Happy Friday all,

Ending off Anniversary Week, I wanted to let everyone know what I have been considering/working on for some time. With the entirety of our servers being based out of Chicago, we don't quite fully cover the US with ideal pings for everyone, and this has been a consistent, but growing point of feedback from players. Chicago is "central", but our west coast players can see some high pings, depending on location, while east coast generally sees good/acceptable pings. We get quite a few west coast players and have had quite the consistent uptick in players (reaching capacity every night), so I am happy to announce that we will be expanding to the West Coast within the next 3 months!

What does this mean?
Much of this announcement has been in the works for quite some time, mostly in terms of infrastructure/database changes to ensure we have proper capacity for considerably more data and players. Once the west coast servers are in and...

Howdy all, 🤠

Here we are, at a major milestone in our community - We have turned 5 today! We have graduated from a small, few dozen players a day to a community of tens of thousands of players per day. Whenever someone asks me about the community, I always like to tell the story. This all started out as a small interest geared towards a group of friends and a few others. Within no time at all, popularity took off - and so did demand. Demand for new content, demand for more servers, demand for more services. While we have grown in size, I am so happy to see how tight-knit we all still are, just as if it was 5 years ago.

This all could not be possible without YOU. Yes, you reading this. Without your participation, without your support, we would not still be here today. We have overcome so many hurdles and obstacles and are still standing strong, and getting stronger by the day.

On a personal note, it...

Happy Monday, and happy Day 1 of Anniversary Week!

For some time there has been discussion about how we can further reward our members for community participation, and just being here - it's so important. After some deliberation (and a wonderful idea from Kuiq) we are happy to announce Monthly VIP Giveaways! Let's go ahead and explain:

How does this work?

Each month we will be awarding one lucky community participant 1 month of VIP from each active game mode we host. Game modes are currently:

• Bhop​
• Competitive (Arenas & Retakes)​
• KZ​
• Surf​

What are the requirements?

Well - this is where it gets interesting. There is not a hard-set requirement of each month, or how you can win. One month could be most time played, next could be most forum participation, the next could be something extraordinary you did for the community. Each...

Big ol update post with something for everyone, enjoy!

Surf

• Added new maps:
  • surf_cannonball (Tier 4 Linear, 2 Bonuses)
  • surf_frey2_go (Tier 3 Linear, 1 Bonus)
  • surf_gradient (Tier 2 Linear)
  • surf_mate (Tier 2 Linear, 5 Bonuses)
  • surf_midsommar (Tier 3 Staged, 4 Bonuses)
  • surf_secluded (Tier 4, 4 Bonuses)
• Re-worked surf_bob:
  • Removed all "hidden" teleporters that allowed you to skip stages, wiped all times that utilized these
  • Converted reverse push on stage 1 to a fail trigger
  • Moved certain stage spawns forward, outside of invisible clip brushes
  • Lowered last stage trigger by first skip
  • Added bonus
• Changes to surf_rands Bonus 3:
  • Placed an additional teleport that bypasses an existing landmark teleport which fails in certain situations
  • Nulled teleport speed of a CS:S fix teleport to prevent unexpected failures
• Normalized teleport angles on surf_004_fix
• Added surf_reytx to...

Ady [Wheezy] added a new event:

Among Us Shenanigans

Among Us Shenanigans
10/2/2020 5PM PST / 8PM EST
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As we've seen lately, this game has been extremely popular. I think a ton of people would be interested in an event around it that could become a reoccurring event. If you've been looking for a reason to hate your friends, strategy of course, then you'll love this! Each lobby is maxed out at 10 players, if we end up needing to split up into different groups we definitely can. Hope to see you...

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Read more about this event...

As some may have seen, the events team has had a poll up to select a movie for this event. Seeing as many people were pretty split for the decision on genre, the events team has decided to pick two winners. We've picked one movie from the two most popular genres, Horror and Comedy. So we've split the two movies to two different nights listed below! We hope to see you there!

• 10/3/2020 - Spy Kids 3D: Game Over- Comedy
  • 6PM - PST
• 10/4/2020 - Pet Sematary - Horror
  • 6PM - PST

On a side note, I've started making a calendar as well as a temporary way to see upcoming events. Don't worry, we will still post announcements here on the forums as well as discord. Below is the best way currently to see these events.

Event's List

Surf

• Added new maps:
  • surf_celestial (T5 Linear, 3 Bonuses)
  • surf_hotrod (T2 Linear, 2 Bonuses)
  • surf_loweffort (T4 Staged, 1 Bonus)
  • surf_replicant (T6 Staged, 1 Bonus)
  • surf_sacrifice (T4 Staged, 1 Bonus)
  • surf_salvation (T5 Linear, 2 Bonuses)
• A few Surf Timer updates: Added functionality, a couple small bug fixes and optimizations
• surf_solace: T6 > T4
• Normalized teleport angles upon failing stages on surf_lt_omnific_fix
• Improved surf_ameliorate Bonus 1 end zone
• Added lasers to surf_waterworks window skip

KZ

• Added new Global maps on 9/7:
  • kz_andromeda (T4)
  • kz_angina_final (T6)
  • kz_beanguy_v2 (T1)
  • kz_chloroplast (T6)
  • kz_crash_fix (T3)
  • kz_emptiness (T3)
  • kz_exemplum (T3)
  • kz_hemochromatosis (T6)
  • kz_ladderdespair (T5)
  • kz_longjumps_easy (T3)
  • kz_owtetad (T1)
  • kz_skybridge (T3)
  • kz_symmetry (T2)
  • vnl_invasion (T5)
  • vnl_whiterun (T1)
  • kz_correguachin_final >...

Happy Friday all!

We are actively recruiting for the Operations and Events teams! If you wish to actively help us behind the scenes and volunteer some time/expertise, feel free to head on over to the Staff Applications section.

Here is the update round-up of the past month.

Surf

• Added surf_blackheart (T6 Linear)
• Added surf_solace (Tier 5 Staged)
• Added surf_stitched (T5 Staged)
• Fixed surf_sunset2_fix stage 2 booster
• Fixed clip exploit on surf_trihard stage 3
• Surf Timer - Minor performance improvements and small various fixes

KZ

• Added new KZ Global maps:
  • bkz_pogo (T3)
  • bkz_zephyr_v2 (T2)
  • kz_antharas (T5)
  • kz_avalon (T2)
  • kz_bloodline (T3)
  • kz_cereal (T3)
  • kz_coastline_gl (T3)
  • kz_how2slide (T3)
  • kz_list_gnida (T4)
  • kz_mieszaneuczucia (T6)
  • kz_slide_vaahtera (T4)
  • kz_slowrun_global (T6)
  • kz_theaquila (T4)
  • kz_zaloopazxc (T6)...

ANOTHA ONE!

The Events Team is back with a much requested GMOD EVENT (TTT)!

This event will take place on Saturday, August 15th, 2020. 8pm EST.

The server details will be shared closer to the event time so please join the Discord for timely updates and reminders.

Please note that all our community rules apply.

With everything happening right now, we hope our events give you a chance to take a break and have some fun

See you there!!

Bit of a content round-up from the month, I hope everyone is able to enjoy their summer as much as possible!

Surf

• Added new maps:
  • surf_feudal (Tier 5 Staged)
  • surf_fungus (Tier 4 Linear)
  • surf_premium (Tier 2 Staged)
  • surf_sanctuary (Tier 1 Staged)
  • surf_zoomathon (Tier 1 Linear)
• Small timer optimization

KZ

• Added new maps pending global status:
  • kz_antigeneric (T2)
  • kz_antimony (T4)
  • kz_anus (T2)
  • kz_delphinium (T1)
  • kz_glide (T2)
  • kz_kohzesucks (T2)
  • kz_kzro_gohome (T2)
  • kz_motivated (T3)
  • kz_nieh (T4)
  • kz_nightcastle (T4)
  • kz_noobfort (T5)
  • kz_portal (T2)
  • kz_rectangle (T4)
  • kz_splopkopsc_frickricky_v2 (T2)
  • kz_trazodon_fix (T4) - Fix of kz_trazodon
  • kz_bananaysoda_v2 (T5) - Fix of kz_bananaysoda_fix
• The GOKZ Replay Viewer is back up, big thanks to Ruto and Nicell for...