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Good bye to Mr. Yum...
2 weeks ago
Edited because the swamp is still online - I was reading through a group on Telegram when I saw the news that the Ogre had passed away in early September. Mister Yum was a notable part of the online vore
community back in the late 1990's and early 2000's.
When I first went online back in the early 2000's I found Mr Yum's posts and stories on the "Big Gulp" message board. On that site was a link to a chat room that was called Mr. Yum's swamp. Twenty years ago when I got more involved in the fandom I used to hang out in that chat almost every day. I met a lot of others there, I didn't get to chat with Mr Yum very often because they were usually on at different times but I enjoyed seeing them in the chat. I remember when Shrek 2 came out in 2004 and about a month later a chatter was asking Mr. Yum about what their sona looked like, how they acted. Mr Yum said " He's basically Shrek, if you've seen the movies you've seen what Mr Yum is like and that's how I play him." It's my clearest memory of Mr. Yum and from that day on I haven't been able to look at Shrek without seeing Mr. Yum.
I had a lot of fun in the swamp when it was at it's peak, met several friends there and used to have a lot of time to role play before the job and life changes ended that. Some player names that I recall off the top of my head in no particular order was Random Dragon, someone that imparted some pearls of wisdom my way. There was Rodent who ran a maw shot site, Dale Squirrel, Rebel Lion, Conan the Wolf, Foxy Jay, Easy Prey the biker bunny, Plast the Zebra, Malken the lion and Flare Starfire who at that time was a Shire Horse but is now Xeryx the Ram. Also remembered The Wolf who wrote stories, Rexx, Torrle, Dyne, Scorpi, Alyksandur Lashtail, Tannis Coyote, Lynxan, Kaelis, Stalbon, Cougar, Gragor the friendly dragon, Delmir. Berios a.k.a. Millerwolf, Fizer gator, Palshife, Gelus the wolf, Rave bunny, Jackal a.k.a. Anubis, Foshu, Strega, and who could forget Sharky who also played Speedy the hamshark and Great Dane once in a while!
I remember some big RPs where everyone in the chat room got involved in multi scene stories. One night I went into the chat room and everyone got involved in a siege like conflict, there were about a dozen of us that had divided into two teams. My fursona became a macro and threw several adversaries around. Toward the end of the scene Easy Prey DM'd me to request that I throw him back to their team and so I obliged and sent them home. I remember when it was over we stayed for a while and chatted about how such a fun role play had evolved so organically and was so unpredictable.
I also recall a dark time when some drama happened in the chat that caused Mr. Yum to shut the room down for a while and post a note online saying that the swamp was closed until things quieted. I don't remember what caused the trouble but the flame war that happened was fairly bad and after a while Yum reopened the swamp. I remember it because there was a lot of chatter about it on the Big Gulp message board during the shut down. It was during that shut down that I did the artwork showing the main gate that lead into the swamp. Near the huge doors I drew an inscription that said "May these gates never close" a message that expressed hope that we would never see another situation like that again.
For several years the swamp was well used and the doors never did close again. However, as time went on the number of visitors started to decline. Message boards started to disappear, other platforms like Discord and Telegram appeared and Mr. Yum's swamp was eventually deserted. The last time that I went in to the swamp was only a few years ago and I saw a couple of posts that were several days old " Anybody here? " When I found out that Mr. Yum had died it was like a final closing of the door to that time.
If I could have said something to Mr Yum it would have been a big thank you for creating a place where I had a lot of fun, met friends with a common interest and spent many fun hours chilling out at times when I sat back and watched others role playing their characters.. . thank you Mr Yum, rest in peace and farewell good Ogre. Yum himself may be gone but as I post this the swamp is still online and if you want o pay it a visit then you can find it at the link below.
Mr Yum's swamp - http://www.villichat.net/yumchat/index.html
* salute *
community back in the late 1990's and early 2000's.
When I first went online back in the early 2000's I found Mr Yum's posts and stories on the "Big Gulp" message board. On that site was a link to a chat room that was called Mr. Yum's swamp. Twenty years ago when I got more involved in the fandom I used to hang out in that chat almost every day. I met a lot of others there, I didn't get to chat with Mr Yum very often because they were usually on at different times but I enjoyed seeing them in the chat. I remember when Shrek 2 came out in 2004 and about a month later a chatter was asking Mr. Yum about what their sona looked like, how they acted. Mr Yum said " He's basically Shrek, if you've seen the movies you've seen what Mr Yum is like and that's how I play him." It's my clearest memory of Mr. Yum and from that day on I haven't been able to look at Shrek without seeing Mr. Yum.
I had a lot of fun in the swamp when it was at it's peak, met several friends there and used to have a lot of time to role play before the job and life changes ended that. Some player names that I recall off the top of my head in no particular order was Random Dragon, someone that imparted some pearls of wisdom my way. There was Rodent who ran a maw shot site, Dale Squirrel, Rebel Lion, Conan the Wolf, Foxy Jay, Easy Prey the biker bunny, Plast the Zebra, Malken the lion and Flare Starfire who at that time was a Shire Horse but is now Xeryx the Ram. Also remembered The Wolf who wrote stories, Rexx, Torrle, Dyne, Scorpi, Alyksandur Lashtail, Tannis Coyote, Lynxan, Kaelis, Stalbon, Cougar, Gragor the friendly dragon, Delmir. Berios a.k.a. Millerwolf, Fizer gator, Palshife, Gelus the wolf, Rave bunny, Jackal a.k.a. Anubis, Foshu, Strega, and who could forget Sharky who also played Speedy the hamshark and Great Dane once in a while!
I remember some big RPs where everyone in the chat room got involved in multi scene stories. One night I went into the chat room and everyone got involved in a siege like conflict, there were about a dozen of us that had divided into two teams. My fursona became a macro and threw several adversaries around. Toward the end of the scene Easy Prey DM'd me to request that I throw him back to their team and so I obliged and sent them home. I remember when it was over we stayed for a while and chatted about how such a fun role play had evolved so organically and was so unpredictable.
I also recall a dark time when some drama happened in the chat that caused Mr. Yum to shut the room down for a while and post a note online saying that the swamp was closed until things quieted. I don't remember what caused the trouble but the flame war that happened was fairly bad and after a while Yum reopened the swamp. I remember it because there was a lot of chatter about it on the Big Gulp message board during the shut down. It was during that shut down that I did the artwork showing the main gate that lead into the swamp. Near the huge doors I drew an inscription that said "May these gates never close" a message that expressed hope that we would never see another situation like that again.
For several years the swamp was well used and the doors never did close again. However, as time went on the number of visitors started to decline. Message boards started to disappear, other platforms like Discord and Telegram appeared and Mr. Yum's swamp was eventually deserted. The last time that I went in to the swamp was only a few years ago and I saw a couple of posts that were several days old " Anybody here? " When I found out that Mr. Yum had died it was like a final closing of the door to that time.
If I could have said something to Mr Yum it would have been a big thank you for creating a place where I had a lot of fun, met friends with a common interest and spent many fun hours chilling out at times when I sat back and watched others role playing their characters.. . thank you Mr Yum, rest in peace and farewell good Ogre. Yum himself may be gone but as I post this the swamp is still online and if you want o pay it a visit then you can find it at the link below.
Mr Yum's swamp - http://www.villichat.net/yumchat/index.html
* salute *
It would be great to share some link sometimes peoples remember picture even if never know who draw hit especially when they where reposted .
My condolences to everyone involve with Yum as a whole
Thanks to your encouragement to share my art and get more involved with the fandom I have also met a lot of nice folks and have apparently entertained a few of them with my art and stories.