we had this thread on the old r2o forums, so lets start it here to. post your history on jk2 here, your best moments or things you remember.
ill repeat what i wrote on r2o. i took the time to write this not only to show my own story, but to somehow make sure the jk2 story as whole is remembered, so some things are not directly related to me here. dont ask me why i remember some things that exactly, i just do for some reason. this story is mainly based on CTF europe as that is what I have played mostly, perhaps someone can go for the FFA story as well.
the force awakens:
- thanks for meeting many people IRL: Niall/Colo, Inwader (Gergö), Shogun, Primi, Domyno, Mero, Nash, Amethyst, Kaze and some more but I forgot their Jk2 nickname ^^
- actually i never wanted to buy jk2, i was 12 and wanted to have some Vampire game. though they didnt have it but i badly wanted to buy something so I forced my mum to buy jk2
- my first moment ever was on ns_streets where i got asked if i was a big Star Wars fan by a guy glitching next to me, i dont know why i remember this
- the mystery of Ogami Itto (founder of OR)
- played jk2 for years without actually watching any Star Wars movies until 5 years ago
- not only jk2 was new to me but the whole computer/internet thing as well, and as 12 year old kid this whole stuff is pretty amazing to you
- started my early days randoming on FFA in all kind of servers. i remember a guy called TruV_Power or True_Power, i believe he was FoU but not sure. it was American server anyway and i had no clue about ping and lag, so i thought him hitting me from a big distance was some kind of special attack
- kinda played every day and believed i was special from the very early time, i challenged everybody i could see to a duel to 5 and actually won alot of it by repeating the same 3 movements without even knowing DFG
- I created my own clan SoR and used to play with several different nicknames, wanting people to believe the clan has many members. I also created a homepage for the clan using "Beepworld.de".
PuDeTo times
- after some time i joined PuDeTo server and got into their community, where i also met Cpt. Kirk, Kaze (whom i later met IRL), Sephiroth and Lesh. i didnt follow any rules, so got myself banned very soon from PuDeTo being the 12 year old that flamed everybody whether I won or lost.
- i also believe the term dfg and dfa (the distinction) was first used within the PuDeTo community, so PuDeTo should actually take credit for these terms. dfg aka death from ground and dfa meaning death from above if you use the spike (looking up) when dfging.
- countless times of playing country_roads on PuDeTo (thanks ShroomDuck) and im sure I could still do the labyrinth after 10 years (actually did it 2 years ago or something on the first try)
- PuDeTo was also the first community to host several tournaments though only within their own community, such as duel tournaments. PuDeTo meaning Puppenstube des Todes (puppet house of death, kinda)
CTF jedi master early times
- since i was gone/banned from PuDeTo (damm it was a shock for a 12 year old, literally) i went to CTF, who was living and blooming next to FFA at that time. it was the age of CTF jedi master, where u would play without weapons and with force powers with slow forceregentime, mostly on public servers hosted by oldschool DBD and various other clans at that time, including ToD and their underclan SC.
- CTF jm europe at that time was kinda advanced considering jk2 had been so young. u basically had 2 runners with mostly light side using speed and absorb, and the opposite of support was called "protector", who supplied the runners with force and actually went to enemy base to help the runner escape. once the runner was in base, the "protector" would baseclean, so we didnt really have a support and bc but a protector who did both jobs at the same time. the old school idea of protector is also how i got the idea to introduce the "support" position, but that comes later.
- as far as returning goes, in early early CTF jm 99% of ppl used speed and force sharing to keep force regen up, using dark side with speed and rage to keep speed up. i believe i saw this first used by EoD with Belta and Flawless (so credits to Flaw for that, for real), though i cant tell who first invented the speed+rage+force sharing combo. later on people would also use light side of the force with speed and absorb only to return, because there were too many protectors in public spaming push to push the dark side returners away.
- CTF jm clanwars were usually 6on6 (or more), with 2 runners, 1-2 protectors and 2-3 returners depending on the numbers on each time
- personally, i was always returning with speed and absorb and did pretty well
OOJ and RoK
- one of the people that contributed most to early CTF were OOJ, including Strychnos, Suicidal, Strong_Guy, Kalan, Zynkan, Affe (or something like that), Mod and Boost, probably missed some names but anyway. many things that now seem obvious were first used by these guys, so naturally they were role models for a 12 year old kid and I wanted to join their underclan, RoK.just on a side note, its funny that all clans had under clans at that time with DBD having JA, ToD having SC, OOJ having RoK, only BBB didnt have underclans though they had internal rankings =>
http://oi59.tinypic.com/2yjwql2.jpg
- so i got accepted into RoK and at that time i already had a fair amount of skill, there were many people better than me but I was already decent after about 1 year of jk2. I played in RoK not under the name Ferox bot as "eXodus", and met Sensey there oder the name "Unforgiven". only years later we found out we had actually played together in RoK ages ago.
- i remember a tournament OOJ vs RoK, where Strychnos pulled a prank on getting married and leaving jk2, leaving everybody speechless
- eventually Mod and Boost took care of me and taught me alot of CTF, including the very basics of advanced CTF. they were a big reason for me to stay in RoK and go for OOJ, but they left to join BBB so I couldnt be very bothered with RoK anymore. I believe I got kicked out of RoK for multiclaning secretly, but I couldnt tell for sure now.
OOJ vs BBB
- one of the greatest games I ever witnessed was OOJ vs BBB clanwar. BBB was number one probably at that time destroying OOJ in every single gametype, though Mod connected just before CTF was about to begin and BBB lost their first and only CTF game against OOJ with a splendid performance by Mod =>
http://lupus1.com/bbb/img/TFFA-results-OOJ.jpg ,
http://oi58.tinypic.com/25gut78.jpg
BBB
- i wanted to follow Mod and Boost after they left OOJ for BBB, this is where I also got to know more about Lupus and the other BBB members.
- i played countless of duels with them and especially with Lupus and even though jk2 developed so much I would say Lupus is one if not the best duel player of all time, had he continued to play jk2. his dueling was insane at that time. I wouldnt have been such a success later on in the tournaments without spending my days playing public with him.
- eventually, Kenshin from SoH also joined BBB =>
http://lupus1.com/bbb/img/TFFA-results-SoH.jpg
- i got recruited as BBB-t after a while, though I got kicked soon enough for just being myself (I guess I was 14 or something? 2 years of jk2 by that time)
All Star Tournament
- at that time there was a tournament hosted by RICK, divided into 2 American teams and one European team. I was in that team with the tag [**TEAM EUROPE] Ferox, together with Mod, though the actual tournament never happened we played several scrims.
The competition at its peak - Rotlichtbezirk server
- u could pretty much say this was old school's highest peak of competition. we had BBB, OOJ, DBD as top clans as well as various other clans that also had good members and apart from that we had the American community being active
- pretty soon after I got kicked out of BBB i stayed clanless for a while. at that time Americas influence hit Europe, as Americans had always (?) been playing CTF jedi guardian level with weapons (the weapons we still use: Mines, forcefield, Sentry on yavin).
- one day a new server appeared called Rotlichtbezirk, hosted by Sechsi and his son Storm-Eye. BBB members ruled over this server with RCON and it became one of the most popular servers next to DBD public. guess RCON abuse happened occasionally, but this server adapted CTF jedi guardian with weapons.
- since I still wanted to be in BBB, I decided to fake a BBB member and actually gained access to all their private sections, which soon got me busted and banned from Rotlichtbezirk
- at BBB vs JA clanwar, FetchD managed to get -5 points in 20 minutes in his first ever CTF game
Fury
- at that time I wanted to quit 1.02 and move on to 1.04 and eventually JK3, that I played for several months. I had quit 1.02 for good, the only reason I came back was because Mod asked me to join Fury that was created with Mod, Boost and Zynkan as main members.
- Fury was a new super team, that could pretty much beat every clan. though a clanwar never happened between DBD and BBB or Fury and BBB/DBD.
- too bad I dont have the screens anymore of Lupus and V-tecc discussing on old DBD forums for a clanwar date, pretty fun to read
- Fury was also where I quit my identity as "eXodus" and started my new Jk2 as "Ferox". Fury didnt last long though, as Mod decided to rejoin BBB with Boost following him pretty soon.
DBD and JA
- since I was clanless, I decided to join JA, DBD's underclan. at that time it was still unknown who is "the best", as I said an actual clanwar never happened between the big clans (BBB and DBD). OOJ at that time was pretty much gone now was their main members joined either BBB, DBD or went inactive. couldnt tell who was better at that time, one thing is for sure it would have been a close game with Filazer, V-tecc, Psycho being top players at that time
- I also secretly joined an Austrian clan made by an DBD I think it was FelloW, called smoking something, I really cant remember.
- i enjoyed JA, though I wanted to be DBD and couldnt be bothered to go through the JA trials.
- one of the greatest matches I played was the JA vs DBD friendly clanwar, where JA actually managed to do a draw against DBD, me and GuardianAngel (later: CoS # Furesy) carried alone pretty much. it was also one of my best performances in CTF and duel, winning 18 duels in a row
- one of the funniest moments in my game was killing Filazer with mindtrick on CTF jm and him threatening me with being kicked out of JA for "playing like a coward"
- eventually I got kicked after doing the JA trial where u were supposed to duel 2on1 against 2 DBD members, i won that match clearly and demanded DBD spot that I was denied.
CTF NF
- around that time CTF NF was also introduced finally. it was first introduced by Rotlichtbezirk, though BBB and DBD members kind of introduced CTF NF officially by putting NF+weapons on their server in Europe, though the Americans actually invented using no force CTF with sentry and mines. CTF JM was now gone
- this was also the time where Mod published his first CTF NF BBB movie and this pretty much started the whole movie making era (check here for the movies:
http://lupus1.com/BBBdownloads/ )
- I created a clan called serVant where I recruited several people including Kazuya and Ni (CoS # Gawers), that clan actually battled alot of American clans and also DBD in a funwar that DBD won, which was used by DBD as claim to officially have beaten me, probably because they couldnt stand the fact they were humiliated by me in the JA vs DBD game
- after serVant died, i joined KoD with Laco and Flawless. this was also the time where CoS was finally created by Gotchi, FetchD, Sammy and Celestial Avenger.
Unification Tournaments
- me and Lupus actually hosted the first big tournaments in Europe, the Unification tournament I where i took 2nd place against Lupus in the finals and BBB winning the CTF one (where I took part in the EoS CTF europe team) - unitour.net.ms for screenshots
KoD vs CoS
- eventually KoD vs CoS happened. it was me and Sammy dueling for the team color choice on yavin, and that first duel that later went on as tradition to decide for base choice on captains
- we decided on duel, tffa and ctf. CoS won CTF and denied TFFA and duel which was agreed, so technically and in my opinion the only game CoS ever lost was the KoD clanwar.
Early CoS and USB tournament
- soon after KoD had died I applied for CoS; i was forced to sign a word document where it said I must behave and follow the rules (not a joke here)
- it was also this time where CoS first became publicly known to people, though there was still BBB, DBD and the Americans
- in time and partly because DBD hated me and i was in CoS, DBD started to blame CoS members for cheating including script and lag, though we never agreed on a clanwar. fuel was added to the war because main DBD member Penge went to join CoS
- eventually the first USB tournament was hosted by Kinshu, where DBD and CoS joined. BBB was pretty much inactive at that time already and didnt take part. I still remember V-tecc officially giving Filazer the order to "Execute CoS" on a private chat that accidentally got shown on public chat by this ^ bug back then
CoS vs DBD
- finally CoS and DBD met in the finals of this tournament. ironically, we knew DBDs private forum section password which was "DBD4Life". whenever CoS scored on CTF all 5 of us would spam "CoS 4 Life", eventually CoS won over DBD in CTF 4-1, it was NOT a clear game but a close call. - CoS actually lost TFFA to DBD, so i never understood the celebration of Pi when winning one round. CoS has lost several parts of a clanwar, including this TFFA. however, CoS won the duel with a splendid performance by Sammy leaving me (Ferox) sitting in spectate and not actually playing one duel because he won them all, thus making CoS the victors over DBD.
FFA times
- after the clanwar I went to play alot of FFA with and dare to say I was pretty decent with light force, mainly because I used to play with absorb back then in CTF jm and was good at surviving. this was also where I met Wesley and eventually Niall, who took interest in coming to CTF with me and joining CoS later on
CoS era
- we actually played DBD again in the USB Tournament II, though it was the new school DBD and not the old school DBD members so there was no hate going on. the USB tournament II was never finished, though.
- this was also the time of highest competition with DBD, qSa, the rest of BBB, the American community, Mystic, ToD and several other clans.
- at that time there was also SC with Laco, Shaggy, Xavos and other members that later went to form qSa. CoS had beat SC in the USB tournament II with the main members that after that left SC and built qSa. i didnt play this game though as I was still CoS-t at that time.
- CoS # Gotchi who in fact was DBD|Belta (thats how we got the password for DBD forums) had always feared that I would take over leadership of CoS and therefore disliked me
- here is the first and only official CoS movie of the whole clan and not single individuals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTHv2yL8u-o
CoS vs qSa
- soon after qSa was build CoS and qSa yet entered a new tournament, though I forgot its name. CoS and qSa met in the group stage and CoS lost the first game.
- for the finals, i introduced the first version of support ever to jk2 and played as supportive camp ret with FetchD hunting and Penge and Sammy running, rendering qSa's blue base unable to score more than once. in my personal opinion, it was the best game i ever played for CoS, and one of the best games CoS played as team. after defeating qSa, CoS won yet another tournament => watch the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdkRucdhniI
- on a side note, Mod was qSa at these times, though Ultra who was also qSa at that time didnt play in the finals, just mentioning to make sure i dont tell this story from a one sided PoV
- naturally, CoS could have easylie lost to qSa in the finals as well and history could have gone differently. with two top teams facing off, there is always a certain amount of luck and randomness needed. thats why a league like Premiere League tells most about which team was best in a season, because a few random lucky loses dont count but the whole thing. but CoS did splendid that game anyway.
CoS # Colossus
- naturally, not everything is cool and full of flowers. there had been many internal wars, especially between me and Belta, and later on me and FetchD or Sammy against Colossus. though whenever CoS had to stand as union against outsiders, we had always been a team to go for victory.
- with recruiting Colossus and other members improving as well the CoS era has now begun. we played countless games, countless public vs all and I believe CoS was pretty much the reason jk2 was so alive at that time, because literally everybody went and tried to beat us. sorry Belta that Colo replaced you, hes just too talented.
- played too many CoS vs all public and too many clanwars that I could mention them all:
http://oi61.tinypic.com/23lz21d.jpg ,
http://i59.tinypic.com/16h5ev5.jpg ,
http://oi58.tinypic.com/2ex32bk.jpg ,
http://oi60.tinypic.com/feqc2a.jpg
- CoS # Ultra
- dropping to other runners became popular because of a funny reason, which was me always wanting the flag and kicking people who wouldnt drop (infamous "drop or kick" bind), later on it was used for an entire different purpose obviously where Shagrath and me were the first ones to use it in captains together
- also thanks to all the CoS that were never in the spotlight as much but helped to win countless games in both, public and clanwar as well (Ishtem, Nash, Shane, Furesy, and so forth)
Duel tournaments
- this was also the time of weekly duel tournaments, where me and Sammy won most of them, I believe the only ones that werent won by either of us were won once by Laco
- it was also the time of American duel tournament, where I joined as only Euro and got Assik as first enemy and won against [OR] BlazE in the finals. I lost the second American duel tournament though, in the finals again against Ruck 4-5. I also remember Geo Sith and Spawn spectating and joining after Ruck beat me trying to kill me and both getting fragged by me, then i /q
American CTF tournament (uK)
- this was also around the time when attention moved from Europe to Americans. first, CoS had closed for a while a year after defeating qSa and I joined uK together with Wesley, Flaw and Colo. uK joined an American CTF tournament where EoS (American) had also been signed up, though after uK signed up EoS resigned. obviously this is my PoV now and they claimed EoS had retired, but I wonder why they would sign up for a CTF tournament if they planned to retire anyway. this v_O clan with Spawn and others had already been inactive by that time, though the players still played as individuals
- uK beats Defiance 24-0, tournament is canceled because several clans had died
- i remember playing several captains on American CTF server hosted by Lando, so the actual idea of Captaing yet again goes back to Americans and in particular Lando hosting these games
CoS rebirth
- some former CoS and me decided to create a new clan, with Laco commenting in public "i hope this tag is a joke, I liked CoS better". then i spontanously decided to answer "very well" and renamed to CoS # Ferox and everybody doing the same, making Laco disconnect
- after CoS was closed and there was the time of uK and 1hp in between (where former BBB|Kenshin was a member as 1hp Light), CoS was reunited
NT mod
- this was also the time where some American guy called Stizz (according to Reality) found passion in crashing European servers, thus making cpts or cws impossible for almost a year. without Reality and this NT mod, jk2 would have died out by that point because everybody was already gone as playing was impossible.
American CTF tournament (CoS) and CoS vs Shish
- Americans decided to host another CTF tournament with CoS deciding to take part next to Kraul's squad and Team Shish with Trident
- CoS made it to the finals against Shish, losing the first game mainly because of me as I insisted on supporting which delayed the game until the time limit but I neglected the fact that FetchD had high ping and couldnt return like he would with low ping, me moving to run therefore, with Sensey being the man of the game in the second round by completely surprising them and uplifting our ret rate.
- the deciding third round would be the most exciting round in the history of jk2, even more exciting than later Pi vs CoS with CoS drawing just before timelimit would have run off, and after drawing everybody in the team_chat shouting "focus, get flag", not a single second wasted on joy that we drawed but with the mindset already focused on getting the total win. for about 20 minutes it had been draw, until Sammy finally - fitting for the leader of CoS -scored the most important flag score of CoS' history and crowned CoS as champions of the whole world =>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9bgV1061vI
New school
- after this game to me personally, old school has ended and around that time new school had begun. as most people on this forums know about this time, there is no need to write further as this time has mainly been dominated by captains and eventually the Pi vs CoS clanwar =>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU7J7g7d6PQ , which was one of my worst performances I played for CoS and also my fault for losing that round, with Silver and Toka doing splendid at ret
- after that clanwar, i personally reached my prime and peak of skill level for about 2 years after while jk2 itself also grew very fast in terms of skill
- 2on2 tournament after the Pi clanwar where the finals was CoS-only
- CoS vs FoS clanwar (Blauwal)
- InterludeTV playing in the finals of the tournament that never happened except for first round
to mention a few more names, though leaving even more out:
Reality, because without NT mod servers would have continued to crash and Jk2 would have died out long before all these amazing matches happened,
the American CTF community,
all the guys who made maps (Ishtem, Azzuro, ShroomDuck) and mods (Daggolin, Boothand, Padaget) or hosted forums (Wari) and servers (Sechsi, Flaw, Cpt. Kirk, DBD) as well as Streams,
Mod, Boost and Lupus as well as V-tecc, Kinshu (host of USB), Emperor and Strychnos also SoH (McMaul) for leading clans and basically creating jk2 Europe,
Danayo for leading CnC for many years,
Laco, for solo carrying Pi and making it a top team and keeping the competition up,
Colossus, for introducing pretty much everything BC's now do,
Sensey, for being the historys best Camp ret and first using many of the things that are now standard,
FetchD and Ultra for being the best chase rets of all time and a big reason why people continued to play jk2,
Wesley for introducing rolls/movement on yavin everyone but me copied,
Trident and Ultima for keeping games exciting,
Toka and Remco for being pretty much the only New school players that became top players and added life to jk2,
Inter and Flawless for organizing tournaments and captains,
finally, the entire jk2 community and everybody who played and made (make) this possibly one of the best games of FPS-history, it has never been a single guy but all of us together that made games possible.