Jan 9, 2022, 08:42 AM | |
JCS Awards 2021
Results are here!
Another year gone, another round of JCS awards! Now's your chance to honor the best JJ2 creations of the past 365 days! You must read the rules before voting. They are as follows: 1) In the past you were only allowed to vote for one nomination per category. However, in order to allow more levels to get the chance to be appreciated this time around, you are now also allowed, but not obligated to vote for your second and third choices, which respectively have x0.5 and x0.25 the weighting of your main vote. You do not have to vote in every category if you wish not to do so. 2) You are not limited to voting within the nominations, but you are advised to at least check these levels if you haven't already, in order to make your vote fair. Also, unreleased/unfinished levels cannot be voted for; they must be available for public download. 3) Votes are to be kept private until announcement of the overall results. This is to raise the tension, and also to prevent bandwagoning. In order to vote, post your votes here and then delete the post after you have submitted it, and a moderator will undelete it after the deadline. Alternatively, if you prefer, you can submit them using the following Google Form, or you are allowed to PM them to Stijn, but bare in mind that your choices will be announced in public once the voting stage is over. Any votes left public will be forcibly deleted by moderation, and your vote may not count. If you vote using the Google Form, you must confirm with me by sending me a PM or replying to this thread to confirm that you have submitted your votes, else they will be null and void during the final count. This is to prevent people from claiming to be someone else when voting. 4) Voting closes on 23rd January at 23:59 GMT+1. Votes made promptly after this deadline may still be counted but as soon as a moderator undeletes the posts, any subsequent votes will be ignored. Best Battle Level Acid Reign - cooba Aurora Mountains - Dragusela BioMess - Lynx Crown of Thorns - PurpleJazz Ethereal River - Dragusela Frogavia V2.5 - TreyLina Jazz in Wonderland - Dragusela Laboratory 38 - Dragusela Landfall- Loon Malice in Wonderland - Loon Mint Commotion - Violet CLM Monkey Lake - Dragusela Pterenophobia - Olsen RAID: Mirrow Legends - Violet CLM Retroic - FireSworD Snowy Woodland - Dragusela Spirit of Christmas - Xan Stille Heide* - Laro B Taco Trucks on Every Corner - Violet CLM You Arena - Superjazz Best Bee Tournament Level Acid Reign - cooba Aurora Mountains - Dragusela BioMess - Lynx Laboratory 38 - Dragusela RAID: Mirrow Legends - Violet CLM Stille Heide* - Laro B You Arena - Superjazz Best CTF Level Cloudscape - Dragusela Deck 17 - DanZeal Deep in the Hedge - Dragusela ElectricSnow - Archon Erathia - Superjazz Hydroponic - Warren Night Peace - Dragusela Sand Castle - Lynx Syri i Kaltër - Loon Wuwang Bang Bang - Violet CLM Best Single Player Release Jazz of the Jungle - Violet CLM Lori Fortress - Primpy Mystery of the Four Artifacts (Plus edition) - chandie Peoples Chimp pt 2 - abgrenv Ruins at Carrotus - JesterOfDestiny Sinister Winter - Dragusela Swamps of The Sleeping Jaguar - JesterOfDestiny Tomatoe Garden - Dragusela Best Eyecandy Acid Reign - cooba Archonpelago - Violet CLM Aurora Mountains - Dragusela BioMess - Lynx City of FreeDOM - Violet CLM Cloudscape - Dragusela Crown of Thorns - PurpleJazz Deep in the Hedge - Dragusela Erathia - Superjazz Ethereal River - Dragusela Frogavia V2.5 - TreyLina Genshin Over It - Violet CLM Hydroponic - Warren Jazz in Wonderland - Dragusela Jazz of the Jungle - Violet CLM King of Wuwang Hill / Wuwang Bang Bang - Violet CLM Labmoratory / Mint Commotion - Violet CLM Laboratory 38 - Dragusela Landfall- Loon Lonely House - Dragusela Lori Fortress - Primpy Malice in Wonderland - Loon Monkey Lake - Dragusela RAID: Mirrow Legends - Violet CLM Retroic - FireSworD Ruins at Carrotus - JesterOfDestiny Snowy Woodland - Dragusela Sand Castle - Lynx Sinister Winter - Dragusela Stille Heide* - Laro B Syri i Kaltër - Loon Teapot DOM - Violet CLM Tomatoe Garden - Dragusela You Arena - Superjazz Note that you may vote for up to 5 choices in this category, with the weighting for your votes equalling x1, x0.5, x0.4, x0.3 and x0.2 respectively. Best Level Script Acid Reign - cooba Archonpelago - Violet CLM City of FreeDOM - Violet CLM Crown of Thorns - PurpleJazz Jazz of the Jungle - Violet CLM King of Wuwang Hill - Violet CLM Lori Fortress - Primpy Malice in Wonderland - Loon Mystery of the Four Artifacts (Plus edition) - chandie Retroic - FireSworD Sand Castle - Lynx Teapot DOM - Violet CLM You Arena - Superjazz Best Tileset Conversion Hakuna Matata - chandie Inferno ß - chandie Lapper Festive - Violet CLM In this category you may only vote for your 1st and 2nd choices. Best JCSer abgrenv chandie Dragusela JesterOfDestiny Loon Lynx Superjazz Violet CLM Happy voting, and good luck to you all! * This level has not yet been uploaded to J2O, but was shared publically in Bee's Tournament, therefore I felt it shouldn't be excluded. For now you can downloading it using a MediaFire link, however this will be replaced with the J2O link once the level is uploaded there (please note the final version may differ slightly). Last edited by PurpleJazz; Jan 24, 2022 at 02:03 PM. |
Jan 12, 2022, 05:22 AM | |
Best Battle Level
1) Retroic 2) Landfall 3) You Arena Honorable mentions: Acid Reign, Malice in Wonderland, RAID: Mirrow Legends Best Bee Tournament Level 1) You Arena 2) Acid Reign 3) RAID: Mirrow Legends Honorable mentions: BioMess, Laboratory 38, Stille Heide Best CTF Level 1) Syri i Kaltër 2) Erathia 3) Sand Castle Honorable mentions: Hydroponic, Wuwang Bang Bang Best SP Release 1) Jazz of the Jungle 2) Lori Fortress 3) Peoples Chimp pt 2 Honorable mentions: Ruins at Carrotus, Swamps of the Sleeping Jaguar Best Eyecandy 1) King of Wuwang Hill / Wuwang Bang Bang 2) Malice in Wonderland 3) Landfall 4) Retroic 5) Sand Castle Honorable mentions: Acid Reign, BioMess, Erathia, Labmoratory / Mint Commotion, Monkey Lake, Stille Heide, Syri i Kaltër, Teapot DOM, You Arena Best Level Script 1) Jazz of the Jungle 2) Lori Fortress 3) Frogavia V2.5 Honorable mentions: Acid Reign, King of Wuwang Hill, Retroic Best Tileset Conversion 1) Hakuna Matata 2) Lapper Festive Best JCSer 1) Loon 2) Violet CLM 3) Superjazz Honorable mentions: Lynx |
Jan 16, 2022, 08:38 AM | |
Batttle:
1) Crown of Thorns by PurpleJazz 2) Landfall by Loon 3) Retroic by FireSworD Best Bee Tournament level: 1) You Arena by Superjazz 2) Acid Reign by cooba 3) BioMess by Lynx CTF: 1) Syri i Kaltër by Loon 2) Sand Castle by Lynx 3) Erathia by Superjazz Best Eyecandy: 1) Crown of Thorns by Purplejazz 2) Syri i Kaltër by Loon 3) Landfall by Loon 4) Retroic by FireSworD 5) Wuwang Bang Bang by Violet CLM Best JCSer: 1) Loon 2) Superjazz 3) Violet CLM
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Jan 19, 2022, 07:27 AM | |
My votes. Due to the vast variety of JCSers releasing quality levels that I enjoyed last year, the Best JCSer award was harder than ever to decide. And since there's no Most Improved JCSer award this time around, I decided to vote Dragusela for his activity and determination to improve.
Best Battle Level: 1: Crown of Thorns, 2: Monkey Lake, 3: You Arena Best Bee Tournament Level: You Arena, 2: Acid Reign, 3: Stille Heide Best CTF Level: 1: Sand Castle, 2: Hydroponic, 3: Deck 17 Best Single Player Release: 1: Lori Fortress, 2: Jazz of the Jungle, 3: Ruins at Carrotus Best Eyecandy: 1: Crown of Thorns, 2: Landfall, 3: Sand Castle, 4: King of Wuwang Hill, 5: BioMess Best Level Script: 1: Jazz of the Jungle, 2: Lori Fortress, 3: Mystery of the Four Artifacts (Plus edition) Best Tileset Conversion: 1: Hakuna Matata, 2: Lapper Festive Best JCSer: Dragusela
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Jan 19, 2022, 10:31 AM | |
Best Battle 2021:
Gold: Crown of Thorns Silver: Malice in Wonderland Bronze: Landfall Best Bee Tournament 2021: Gold: You Arena Silver: RAID: Mirrow Legends Bronze: BioMess Best CTF 2021: Gold: Syri i Kaltër Silver: Erathia Bronze: Sand Castle Best Eyecandy 2021: Rhodium: King of Wuwang Hill / Wuwang Bang Bang Platinum: Crown of Thorns Gold: Malice in Wonderland Silver: Landfall Bronze: You Arena Best Tileset Conversion 2021: Gold: Hakuna Matata Silver: Lapper Festive Best JCSer 2021: Gold: Loon Silver: Violet CLM Bronze: SuperJazz A big shout-out to Dragusela though. He could've easily been in my top3. |
Jan 23, 2022, 12:11 PM | |
Omitting some categories on account of not having a strong enough opinion, or not being sure on how to assess it...
Best Battle 1. Crown of Thorns - a concept so unique, it probably warrants its own "Gameplay Theory" level jam of sorts. 2. Retroic - a proper crowd pleaser with strong personality. 3. RAID: Mirrow Legends - yay more Violet weirdness. Best Bee Tournament Level 1. RAID: Mirrow Legends I didn't play the tournaments with the other ones, sorry. Best CTF Level 1. Erathia 2. Sand Castle Best Eyecandy 1. King of Wuwang Hill - this level is stunning. 2. Sand Castle 3. Syri i Kaltër 4. Biomess 5. Malice in Wonderland Best Level Script 1. King of Wuwang Hill 2. Labmoratory 3. Genshin Over It Best JCSer 1. Violet CLM 2. Lynx 3. Loon
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Jan 23, 2022, 02:04 PM | |
Best Battle Level:
BioMess - Lynx Crown of Thorns - PurpleJazz Landfall- Loon Best Bee Tournament Level: BioMess - Lynx RAID: Mirrow Legends - Violet CLM You Arena - Superjazz Best CTF Level Sand Castle - Lynx Erathia - Superjazz Wuwang Bang Bang - Violet CLM Best Single Player Release Jazz of the Jungle - Violet CLM Mystery of the Four Artifacts (Plus edition) - chandie Best Eyecandy Crown of Thorns - PurpleJazz BioMess - Lynx Teapot Dom- Violet CLM Sand Castle - Lynx Erathia - Superjazz Landfall- Loon Best Level Script Teapot DOM - Violet CLM Mystery of the Four Artifacts (Plus edition) - chandie Best Tileset Conversion Lapper Festive - Violet CLM Best JCSer Violet CLM
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Jan 23, 2022, 10:33 PM | |
Voting is now closed. Stay tuned for the results!
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Jan 24, 2022, 01:59 PM | |
The results are in!
Best Battle Level of 2021 Crown of Thorns - PurpleJazz [8] Landfall - Loon [4] BioMess - Lynx [3.25] Runners up: Malice in Wonderland - Loon [3], Frogavia V2.5 - TreyLina [2.75], Retroic - FireSworD [2.75], Mint Commotion - Violet CLM [1.25], You Arena - Superjazz [1] This was probably one of the most competitive Best Battle categories in quite in a long time. We were rather spoiled for choice this year in terms of arenas to battle it out in, so no doubt everyone had a hard time picking their top 3, and in a way it's a shame that only the top 3 get to make the cream of the crop. Nonetheless, a podium has been decided. Thank you so much for your votes! I was honestly not expecting to win this time, I was concerned that the concept may be a little too "extreme" for some players, but hey ho. The other two levels are absolutely worth your time - Landfall is a more conventional but beautifully built level that's bound to become a party smash, whereas BioMess is ideal for two people to duke it out in a duel. Maybe challenge Jety to a match there if you're feeling brave.. Best Bee Tournament Level of 2021 BioMess - Lynx [6.5] You Arena - Superjazz [6.25] Acid Reign - cooba [4] Runners up: RAID: Mirrow Legends - Violet CLM [3], Laboratory 38 - Dragusela [1.5], Stille Heide - Laro B [1.5] Looks like tournaments work just as well as more traditional contests for motivating people to fire up JCS/MLLE! BioMess is quite the extraordinary level in the visual department, but is absolutely no slouch in the gameplay department either. I found it hugely fun to play during Bee's Duel Tournament, and I hope to see more of it again! You Arena by SJ just barely missed out on the gold medal by a narrow margin, but is no less deserving of the top spot with its combination of funky visuals and slick gameplay with a few interesting twists here and there. Acid Reign is probably the most daring level to come out of this year, and while it may not be everyone's cup of tea, those who give it a chance will find it to have some real strategic depth that rewards intelligent play over mindless ammo spam (and just a bit of luck). Best CTF Level of 2021 Sand Castle - Lynx [7.5] Erathia - Superjazz [6.5] Syri i Kaltër - Loon [5.25] Runners up: Wuwang Bang Bang - Violet CLM [2.25], Deck 17 - DanZeal [2], Hydroponic - Warren [1.5] Although 2021 didn't bring as many new additions to the CTF level pool as it did to Battle, the concise set of levels did contain some real treasures. It was a fairly close call, but ultimately Lynx' Sand Castle took home the gold! It's a real visual treat with a brilliantly well-realised theme that oozes charm, and also has a fun layout to boot. Erathia continues SJ's trend of making levels thay pay homage to Heroes of Magic and Might 3, and those that enjoyed his previous efforts such as Stronghold and Hall of the Mountain King will find plenty to enjoy here. Syri i Kaltër takes Jungrock to the next level with a modern JJ2 twist and offers a great package of superb visuals and gameplay. All three of these levels are best played in 3vs3 and above, so bring friends! (as a side note, Sand Castle and Syri i Kaltër are both available to play on the JJnet clan ladder, so get training!) Best Single Player Release of 2021 Jazz of the Jungle - Violet CLM [6.25] Lori Fortress - Primpy [4.25] Mystery of the Four Artifacts (Plus Edition) - chandie [2.5] Runners up: Swamps of the Sleeping Jaguar - JesterOfDestiny [1.75], Sinister Winter - Dragusela [1] Seems like quirky-but-fun gameplay is the ticket to success in 2021! Jazz of the Jungle is a romp unlike anything else you will have played recently, taking heavy inspiration from Jill of the Jungle but with its own unique JJ2 flavor and a bit of Metroidvania flair. Lori Fortress is a worthy runner up, which packs plenty of Lori-tastic action into its relatively brief runtime. I also highly recommend checking out the updated Mystery of the Four Artifacts episode, which has seen a significant overhaul that brings it into the modern era while addressing many of the issues raised by reviewers upon the original release. Best Eyecandy of 2021 Crown of Thorns - PurpleJazz [5.7] BioMess - Lynx [4.9] King of Wuwang Hill / Wuwang Bang Bang - Violet CLM [4.4] Runners up: Sand Castle - Lynx [3.9], Malice in Wonderland - Loon [3.6], Landfall - Loon [3.6], Syri i Kaltër - Loon [1.8], Teapot DOM - Violet CLM [1.3], Hydroponic - Warren [1.2], City of FreeDOM - Violet CLM [1] Thank you again so much for your votes! I don't feel like I can accept this award without giving credit where credit is due - special shout out to Fool for drawing the thorny tree that was used in the background! Someone really ought to commission you to draw a tileset for JJ2, huh? BioMess has perhaps the most innovative visual design to come out this year, and has clearly made a real splash. I'm really looking forward to what Lynx has in store for us this year! I also take my hat off to Violet's King of Wuwang Hill, which takes the (lets face it, overused by now) Carrotus tileset into an atmospheric new direction - the palette and background combination are jaw-droppingly beautiful, enough to make you completely forget that it's another Carrotus level. Best Level Script of 2021 Jazz of the Jungle - Violet CLM [4.25] Frogavia V2.5 - TreyLina [2.75] Mystery of the Four Artifacts (Plus Edition) - chandie [2.75] Lori Fortress - Primpy [2.5] Runners up: City of FreeDOM - Violet CLM [1.75], Teapot DOM - Violet CLM [1.5], King of Wuwang Hill - Violet CLM [1.25] Congratulations to Violet for taking the top spot in this category! For those looking to see the potential of AngelScript in a multiplayer context, check out the joint runner up Frogavia, which deploys Seren's script magic to bring you quite the froggy (and birdy) experience! Best Tileset Conversion of 2021 Hakuna Matata - chandie [9.5] Lapper Festive - Violet CLM [7] Inferno ß - chandie [1] Safe to say that I think Hakuna Matata has been on everyone's wish list for tileset conversions for the best part of a decade or two now, so mad props to chandie for taking that leap and finally bringing proto-Carrotus into JJ2! Lapper Festive is also well worth checking out for those looking to bring some seasonal festivity into their levels. Best JCSer of 2021 Violet CLM [7.5] Loon [7.25] Dragusela [4.25] Runners up: Lynx [3.5], Superjazz [1.5] This was probably the closest finish we've ever had in the history of the Best JCSer award. Violet CLM just barely pipped Loon at the post with her eclectic mix of Single Player and Multiplayer treats, taking the grand prize. Congratulations! Props to Loon as well for bringing us three outstanding multiplayer levels that will no doubt get some considerable air-time in the coming years. Very well done to Dragusela as well, who was 2021's work horse, retaining incredibly consistent productivity throughout the entirety of the year. You can only go up from here, and I'm eagerly anticipating your 2022 output! I also want to give mentions to both Lynx and SJ, who despite not making the podium, both delivered some incredible levels each with their own highly unique designer flair. Thank you to everyone who made 2021 such a wonderful year, and to everyone who voted! See you all next time! |
Jan 24, 2022, 02:01 PM | |
Here's a spreadsheet with the full breakdown of Google Form votes (in addition to the JCF votes, which have been manually added to the Google Form votes for convenience sake)
Last edited by PurpleJazz; Jan 26, 2022 at 12:10 PM. |
Jan 24, 2022, 02:06 PM | |
Congrats to all the winners and everyone who made content in 2021 ! Let's hope for a great 2022.
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