To make a long story short, I saw JJ1 demo and liked it. Then, 4 years later I saw JJ2 and bought it.

The LONG story: (You may want to skip this

I don't think you want to hear my JJ2 story...





...but too bad.

It was a dark and stormy night. (Excuse me exadurating a bit I've always wanted to say that.) My dad came home with a packet of hundreds (exaduration) of demo games, which I found out were downloads. (By the way, It was 1994, I was 3, and my sister was 1). I particularly liked one which I think was One Must Fall. My sister liked this weird one that looked so babyish. I mean, come on, green rabbits!

My dad got us both. I liked OMF, but found I liked the "babyish" one. It was called: Jazz Jackrabbit. I found every secret (on the first level ).

I decided to get the full version. By then I knew how to use the Internet. It was '96. I searched for it. I got the web address and my parents downloaded it, that was how it worked, as at home the connection was something like 14.4.

So basically I found something. However it was another demo. That happened twice more, leaving me with four demo versions of JJ1.

Forward two years. September 1998. My dad was getting some stuff for a network. We were at CompUSA. I found this game called Unreal. I liked the way they printed the name, so I decided to get it. So there we were, standing in line, about to check out Unreal--and then I saw it. Jazz Jackrabbit! Not only that, but Jazz 2!!! I ran over to the small shelf comtaining numerous copies of JJ2. I brought it back just in time. I showed it to my dad. It even contained the full JJ1!

But I could only get one game. The decision was instant. JJ2. I threw Unreal back on the rack it came from. That was how it all began.

There was a notice saying the first batch of JJ2s didn't contain JJ1. 'No sweat,' I thought as I read on and gave a number. 'Mom will just call.' She did. A few weeks later, it came in the mail: It. Well, not It, but JJ1. Full version. On a CD!

Forward another few months. January 1999. I was a great fan of JJ2 and J2C. I found that JJ2 online now worked. That was when I made my first level. It's still not finished (well, don't blame me!), but it was a start. Pretty much all I had (and have) was a log. And not a very good one, all on Layer 4.

I went under the name Jordan for a few games, then Jazzman. I stuck with that for a while. I join the Dark Wolves clan, but that wasn't much of a change. I changed my name to |W|e|i|r|d|o after a while. The main thing I remember from the Weirdo time period was someone asking "Are you really weird?".

Forward 11 months. December 4, 1999. I was already called KRSplat then. I found the JMMB. I just hadn't paid any attention to any of the links before. 'Nuff said.

That's where I'm sitting now. I've been a member of the JJ community for two whole years. I love you guys... er, the friendship kind of love.

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(From Jan. 27, 2002: edited today)