The Art of MAP HELL

Yep. Another SRB2K brainrot cohost post. (I swear I probably need a subblog for this....)

MAP HELL is a subsidiary of both Race and Battle that doesn't allow it to display on voting, and also only occasionally pops up on random chance via the Random option on the vote screen. And once it feels like it wants itself to get out, well....

You bumbling idiot

The Random option in voting is simply an option for the people who can't decide, or for people who think all of the current options in the vote pool suck absolute shit, and want a better or worse map.

If you were to blame the server being sent to MAP HELL, blame the person who voted Random.

Types of MAP HELL

MAP HELL is kind of like a map dump of some sorts. Maps that probably shouldn't really pop up on normal vote rotation or maps that are just.... bad. Like real bad.

Too hard

An example of this would be "Crystal Abyss" from the vanilla game. In fact, MAP HELL was created specifically to house this map. Kart Krew was quite deliberate on making this map batshit hard, and they ain't taking any setbacks.

Most of the hell tracks in this category require quite some tech, like heavy use of brakedrifting, and sliptiding.

Unfinished/Old

In the base game, an example of this would be D00D64's "3 Color Drive". Simply put, these are maps that are old or unfinished. "Classic" tracks also fall into this category.

Riders/KartZ ports

Direct map ports from SRB2 Riders or KartZ really aren't designed for kart. Be grateful they're in map hell. An example of this would be "Peach's Castle" from the base game, and aside from the inclusion of slopes, it really doesn't feel like a Kart map at all.

Gimmick heavy

Maps like Pizza Tower Pack's "Golf" and fickle's "Touch the Jelly" fall into this category, requiring a different mindset than your normal map.

Meme

This is where some map hell maps fall into. Maps like "Nico Smile Zone" and "Shit Fuck Zone" are quite notable examples. They tend to be very memey and don't make a lot of sense being send out of map hell, even if they play very well.

Meme: Revengance

Hell maps that are just frustrating; or terrible on purpose. Maps that just don't make sense both layout wise and context-wise. The type of maps no sane person would even want in the game.

So, now what?

Generally I hope this gives you some knowledge on why MAP HELL exists to begin with. Hopefully you'll now understand why Touge Zone is in hell. Or Daytona Hell. Or The Apparition. Or stai-

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Addendum

You can tell I still am not used to writing posts, even back in 2023. truly,