Is anyone in contact with Slasher?

Stupot · Tue 18/07/2023 04:44:47

I don't know if anyone has already been down this route but I remembered Slasher used to post as @barefoot. So I checked that profile and there was a Skype link with an associated Hotmail address. I've sent an email to the address. Trying to message the Skype chat resulted in the message not being sent.

He also posted as @steptoe for a time too, equally as prolific as the others, ~~but I can't see that profile~~.

[Edit]
Oh interesting... the Steptoe profile can be clicked on above but it does not appear on the member lists or search.

Just look at how many games he has made across all three accounts.

CaptainD · Tue 18/07/2023 07:47:56

Oh I'd forgotten the Steptoe account, I knew he was originally Barefoot but it hadn't occurred to me to check the account details. Good thinking.

Ponch · Wed 19/07/2023 02:14:15

How many accounts has he posted under? Could he also be Icey?!

KyriakosCH · Wed 19/07/2023 04:07:31

Double (triple) logins are allowed?

I remember Slasher as a flash contest participant.

heltenjon · Wed 19/07/2023 04:08:53

Quote from: Ponch on Wed 19/07/2023 02:14:15How many accounts has he posted under? Could he also be Icey?!

He is all of us except you, Ponch. It started as an April fool joke, then took off a bit.

Gilbert · Wed 19/07/2023 06:15:22

The AGS thing is a big hoax.
It's wonderful that Ponch never realised this.

Serious though. People did appear and disappear all the time in online communities, but Slasher's case is a bit worrisome, considering his activeness in pumping out games and his age (especially after bad news of certain forum members in the past few years). Hope he's okay.

Snarky · Wed 19/07/2023 08:48:15

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Wed 19/07/2023 04:07:31Double (triple) logins are allowed?

No. Or at least not without being open and transparent about it.

Stupot · Thu 20/07/2023 03:29:49

Quote from: Snarky on Wed 19/07/2023 08:48:15
Quote from: KyriakosCH on Wed 19/07/2023 04:07:31Double (triple) logins are allowed?

No. Or at least not without being open and transparent about it.

Yeah, I think the rule is in place to prevent people having sock puppet accounts (pretending to be someone else),

Slasher never pretended he was someone else, though, and I don't believe he used them simultaneously. I'm not sure why he created new accounts but I've no doubt he had valid reasons even if it technically broke the rule.

I only mentioned the other accounts in the hope that they could lead to something in terms of contacting him.

Ponch · Thu 20/07/2023 14:46:14

Quote from: heltenjon on Wed 19/07/2023 04:08:53He is all of us except you, Ponch. It started as an April fool joke, then took off a bit.

Quote from: Gilbert on Wed 19/07/2023 06:15:22The AGS thing is a big hoax.
It's wonderful that Ponch never realised this.

I've been using AGS since 2003. It's incredible that one person committed to the bit of impersonating an entire online community for 20 years to prank me!

Even back in the EZ Board days, when I was just a lurker, I never even suspected a thing!

Although, looking back on it, I should have known something was up when Yahtzee "left" the forums in such a suspicious way! A real person would never behave like that.

On a serious note, still no word from Slasher?

As an old fart myself, I worry that I'll vanish one day just as suddenly. I hope he's okay and just trying to find a way to create a fourth account without Snarky catching him.

LimpingFish · Thu 20/07/2023 19:09:10

Yeah, I remember those different aliases. Perhaps he didn't realize he could change his forum name, or perhaps he misplaced his login details and just created a new account.

Not to age-bash, but older people on Facebook, for instance, sometimes have multiple accounts, due to misplacing or forgetting login details. $:-\$

AndreasBlack · Sat 22/07/2023 12:12:24

Slasher replied to my wall of texts as a beginner!

What a hero!

Hope he's doing ok! Maybe he's retired from game creation

Since let's be honest it's not very profitable. Bills got to be paid $:-\$

heltenjon · Fri 11/08/2023 13:01:37

I have received the bad news we were afraid of from Slasher's son:

QuoteHi yes my dad passed away back in November due to a heart attack

I will leave the proper eulogy writing to those of you who have known him longer than I, save to say that I will miss his humour and almost endless barrage of games. Fortunately, I haven't been able to play them all yet, though I will. Here's to you, Les.

cat · Fri 11/08/2023 13:26:06

Khris · Fri 11/08/2023 13:52:02

Oh no.

Kastchey · Fri 11/08/2023 18:01:35

Les

LimpingFish · Fri 11/08/2023 19:40:46

Goddamn

CaptainD · Fri 11/08/2023 20:05:43

I'm saddened to hear this, although thankful to heltenjon for making contact with the family.

So long, Les - you won't be forgotten.

Danvzare · Fri 11/08/2023 20:39:13

Well that's some saddening news to find out today.

Thanks for finding out for us though heltenjon.

I can't say that I knew Slasher well, but I was definitely acquainted with his games, and boy did he make a lot of them.
I would sometimes notice him asking a question in the technical board or sharing a coding trick he had, so he was always around. I remember him finding a bug in one of my games after I released it (I even remember the game and the bug), and I made sure to fix it as soon as he spotted it. I also added him to the credits for spotting it so fast, as a way to say thanks.

I'm going to miss him, and I really do mean that.

abstauber · Fri 11/08/2023 20:45:59

So long Slasher

Cassiebsg · Fri 11/08/2023 22:51:59

Keep making games in the after life, Les. We all will want to play them once we get there.
RIP