I should probably have posted this a bit earlier, but kind of forgot about it.

I think I should bring to the attention of all past, present and indeed future Gunship! fans and modders that one of the community's most active and cherished members will no longer be contributing.

samovar6, who I got to know quite well even away from the subject of GS! and heli sims, sent me an e-mail on 7th June 2012 telling me that he was 'absolutely sick to death of pushing pixels around' and was 'going offline indefinitely'. I was a little shocked, as I'm sure you will be, as I had received the usual lengthy e-mail from him only 4 days earlier.

I replied to his farewell e-mail, but I still haven't had a reply, so I guess he really meant what he said and is in fact now enjoying an internet-free life. He sent me his snail mail address, so I can still keep in touch, but it will obviously never be the same again.

Anyhow, there it is. I thought that I should probably inform the rest of you about this.

Sorry to hear that. I can't say that i blame him though, a minuscule amount of feedback on his Modding efforts must feel like a lot of wasted time.

I too got to know and like him through e-mail. His humour is pretty witty and unique to say the least! Sadly, lost touch with him a few years ago, probably because trying to make sense of my poorly constructed messages took him almost as much effort as modding GS lol!

Anyway, Hope he reconsiders his decision. They don't always bother to say thanks, but i'm sure there are many out there who appreciate what he does.

Take it easy, mate.

HWKI

Well, je did a lot of job for the game. He really deserves a break.

See, 235 views and only 2 replies! Come on, guys, show this talented man some love, I really want a Merlin in Gunship one day!

Just a note to say that I have in fact now written a letter to samovar6 and have sent it to his postal address. I mentioned in it that I had created this topic so that if he ever gets internet access back he can see all his friends wishing him well.

So come on people and show the man some love (those who haven't already)!

Nice touch there, Flyboy. Samovar6 is one of a long list of amazingly talented Gunship! modders such as: Fng2k, James Trapp, Polak, WB and Psyklik,( God, I miss some of those guys!) So his departure is most definitely a blow and a huge loss to a rapidly dwindling community.

Time moves on though. One of Gunship's Strengths is the Multi-player aspect and it's incredibly good fun! Drop me a PM sometime if you fancy giving it a go.

HWKI

Thanks for the offer, HawkI, but even I am severing ties with regards to helo sims... sims... games... and even computing in general. The likelihood of me playing GS! multiplayer is very slim. Unfortunately you picked the wrong sim there (I never even liked GS!, apart from a few elements of it) and the wrong time (I'm moving on in many respects, to other things).

Love the sim and also saddened with the loss of Samovara6.Life does change and maybe in time he will pick it back up.God speed to all his endeavors.

Very sad news. A loss for all of us rotorheads. Flyboy, does that mean that further development on Gunship! is suspended for the near future?

Oh right! sorry to hear all of that. Hope you find some satisfaction with whatever it is you're moving onto next.

Oh and, do try to pop in from time to time to say hi.

Regards

Hwki


PS I noticed you don't appear to have a link to this old site on your webpage: http://www.ukapache.com/