Sorry for not replying sooner, as I've been away for a few weeks. If Brian is willing to give me access to his server, I'd be happy to upload all of the old levels, as I still have a complete collection of every download there ever was on Jazz 2 City. Although it would probably be easier just to make my Jazz 2 folder and it's 7000 files available online. I've hardly added anything to it since Jazz 2 City went down, so it's sort of a piece of history in and of itself.

At any rate, from my perspective, Jazz 2 City went down because it consumed too much of my life. I admit that I probably never would have stopped if DethMan hadn't asked me to, but it was definitely the right decision, and I only regretted it for a year or so. Seriously, I don't see any logical reason to continue to fret about the death of J2C. Strangely, this is the first time I remember seeing the issue of Christian morals brought up in one of these discussions, but it's very true what DethMan said. I can certainly testify that I started growing in my faith a whole lot more after J2C went down because J2C really did come before God in my life. That may sound ridiculous, but what we spend the most of our freetime doing is usually the top priority of our lives. And besides, it gets a little frustrating when I spent such a large portion of my freetime on J2C and still couldn't get levels posted within a month of receiving them.

To me, updating J2C again would be like Disney making a sequel to Snow White. It would just ruin an old classic. Enjoy the archives of J2C and J2S when they come, but there is no dishonor in moving on. We always commend people in this community who have stuck around the longest, but I don't think we should any less commend those who have chosen to move on from Jazz 2 if they know that is the right thing to do in their lives. Sometimes those who try the hardest to preserve the community end up being the ones to push people out.

-Steven