ShakerNL
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- Aug 28, 2026
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Hi, ShakerNL here. I come here from Jazz Jackrabbit 2. I've been browsing Digiex once in a while somewhere in the 2010s when it still offered a download to the full JJ2 game (linked through JJnet). I just found out that I have never registered here, so better late than never.
Who am I?
I am an IT enthousiast from The Netherlands. I was born and raised here, but I have Turkish roots. I like to play the keyboard and I have a black cat.
My personal history with Jazz Jackrabbit 2
I am a huge fan of Jazz Jackrabbit 2. My first time playing this game was somewhere in '99. I got version 1.00h from a friend (still have the CD). A few years later, I had versions 1.20, 1.24 and 1.24x (Christmas Chronicles) from friends and cousins and we would often play split screen battles and races.
I never really played JJ2 online in the early days. I reinstalled the game in 2006 and played online for the first time in the same year. I was fascinated from all the custom tilesets and levels that were available. I started making some tilesets myself, because why not? The possibility of turning your drawings in a somewhat playable Jazz2 level was a very cool thing to do.
I started hosting dedicated servers on JJ2 since the summer of 2013 (after DanZeal retired his servers before he came back in 2018) using an old Pentium 4 PC with Windows XP and a crappy DSL connection with 11 Mbps down and 0.8 Mbps upload bandwidth. It managed well, since I only hosted tests back then and that PC was just collecting dust anyway. Now it had a purpose at least. Actually two, hosting a server and keeping my socks warm. It was a closet computer.Tests were very popular at that time and I'd often get a full server with 32/32 players.
Later, I upgraded the server hardware and internet connection and started hosting more servers from home. I renamed the server to Puke Nukem (from the Queen of Board level). I did have to switch to a VPS host between 2019 and 2024 due to ongoing DDoS attacks. But I'm back at hosting from home. If you are a JJ2 fan and you have played in the recent Anniversary Bash or JDC events, then you have probably been playing in my server.
Oh, and I am also hosting one of the JJ2's list servers and have regularly contact with Nimrod about it.
I might have forgotten some stuff, because I am writing this while I am supposed to be working.
Cheers,
~ShakerNL
Who am I?
I am an IT enthousiast from The Netherlands. I was born and raised here, but I have Turkish roots. I like to play the keyboard and I have a black cat.
My personal history with Jazz Jackrabbit 2
I am a huge fan of Jazz Jackrabbit 2. My first time playing this game was somewhere in '99. I got version 1.00h from a friend (still have the CD). A few years later, I had versions 1.20, 1.24 and 1.24x (Christmas Chronicles) from friends and cousins and we would often play split screen battles and races.
I never really played JJ2 online in the early days. I reinstalled the game in 2006 and played online for the first time in the same year. I was fascinated from all the custom tilesets and levels that were available. I started making some tilesets myself, because why not? The possibility of turning your drawings in a somewhat playable Jazz2 level was a very cool thing to do.
I started hosting dedicated servers on JJ2 since the summer of 2013 (after DanZeal retired his servers before he came back in 2018) using an old Pentium 4 PC with Windows XP and a crappy DSL connection with 11 Mbps down and 0.8 Mbps upload bandwidth. It managed well, since I only hosted tests back then and that PC was just collecting dust anyway. Now it had a purpose at least. Actually two, hosting a server and keeping my socks warm. It was a closet computer.Tests were very popular at that time and I'd often get a full server with 32/32 players.
Later, I upgraded the server hardware and internet connection and started hosting more servers from home. I renamed the server to Puke Nukem (from the Queen of Board level). I did have to switch to a VPS host between 2019 and 2024 due to ongoing DDoS attacks. But I'm back at hosting from home. If you are a JJ2 fan and you have played in the recent Anniversary Bash or JDC events, then you have probably been playing in my server.
Oh, and I am also hosting one of the JJ2's list servers and have regularly contact with Nimrod about it.
I might have forgotten some stuff, because I am writing this while I am supposed to be working.
Cheers,
~ShakerNL
