SpeedRunners News

On Saturday, November 29th at 10 am Pacific/6 pm London Time...

16 players will fight over the Golden Egg and what's inside of it. One player will become THE LORD OF THE RUNS and earn the power contained inside of this GOLDEN EGG!

Watch LIVE on Twitch!



YOU can support the prize pool by dropping some "GIL" on this GIL themed Digital Supporter Badge via Matcherino. Everyone who contributes will be shown off with a supporter scroller on screen during the event!




[h3]Time to give some FEEDBACK and RATE THE MAPS! (Part 1)[/h3]
We need you at this point to please go to the following steam discussion and rate the maps based on your subjective opinions and if you wish to leave detailed feedback, please do.

The Top 4 maps will make it to the FINAL VOTE after Thanksgiving.

CLICK TO RATE THE MAPS!

Every single week, we'll be featuring a new Official or Curated Workshop map in a new solo time trial every week using Velo (official + curated maps). Don’t have Velo? Join our community server for help.

This week's map: Snowed IN!

Top runs will be showcased on our youtube channel weekly!

Last but not least…

Don't forget to sign up for the Last Chance Qualifer HERE!

Don’t miss highlights and shorts here: YouTube channel.

We have SEVEN maps that we're accepted to this year's contest.
Here is a video showing them off and the links to each one!

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Here is a Steam Workshop Playlist showing all of them. Please take the time to try them and leave feedback for the makers on their individual pages.


Starting Monday, 09/29/25, a new solo time trial every week using Velo (official + curated maps). Don’t have Velo? Join our community server for help.

This week's map: SILO!

Top runs will be showcased on our youtube channel weekly!

We are also working on changing the time and the date of the Weekly Twitch Stream and the community has chosen Fridays for the day but right now we have a vote going for the TIME. So, beginning NEXT WEEK... We will be streaming on Fridays. Please make sure to go and follow us on our twitch to make sure to know when we go LIVE!

http://twitch.tv/kingofspeedtv

We are getting closer and closer to The Lord of the Runs: Stuffed Edition happening on the Saturday AFTER THANKSGIVING! It's gonna be a hype event with a 16 man SINGLE ELIMINATION tournament. The Top 8 from the previous ELO season and the Top 8 from the current KOSTV season will face off in a Single Elimination tournament where the matches will be First to FIVE until Grand Finals which will be FT10, Win by 2. Everyone who qualifies gets a hype badge and only the winner will get the GOLDEN EGG which now has a secret inside.. :o

We will be announcing the players and the brackets for this tournament in the NEAR FUTURE, so stay tuned!

Last but not least…

Don't forget to sign up for the next weekly HERE!

Don’t miss highlights and shorts here: YouTube channel.

Submit your original map (edited within the last 30 days) by Halloween: Submission Link.

Maps will be sanity-checked, then featured in a showcase stream/video. Judges will score on theme (25), popularity (25), and quality (50).

Promotion begins Nov 1. Final public vote happens during The Lord of the Runs: Stuffed Edition (Sat after Thanksgiving). Winners announced Dec 6, with the chosen map(s) added by Christmas at Cosmo’s Christmas Monthly on Dec 27.


Starting Monday, 09/29/25, a new solo time trial every week using Velo (official + curated maps). Don’t have Velo? Join our community server for help.

Week 2 map: PLANTATION!

Top runs will be showcased Thursdays at 7:30 PM PT on Thursday Night Running on our Twitch channel, hosted by SuncrackerTV.

Last but not least…

Thank you to the community for the first SR Weekly being a HUGE success. Ecluvost and Asarnil hosted it and you can watch the VOD below by clicking the banner.



Don't forget to sign up for the next weekly HERE!

Don’t miss highlights and shorts here: YouTube channel.

Congrats to Team Speed on winning our first (Un)Civil War Crew Battle!

Team Speed: Debla (captain), nizkit, Incursio, rwhyman, Ecluvost, goji, AFRO, Zeadrasil, packofchips, YO! Filet.

Team Running fought hard, but after losing their captain Lacks, couldn’t recover. Huge thanks to Myddo, Blackomodo (killer match vs. Nizkit!), Dizzy, Xenos, Some Chump, Metzg4r, Asarnil, Arthyy_, and CrashTReborn.

Special thanks to Milk and sapajouit for subbing in when needed.

Everyone was amazing, so all players will receive their team badges in an upcoming update. This first event showed just how strong and supportive the SR community really is.

[h2]Now for the announcements![/h2]
Submit your original map (edited within the last 30 days) by Halloween: Submission Link.

Maps will be sanity-checked, then featured in a showcase stream/video. Judges will score on theme (25), popularity (25), and quality (50).

Promotion begins Nov 1. Final public vote happens during The Lord of the Runs: Stuffed Edition (Sat after Thanksgiving). Winners announced Dec 6, with the chosen map(s) added by Christmas at Cosmo’s Christmas Monthly on Dec 27.


Launching on Halloween, rank the map pool using our template. Post your link in the Steam discussion to enter a raffle for SR2 (or gift it if you already own it).

Least-favorite maps will be shortlisted and replaced by new contest winners.


Starting Monday, 09/29/25, a new solo time trial every week using Velo (official + curated maps). Don’t have Velo? Join our community server for help.

Week 1 map: CASINO! Try to beat the house for the top time.

Top runs will be showcased Thursdays at 7:30 PM PT on Thursday Night Running on our Twitch channel, hosted by SuncrackerTV.

Finally…

Thank you all for making our Twitch + YouTube launch a success! Catch our first SR Weekly Tournament this Saturday at Noon PT, hosted by Zeadrasil.

Don’t miss highlights and shorts here: YouTube channel.

[h3]Check the news page for the latest events![/h3]

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[h2]We will be offering the following services to the community:[/h2]
- Weekly and monthly tournaments (with prize pools and shiny in-game badges)
- Weekly Casual community streams for players to come together and play LIVE on Twitch or YouTube!
- Weekly time trial events to help you master a brand-new map every week
- Feedback and replay reviews — helping you level up your play!
- Organized play sessions for newcomers — guiding fresh racers to hit the ground running!
- An ELO ranking system in collaboration with Velocity Statistics!
and support for community-led events — with toolkits, volunteers, and so much more…

And it all kicks off September 27th… with SPEEDtember 2025: (Un)Civil War. (Click me to Sign up)
A massive ten versus ten crew battle… the debut event that ignites a brand-new era of SpeedRunners competition."

Play in our weekly and monthly events to earn points in these events to qualify for the MAJOR such as:
Lord of the Runs 2025: Take Two… happening November 29th with a streamlined ONE DAY tournament!
The King of Speed 2026 happening May 30th, 2026
And... one more major we're going to announce in December. :)

This movement, led by TheSilentChaos and a dedicated team of staff and volunteers such as Asarnil, Ecluvost, Frozen Breadstick, Milk, Suncracker TV, and last but not least Zeadrasil is built... [h2]by the community… for the community.[/h2]A new age of SpeedRunners community competition has arrived.

The race begins now. [h3]This is… The King of Speed TV.[/h3]