When I was younger (so much younger, younger then today) I got JJ1. I'm pretty sure I had the shareware version before that, but I don't quite remember.
After that, there was the long wait for JJ2, as release date after release date came and went and still it wasn't finished. (And it's still not finished!) Finally, it came out. I think I got it as a reward for good behavior.
I played it. It.. well, it wasn't nearly as captivating as JJ1. I kind of abandoned it.
Some time afterwards, my mother found the few levels that http://www.jazzjackrabbit.com had for download. I really loved Operation: Clone Killer. I recall trying to edit it and kind of messing it up. But gradually I forgot about it again.
Then I found it again. Maybe I hadn't been the right age or something before, but I liked it better then. Actually, it's probably because I figured out how to use JCS. (Very slowly)
After a while, I found J2C. It was great. Loads of levels. I kept wanting to release something, so I worked at JCS. Imagine my shock when I found that no, J2C was dead.
After that, I felt like I was wandering in a dead area. All those names in the downloads section, but... the whole community (though of course I didn't think of it like that then) seemed dead.
Then I found J2S. It was.. weird. I recall it wasn't the best sign Jazz was alive. However, I particiapated in one of the polls. I didn't want to be really involved, I believe, so I chose a name that didn't make me seem like really an enity at all.. "Unknown Rabbit."
Then I tried the JMMB. Jazz was alive! Unfortunately, soon after I joined, it died. I mournfully showed my father, but he laughed at Dethman's closing message.
But! Then I found J2O. It seemed to be J2C and more. I eagerly waited (by this time I was more an active member of the community) for the JCF to be released, and then it was.
Quite a few topics ( mainly War Tavern ones) were carried over from the JMMB, one of which still survives. I've been writing since I can remember, so naturally this big open story (War Stories) drew me in. Though I'll admit my first stuff in it was quite bad.
I had found a niche for myself in that topic, though I frequented the various games in Misc as well. (Actually, at that point Word Association was really the only one) I got my other, rarely used, name there, too. (Never Mind) I think there hadn't been too many posts in it recently, and someone said "Whosoever shall post here next, shall forever be called... never mind." So voila, I posted there next.
Somewhere around then, I played some JJ2 online under the name "Main Banana" (I'm not sure why). I didn't do it for too long, however, and thus Main Banana was.. bwahahaha.. Unknown in JJ2. Online, that is. I still frequently try to make cool single player packs. (Most of which are never finished)
Imagine my surprise when, after my incredibly bad first levels in JCS, I became quite proficient at it. In my mind. I worked for quite a while on a pack of race levels which I loved, and though it didn't get very good ratings (especially from >CelL<) I kept going. I now can answer most questions in the JCS forum.
That brings me to about now.