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Vanilla HLDM Competition Results!

Unq • 1 month ago2024-03-18 21:11:16 UTC • 1 comment

Yay! The results are in for the Vanilla Half-Life Deathmatch Competition that we hosted in celebration of Half-Life's 25th Anniversary!

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

See the full results here.

First Place: Core Critical by Hezus

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