KZ-Rush Cup #3
Registration opens for the third Online Cup. To register, just write in the comments to this newspost "+". Try to avoid other formulations, just a plus sign. Also make sure you've
added in Steam 
lxr and
Kpoluk.
Cup will be held in the format of
single elimination next Saturday,
March 2, at 19:00 by Moscow time (GMT+3). As before, all participants will get temporary VIP, winners will be granted with money (7$, 4$ and 3$ respectively, through PayPal)
If the number of players exceeds 16, then we will hold a cup with 16 participants on Saturday, and on Sunday
(3rd of March) there will be another one with players who haven't played and those who lost on the first stage on Saturday. At that winners of Sunday event will get money prizes as well.
We're going to use new algorithm for picking pairs, which should exclude pro+pro or pro+newbie situations.
Here are maps for the first two stages (recall that at the beginning of match each of two players crosses off 2 maps from those 7):
bkz_aztecbhop
cg_lighthops
dyd_paintskill
bkz_junglebhop
kz_lain
kz_luonto
mls_tabyn
The semi-finals and finals will be held on other maps, which are a little more difficult:
cg_arizonabhop
cg_brick
hama_timberbhop
kz_kzdk_covebhop
kzsca_dawn
bkz_goldbhop_h
kzcn_hopdown
Adding maps
All deathrun maps and
hb_DotAntipro are added to the site only. Actually I expected to see some triggers on deathrun maps, that would activate traps, but it turns out that half of each map is just running. As for the map consisting of lj blocks, I decided to accept
kzex_jumprun2, but other similar maps will not be added, since they almost the same in terms of jumps.
Hard maps
Average maps
ab_upclimb
chk_cruel
chk_helladope
ckz_corsair - clip brushes blocking sc; one jump is clearly harder than all others
deathrun_aperture2 - texture hole
deathrun_crossfire
deathrun_death
deathrun_death_hard - texture conflicts on bhop blocks
deathrun_ng_oui_final - planning flaw: one cannot back to the start from the finish
deathrun_queen
deathrun_splash!_timer - fps issues in on of the rooms
deathrun_unreal_tuscan
deathrun_y_snow_wind_v3 - texture conflicts on bhop blocks
deathrun_zic_zac
ds_autumn - no hp booster; for some reason mapper added echo effect (and there's no way to turn it off); planning flaw: one cannot back to the start from the finish
etl_storage
hb_DotAntipro - sudden design change at the middle of the map
hb_MEfro
kzex_jumprun2
kzlt_village2 - planning flaw: one cannot back to the start from the finish
kzro_s1_longjumps3
mls_pcm_frozenvalley
notkz_crackhops - planning flaw: one cannot back to the start from the finish
rfx_minecraftbhop2
water_jump_2011
six_bhop - texture conflicts on bhop blocks
vcn_mc_bhop_ez
Rejected maps
kzro_s1_longjumps - the most part of the map is just a bunch of lj blocks, which is kind of poor structure for this length
kzro_s1_longjumps2 - lj blocks and running for 2 minutes
kzro_puntslide - first slide is way harder than the rest of the map. So I should add one minute map to the Hard server just because of this jump? Hell no, it's better mapper will care about balance and length next time.
drh_bhop_dust2 - short, fps issues cause of flickering light; clip brushes blocking sc
kzlu_mjm_slide_N - bad texturing; difficulty imbalance; ladders and breakables not decorated
deathrun_bhopz_remake - impossible to finish
deathrun_crash_snow - bad brushes docking; critical architecture flaw: there's no way to leave respawn
deathrun_impasable - short; half of the map is just lj blocks; planning flaw: dead end that can be escaped only with help of bhop blocks
Also
kzra_coast was updated and at request of
all1aNce a few mpbhop routes were added to records with checkpoints:
imkz_amaria[mpbhop]
hb_lrs2_beta[mpbhop]
hfr_hb_toffifee[mpbhop]
kzua_mk_ashes_h[mpbhop]
kzua_mk_ashes_x[mpbhop]
Wooky
sekai
HellFrozenRain
Izgoy
CumaliReizLegend^
VelikoeMnojestvo
JohnD
