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{{Map infobox
 
{{Map infobox
| game-type= King of the Hill
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  | map-status                = community
| file-name= koth_king
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  | map-game-type             = King of the Hill
| developer= {{steamid|id|3Dnj|Valentin "3Dnj" Levillain}}
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  | map-file-name             = koth_king
| map-image= Kong_King.png
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  | map-image                = Kong King.png
| map-environment = Urban
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  | map-released              = {{Patch name|8|10|2012}}
| map-setting = Night
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  | map-environment          = Urban
| map-health-pickups-small = 6
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  | map-setting              = Night
| map-health-pickups-medium = 4
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  | map-stamp-link            = http://steamcommunity.com/stats/TF2/leaderboards/117008
| map-ammo-pickups-small = 8
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  | map-pickups-health-small = 6
| map-ammo-pickups-medium = 2
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  | map-pickups-health-medium = 4
| map-ammo-pickups-large = 2  
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  | map-pickups-ammo-small   = 8
| map-stamp-link = http://steamcommunity.com/stats/TF2/leaderboards/117008
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  | map-pickups-ammo-medium   = 2
| map-bots = 1
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  | map-pickups-ammo-large   = 2
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  | map-has-bots             = yes
 
}}
 
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{{quotation|'''TF2 Official Blog'''|Were you thinking, "I really like playing TF2, but I wish there was a King of the Hill map set in a Chinese cityscape"? Well, your oddly specific and scarily prescient dreams have come true! Introducing Kong King - TF2’s first city-themed map!}}
 
{{quotation|'''TF2 Official Blog'''|Were you thinking, "I really like playing TF2, but I wish there was a King of the Hill map set in a Chinese cityscape"? Well, your oddly specific and scarily prescient dreams have come true! Introducing Kong King - TF2’s first city-themed map!}}
  
'''Kong King''' is a [[King of the Hill]] map. It was released in the {{Patch name|8|10|2012}}.
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'''Kong King''' is a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[King of the Hill]] map commissioned by [[Valve]]<ref>[https://valentinlevillain.artstation.com/projects/rerJO Confirmation] of the map's commissioning.</ref> with a [[w:Rotational symmetry|radially symmetric]] layout. Teased in the [[Triad Pack]] update, it was released in the {{Patch name|8|10|2012}}.
 
 
Kong King takes place in the middle of an unspecified Chinese city. It is the first official map released by Valve that is set in an urban environment. It is based on the video game [[Sleeping Dogs]] and was created by community member Valentin Levillain, aka 3Dnj. It is a largely two-story map, with a covered control point on the second floor in the middle. The map has a very vertical design, with multiple signs, and other outcroppings for a crafty player to jump onto. There is a lot of detail in the map; including signs in Chinese, apartment buildings overlooking the map with air conditioners in the windows, boxes littered about, and abandoned team-colored buses at either side of the map.
 
  
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Kong King takes place in the middle of an unspecified Chinese city. It is the first official map released by Valve that is set in an urban environment. It is based on the video game [[Sleeping Dogs]]. It is a largely two-story map, with a covered control point on the second floor in the middle. The map has a very vertical design, with multiple signs, and other outcroppings for a crafty player to jump onto. There is a lot of detail in the map, including signs in Chinese, apartment buildings overlooking the map with air conditioners in the windows, boxes littered about, and abandoned team-colored buses at either side of the map.
  
 
== Locations ==
 
== Locations ==
*'''The Park:''' The center of the map, with park benches, plants, and two small sheds as the only cover.
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{{HelpfulOverviewNote}}
 
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===The Spawn:===
*'''The Pillar Rooms:''' Two symmetrical rooms under the park with staircases going up directly to the point.
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** Each team's [[Respawn|Spawn]] is located within the ground floor of a multistorey building. Each spawn room has three exits:
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** The front exit that leads directly to the street that stretches across the width of each team's side.
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** The right exit brings the player through '''The Alleyways''', a narrow zigzagging path that leads to the Side Stairs.
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** The elevated left exit leads to a large open area with a shorter route to the control point through '''The Covered Bridges''' and a longer flanking route through '''The Double Stairs'''.
  
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<gallery>
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File:Koth king BLU spawn.png|Outside view of BLU spawn.
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File:Koth king BLU spawnroom.png|Inside view of BLU spawn.
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File:Koth king RED spawnroom.png|Inside view of RED spawn.
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File:Koth king RED spawn.png|Outside view of RED spawn.
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File:Koth king alley.png|The Alleyways.
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</gallery>
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===The Backstreets===
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*'''The Buses:''' Directly in front of the front spawn doors of either team, there is a team-colored bus as cover on the street.
 
*'''The Streets:''' Two wide streets running in front of either team's spawn.
 
*'''The Streets:''' Two wide streets running in front of either team's spawn.
 
*'''The Covered Bridges:''' Wide, straight bridges perpendicular to each team's street.
 
 
*'''The Buses:''' Directly in front of the front spawn doors of either team, there is a team-colored bus as cover on the street.
 
 
 
*'''The Short Stairs:''' The staircase up is the direct route to the park from spawn, just beyond the buses. The ramp down is the direct route to that side's Pillar Room.
 
*'''The Short Stairs:''' The staircase up is the direct route to the park from spawn, just beyond the buses. The ramp down is the direct route to that side's Pillar Room.
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*'''The Covered Bridges:''' Wide, straight covered bridges perpendicular to each team's street that provides a shorter route towards the point.
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*'''The Double Stairs:''' A long flanking route containing two parallel sets of stairs, one covered, one uncovered.
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<gallery>
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File:Koth king BLU bus.png|The BLU bus.
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File:Koth king RED bus.png|The RED bus.
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File:Koth king BLU street.png|BLU side street.
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File:Koth king street.png|RED side street.
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File:Koth king BLU short.png|The short stairs on BLU side which leads directly to control point.
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File:Koth king BLU cbridge.png|The Covered Bridge provides a shorter path to control point.
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File:Koth king BLU dstairs.png|The Double Stairs on BLU side.
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File:Koth king RED lcorner.png|The Double Stairs on RED side.
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</gallery>
  
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===The lower paths===
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*'''The Small Tunnels:''' Rooms accessed by a door underneath the Covered Bridges, or a door in one of the Tunnels.
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*'''The Tunnels:''' The underground path from the bus to one of the Pillar Rooms.
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*'''The Pillar Rooms:''' Two symmetrical rooms under the park with staircases going up directly to the point.
 
*'''The Side Stairs:''' Two switchback stairs on either side of the map, connecting the Pillar rooms with the Park.
 
*'''The Side Stairs:''' Two switchback stairs on either side of the map, connecting the Pillar rooms with the Park.
  
*'''The Double stairs:''' A long flanking route containing two parallel sets of stairs, one covered, one uncovered.
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<gallery>
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File:Koth king tunnel.png|The tunnels under the park.
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File:Koth king small tunnel.png|The small tunnel.
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File:Koth king BLU streetend.png|The stairs on the right leads to the Side Stairs.
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File:Koth king pillar.png|The view of the Pillar Rooms.
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File:Koth king RED sbstairs.png|The Side Stairs on RED side.
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File:Koth king RED sbstairs2.png|The Side Stairs as viewed from The Park.
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</gallery>
  
*'''The Alleyways:''' The zigzagging path from the right spawn door to the Side Stairs.
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*'''The Park:''' The center of the map, with park benches, plants, and two small sheds as the only cover. A Chinese resting stand houses the control point.
  
*'''The Tunnels:''' The underground path from the bus to one of the Pillar Rooms.
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<gallery>
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File:Koth king park.png|The central control point.
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</gallery>
  
*'''The Small Tunnels:''' Rooms accessed by a door underneath the Covered Bridges, or a door in one of the Tunnels.
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== Helpful overview ==
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[[File:Kong King overview with lines.png|left|Kong King's locations|350px]]
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<big>1.Alleyways
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2.Buses
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3.Covered Bridge
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4.Double Stairs
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5.Short Stairs
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6.Side Stairs
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7.Pillar Rooms</big>
  
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{{clr}}
 
== Strategy ==
 
== Strategy ==
 
{{main|Community Kong King strategy}}
 
{{main|Community Kong King strategy}}
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{{community strategy stub link}}
  
 
== Control Point timing ==
 
== Control Point timing ==
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'''{{Patch name|8|11|2012}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|8|11|2012}}'''
* Added the .nav file for Kong King.
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* Added the {{code|.nav}} file for Kong King.
  
 
'''{{Patch name|9|4|2012}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|9|4|2012}}'''
* Updated Koth_King
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* Added some geometry to hide floating staircases outside of playspace.
** Added some geometry to hide floating staircases outside of playspace.
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* Performance improvements from prop reduction, additional surfaces tagged as nodraw, and reduced overlay counts.
** Performance improvements from prop reduction, additional surfaces tagged as nodraw, and reduced overlay counts.
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* Fixed some building faces where extra faces were being generated behind windows/etc due to spaces in geometry.
** Fixed some building faces where extra faces were being generated behind windows/etc due to spaces in geometry.
 
  
 
'''{{Patch name|9|21|2012}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|9|21|2012}}'''
*Updated koth_king
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* Reflections fixed for the floors and some glass windows.
**Reflections fixed for the floors and some glass windows.
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* Modified model file for the sign 6 through 9 to avoid Red signs on Blu side of the map.
**Modified model file for the sign 6 through 9 to avoid Red signs on Blu side of the map.
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* Modified light pole to merge bulb and pole into a single model for perf.
**Modified light pole to merge bulb and pole into a single model for perf.
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* Fixed location where mini-Sentry Guns can shoot through a bush without being seen.
**Fixed location where mini-Sentry Guns can shoot through a bush without being seen.
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* Clipping pass.
**Clipping pass.
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* Added glass on footbridge roof and lights nearby.
**Added glass on footbridge roof and lights nearby.
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* Prop reduction for perf.
**Prop reduction for perf.
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* Some props changed to non-solid for player mobility.
**Some props changed to non-solid for player mobility.
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* Adjusted health and ammo in various spots.
**Adjusted health and ammo in various spots.
 
  
 
'''{{Patch name|7|10|2013}}'''
 
'''{{Patch name|7|10|2013}}'''
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
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• Do not add trivia about the Red-Tape Recorder and the Intelligence, and the Flying Guillotine. These are not trivia as they are observational. If you have any problem about this, please ask at talk page AFTER you consult the [[Help:Style guide/Trivia]]
 
• Do not add trivia about the Red-Tape Recorder and the Intelligence, and the Flying Guillotine. These are not trivia as they are observational. If you have any problem about this, please ask at talk page AFTER you consult the [[Help:Style guide/Trivia]]
• Also, do not add the trivia about the map is a pun from King Kong.-->
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• Also, do not add the trivia about the map is a pun from King Kong.
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* There are two signs that bear Chinese text for "[[RED|Reliable Excavation Demolition]]" (可靠的開挖破坏) and "[[BLU|Builders League United]]" (建设者联盟联合).
 
* There are two signs that bear Chinese text for "[[RED|Reliable Excavation Demolition]]" (可靠的開挖破坏) and "[[BLU|Builders League United]]" (建设者联盟联合).
* Other signs read "Fish and Chips" (油炸魚排加炒薯條), "Traditional Restaurant" (傳統的餐廳), "Red Pharmacy" (紅色藥房), "Bar" (酒吧), and "Civil Engineering Industrial Company" (土木工程產業公司). Some signs are references to Hong Kong, such as "Underground Railway" (地鐵)
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* Other signs read "Fish and Chips" (油炸魚排加炒薯條), "Traditional Restaurant" (傳統的餐廳), "Red Pharmacy" (紅色藥房), "Bar" (酒吧), "Civil Engineering Industrial Company" (土木工程產業公司), "Hotel" (酒店), "Old Antique Dealer" (老古董商), "Fresh Fish Market" (新鮮的魚店), "Liquor Store" (酒精酒品店), "Chinese Noodle House" (中国面馆), "Red Hotel" (红旅馆), "Bookstore" (書店), "Optician" (配镜), "Blue Infrastructure" (藍色基建), "Coyote Gray" (郊狼灰色) and "Dog's House" (狗的家). Some signs are references to Hong Kong, such as "Underground Railway" (地鐵)
* The map is based on [[w:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], the city in which Sleeping Dogs takes place.<ref>[http://www.minerality.fr/tf2.html Level Designer & Artist - Team Fortress 2 - Valve Software]</ref>
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* The map is based on [[w:Hong Kong|Hong Kong]], the city in which Sleeping Dogs takes place.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210517191235/http://www.minerality.fr/tf2.html Level Designer & Artist - Team Fortress 2 - Valve Software]</ref>
 
* The control point is located in a Chinese resting stand.
 
* The control point is located in a Chinese resting stand.
* Despite it take place in Hong Kong, there are simplified words that Hong Kong people seldom use.
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* Some of the signs use Simplified Chinese lettering, which is uncommon in Hong Kong, which mainly uses Traditional Chinese.
* Perhaps you didn't know, You probably didn't, but it is destined that Team Weasel and Team Ferret (TF2) shall meet once again and fight on this very map.
 
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==
 
<gallery widths=150px heights=90px>
 
<gallery widths=150px heights=90px>
File:Kong King spawn.png | The street, and the bus in front of BLU spawn.
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File:Kong King spawn.png|The street, and the bus in front of BLU spawn.
File:Kong King stairs.png | The Double Stairs.
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File:Kong King stairs.png|The Double Stairs.
File:Kong King bridge.png | One of the covered bridges, located upstairs from the BLU resupply.
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File:Kong King bridge.png|One of the covered bridges, located upstairs from the BLU resupply.
File:Kong King.png | The Park, and the control point, in the center.
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File:Kong King.png|The Park, and the control point, in the center.
File:Kong King underground.png | The Pillar room, showing the staircase leading directly to the point.
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File:Kong King underground.png|The Pillar room, showing the staircase leading directly to the point.
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File:Koth king BLU sign.png|"Builders League United"
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File:Koth king RED sign.png|"Reliable Excavation Demolition"
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File:Koth king sign01.png|"Dog's House"
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File:Koth king sign02.png|"Hotel"
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File:Koth king sign03.png|"Old Antique Dealer"
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File:Koth king sign15.png|Alternate "Old Antique Dealer" sign
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File:Koth king sign04.png|BLU Pharmacy
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File:Koth king sign05.png|RED Pharmacy
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File:Koth king sign06.png|"Chinese Noodle House" on BLU street
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File:Koth king sign07.png|"Chinese Noodle House" on RED street
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File:Koth king sign08.png|"Liquor Store"
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File:Koth king sign09.png|"Optician"
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File:Koth king sign10.png|"Blue Infrastructure"
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File:Koth king sign11.png|"Fresh Fish Market"
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File:Koth king sign12.png|"Chinese Traditional Restaurant"
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File:Koth king sign13.png|"Bookshop"
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File:Koth king sign14.png|"Red Hotel"
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File:Koth king sign16.png|"At Night"
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File:Koth king sign17.png|"Coyote Gray"
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File:Koth king sign18.png|"Civil Engineering Industrial Company"
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
* [http://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=8597 "Introducing Kong King" Blog Post]
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* [https://teamfortress.com/post.php?id=8597 "Introducing Kong King" Blog Post]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
  
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{{Triad Nav}}
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{{Maps Nav}}
  
{{TriadNav}}
 
{{Maps nav}}
 
 
[[Category:Quickplay maps]]
 
[[Category:Quickplay maps]]

Latest revision as of 21:21, 17 January 2024

Kong King
Kong King.png
Basic Information
Map type: King of the Hill
File name: koth_king
Released: August 10, 2012 Patch
Developer(s): Valentin "3DNJ" Levillain
Map Info
Environment: Urban
Setting: Night
Bot support: Yes
Map Items
Healthico.png Health Kits: Smallhealth.png ×6  •  Mediumhealth.png ×4
Ammoico.png Ammo Boxes: Smallammo.png ×8   •   Mediumammo.png ×2   •  
Largeammo.png ×2
Map Photos
Loading screen photos.
Map Overview
Kong King overview.png
Map Stamp
Item icon Map Stamp - Kong King.png
Supporters Leaderboard
Were you thinking, "I really like playing TF2, but I wish there was a King of the Hill map set in a Chinese cityscape"? Well, your oddly specific and scarily prescient dreams have come true! Introducing Kong King - TF2’s first city-themed map!
TF2 Official Blog

Kong King is a community-created King of the Hill map commissioned by Valve[1] with a radially symmetric layout. Teased in the Triad Pack update, it was released in the August 10, 2012 Patch.

Kong King takes place in the middle of an unspecified Chinese city. It is the first official map released by Valve that is set in an urban environment. It is based on the video game Sleeping Dogs. It is a largely two-story map, with a covered control point on the second floor in the middle. The map has a very vertical design, with multiple signs, and other outcroppings for a crafty player to jump onto. There is a lot of detail in the map, including signs in Chinese, apartment buildings overlooking the map with air conditioners in the windows, boxes littered about, and abandoned team-colored buses at either side of the map.

Locations

Note: If you are having trouble with finding the locations listed here, see the Helpful overview section to see their exact position marked on the map.

The Spawn:

    • Each team's Spawn is located within the ground floor of a multistorey building. Each spawn room has three exits:
    • The front exit that leads directly to the street that stretches across the width of each team's side.
    • The right exit brings the player through The Alleyways, a narrow zigzagging path that leads to the Side Stairs.
    • The elevated left exit leads to a large open area with a shorter route to the control point through The Covered Bridges and a longer flanking route through The Double Stairs.

The Backstreets

  • The Buses: Directly in front of the front spawn doors of either team, there is a team-colored bus as cover on the street.
  • The Streets: Two wide streets running in front of either team's spawn.
  • The Short Stairs: The staircase up is the direct route to the park from spawn, just beyond the buses. The ramp down is the direct route to that side's Pillar Room.
  • The Covered Bridges: Wide, straight covered bridges perpendicular to each team's street that provides a shorter route towards the point.
  • The Double Stairs: A long flanking route containing two parallel sets of stairs, one covered, one uncovered.

The lower paths

  • The Small Tunnels: Rooms accessed by a door underneath the Covered Bridges, or a door in one of the Tunnels.
  • The Tunnels: The underground path from the bus to one of the Pillar Rooms.
  • The Pillar Rooms: Two symmetrical rooms under the park with staircases going up directly to the point.
  • The Side Stairs: Two switchback stairs on either side of the map, connecting the Pillar rooms with the Park.
  • The Park: The center of the map, with park benches, plants, and two small sheds as the only cover. A Chinese resting stand houses the control point.

Helpful overview

Kong King's locations
1.Alleyways
2.Buses
3.Covered Bridge
4.Double Stairs
5.Short Stairs
6.Side Stairs
7.Pillar Rooms

Strategy

Main article: Community Kong King strategy

Control Point timing

Control Point Multiplier Seconds
Control Point ×1
24 .000
×2
16 .000
×3
13 .091
×4
11 .520


Update history

August 10, 2012 Patch
  • Added Kong King to the game.

August 11, 2012 Patch

  • Added the .nav file for Kong King.

September 4, 2012 Patch

  • Added some geometry to hide floating staircases outside of playspace.
  • Performance improvements from prop reduction, additional surfaces tagged as nodraw, and reduced overlay counts.
  • Fixed some building faces where extra faces were being generated behind windows/etc due to spaces in geometry.

September 21, 2012 Patch

  • Reflections fixed for the floors and some glass windows.
  • Modified model file for the sign 6 through 9 to avoid Red signs on Blu side of the map.
  • Modified light pole to merge bulb and pole into a single model for perf.
  • Fixed location where mini-Sentry Guns can shoot through a bush without being seen.
  • Clipping pass.
  • Added glass on footbridge roof and lights nearby.
  • Prop reduction for perf.
  • Some props changed to non-solid for player mobility.
  • Adjusted health and ammo in various spots.

July 10, 2013 Patch

  • Health and ammo packs now match on Red and Blu sides of the map
  • Players can no longer build in spawn doors

Trivia

  • There are two signs that bear Chinese text for "Reliable Excavation Demolition" (可靠的開挖破坏) and "Builders League United" (建设者联盟联合).
  • Other signs read "Fish and Chips" (油炸魚排加炒薯條), "Traditional Restaurant" (傳統的餐廳), "Red Pharmacy" (紅色藥房), "Bar" (酒吧), "Civil Engineering Industrial Company" (土木工程產業公司), "Hotel" (酒店), "Old Antique Dealer" (老古董商), "Fresh Fish Market" (新鮮的魚店), "Liquor Store" (酒精酒品店), "Chinese Noodle House" (中国面馆), "Red Hotel" (红旅馆), "Bookstore" (書店), "Optician" (配镜), "Blue Infrastructure" (藍色基建), "Coyote Gray" (郊狼灰色) and "Dog's House" (狗的家). Some signs are references to Hong Kong, such as "Underground Railway" (地鐵)
  • The map is based on Hong Kong, the city in which Sleeping Dogs takes place.[2]
  • The control point is located in a Chinese resting stand.
  • Some of the signs use Simplified Chinese lettering, which is uncommon in Hong Kong, which mainly uses Traditional Chinese.

Gallery

External links

References