In light of a deep conversation in the forums about the popularity of the mod, I am doing my best to take into consideration the needs/wants as far as I can. I have made new Easy versions of 6 of my maps: kz_cathedral_ez, kz_fortress_ez, kz_cookbook_ez, kz_silo_ez (this map also got a retexture), kz_man_madness2's EZ course is now actually easy along with kz_surf_protraining's EZ block.

I have also removed the Touchpoints from kz_crate_delight and kz_cityswingers to the joy of many.

What I want before releasing these new easy versions is that people let me know their opinions about easy maps for new players made out of harder maps that already exist. My reason for doing this is to quickly provide some relief to rage-quitters or people who simply find the mods maps too difficult and quit shortly after downloading. It is planned that we will have an official server where only easy maps will run. That means we need a lot of them. If you are presently making a map thats hard....please coincide with this and make it easy or at least make an ez version of it. I'll never ask of this again.

I personally feel that when this is achieved, we will have more interested players. With easy, I mean that every jump could be taken basicly straight on somehow, but still built like a map thats hard with all it's twists and turns keeping it interesting. Think of them as adventures. Places where the high level players will be working out the coolest shortcuts while the middle levels are trying to beat their best times because its fast and fun, and the new players are not frustrated to death. I find with speaking to faker, that easy maps are the only type of map that plays well for all levels.

I also do not mean to make ez versions out of every map nor do I ask of any of you or intend myself to make all my future maps totally easy. We just, at this point in time, need a large set of easy maps suddenly. We (mappers) must support all levels of the gameplay for any discipline you choose to work with, to allow for more players to enjoy the social game we have created for you.

Don't forget to repond in the comments with your opinions on the matter. Thanks