Custom Maps and #pkmaps

At CPL Spain we saw two things; firstly that a custom map from the community could make it to be being used in by the CPL. Secondly, we saw that a new map pushes players to adapt to new tactics, and arguably, helps open up the tournament to breaking existing players domination on the standard maps. Of course, we should also remember that the community’s initial response to meatless was far from 100% positive; whereas now, many players greatly like the map.

The guys in #pkmaps on quakenet are working on new maps and looking at improving existing maps and conversions to meet gameplay requirements for pk. Hopefully we’ll see conversions and/or new maps being developed for PK further, be they for competitive gameplay as being used in the CPL, or for fun online gameplay.

You can find work on maps in

http://www.pkeuro.com/mapping/

..which includes maps in various states. #pkmaps is always looking for support from everything from play-testing, sharing ideas, or helping with developing the maps further.

CPL Spain Demos

A quick note for those who missed it; CPL Spain demos were belatedly uploaded, and the finals can be found, here:

SK|SteLam vs fnatic.Vo0 (DM_1v1_meatless)

Round 1: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_1v1_meatless.01-05-05-14-43-55.zip
Round 2: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_1v1_meatless.01-05-05-15-37-52.zip
Round 3: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_1v1_meatless.01-05-05-15-42-30.zip
Round 4: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_1v1_meatless.01-05-05-16-36-27.zip

SK|SteLam vs fnatic.Vo0 (DM_Absinthe)

Round 1: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_Absinthe.01-05-05-11-15-21.zip
Round 2: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_Absinthe.01-05-05-12-14-03.zip
Round 3: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_Absinthe.01-05-05-15-04-57.zip
Round 4: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_Absinthe.01-05-05-16-03-32.zip

SK|SteLam vs fnatic.Vo0 (DM_Sacred)

Round 1: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_Sacred.01-05-05-14-24-00.zip
Round 2: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_Sacred.01-05-05-15-21-40.zip
Round 3: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_Sacred.01-05-05-15-22-35.zip
Round 4: http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/SK_SteLam-fnatic_Vo0.DM_Sacred.01-05-05-16-20-15.zip

The other demos from the tournament, can be found here:

http://demos.thecpl.com/World_Tour/Spain/

Hopefully we might have TVsN avis at some point also.

Rocketboy Signs Up For Spain

Today saw Rocketboy register for the CPL Spain event after rumours that he was going to attend the event. Rocketboy is most famous in the gaming world for having beaten Fatal1ty in the Doom3 $125000 Fatal1ty booth tour.

You can find the CPL registration list here:

http://www.thecpl.com/register/?page=viewtourn&eventid=11&tournid=54

and an, as yet, empty list of registered players, here:

http://www.e-life2005.com/en/torneos/painkiller/participantes

..which is the official CPL Spain website.

Fatal1ty.com Updated

Fatal1ty.com ( http://fatal1ty.com/ ) has had yet another face-lift. Previously from the fiendishly fast hand-animation site, we’d seen a transition to heavily graphical version where most of the content was streaming video. Following that it was downgraded to a more simple website, which brings us to the current iteration.

Many parts of the site still seem ‘TBD’, but it is interesting to see a very different approach to professional gaming in portraying a gamer brandname.

We will see Fatal1ty competing in CPL Spain next weekend, and with the recent announcement of the MTV involvement, no doubt Fatal1ty.com will benefit from any positive coverage of the player.

You can find Fatal1ty’s website at http://www.fatal1ty.com and the site’s forum at http://forum.abit-usa.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=56