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Bash 27 Retrospective

Violet CLM — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Last weekend was light on oldie visits, but heavy on great gameplay and fun chatter! Between that weekend and the days getting ready, I spent an entire week probably doing nothing but sleeping, working, and JJ2, sometimes with overlap… so it’s taken me some time to recover, but what a great few days!

If you enjoyed the levels we played, please remember to write reviews so the level creators feel appreciated!

What’s next? I know it’s been a while, but you should be able to expect some JJ2+ news soon… ;)

Finally, I recorded most of the bash—here’s day 2, day 3, and day 4, but twitch deleted all of day 1. Everyone else please feel welcome to drop your own recording links in the comments too.

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BASH is TODAY

cooba — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:19:40 +0000

Anniversary Bash 27 is planned to begin today, between 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM!

Download the packs here:

Battle | CTF | see the full list

The Bash will be hosted by PN Events, courtesy of ShakerNL.

See you soon!

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Anniversary Bash is this weekend

Violet CLM — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 08:07:50 +0000

It’s April 9th, and you know what that means… it’s the anniversary of Jazz Jackrabbit 2’s shareware release! 27 years ago today, people around the world first began blasting each other in Diamondus Warzone. Tune in this Friday for the Anniversary Bash weekend-long party, and look forward to the bash’s level packs being posted to J2O soon.

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Holiday Hare 26 Released

Violet CLM — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:21:00 +0000

A glitch in linear time has resulted in Holiday Hare 26 getting released twenty months early!

In this pack, instead of focusing on winter holidays, Jazz will go on a tour of holidays from all throughout the year. The first level, “Skull Issue,” will be inspired by Dia de los Muertos and feature Jazz reconnecting with familiar names who are no longer with us, such as Vigilante, Blobby, Zoe Cottontail, and jazzjackrabbit.net.

The next level will be named “GoldenEye 777” and seems likely to incorporate themes from St. Patrick’s Day and gambling, but because the pack is from the future, most of the levels can’t successfully be played because they rely on JJ2+ features that haven’t been released yet. A new class “jjVOXELMAP” looks especially interesting, as well as a new function “jjTilesFromChatGPT.”

Mechanically we can make a few inferences from the first level. Similarly to other Holiday Hare episodes, players will be tasked with collecting gems (or skulls), mainly because in the year 2026 everyone will work in emerald mines for a living anyway. The gift boxes will also return, but the April Fools Day level’s script suggests that most of the gift boxes will hit you with boxing gloves when opened.

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Anniversary Bash 27 approaching

cooba — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:22:56 +0000

Clear your calendars for Anniversary Bash 27! The annual event celebrating the shareware release of Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is scheduled for April 11th to April 13th.

The Bash is the community’s longest standing tradition. This occassion marks the largest gathering of players in the Jazz calendar, with several old time players usually coming by with a freeze frame and a “SPECIAL GUEST STAR” card. If you want a taste of Jazz both new and old, come play!

To join the Bash server, the JJ2+ patch will be required – get it now, if for some reason you still don’t!

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JCS Awards 2024 Results

cooba — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:40:00 +0000

The votes have been tallied, and the results of the JCS Awards 2024 vote are now in!

Best Battle of 2024: Titan Armory
Best CTF of 2024: Copper web and Saline Shores
Best Single Player of 2024: Diamondus Ultimate
Best AngelScript of 2024: Astral Witchcraft
Best Eyecandy of 2024: Astral Witchcraft
Best Author of 2024: Dragusela

Click here for a full breakdown of the vote totals, runners-up, and commentary from PurpleJazz.

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New Jazz arcade machine in Fortnite

Violet CLM — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 18:55:42 +0000

It’s time to reset the clock about whether Epic Games remembers that they made Jazz Jackrabbit!

Fortnite has gotten a new update at some point, adding arcade machines, and one of them is themed after Jazz Jackrabbit. The sprites on the side are all higher-definition versions of Jazz 2 menu sprites, and the face of the arcade machine uses an inexplicable redraw of a screenshot of Jazz 1, rather than just use a screenshot of Jazz 1.

One assumes the arcade machine is just a static texture, and not playable. This follows up from the poster discovered in 2017.

Another of the Fortnite machines references ZZT, a game with over 4000 custom worlds, presumably none of which would be playable on a hypothetical ZZT arcade machine.

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JCS Awards 2024

Violet CLM — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 20:26:00 +0000

Did you know that people made a lot of neat levels for Jazz Jackrabbit 2 in 2024? And did you know that you get to vote on which you think were the best?

Well, good news, it’s time for the JCS awards!

You can vote either by filling out a Google form or by replying to the JCF thread. Categories include:

- 17 nominees for Best Battle
- 17 nominees for Best CTF
- 4 nominees for Best Single Player
- 15 nominees for Best AngelScript
- 35 nominees for Best Eyecandy
- 8 nominees for Best Author

All voting must be done by the end of February ~~21st~~28th—that’s Friday of next week! Remember to give yourself time to check out the nominees, don’t wait until the last minute. Join in our longstanding community tradition.

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Awards for JDC Season 34

Violet CLM — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 18:35:10 +0000

Not even two days after the last Jazz Duelists’ Challenge season wrapped up, the awards are ready for season 34! Click through to see who’s good or bad at gambling, who types a lot, who won the most events, who won the most duels, and so on.

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End of JDC(E) Season 34

Violet CLM — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 22:34:03 +0000

JDC 34 finished on January 12th, and now the final matchup of JDCE 34 finally happened yesterday, with Superjazz finding himself defeated for a second time, and eliminated from the tourney.

The winner of this season’s JDCE, and consequently of the full season is, Krzysiek (114) at 2080 points! This is the fifth time Krzysiek has managed to come on top in JDCE, but his very first time winning the JDC season overall. Krzysiek also has the distinction of being the first Polish player to achieve the position of JDC Champion. Congratulations!

The most popular maps of this JDCE have been:

1. Titan Armory (PurpleJazz)
2. Rúnheimr (Seren)
3. A Titan, Ornery (cooba)

Click here to see the full mappool stats.

Stay tuned for the JDC 34 awards, and the 2024 JCS award voting, both coming soon…

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