I am posting this because I am really and truly tired of hearing people who post topics saying that Jazz is dead and has no future. While it may be true that Jazz Jackrabbit 3 isn't coming out, Jazz is far from dead.

First of all, we have an active and dedicated community that has survived several years, which is pretty good for a game that didn't even breakeven on sale income. While we may not have two pages of list servers as the norm any longer, I am one of many people who think that Jazz 2 is at it's zenith right now. Those who are left in the community are extremely dedicated and willing to stay on Jazz for years. I have also seen more new players playing lately and many older players returning to Jazz. But it seems that many people have already decided that Jazz is dead and refuse to change their views. Recent news that the rebel clans (DDL, RK, etc.) were no longer going to be violent got almost no attention while smaller, more negative news got plenty of attention.

It seems many people are hearing that Jazz is dead and then telling themselves that enough times until they think it is true. Take a look at some things that will eventually happen: the source code will be released, Overlord's underplayed Jazz 2 Mutation will be released, and 1.25 will be worked on if we can get the source code. That's not a very grim outlook.

The JCF recently hit post 100,000 and has had 30 or more people active at once, breaking old records. #jj2 has thousands of lines of text a day. New levels and tilesets are created every day. How can this be a dead community?

We should stop dwelling on the fact JJ2 won't be around forever and should start PLAYING. I'm sure JJ2 will survive longer if people start PLAYING instead of walking around shouting "The end is near, give up all hope!"

Jazz isn't dead. That's just my opinion. It's disturbing to see people giving up hope. Put more faith in the community and I'm sure we'll pull through. Haven't we always?