Hi All,
I was trying to reach Mortimer as that was a name heard frequently in my home but his profile said he hasn't been active in a while.

Don't know how much relevance this will have all these years later but I wanted to let ya'll know, if any of his friends are still here that 'MonkeyKing' who moderated the fanfic forum passed away, Nov 20 2016. I found a copy of Twisted Metal Black Online and several charcoal drawings from a member of this community in his belongings as I was settling his estate. I'm his daughter, Tina. His first name was John/Johnathan.

I'll maybe check back this thread a couple more times to see if I can contact Mortimer or the artist who sent him the drawings, whose name I think is Elliott if I can make out the signature correctly.

Thanks for being a part of his life and fandom.
Twisted Metal was a favorite franchise in our home and I grew up playing it as well.

I'm really sorry to hear that. My condolences.

We never talked to each other or anything (he was rarely around during my presence) but I know your father was a respectable member of this community. If memory serves correctly, one of the belts he had was "TMA Treasurer".


May he rest in peace.

I remember Monkey King. An original TMA member. Nice guy from what I recall. Very sorry about your loss. Losing family is especially rough.

I will let Mortimer know about this as soon as I see him online (on messenger, not TMA), which should be soon.

MoshTMA wrote on 01/07/17 at 04:34:42:

I remember Monkey King. An original TMA member. Nice guy from what I recall. Very sorry about your loss. Losing family is especially rough. I will let Mortimer know about this as soon as I see him online (on messenger, not TMA), which should be soon.

Thanks a ton. Mortimer and my dad used to talk a bit online and on the phone I believe, and my dad contributed to the site for a while monetarily. I don't remember a ton in detail, just wanted to let him know especially and see if anyone remembered. Thanks for the thoughts and condolences. It was a rough 2016

edit: also please tell him if for any reason he wants to contact me personally or ask anything, he's welcome to. I can share my contact info.

I'm sorry about your loss. I wish I could of met him. I hope everything goes well for you in your time of loss.

Wow. 2016 really did suck with all this passing away shit. I lost my Father In Law Near Halloween.

I am so sorry about your loss Tina. I was a new member at TMA when your dad was active here. He was a really cool dude from the way he posted and yes, he was the "Treasurer" of TMA for a very long time. If it wasn't for him providing support to this site like he did, we probably wouldn't have been here for a few years. He was always quiet about it too, and when he did have to stop, he wasn't happy about it but damn....life happens man and you gave enough for years. I don't know if it's possible to find anything he wrote on TMA, but he was one funny guy.

I also spoke to him quite a bit on TMA Chat when it had that feature and I do know he was in the transportation industry like me. (OD I believe) Knowing "same shit different color truck" made it all the more funnier. 

Even though we never "spoke" to each other on a verbal basis, we were always cutting it up LOL'ing in the chat and had some good times. He always seemed like a really cool guy, and I'm sorry to hear of his passing and my deepest condolences to you and your family. I'm sure if your able to share contact info, use the private e-mail feature by clicking on Mortimer's name, and selecting "personal message"

RIP Monkey King. I'll find one more banana peel to throw at someone in your memory. 

God damn. This is horrible news. I'm so sorry for your loss. I've never really considered the fact that at some point we might lose people from TMA in this way. I really appreciate you taking the time to let people on this site know of this tragedy.

I didn't know MonkeyKing personally, but he was a big contributor to TMA in a lot of ways back in the day, and most definitely kept this site alive when it was going through some financial problems that almost did this site in.

I really, really, really wish we could have access to the old site to dig up some of his past contributions. It would be great to add them to this post or this site to remember him and celebrate everything he did and meant to TMA.

wow.... I am so sorry for your loss.  He was one of the nicest people and most respected on the forum.  when I joined he was already writing about 'waters run deep' twisted metal theories.  I am really really sorry :( he was a really great guy.

Magnum wrote on 01/07/17 at 13:52:39:

Wow. 2016 really did suck with all this passing away shit. I lost my Father In Law Near Halloween. I am so sorry about your loss Tina. I was a new member at TMA when your dad was active here. He was a really cool dude from the way he posted and yes, he was the "Treasurer" of TMA for a very long time. If it wasn't for him providing support to this site like he did, we probably wouldn't have been here for a few years. He was always quiet about it too, and when he did have to stop, he wasn't happy about it but damn....life happens man and you gave enough for years. I don't know if it's possible to find anything he wrote on TMA, but he was one funny guy. I also spoke to him quite a bit on TMA Chat when it had that feature and I do know he was in the transportation industry like me. (OD I believe) Knowing "same shit different color truck" made it all the more funnier.  Even though we never "spoke" to each other on a verbal basis, we were always cutting it up LOL'ing in the chat and had some good times. He always seemed like a really cool guy, and I'm sorry to hear of his passing and my deepest condolences to you and your family. I'm sure if your able to share contact info, use the private e-mail feature by clicking on Mortimer's name, and selecting "personal message" RIP Monkey King. I'll find one more banana peel to throw at someone in your memory.

Thanks for this. He was still working at OD up to the day he died. My family and I went out of our way to include his sometimes inappropriate humor during his funeral and he was buried with a pretty cool gaming, comic and anime collection. I was just a tad too young to remember in detail what he contributed to TMA or what the community here really meant to him, but I know it was a lot, and he valued you all as friends. Thanks so much for the laughs ya'll shared with him.

It's been nice to meet ya'll all these years later and know he had some good times and good laughs here.

XIZOR wrote on 01/07/17 at 16:25:40:

God damn. This is horrible news. I'm so sorry for your loss. I've never really considered the fact that at some point we might lose people from TMA in this way. I really appreciate you taking the time to let people on this site know of this tragedy. I didn't know MonkeyKing personally, but he was a big contributor to TMA in a lot of ways back in the day, and most definitely kept this site alive when it was going through some financial problems that almost did this site in. I really, really, really wish we could have access to the old site to dig up some of his past contributions. It would be great to add them to this post or this site to remember him and celebrate everything he did and meant to TMA.

I wish that was possible too. What I've got left is several role playing and game guide books with his notes and theories written in them which is pretty cool. I know he wrote fics for TMA for a long time.
This community meant a lot to him for sure, the TMA stuff I found in his belongings was the most well kept and taken care of, honestly.  I'm super glad to hear he was gracious and giving to the site and had friends here.

Very sorry to hear of your loss... My condolences to you and the rest of your family.

Really sorry for your loss.

MK was a staple of the website for years. When i started out here as a new member he was the treasurer of TMA and did a lot of the awards that were given out weekly as a "commish". As a young person I loved reading the awards every week, getting a good laugh and hoping I got one.

I did not know him personally, but I know from his actions he was one of the most well respected and liked individuals this site ever had. He was a big part of TMA and the Twisted Metal universe.

Again, my condolences for your loss...

MonkeyKing was a huge inspiration to me when I was younger when I  wanted to write fan fiction. While I may not spoken with him much, I appreciated his contributions to the website, both financially and through writing unbelievable stories that were full of detail. When reading his fan fiction, you were immersed through his attention to detail. I thought he put the other writers to shame and could have written for the actual Twisted Metal series itself.

R.I.P. MonkeyKing, you will be missed.

EDIT - Realized that a lot of the old fan fiction is gone or was never imported from the old site - does anyone happen to have any of MonkeyKing's work?

Sad to hear. Chatted with him a little back in day. Hell i was still in high school so 16-17 years ago. His stories he wrote were top notch. Always knew he was one of the older posters aka not in school. Was a cool guy.

One wrote on 01/08/17 at 08:09:41:

Sad to hear. Chatted with him a little back in day. Hell i was still in high school so 16-17 years ago. His stories he wrote were top notch. Always knew he was one of the older posters aka not in school. Was a cool guy.

He was always young at heart. He was 45 at his passing.

This is truly heartbreaking. I was around during the duration of your dad's time here and he was funny, creative, smart, and undoubtedly the most kindhearted and generous person this site has ever had. Above everything else, he was a good person - the kind of person that made you want to be better yourself.

I am incredibly sorry for your loss, and for the world's loss, really. Directly or indirectly, he touched a lot of people's lives.

My family and I went out of our way to include his sometimes inappropriate humor during his funeral and he was buried with a pretty cool gaming, comic and anime collection.

It's my pleasure.

LOL! He'd so get a kick out of that! That's the one thing about how this site was, and still is, and why it's still kicking around. When he was a regular here, TMA was one of the only unique sites on the internet to not only talk TM, but to write about it, dissect it, and also our infamous Brawl Wall. I'm not just saying that because I've been a member for so long, but because that's just how it was.

MK's fan fics were very cool to read. He did encourage me to try writing some of my own when I had some idea's and sure enough I wrote a few. When he was Commissioner, his way of writing humor of handing out belts influenced ALOT of how I went about writing my awards when I was honored to be Commissioner here for a few years. He also vouched for me to be one so, I owe him a lot being on this site. We all do really. 

Sleep easy Tina to know your father was well loved here. To know he was about a half year older than me in passing chills me up.

He's in a better place now. Chucking peels at people who annoy him.    

Tina1208 wrote on 01/07/17 at 21:14:37:

This community meant a lot to him for sure, the TMA stuff I found in his belongings was the most well kept and taken care of, honestly.

As someone that has a lot of great memories tied up in this community also, that is so sadly beautiful.

Wow, today ended up being a really sad day for me... First my girlfriend and I break up, now this...

I'm so sad to hear about this... I may not have known MonkeyKing personally, but I do know he did a lot for this site and without him, we probably wouldn't still have had a TMA... 45 is just too young...

Monkey King's passing is a huge loss. As great as he was to us, I can only imagine how well he treated his family. Though I never had any extended interaction with the man. I know his contributions kept this group alive during it's most important times.

Monkey King was one of the few people I've never heard a bad word about. No drama or negative interactions. His name was more associated with kindness and generosity.

Even as someone who loved this group. He was never under any obligation to do the things he did to help. Keeping our little clubhouse floating was something he chose to do. He never asked for a reward or anything special. Which even today in a world of crowd funding and kickstarting is a rarity.

Not that it's a terrible thing. But generally people do expect some kind of favor for helping. I can't remember Monkey King asking for anything. All he seemed to want was to keep this platform floating and for everyone to enjoy it.

Him being around was a huge deal. Most of us were jobless punks and nerds living with family. Dropping tiny donations by the way of goodboy points or minimum wage work. Without him the site could have died on the vine. Tons of friendships would have never happened. I know for a fact my sense of humor would have never developed as it did.

I still miss seeing his name pop up in Ask TMA. I'm not the type to live in the past. But if I could revisit anything. Asking him another question would be high on my list of things to do.

Though I doubt he'd ask for anything. If there is anything we can do to pay back his generosity over the years. I'd love to know. Thank you for informing us of his passing. I'm deeply sorry for your loss.

Thrillho wrote on 01/11/17 at 19:17:17:

Monkey King's passing is a huge loss. As great as he was to us, I can only imagine how well he treated his family. Though I never had any extended interaction with the man. I know his contributions kept this group alive during it's most important times. Monkey King was one of the few people I've never heard a bad word about. No drama or negative interactions. His name was more associated with kindness and generosity. Even as someone who loved this group. He was never under any obligation to do the things he did to help. Keeping our little clubhouse floating was something he chose to do. He never asked for a reward or anything special. Which even today in a world of crowd funding and kickstarting is a rarity. Not that it's a terrible thing. But generally people do expect some kind of favor for helping. I can't remember Monkey King asking for anything. All he seemed to want was to keep this platform floating and for everyone to enjoy it. Him being around was a huge deal. Most of us were jobless punks and nerds living with family. Dropping tiny donations by the way of goodboy points or minimum wage work. Without him the site could have died on the vine. Tons of friendships would have never happened. I know for a fact my sense of humor would have never developed as it did. I still miss seeing his name pop up in Ask TMA. I'm not the type to live in the past. But if I could revisit anything. Asking him another question would be high on my list of things to do. Though I doubt he'd ask for anything. If there is anything we can do to pay back his generosity over the years. I'd love to know. Thank you for informing us of his passing. I'm deeply sorry for your loss.

Thanks so much... It's been tough the past few weeks especially since I finally got his autopsy results back.
Dad was very troubled in his heart for a lot of his life but I'm so grateful for you all here and the memories he shared and to know just how generous and kind he was regarded as. This has been good for my own getting closure and saying goodbye.
Take care all, feel free to keep in contact x

...This just might be the first time I've really set foot in this part of the forum. I don't exactly know how to feel about that.

I haven't been here very long, especially not compared to anyone else who's posting here. As such, I never got the chance to really see anything MonkeyKing posted. I think I remember seeing the name once a few years ago when I went under a different name, but that's the extent of what I can remember.

Still, after reading all of what's in this thread, even a guy like me who's basically a wide-eyed kid in this place can see that the guy was a loved and respected member of this community, and the kind of person that people will miss going forward. I'm sorry to hear about your loss, and I while I can't really say much beyond that, I do wish you the best of luck in coming to terms with things.

Damn, that's pretty gutting to read. I've only spoken to him via the TMA chat we had sometime back. He was a pretty cool guy from what I got from the conversation. Don't remember if I ever played TM2PC with him.

Nevertheless, he will be missed. I always heard how important he was on here, his good character having no beef with anyone on TMA, and his detriment to keeping this place alive. Wish we spoke more.