Your expectations of Xtreme-Jumps

By nobody^·
Hello dear members,

For a better and smoother development, we the Xtreme-Jumps.eu staff, would like to ask you, our audience, the ones who directly benefit from our work, what aspects of our daily work should we improve, what should we add or/and remove from our calendar.

And please remember, admins are here at work, with the goal of providing what's best for the community and not for themselves. We do not benefit from the work we do in any kind. We do it with the solely purpose of having the best ambient as possible where we can do what we like, what brought us together in the first place and where we can socialize with the others.

We promise to sincerely take into consideration what you are about to suggest and we will do our best to meet your needs.

Best regards,
Xtreme-Jumps.eu staff

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07/06/2012 23:20:00

i would like a history section or something that breaks down how kz all started

07/06/2012 23:22:00

I'd like you to be a little quicker on the demo's and be HONEST.

07/06/2012 23:24:00

I hope you can somehow manage to bring back the weeklys.

07/06/2012 23:27:00

I think the most important thing is just to keep the community active, by just being active as admins. Some new maps would also be nice, maybe some nice movie on the frontpage and please unban kafds.

07/06/2012 23:36:00

Hey there, First of, thanks for the great feedback guys, it will definitely help us. About verzuz' post, I want you guys to know that admins are not responsible about the quality of a movie or a map. If the final result is good enough, it will definitely be accepted to frontpage or to the mapcycle. :)

08/06/2012 00:14:00

http://xtreme-jumps.eu/page.php?76 "About us" page isn't made yet also I just got the idea about what to make so that you can insert images that can be shown in forums instead of links?? I don't know if this is made yet but just a suggestion.

08/06/2012 00:22:00

Some really great suggestions above, but what I think would be really good was if it was possible to get all the demos on one particular map, like in cosy. It shows from the first demo to the latest with time and date. This would keep the site more organized and easier to find the demos, rather than going through the news to see the demos (which does take a lot of time and energy). Also I agree with nobody^ about the movie and maps, kz will die much faster because XJ only accepts few detailed maps every 5 months. The records now days are so hard to beat, thus having only the regulars recording. That's about it. Can't think of anything else right now.

08/06/2012 00:29:00

Sorry for double post I also think making a contest on one of the newest accepted maps would boost up the competition and activity. For example awarding the fastest demo uploaded on that map (competition with deadline, for example a week or so).

08/06/2012 00:32:00

Fix the servers

08/06/2012 00:38:00

I think the competition every week would be great without awards just like 4 fun... it would be better for the site more players would be competing against each other, more friendship would be created and everything would be better ( this is my opinion )

08/06/2012 01:08:00

someone to upload every demos on youtube, just like the polish dude did some months ago. and fix the servers

08/06/2012 01:29:00

I would like to be able to dll movies and old demos wthout needing to be a vip user..

08/06/2012 01:38:00

[b]add more maps!! + some maps challenge[/b]

08/06/2012 02:24:00

Add 5 maps per month or at least the addition of maps do not take so long. And I agree with 007goretex to add like a history section!

08/06/2012 02:32:00

The guys with history section.. you mean this : http://xtreme-jumps.eu/demos_history/map_info.php?map=8b1_brickngrass ?? OT: it's the 2588288382838234th time when you, guys, are asking "what should we do to improve the community" yet .. you did 1 interview and 1 map release . very active !

08/06/2012 05:32:00

Introduces more top WR players

08/06/2012 07:10:00

just read sections in the forums which are meant for these suggestions, no need for this kind of news posts.

08/06/2012 08:00:00

[color=#0000ff][b]Add many new maps, it is for this reason there are not many WRs[/b][/color]

08/06/2012 08:38:00

more fast maps instead of 20 minutes maps

08/06/2012 08:58:00

I repeat once more, adding maps has nothing to do with adminstrators. If the map is good enough, it will definitely be accepted. In order to make this site a better place we should [b]all work together[/b].

08/06/2012 09:12:00

lj releases should be made more frequently than now

08/06/2012 09:36:00

my post from thread ,,Have more admins usefull ?'' [quote1339140837=FLP] XJ DOESN'T NEED MORE FORUM ADMINS,XJ NEEDS MORE DEMO ADMINS.Don't know why are you always paying attention on unimportant things like banning people like kafds instead of actually doing some work for this community.Faster demo release,faster lj release(something like once a month at least),regular Rotws,regular map release,maybe some interviews from time to time that's what we want to see.For years you are crying about that there aren't enough demo admins,ffs make a news ,,We need more demo admins. Please make application here.'' and I'm sure that you will find some guys with enough knowledge and experience. [/quote1339140837] p.s don't know why am I even bothering with posting this when I know that nothing is gonna change.

08/06/2012 09:41:00

I asure you that we are working to solve the problems with the map releases, but no one has submitted new maps to be checked after the last map release.

08/06/2012 10:08:00

~weeklies ~something competitive for avg skilled players, not just cups. ~do something with map nominating system, as its based on popularity of the map and mapper, not on quality. or was it supposed to be this way? ~some new admins, who have more than enough free time. ~motivate mappers somehow (dont know if its even possible).

08/06/2012 10:17:00

There is no new maps submitted because you made sure nobody wants to map anymore with crazy map requirements. Look at cosy with 50 demo releases couple of times in a week. Im not saying we need those 10 secs maps but everything with decent jumps and design should be accepted. I dont get it why the map requirements raised so high at the first place. Does it hurt anyone if we have 10 times more maps than we have at the moment?

08/06/2012 10:22:00

agree with Blaaah

08/06/2012 11:03:00

go at Cosy-Climbing check nice maps and add in XJ!

08/06/2012 11:56:00

do releases on the regular basis for fucks sake!!!!! Everything else seems to be a useless addition, all those rotws, weeklies and shit... Just do your work about the realeases, cause its the only thing that keeps people visiting this site daily. Not having a demo-release for almost a month now is a FUCKING FAILURE and makes me wanna quit this community and delete my account >:-E

08/06/2012 12:20:00

Admins, u dont know what u should do for moar community's active?

08/06/2012 12:35:00

- More democheckers , Vee is only one who do that job . Some kind of help will be great to him ! :D

08/06/2012 12:37:00

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08/06/2012 14:10:00

more interviews,more about the players outside the game,unite the kz & non-kz comunity,because it makes no sense to separate "the players who <3 2 jump,using the cs 1.6 engine".Im not calling them the kz community,in attempt to avoid the question "the official or the illegal one ?" . respect

08/06/2012 14:43:00

FLP nailed it. Its useless to even start thinking new things or renew XJ, if it doesnt work regularly atm. So here is pretty simple advice for you, nobody: dont go ahead of things. Just concentrate on the most important things which are and have been for the ages ROTW, Releases, Cups and Movies.

08/06/2012 15:11:00

I personally believe that a lot of you guys should take this "question" from us admins as a good thing rather than starting to flame us for not doing things the way you want us to. Yes I do understand that the title says "Your expectations" but please be aware that all that is done here on Xtreme-Jumps is volunteered work. By asking this question pretty much we at the admin staff feel, what do you guys think really matters and what should we mainly focus on. Please have some respect and gratitude guys.

08/06/2012 15:30:00

Agree 100% with FLP and aLANbb. Yes it is volunteered work blabla, well then hire more admins. This community is dying at slow pace but still. I have been registered and into kz only 6 months for now and yet i have seen 1! YES 1! map release in that time. Run of the ?week?, ?weekly? poll? srs?

08/06/2012 15:41:00

You are doing exactly what I nicely asked you guys not to do. Don't you think we are trying to recruit good and reliable admins? Every community has their ups and downs. If you take a quick look at the front page you will notice that we are just recovering from a major "down" and rising once again with possible weekly's and cups. And as PsYxOpAt already said there haven't been any submissions since the last release. please think before you post because posts like you are doing really does more bad than good.

08/06/2012 15:53:00

First of all, I would like to say that I really look forward to see if this whole „news post“ actually „change“ something. Second, I know that this all is volunteer work and trust me, I know how frustrating it can be. So let´s start. The most anticipated change for me is complete reorganization of mapping section. Current one is pretty much ineffective and „uncouth“. It takes so freaking much time to actually see results of map admins work. Okay okay, they must check the whole map for every freaking imperfections... but just ask yourself, is it really necessary? Who the hell would cry because there is some texture missaligment. In my opinion, good map consist 90% of good jumps and 10% „eyecandy“. And just look at kzsk_communityblock. If I remember correctly it took almost half a year to be released. Yes... that shortcut at outside part makes my eye wet. But those sort of mistakes just happen, I don´t blame anyone. The thing is what can we do with it. With communityblock it would be difficult, but what´s so disturbing on putting [-SC] on kzse_bhopblock? No big deal, just profit. To sum up. Definitely lower the standards for accepting maps. Accept some well known maps. But don´t worry, I am not saying this should became CC. No... please no... don´t put every .bsp file into maplist. Next bad thing (imo) is map nominations. FOR GOD SAKE, PEOPLE ARE LAZY. They will not download and test the map, they want to play map. Admins themselves should look for good maps – okay, okay it´s not the most enjoyable job but I believe there are some good men out there who would like to help. But of course players should still be able to nominate. Just don´t close thread with words: „not enough votes“. No map submissions? You shouldn´t just „point that out“. You should ask yourself. Why there are no maps submitted? About the „frontpage activity“. Some „action“ would be nice. I really don´t know what could help. Maybe hire some moviemakers and make some competition like „TJ place of the week“ - admins would say: „This place at nuke, from this box to that thing out here, max 20 seconds“ (picture would have been used fosho) and players will try to make the best tj combo possible with given specifications. Moviemakers will do the movie with submitted jumps and community votes, winner takes... good feeling? Ta da. Just an quick idea.

08/06/2012 16:54:00

I am sure you will solve every problems in the world, because since you became an admin everything changed around here. You really are aware of what's going on and how to handle it, whereas years of adminship before you failed at it. No really, this kind of useless posts make me laugh of despair. Everybody knows what should be improved, and this for years now. 100% of what you will read here has been said and resaid in the suggestions forum, in other news, in the chatbox. Nothing has ever been done to really change it, but I guess you have to come around and lie about potential improvements to keep people hoping. To not be totally offtopic, my first and only thought is for you to resign. And please stop using "we" like you are around for years now, it makes me want to burst my eyes.

08/06/2012 17:38:00

1.6 is dying and so is xtreme-jumps. your enthusiasm won't change it, it's still same old story all over again. someone comes up with an idea (such as weeklys / tournaments / TJ competitions etc.) , it works for few months, but then people / admins lose interest or simply don't have enough time for it. I've seen several generations of users / admins on this page and it's still the same. unless people get paid for it (which they won't ) it will remain the same until the end of days, or in this case the end of XJ. I understand some users' eager attitude towards this so-called revitalisation, but their determination comes from lack of experience. my advice for you, nobody, is to get sober from this messiah complex and go train outside and maybe take some pictures of yourself and your muscles, like you did until now. even that will be more meaningful than trying to repair a sinking ship.

08/06/2012 17:58:00

[quote1339170298=Koukouz] I am sure you will solve every problems in the world, because since you became an admin everything changed around here. You really are aware of what's going on and how to handle it, whereas years of adminship before you failed at it. No really, this kind of useless posts make me laugh of despair. Everybody knows what should be improved, and this for years now. 100% of what you will read here has been said and resaid in the suggestions forum, in other news, in the chatbox. Nothing has ever been done to really change it, but I guess you have to come around and lie about potential improvements to keep people hoping. To not be totally offtopic, my first and only thought is for you to resign. And please stop using "we" like you are around for years now, it makes me want to burst my eyes. [/quote1339170298] kkz said something which no one wanted to say,unfortunately it's all true. Nobody first I thought that you are really nice guy but now you look like you are only seeking attention.You are acting like you are a member of this community for 6-7 years,my advice to you is to stop doing that it will not make you more popular here on xj :/

08/06/2012 18:16:00

I actually don't understand why do you think that I am seeking attention? Just because I volunteered? Plus I am a visitor of this site since the early 2007.

08/06/2012 18:42:00

Koukouz, sorry but failed at it? How can you say that the previous admins here at XJ failed? It's not even possible to say that they failed in any way, there's no template on how to run a kz community. It all comes down to how much content us admins provide to the community and unless there were "enthusiastic" admins to keep the wheel spinning there wouldn't be any content at all. The attitude you guys are showing is a clear sign of disappointment on how this community have been holding up lately, so what should we do, let it die? Quite frankly it doesn't matter if you've been here for 10 seconds or for 6 years as long as you are willing to help and make things better ( at least more active) Asking an admin that has been on the crew for a couple of week to resign is just crucial and disrespectful.

08/06/2012 19:08:00

How about instead of discrediting nobody^, we instead focus on constructive communication about how we can make this community better? Koukouz, your attitude and statements are uncalled for and quite frankly, juvenile. Here we have an enthusiastic staff member, excited to bring some change to the community collectively with his staff-mates, and you belittle our efforts and attack nobody^'s credibility, impulsively asking him to resign. The administrative staff is composed of individuals who volunteer their time to improve the community they love. This is why nobody^ has made this post, to formulate a "to-do" list, and to act on it: this is not attention seeking, it's a constructive step forward. Yet it's being met with disdain. Let's kindly leave flaming and attacks on others at the door.

08/06/2012 20:09:00

En lo personal creo que deberian poner nuevos mapas mas seguido, esto haria un poco mas dinamica la pagina y los releases, me paso que entre y nunca subian nuevas demos esto hace que uno pierda el entusiasmo por entrar a la pag y sobre todo mapas del estilo bhop y no kz creo q son mas divertidos. sorry por el mal ingles xd

08/06/2012 20:28:00

Personally I think they should put new maps more often, this would make a bit more dynamic and releases page, I step in and give this new rose never makes you miss the excitement of entering the page and on all maps Bhop style and not believe q kz are more fun. sorry for the bad English XD. Sorry for double post and another language is being translated into google translator and when you copy and paste the text I'm wrong ... I hope not to be punished for this: S

08/06/2012 22:10:00

agreed with koukouz. Everything here has been said and offered for you admins plenty of times. Instead of this post you could have done something with YOUR STAFF, as you called it and then post news about it. Unnecessary verbiaging. But first of all, like i earlier said, fix your main posts like movies and demo releases in schedule.

08/06/2012 23:42:00

Releases, map releases, perhaps Rotw, weekly's and some more stuff people said above me. Plus Bla^ said a big truth, AND the map checking team is "slow" to very slow. Oh, i don't know what's going on behind the scenes? why won't you tell us then? I think we're going now towards the second year where the promise of new maps every...X months has shown, each time failing with i don't know what problem... The rest has been said above, i think.

08/06/2012 23:53:00

Whats with all the negativity towards nobody^ you guys? He volunteered and just wants to help. Hes not a 10year member in XJ, so what? Like the posts above, your showing no respect at all.F*** you guys with your negativity, seriously.People that are trying to help the community, and you guys "shit" on them. BTW: I haven't been visiting XJ and don't know what the hell is going on here.

09/06/2012 04:19:00

- skill gone up, lesser ppl cud geek it in the pro zone, thereby reducing the demo corner - i dont think more demo admins are requested. like abt two demo doers were just fine. - everything is been done for the creamy layer, think something for the middle class layer. read middle - skilled layer. - know whats creamy layer? mapping - too higher standards required. movie to make a front page- too higher standards required. demo- haha, geek for two years, you may even come close then. where's the fun guys? - the opposing statement to my above statement is - for any community to survive, the level has to go up. competition, survival, just pushes the benchmark more. in those cases, what do you do? you open more channels, where the novice can think, act and respond. well guys who cant understand it means, open up new passages, doors... let the frsh air come in. obviously that will saturate in the next two years, but i guess you will enjoy for that two years. think of it as a cellular technology, ppl gets bored of the old model, think of a new model, ppl will get hooked on to it. what to do for it? cyclop, think of attractive new maps, i dont care if they are of cosy's. if they are good take them. start mapping tournament. give them timeframe, theme. chrizzo, start a pro league. to be a clear, i wont waste two hours watching newbies fight. i would happily waste for seeing gene or meph fighting. i still say, i miss the first pro league that you conducted. jusuuh seriously brother, what the hell is going on with movie frontpage, either they dont come these days, or the newage editing is too much for me to tolerate. start a moviemaking tournament also. ------------ [i]"search for the truth - and the truth will set you free"[/i]

09/06/2012 07:24:00

for theddy: he is simply bringing out things what we, members have been toing and froing in forums for ages. there is no need for this kind of posts, really. when i came to this site and saw that there is a new post, last thing what i were hoping to see was this: nothing important news, releases or cup information. just things what he could have red from forums. and as he answered for WOOF he and zippow do work as forum admins.. hard to believe if they really needed to ask about these kind of things, which are mentioned for many times in forum. nothing personal againts you, nobody, but you're just starting you partnership with XJ with unnecessary things, imo.

09/06/2012 07:26:00

@prad Unfortunately, I don't run the map team anymore, psyxopat is the leader now. And yes, the map team has serious problems. Above that, atm they are doing all kinds of crazy thinking. I told them to stop thinking, and start acting because the solution is very easy. "Go back to the roots and the roots will set you free" ROTWs can't happen if I don't have demo releases. It seems that the guy in charge there is also having some hard times after kayne quit, again. prad, there already are ideas, but unfortunately the staff changed. The admins(ex) that had the ideas are no longer interested, don't care anymore or as I like to say "their wings of motivation have been cut off". Oh and btws prad, nowadays im dealling just with rotws, sadly. And I salute nobody for this initiative. It's one of the best ideas a community/organization to do, to go back up. Unfortunately here, the people are tired already and want to see facts and not words, this is why we have to move fast. I hope the new and young crew can meet the expectations.

09/06/2012 08:36:00

@ CyclopP I believe you should have ample reasons to feel proud for facelifting ROTW's to what they are now. Simple layout with a catchy song, a brief intro of mapper/jumper, presentations of the rotw's have improved a lot- thanx to your endeavor. I remember zhady's owtcity, which got a record 18,000 hits on youtube. From your department, well you could release a run of the month, one new mm would get a chance, the feeling of the best demo would still run high, and the public would get something to cheer upon. On a monthly basis you could also release a special video of a run made by some golden oldies on that map. That would really help to feel what was the scenario back then. A lot of people doesnt have vip access here, they would love to see that.

09/06/2012 09:51:00

Hey, first of all, well said theddy and Kangaroo. @ prad: I miss it too, but even back in the days it failed because of inactivity. The top recorders did not even sign up this time, because they are inactive. I doubt such a league is still possible these days and that is why I focus on small tournaments now. [quote]you open more channels, where the novice can think, act and respond. well guys who cant understand it means, open up new passages, doors... let the frsh air come in.[/quote] That was my goal actually. Do a tournament for new players. For some reason only a few people sign up, mostly people I already know for ages. [quote=aLAnbb]Everything here has been said and offered for you admins plenty of times.[/quote] Pleae show me a thread, where a new map system is proposed in detail please. I just read one simple thing: the current map check system does not work, fix it. That's it.

09/06/2012 13:24:00

Unban kafds.

09/06/2012 13:31:00

Despite his shortcomings (being hilarious, that is), he is one of the rare people in KZ scene who could and was willing to write a proper feedback on various problems. Let alone the fact he is very able at doing something many people want - weeklys. I don't think he wouldn't want to join, especially if have you paired him with someone equally enthusiastic like prad.

09/06/2012 14:22:00

Some things I told you guys for months : - some months ago,psyxopat asked us to apply for mapchecker-admins. So,where are the results ? Why don't you accept new mappers (with experience) so it's easier? - why are the requirements (for maps) so high ? Did everybody forget about the fun of this game ? Most people can't even play highly-detailed maps / big ones because of the fps-drops !! I'm not saying that you must accept every map,but atleast lower the requirements. I remember submitting daza_cobkz_inducility (as kz_inducility) and it got rejected because it wasn't detailed enough and it was "random" ? After what happend,I won't even bother doing kz_ tag maps. It's just a freakin' game so get over it,we are not trying to make CoD / Crysis maps ... - the problem with the mapchecking team is that most of you are slow ... let's face it,if you would accept 4 new mapcheckers (that are active and experienced) ,the maps will flow like a river instead of sitting like a lake. - Cyclopp,the fact that you don't accept me as a rotw-moviemaker is plain stupid. Why ? Because we argued about the 273dcj by round movie ? Get over it and accept more active moviemakers for ROTWs because otherwise,you will need to stop it again. - One of the most important thing : UNBAN kafds !! He is the only guy that trully understands how a weekly commentary should be done. His english is perfect !! He must be a writer,otherwise i can't explain it. I'm repeating myself here but .. don't you think that all the WRs got extremely hard to beat ? Everybody wants new demo-releases,and the only way to do that is either wait 3weeks for demos,or just add maps more frequently so people would have a reason to geek. Regards Cobrex

09/06/2012 17:50:00

1st. remove stupid admins who dont know do anything and if they do its whatever . remove those from XJ irc who bans ppl for no reasons. 2nd. make Mapping Contests .. i never saw one .. this will make people build maps to win VIP or whatever , and 1 will be the winner and rest can release the map anyways ? but the best map will be choosen for the winner.. on map dl list xtreme-jumps.eu/download.php make it in 1-2 pages not 9 pages its annoying when u search a map. what else? remove all shit post reply's spams etc on normal sections there are thousands of them. idk what else just my few cents.

09/06/2012 20:08:00

@prad I promise I will try to make those things suggested by you happen. @Cobrex I don't recall any guest features requests by you, others than that WR CJ round clip. And that wasn't denied by me, CyclopP. In cases like these, there is a team who is voting and/or if XJ has a partnership signed with a moviemaking team/community, it is that team/community who has the upper hand. Also, I don't have enough time to come to know every guy in here so well, that I could possible hold a grudge on him. As they say, "nothing personal, just business." Oh and the rotw series is not lacking active moviemakers. We make rotws when we have demos from which to make a rotw.

09/06/2012 21:47:00

I'm glad you made this post, because then this might get some attention from the admins here on XJ. There is something that I find really hard to understand and that is maps that gets destroyed by lame shortcuts. This is what I think should be done: Give maps that have a shortcut that skips a big part of the map: [+sc] [-sc] If my memory serves me correct, this has been used before, but I can't find any on the demo page now, but there needs to be some.. Here are the maps I really think should get [+sc] [-sc] and some other stupid maps that I don't see the point in having on the list: bkz_wallblock (Has a really lame sc that skips almost the entire map) cg_d2block_ez (Has a really stupid bug on the ladder that makes you fly to the end timer, REALLY ??) cg_industry (Has a weird slide bug that skips the entire map) cg_islands (Has a slide sc that skips a big part of the map) dg_winterclimb (This map is 3min+ , but there is a sc that skips everything, stupid) kzse_bhopblock (Has a stupid sc when you get inside, you can jump all the way down to the timer, skipping the rest of the map) kz_42_amazon (If you jump from the top of the map you can ledge and then hit the timer to fly and skip a lot. This way of starting the timer shouldn't be allowed, it's just stupid) kz_6fd_volcano (This is normally a really cool map to play, but then someone found a lame ass way to skip almost everything with a "duckbug") kz_ep_gigablock_b01 (This is also an awesome map, but a sc was found ofc, that skips like 3 min..) kz_excavation (This map can be finished in 2 ways, so why is there only one wr ?) [+minimap] [-minimap] kz_faw_cathedral_e (Another map destroyed by a lame sc) kz_faw_cathedral_h (Same with this map) kz_man_alienbase (Another map destroyed by a lame sc) kz_kzfr_bhopspace (Map wasted) kz_man_bhopdesert (Map wasted) kz_man_bhopocean (Map wasted) kz_man_bhopsnow (Map wasted) kz_midnight (Lame sc that skips almost the entire map) kz_rambo_xen (Another map destroyed by a lame sc) kz_space (An awesome 2 min map DESTROYED by a lame ass 6 sec sc -.-) kz_wsp_marioland (Destroyed by 2 really LAME sc's) kz_wsp_valleyclimb (Destroyed by a big sc) risk_compound (Another map destroyed by a lame sc) risk_ministry (Another map destroyed by a lame sc) trC_climbgarden (Another map destroyed by a lame sc) What do you guys think ? Do you agree with me or disagree ? Would like some feedback from the community and admins if that is possible.

09/06/2012 21:59:00

+1 Psycho

09/06/2012 22:40:00

i aggree those maps with those huge SC's ruin the map . u cant even enjoy it .

09/06/2012 23:23:00

On mapchecking: 1) Make the custom map checking progress easier and less confusing. Add all submitted maps to a separate server and let everyone test them live with others. Give them an ability to submit feedback while in the server so they wouldn't have to go to the forum. The reason noone bothers taking part in the mapchecking process is that it's hidden somewhere in the forum, takes too much time and is not interesting at all. 2) There are many reasons why people don't submit kz_ maps anymore: too high standars, too long mapchecking process and the ability to get your map released 10x easier when submitting it as a custom map. I don't actually think that you should lower the standards, but if it didn't take months for a map to be checked, people would be able to fix their bugs and improve the quality of their maps before getting tired of it and quitting because it takes 2 months for each submission to be checked. And as Dragon said, CS is dying. There's not much you can do to pump up the activity, so maybe you should focus less on how professional the community looks by hiring more forum admins and focus more on what kz is about - records, maps, cups. You already killed the last by auto-cups (kz.ee tested it in 2009/2010 twice and I can assure you that nobody wanted to play cups 2 months afterward).

10/06/2012 06:35:00

Counter-Strike 1.6 has a lot of options and possibilities, I think it could also make more challenges and activities come up. Heck, even trying to reduce the gravity a little is a whole new experience. Valve was kind enough to make the game with all sort of different options the players could change. I think we have reached every possible limit with (legal stats) that it has become repetitive and boring (thus making a lot of players leaving). Think about it. What if there were two parts of climbing. One with higher/less gravity and one with default settings. It would open up more doors to the future of climbing/longjumping. A whole new concept to explore. But of course many of you will probably not agree, because frankly not everyone likes changes, but some do. I know it's a little off-topic, but I thought it was a good opportunity to say this. All though probably 90% of the current maps would be impossible to beat if the gravity was higher, but therefore new maps would've been made. Cheers :-)

10/06/2012 09:15:00

I must say that only a few ones of this ,,rescently'' accepted maps are fun to play.You are only paying attention on how the map looks and not on jumps.We are playing 10 year old game and I don't care how the map looks I care only about having fun,and I can do that only on maps who have creative jumps.I'm not saying that detailed maps are bad but 90% of them doesn't have good jumps.If you want to make something good looking which is actually fun to play then make something like kz_kzlt_dementia or kz_cxg_jekyll.

10/06/2012 14:18:00

Change the mapping standards so they are managable by regular people. From my experience most people don't care about looks, they care about gameplay and if they jumps are any fun. Also your servers has been in a teststate for more than a year now.

25/07/2012 15:58:00

I would like to see more LJ releases. Since you reduced LJ record to TOP 5 only, it would be great if there is LJ update cca every 4 months ? On the other hand, we know eDark is alpha & omega in coding here at XJ, he is only one with the necessary knowledge to keep LJ records clean. Also as i red in his interview he is pretty busy = ~1 LJ rls per year. It would be great if there is "another eDark" but with more free time, and eDark's knowledge and credibility..sadly it seems to be imp for near future.

30/11/2012 18:29:00

more democheckers, current seem to be very busy D: