Jan 20, 2012, 11:23 AM | |
Promote Underappreciated Uploads Here!
Okay, so I had a bit of a rethink on my Top 10 Neglected Threads thread, and I've revised the whole can of worms.
Due to the number of people who didn't have the time to sit down and scrounge through the musty old cellars of J2O for 10 whole overlooked uploads, I've changed the rules so that you can post as many or as few things here as you like. Hopefully that will work better. The point I'm getting at is that this is a re-created "Top Ten Neglected Levels" thread. Just like the other one, you can post a link and/or describe a level on J2O that you feel has gone without due praise or recognition. Everybody feels disappointed at one time or another that their stuff hasn't fully been appreciated, so this thread will attempt to rectify that. Simply post a link here to any upload on J2O you feel has been missed (i.e., uploads with poorly written reviews, uploads with only a handful of reviews or no reviews at all, uploads with an inappropriate rating, etc.), and people can download said upload from J2O and right the wrong. Furthermore, Violet CLM has agreed (Happily, as he says) to add levels advertised here to the Review Ideas list on J2O, where'll they'll be even MORE visible. (This comment has been sponsored by Violet CLM) What, you may ask, makes this thread different from the Review Exchange thread? Simple. On the Review Exchange, you submit one of your own levels to be reviewed, and in exchange you review someone else's. In this thread, you submit one (or more) of someone else's levels, and you don't have to commit to reviewing anything. Pure spotlighting. That's all this thread is meant to be. Administrators, this may or may not be asking a lot, but I'd really appreciate it if this could become a Sticky. Now, there are a few rules that people will need to follow. Rule Number One. THE UNBREAKABLE RULE. "Don't post anything here maliciously." The aim of this list is to promote POSITIVE results, not tear people down even further. No hurtful or vengeful submissions to this thread. If I happen to catch someone breaking this rule, they will be reported to an administrator. Please use good judgment when posting on here. Rule Number Two. "No personal submissions of any kind." The last thing I want this thread to become is an ego party. If you truly want your upload to be noticed, either PM another JCF member and ask them to advertise your upload here, or else submit it to the Top 10 Neglected Threads thread, which DOES allow you to cite your own uploads. I want THIS thread to be as free of personal promotion as possible. Just to clarify, by "No Personal Submissions", I mean YOUR uploads, specifically. If someone else creates a level with, say, your custom tileset or music or whatever, that's perfectly acceptable. Rule Number Three. "Follow J2O's Upload Rules." Read them Here. If it's not street legal on J2O, it's not street legal here. Once again, I urge administrators to take prompt action against offenders. I think that's about everything. Beyond that, it's your call, so post away and have fun! REMEMBER THE LITTLE GUY!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Here's a tally of what's been suggested thus far. Nature's Plot of Land by Ragnarok (Posted by PT32) The Citadel Tests by Ron97 (Posted by Just a Random User) After Apocalypse by Jgke (Posted by Just a Random User) Visceral Tower by djazz (Posted by Just a Random User) Vanilla Shores by Fawful (Posted by PT32) Carrotus Lake by King487 (Posted by Ragnarok) Shrunken Jazz by Dropmat (Posted by Violet CLM) Matboard by Dropmat (Posted by Violet CLM) Subsurfacia by Dropmat (Posted by Violet CLM) InterDimensional Khaos by plunK (Posted by PT32) Lost Flag by ALEX4u (Posted by PT32) Voltage Cable Malfunction by Fawful (Posted by PT32) Sub-Terrestrial by PurpleJazz (Posted by PT32) The Temple of Twilight by Quickz/Chiyu (Posted by Sir Ementaler) Cave of Dreams by Jgke (Posted by Sir Ementaler) Fylke by djazz (Posted by Sir Ementaler) Radioactive Mushrooms by TP2001 (Posted by Sir Ementaler) Event Counter by shellyJay (Posted by Sir Ementaler) Balloon Races by Chiyu (Posted by Sir Ementaler) Jazz Unleashed by BlurredD (Posted by Sir Ementaler) Golden Summers by Robee (Posted by PT32) Hallows Eve by Fawful (Posted by PT32) Lost Onyx by CrimiClown (Posted by PT32) Wicked Wood by Fawful (Posted by PT32) Last edited by PT32; Apr 28, 2012 at 06:09 AM. Reason: List added! And modified! |
Jan 20, 2012, 11:26 AM | |
Here's an example upload advertisement (plus an upload I don't think gets enough credit).
http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads...s-plot-of-land
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Jan 20, 2012, 04:42 PM | |
This is absolutely the purpose of the Review Ideas/Could Use Review section on J2O, and I'd be happy to add uploads nominated in this thread to that list.
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Jan 21, 2012, 01:45 PM | |
The Citadel Tests - This level should have more reviews. It's really good.
After Apocalypse - Still no reviews? Don't tell me he wasted his time on this and you guys didn't even download it!? Visceral Tower - Come on guys, this collab is a great work. Review it so we? can do more collab levels! |
Jan 21, 2012, 02:47 PM | ||
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Name two players except me who managed to beat that level in any of its versions and you'll convince me this piece of crap deserves its current attention, 3 reviews, 9+ rating, a place on ZR level list and a JCS Award.
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Jan 22, 2012, 06:33 AM | |
Should I say that for your test as well?
I asked you to test it and during the testing you never said it's bad, and after I uploaded it you went to ZR and here and told everyone around that it's crap?! Everyone who said he didn't like it only did so because he couldn't beat the test. I can't even beat my own test, so what? Should people slap a 1 on Episode 5 just because it's hard? You can at least beat my test, so I'd really appreciate if you told me what exactly makes it so lame as you claim.
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Jan 22, 2012, 08:08 AM | ||||
I'm not entirely sure which one do you mean, but I guess it's xlmxlmtest. You can easily see no one said it's good, it didn't receive any reviews and wasn't nominated for JCS Awards. I didn't ask for adding it to ZR level list because I figured out it'd be pure sadism. As such it has nothing to do with your test.
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Jan 22, 2012, 11:03 AM | |
Guys, sorry for breaking the rules, but the 3 posts above me did it too, aswell. I must to answer, since they(?) asked me something.
First of all, this thread is to advertise levels what SOMEONE LIKES and wants to have more attention to it. These 3 levels are my top3 levels I wanted to see reviews for, so that's why I advertised them. I would like an admin to come here and delete last 4 posts, including this one, after a day or two, so I can be sure SE saw this post. Thanks. P.S. Do not start wars, I just wanted to advertise, and I don't see anything bad in advertising good levels. Tests should be hard, SE. If you can't pass it, it doesn't mean that it's a bad level. Imo, it's a better one. It's always better to have harder tests than easier one. |
Jan 22, 2012, 04:11 PM | ||
Nuke this and the other offenders please, admins
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Jan 23, 2012, 02:37 PM | ||
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Let's end this discussion and get back to the main business of this thread. Which is promoting underappreciated levels.
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Jan 23, 2012, 03:44 PM | |
It looks like its calmed back down here, so I'm going to be lazy and not actually bother wielding the modhammer as long as everyone behaves themselves.
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Jan 25, 2012, 11:31 AM | |
@Back 2 business!
Here's another MASSIVELY obscure level. "Vanilla Shores" By FawFul http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads...p?levelID=6073
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Jan 26, 2012, 04:55 AM | |
Feb 5, 2012, 08:25 PM | |
Besides the stuff in this thread, I'd also like to give a shoutout to the work of my favorite TSF tileset artist, (Drop)Mat:
(Mat also made Neon City, but it's only worth downloading as a novelty or for the sake of completion. Like the others, it shows him making great use of an idea, but the idea itself -- a tileset made up almost entirely of corporate logos -- is so limiting that even Mat's creativity couldn't really make the end result worthwhile.) |
Feb 7, 2012, 02:02 PM | |
Yeah, Subsurfacia's pretty legit.
:legitsmilie (Well, there SHOULD be one!!!)
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Feb 10, 2012, 11:35 AM | |
Here's another quality, overlooked level.
InterDimensional Khaos by plunK http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads...nal-khaos-dom/
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Feb 24, 2012, 10:38 AM | |
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Feb 27, 2012, 11:04 AM | |
Here's my next (hopefully) great find.
Voltage Cable Malfunction by Fawful http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads...e-malfunction/
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Mar 1, 2012, 11:52 AM | |
How the heck did this one go unnoticed?!
Sub-Terrestrial by PurpleJazz http://www.jazz2online.com/downloads...rrestrial-v11/
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Mar 1, 2012, 12:10 PM | |
Well, it does have more downloads than most anything nearby.
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Mar 1, 2012, 01:24 PM | |
Quickz & Chiyu's Temple of Twilight. Horrible usage of ambient lighting but other than that perhaps deserves a review.
Jake's Cave of Dreams. One of those rare J2O levels that use one of my tilesets. Not the best usage I can imagine but the tileset isn't perfect either. Anyway, 0 reviews. Djazz's Fylke. Claustrophobics' hell but not so bad to have only 50 downloads. TP2001's Radioactive Mushrooms. No wonder it didn't become popular as it's one of the weirdest attempts to make something original I've ever seen, I think it's worth taking a look at nonetheless. Shelly's Event Counter. Hard to believe there's a utility that still hasn't been reviewed. Chiyu's Balloon Races - Gold. This kind of comebacks definitely deserves more attention. BlurredD's Jazz Unleashed Demo. Although I understand it's meant to stay rated N/A and over 1000 downloads isn't a small number, I noticed that newcomers hardly ever download it because it's hard to find, while it's certainly one of the best SP packs offered by J2O.
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Mar 2, 2012, 02:14 PM | |
Fylke is amazing. How did we miss that one?
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Mar 5, 2012, 04:51 PM | |
Cave of Dreams IS a great suggestion. Good find, SE!
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Mar 21, 2012, 11:19 AM | |
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Apr 3, 2012, 10:06 AM | |
Whoa. Talk about an overlooked level.
Hallows Eve by Fawful Lol, my review sucks, but it's still a great map.
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Apr 20, 2012, 11:26 AM | |
I love this level. This has some of the most innovative usages of the Dam Nation tileset that I've ever seen (The foreground "Letterbox" bars were a little hard to get used to at first, but ultimately I think contributed positively to the level). The level has good flow, a terrific atmospherical song, and for an upload with 225 downloads, I think it deserves a far better rap than it's gotten.
Plus, it's a multiplayer WATER level, and how often do you see that done these days? Lost Onyx by CrimiClown
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Apr 28, 2012, 06:03 AM | |
Here's an overlooked level, at least on J2O (although I DID hear it was pretty popular on the JJnet ladder).
Wicked Wood by Fawful And if you leap to a conclusion that at 6 it has too many reviews to be on this list, just look at the quality of said reviews. Not a single noteworthy one. Which is a cryin' shame. By the way, y'all can chime in and promote levels here at any time, if you like. Just read the Rules and click Post.
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Don't say "cannot," say "why not?" IN DEVELOPMENT: Renascence: The Last Jackrabbit Last edited by PT32; Apr 28, 2012 at 11:45 AM. Reason: Turns out it wasn't QUITE as overlooked as I initially thought...Nonetheless it didn't get very much pub on J2O |
Apr 28, 2012, 07:08 AM | |
This was one of the most played levels on the JJnet ladder last year.
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Apr 28, 2012, 11:40 AM | ||
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See, I've never been on the JJnet ladder before, so I did not know that. Thanks for sharing! (and nice to know that someone actually reads this thread!) Respectfully, though, that still doesn't change the fact that WW only has...what, 165 downloads?...as well as a smattering of really short Quick reviews and a Featured review written by the level's author himself (which is an interesting commentary on quality of WW's reviews). Admittedly, Wicked Wood is hardly the most obscure upload I've ever found. But if you take the JJnet ladder out of the equation, WW really doesn't have a whole lot of publicity. And it's a good level. I do think that it's time I added some more older material to the list, though, since I've strayed a bit away from that.
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