I Built a Track Where Every Shortcut Leads to a Dead End.

[@Lectrikfro]

Instead of invisible walls, make one where every shortcut skips a different checkpoint

[@synbiosblade]

I love this idea somebody takes all these shortcuts not realizing they missed 4 checkpoints and cant finish.

[@manoloman9509]

Or make the shortcuts work but actually be slower than the main track

[@itsskip]

That is devoious.

[@Pale_Kingg]

How evil 😂

[@BrotherBot3000]

@@manoloman9509it’s perfect! IT’S PERFECT!!!

[@LoPhatKao]

"it's like a where's waldo book, but waldo is circled on every page" broke me so hard i'm crying laughing 🤣😂

[@dirkkrohn1907]

I remember looking for Waldo.

[@jonathanmacdonald9609]

The argument was so calm and kAN was like "I brought out the most controversial Zeepkist topic."

[@km077]

more like: "But Waldo is covered in a non-stick coating, so you can never circle him out."

[@FUGP72]

I think it is funnier that there was a small cheese at the very end. Imagine the dedication it takes to find a cheese at the very end when all the other obvious cheeses were blocked off. People were STIL checking for cheese after getting denied so many times. And it paid off!

[@FUGP72]

Next one like this, try putting slowsters instead of invisible walls. I think it would be even more frustrating to players to have their speed reduced so low that they either can't make the track, or that it wastes more time than the shortcut gained. And it would make them take more time waiting.

[@N0V-A42]

Now that could be interesting. Slowsters to bring the shortcut in line with normal track time creating alternate routes.

[@AsPlayBox]

Confusing people that a track do have a "cheese" route but it's not actually a "cheese" route, that'll be a great alternative

[@projectdren806]

Slow cuts lol

[@HonestAuntyElle]

Do that but it's subtly faster

[@Some_one-eb1zm]

I love that zeepkist is coming back to the channel

[@MotoDash1100]

So do I, but kAN being so vehemently anti-shortcut lately is just weird. He used to make fun "pain" (a.k.a. Skill-need/Skill-test) tracks, but now he's just .. making normal tracks with the niche being invisible barrier blocks?

[@maxhax367]

@@MotoDash1100 I love the anti-Dapper mode

[@ExtremeIsAwesome]

@@MotoDash1100 It's a way to actively differentiate the content from Dapper's. How samey wouldn't it be if all of them made cheeses all the time? Could also be a response to the chat's constant complaints of "PAIN". Or maybe he has just changed his mind on what tracks he likes to build.. On another note. Anyone know if Kosmo is returning to Zeepkist crew on a regular basis?

[@WowCreativeUsername]

@@MotoDash1100 Like the title says, Just drive the track OK

[@mr.cogwheel]

@@MotoDash1100 whats so wrong with trolling people?

[@nimiugn]

I love how kAN's tracks are just anti-Dapper now 😂

[@lycrowkurato]

Shortcut under construction ETA: After the race

[@kernkob_]

12:45 I would like to mention to yannic that as a keyboard player, this map has no significant controller advantage. I played it for 10 minutes and set a 59.426. If anyone has GTR they're willing to check. To my knowledge, there are only 2 maps that are impossible on keyboard, and only one other that has a noticeable advantage for controller.

[@dannypipewrench533]

This is the first Zeepkist video I ever watched. I had never heard of the game, but this video was randomly recommended to me one day, and I decided to watch it. I have since watched all of your Zeepkist videos, and I have to say that this is probably the most pleasant and wholesome KZbin video game series I have ever watched. Thank you for making these.

[@Dakakeisalie]

Next map: several shortcuts that work but are longer than the regular track, or that drop you off before the entrance of the cheese

[@lordraven1991]

Every shortcut is just a tunnel spiral that make you feel like you are going faster, but has an uphill at the end to drop you speed back to normal before putting you back on the track far behind everyone that was behind you.

[@OmegaDoesThings]

Ooh! You should do a 7-minute track that _starts_ by doing the "fake shortcut but actually stops you" so that they anticipate every shortcut is fake and do the track normally... but _then_ in the second half of the track all the shortcuts are real. You have _just_ enough time to do one run of the map, so people won't necessarily notice that the shortcuts suddenly work unless they're right behind you or see your time is way lower.

[@pinkluver7715]

A fun part of this video was the "fire" in the in-game chat. Whether it was accidentally started by kAN or not, it was actually hilarious to try and read it.

[@trentsteel6286]

Never heard KAN being so happy with himself before. Just pure beautiful malice.

[@Atherax]

That I'm boring guy is wild, like wtf 😅

[@MrMettwurst96]

He just worded his "i liked dappers track more" absolutely terribly (no reason for saying it at all obvsly) and then got lost in an argument trying to explain himself. I suspect they're pretty young and will hopefully take this as a learning experience :D

[@giddycadet]

@@MrMettwurst96 yeah like it was a terrible explanation of their opinion but that other guy's response of "wtf go to therapy" was totally unwarranted imo

[@csabagyarmati359]

@@MrMettwurst96 yeah it was my guess too. Later in the lobby he apologized to the other guys

[@csabagyarmati359]

@@giddycadet for the comments it was yes but noone with normal self esteem choses that name :c i know being young has the perks of low self esteem but it is a sign that person needs to work on himself

[@krytenfivetwothreep2485]

@@csabagyarmati359 You're reading way too much into the username. Maybe they picked that username after trying to think of something cool or interesting and not being able to and were like "huh, guess I'm boring." Could be any number of reasons besides low self esteem

[@Kertgaferg]

I like how Kan keeps missing the cheese at the end by going for the right side wall ride, and not the left side over inner - where you avoid the tree Dapper was talking about.

[@LtVax27]

Now you can do shortcuts with invisible walls that have hidden gaps in them.

[@HonestAuntyElle]

Love the track kan. Chat was getting angry over defending you, when someone made a comment that *could* have been taken offensively but wasn't intended to be, because they stated a preference of hunting for cheese vs racing.

[@janbartos4271]

Amazing video, the finish was wild

[@MadMikael]

I loved the dialogue on this one, it was great :D

[@TheElshagan]

Should make a track were the "Shortcuts" aren't actually faster or slower, but rather just the same as driving normally.

[@nikkcc]

I would love to see a map where players choose the shortcuts, so you could have tons of ramps and halfpipes so you have players flying everywhere

[@G.Aaron.Fisher]

I get people's sentiment. Basically they would like a map that isn't based around whether there is or isn't cheese. It's more mentally relaxing when the track sends a consistent message. It's harder to get KZbin engagement with that way though. People click on videos that intentionally screw with peoples' minds.

[@lyndsaypeters5981]

It's just the same thing over and over

[@LukeO.11]

I just bought Zeepkist because of you

[@Now_Arriving]

Hey Kan, here’s a suggestion(which I believe will make it more interesting) make this type of track where there’s an obvious shortcut that is fake but then make a few hidden actual shortcuts around the track

[@foogriffy]

i think if he dived into irony and went on a sarcastic quest to please everyone it would be really funny and swag

[@toddabbott781]

You should have a track with a bunch of shortcuts, but they are covered by a spinning plate with a hole in it so 75% of the time you can not go through it.... and they all spin at different speeds so it is pure luck to pick a path that works.

[@N0V-A42]

I like this theme about shortcuts you have been doing.

[@lazyeight4090]

It would be funny to lead all fake shortcuts to the start of the map like they are resetting lol

[@stingersplash]

Never been so early. Discovered Dapper via Spy Party (you should play more) then his Zeepkist stuff and binged those, now I'm binging Kan's videos and this pops up!

[@graylinbeaudry4651]

this would be a really cool map with the short cuts, that said it looks super chill as a regular track too. awesome map dude.

[@DarpMasta_JDKg1375]

You should make a completely normal track that seems like it's different, but it's just completely normal, not painful, and mess with people psychologically

[@serpentinious7745]

Dapper (probably): _Down with the blasphemer!_

[@starlight_maiden4300]

That glass tube out of a mountain sounds really cool! One of these days a track where you need to do a tricky flip to get into it for about a second or two save could be nice!

[@samphoenix1674]

i think it would be funny to add to this track idea to make counter intuitive boosters , so instead of taking inner curves on the turns , you get a boost on the outer curves , ontop of adding more fake shortcuts with one real one one in the end that slows you to a crawl to the end as a final troll

[@G.Aaron.Fisher]

If you're actually wondering where lose speed compared to the 0:59 times, it's mostly when you hop as the track changes from sloping left to right or vice-versa. It's faster if you go through the point that doesn't cause a hop, even if that means taking a weirder angle in relation to the rest of the track.

[@matze-cv5tc]

i think one-way passthrough barriers would be fun to build traps like that

[@neonice6137]

Love this , especially people annoyed by the no cheese made it so funny

[@ervilhas]

Instead of having the invisible walls, it would be funnier if they just missed the checkpoints while taking the shortcuts

[@mementomori5580]

I personally prefer maps like this over dappers... dappers cheese maps just invalidate the normal track, like there is no point in even making the normal track. Also makes it basically not replayable, as everyone just goes for the cheese which, ones again, usually invalidates the rest of the track -.-

[@lyndsaypeters5981]

I prefer tracks that are actually tracks

[@catgckool428]

If you are taking suggestions for tracks, I'd love to see one that is just the bell curve for times: Run the track normally -> Using all the shortcuts -> Run the track normally (Optimized)

[@_Vengeance_]

I hope this is all culminating into 1 big shortcut frenzy where you have it all randomly scattered throughout the track: forced shortcuts, forced avoidance of the shortcuts, bad shortcuts, real but optional shortcuts, etcetera. Everything! Also, I don't know how well it can be done in Zeepkist, but would it be possible to make an underground track that looks like you have to loop around: each checkpoint looks like 2 separate checkpoints (but they're really just 1 big checkpoint), with directional boosts to prevent backtracking, and it looks like it loops back to the start, but really the second "lap" is secretly 1 floor up or down (use pipes or something to conceal the elevation change, and have the ceilings very low to minimize the elevation change), but is otherwise a carbon copy (including a finish on floor 1 you can't use due to only having half of all checkpoints, but have the start be somewhere out of sight and un-backtrackable to conceal the lack of new racers). The joke of this track would be that "lap 2" has its shortcuts open, while "lap 1" has its shortcuts closed.

[@DaysofElijah317]

I love this and I have only seen the walkthrough epic!

[@GameraS2K]

Would love to see you make even more controversial tracks in the future. Was quite funny

[@retrogradess]

cool track! always fun seeing people get surprised with the fake shortcuts lmao- sucks people in chat were being weird about it but loved the vid regardless :]

[@nickpierson4423]

I think the big driver of the controversy here was that the map with shortcuts would have been a more fun map to play with tunnels, jumps, and wallrides while the track you forced everyone to drive with invisible walls is just much less interesting.

[@danielkrause1357]

Kan! Make a scary horror clown track!🤡🔪 Circus tent,🎪 eyes that follow you,👁👁 big blocks of the word "HA HA!" No cheese.🚫🧀 Just unsettling.😱 It would be such a fun thing to see!😆 Unless it's already been done.🤔

[@Ashadar_Resouley]

Hanging cheese in front of every ones faces but never in reach, kAN finding new ways to make is tracks painful i love it

[@K.J.Saunders]

I love that there is more cheesekist on the chanell

[@Jeff-uk9cu]

Absolutely love the troll course

[@moderndavinci6599]

Shortcuts but every 'short'cut arrives at the end the same amount of time the normal track does

[@FirstnameLastname-bz8wg]

Your use of invisible walls disturbs me

[@golden.raja_]

You know what could've made it even better, you should have put shortcuts that were REAL

[@Avetho]

The cheese was denied, so some of them created some morsel of cheese anyways. How very Trackmania of them XD

[@Sesquipedalian3]

I thought you already made this video already, then I reread the title

[@Gwavasig]

I downloaded the track and the last jump "shortcut" got me so good hahaha

[@pccc5431]

that is evil, allowing them to see the chek point, a glimmer of hope, only tO FLY RIGHT PAST IT, DAMN

[@tabbris]

Kan dropping the most controversial zeepkist track ever.

[@ShawnHCorey]

GG. You should make backcuts. That is shortcuts that loop around and drop you back at the start. ;)

[@Matsupitsu2nd]

kAN is slowly turning into Anti-dapper, one makes cheeses and other removes the cheese

[@ZJ-yx3cw]

Normal track, fake shortcut that leads to a room where all the walls are a picture of cheese

[@lanadragonfly]

Every shortcut has another, even more hidden shortcut. Its not enough to find the cheese. You also have to find the cheese cheese, and then the cheese cheese cheese.

[@GreenAxolotI]

13:30 Me and kan on the same brain wave

[@SullySadface]

I'm glad the track is just what it appears to be (mostly) so I can follow the "I'm gonna talk crap directly to you and then backpedal when pressed about it!" in the chat 🍿

[@Mizuryryn]

that's not Trackmania! *GRAHHHHHHHH*

[@Susul-lj2wm]

it feels too obvious to just run into an invisible wall after a shortcut. i feel like there is more room for creativity. Shortcut that barely misses a checkpoint but in a way where it looks gettable. Shortcut that is actually barely slower than the normal track, etc

[@LSD1os]

Dapper: All cheeses are queen! kAN: If it's a cheese, it's a thot!

[@collinsavunen5306]

Make a track based on chutes and ladders. The normal track is the back and forth of the board but there are "shortcuts" where ever there is a chute or a ladder but the chutes end up leading you backwards but you can still finish the track

[@longcatism]

make one that every shortcut leads to another shortcut

[@Z3ntry]

hey kan, love you vids. Here is another vid idea: Make shortcuts but the jump ramp is a clip through texture.

[@buckduane1991]

It’s kAN’s track, so if he wants to keep the cheese to himself, that means it’s (best “Kentucky Ballistics” impersonation) nacho cheese!

[@thefriendlydeadguy154]

Mad late I know, but I think people dislike the fake shortcuts because of how it punishes the player for exploring the map. The added fun of looking for something to get better results and being rewarded for the search is what makes shortcuts fun. I also feel like if your gonna go out of your way to want people to just drive the track. The normal path should have more to offer. Either make it more unique, aesthetically pleasing, or more challenging to make up for what you actively take away.

[@Alice_Sweicrowe]

Brilliant idea

[@CMWolfMagic]

WR times in TrackMania is some of the least smooth chaos you can see. Doesn't matter if the map flows smooth, its sometimes faster to just not be smooth.

[@deathscorpar1280]

Play, roblox the game build a boat for treasure, once you get a lot of stuff, it can be a cool game to engineer stuff, and a good sandbox.

[@joshuahudson2170]

Somebody modified a where's waldo book so there's no waldo.

[@NoBudgetDuelist]

Kan didn't make 0 shortcuts, he made a track with an Any% route, sick

[@EmeraldPencil46]

Maybe now make a track where all the shortcuts aren't really shortcuts. You can take those paths and finish them, but they'll all either be a longer path or massively reduce the speed. I wonder how people would react to that lol

[@kolri]

you should make a shortcut tunnel that loops back on itself and exits very close to the entrance or back out at the start

[@riddickraymond7067]

KAN I made a spleef for you to try for multiple players Monday, look under Kane Fury, spleef. I did have a bit of trouble with the cars but i fixed as best i could but i think it's a little bug.

[@jamesodwyer4181]

This is delightfully evil

[@AlphaAce15]

Kan is basically 'Anti-Dapper'..

[@QuantumTB]

Kạn tracks are basically the opposite of Dapper’s track 😂

[@ROT4RYfc3s]

A demo was released through the Steam NextFest that's similar to GearBlocks and hope we see kAN play it soon

[@yeighseph1976]

The reason behind why people talk/ complain about your tracks and not dapper pulling a 10-second time at the end, by time dapper does his quick time there's less than a minute sometimes only seconds so you'd only have time for like 2 people to comment and race over.

[@steeljawX]

Dapper's the cheese man and kAN's like the Vegan Lactose Intolerant guy. He's got "cheese"/"something-like-cheese-that's-not-cheese-but-if-you-subvert-your-expectations-and-all-reality-it-might-be-cheese", but you're not going to like the results. Dapper's got Chalupa's and kAN's bringing the rest of the Taco Bell menu. kAN I think you're at the point where you could make tracks that are titled, "Don't touch anything" or "Hold Left for the entire track" and people would still spend the entire race running into walls not following the instructions

[@Ardioz_]

What if A map where every shortcuts leads to a win But one is faster than the others

[@Reaper19942]

That’s pure evil.

[@PunishedKrab]

Now this is podracing!

[@Aiden-g7k]

Kan, they released combustion engines preview for gearblocks!

[@thetruetri5106]

Maybe make a track with shortcuts that do work, but lead you to skip a checkpoint

[@whastthespooky]

Funny thing, in the thumbnail the "shortcut" is slightly longer, and yes i DID calculate it

[@DutchBart666]

The ultimate anti-Dapper track

[@timehunter9467]

That one guy that would prefer a world without opinions reminds me of a guy I learned about in history 🤔

[@wertugavw]

We love Zeepkist, kAN

[@freeflare6338]

I think people might have been annoyed due to the nature of reward/punishment on the shortcuts. In Dapper's tracks, the shortcuts are carefully hidden so you're rewarded for exploration. In Kan's tracks, the shortcuts tend towards more technical so you're rewarded for skill. In this case, you're punishing both exploration and skill with the walls. It's kinda a fun concept for a laugh, and I would have just ran it normally after figuring out the walls were there (it's 10 minutes, it's not a big deal), but I can see how it could annoy people.

[@dragonangl2161]

So..next up is an almost-anti-cheese where there are invisible walls until *just* before the Checkpoint?

[@RedSkorpioTV]

Never heard of this game. Seens fun.

[@CONRAM73]

Yannic (Fiets) should make a track one of these times

[@nekowknight]

mod the boosters to make a fart sound because how else does a soap box accelerate without a engine

[@UndeadJester1]

Make a track where the shortcuts are longer than the actual track

[@Quickracer10]

Just fyi, my time was without going of the track once, no wallrides

[@kANGaming]

Dang you definitely live up to your name quickracer. I just can't keep up

[@Quickracer10]

@@kANGaming thanks😁

[@Sus_Blanket_Stain]

Make a map where there’s 1 real shortcut in the beginning, make every other shortcut a fake