Past:

Long time no hear. Summer's gone for sure, and school's back. Same old, same old. Registrations have been coming in in a slow but steady pace, and thoughts (hey, what about actions?) have been on the next version for a long time, and some progress has already been made. A whole new form of competition called King of the Hill is one of the new features for v2.2, also bigger hiscore lists, and a new FIS-compatible points system have already been added. And wow, the Universal Tough Guy List contains now over 400 happy jumpers! That's really a lot, thank you for your results, and remember to include your _whole full real name_ along with the SENDME.TXT. Muchos gracias.

Present:

The Great Summer Survey has been up for some time now, and the message is quite clear: more hills and use real places, damn it!

Ok. [Start defence speech:] I've been quite reluctant to use "real places" (like Holmenkollen or Lahti) because most of the hills on on FIS World Cup are K-120! And that would make a _damn boring game_ if 90% of the hills were that similar. [BUT!] But I'm a man of the people (keep hope alive!), and I will certainly look if could find interesting "real" hills for the next version. I certainly promise more hills. Oh yeah, the GRAPHICS department is still LACKING in talent! So don't come to me complaining when the next version comes out and the graphics still SUCK!

Future:

The release date for the next version is still a mystery, since there is still a lot of work to be done. I'm currently working on adding Sound Blaster sounds to the next version. I'm having a lot of trouble finding (or manufacturing) good samples, so if you have or know where to find good ski jumping related sound clips, mail me instantly! A reward promised :) And for the thousand time, the graphics, damn it. If someone out there can draw, contact me, I have a job for you. It is very possible that the hills in the next version will be placed in realistic places, so it would be nice if the graphics were a bit realistic too. All help will be rewarded with _at least_ loads and loads of good karma, and that's about the best thing anybody could wish for, right?

Thanks a lot, feel absolutely free to mail me with whatever comments or suggestions you may have.

Ville Könönen

This was up when it was still warm outside.