Hey guys,

here we go again with the next tow maps that made it through the public map nominations. Others might follow soon.

kkz_texture made by Koukouz



A lot of people regard this as one of their favorite non-official maps, so a lot of you guys did choose to vote for it and make it official. Koukouz was nice enough to make an improved version of his maps, for more details about it please check the corresponding thread in the map nominations forum. Anyway, about the map... our beloved projumper zhady once wrote "this map was like a so called turning point in my KZ-career. When I was about to quit, this map brought back hope first of all to me" - I guess that pretty much explains how inspiring the map is for some of you guys. Enough of the words, let's wait and see who's the first to submit an amazing record on this beast
(Click here to view the forum nomination)

kzm_fineblock made by SilverNinja



I remember this being a very close decision when this map was submitted to the XJ mapcheck team. The XJ mapadmins did understand that this map could mean fun for some of the better jumpers and/or hard map lovers, anyway it had a pretty "unspectacular" design and was a small map. Also the map was submitted in a period of time when a lot of maps with low to decent quality were submitted, therefore I guess you can say that this map did go under in the high amount of bad maps being submitted - and because the XJ mapadmins didn't want to make a mistake by accepting too many of these maps, they denied the map. However, a lot of people liked this map, but the mapper refused to change the project (which is his good right, if he likes the map the way it is)... anyway, without changes no resubmission or second check was possible under the old system, therefore we had the unfortunate situation that this map had to stay unaccepted. However, under the new system, the flexible map nomination forum was able to fix the problem, as a lot of guys nominated this map. About the map itself: most of you guys probably already know the map, it's a hard/extreme map as well which has a lot of tricky jumps to master. Can't wait to see someone beating this map in a good time.
(Click here to view the forum nomination)

That's it for today. Have fun & enjoy the climb

Hey guys,

I got a nice present for you, which is hopefully going to help you guys surviving the utterly hot days we're having atm. This is also the first release under the new mapcheck system, even though kz_waterplant still got submitted under the old one. However, uq_suncliff is the first map that made it through the nominations.

kz_waterplant made by red



red from sweden is back with yet another great map! kz_waterplant has an amazingly oldschool feeling and a great climb as well: you start deep down in some caves and realize the hp button is locked /(oh noes). Anyway, you have to make your way out of the caves until you reach the outdoor part of the map.. You think you're done yet? Let the map surprise you...

kz_kzsk_desperados made by Perdo



Here we go again. You'll need all your climbing, bhopping and pathfinder skills to find the way out of this little western town. But don't hurry too much (at least not in your first climb), as there is a lot of stuff going on, waiting for you to be discovered.

uq_suncliff made by MaD



You guys voted this map in, so I don't have to explain much about it I guess. For those who don't know the map yet: It's a great speedmap with lot of bhop possibilities and a friendly and warm look. May the best speedclimber take the record down on this one.

Have fun & enjoy the climb