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Hey guys,

once again we're back with the Run Of The Week , presented by XJ and Moviemaking.fr. This week we show you the 19th edition starring NAPZ's sick run on bkz_goldbhop (movie done by Hatari).

Have fun watching!

NAPZ

kz_kzlt_femtobhop done in 01:38.85 ( 01:39.39 26 )
cg_wildwesthop done in 02:43.53 ( 02:43.95 26 )
bkz_goldbhop done in 01:30.89 ( 01:31.03 26 )
kzarg_bhopcircuit done in 00:56.37 ( 00:56.95 shNz )

Flibo

kz_kzfr_haunted done in 05:02.48 ( 05:31.09 Flibo )

mgD

kz_mto_gerudofortress done in 03:35.55 ( 03:36.44 sKiCg )

juanch0x

kz_pacman done in 02:17.23 ( 02:22.79 juanch0x )

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P.S.: Don't forget to check the fixed version of kz_xj_communityblock in the newspost below!

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Read the extended news post for demos that were improved or didn't quite make it.

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Hey guys,

unfortunately a few huge shortcuts were discovered on the original version of kz_xj_communityblock; doing these shortcuts you can skip 3-4 whole blocks.

Usually released maps can't be altered for obvious reasons (unfair towards the users who spent time for searching and finding the shortcuts, unfair for people who already recorded a demo, different versions of the map being spread in the community), but in this special case we have to make an exception. After all it's a community project and it would be unfair towards the mappers if their blocks wouldn't be a part of the map anymore just because the XJ mappers and testers did a mistake and didn't find these shortcuts while testing (the map was tested for several days on our servers, by ~20 different guys).

We have, of course, talked to MepH, who submitted the best demo on the map so far and he gave us his agreement to "remove" his demo as well.

So, without further chitchat, here is the fixed version of the map.

kz_xj_communityblock made by radon & PsYxOpAt



Please make sure you re-download the map as soon as possible!

Sorry for the trouble and the inconveniences caused!

Hey guys,

once again we're back with the Run Of The Week , presented by XJ and Moviemaking.fr. This week we show you the 18th edition starring NAPZ's sick run on kz_megabhop_hard (movie done by Psy).

Have fun watching!

Hey guys,

I know most of you who know about the history of this project never thought this day is going to come; I got to admit that I almost lost hope myself as well during the whole struggle. For those who don’t know anything about this project and its past at all, I’ll try to recapitulate a bit:

The project was originally started back in 2007, when FragMcCracken, radon, Pf0llz0r, raver and Moxx had the idea about a block map containing a lot of blocks mapped by almost every mapper of the community, called kz_xj_communityblock. You can read the original newspost, posted on 12/08/07, here.

After 10 months of hard work, a lot of different mappers have worked on the project and finally came to an end: The map was released and removed on 10/28/08, because unfortunately the wrong version was posted and the .rmf files got lost.

After this release, 2 years later the map has been… awaited… forsaken… and became a myth… most people thought it will never be released again.

Without radon, who built the main architecture of the new design and added 40% of the blocks and without PsYxOpAt, who finished the maps, edited the architecture so more blocks will fit in and took the map to the engines maximum, it probably never would have made it. Big thanks for spending countless hours and dedication, working on the map and bringing it to a good end.

I also feel that I need to thank Chrizzy who re-made all of the block signs that were used in the map and hm^ who spent countless hours of work to come up with 2 complete designs as well; unfortunately they had design issues (bad balancing, architectural problems) and couldn’t be released as well.

Thanks again to everyone involved, without you the project would have been impossible!

kz_xj_communityblock made by radon & PsYxOpAt



Here you go with blocks and their mappers in the order of their appearance in the map:

acidburn
s0liD
kewl
[-=KX=-] Lee
maetz
Pieshels
Winkuz
DozhiO
raver
MAEGNUS
colix
DaMp
Moxx
h1m1
heiss
Malvin
LOLLY
Palmrot
puppetz
Sadpuppy & Shizuka
radon
Flibo
hybrid
PopiT
Licoti
Zim
StoneCold
mis7ake
PRopaaNS
Fact or Fiction
Sakto
perdo
Pf0llz0r
Apocal1pso
FLR aka flayer
MentaLo
JumbalaR
Murvelman
pLANE
Nekso
clair
BK#KL
tranCyfast
sllove
WyB
V0ls
Chrizzy
z1820

Unfortunately it was not possible to add every block in the current design/architecture, as the engine limit was reached; therefore some of the blocks that didn’t fit into the design, or had other problems, had to be taken out. A big big sorry for the mappers that might be disappointed now.

Removed blocks:

ManiaC - Eating too much memory.
sjalt - Eating too much memory.
stasia - Eating too much memory.
sj - Impossible jump, didn’t fit into the layout.
Simplexx - Architectural problems, didn’t fit into the layout.
FragMcCracken - Architectural problems, didn’t fit into the layout.
8ball1 - Architectural problems, didn’t fit into the layout.
eiT – Orlando - Architectural problems, didn’t fit into the layout.
mmmcfly - Missing wad file, wad files are not allowed.
eiT- _#7 - Not high enough.
H.o.r.s.t - Too bad built.
xia - Too bad built, flying stones.

However, we decided to add all of them (except for the blocks of H.o.r.s.t and xia because they were built too bad) into a little outtake map, so every one of you who is curious about these blocks can check them out and play them:

communityblock_outtakes made by PsYxOpAt



Enough of the words, it’s time for you guys to play the maps!

Have fun and good luck finishing the longest map in the history of kreedz maps!

Hello XJ!

Here we go with yet another XJ Weekly Reloaded. In this weekly there will be a short and sweet interview with a very special moviemaker. Besides the regular sections like the Demo Reviews, Movie Reviews and a gripping Thought Of The Week, we also have a VERY SPECIAL OFFER from ndR!
Don't forget to share your views and opinions and send us your valuable suggestions and feedbacks over the Thought Of The Week at the KZ Talk forum. So just sit back and enjoy!!!


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Hey guys,

some of you might have already noticed the banner, anyway I felt like this deserves a separate newspost:

We want to officially announce a new partner of XJ; a partner that will help us keep this community alive and improve it every day:

The company is called HispaSolutions.com, a website thaf offers keys for original pc-games at best prices (with
discounts of over 50%).

A little example: You can buy the long-awaited hit Mafia II for only 24,99€ on their site (the official steam price is 49,99€).

If you had doubts about HispaSolutions.com we can confirm and assure you that their website is safe and reliable, and we can recomend it to all visitors and users that are planning to buy some pc games in the future. If you're still having doubts: They offer paypal, so if anything goes wrong you're secured by paypal's consumer protection as well.

So, if you need an original game for PC at best price, REMEMBER:
HispaSolutions.com

Hello, jumpers!
We're very sorry for the longer delay from the previous release to this one, but we have been really busy around here.

Enjoy!

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Flibo

kz_stonehenge done in 02:25.42 ( 02:28.42 Flibo )

NAPZ

kz_megabhop done in 01:34.99 ( 01:35.36 NAPZ )
kz_megabhop_hard done in 01:36.56 ( 01:37.53 NAPZ )

koukouz

kz_ea_templeblocks done in 04:00.96 ( 04:01.91 heL^_x )
kz_cruiser done in 04:10.07 ( 04:17.47 heL^_x )
kz_greenplanet done in 03:18.67 ( 03:20.62 heL^_x )
kz_streetbl0ck done in 04:08.83 ( 04:11.17 heL^_x )
zr_minimountain done in 00:39.48 ( 00:40.04 heL^_x )

shNz

kzarg_bhopcircuit done in 00:56.95 ( 00:57.06 26 )

Read the extended news post for demos that were improved or didn't quite make it.

[ Read the rest ... ]

Hey guys,

once again we're back with the Run Of The Week , presented by XJ and Moviemaking.fr. This week we show you the 17th edition starring shNz's sick run on j2s_4floors (movie done by ZMX).

Have fun watching!