If you noticed an increase in contest sign-ups, it's all due to getting a shout out at the start of a video called "Remastering Half-Life 2 With 102 MODS" by Radiation Hazard. It's been a day since it was shared to youtube and at the time of this posting has 26K VIEWS!

We all appreciate the help so much I took a little time to put this article together in hopes that we can try to reciprocate some love to you. So all you HL2DM players go check out the video, subscribe to Radiation Hazard's channel, and request more deathmatch content!

Welcome to all the new map creators! I'm excited to see what fresh ideas will be brought to the contest this year. I understand that a lot of you are seasoned map creators, making something in HL2DM for the first time. If you ever need anything just turn to the discord channel and one of our friendly community members will get you pointed in the right direction.