SpeedRunners News

Hello and Happy Holidays EVERYONE!I hope your holiday season is going well. We have some announcements for you so let's get started!

The Player Feedback and Voting for the Frosty Mapmakers Contest 2024 begins on Christmas Eve!
All you have to do is go to your favorite map(s) out of the bunch and comment "HAPPY HOLIDAYS!"
The maps with the most holiday cheer will win the popular vote and get the lion's share of the points of the points.
We will count comments from 12 am on Christmas EVE in the Pacific Time Zone until until the end of the year.
The SR Advisory Council will judge on the remaining factors for a total possible score of 300 points. They are Map Design/Theme and Overall Judges Opinion.
You will get to see which maps will potentially make it into the new updated curated workshop map list for the upcoming season changes.

Here are all Frosty Mapmapers Contest 2024 submissions:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3376253574

Next Announcement...

THE KING OF SPEED 2025 will be held this year on Saturday, March 22nd and Sunday, March 23rd.
Day ONE will be from Top 16 until the Top 4. Day TWO will be from Top 4 until completion.
We will have another opportunity for you to help crowdfund the prize pool and earn a special in game badge that you can only get by helping encourage the players to fight their hardest through a $5 or more donation to the overall prize pool.
So... get hype and be ready for us to crown a new King of Speed... or will we?

Last but not least is something that we wish to address...
We have worked tirelessly to make a inviting and friendly environment for players to learn and grow this fantastic game. This includes people submitting and creating maps as well.
Speedrunners as a whole is a small community and we should take care to encourage and lift others up. Unfortunately this hasn't always been the case recently.
So in this time of the year it is a good moment to remind everybody to be kind to each other, and have a good time playing this and other great games!

Well folks.. That it for now. Please leave feedback and holiday wishes in the comments below, and don't foreget to vote for your favorite maps! Love y'all.

TheSilentChaos, Your Volunteer Community Manager

Hello Everyone. We'd like to thank the 13 mapmakers who submitted a total of 14 maps!

Here is a youtube playlist with a short walkthrough of each map in the order they we're submitted:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbwsKUw8n1vmWty3reADA3MT5yDto6S-9&si=7p7lsOdb5MlQemwU


Here is the list of maps/makers and what maps these creations are based on:

Diamond Club by Kirac (based on Nightclub)
Jungle Juice by Dizzy (based on Zoo)
Promenade by Asarnil (based on Resort)
wuup's and down's by Luwin (based on Zoo)
Nuclear XP by Redz (based on Laboratory)
WILD Rapids by Redz (based on Zoo)
Labrats by Jansen (based on Laboratory)
Quarry by BenTrd (based on Mansion)
ROAD 6 by Andrey (based on Powerplant)
Salt Mines by DistinctMadness (based on Mansion)
Titan by Derp (based on Resort)
Aztec by Bensen (based on Jungle)
Meteor City by God of Plagues (based on Silo)
Skull Island Scram by SeanBonJobiii (based on Zoo)

Here is the official steam workshop collection for the contest as well:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3376253574

Please take the time to try each map and leave feedback for them to improve on!

Also, don't forget to join the SR Elevation program which kicks off with Time Trial Turmoil this Tuesday!
You can do this by joining the Frosty Fight Club discord at http://dsc.gg/frostyfightclub and checking out the channel labelled #sr-elevation.

Thanks again for being awesome and let's have a great holiday season together. ❤️

- TheSilentChaos, Volunteer Community Manager and Organizer

Hello Everyone. TheSilentChaos from the Frosty Fight Club here.
I have some Holiday Announcements for you!

First off, we want to remind you that the submission period for the Frosty Community Mapmaker contest is is almost over.

You will NEED to join the Frosty Fight Club discord and post in the channel #sr-map-submission with the required info.
Join here: http://dsc.gg/frostyfightclub

Beginning December 1st, the SR Advisory Counsel (sans anyone who submitted a map) will be reviewing the entries and providing feedback.
We will provide ample opportunity to edit the map based on this feedback. After this, we will rereview the map and submit a final score.
The maps then will be shown off in the December SR Monthly for everyone to see and for us to get a "player's opinion score" and then for final scoring.
We will then submit the final maps to Gert for review and to see if anything would prevent any of the maps to make it into the curated workshop playlist.

We will declare the winners at the January SR Monthly event happening on the 25th (the fourth Saturday of the month).

Secondly, We'd like to announce the evolution of the Learner's League into what is being called SR Elevation, a more expanded and open format for players to self-organize for training, friendlies, and more.

Our Goal will be: "To learn and grow as a community. To ELEVATE new and inexperienced players."

Here is the blueprint for SR Elevation:

Multiple Events (Time Trial Tuesdays, 6 person Round Robin training sessions (mock tournaments), Coaching Checkpoints, and some surprises!)

To Qualify: Players must make a post in the channel #⁠sr-elevation in the thread(s) in the Frosty Fight Club established for this purpose.

There will be threads for players of the following hours/skill levels for sign up:

• 0-100 hours
  
• 101-250 hours
  
• 251-500 hours
  
• 500-750 hours
  
• 751-999 hours
  
• 1000+ hours or more
  

These groups will be organized by one or more coaches or mentors.

If you are 1k hours and/or more and would like to help teach and play with newer players (becoming a mentor), please also post in the #⁠sr-elevation channel in the FFC discord.

The first SR Elevation event will be held next week (weekly to be known as Time Trial Tuesdays) in the form of a time trial event for each group.

Please join and post any questions or feedback for us. 🙂

Thank you all for the support and please take the time to watch out for the upcoming sale on the game itself to support this game moving forward and to get new players into the game.

TheSilentChaos, Volunteer Community Manager and Organizer ❤️

Hello Mapmakers.. Time for Frosty Mapmaker Contest 2

We will be accepting submission beginning November 1st until the 31st.

You must state the "theme of the map" and adhere and justify it if asked.

You must make a overview of the map and either a video or a detailed post explaining the map and it's design.

Judgement Criteria:

• Map Design and Theme (checked against other officials and popular workshop maps)
  
• Overall Judge's Opinion
  
• Players' Voting
  

You can get up to 100 points in each area and we will take the scores and add them up and average them. This is allow for some leeway for people to be creative.

The judges will be the SR Advisory Council. If a member of the council submits a map, they must abstain from voting. This is to curtail influence in judging/voting.

There will be judges of all skill levels and hours.

VOTING will be held in game and also ONLY in the Frosty Fight Club discord when the contest begins.
Voting will begin December and will last until the end of the year. The new year will feature our finalists and then the maps in question will be submitted for review by @Gert-Jan.

Just like last time... MORE THAN ONE map can win if the quality is there. It is at @Gert-Jan if they get added to the curated workshop.

Hello SR Community. Time for the Lord of the Runs Wrap Up!

The community raised $843.10 for the prize pool via donations and the SR Supporter Coins have been added to your badges collection!

First off, We'd like to congratulate Redz for winning in the Grand Championship Reset against Nicolas 10-8.
This was truly one of the greatest matches and tournaments of all time in the history of SR.
Please take the time to watch this and the rest of the Top 4 if you have time.

Watch the entirety of the Lord of the Runs 2024: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbwsKUw8n1vkaHDrxjwzvrZ5x7E5xK-ML



Here are the things coming up in the near future:

• The formation of the SR Advisory Council which will be handling the curating (adding and removal) of SR Workshop maps.
  
• The SR Mapmakers Contest 2.0: More and updated details are coming in a separate post! Keep your eyes out here!
  

Please make sure to show up and show out for the first King of Speed 2025 qualifier (SR Monthly Tournament, Every 4th Saturday!) happening on October 26th at 11 am PDT (2 pm EDT). The link to this will be in game beginning with this announcement.

Last but not least, It's time for SCREAMRUNNERS! Keep a eye out for that in game.

Let us know what you think in the comments and make sure to like or dislike as well!