The Game this Thursday will be an hour or so of Xmas Death Match and then the rest of the night will be Xmas CTF Mod.
Server Details:-
Server : Newskool Xmas
IP : 45.147.54.153:31537
Date : 31st December
Time : 9.30 pm UK time/4.30pm EST time
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
It's the last game of the year so it would be great to get a huge crowd to finish of this year and to help bring in the New Year.
The Sunday games this week is going to be XMAS mod Hitmen for an hour or so and then Xmas Bagman for the rest of the game.
Game details:-
Server : Newskool XMAS
IP : 45.147.54.153:31537
Date : 27th December
Time : 9.30pm UK time/4.30pm EST time
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
Here are the latest Xmas Crash client files. They contain new player models for the Elf team etc.
Grab them from
here.
Download and open the zipfile, then just unzip/extract the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations. Overwrite any existing files.
There will a game of the new Xmas Crash squad on Saturday 26th Dec. The game will be on Captain Death's server.
Server : Christmas Crash Server
IP : 86.200.120.36:31510
Date : Saturday 26th Dec.
Time : 9.30pm UK time/4.30pm EST
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
All welcome to come for a game.
***Please Note - the mod has been updated so if you have played it before you need to go into your kingpin/crash_xmas folder and delete pak1. Then rejoin hte server and the new files will be downloaded.***
So there you go, twelve new maps released in time for Christmas. I hope you enjoy playing them.
If you want to check out all the new death match maps and don't want to wait for the next weekly DM game you can play them against bots in the Luschen Botmatch or Luschen GunRace +Bots servers.
Just open the console (tilde key ~) and type - changemap xxxxxxxx (where xxxxxxxxx is the map name). The map names are whatever_sin_final, facility2, facility3, countryside, kpq3dm3_2020, radar and assassin4.
Assassin 4 is a smallish death match map converted to Kingpin by me. It's set in a small town where the action takes place on the street, on the rooftops, and inside the buildings. It uses all the original textures, has 14 player spawns and ample weapons and items. The map is set in the evening.
It is a conversion of the Action Quake 2 map that was made by
WizardExt.
You can download Assassin 4 from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct
locations.
Unfortunately the Steam button for Kingpin wont show up if it is banned in your country, such as Germany.
Kingpin is currently on sale at Steam for 50% off until 5 January. You can pick up a copy for Steam friend for 4.99.
Radar is a medium sized death match map converted to Kingpin by me. It's set in and around some sort of secret radar facility. It uses all the original textures, has 12 player spawns and ample weapons and items.It also features the rain weather effect.
It is a conversion of the Action Quake 2 map that was made by
WizardExt.
You can download Radar from
here.
Download and open the zipfile, then just unzip/extract the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
The Game this Thursday will be an hour or so of Xmas Death Match and then the rest of the night will be Xmas CTF Mod.
Server Details:-
Server : Newskool Xmas
IP : 45.147.54.153:31537
Date : 24th December
Time : 9.30 pm UK time/5.30pm EST time
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
Team Pro 2020 is an updated version of the Team Pro map made by
Hypov8 many years ago. Originally it was a famous Half-Life map that Hypo made a version of in the early days of Kingpin.
It's a large Bagman map with several ways to each team's base.
A lot has been changed in the new version:-
Some of the lighting
Some of the weapon and item amounts and placement
Some of the textures
Some of the player spawn amount and placement
Added more corridors and ways to get to other teams base
Made changes to the money drop area
Added some directions (arrows) to the other team's base
Included Hypov8's suggestions (of course)
Miscellaneous other little things
You can download Team Pro 2020 from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
Facility 3 is a small to medium sized death match map converted to Kingpin by me. It's set in and around some sort of facility buildings. It uses all the original textures, has 12 player spawns and ample weapons and itmes.
It is a conversion of the Action Quake 2 map that was made by
WizardExt.
You can download Facility 3 from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
I have made an Xmas mod version of my Team Overpass Bagman map.
Basically I have retextured it with a Winter theme and added some Christmas songs.
Xmas Team Overpass is a medium sized, urban style, two level, Bagman map based on the old death match overpass_v2.bsp map by
[THC]Bun.
The map has several paths between the two team bases and there are two money drops. The drops are on the upper level overpass in the side tunnels.
You can download Xmas Team Overpass from
here.
Download and open the zipfile, then just unzip/extract the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
Countryside is a mid sized, open, death match map converted to Kingpin by me. It's set in a farming property. It has a barn, sheds, grain silos, cottages and other buildings. It uses all the original textures, has 16 player spawns and ample weapons and items.
It is a conversion of the Action Quake 2 map that was made by
WizardExt.
You can download Countryside from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
The Sunday games this week is going to be XMAS mod Hitmen for an hour or so and then Xmas Bagman for the rest of the game.
Game details:-
Server : Newskool XMAS
IP : 45.147.54.153:31537
Date : 20th December
Time : 9.30pm UK time/5.30pm EST time
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
Arena of Death Kingpin Style (Reloaded) is a hires retexture of my version of the Arena of Death Kingpin Style map.
The Quake3 death match map Q3DM3 (The Arena of Death) was originally remade for Kingpin by
Oracius and named Arena SMRTI (which is Arena of Death in Czech). I then did a remake of the map using the Central Towers textures and called it Arena of Death Kingpin Style.
If you're not familiar with the map it is a small arena style death match.
This latest version features the hires Central Towers texture set created by Mr Knoxville.
You can download Arena of Death Kingpin Style (Reloaded) from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
Facility 2 is a smallish death match map converted to Kingpin, from Quake 2, by me.
It's set in and around some sort of facility building. It uses all the original textures, has 10 player spawns and ample weapons and items.
It was tested on Thursday and everyone seemed to like it.
It is a conversion of the Action Quake 2 map that was made by
WizardExt. I contacted WizardExt and he was more than happy to have his maps converted to Kingpin.
You can download Facility 2 from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
There will a game of the new Xmas Crash squad on Saturday 19th Dec. The game will be on Captain Death's server.
Server : Christmas Crash Server
IP : 86.200.120.36:31510
Date : Saturday 19th Dec.
Time : 9.30pm UK time/5.30pm EST
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
All welcome to come for a game.
I have updated the Whatever... map that was released in October.
I have fixed some minor visual bugs, removed the grenade launcher and added the HMG.
Whatever is a smallish, multi level, map set on some sort of building structure in the middle of a large lava pool.
You can download Whatever Final from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
I am releasing twelve new maps before Christmas. I have already released the first three and will continue releasing new maps over the new week or so.
Hope you enjoy them.
Fredz has uploaded two interviews with Ryan Feltrin from August and November 1999.
You can check them out here:-
August 99
November 99
In the November interview he says that Kingpin wasn't really targeted at the online community? This is from the man who came up with the idea of Bagman.
Team Mayhem 3CTF2 is a high res re-textured version of
[YFS] Mayhem's taunt_mayhem_3ctf2 map done by me. That map was a remake of the Quake3 Q3CTF1 map.
I contacted [YFS]Mayhem and luckily he still had the source map file. My version features the hires central towers texture set created by
Mr Knoxville.
You can download Tam Mayhem 3CTF2 from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
You can grab [YFS]Mayhem's original version from
here.
You can grab Mr Knoxville's hires textures
here.
You can only use these on smaller maps due to the limitations of the Quake2 engine.
The Game this Thursday will be an hour or so of custom Death Match on the Newskool Fragfest server and then the rest of the night will be Xmas CTF Mod.
The plan is to test some new DM maps in the first hour or so before moving to Xmas CTF.
Server Details:-
Server : Newskool Fragfest Server
IP : 45.147.54.153:31513
Date : Thursday 17th December
Time : 9.30pm UK time/5.30pm EST Time
Server : Newskool Xmas
IP : 45.147.54.153:31537
Date : 17th December
Time : 10.30 pm UK time/6.30pm EST time
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
I hope everyone can make it :)
Team Bodies is a medium sized, concrete themed, Bagman map converted to Kingpin by me.
It is a conversion of the BodiesCTF map made for the Quake Transfusion mod by
Predator.
It mainly uses the texture set
Hypov8 made for my
Team Death Room map.
It's been beta tested and has been called 'an instant classic' :)
You can download Team Bodies from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
Storm is a medium to large, Christmas themed, death match map converted to Kingpin, for the Xmas mod, by
Mr Damage.
It is a conversion of the Action Quake 2 map that was made by
WizardExt. I contacted WizardExt and he was more than happy to have his maps converted to Kingpin.
It's an urban style map that uses all the original AQ2 textures. You can get up on the rooftops by climbing up the drain pipes. It has ample weapons and items and 16 player spawns.
You can download Storm - Snowed in from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
Kingpin is on sale at GoG.com for 60% off.
Unfortunately the Steam & GoG.com button for Kingpin wont show up if it is banned in your country, such as Germany.
It's part of their Winter Sale and will be on sale until 4th January 2021.
Recently
Elfor talked to an Action Quake 2 mapper called
WizardExt and got him to send him all the source map files for the AQ2 maps he had made.
I also contacted WizardExt and confirmed he was ok to have his maps converted to Kingpin. He is more than happy and so that's one of the things I am doing at the moment. I should be releasing some of his converted maps shortly.
There will be a Tuesday night game of Bagman this week on Teo's [ITA]Bullets For All server. The game will start at 9pm UK time.
Server Details:-
Server : [ITA]Bullets For All
IP : 94.23.73.183:31510
Date : Tuesay 15th Dec.
Time : 21.00 (9.00pm) UK Time/5.00pm EST time
Check out the worldclock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.00pm in the UK
here.
Teo runs his own mod on the server which is a modified version of the Monkey Mod. It features things like kill streak bonuses and custom hud icons.
Hope you can all make it for a game.
Fredz has found, and uploaded, a lost Drew Markham interview from Feb 1999 talking about the upcoming title Kingpin :)
It contains a few interesting answers.
Check it out
here.
You can view all the Kingpin developer Interviews we host under Menu/Interviews on the left hand side of the front page.
Fredz has uploaded the August 1999 copy of the Bulgarian PC games magazine PC Mania. It includes a Kingpin review from page 16.
Check it out
here.
You can see all the Kingpin magazine reviews we host in the Download section at kingpin/media/magazine
here.
The Sunday games this week is going to be XMAS mod Hitmen for an hour or so and then Xmas Bagman for the rest of the game.
Game details:-
Server : Newskool XMAS
IP : 45.147.54.153:31537
Date : 13th December
Time : 9.30pm UK time/5.30pm EST time
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
Here are the client files for the new Xmas Crash mod.
***Please note there was an issue with the initial release and the files had to be updated and re-uploaded***
Grab the updated files
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
There will a game of the new Xmas Crash squad on Saturday 12th Dec. The game will be on Captain Death's server.
Server : Christmas Crash Server
IP : 86.200.120.36:31510
Date : Saturday 12th Dec.
Time : 9.30pm UK time/5.30pm EST
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
All welcome to come for a game.
Fredz,
Captain Death, and
Killa have created a Christmas version of the Crash Squad Mod.
It's like the normal Crash mod but with an Xmas theme.
Hopefully we will have the client files available soon. Otherwise just download then from the server when you join a game.
If you don't have the Xmas Capture the Flag mod client files yet you can either download them from the Xmas CTF mod server when you join to play or you can download them now from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
The Game this Thursday will be an hour or so of Xmas Death Match and then the rest of the night will be Xmas CTF Mod.
Server Details:-
Server : Newskool Xmas
IP : 45.147.54.153:31537
Date : 10th December
Time : 9.30 pm UK time/5.30pm EST time
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
I hope everyone can make it :)
If you're new to Kingpin check out my Information for New Players guide.
It has links to patches, maps (single players and multiplayer map-packs), server browsers, mod files, player model packs, skin packs, Kingpin sites etc.
Check it out
here.
Elfor sent me a Kingpin review from the September 1999 edition of GamesMaster PC Games magazine.
It's a two page review and they give Kingpin a score of 89%
You can grab the review from
here.
The Sunday games this week is going to be XMAS mod Hitmen for an hour or so and then Xmas Bagman for the rest of the game.
Game details:-
Server : Newskool XMAS
IP : 45.147.54.153:31537
Date : 6th December
Time : 9.30pm UK time/5.30pm EST time
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
It's Christmas time again and we will start playing the Xmas mod very shortly.
If you don't have the Xmas mod client files yet you can either download them from the Xmas mod server when you join to play or you can download them now from
here.
Just extract/unzip the files to your Kingpin folder and they will be placed in the correct locations.
There are also two map-packs you can download:-
XMAS Bagman maps
XMAS Death Match maps
The Thursday Games this week will be split between Death Match and the GunRace Mod. Death Match will be on the East Coast USA server and GunRace on the Newskool server.
Server Details:-
Server : East Coast Deathmatch
IP : 168.235.68.219:31513
Date : Thursday 3rd Dec.
Time : 9.30pm UK time/5.30pm EST time
Server : Newskool Gunrace
IP : 45.147.54.153:31517
Date : Thursday3rd Dec.
Time : 22.30 (10:30pm) UK time/6.30pm EST time
Check the World clock to see what time it is where you are when it is 9.30pm UK time
here.
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