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.

World Tour Stop Changed!

The CPL announced that it has revised the sequence of its $1,000,000 World Tour Stops to accept an invitation to host the Swedish stop at the world’s largest computer festival: DreamHack. The Swedish World Tour stop, hosting a $50,000 one-versus-one Painkiller competition, will now take place June 16-19, 2005 in Jonkoping, Sweden at the Elmia Convention Center.

Over 5,000 gamers are expected to attend the DreamHack festival this year. The online registration for the Swedish stop will launch next week at the CPL’s registration website located at www.thecpl.com/register/. Furthermore, the stop in Germany has been moved to August and the stop in the United Kingdom to September.

For more info go to CPL`s Homepage at: www.thecpl.com

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.