JCS Awards 2020

[PurpleJazz]

It's that time of year again! Safe to say 2020 was a year that no one will be forgetting anytime soon, and not all for good reasons. Despite all of the hardships however, 2020 still saw a decent number of solid new releases for JJ2 - which we are now going to celebrate!

You must read the rules before voting. They are as follows:

1) In the past you were only allowed to vote for one nomination per category. However, in order to allow more levels to get the chance to be appreciated this time around, you are now also allowed, but not obligated to vote for your second and third choices, which respectively have x0.5 and x0.25 the weighting of your main vote. You do not have to vote in every category if you wish not to do so.

2) You are not limited to voting within the nominations, but you are advised to at least check these levels if you haven't already, in order to make your vote fair. Also, unreleased/unfinished levels cannot be voted for; they must be available for public download.

3) Votes are to be kept private until announcement of the overall results. This is to raise the tension, and also to prevent bandwagoning. In order to vote, post your votes here and then delete the post after you have submitted it, and a moderator will undelete it after the deadline. Alternatively, if you prefer, you can submit them using the following Google Form (https://forms.gle/P3s5faYEJCVbpohe8), or you are allowed to PM them to Stijn, but bare in mind that your choices will be announced in public once the voting stage is over. Any votes left public will be forcibly deleted by moderation, and your vote may not count. If you vote using the Google Form, you must confirm with me by sending me a PM or replying to this thread to confirm that you have submitted your votes, else they will be null and void during the final count. This is to prevent people from claiming to be someone else when voting.

4) Voting closes on 16th January at 23:59 GMT+1. Votes made promptly after this deadline may still be counted but as soon as a moderator undeletes the posts, any subsequent votes will be ignored.

Best Battle Level

Bubble gum (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8123/bubble-gum/) - Lynx
Hellfire (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8063/hellfire/) - FawFuL
Illumination (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8129/illumination/) - PurpleJazz
Inside the Freezer (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8127/inside-the-freezer/) - dragusela768943
Moonrise (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8084/moonrise/) - PurpleJazz
Party Crash Landing (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8057/party-crash-landing/) - cooba
Salem (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8147/salem/) - Loon
Single Screen 4 Example Level (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8070/single-screen-4-example-level/) - Ragnarok
street fight!!!!!!! (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8079/street-fight/) - cooba
Tangle Temple (https://discordapp.com/channels/171303828937768960/171304641970044928/795744077168771122) - TreyLina
Tavern of War (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8107/tavern-of-war/) - dragusela768943
The Abyss (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8046/the-abyss/) - PurpleJazz
Tiny village (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8097/tiny-village/) - Lynx

Best CTF Level

Crayon Valley (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8137/crayon-valley/) - FawFul
Frosted Peaks (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8134/frosted-peaks/) - PurpleJazz
Goliath Woods (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8119/goliath-woods/) - PurpleJazz
Greenflower Jungle (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8078/greenflower-jungle/) - dragusela768943
Hollow of the Haunted (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8100/hollow-of-the-haunted/) - cooba
Mitosis (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8125/mitosis/) - Jgke
Overgrowth (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8077/overgrowth/) - Jgke
Provance (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8148/provance/) - Loon
Quarrel over Banners (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8099/quarrel-over-banners/) - cooba
Sommerdamm (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8146/sommerdamm/) - Loon
Sunrise Temple (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8136/sunrise-temple/) - Jgke
The DARKEST Diamonds (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8068/the-darkest-diamonds/) - Ahmed Magdy
The Underworld (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8087/the-underworld/) - PurpleJazz

Best Single Player Release

Azazilisland (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8020/azazilisland/) - Archon
Back In Time Episode (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8140/back-in-time-episode/) - MasterMan
Boss Test (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8083/boss-test/) - ShadowBlack0
Green Paradise (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8143/green-paradise/) - dragusela768943
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Advance Edition Part 1 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8043/jazz-jackrabbit-2-advance-edition-part-1/) - (SF)-SteFan-BG
Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Advance Edition Part 2 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8121/jazz-jackrabbit-2-advance-edition-part-2/) - (SF)-SteFan-BG
Mighty Switch Test! 2! (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8076/mighty-switch-test-2/) - Violet CLM
Operation: Clone Killer 3 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8132/operation-clone-killer-3/) - Violet CLM
Project Reject (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8145/project-reject/) - Lynx
Test with Monsters (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8098/test-with-monsters/) - ShadowBlack0
THE COOLEST COOP LEVELS #1 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8024/the-coolest-coop-levels-1/) - Ahmed Magdy
The Even More Secret Files (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8120/the-even-more-secret-files/) - Assassin

Best Single Screen Level

Bubble gum (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8123/bubble-gum/) - Lynx
Moonrise (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8084/moonrise/) - PurpleJazz
Quarrel over Banners (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8099/quarrel-over-banners/) - cooba
Single Screen 4 Example Level (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8070/single-screen-4-example-level/) - Ragnarok
street fight!!!!!!! (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8079/street-fight/) - cooba
Tiny village (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8097/tiny-village/) - Lynx

Best Eyecandy

Bubble gum (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8123/bubble-gum/) - Lynx
Crayon Valley (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8137/crayon-valley/) - FawFul
Frosted Peaks (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8134/frosted-peaks/) - PurpleJazz
Goliath Woods (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8119/goliath-woods/) - PurpleJazz
Greenflower Jungle (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8078/greenflower-jungle/) - dragusela768943
Hollow of the Haunted (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8100/hollow-of-the-haunted/) - cooba
Hellfire (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8063/hellfire/) - FawFuL
Illumination (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8129/illumination/) - PurpleJazz
Inside the Freezer (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8127/inside-the-freezer/) - dragusela768943
Mitosis (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8125/mitosis/) - Jgke
Moonrise (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8084/moonrise/) - PurpleJazz
Operation: Clone Killer 3 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8132/operation-clone-killer-3/) - Violet CLM
Overgrowth (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8077/overgrowth/) - Jgke
Party Crash Landing (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8057/party-crash-landing/) - cooba
Project Reject (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8145/project-reject/) - Lynx
Provance (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8148/provance/) - Loon
Salem (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8147/salem/) - Loon
Sommerdamm (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8146/sommerdamm/) - Loon
street fight!!!!!!! (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8079/street-fight/) - cooba
Sunrise Temple (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8136/sunrise-temple/) - Jgke
Tangle Temple (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8062/anniversary-bash-22-levels/) - TreyLina
Tavern of War (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8107/tavern-of-war/) - dragusela768943
The Abyss (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8046/the-abyss/) - PurpleJazz
Tiny village (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8097/tiny-village/) - Lynx

Best Level Script

Boss Test (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8083/boss-test/) - ShadowBlack0
Mighty Switch Test! 2! (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8076/mighty-switch-test-2/) - Violet CLM
Operation: Clone Killer 3 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8132/operation-clone-killer-3/) - Violet CLM
Party Crash Landing (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8057/party-crash-landing/) - cooba
Project Reject (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8145/project-reject/) - Lynx
street fight!!!!!!! (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8079/street-fight/) - cooba
The Abyss (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8046/the-abyss/) - PurpleJazz

Best Tileset

Halloween Hare (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8131/halloween-hare/) - chandie
Tubelectric from Jazz 1 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8045/tubelectric-from-jazz-1/) - proud2beamerican

Best JCSer

Assassin - The Even More Secret Files (https://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/The Even More Secret Files)
cooba - Hollow of the Haunted (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8100/hollow-of-the-haunted/), Party Crash Landing (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8057/party-crash-landing/), Quarrel over Banners (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8099/quarrel-over-banners/), street fight!!!!!!! (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8079/street-fight/)
FawFuL - Crayon Valley (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8137/crayon-valley/), Hellfire (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8063/hellfire/)
Jgke - Mitosis (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8125/mitosis/), Overgrowth (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8077/overgrowth/), Sunrise Temple (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8136/sunrise-temple/)
Loon - Provance (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8148/provance/), Salem (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8147/salem/), Sommerdamm (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8146/sommerdamm/)
Lynx - Bubble gum (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8123/bubble-gum/), Project Reject (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8145/project-reject/), Tiny village (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8097/tiny-village/)
PurpleJazz - Frosted Peaks (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8134/frosted-peaks/), Goliath Woods (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8119/goliath-woods/), Illumination (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8129/illumination/), Moonrise (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8084/moonrise/), The Abyss (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8046/the-abyss/), The Underworld (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8087/the-underworld/)
Violet CLM - Mighty Switch Test! 2! (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8076/mighty-switch-test-2/), Operation: Clone Killer 3 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8132/operation-clone-killer-3/)

Most Improved JCSer

Assassin
Jgke
Lynx

Best New JCSer

Ahmed Magdy - THE COOLEST COOP LEVELS #1 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8024/the-coolest-coop-levels-1/), The DARKEST Diamonds (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8068/the-darkest-diamonds/)
dragusela768943 - Greenflower Jungle (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8078/greenflower-jungle/), Green Paradise (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8143/green-paradise/), Inside the Freezer (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8127/inside-the-freezer/), Tavern of War (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8107/tavern-of-war/)
MasterMan - Back In Time Episode (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8140/back-in-time-episode/)
(SF)-SteFan-BG - Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Advance Edition Part 1 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8043/jazz-jackrabbit-2-advance-edition-part-1/), Jazz Jackrabbit 2 - Advance Edition Part 2 (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8121/jazz-jackrabbit-2-advance-edition-part-2/)
ShadowBlack0 - Boss Test (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8083/boss-test/), Test with Monsters (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/8098/test-with-monsters/)

Happy voting, and good luck to you all!

[FireSworD]

Best Battle:

Gold: Hellfire by FawFuL
Silver: The Abyss by PurpleJazz
Bronze: Illumination by PurpleJazz

Best CTF:

Gold: Frosted Peaks by PurpleJazz
Silver: Sommerdamm by Loon
Bronze: Hollow of the Haunted by cooba
...Crayon Valley?

Best Single Screen:

Gold: Moonrise by PurpleJazz
Silver: Single Screen 4 Example Level by Ragnarok
Bronze: Quarrel over Banners by cooba

Best Eyecandy:

Gold: Illumination by PurpleJazz
Silver: Party Crash Landing by cooba
Bronze: CloneV by Violet

Best JCSer:

Gold: PurpleJazz
Silver: FawFuL
Bronze: Loon

[Ahmed Magdy]

I vote the Darkest Diamonds levels, the coolest coop levels, and...
Uhm.. i can't decide more :P

[PurpleJazz]

Since there seems to have been some confusion over how to vote, I have decided to create a Google Form as an alternative way for people to submit their votes, where the voting format is clearly layed out.

JCS Awards 2020 Voting Form (https://forms.gle/P3s5faYEJCVbpohe8)

However, there is an important caveat when using this form to vote: you must confirm that you have submitted your votes, either by sending me a PM or by replying to this thread to say you have voted using the form. This is crucial to prevent people from attempting fraudulently vote in the name of someone else.

[Treylina]

Just letting you know that the Tangle Temple download link now is the actual latest version, from JDC. It basically replaces the overpowered roller back with bouncer.

It's not on J2O because I wanted to fix the palette for those who wanted to use the conversion. Trouble is, it's a pain to fix. However, the gameplay will remain the same from now on.

[PurpleJazz]

Best Battle Level

1) Hellfire - FawFuL
2) Salem - Loon
3) Party Crash Landing - cooba

Best CTF Level

1) Crayon Valley - FawFuL
2) Hollow of the Haunted - cooba
3) Sommerdamm - Loon

Best Single Player Release

1) Mighty Switch Test! 2! - Violet CLM
2) Operation: Clone Killer 3 - Violet CLM
3) The Even More Secret Files - Assassin

Best Single Screen Level

1) Single Screen 4 Example Level - Ragnarok
2) Bubble gum - Lynx
3) street fight!!!!!!! - cooba

Best Eyecandy

1) Operation: Clone Killer 3 - Violet CLM
2) Hellfire - FawFuL
3) Party Crash Landing - cooba

Best Level Script

1) Mighty Switch Test! 2! - Violet CLM
2) Operation: Clone Killer 3 - Violet CLM
3) Project Reject - Lynx

Best Tileset

1) Halloween Hare - chandie
2) Tubelectric from Jazz 1 - proud2beamerican

Best JCSer

1) Violet CLM
2) FawFuL
3) cooba

Most Improved JCSer

1) Assassin
2) Lynx
3) Jgke

Best New JCSer

1) dragusela768943
2) MasterMan
3) Ahmed Magdy

[Slaz]

This year I won't vote in the Best MP categories, since I haven't played every one of them in online sessions and probably won't have the time to properly play the late additions before the deadline. I feel like I can still compare them for the "Best script" and eyecandy categories without MP.

Best Single Player Release: 1: Operation: Clone Killer 3, 2: Mighty Switch Test! 2!, 3: Project Reject
Best Single Screen Level: 1: street fight!!!!!!!, 2: Moonrise, 3: Bubble gum
Best Eyecandy: 1: Crayon Valley, 2: Illumination, 3: Hellfire
Best Level Script: 1: Mighty Switch Test! 2!, 2: The Abyss, 3: street fight!!!!!!!
Best Tileset: Tubelectric from Jazz 1
Best JCSer: Violet CLM
Most Improved JCSer: Lynx
Best New JCSer: dragusela768943

[Violet CLM]

Battle:
1. Bubble gum
2. Party Crash Landing
3. The Abyss

CTF:
1. Frosted Peaks
2. Crayon Valley
3. Provance

SP:
1. The Even More Secret Files
2. Project Reject
3. Azazilisland

Single Screen:
1. Bubble gum
2. Single Screen 4 Example Level
3. Quarrel over Banners

Eyecandy:
1. Goliath Woods
2. Hellfire
3. Illumination

Script:
1. The Abyss
2. Project Reject
3. street fight!!!!!!!

Tileset:
1. Tubelectric from Jazz 1
2. Halloween Hare

JCSer:
1. cooba
2. PurpleJazz
3. Lynx

Improved JCSer:
1. Lynx
2. Assassin
3. Jgke

New JCSer:
1. dragusela768943
2. MasterMan
3. Ahmed Magdy

[Seren]

Battle
1. Hellfire
2. Illumination
3. Party Crash Landing

CTF
1. Hollow of the Haunted
2. Goliath Woods
3. Sommerdamm

Single Player
1. Mighty Switch Test! 2!
2. The Even More Secret Files

Single Screen
1. street fight!!!!!!!
2. Moonrise
3. Tiny village

Eyecandy
1. Party Crash Landing
2. Illumination
3. Crayon Valley

Level Script
1. street fight!!!!!!!
2. Mighty Switch Test! 2!

JCSer
1. cooba
2. FawFuL
3. PurpleJazz

Improved JCSer
1. Lynx

New JCSer
1. dragusela768943

[Loon]

Best Battle
3rd: Illumination
2nd: Party Crash Landing
1st: Hellfire

Best CTF
3rd: Hollow of the Haunted
2nd: Crayon Valley
1st: Goliath Woods

Best SP
3rd: Project Reject
2nd: Mighty Switch Test 2
1st: Operation: Clone Killer 3

Best Single Screen
3rd: Single Screen 4 example level
2nd: streetfight!!!!!!!
1st: Moonrise

Best Eyecandy (Probably the hardest category of all)
(5th: The Abyss)
(4th: Operation: Clone Killer 3)
3rd: Hellfire
2nd: Party Crash Landing
1st: Frosted Peaks

Best Script
3rd: Boss Test
2nd: Operation: Clone Killer 3
1st: Mighty Switch Test 2

Best Tileset
2nd: Halloween Hare
1st: Tubelectric from Jazz 1

Best JCS'er
3rd: Violet CLM
2nd: PurpleJazz
1st: FawFuL

Most improved JCS'er
3rd: Assassin
2nd: Jgke
1st: Lynx

Best New JCS'er
3rd: (SF)-SteFan-BG
2nd: MasterMan
1st: dragusela768943

[PurpleJazz]

Voting has now closed! Stay tuned for the results!

[PurpleJazz]

Best Battle Level of 2020

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_gold_3.png Hellfire - FawFuL [8.75]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png Illumination - PurpleJazz [4.5]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_bronze_2.png The Abyss - PurpleJazz [4]

Runners up: Moonrise - PurpleJazz [2.25], Party Crash Landing - cooba [2.25], Bubble gum - Lynx [2], Salem - Loon [1.25], Single Screen 4 Example Level - Ragnarok [1]

Best Battle Level is typically one of the hotly contested categories each year. Rather appropriately, FawFuL really turned up the heat this time, with his aptly named Hellfire! You're guaranteed to have one hell of a time in this level. Okay, silly puns aside, this is one fantastic level - one that truly demonstrates FawFuL's mastery of JJ2 level design. No doubt it will become a regular feature of future editions of JDC and the Anniversary Bash. Big thanks to those who voted for my levels - I feel happy to have produced works that are runners up to what might possibly be Faw's magnum opus!

Best CTF Level of 2020

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_gold_3.png Crayon Valley - FawFuL [6.25]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png Frosted Peaks - PurpleJazz [5.75]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_bronze_2.png Goliath Woods - PurpleJazz [5]

Runners up: Hollow of the Haunted - cooba [4], Provance - Loon [3.25], Sommerdamm - Loon [1]

Double victory for FawFuL! Taking home the Best Battle and the Best CTF awards home in a single year is no mean feat, so kudos! Crayon Valley is pretty far removed thematically from the infernal depths of Hellfire, taking place in a pastel wonderland. It's got a pretty nifty layout with some fun strategies to pull off, and is well worth trying a 3vs3 in! Once again, I'd like to say thanks for giving your votes to my levels! I'd also like to give a personal recommendation to Hollow of the Haunted, which just missed out on a podium position but is nonetheless definitely worth your time.

Best Single Player Release of 2020

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_gold_3.png Operation: Clone Killer 3 - Violet CLM [9.25]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png Mighty Switch Test! 2! - Violet CLM [6]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_bronze_2.png Project Reject - Lynx [2.75]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_bronze_2.png The Even More Secret Files - Assassin [2.75]

I don't suppose anyone's surprised to see Violet claim yet another award for Best SP Release, but that doesn't make it any less deserved! Operation: Clone Killer 3 is one behemoth of an SP level that basically encapsulates the JJ2 experience, but multiplied by several factors. Go big, or go home I say! It packs a plethora of intriguing ideas, and is also really rather pretty to look at (more on that later). Furthermore, it's also worth replaying multiple times! Mighty Switch Test! 2! is a great sequel to the original (https://www.jazz2online.com/downloads/7613/mighty-switch-test/) that makes key improvements where it really counts, while feeling remarkably fresh. Congratulations to Project Reject and The Even More Secret Files for getting a third place tie! The former is a short-but-sweet episode with some light scripting and a humorous premise, while the latter is a love letter to the golden age of classic JJ2 Single Player.

Best Single Screen Level of 2020

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_gold_3.png Moonrise - PurpleJazz [12]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png street fight!!!!!!! - cooba [3.75]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png Bubble gum - Lynx [3.75]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_bronze_2.png Single Screen 4 Example Level - Ragnarok [2.75]

Runners up: Tiny village - Lynx [1.75], Quarrel over Banners - cooba [1.5]

This category had a clear winner, based on your votes. Thank you so much! I'm really satisfied with how Moonrise turned out, and I had an awful lot of fun making it. :D Well done to cooba and Lynx for getting a 2nd place tie!
street fight!!!!!!! is punk rock to the core, decked out in SHOCKING PINK and packing a serious punch in the gameplay department. Not a level I'd like to encounter on a walk down the street anytime soon! Bubble gum is rather twee by comparison, and has an interesting combination of tilesets with a solid layout. Definitely a good choice for ODT events! Props to Ragnarok for inspiring me to enter the Single Screen contest in the first place with his quirky example level.

Best Eyecandy of 2020

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_gold_3.png Illumination - PurpleJazz [5.75]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png Hellfire - FawFuL [5.5]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_bronze_2.png Operation: Clone Killer 3 - Violet CLM [3.5]

Runners up: Crayon Valley - FawFuL [3.25], Party Crash Landing - cooba [2.5], Frosted Peaks - PurpleJazz [1.5], Goliath Woods - PurpleJazz [1.25], Greenflower Jungle - dragusela768943 [1], Provance - Loon [1], The Abyss - PurpleJazz [1]

What constitutes good eyecandy is often highly subjective from person to person, so it's no surprise to see that this was quite a divisive category. Only a quarter of a vote seperated the first and second place finishers this time, but ultimately there was a winner - thank you! I've been wanting to make a glowing mushroom cave level ever since I first encountered Blackreach (https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/elderscrolls/images/2/24/TESV_Blackreach_2.png) in Skyrim. I feel I have a lot to owe to FawFuL and his level Hellfire, though. Hellfire is the level that really showcases the power of additional layers in JJ2+, and no doubt Hellfire was a massive influence on Illumination. Operation: Clone Killer 3 is probably JJ2's most visually ambitious level yet when it comes to the fine details, as enhanced by AngelScript. Like Hellfire, it also has quite the spectacle of a background!

Best Level Script of 2020

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_gold_3.png Mighty Switch Test! 2! - Violet CLM [8]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png Operation: Clone Killer 3 - Violet CLM [6.25]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_bronze_2.png The Abyss - PurpleJazz [3.25]

Runners up: street fight!!!!!!! - cooba [2], Party Crash Landing - cooba [1.5], Project Reject - Lynx [1.25]

Violet CLM once again proves herself to be quite the script wizard! Both of her levels this year do some marvellous things with AngelScript and are well worth checking out. Thank you for awarding The Abyss with third place! P.S. has anyone managed to find the dopefish yet?

Best Tileset of 2020

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_gold_3.png Tubelectric from Jazz 1 - proud2beamerican [8.5]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png Halloween Hare - chandie [7.5]

While neither are original tilesets, both are of great value to JCSers. p2ba's Tubelectric from Jazz 1 is now the definitive conversion of the tileset, greatly improving on the flexibility while staying completely true to the original vision. Halloween Hare by chandie does some pretty quirky things to HH98, taking it away from winter and towards more of a surreal Halloween-y theme. No doubt an imaginative JCSer should be able to put this set to great use!

Best JCSer of 2020

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_gold_3.png PurpleJazz [9.5]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png FawFuL [5.5]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_bronze_2.png Violet CLM [5]

Runners up: cooba [3.25], Loon [1.75], Lynx [1.25], Assassin [1]

Thank you so much for naming me as Best JCSer - I am truly moved! :O I'm not sure I would've even released anything this year if not for the pandemic, but I'm so glad that I did. However, I do honestly believe that FawFuL and Violet would be so much more deserving of this award - despite releasing fewer levels than me between them, I feel that these two really pushed the boat out this year when it comes to innovation, far more than I did with my levels. Massive props to both of them! I'd also like to give a shoutout to cooba for likewise coming up with some really cool ideas in 2020.

Most Improved JCSer of 2020

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_gold_3.png Lynx [12.5]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png Assassin [4.75]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_bronze_2.png Jgke [4.25]

Another category with a clear winner - congratuations to Lynx! She has shown incredible progress this year and I eagerly look forward to what she may have in store in years to come. I'm also delighted to see a veteran in Assassin return after many years of absence, and what a comeback they made!

Best New JCSer of 2020

http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_gold_3.png dragusela768943 [11]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_silver_1.png Ahmed Magdy [4.5]
http://www.jazz2online.com/J2Ov2/media/icons/award_star_bronze_2.png MasterMan [3.25]

Well done to dragusela for being named as the Best New JCSer of 2020 by our community! Your levels show definite talent and I urge you to keep making more in 2021. Congratulations to Ahmed Magdy and MasterMan for taking the runner up awards!

Thank you to everyone who participated the voting, and to everyone for making 2020 a fine year in the JCS scene, despite the terrible pandemic! Now here's to hoping that we finally beat the virus in 2021, and to another great year of Jazzy creations!

[PurpleJazz]

The results from the Google Form votes are shown below:


[Lynx]

Best Battle
1) Moonrise
2) Hellfire
3) Party Crash Landing

Best CTF
1) Provance
2) Goliath Woods
3) Frosted Peaks

Best SP
1) Operation: Clone Killer 3

Best Single Screen
1) (no vote)
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

Best Eyecandy
1) Hellfire
2) Crayon Valley
3) Operation: Clone Killer 3

Best Level Script
1) Operation: Clone Killer 3

Best Tileset
1) Halloween Hare
2) Tubelectric from Jazz 1

Best JCSer
1) PurpleJazz
2) Violet CLM
3) cooba

Most Improved JCSer
1) (no vote)
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

Best New JCSer
1) dragusela768943
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

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[dragusela768943]

Best Battle
1) Hellfire
2) Moonrise
3) Illumination

Best CTF
1) Provance
2) Crayon Valley
3) Goliath Woods

Best SP
1) Operation: Clone Killer 3
2) The Even More Secret Files
3) Project Reject

Best Single Screen
1) Moonrise
2) Bubble gum
3) street fight!!!!!!!!

Best Eyecandy
1) Hellfire
2) Crayon Valley
3) Moonrise

Best Level Script
1) Operation: Clone Killer 3
2) Party Crash Landing
3) The Abyss

Best Tileset
1) Halloween Hare
2) Tubelectric from Jazz 1

Best JCSer
1) FawFuL
2) PurpleJazz
3) Loon

Most Improved JCSer
1) Lynx
2) Assassin
3) Jgke

Best New JCSer
1) dragusela768943
2) MasterMan
3) Ahmed Magdy

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[Primpy]

Best Battle
1) Illumination
2) The Abyss
3) Salem

Best CTF
1) Frosted Peaks
2) Provance
3) Goliath Woods

Best SP
1) Operation: Clone Killer 3
2) Project Reject
3) The Even More Secret Files

Best Single Screen
1) Moonrise
2) Quarrel over Banners
3) Bubble gum

Best Eyecandy
1) Illumination
2) Frosted Peaks
3) Salem

Best Level Script
1) Operation: Clone Killer 3
2) Mighty Switch Test! 2!
3) Project Reject

Best Tileset
1) Tubelectric from Jazz 1
2) Halloween Hare

Best JCSer
1) PurpleJazz
2) Violet CLM
3) Loon

Most Improved JCSer
1) Lynx
2) Jgke
3) Assassin

Best New JCSer
1) dragusela768943
2) Ahmed Magdy
3) ShadowBlack0

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[ShakerNL]

Best Battle
1) Bubble gum
2) Moonrise
3) Hellfire

Best CTF
1) Crayon Valley
2) Goliath Woods
3) Hollow of the Haunted

Best SP
1) Mighty Switch Test! 2!
2) Test with Monsters
3) Operation: Clone Killer 3

Best Single Screen
1) Moonrise
2) Bubble gum
3) Tiny village

Best Eyecandy
1) Crayon Valley
2) Provance
3) Goliath Woods

Best Level Script
1) Mighty Switch Test! 2!
2) Project Reject
3) The Abyss

Best Tileset
1) Halloween Hare
2) Tubelectric from Jazz 1

Best JCSer
1) FawFuL
2) PurpleJazz
3) Lynx

Most Improved JCSer
1) Lynx
2) Jgke
3) Assassin

Best New JCSer
1) Ahmed Magdy
2) ShadowBlack0
3) MasterMan

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[FawFuL]

Best Battle
1) The Abyss
2) Party Crash Landing
3) Salem

Best CTF
1) Frosted Peaks
2) Sommerdamm
3) Hollow of the Haunted

Best SP
1) Operation: Clone Killer 3
2) Mighty Switch Test! 2!
3) The Even More Secret Files

Best Single Screen
1) Moonrise
2) street fight!!!!!!!!
3) Tiny village

Best Eyecandy
1) Operation: Clone Killer 3
2) The Abyss
3) Party Crash Landing

Best Level Script
1) Mighty Switch Test! 2!
2) Operation: Clone Killer 3
3) Project Reject

Best Tileset
1) Tubelectric from Jazz 1
2) Halloween Hare

Best JCSer
1) PurpleJazz
2) Violet CLM
3) cooba

Most Improved JCSer
1) Lynx
2) Assassin
3) Jgke

Best New JCSer
1) dragusela768943
2) Ahmed Magdy
3) (SF)-SteFan-BG

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[amir11]

Best Battle
1) Single Screen 4 Example Level
2) Illumination
3) Salem

Best CTF
1) Crayon Valley
2) Hollow of the Haunted
3) Quarrel over Banners

Best SP
1) Project Reject
2) Jack Jackrabbit 2 - Advance Edition Part 1
3) Jack Jackrabbit 2 - Advance Edition Part 2

Best Single Screen
1) Moonrise
2) Quarrel over Banners
3) street fight!!!!!!!!

Best Eyecandy
1) Greenflower Jungle
2) Hellfire
3) Bubble gum

Best Level Script
1) Party Crash Landing
2) Operation: Clone Killer 3
3) Boss Test

Best Tileset
1) Tubelectric from Jazz 1
2) Halloween Hare

Best JCSer
1) Assassin
2) Loon
3) Lynx

Most Improved JCSer
1) Assassin
2) Lynx
3) Jgke

Best New JCSer
1) Ahmed Magdy
2) MasterMan
3) ShadowBlack0

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[Naps]

Best Battle
1) Illumination
2) The Abyss
3) Tiny village

Best CTF
1) Goliath Woods
2) Frosted Peaks
3) Crayon Valley

Best SP
1) Mighty Switch Test! 2!
2) Operation: Cloner Killer 3
3) Green Paradise

Best Single Screen
1) Moonrise
2) Tiny village
3) Bubble gum

Best Eyecandy
1) Illumination
2) Bubble gum
3) Tiny village

Best Level Script
1) Mighty Switch Test! 2!
2) street fight!!!!!!!!
3) The Abyss

Best Tileset
1) Halloween Hare
2) Tubelectric from Jazz 1

Best JCSer
1) PurpleJazz
2) Lynx
3) Violet CLM

Most Improved JCSer
1) Lynx
2) Jgke
3) Assassin

Best New JCSer
1) dragusela768943
2) MasterMan
3) Ahmed Magdy

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[cooba]

Best Battle
1) Hellfire
2) The Abyss
3) Moonrise

Best CTF
1) Frosted Peaks
2) Crayon Valley
3) Goliath Woods

Best SP
1) Operation: Cloner Killer 3
2) Mighty Switch Test! 2!
3) (no vote)

Best Single Screen
1) Moonrise
2) Tiny village
3) Bubble gum

Best Eyecandy
1) Operation: Clone Killer 3
2) The Abyss
3) Hellfire

Best Level Script
1) Mighty Switch Test! 2!
2) The Abyss
3) Operation: Clone Killer 3

Best Tileset
1) (no vote)
2) (no vote)

Best JCSer
1) Violet CLM
2) FawFuL
3) PurpleJazz

Most Improved JCSer
1) Lynx
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

Best New JCSer
1) dragusela768943
2) Ahmed Magdy
3) (no vote)

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[Blackraptor]

Best Battle
1) Hellfire
2) Illumination
3) The Abyss

Best CTF
1) Crayon Valley
2) Goliath Woods
3) (no vote)

Best SP
1) Operation: Cloner Killer 3
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

Best Single Screen
1) Moonrise
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

Best Eyecandy
1) Hellfire
2) Illumination
3) Salem

Best Level Script
1) Operation: Clone Killer 3
2) The Abyss
3) (no vote)

Best Tileset
1) (no vote)
2) (no vote)

Best JCSer
1) PurpleJazz
2) FawFuL
3) Loon

Most Improved JCSer
1) Lynx
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

Best New JCSer
1) (no vote)
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

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[Superjazz]

Best Battle
1) Hellfire
2) The Abyss
3) Illumination

Best CTF
1) Hollow of the Haunted
2) Provance
3) Goliath Woods

Best SP
1) (no vote)
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

Best Single Screen
1) Moonrise
2) Single Screen 4 Example Level
3) Bubble gum

Best Eyecandy
1) Illumination
2) Provance
3) Hellfire

Best Level Script
1) (no vote)
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

Best Tileset
1) (no vote)
2) (no vote)

Best JCSer
1) PurpleJazz
2) cooba
3) Loon

Most Improved JCSer
1) Jgke
2) Lynx
3) Assassin

Best New JCSer
1) (no vote)
2) (no vote)
3) (no vote)

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[FireSworD]

2020 has been a year of great and terrible things. Looks like JCS 2020 is a great one.

The results are mostly fair in my opinion, but people like Violet and cooba might deserve more credit.

[FawFul]

Big thanks to everyone who voted. This was a crazy year and probably one of the best years for JCS. I don't think some categories were ever this contested before, filled with levels that all deserved the win. Let's hope 2021 will be a great year too.

[Violet CLM]

Congratulations to all the winners! There was a lot of great stuff out there this year, with PJ producing piece after piece of parallax artwork in level form, cooba pushing the envelope in gameplay innovation, lots of really exciting and thoughtful work from newer level designers, and everything else in-between. Maybe in 2021 we'll see more people take up pixel art and a return to original tilesets... even almost all the levels this year were made using (various new palettes of) various JJ1 and JJ2 sets. I'm also interested to see if the success of the single screen contest inspires people to make more multiplayer levels that are smaller and thus force more constant combat among players.

It's weird seeing Operation: Clone Killer 3 on the best scripted list because I think of it as primarily a JJ2 level with some details here and there for polish, but then I look again and its script file is 73kb. And that scripted nature makes me always unsure whether the people who had trouble navigating the thorn area without an airboard just failed a spot check, or whether something genuinely failed to spawn for them. But all in all it was a very satisfying level to put together, with lots of different gameplay sections... I'm glad it brings people pleasure, and I hope AaRoN gets an inexplicable feeling of warmth wherever he is. I'm also thrilled I put two exclamation marks into Mighty Switch Test! 2!'s name, because it looks so funny whenever people mention it in this thread. It's probably the closest I've come to making something that is, like, A Video Game, despite its still relying on familiar JJ2 rabbit physics, so I'm glad it got a good reception. People should post their star collections more.

[PurpleJazz]

Maybe in 2021 we'll see more people take up pixel art and a return to original tilesets...

I may just have to take you up on that. ;)