<s>
The	O
Stick	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
series	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
keyboard-based	O
,	O
side-scrolling	O
deathmatch	O
shooters	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
control	O
a	O
pencil-drawn	O
stick	O
soldier	O
with	O
various	O
weapons-ranging	O
from	O
the	O
Uzi	O
to	O
the	O
Grenade	O
Launcher	O
,	O
Sniper	O
Rifle	O
,	O
and	O
Flamethrower	O
—	O
to	O
destroy	O
other	O
stick	B-Application
soldiers	I-Application
in	O
their	O
attempt	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
specified	O
frag	O
limit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Stick	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
2	O
(	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
"	O
SS2	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
rankings	O
are	O
point	O
numbers	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
original	O
Stick	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
(	O
"	O
SS	O
,	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
SS1	O
"	O
)	O
gives	O
rankings	O
as	O
titles	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
being	O
"	O
Cadet	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
,	O
"	O
Fragmeister.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
SS1	O
and	O
SS2	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
AdmiralBinary	O
,	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
fonger	O
"	O
(	O
Tim	O
Cowley	O
)	O
—	O
who	O
handled	O
the	O
games	O
 '	O
C++	B-Language
coding	O
—	O
and	O
anti_	O
(	O
Dylan	O
Allison	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
artist	O
and	O
mapper	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Stick	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
game	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
major	O
hit	O
at	O
Gamedev.net,	O
where	O
its	O
production	O
was	O
enthusiastically	O
observed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Stick	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
2	O
is	O
a	O
considerable	O
expansion	O
upon	O
SS1	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
soldiers	O
 '	O
movement	O
is	O
smoothly	O
animated	O
instead	O
of	O
using	O
static	O
bitmap	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
adds	O
more	O
weaponry	O
and	O
versatility	O
in	O
modification	O
(	O
it	O
allows	O
weapons	O
 '	O
attributes	O
and	O
sounds	O
to	O
be	O
changed	O
instead	O
of	O
graphics	O
alone	O
)	O
,	O
bears	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
versatile	O
map	O
editor	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
more	O
features	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
bounce	O
pads	O
,	O
although	O
some	O
game	O
features	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
Stick	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
game	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
ricocheting	O
bullets	O
,	O
the	O
helmet	O
powerup	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
popular	O
Flak	O
Cannon	O
weapon	O
)	O
were	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
SS2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
fan-made	O
weapons	O
,	O
maps	O
,	O
mods	O
,	O
guides	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
miscellaneous	O
files	O
were	O
once	O
stored	O
and	O
accessible	O
at	O
the	O
Stick	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
Files	O
,	O
a	O
defunct	O
file-sharing	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
SS2	O
took	O
about	O
6	O
months	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
halted	O
by	O
a	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
crash	O
that	O
destroyed	O
the	O
only	O
existing	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stick	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
3	O
was	O
the	O
next	O
installment	O
,	O
rumored	O
to	O
cost	O
roughly	O
US$20	O
for	O
the	O
full	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
speculated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
by	O
roughly	O
mid-2007	O
,	O
though	O
after	O
a	O
comment	O
by	O
Andrew	O
Russell	O
himself	O
,	O
most	O
Stick	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
forum	O
members	O
believed	O
the	O
true	O
release	O
date	O
was	O
around	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
26	O
August	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Stick	B-Application
Soldiers	I-Application
3	O
was	O
canceled	O
,	O
as	O
announced	O
by	O
staff	O
leader	O
Andrew	O
Russell	O
.	O
</s>
