MistaWiskas is currently incoherent and on hospice care. He is not expected to survive the 36 hours. I know that he always meant a lot to me as he did so many of you. It's such a sad deal. This was verified through his son. Please send up all the prayers that y'all can. ~Will Courtier~
Well this sucks. Wiskas was the last real thing keeping this place alive. When he hadn't posted anything since 1/3 I figured things went from bad to worse quickly for him. Godspeed brother.
Thank you, Will. Ryan and I had been trying to find out more information. This really sucks, but at least he should be comfortable now. Hospice usually does a good job of that. The guy has certainly suffered enough.
I'm in touch with all of his kids now. There is currently no fundraiser setup for him. Would anyone be interested in contributing? I can work with his kids to make it happen if there's interest. His kids are very thankful for our thoughts. They really seem like great people. I'll keep y'all updated on what happens. I guess that he went into full hospice care on Wednesday. ~Will Courtier~
Ugh. When he stopped responding in the other thread I feared the worst. Godspeed Wiskas. Will, let me know if anything gets set up. I'd be happy to contribute either through a fundraiser or just directly via paypal.
RIP Wiskas. Edit: Will, thank you for going to the effort of keeping us posted. I'm sure we all appreciate it.
Oh man, I just saw this. RIP. Years ago near the peak of internet forum use I suggested someone should make an app that would notify forums if a member passed away. Ironically, I think Wiskas was the only one who responded. Thanks for the info, Will.
So sad to hear about his passing. Over the years, he was always so supportive of the web site and such a nice personal guy in all the chats I had with him.
Whiska's widow has reached out to me, thanking us for all of our support. I have also talked to his son. I unfortunately have been busy with work the last few months and haven't been able to post much. But Wiskas asked her to reach out to us because we were such a big part of his life. I really want to do something for her. Just trying to think up what to do. `Will Courtier`
I just found out about this yesterday. The world lost a good dude. RIP MistaWiskas. On a positive note, it is nice to see so many familiar people still around here.
None of you know me, but I have been mostly lurking here for almost 20 years My heart breaks for all of you, Wiskas was a special part of this community
A simple thing I can think of if TweakMonkey agrees, he shared a lot of pictures of projects, and activities he was doing over the years, maybe make a post, change the banner, something everynow and then just as a memory I can only assume they're stored in some ones backup. Just a thought, not something monitory, and he was a legend on this site.
He was a good man. I posted little but checked in on you guys every day. I talked to Wiskas a lot offline because he was an old man like me. Over the last few years Wiskas, Goofus Maximus, and BigWill kept this place alive. You can only wonder if Goofus is no longer with us. I think if he would have just called it a day, he would have said goodbye.
Just popped back by out of whim today. What a bummer this is the first thread I see - RIP Whiskas, you were a fixture here.
I have given permission for Wiska's daughter, Melissa, to log on using my account so that she can view all of Wiska's posts. She tried making an account, but couldn't verify it. So I figured this is the easiest solution. She will let y'all know at the beginning of the post that it is her. Right now, she's viewing posts as far back as her childhood, remembering the good times and bad that led up to the posts on here. It might be a bit, but she will be making a post sometime soon. She has a flood of emotions right now, and rightfully so. She said that gaining access to her dad's posts on Tweak3d is probably the most meaningful gifts she's received. As much as we always loved Wiskas, Melissa loves us all the same. ~Will Courtier~
I have given permission for Wiska's daughter, Melissa, to log on using my account so that she can view all of Wiska's posts. She tried making an account, but couldn't verify it. So I figured this is the easiest solution. She will let y'all know at the beginning of the post that it is her. Right now, she's viewing posts as far back as her childhood, remembering the good times and bad that led up to the posts on here. It might be a bit, but she will be making a post sometime soon. She has a flood of emotions right now, and rightfully so. She said that gaining access to her dad's posts on Tweak3d is probably the most meaningful gifts she's received. As much as we always loved Wiskas, Melissa loves us all the same. ~Will Courtier~
I have given permission for Wiska's daughter, Melissa, to log on using my account so that she can view all of Wiska's posts. She tried making an account, but couldn't verify it. So I figured this is the easiest solution. She will let y'all know at the beginning of the post that it is her. Right now, she's viewing posts as far back as her childhood, remembering the good times and bad that led up to the posts on here. It might be a bit, but she will be making a post sometime soon. She has a flood of emotions right now, and rightfully so. She said that gaining access to her dad's posts on Tweak3d is probably the most meaningful gifts she's received. As much as we always loved Wiskas, Melissa loves us all the same. ~Will Courtier~
I've been logged in here for three days looking at old posts and memories, wanting to post, not knowing what to say. Melissa, I offer my condolences to you and yours first, know that he was loved and looked up to by most all on this site even old farts like me. R.I.P. Walt. Bruce
Hi, I am Melissa, Walts daughter, or 3 of 4 as my siblings and I jokingly call each other. I want to apologize for not posting sooner, life has been rough especially since my Dad passed. I really want to thank you all for the friendships you brought to my Dads life. I have heard of this forum from Dad many times throughout the years and I think I even had an account at one point. I always knew when he was excited or passionate about something by his voice and tone and there were times he would mention this forum and the group of people he knew on it....you guys mattered to him. That is the best way I can say it, you mattered to him. I know Mom Carol would agree and I know she is thankful to you all as well. Reading through some of my Dads posts has been incredible, yet painful but I can't think of a more meaningful gift than to get to read his writings. On many of them I think "Yup, that was Dad!" I wish you each only the very best and I hope you each find a bit of beauty in each day. Thank you for being a part of Mistawiskas life. I have permission to share a few pictures with you all, if I can manage to. Otherwise I will send them to Will.
Can I forward these pictures to anyone who could get them posted on here? I don't know how anymore. ~Will Courtier~
