kz_kzm_fineblock

Unfair and poorly balanced jumps? It's called an extreme map.. the intention is to be challenging even for pros. This isn't a map that you can just download and beat the first time you play it.. there are already hundreds of maps like that.

Depressing/boring textures which don't fit together at all? Well I'm sorry that this isn't some fruity map like kzcn_mahjong which makes you feel like you're on acid, but this map has an abandonment theme, taking place just after sunrise; you're supposed to get the feeling that you're jumping in abandoned territory, so obviously I'm not going to use cheery textures. I really don't see the problem.. the textures are beautiful and fit together fine.. it seems you guys are just coming up with bullshit excuses to deny my map just because you so called "pros" in the mapcheck team can't beat it.. just because you guys can jump 253 block, doesn't mean you'll be able to beat my map without practice.

I'm sick of you guys slapping the KZ tag on awful maps like kz_jumprun just because it has a "Made by Radon" sign in it, and you don't seem to have a problem accepting kz_sandblock2, which has jumps MUCH harder than any jumps in my map.

I know that most people aren't going to like the jumps in my map, but then again, the majority of the community spends most of their time trying to improve their LJ stats, rather than playing extreme maps, so they're probably not even going to be able to make the first few jumps. There are already plenty of maps designed for casual jumpers who just play for fun, so I think the more skilled jumpers deserve a few maps that can truly challenge them.
Of course the pros are going to fall a lot and get frustrated, that's the point of my map, and that's what drew me to KZ in the first place.. it took me months before I was able to beat gigablock, and of course I got frustrated when I kept falling, but that's the way KZ goes: You fall a lot, you get frustrated, but then when you finally beat the map, you feel a sense of accomplishment. If you never fall, that kinda takes the fun out of it.

I don't see why you think I'm kidding about sandblock2.. you guys are really exaggerating on the difficulty of my map. I designed it so the hardest jumps are near the bottom, so if you fall, you don't fall far down, and once you get to the really hard jumps near the end of the map, the stages are shorter to compensate for the difficulty. The way I see it, I can no-check most of my map, but there are some stages in sandblock2 that I could spend hours on without beating. You don't need Bibo's strafing/CJ skill to beat my map, you just need to learn the jumps.

Also, you missed my point about kzcn_mahjong, I wasn't criticising it, I actually think it's a fun map.. I was just using it as example to convey that maps can have drastically different themes.. and that's what makes them great. So for you to deny my map just because you don't like the theme is really unfair.. not all maps need to be full of life and energy. And yeah, I compared my map to a custom map, but after reading the review you gave my map, I got the impression that you felt my map wasn't even good enough for custom, but if it is, then you could have posted under Suggestions for me to resubmit as custom, and then there wouldn't be any need for this argument.

Well, after showing my map to some people.. I received some bad feedback about it being too dark and empty (which is the beauty of it, in my opinion,) and I also received some really great feedback (about it being unique and having an atmosphere like no other map). It's pretty arrogant of you to say my map lacks creativity, when I introduced a theme that hasn't been seen in any maps before. Regardless of that, most people thought the texturing was nice. Honestly though, if you guys really hate my map, I don't mind adding some scenery to liven things up a bit, I don't even mind retexturing, but I'm not going to change the jumps. Also, your review was vague and not helpful at all; you could at give some examples about which textures specifically were depressing/unfitting. I'm pretty sure the textures aren't depressing at all, it's just the lighting scheme that gives a daunting feeling.

first: why bump this old thread ?
second: congrats to your warning
Reason: Read the rules >.<