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Results for the Make Black Mesa Come Alive Competition

Unq • 3 months ago2024-11-23 02:10:56 UTC • 4 comments

Judging is complete and here are the results for the Make Black Mesa Come Alive Competition that recently closed!

Congratulation to the winners, and thank you to all entrants! Some great maps were created for this competition! Go play 'em!

See the full results here.

First Place: First Day at Black Mesa by EljanoCZE

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