The MX Weekly Knock Out will be played this weekend !
This is the last official KO for this year

Start Times are 9:30 GMT and 20:30 GMT

1st KO: Valley KO1 Rounds
2nd KO: Canyon KO3 Rounds

We always need more tracks !.

Following the craziness of the November KO events, the knockouts this month will be somewhat more familiar...

Regular Knockouts Return - (7th December)
Canyon - Time Attack - 9:30 GMT
Valley - Rounds - 20:30 GMT

And a reminder of the full schedule bellow for a full TrackMania Saturday!
A combination of MX Knockouts, SmurfsCup, and TMX Knockout...

o 1st MX Knockout, at 10:30 CET (09:30 GMT)
o SmurfsCup, at 20:00 CET (19:00 GMT)
o 2nd MX Knockout, at 21:30 CET (20:30 GMT)
o United TMX Knockout, at 23:30 CET (22:30 GMT)

Yesterday we got our first christmas present as the
>>>RPG title pack is officially released for for TM2:S!<<<

Credits to the whole RPG community, especially to Ziza, HawkGer and Maxi@031 who developed the whole thing FOR FREE!!!

For sure this pack can be used for any trackstyle. Go ahead and let your imagination go...
Watch this video by shortz for some impressions.

Let me quote Sky:

... says:
Wow. I was nearly speechless while driving this track. This title pack is the best thing that could happen to Trackmania. I'm amazed that it is created by the community. You guys realized something Nadeo wasn't able to create for Trackmania 2. For free. The possibilities are endless, I guess this title pack will be my move from TMNF to TM².
The track itself is absolutly stunning, the atmosphere is awesome, just as the path through this building. It was maybe the most beautiful experience since I started to play this game with TrackMania Original.
The best gift Trackmania will receive this christmas.
Thanks to everyone who helped creating this title pack and thanks to you, vklf, for this track!

Reminder of the full schedule bellow for a fun filled TrackMania Saturday!
A combination of MX Knockouts, SmurfsCup, and TMX Knockout...

o 1st MX Knockout, at 10:30 CET (09:30 GMT)
o SmurfsCup, at 20:00 CET (19:00 GMT)
o 2nd MX Knockout, at 21:30 CET (20:30 GMT)
o United TMX Knockout, at 23:30 CET (22:30 GMT)

The SmurfsCup will be driven in rounds on 7 tracks on the Smurfen.net TM2 server which is located in the Netherlands.

November Knockouts Continue - (30th November)
Valley - Endurance KO - 9:30 GMT
Stadium - Endurance KO - 20:30 GMT


The Knockout Servers are located under 'United Kingdom'. If you don't find them during the week, don't worry, we sometimes don't start them until the hours before the event.

Reminder of the full schedule bellow for a fun filled TrackMania Saturday!
A combination of MX Knockouts, SmurfsCup, and TMX Knockout...

o 1st MX Knockout, at 10:30 CET (09:30 GMT)
o SmurfsCup, at 20:00 CET (19:00 GMT)
o 2nd MX Knockout, at 21:30 CET (20:30 GMT)
o United TMX Knockout, at 23:30 CET (22:30 GMT)

The SmurfsCup will be driven in rounds on 7 tracks on the Smurfen.net TM2 server which is located in the Netherlands.

November Knockouts Continue - (23th November)
Canyon - Laps KO - Start Time: 9:30 GMT
Canyon - Precision Driving - Start time: 20:30 GMT

The Knockout Servers are located under 'United Kingdom'. If you don't find them during the week, don't worry, we sometimes don't start them until the hours before the event.

There is now less than 1 week left before the deadline closes to submit your track entry to Nadeo as part of the 10 Years Competitions!.

Useful MX Links
Thread on MX forums
MX upload link
MX track group for maps uploaded

The Most Important Links
Nadeo's entry submission page
Nadeo's Offical rules

As you know, maps can be uploaded to either Mania Exchange or Steam Workshop - I've no idea how many entries there are from Steam, but MX has not made many (looking at the list). So come on everyone, we can't let Steam Workshop win!!! -

Lets see some more entries from the MX population!! - Overwhelm them with MX powa!

Basic Rules
o Players may only use TrackMania2 Stadium.
o First 10-15 seconds as PF that leads into a jump.
o Use a [10th] tag in the map title
o No custom signs, graphics, music, mods
o Upload your map to Steam (cough!) or ManiaExchange (click!)
o Post a link to your upload here: Link Submission Page

Soft Rules
o 3-5 second intro is encouraged (longer not encouraged)
o Copper Cost: Please try to not exceed 5000.

Building Advise
Build so a beginner can drive the track. The track length should be 40-50 Seconds. Players should be able to complete the track in one attempt. No section should require “perfection” in driving or speed... (if you can think back so far, think about StarTrack). Respwans should work.

Reminder of the full schedule bellow for a fun filled TrackMania Saturday!
A combination of MX Knockouts, SmurfsCup, and TMX Knockout...

o 1st MX Knockout, at 10:30 CET (09:30 GMT)
o SmurfsCup, at 20:00 CET (19:00 GMT)
o 2nd MX Knockout, at 21:30 CET (20:30 GMT)
o United TMX Knockout, at 23:30 CET (22:30 GMT)

The SmurfsCup will be driven in rounds on 7 tracks on the Smurfen.net TM2 server which is located in the Netherlands.

Next Knockout Environments - (16th November)
Stadium - A long drive - Start Time: 9:30 GMT
Canyon - Something once more - Start time: 20:30 GMT

The Knockout Servers are located under 'United Kingdom'. If you don't find them during the week, don't worry, we sometimes don't start them until the hours before the event.

Time for another one!

I have downloaded collections of short maps from the Trackmania Original (TMO) TMX site... the maps are from these guys: Fistule, Rax, MrD, JayPee, Nazgul, TeK, SMC, OgrO, FredoLeDingue

It will be a Retro TMO Knockout!

Starting
Thursday 14th November : 20:30 GMT (21:30 CET)

We love Trackmania so much this month, that we thought it would be nice to run the occasional spontaneous knockout.

Join the Usual TMU KO server before the designated time to take part!

If you don't own all titles (Canyon, Stadium, Valley), you can now access demo versions.

Quick Steps to be playing TM2 for free
1) Open ManiaPlanet
2) Double click on an empty station
3) Select the TM2 title you don't own
4) Let it install
5) Start playing by selecting the server names on the right (station must be max sized)

You can click on 'enter title' but this is for buying the full versions at huge discounts...

Don't have ManiaPlanet at all?
Get the empty client here and start adding demos!
http://static.maniaplanet.com/ManiaplanetTMDemoSetup.exe

Nice work Nadeo!

Let us know how you get on with this here