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Date: Tuesday, March 31
1998
Dear Dave,
My name is Cameron Cummins, and I too am now a Jezz-Freak! I first saw this game when my friend brought it over to my house a couple of years ago and he thought it was a pretty cool game. At first I didn't really play it that much, but after I watched the demo, I quickly picked up on the secret. First I should tell you a little about myself. I was born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota. I am the eldest of two and I am 19 years old. During my last two years at high school I was attending a Commercial and Residential Wiring course at a local technical college. During this time I found out that computers were much more fun and far more interesting. So, along with a good friend of mine, I started learning all about computers. We also started a computer business (kind of) and built custom machines, mainly for friends. Our web site is www.angelfire.com/biz/cngcomputers/index.html
I also recently began
Microsoft training and have become a Microsoft Certified Professional. As you can
tell, I have been deeply involved in computers. I'm not what you would call a gamer,
I just happened to get hooked on this one game. The first high score I reached was
about four million something at level 43. I couldn't imagine the game going much
further, because it seemed impossible to make any lines. No one else I knew had a
score even close to mine, and I wondered how good my score really was. I got on the
web and found your web site, where I found out my score didn't mean sqat! Then I found out
it went to level 49 and kept repeating, so at least I had a goal to shoot for. So, a
couple of weeks ago I started a game, and was doing fairly well, after playing for about
eight hours straight. Of course I couldn't shut my computer off, so it was just
running all the time. And believe it or not, I do have a life other than Jezzball,
so I couldn't spend all my time playing it. It took me two weeks to get to my score
of 14,498,865, and I could have kept going except for my stupid mouse froze up and I had
to reboot. But, it was enough to currently put me in 5th place overall. After
my game ended, I tried to start another one, but I just didn't have the patience to start
all over again. And since I'm trying to certify as a Microsoft Certified Systems
Engineer, studying is a little more important right now. So anyway, that's my story and
that's my score. I know it's not the highest, but it's pretty darn good!
Later,
Cameron Cummins
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