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Hey there! It's good to see you're still here (and still remember me!) Sorry about the late reply - I only now thought to check the forum again, lol.
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Thanks for linking that, I'd totally missed it! (edit: oh no, the links are all dead  )
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Damn, sorry to hear the links are dead. Silly Epic! I do have it downloaded, so could send to you if you like (considering it was offered as a free download in the first place I'm sure there is no issue with that.)
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It's been years since I was in JDC and even back then the skill level was moderately beyond me, but the group events were a lot of fun~
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Yeah, likewise. I just liked the group events. I think I only tried the dueling once, and immediately discovered how few skills I had as I got totally PWNed.
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Haha, oh man, I'll never forget. Remember, DethMan closed the JMMB because it wasn't upholding Christian values.
Another thing that's always stood out in my memory was one time on Wakeman's site he received a letter via the weekly survey he ran (remember those?! they were awesome!) about how the person was concerned about their Wiccan family and Wakeman offered his condolences and prayers for their souls.
I also remember how fast the admins explicitly banned homophobia after Gummy came out, too. Do you remember when 'gay' was a filtered word?
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Haha, I totally forgot about why it got closed like that. Pretty crazy! I'm glad that the community moved on to a more accepting place - and J2O has been and continues to be an amazing resource and such a great community site for sharing levels. Looking back, it's too bad there was never any official support for sharing user-created levels - you look at games like Little Big Planet and Super Mario Maker today, and they do that much better - but neither of those captures the depth of what you could create in JJ2 (considering you could create your own tilesets, and use any music you wanted to!)
Wow, those were different times. I'm glad that this place became more of an open-minded community, without being limited by people's religious affiliation/orientation/etc. Back then, I guess I just got used to it, such is living in Christian-dominated America. But isn't it supposed to be about the game we all love?
Good on Gummy for having the courage to come out, and to effect actual change!
So I still really need to either release that level, or try to finish the episode. I keep wavering because a few other levels are close to complete - but others are barely started - and it's become an intimidating amount of work!
I've also tried making 3 levels in Super Mario Maker, and while the tools are really nice to use (and it's awesome being able to jump in and play right away, from any point in the level), they make me miss all the things you could do in JCS. (BTW - does anyone have a Wii U and want to exchange friend codes?