Anniversary Bash VII

[R3ptile]

"Any volunteers who'd like to put together the level packs for Jazz2's seventh birthday? Or people who'd like to host the servers? Please apply here and we'll contact you."

(I would like to organize the packs again, it was really fun to do that last year. :H)

[Nielsje]

I'll agree with any Bash Organizer, as long as:
- The compiler is neutral (does not only pick levels from certain countries or levelgroups)
- The compiler ONLY picks levels from the past JJ2 Year (which means, from April 2004 to April 2005)

I think R3ptile would be pretty good in this job because I was quite satisfied with last year's Bash.

[Violet CLM]

I'll agree with any Bash Organizer, as long as:
- The compiler is neutral (does not only pick levels from certain countries or levelgroups)
- The compiler ONLY picks levels from the past JJ2 Year (which means, from April 2004 to April 2005)
.
I like this idea. Too many bashes have had levels like DW in BBLair which were made ages before the year we were celebrating.


(Or are we celebrating the year to come? In that case, we should only pick levels made in the year after the bash...)

[Tik]

I don't think including a few "traditional" favourites is so bad. The Anniversary Bash's are partly celebrating another year of Jazz, but they're also celebrating Jazz2 itself being released. But then again, I probably won't get to play much so whatever.

[R3ptile]

In my opinion, including the same old levels isn't needed. We got almost all of them in every bash except the sixth. Anyway, I'll be glad to create the packs again as I mentioned in my first post.

I expect Nimrod to host the dedicated server again, and I also hope that Shadow will bring that Anniversary Bash radio, that was really awesome. ;P

[Olsen]

I expect Nimrod to host the dedicated server again, and I also hope that Shadow will bring that Anniversary Bash radio, that was really awesome. ;P

Agreed on the Bash radio.

[CelL]

I'd be happy to compile the packs for the event.

[Superjazz]

Must agree with Chip and with the bash-radio. Just don't pick too much of the old favourites. They're overhosted and anyone who doesn't like the coming ab7-pack, may host his/her favorites him/herself.
Didn't even get why was dw put into ab5...Everyone has that level and just a fix of border and shield-removing doesn't make it that much better, imo.

So, I guess Rep should be let to organize this one as well. Last one was quite well done, although elmsjgca for example wasn't from that year and shouldn't have been in it. Avoid these.

[Snowball]

Could someone tell me _exacty_ what this is about? :D
I'd like to help if possible.

[cooba]

Didn't even get why was dw put into ab5...Everyone has that level and just a fix of border and shield-removing doesn't make it that much better, imo.Removing shield from DW is like deleting carrot on Just Got Carrot Away IMO.

@Snow
The annual Anniversary Bash, is being hosted every year on anniversary of release of JJ2's demo, which is April 7th. There are levelpacks supposed to be hosted, and someone (like R3p did yesteryear) must manage the levelpacks' progressing. And here we go again...

[DarkSonic]

Yay, a topic about AB7 already. I don't want to make the packs - I am probably too biased and include some of my levels. I think I have a great chance to have a level in the pack. =D If I won't get some level in, I am unhappy.
And btw, that radio really rocked, although I haven't heard alot last year. I agree with Chip's ideas as well. This gives me about 99% chance to get a level in.

[White Rabbit]

Some old lvls that were pretty good but not in any ABs should be put in this year's AB unless a decision is made that prevents it. I'm ok with pretty much any decent lvl in the AB pack unless they've already been in previous packs. Btw, I'll help you guys to pack!! ;)

[DarkSonic]

What would fit better with a AB7 pack than levels of the Packy Pack? =D.
Or something else... I'm quite sure XLM has some levels in.

[White Rabbit]

The...er..Packy Pack? Where might one..er...get one of those...er...packs? :O

[snzspeed]

im kinda sure the Clip Chaos is in.. but i don't know :O

[FireSworD]

*raises hand*

I'd be very willing to create the packs this year. I understand what the oldies as well as the more recently involved players want. I would balance the packs with classic levels as well as newer, high quality levels.

[cooba]

What about a FS vs. Rep poll =D?

[snzspeed]

No.

[Violet CLM]

@Snow
The annual Anniversary Bash, is being hosted every year on anniversary of release of JJ2's demo, which is April 7th.
9th.

[FQuist]

I would say try to have a new pack creator every year. Last bash pack was by Blackraptor (JJ1 bash), bash before by R3ptile. Before that it was Newspaz AFAIK. All were well created btw, you guys rock. You could also see if various people (who are good in communicating with eachother) working together to compile the levels list works. Then one person could create the actual pack.

[Blackraptor]

I made the JJ1 packs? Heh, barely remember that. 100 CTF levels and 115 battle (and like 18 treasure ;()

I really enjoyed Bash Radio last year, I listened to it for hours =P.

[blurredd]

(BlurredD and Trafton go by unnoticed for their AB contributions)

Just as well, since I didn't have enough time to fix the level selection for AB5. There were a few requests to include classic levels, so I submitted. That's when I came up with the idea that if classics are going to be included, it can't be the same ones used before in other AB pack.

[Superjazz]

I heard that Blur and Evilmike organized ab5 together? So, should we have multiple organizers this year also. Something from 2 to 4 organizers could think very well how they like of some levels together and then one of them would just make the pack from a preplanned list. That might be a better idea than a single organizer instead, so we would make more people glad who are willing to help in the pack-making.

By the way Rep, you once said that "The Tides of Marsh", which I originally finished for a jdc-event that early, would be surely in ab7. Hehe, so if you get to organize this pack, remember to put in that level at least, as it wasn't accepted to the jdc-event after all then, due to I was too late or something. Blah, I just always miss important things here at jazz2-community. Ok, I'm not forcing you to that but at least think about it, if you'll be an organizer. Filename was: "sjmarshb.j2l" It was a battle-level btw. And likely have a look of my other levels.

And then some other levels than mine, that I would recommend to be in ab7. Some of them might already have been nominated, but whatever:

Battle levels:
-Garden Brawl by FireSworD
-Tube Dreams by Snooze
-Tall Towers by EvilMonkey
-Toasted Territory by Satan
-Evilmike's Evil Fortress by Evilmike

CTF levels:
-X-Station by DarkSonic
-Mort Myre by Labratkid
-Deserted Paradise by Snooze
-Divide And Conquer by BlurredD
-Ragnarok's Stronghold by Ragnarok
-Sanctuary by CelL
-Apocalyptic Afterworld by Magoo
-Clipboard Chaos by Snooze
-Lemon Nightmare by Blackraptor
-Wonderfull Waterfalls by Satan

As you see, it's a lot easier to find decent ctf-levels than decent battle-levels. Battle-levels just aren't that interesting to make or there it's harder to make them more original, or such. There might have been more of decent levels at the jj2-community finished or uploaded, so those ones were just some good examples.

I guess you others could nominate some examples if you also know levels you like and which would fit ab7.

[R3ptile]

What about a FS vs. Rep poll =D?
Nah, that would be evil and insulting. Just let the AB7 organizers decide (whoever they are).

Picking the same overplayed levels would be really boring since they were put in every bash so far except the sixth one. I think that only the best levels from April 2004 to April 2005 should be put, but that's only my opinion.

I would say try to have a new pack creator every year.
Sorry, but I simply cannot agree. People who did such a good job in prior Anniversary Bashes and want to do that again so badly really deserve it. For example, Nimrod is arguably the best host we're able to get and that's why he deserves to host the AB again. Anyway, that's only my opinion (as I mentioned before) and there will be always people who disagree. :H

I heard that Blur and Evilmike organized ab5 together?
As far as I know, BlurredD and Trafton did.

[Nielsje]

I agree with all the levels SuperJazz posted, but please use some levels of me this time ;) (Quasar Quandary and Bay of Diamonds for example)

I will mike a list of things I like to see in the pack later

[R3ptile]

SJ forgot "What is this?!" by Newspaz, and perhaps some other levels.

[DarkSonic]

Well, there are still some CTF/Battle levels I don't see in your list and are quite good imo, SJ. And some levels no-one posted about... example :

CTF levels:

Technodus Cargo Station by Ragnarok
Winter Melody by CelL
Sacrifice by CelL
Twisted Winds/Haunted Castle/Lord Lemon (at least one of them, because imo they're the best of the pack SuperJazz)
X-Station is a good level, but maybe too small. I think I prefer Street Pass no. 1 over that, if there is going to be a level by me in.
Anarchy Inn. Or was it in the last bash?
This level is... Cold! COLD!!!! by EvilMike
Merry Hypothermia by Enigma

Battle levels :

Ragnarok's Fortress by Ragnarok
Abandoned Robotics Factory by FireSworD
Decrepit Ruins by LRK.
I think these are my ideas.

And yes, Chip, any level by you would be good =P

Btw, could someone send Divide And Conquer?

[Stijn]

OH WHEN I RELEASE (MOLECULAR MOOCOWS)² IT WONT BE OBLIGATORY

[cooba]

Anarchy Inn. Or was it in the last bash?It wasn't, although it's a must in AB7 >8)
Battle levels :

Ragnarok's Fortress by Ragnarok
It's CTF.

Also, there's a lot of stuffness in various packs uploaded "recently", like both OLC packs, Superjazz, or gg no re.

[snzspeed]

Well, there are still some CTF/Battle levels I don't see in your list and are quite good imo, SJ. And some levels no-one posted about... example :

CTF levels:

Technodus Cargo Station by Ragnarok
Winter Melody by CelL
Sacrifice by CelL
Twisted Winds/Haunted Castle/Lord Lemon (at least one of them, because imo they're the best of the pack SuperJazz)
X-Station is a good level, but maybe too small. I think I prefer Street Pass no. 1 over that, if there is going to be a level by me in.
Anarchy Inn. Or was it in the last bash?
This level is... Cold! COLD!!!! by EvilMike
Merry Hypothermia by Enigma

Battle levels :

Ragnarok's Fortress by Ragnarok
Abandoned Robotics Factory by FireSworD
Decrepit Ruins by LRK.
I think these are my ideas.

And yes, Chip, any level by you would be good =P

Btw, could someone send Divide And Conquer?
and Clip chaos :(

[DarkSonic]

and Clip chaos :(
SuperJazz has posted that already. I mentioned levels that he didn't post yet =P

[R3ptile]

Ragnarok's Stronghold = CTF
Ragnarok's Fortress = Battle

There are so many battle levels using Windstorm Fortress...

[Superjazz]

There might have been more of decent levels at the jj2-community finished or uploaded, so those ones were just some good examples.

Did you read that? I mean, that I actually just randomly chose some good examples, not that they're the only ones. "What is this?", was also a good one indeed, but I just didn't strangely find it from the battle-levels list. Oh, and I was too lazy to look at the TSF-ones, although there even wasn't many which would have had a high rating.

But probably TSF ones shouldn't be count because the server in ab7 should be changing all the time if there was 1.23 and 1.24 levels mixed.

[R3ptile]

TSF has a different community. Most of the people there are polish and barely speak English, which is very disappointing.

[DarkSonic]

TSF has a different community. Most of the people there are polish and barely speak English, which is very disappointing.
Yeah, and I do not have TSF =O
And btw, when I look at the serverlists on J2O and click on a TSF server to see who are in it, I notice that almost no-one of it is in a clan.

[Ragnarok!]

Yeah.. Anyway, it would be interesting organising AB7.. But isn't this Spaz's birthday? :p Also... Do the levels in, have to be released? And here are some levels I would like to be in AB7.. I probably am being an idiot saying my own levels.. but oh well.

CTF :

Technodus Cargo Station - Ragnarok
Medieval Skyscrapers - FireSworD
NotSB - DarkSonic
Demonic Home - Satan
Clipboard Chaos - Snooze
Lemon Nightmare - Blackraptor
25000 miles above the Earth - Satan
African Lowlands - Snooze
X Station - Darksonic
Bay of Diamonds - ChippieBW
Twisted Winds - SuperJazz
DarkSonic's Fortress - Darksonic
Ragnarok's Stronghold - Ragnarok
Efil Castle wid Waterz lols - ChippieBW
Divide and Conquer - BlurredD
Merry Hypothermia - Enigma
One spot - FireSworD
Surreal Landscapes - FireSworD
Sacrifice - CelL
Pie rocks! - Satan

That is 20 I can think of.. Now for Battle:

Jagged EctoPlasm - Labratkid
Forgotten Castle - Snooze
EvilMike's Evil Fortress - Evilmike
Abandoned Robots Factory - FireSworD
Cold Cavern - UrJazz and BlackRaptor
Ragnarok's Fortress - Ragnarok
Decrepit Ruins - LabRatKid
Golradir - CMDR Cats
Garden Brawl - FireSworD
E-Prime - BlurredD

Thats 10.. I hope this helped.. ;O

Actually... I would like to organise it ;D

[Nielsje]

Good choices, but unfortuantely lots of these level were made the previous year and already have been in another bash. About The Lion Sleeps Tonight, I disreccomend this level for Bash because it's too small.

[R3ptile]

What about Surreal Landscapes CTF? That was a good level...

[Ragnarok!]

They have? I dont think so, they were released in 2004 and 2005 or not released but made then.. Also, I looked through AB6 earlier.. Maybe I missed them

[Ragnarok!]

BTW, who is organising this? ;/

[Violet CLM]

Include What is this?! and I will be happy.

[Nielsje]

Pageclaim

We're still discussing about the organizers. R3ptile gets my vote.

[Ragnarok!]

Nah. I don't mind so much who organises it. R3ptile did it last year. Maybe give someone else a chance... ;p But it dont matter so much... And you can look at my list. I editted it 8D

[Sciz CT]

I suppose this means I should finish the level I started last year. Blar.

[FireSworD]

If anyone has an original idea of how to edit DW or Battle1, that would be great.

To be more specific: I didn't want to be the one to make it. :)

[Violet CLM]

Merge them into one level.

[Radium]

And call it "Battle Warzone", because it's better than "Diamondus 1"

[blurredd]

Put the shield back into DW, except make it only for 15 seconds. No wait... I did that already. If you edit DW or B1, add a 15 second shield so that all the oldies can complain. Good times.

[Ragnarok!]

I remade B1 before.. I did do a few edits... =\

[White Rabbit]

Did you read that? I mean, that I actually just randomly chose some good examples, not that they're the only ones. "What is this?", was also a good one indeed, but I just didn't strangely find it from the battle-levels list. Oh, and I was too lazy to look at the TSF-ones, although there even wasn't many which would have had a high rating.

But probably TSF ones shouldn't be count because the server in ab7 should be changing all the time if there was 1.23 and 1.24 levels mixed.

Most good TSF lvls using noin-TSF tilesets have been made into TSF by accident. :p It would be nice, however, to see Fright Night, Hot Town and Rocking streets in AB7.

[Ragnarok!]

Fright night was in AB6. ;/

[White Rabbit]

Huh? So it must've used that converted Haunted tileset?

[R3ptile]

Indeed, WR.

CelL and FS are going to organize AB7.

[White Rabbit]

*eats Cell*

Congratulations. :D Don't disappoint the community.

[Nielsje]

Make a list please, so I can criticize it.

[Ragnarok!]

Meanness

[White Rabbit]

Cel has requested everyone to stop annoying him. But you can always ask Cell.

[DarkSonic]

Cel has requested everyone to stop annoying him. But you can always ask Cell.
I found out already. I won't ask something about this again, I promise.

[Enigma]

Considering the quality of their own work, I think we can safely assume that Cell and FS have a fairly good taste in levels. Should be an interesting anniversary bash.

[Sasik]

We hope so :)

[FireSworD]

Finally, after all the waiting. I and CelL worked on both packs together (not just one working on a certain pack).

Here they are! Hope you guys enjoy them:


//Battle Pack

01 // Carrotus Squash - martin
02 // Green Beret - Bluez
03 // What is this?! - NewSpaz
04 // Rainy Rain Forest - Splash
05 // Burning Desert - Blade
06 // Higher Fragging Rate - FireSworD
07 // Shine-o-rific land - EvilMike
08 // EvilMikes Temple - EvilMike
09 // Bobbo Meats Royalty - HiDDeN
10 // Battle In The Castle - Satan
11 // MyStIc FoReSt CaVe - Spy
12 // The Dark Fortress - CelL
13 // Plastic Fortress - Commander Dats
14 // Forsaken - BlurredD
15 // Toxic Waste - ShadowGPW
16 // EvilMike's Evil Fortress - EvilMike
17 // Miniature Battle1 - Newspaz
18 // Villian Village - Cooba
19 // Where Warrior Falls - Jeh
20 // Cold Mini Battle - DethMan


//CTF Pack

01 // Bloodbunny's Lair - Bloodbunny
02 // Happy Canyon CTF - stripe
03 // GEMneric CTF - stripe
04 // Medieval Skyscrappers - FireSworD
05 // Sanctuary - CelL
06 // Slab RatZ - ShadowGpW
07 // One Silvery Penny - CelL
08 // Quasar Quandary - ChippieBW
09 // Surfs Up CTF - martin
10 // Clipboard Chaos - Snooz
11 // Sacrifice - CelL
12 // Ext Morse - ShadowGpW
13 // Apocalyptic Afterworld - MaGoo
14 // 7th Lava Fall - Dethman
15 // Anarchy Inn - BlurredD
16 // Glowing Poison - EvilMike
17 // Happy Castle - stripe
18 // Fiersome Flaggin' - Disguise
19 // Fright Night CTF - martin
20 // Diamondus Warzone - Jeh


-fs

[Chiyu]

love @ DW & QQ

[Violet CLM]

(What was the point of asking if you could use my level, then?)

[DarkSonic]

I find the lists a bit... weird. It's not that I am asking for a list full of XLM/my levels, but alot of levels are still forgotten.
1. The list with the Battle levels has some levels that aren't worth this list imo. Is that Bobo Meets Reality just a joke or is it really a good level?
2. The CTF list has none of SuperJazz's pack, and imo that pack had some levels that are good enough for AB7.
3. CelL said he was going to add a level of me for sure, what happened? Did FS dislike it or something?
4. I can agree with old levels like Happy Canyon, but not with JAIL aka Happy Castle.
5. I am sad.

[snzspeed]

replace Happy castle with some level of Superjazz.. and ill be happy.

other than that, nice list :)

[Gr33n Pl4nt]

Half of them are old and are levels of ppl that don't even play anymore - sorry to put it bluntly but so much for AB7

[Nielsje]

Thousands of people asked to only add new levels to the list. After some discussing we agreed we could allow some old levels in the pack. And what do we get? THIS BASH CONTAINS ABOUT THREE NEW LEVELS AND THE REST IS OLD. Bah. I'm very, very disappointed. Also for DarkSonic, you promised him honestly to put one of his levels in the pack. But you didn't. Shame on you guys.

[snzspeed]

Its still good bash imo.

[Nielsje]

Let someone make an alternative list.

[Newspaz]

I think the lists are great.

[snzspeed]

orignally posted by ChippieBW
let someone make an alternative list


no..

[blurredd]

Believe it or not, but I agree with the list entirely. It should be fun, especially since all the oldies will know a lot of the levels. And isn't that the purpose of Anniversary Bash packs? Getting older and newer players into a server where the playing field is even should lead to fun had by all. The classics are all great choices, too. I can sense the nostalgia already. IMHO, AB7 should be especially fun, and possibly one of the best. I know I'll enjoy it, and so should you.

[snzspeed]

Half of them are old and are levels of ppl that don't even play anymore - sorry to put it bluntly but so much for AB7

Why do you care, you dont have jj2 installed..

[DarkSonic]

01 // Carrotus Squash - martin
02 // Green Beret - Bluez
03 // What is this?! - NewSpaz
04 // Rainy Rain Forest - Splash
05 // Burning Desert - Blade
06 // Higher Fragging Rate - FireSworD
07 // Shine-o-rific land - EvilMike
08 // EvilMikes Temple - EvilMike
09 // Bobbo Meats Royalty - HiDDeN
10 // Battle In The Castle - Satan
11 // MyStIc FoReSt CaVe - Spy
12 // The Dark Fortress - CelL
13 // Plastic Fortress - Commander Dats
14 // Forsaken - BlurredD
15 // Toxic Waste - ShadowGPW
16 // EvilMike's Evil Fortress - EvilMike
17 // Miniature Battle1 - Newspaz
18 // Villian Village - Cooba
19 // Where Warrior Falls - Jeh
20 // Cold Mini Battle - DethMan


//CTF Pack

01 // Bloodbunny's Lair - Bloodbunny
02 // Happy Canyon CTF - stripe
03 // GEMneric CTF - stripe
04 // Medieval Skyscrappers - FireSworD
05 // Sanctuary - CelL
06 // Slab RatZ - ShadowGpW
07 // One Silvery Penny - CelL
08 // Quasar Quandary - ChippieBW
09 // Surfs Up CTF - martin
10 // Clipboard Chaos - Snooz
11 // Sacrifice - CelL
12 // Ext Morse - ShadowGpW
13 // Apocalyptic Afterworld - MaGoo
14 // 7th Lava Fall - Dethman
15 // Anarchy Inn - BlurredD
16 // Glowing Poison - EvilMike
17 // Happy Castle - stripe
18 // Fiersome Flaggin' - Disguise
19 // Fright Night CTF - martin
20 // Diamondus Warzone - Jeh


-fs

Let's see what I think of the levels.. one-by-one.
Battle levels :
1. Carrotus Squash : definitely a classic. Unmissable.
2. Green Beret : Good old level that I haven't played alot.
3. What is this ?! : Good new level, also unmissable.
4. Rainy Rain Forest : probably a good level, haven't played this yet.
5. Burning Desert : Old level by Blade? Probably one of the levels out of his pack.
6. Higher Fragging Rate : Good level. No problem.
7. Shine-o-rific Land : Good old level, no problem.
8. EvilMike's Hidden Temple : Played this in JB version, and I have no problem with it.
9. Bobo Meats Royalty : This is probably a joke.
10. Battle in the Castle : A level that was in AB6 as well, but I find it a good level.
11 // MyStIc FoReSt CaVe : Another old level that's a bit confusing.
12 // The Dark Fortress : Good level, but it was in AB5 as well.
13 // Plastic Fortress : Dunno alot about this level.
14 // Forsaken : Great level, has to be in.
15 // Toxic Waste : I don't know alot about this level.
16 // EvilMike's Evil Fortress : Great level, has to be in for sure.
17 // Miniature Battle1 : Too small.
18 // Villian Village : Unknown level for me, haven't seen this alot.
19 // Where Warrior Falls : Another old level that's a bit unknown.
20 // Cold Mini Battle : ?
CTF levels :
01 // Bloodbunny's Lair : Very old level and very overplayed. Was in AB3 and 5 as well.
02 // Happy Canyon CTF : Old level, but I understand why it's in and I have no problem with it.
03 // GEMneric CTF : Quite unknown level for me. But I have played this sometimes.
04 // Medieval Skyscrappers : One of my favourite levels.
05 // Sanctuary : Unmissable level.
06 // Slab RatZ : Good level, but could be a bit too small.
07 // One Silvery Penny : Fun level.
08 // Quasar Quandary : Only XLM level in the list, but a good choice.
09 // Surfs Up CTF : Nice level, it's one of the underplayed old levels.
10 // Clipboard Chaos : I understand why this is in. And I have no problem with it.
11 // Sacrifice : Good level that almost won the JJ2WC contest.
12 // Ext Morse : Is this that Space Warbase level? That's quite small.
13 // Apocalyptic Afterworld : Nice level that has to be in.
14 // 7th Lava Fall : Way too big level in my opinion, and a bit confusing.
15 // Anarchy Inn : This deserves to be in.
16 // Glowing Poison : Bit weird layout, but original level.
17 // Happy Castle : Too many dead ends, and it was in AB3 and 5.
18 // Fiersome Flaggin' : Haven't played this alot lately.
19 // Fright Night CTF : Big level, but it's good enough.
20 // Diamondus Warzone : Some people hate it, some people love it. It's very old and overplayed.

Conclusion : A list with old levels and new levels that are mostly by OLC members. No levels out of SuperJazz's pack, or one of my levels in.

[Nielsje]

Believe it or not, but I agree with the list entirely. It should be fun, especially since all the oldies will know a lot of the levels. And isn't that the purpose of Anniversary Bash packs? Getting older and newer players into a server where the playing field is even should lead to fun had by all. The classics are all great choices, too. I can sense the nostalgia already. IMHO, AB7 should be especially fun, and possibly one of the best. I know I'll enjoy it, and so should you.

If Bashes should be all about nostalgia, then I don't see why we should compose a new pack every year.

[Superjazz]

Probably people just don't ever get a note of my levels as they're so unknown and...yeah, not many really like them or remember to even look at them. I can probably deal with that, and I would gladly end this post into here but there's something I really wonder;

No XLM-levels except Chip's QQ. No levels by me, Rag or DS. This sounds some sort of biasedness already. After all I guess I trusted you, ab7-organizers in vain, and I wouldn't call that amount of old levels(before ab6), just a few. More than half of the levels were older than ab6, and probably this could be one reason why there weren't more XLM-levels, or so.
That's something what makes me dislike this pack. This looks a lot worse than last year's, and I'm not writing this cause none of my levels were in, but how could somebody be so cruel that include something like Diamondus Warzone after putting it into nearly every Ab-pack. No thanks, this makes me kinda angry already.

[Violet CLM]

//Battle Pack
01 // Carrotus Squash - Old (1999 or so?) level, played a lot already, good but certainly not new, iffy approval.
02 // Green Beret - Old level, played a lot already, has long since lost all enjoyment value, no approval.
03 // What is this?! - Actually a new level, well designed, full approval.
04 // Rainy Rain Forest - Very old level, not as well known, iffy approval.
05 // Burning Desert - Never heard of it, presumably medium-old level, no other comments.
06 // Higher Fragging Rate - Not particularly old level, not too well known, modern enough, approval.
07 // Shine-o-rific land - Very old level, played a lot already, good but certainly not old, little approval.
08 // EvilMikes Temple - Old level, bla bla bla, same as above.
09 // Bobbo Meats Royalty - Extremely old level, good as a token vintage, medium approval.
10 // Battle In The Castle - Never heard of it, no information.
11 // MyStIc FoReSt CaVe - Old level, long since lost all enjoyment value, little approval.
12 // The Dark Fortress - Don't remember which level this was, might be new, might be old.
13 // Plastic Fortress - Old level, don't remember what it was like.
14 // Forsaken - Presumably new level, approval by default.
15 // Toxic Waste - Old level, iffy approval.
16 // EvilMike's Evil Fortress - Old level, iffy approval.
17 // Miniature Battle1 - Relatively modern level, fun and not yet overdone, full approval.
18 // Villian Village - New level, decent design, full approval.
19 // Where Warrior Falls - Extremely old level, not as overdone as some, medium approval.
20 // Cold Mini Battle - Extremely old level, won't last very long, iffy approval.


//CTF Pack

01 // Bloodbunny's Lair - Extremely old level, extremely overplayed, all fun value long gone, no approval.
02 // Happy Canyon CTF - Extremely old level, little approval.
03 // GEMneric CTF - Can't remember level at all.
04 // Medieval Skyscrappers - Not sure I've ever played this.
05 // Sanctuary - New, approval despite not remembering level.
06 // Slab RatZ - Old level, hosted a lot, no approval.
07 // One Silvery Penny - Kind of new level, full approval.
08 // Quasar Quandary - Very new level, full approval.
09 // Surfs Up CTF - Not sure I've ever played this.
10 // Clipboard Chaos - Not sure I've ever played this.
11 // Sacrifice - Never played it, apparently new and popular, full approval.
12 // Ext Morse - Not sure I've ever played this.
13 // Apocalyptic Afterworld - Can't remember level at all.
14 // 7th Lava Fall - Quite old level, rather poor in general, no approval.
15 // Anarchy Inn - Not sure I've ever played this.
16 // Glowing Poison - Not sure I've ever played this.
17 // Happy Castle - Very old level, played a lot, still fun but certainly not modern, iffy approval.
18 // Fiersome Flaggin' - Not sure I've ever played this.
19 // Fright Night CTF - Can't remember level at all.
20 // Diamondus Warzone - Third oldest CTF level in existence, most overplayed level in existence, all fun value gone five years ago, no approval in the world.

[blurredd]

If Bashes should be all about nostalgia, then I don't see why we should compose a new pack every year.
That could be arranged.

[cooba]

01 // Carrotus Squash - martin
02 // Green Beret - Bluez
05 // Burning Desert - Blade
09 // Bobbo Meats Royalty - HiDDeN
11 // MyStIc FoReSt CaVe - Spy
20 // Cold Mini Battle - DethMan


01 // Bloodbunny's Lair - Bloodbunny
02 // Happy Canyon CTF - stripe
03 // GEMneric CTF - stripe
14 // 7th Lava Fall - Dethman
17 // Happy Castle - stripe
18 // Fiersome Flaggin' - Disguise
19 // Fright Night CTF - martin
20 // Diamondus Warzone - Jehyaaaay no

[Gr33n Pl4nt]

Why do you care, you dont have jj2 installed..

My CD is still in one piece

[Superjazz]

I would call this rather kind of celebrating that the oldies left and they're no more than that we celebrate what have we achieved this year and that jj2 is still alive.
A real wonder was that Garden Brawl wasn't in, this pack is really weird and I'm sure you made several people angry/sad cause all these overplayed levels.
If my levels are so unknown and non-popular, why did you include such older and non-popular levels then? They're from around year 5000 B.C.

Yeah, I know...old levels shouldn't be critized so toughly because they're so old and they were good some years ago. But the truth why new levels should be played more is that they get more modern and they just simply crush the old ones. In my opinion, hardly even 10% of the old levels are classics and very popular ones nowadays.

[Olsen]

I agreed on that you should add Garden Brawl.

[White Rabbit]

I was under the impression that FS and Cell would not choose any lvls that were in pervious AB packs. Any decent lvls that weren't in previous packs I approve of but that means I have little support for the list in general because of all the old lvls.

The lvls I am especially against is Diamondus Warzone, 7th Lava Fall, Where Warriors Fall, Evilmike's Evil temple, Shine-o-rific land and Carrotus Squash.

[snzspeed]

I was under the impression that FS and Cell would not choose any lvls that were in pervious AB packs. Any decent lvls that weren't in previous packs I approve of but that means I have little support for the list in general because of all the old lvls.

The lvls I am especially against is Diamondus Warzone, 7th Lava Fall, Where Warriors Fall, Evilmike's Evil temple, Shine-o-rific land and Carrotus Squash.

Same here. everything else pwns

[R3ptile]

Haha, Cell complained so much when I picked levels like BBLAIR for JJ2WC's mappool, and now he put all of them in Anniversary Bash 7. I'm disappointed.

[Superjazz]

Better would be that the whole community should be able to vote for an organizer to the next ab with a poll. Allright, maybe I'm too early with this, whatever. That wasn't selfpity. :D

[R3ptile]

Well, FS and CelL aren't serious at all if they made a fake list.

[Gr33n Pl4nt]

Well, FS and CelL aren't serious at all if they made a fake list.

How likely is that?

[Superjazz]

Well yah, I somehow guess I made all those complaints and stuff in vain and this list was after all just a test how does the community react if they make such list.

Well, there you can read my replies and how did I react. Well, I really hope people are right and this is only a...joke. Hope FS and CelL will forget my blamings if this is fake, otherwise I won't have any levels in anyway. :D

Just wondering when are they going to reveal is it fake or not. No respond yet and many posts of blamings and complainings have already appeared to this thread. Even from me. :eek:

[White Rabbit]

If this lvl list is for real, (and if it isn't I will not be amused ;D), I think that maybe we should have a general public vote next time rather than letting two ppl choose for all of us. What do you think? Direct or representative democracy? Or no democracy at all? Hehe.

[snzspeed]

Well yah, I somehow guess I made all those complaints and stuff in vain and this list was after all just a test how does the community react if they make such list.

Well, there you can read my replies and how did I react. Well, I really hope people are right and this is only a...joke. Hope FS and CelL will forget my blamings if this is fake, otherwise I won't have any levels in anyway. :D

Just wondering when are they going to reveal is it fake or not. No respond yet and many posts of blamings and complainings have already appeared to this thread. Even from me. :eek:

i dont see any reason why FS/Cell would "fake" a list, (FTR)

(FTR)

[There are these nice rules that require you to be at least a bit civil. Abide by them. Flame tag removal. -FQuist]

[Ragnarok!]

Wasn't it meant to be a list of the NEWEST good levels? ;O I thought all of these were played in other ABs.. And about 7/40 of them are new.. ;l

[DarkSonic]

Hmmm... THe level list looks ok, could use some work, but I won't complain. What I find interesting is that some of you aren't liking it because it lacks levels from a specific level group, which I find absolutely absurd. I mean, there may have been a bit if bias when selecting the levels, who knows, but to complain just because none of your level group's levels were put in is a bit childish. And to go to as far to say that you will not go to AB7 because the level selection is horrible is also pretty childish because I see no reason not to go, even with bad levels you can have tons of fun. Obviously if you are so stubborn that you believe it will be bad and it can't be anything else than it's your own fault that you're not having having. Thats just my 2 cents.
It's not that I hate that there are almost no levels in from a specific level group, but I am just against some classics.

[snzspeed]

You people could show some respect to CelL's/FS's work.. its not easy to organise AB7

[DarkSonic]

You people could show some respect to CelL's/FS's work.. its not easy to organise AB7
Only good thing I can say is that there are some good new levels in, and some underlooked oldies.

[Ragnarok!]

You people could show some respect to CelL's/FS's work.. its not easy to organise AB7

Only reason you are happy is that your level is in.

Anyway, yeah it is hard to organise things. BUT WHY OLD LEVELS?

1) If it is because we need to appreciate the oldies? - THEY DON'T APPRECIATE HALF OF US

2) If it is to remember old levels - WE PLAY THEM ALL THE TIME.

Anyway, I thought loads of other levels would be in, but I guess I was wrong.

Well, it could be fun, it depends on how you react to it. If you try to make it fun, it can be.

[snzspeed]

Only reason you are happy is that your level is in.

Anyway, yeah it is hard to organise things. BUT WHY OLD LEVELS?

1) If it is because we need to appreciate the oldies? - THEY DON'T APPRECIATE HALF OF US

2) If it is to remember old levels - WE PLAY THEM ALL THE TIME.

Anyway, I thought loads of other levels would be in, but I guess I was wrong.

Well, it could be fun, it depends on how you react to it. If you try to make it fun, it can be.

well, im happy, but not, because my level is in. though i think i can be happy because my level is in, if i want. and you need to stop complaining about everything :7

[Ragnarok!]

NEWSFLASH : Loads of others are complaining.

[R3ptile]

That's my suggestion:

CTF:
01. Nuclear Afterblast \ BlurredD
02. LeMoN NiGhTmArE \ Blackraptor
03. Quasar Quandary \ ChippieBW
04. Sarcifice \ CelL
05. Technodus Cargo Station \ Ragnarok & Green Plant
06. Lord Lemon \ Superjazz
07. Medieval Skyscrapers \ FireSworD
08. Lava Lagoon \ Scizor CT
09. Sancutary \ CelL
10. Apocalyptic Afterworld \ MaGoo
11. Ragnarok's Stronghold \ Ragnarok & Green Plant
12. Clipboard Chaos \ Snooze
13. Winter Melody \ CelL
14. Mort Myre \ Labratkid
15. Anarchy Inn \ BlurredD
16. NOT Security Breach v2 \ DarkSonic
17. One Spot \ FireSworD
18. Letni is a freaky place \ EvilMike
19. Sixpack \ Superjazz
20. Merry Hypothermia \ Enigma

Battle:
01. E. Prime \ BlurredD
02. Garden Brawl \ FireSworD
03. What is this?! \ Newspaz
04. Fort Oblivion \ BlurredD
05. Hyperborean Biosphere \ Labratkid
06. Villain Village \ Cooba
07. Buccaneer Bay \ Labratkid
08. EvilMike's Evil Fortress \ EvilMike
09. Shock Station \ Blackraptor
10. Grass Hill Citadel \ BlurredD
11. Ragnarok's Fortress \ Ragnarok
12. starlight falls II \ BlurredD
13. Darker Insomnia \ Booshi
14. Christmax \ Olsen
15. Abandoned Robotrics Factory \ FireSworD
16. Decrepit Ruins \ Labratkid
17. Forgotten Castle \ Snooze
18. Gold Rush Mountains \ White Rabbit
19. WORST CHRISTMAS LEVEL EVER \ Unhit
20. Tube Dreams \ Snooze

[Nielsje]

MUCH better :D

[snzspeed]

YES INDEED 8D

[FireSworD]

...And R3ptile comes to save the day. How cute.

[Superjazz]

Cute indeed. :7

[snzspeed]

people are waiting... post the real lists already...

[SkulL]

You all forgot Coca colla battle and Skulls planet !

[White Rabbit]

Aren't those both your lvls? :) Yeah, they should've been included for various reasons.

[cooba]

20. NOT Security Breach v2 \ DarkSonic

14. Christmax \ Olsen
15. XLM Woods \ Dx
19. Y-mas \ Black NinjaMore yaaaay no.

[Olsen]

GJ r3p! MUCH BETTER! 8D

[DarkSonic]

More yaaaay no.
What the heck do you mean with that? There weren't many good Battle levels this year, and I don't understand why you dislike NOTSB because you said it's much better than QQ.

[White Rabbit]

Y-Mas is also an ok CTF lvl, from what I've seen. Also, a lot of fun public game lvls weren't added. Stuff like Algid Jollification are small, but big enough to hold everyone for some seriously intense CTF action. Other lvls include Battle1 and Battle2. ;P

[DarkSonic]

Y-Mas is a Battle level =P

[White Rabbit]

Y-Mas is a Battle level =P

No wonder I lost there.

[R3ptile]

Y-Mas is also an ok CTF lvl, from what I've seen. Also, a lot of fun public game lvls weren't added. Stuff like Algid Jollification are small, but big enough to hold everyone for some seriously intense CTF action. Other lvls include Battle1 and Battle2. ;P
Oh, seems like I forgot the levels from TF's pack. :(

[DarkSonic]

You forgot Myriadus as well D=

[snzspeed]

there's so much people waiting for the real lists.... post them already please :D

[FQuist]

You do realize the bash is still almost a month off do you, Snooze?

[snzspeed]

yeah i do, but it would be nice to see the level-lists earlier, so people could give suggestions

[Ragnarok!]

I think it'd be more fun IF..! FS and CelL didn't tell anyone what levels were in until the server gets up. R3p's list is good btw.

[Olsen]

R3p's list rocks

[Jo Li KMC]

Here's a thought.

Does anyone actually play the default levels anymore? I say throw one or two of those levels into the Anniversary Bash VII's cycle. Just for kicks.

[Violet CLM]

Well, see, yes, we do play the default levels. At least, we play Battle1, Battle2 and Capture3. Capture3 is on that list. Battle1 is not because people are sick of it. The others aren't because they don't really have very good level design.

[Jo Li KMC]

And now you know for certain that I don't read half of what's written.

[the WINNER]

Joseph Collins... the default levels are overplayed. Levels being overplayed are the exact reason why we are complaining about CelL's and FS's list.

[R3ptile]

Most of the levels are more like old than overplayed, but whatever.

[blurredd]

Bring on the chaos.

[R3ptile]

That's my suggestion:

CTF:
01. Nuclear Afterblast \ BlurredD
02. LeMoN NiGhTmArE \ Blackraptor
03. Quasar Quandary \ ChippieBW
04. Sarcifice \ CelL
05. Technodus Cargo Station \ Ragnarok & Green Plant
06. Lord Lemon \ Superjazz
07. Medieval Skyscrapers \ FireSworD
08. Lava Lagoon \ Scizor CT
09. Sancutary \ CelL
10. Apocalyptic Afterworld \ MaGoo
11. Ragnarok's Stronghold \ Ragnarok & Green Plant
12. Clipboard Chaos \ Snooze
13. Winter Melody \ CelL
14. Mort Myre \ Labratkid
15. Anarchy Inn \ BlurredD
16. NOT Security Breach v2 \ DarkSonic
17. One Spot \ FireSworD
18. Letni is a freaky place \ EvilMike
19. Sixpack \ Superjazz
20. Merry Hypothermia \ Enigma

Battle:
01. E. Prime \ BlurredD
02. Garden Brawl \ FireSworD
03. What is this?! \ Newspaz
04. Fort Oblivion \ BlurredD
05. Hyperborean Biosphere \ Labratkid
06. Villain Village \ Cooba
07. Buccaneer Bay \ Labratkid
08. EvilMike's Evil Fortress \ EvilMike
09. Shock Station \ Blackraptor
10. Grass Hill Citadel \ BlurredD
11. Ragnarok's Fortress \ Ragnarok
12. starlight falls II \ BlurredD
13. Darker Insomnia \ Booshi
14. Christmax \ Olsen
15. Abandoned Robotrics Factory \ FireSworD
16. Decrepit Ruins \ Labratkid
17. Forgotten Castle \ Snooze
18. Gold Rush Mountains \ White Rabbit
19. WORST CHRISTMAS LEVEL EVER \ Unhit
20. Tube Dreams \ Snooze
Done. :)

[White Rabbit]

Yay! My lvl's in the pack. ;D
This is just a suggestion list, right?

[R3ptile]

This is just a suggestion list, right?
Affirmative.

[FireSworD]

Yes. There are 20 levels in each pack, they are big enough to be ab7 packs. Thoose are suggestions, yup.

[Ðx]

01. Nuclear Afterblast \ BlurredD
15. Anarchy Inn \ BlurreD

04. Fort Oblivion \ BlurredD


Wher can i get these levels?!


W

[DarkSonic]

01. Nuclear Afterblast \ BlurredD
15. Anarchy Inn \ BlurreD

04. Fort Oblivion \ BlurredD


Wher can i get these levels?!


W
Nuclear Afterblast :
www.jazz2online.com/d3/nblast.zip
Anarchy Inn : Don't know.
Fort Oblivion : example level from WSF, so download the tileset.

[R3ptile]

01. Nuclear Afterblast \ BlurredD
04. Fort Oblivion \ BlurredD
Nuclear Afterblast is included in this (http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/files/jj2wc2ctf.zip) pack.
Fort Oblivion is one of Windstorm Fortress (http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/downloads/download.php?levelID=3135)' example levels.

[Olsen]

That's my suggestion:

14. Christmax \ Olsen


<3 R3p

[cooba]

Wher can i get these levels?!Probably on THE INTERNET!

[Tubz]

I really should care enough to join this, at least this year.

[White Rabbit]

Afaik, you can't get Anarchy Inn at J2o but I do have on in my Cache folder if you want it.

[Ðx]

Also:


04. Fort Oblivion \ BlurredD
12. Fort Oblivion \ BlurredD

[White Rabbit]

Lol. Reptile seems to be loving Blurred's lvl. ;P

[cooba]

Also:


04. Fort Oblivion \ BlurredDI seem to recall... On the INTERNET!

[Tubz]

Good thing there are two servers for this. Because I would never want to play CTF. Whee, Battle only owns!

[Nielsje]

Ehm, I guess it will be the same thing as last year: first few days Battle, then CTF. And only one server.

[Ragnarok!]

Fort Oblivion was in AB6.

[DarkSonic]

Fort Oblivion was in AB6.
Yeah. But we can't find alot of good Battle levels from this year. So AB6 levels can be in AB7 as well =P

[Ragnarok!]

What about my fortress ;(((

[Stijn]

Why is WORST CHRISTMAS LEVEL EVER in while Superslick Santa Showdown isn't? Sure, it may be glitchy and bumpy but I'd say it's better than WCLE.

[DarkSonic]

WORST CHRISTMAS LEVEL EVER is a bit small. You said X-Station and DarkSonic's Fortress are too small, but I guess WORST CHRISTMAS LEVEL EVER is smaller, same for Tube Dreams.(@R3ptile)

[cooba]

http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?t=12525

[White Rabbit]

But Flash, it's only Reptile's suggestion list. FS and Cell will probably not follow the list. ;P

[R3ptile]

WORST CHRISTMAS LEVEL EVER is a bit small. You said X-Station and DarkSonic's Fortress are too small, but I guess WORST CHRISTMAS LEVEL EVER is smaller, same for Tube Dreams.(@R3ptile)
These are CTF's, not battle levels. And stop taking my suggesting list so seriously. :(

[Gr33n Pl4nt]

These are CTF's, not battle levels. And stop taking my suggesting list so seriously. :(

:( :(

[Ragnarok!]

Something about his list.

:( :(

Uhm, so.. do FS and CelL, think about our lists?
:D

[White Rabbit]

*makes them think by sending thinking waves out*

[Black Ninja]

For the record, I haven't read all the posts prior to this. However, it is extremely likely that there will be a Foo Races dedicated server up for the Bash.

[Newspaz]

Err, but... isn't that going to split up people over two servers?

[White Rabbit]

And we don't want that! Even CTF and battle share the same server.

[blurredd]

It wouldn't hurt. Plus anyone is still allowed to host whatever server they want during the Anniversary Bash, right?

[White Rabbit]

But keeping the official bash (as official as it gets because Epic has disowned us :p) on its own server woudl be best.

[DarkSonic]

Yeah, I agree with that. Sorry that I post in this topic again, but there hasn't been posted something in this topic for days.

[cooba]

Looks like it's gonna begin in half a hour. Whee.

[FQuist]

Begun.

[cooba]

pageclaim

[R3ptile]

pageclaim

I dedicate this page to the entire [si] clan. :D

Oh and by the way, everybody keeps timing out.. please fix that, Nim.

[cooba]

Oh and by the way, everybody keeps timing out.. please fix that, Nim.it can't be fixed because ppl are stups and dont dl tileset pack =(

[CelL]

Hurray!

[R3ptile]

I added some screenshots from the first day of the event.

<center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="50%" id="AutoNumber1"><tr><td><p align="center"><a href="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat01.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat01_small.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="What is this?!"></a></td><td><p align="center"><a href="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat02.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat02_small.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="Rainy Rain Forest"></a></td><td><p align="center"><a href="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat03.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat03_small.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="(EvilMike's Untitled Oasis Level)"></a></td></tr></table></center>

More screenshots will be added later. :)

[White Rabbit]

Nice. ;D I think I won about 3 bash games, hehe, because everyone else was idling.

Battle2: There's me! That's me on my first game, lol. :D

[Nimrod]

To try and cut down on the CTO's and such, a player limit of 12 has been set.

To help ensure free spaces are available, Players who are idleing will be kicked out by an automatic system run by Console.
(If you don't move within 2 minutes, you first get warned you are about to be kicked then if you still dont move you get kicked. Also, springs wont help you ;) )

We have been runnin the server like this for a while and its has been going well, enough players to make the game fun while not becoming so bad/laggy.

Inregards to downloadling, all we can do is urge Jazz'ers to download the Levels seen on the frontpage news on Jazz2online.com. Console will also broadcast this url throughtout the game for people who dont visit j2o. Over time more and more people will have the levels in there caches so it should only get better.

Although we do understand that downloaders are causing games to hang for long periods of time, making masses of lag for everyone playing there is nothing we can do at present. Just hang in there even if you end up CTO'ing. The server should fix itself eventually and you can rejoin. We are working on a block that should stop people downloading tilesets from the Server (main cause of Download Lag) but it is unlikely that this will be finished in time for this Bash.
Please people, just download the packs and dont ruin it for everyone else.

At popular times when the Bash server is full, you may find overflow servers being hosted. Enjoy.

[Nimrod]

Although we do understand that downloaders are causing games to hang for long periods of time, making masses of lag for everyone playing there is nothing we can do at present. Just hang in there even if you end up CTO'ing. The server should fix itself eventually and you can rejoin. We are working on a block that should stop people downloading tilesets from the Server (main cause of Download Lag) but it is unlikely that this will be finished in time for this Bash.
Please people, just download the packs and dont ruin it for everyone else.



I lie. Console is evil and wont send the tilesets to users anymore.
If is recommended you download the pack from www.jazz2online.com/bash7 before joining the server otherwise you may find it unjoinable. This should end Download lag (i hope)

[White Rabbit]

--DL lag.

Will there be a post-bash bash like last year? :)

[Superjazz]

To try and cut down on the CTO's and such, a player limit of 12 has been set.

I know nobody cares, but that's the limit which I use for my own server as well to overcome extra lag. :)

[White Rabbit]

I use a maximum of 8. :D It's disastrous if you decide to bring in your clones. ;D

[DarkSonic]

Here are some screenshots I made.
http://www.freewebs.com/darksonicjj2/AB7Screenshot1.PNG
http://www.freewebs.com/darksonicjj2/AB7Screenshot2.PNG
http://www.freewebs.com/darksonicjj2/AB7Screenshot3.PNG
http://www.freewebs.com/darksonicjj2/AB7Screenshot4.PNG
http://www.freewebs.com/darksonicjj2/AB7Screenshot5.PNG
Oh, and by the way. I liked the bash packs and stuff, but there weren't too many people most of the time. My fourth screenshot is made when there were alot of people. The 1st screenshot was randomly taken, but the 2nd screenshot was only made because I was playing in my own level. The 5th screenshot was made because of the people that said
I think I have played all levels, but I played some levels more than others and vice-versa. I wasn't playing most of the time in AB6, but I were definitely more active this year. And if I didn't say it, thanks for hosting, and of course I have to thank FS and CelL for the packs. So here is a nice thank you. =)

[Disguise]

I was there, yay for bash, and uhh stuff.

[White Rabbit]

Haha, low detail for Lava Lagoon. ;) DS, you could've taken a screenshot of me, before left, in Bay of Diamionds. :p

The bash wasn't as hectic and frantic as some of the earlier bashes, like 3 or 4 (4 was especially confusing for me because of all those players...and because I missed Agama :p Or was that 3? Or 5? Nm), which is why I enjoyed it. You could turn JJ2 on or off at random and always have something to do and someone to see in the bash (except in the few times when the bash was deserted because of TSF test lvls, JJ2WC2 pre-games and "anti-bash" jazzers).

The only bad thing about this year's bash, I think, was the lag. Even with just 3-4 players (not including console or me) the game would lag incredibly and I would lose flags, get roasted/hurt without knowing about it. Fortunately, I was able to score a few roasts after I was supposed to be dead and lost all my power-ups. :D Another bad thing about this year's bash is that there were so many ppl online at times, and yet only a fraction were actually in the bash server. The rest where on tests, battle1, groundforce lvls, etc, which, to me, contradicts the point of anniversary bashes, where ppl are supposed to come together. The least complaint I have to voice with my insignificant mouth is that sometimes the bash WOULD get very popular but the player limit was never raised higher than 20, afaik, so not everyone could come. Also, the Bash troubleshooter server was pretty cool too, although I felt it needed a warp at the bottom, hehe. ;)

A big disappointment for me was to miss (gasp) my own lvl completely. I kept playing 'What is this?', '.', 'Rainy Rain Forest' like a dozen times and yet my lvl, along with a lot others, seemed to be on very, very little. I guess it's just bad timing on my part. :(

I got to see a lot of ppl. :) Er...yes, a lot of ppl, that's it. More than I could've dreamt of, hehe. A lot of newbies where there too and ppl I've never met in my life were playing which is not only nice cannon fodder in CTF games but also shows that JJ2 is going quite strong after all these years.

Thanks for reading. See you, er in 0.09 seconds, right after I've clicked 'Post Quick Reply'. :p

EDIT: Dohdohdoh. I forgot to thank Cell and FS for composing the pack. *thanks and waves* :) Oh, and of course I want to thank all the ppl, er, DS thanked because I'm too stupid to remember all the names. :D

[ArticunoNeo]

Hehe. Made a few screenies too. From the Bash Afterparty.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ArticunoNeo/Bash%20Screenies/screeniebash6.jpg

Dadada!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ArticunoNeo/Bash%20Screenies/screeniebash3.jpg

Bloo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ArticunoNeo/Bash%20Screenies/screeniebash2.jpg

Nice.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ArticunoNeo/Bash%20Screenies/bashscreenie7.jpg

*Boing*

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ArticunoNeo/Bash%20Screenies/bashscreenie1.jpg

Boing.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ArticunoNeo/Bash%20Screenies/bashscreenie4.jpg

Hehehe. Nice pose.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ArticunoNeo/Bash%20Screenies/bashscreenie8.jpg

Caught you, Chippie!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ArticunoNeo/Bash%20Screenies/bashscreenie9.jpg

Boom!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ArticunoNeo/Bash%20Screenies/bashscreenie10.jpg


And now... The greatest one of them all!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/ArticunoNeo/Bash%20Screenies/screeniebash5.jpg

[WvA]

LOL look at my head :P

[White Rabbit]

Fquist got roosterde. :) I thought it was 'roostered' and I suddenly had the image of Frank turning into a chicken of some sorts. :O

Jazz dies better. ;D

I can see that the afterparty isn't as popular as the real bash. Also, why doesn't Fquist use Console? Btw, will OL release the Console program? It would be a really very neat hosting tool (of course, I am getting the feeling it already exists, has been uploaded for years and has been extensively used and reviewed - bleh).

[FQuist]

It hasn't been uploaded yet. It probably will, eventually. I don't use console because I don't have it ;p

BTW, at least one time the ground force server was official.

[PhAyzoN]

This is the 1st Bash ive actually been able to attend, due to inactivity, vacation, boring time, etc.

[Nielsje]

Nice screenshots by both of you!
By the way... old version of Quasar Quandary ;)

[cooba]

I shame on myself that I didn't take pics. Oh well.

[White Rabbit]

That's not Thunder PX! He doesn't use Jazz and he's not green! :(

Now ppl keep me from their hotels because I am blaming them for the death of the oh-so-short-lived bash afterparty. *eats, calms down and makes peace*

[Blackraptor]

Was an alright bash I guess. I enjoyed the battle more than the CTF because I was only there for mostly the battle. I was only there during the first part of the CTF and then I had to leave to buy ut2k4 and stuff and go on road trips the next day, so sadly I missed most the CTF. But I attended the Bash Treasure though ;D. I took several screenshots which I will link to and upload at a later time.

Edit: Oh yeah, it was really annoying how only a handfull of levels were really played intensely. Several levels I've played in at least 10 tiems in the bash, while others I didn't even get to play once (like Darker Insomnia by Booshi, and some of the levels in the 10s). For the CTF I especially missed like 3/4th the pack ;d.

[Spotty]

Here's a picture I took shortly after Nimrod got the server back up on Sunday. I tell you this, it is not edited : p. I am still somewhat confused on how this occured.
http://img167.echo.cx/img167/7329/jj27wu.jpg

[Ae]

It was a fun bash.

[Monolith]

It seems I only remembered to take screenshots in battle, but hey, they're screenshots. :) (and I like battle)

<center><a href="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/everett.png"><img src="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/sm_everett.png" alt="Everett"></a> <a href="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/monowins.png"><img src="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/sm_monowins.png" alt="Monolith wins!"></a> <a href="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/happymono.png"><img src="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/sm_happymono.png" alt="Happy Mono"></a>

<a href="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/pain.png"><img src="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/sm_pain.png" alt="Pain"></a> <a href="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/treebattle.png"><img src="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/sm_treebattle.png" alt="Battle in the trees"></a> <a href="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/coffee.png"><img src="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/sm_coffee.png" alt="Some 24 Hour Coffee"></a>

<a href="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/coffee2.png"><img src="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/sm_coffee2.png" alt="More coffee"></a> <a href="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/acrobatics.png"><img src="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/sm_acrobatics.png" alt="A white sky, the black spot of death, and some interesting acrobatics"></a> <a href="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/roastedmono.png"><img src="http://jazz.madskills.org/ab7shots/sm_roastedmono.png" alt="Roasted Mono"></a></center>

[White Rabbit]

I missed the treasure and survivor bashes. :( *sob sob*

@Monolith: Seph's animation in the acrobatics screenshot is awesome! :D :lol:

Also:

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/gip.php

;)

[White Rabbit]

Btw, a lot of oldies didn't come to the bash. All these long-lost jazzers...

The legendary Stiletto, the legendary Skulg, the legendary Rage, the legendary Payback, the legendary Splash... sigh.

[FQuist]

Everyone's free to host afterparties. I don't have a computer that's good for hosting servers all night so that's why my afterparty was shut down.

[Superjazz]

Oh yeah, it was really annoying how only a handfull of levels were really played intensely. Several levels I've played in at least 10 tiems in the bash, while others I didn't even get to play once (like Darker Insomnia by Booshi, and some of the levels in the 10s). For the CTF I especially missed like 3/4th the pack ;d.

Same here. :(

Oh, and next year try to convince Shadow to broadcast the Bash Radio which he did on AB6. :)

[cooba]

Several levels I've played in at least 10 tiems in the bash, while others I didn't even get to play once (like Even Darker Insomnia by Booshi, and some of the levels in the 10s).I have seen it once or twice.

(Darker Insomnia still owns its sequel though.)

[R3ptile]

(Darker Insomnia still owns its sequel though.)
Agreed. ;-)

[White Rabbit]

I didn't even get to see E. Prime! :/

Btw, isn't ironic how the 10th anniversary bash will be one of JJ2's largest milestones and yet it will probably be enjoyed by the least players?

[DarkSonic]

I have played E.Prime in the first day, never played it after that. Although I played E.Prime twice with not alot of time between the 2 times. Or something.

Some levels I played alot were Rainy Rain Forest(not one of my favourite levels) and Villain Village.

The level I was not roasted in was Religion, and I won 2 times in Even Darker Insomnia.

I didn't like the fact that there weren't alot of players in the server when my level was played and I was in the server. Too bad ;/
I think I played long enough in the bash, I was probably one of the most active players in the server(probably not because I slept in the night =P) That's a reason why I'm not playing in some screenshots by Mono. Oh well. I can't play every single hour. The second day, I had connection problems till the end of the afternoon(in my country, it was around 16:30 or something)

My favourite levels of the pack that were not made by myself?
CTF : Religion, Technodus Cargo Station, Quasar Quandary.
Battle : EvilMike's Evil Fortress, Garden Brawl, E.Prime, The Corsair's Coast.
The shortest rounds were in Siege of the Past, which was the smallest CTF level of the pack, I believe.

I didn't play every level with alot of people. Too bad. I wish I'd play in some levels with alot of people, hehe.

A level I only liked because of the music was Merry Hypothermia. There were alot of people in the server when I played that level, like one of my screenshots is showing.

Overall, this shows this was a good bash, but only because of the levels, not the activity.

[cooba]

My favourite levels of the pack that were not made by myself?
Battle : EvilMike's Evil Fortress, Garden Brawl, E.Prime, The Corsair's Coast.D<&nbsp;

[ArticunoNeo]

Heh. I played E. Prime 7 times. I liked the music of that one, but my monitor was too dark so I got stuck at some places :o

Well, anyway, I really like The Corsair's Coast. Still, I have to say I liked Battle More. I'm just bad at CTF. Fav levels...

Happy Valley CTF was my most fav. CTF level. Gosh, that one is really awesome. For Battle... The Corsairs Coast. Heh.

[R3ptile]

Although the battle server was great and I won most of the rounds, I got bored from the CTF one quickly for unknown reasons. Most of the classics were bad and people kept complaining about them, but Rainy Rain Forest and 24 Hour Coffee were surprisingly good. I also noticed that some oldies like Mezz are still in good shape and I wish they would keep "Jazzing" and not leave after the bash. Too bad.

My favorite level in the whole pack was "Battle Game" by Violet, an unusual battle (well, like duh) level compared to other, boring levels which are using concepts that I've seen thousand of times before.

<center><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="50%" id="AutoNumber1"><tr><td><p align="center"><a href="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat01.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat01_small.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="What is this?!"></a></p><a href="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat04.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat04_small.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="Toasted territory"></a></td><td><p align="center"><a href="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat02.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat02_small.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="Rainy Rain Forest"></a></p><a href="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat05.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat05_small.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="silent slayers"></a></td><td><p align="center"><a href="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat03.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat03_small.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="(EvilMike's Untitled Oasis Level)"></a></p><a href="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat06.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://jj2wc.ncmv.net/r3ptile/ab7_bat06_small.jpg" width="100" height="75" alt="The Corsair's Coast"></a></td></tr></table></center>

Those screenshots above are dedicated to the entire [si] clan. <s>Just because.</s>

[White Rabbit]

Violet's battle game was the most confusing and eye-irritating. Low detail all the way there! :p

OMG there's me! FS and Rep both seems to favour white fur with coloured "clothes". ;P I'm the only pure-white rabbit, hehe. It's funny how I always use ASCII letters. It shows that deep inside me, I am still an enthusiastic and charmingly naive newbie jazzer, heh. ;)

EDIT: Being a newbie, I forgot to take screenshots. :eek: :(

[Ragnarok!]

This was short.. :mad:

[Olsen]

Agreed. I think the last years bash was much better. This was good enough, but it sure could have been better.

I claim page and post number 200.

[White Rabbit]

*eats the 200th post and says argh*

[The March Hare]

Awwww crap.

I can't believe I missed it.

-The March Hare

[Chiyu]

Oh, I'm afraid I missed 99% of it too. Oh well, better luck next year. :p

[White Rabbit]

You two missed out big time. :( *gives pie*

[Blackraptor]

Screenshots Here (http://www.hewwo.com/blacky/AnniversarryBashScreenShotsbyBR.zip)

[Unhit]

I totally missed it because of a heavy virus and spyware assault on my PC :\

[Marine1969]

I've never played online before.

Side note: Micah is giving me Republic Commando tomorrow

[snzspeed]

was a nice event, evn though i only played battle

[White Rabbit]

Whoa...Blacky's screenshots are always full of DMers. ;) Who said they were an unactive clan? Or do they just wake up during bashes and hibernate the rest of the year? :p

There's my lvl! Isn't it pretty? :)

[DarkSonic]

Yay. Good screenshots, Blacky.
Although I don't like the fact that I'm in only a few of them. Oh well. Probably because alot of them were taken when I was sleeping... hehe. D=

[White Rabbit]

I was in one screenshot...kind of. :D

[Blackraptor]

A lot of the screenshots were taken at times which are early where I am, but past the time when you guys usually go to sleep, so =P.