On The Soapbox

Editorial by Brian Taylor


So close...

Whoa....much closer to the intended release date this month, and we didn't even have an entire month to prepare. Hopefully Gamesnet will get our new logins ready so that Jeff doesn't have to upload everything again. Next month maybe we'll be within 3 days of our intended release date!

Mods

We're finally starting to see some mods get released to the public. If you're new to the JK scene, or you've been living under a rock for months, a mod is an add-on to JK that completely changes how the game is played, the way CTF and KFY did for JK and MotS. Most mods seem to be big for a couple weeks, and then disappear completely from the eyes of the community at large. There's much more to JK MP than Deathmatch. Infiltrate! by the JK Gangstas has a simple premise: Get into the other team's base and destroy three vital points before they're reset. I had the pleasure of working with the Gangstas on it. Another unique idea, Jedi Ball, by 00Mikey, throws a soccer twist onto the game. You have to push the Jedi Ball into the goal using explosive weapons. Each goal decreases the other team's score, and the first team to reach 0 points loses.

Who knows. Maybe one day there will be enough mods to warrant an article on them.

Letters from our Readers

One of the biggest benefits of running an e-zine that you don't get paid for is feedback from the readers. Here at DF, we barely get any. Why the bloody glove aren't you people e-mailing us? We slave away hour after hour to bring you all these articles, and the best thing I've ever gotten was that one time someone sent me a ticking box that smelled like fertilizer and leaked gasoline. Each article lists the author's e-mail address at the top, you should be using it. Or better yet, use dfletters@usa.net. I'm not talking about your editing questions here. I'm talking about e-mails that can be put into a column called "Letters from our Readers". (Actually, we'll come up with a better name. Give us time.) Send your comments, questions, rants, and generally anything that you want to say. (Keep it appropriate, people.) If you want to complain about something in the community, if you want to ask Speak on a date, or if you just want to say "You suck!", that's the address to use.

Tidbits

Pod Racer - Most of you have probably heard of this upcoming title from LEC for N64. I just want to say that it sounds like it's going to be pretty cool. N64 racing titles (MarioKart64 baby!) tend to not suck. Let's hope that PR keeps the tradition.

Prequel Stuff - The trailer for Episode 1 will be shown with several movies released on November 20th. Also, the One-Sheet which should be appearing in theaters soon. Thanks to Jedi-Killer for pointing that out on the Bespin forum.



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