havent been active the last couple of years, but i still check this site a lot. Thanks for giving me a place to read and post about my favorite game(+variants) for many many years!

pav · November 18, 2023, 22:48

Thanks a lot for all the kind words.

I feel guilty for really neglecting this website for last couple of years. It makes me happy that the community around this game is still very much alive and vibrant, and that I was able to contribute a bit to it.

rec.games.roguelike.angband web gateway, where I got lucky to be employed by an ISP that carried that group on his usenet server. Or had an useful usenet server at all.

The Ladder came up in January 2002

Forums came in 2007

Hosting Ey, FA, ToME, and other variants over the years

Pete Mack · November 19, 2023, 02:05

Thanks Pav!
I held out at the newsgroup for a long time, but it was hopelessly spammy towards the end. Thanks for hosting an excellent site, with an unusually good color scheme.

November 18, 2023, 20:24	#1
MITZE Swordsman Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Pennsylvania, United States Posts: 274	To pav! Many many thanks to pav, for creating oook and the many many years of hosting and admin-ing. Someone get pav back here, he needs to know he was appreciated! __________________ Everything you need to know about my roguelike playstyle: I took nearly two years to win with a single character in PosChengband.

November 18, 2023, 20:27	#2
Bostock Swordsman Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Brno, Czech Republic Posts: 335	Mnoho štěstí a úspěchů do dalšího života a spoustu vydařených fotek přeji! __________________ So you ride yourselves over the fields and you make all your animal deals and your wise men don't know how it feels to be thick as a brick.

November 18, 2023, 20:51	#4
Ingwe Ingweron Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Manhattan Beach, CA Posts: 2,128	Yes, many thanks to Pav. The forum allowed Angband to survive and thrive, together with its many variants, in no small measure because of Pav's efforts behind the scenes. __________________ “We're more of the love, blood, and rhetoric school. Well, we can do you blood and love without the rhetoric, and we can do you blood and rhetoric without the love, and we can do you all three concurrent or consecutive. But we can't give you love and rhetoric without the blood. Blood is compulsory. They're all blood, you see.” ― Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

November 18, 2023, 21:10	#5
Sideways Knight Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 885	Many thanks to Pav for the many years of oook! I first came to oook as an immature, savescumming and not particularly competent youth some twenty years ago (ow - I feel old now ); and through all those years, as I changed and bands changed and the world changed around us, Pav was always a competent and steady hand on the tiller, keeping the site and the community going; and we could rely on any problems with uploading dumps to the ladder to be resolved promptly, even when completely new variants were involved. Few if any people have contributed as much to the band community as Pav has; and while I understand his desire to move on, I will miss him. __________________ The Complainer worries about the lack of activity here these days.

November 18, 2023, 21:26	#6
Nick Vanilla maintainer Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 58 Posts: 9,560 Donated: $60	I have way too many things to post here, so I think I'll just start a list of ways Pav was awesome and come back and edit it when I think of something new. Giving me free hosting for FAangband when it was a new variant in 2005 The news section Setting up a new competition page with a ladder when the old competition page died The ladder Screenshots Hosting the Angband comic when it was homeless The forums! (I can't believe it needed pav's post to point that out...) Answering all my emails promptly and patiently __________________ One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. Last edited by Nick; November 19, 2023 at 03:46.

November 18, 2023, 20:47	#3
Gwarl Knight Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 961	So long and thanks for all the posts.

November 18, 2023, 21:31	#7
Arjen Adept Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: The Netherlands Age: 38 Posts: 241	Havent been active the last couple of years, but i still check this site a lot. Thanks for giving me a place to read and post about my favorite game(+variants) for many many years!

November 18, 2023, 22:48	#8
pav Administrator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Prague, Czech republic Age: 43 Posts: 793	Thanks a lot for all the kind words. I feel guilty for really neglecting this website for last couple of years. It makes me happy that the community around this game is still very much alive and vibrant, and that I was able to contribute a bit to it. rec.games.roguelike.angband web gateway, where I got lucky to be employed by an ISP that carried that group on his usenet server. Or had an useful usenet server at all. The Ladder came up in January 2002 Forums came in 2007 Hosting Ey, FA, ToME, and other variants over the years __________________ See the elves and everything! http://angband.oook.cz

November 19, 2023, 02:05	#9
Pete Mack Prophet Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 6,856 Donated: $40	Thanks Pav! I held out at the newsgroup for a long time, but it was hopelessly spammy towards the end. Thanks for hosting an excellent site, with an unusually good color scheme.

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