Great... Now I want to learn about this "antipode" thing, considering how unlikely it is for something made several years ago to be better than most things made today.

Anyway, my favorite year just might be 2001 because that was when I first joined JDC (season 5), as well as many other participants. Season 5 was the first and last time (as far as I can tell) that Roast Tag was hosted in an event--one of my favorite events despite the fact it's hard to keep score. After that season I dueled less and less, but I made more and more levels for the events.

2001 was also the year Agama released all four of her tilesets, which could be considered to be the best sets ever made for JJ2. Good times.