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Big thanks to @EddieCam and HG for the new headset! Shame @Petercs94 didn't show up for the event

Free game giveaway - pick a whole number between 1 and 100. I will pick the winner in 24 hours from now. If you have already received a game from me recently you may not enter, sorry.

Wow would've looked nice with the corsair mouse I won months ago...Congrats SMD!

Congrats and very nice, I liked how u posed with prize. You have very nice eyes.

All of our Divisions have their own official Discord Servers! Check 'em out! After much time, consideration, and discussion, HG is confidently expanding further on community-wide communication and engagement advancements. Combine and myself have put hours of work into completely developing, designing, and finalizing new Divisional Discords for CS:GO, CS:S, and TF2 Divisions. Invite Links Counter-Strike: Global Offense: https://discord.gg/eNgPQyq Counter-Strike: Source: https://discord.gg/v5vS4Rp Team Fortress 2: https://discord.gg/BtqwZkJ What's in each server All newly released servers have the same structure layout for ease of use when switching back and forth All servers have public & private voice channels Each server only displays its respective Divisional Leadership This prevents unwanted pings for the leadership of other divisions and keeps the hierarchy list smaller Each server has its own announcement channel for divisional announcements from its leadership The "INFO" category in each server provides quick links to its respective forums, abuse report forums, ban pages, and more helpful info Check them out for more! Before joining We strongly recommend reading over the Rules & Guidelines before using any channels. The rules are the same for all servers and are displayed in each. Note: HeLLsGamers Community Guidelines are also live on the servers. 1. Please be respectful to all members of this Discord. Any issues should be brought up to a Division Staff or above. 2. Racism or the use of discriminatory language is prohibited in all channels and is not tolerated. 3. Advertisement of other websites, NSFW links, communities/groups, and discord servers is prohibited. 4. Discussion of illegal activities for games (hacked clients, aim assist, and any other unfair game-play-altering software or addons) is prohibited. 5. Mass @ pings for a role or member may result in a loss of chat permissions or kick/ban from the server. 6. We recommend that your server nickname is relatively the same as your Steam or HG Forum name for us to easily identify you. 7. HG Recruits+ are required to have their server nickname identical to their forum name. 8. To get tags you must have a Steam account linked to your forum account. Once completed, ask for tags in #helpdesk 9. Abusing exploits in this discord will result in a ban or removal of permissions. 10. Any content in the #anime channel that is outside legal parameters will result in a ban or removal of chat permissions. Our Other Discords Main HG Discord: https://discord.gg/2ue8EJM Garry's Mod / Zombie Survival: https://discord.gg/CRaMUJm I would like to personally thank Homer for his involvement in this new stepping stone in HG's future. I was very glad to have the chance to complete this and alongside my very helpful assistant on the project, Combine. View full article

Thanks for the small donation to help the community out @McLovin

It's nice to see the right steps being taken. This definitely counts as one of them.

People who join a new Discord server may be shy, so it's likely they won't ask. You can't assume people are going to do that, unless you have evidence to back up the claim that a lot of people ask around confidently. This is why it's important to include the resources already laid out for them so they don't have to go out asking around when they don't want to. If we force them into a position they don't want to be in, or force them to act in ways we want them to, but they don't want to, they're very likely to leave, and we don't want that. We want to cater to many people as possible, and that includes providing "lazy ways" for people to get what they want, and they stay for that. EDIT: honestly, this includes having the "HG" name appended to one's username. Why do we need people to do that? Why not just include a little badge next to their name when they log on to the server? That's better than having to change your username to something that looks stupid.

That's some good stuff right there.

Back Up Data on the Server A lot of people already agree with the backup suggestion. I don't know why we don't have one to begin with. We should always be backing up our data, and it's pretty careless of us for not doing so when we have the new leveling system on the server, alongside the cards and points systems; the latter two of which are most important to back up. Crafting Items List As for a crafting items list, that suggestion has been repeated over and over, and I still think we should have it. In a game like ZS, exploration and experimentation as mechanics don't work when players aren't provided ways of retrieving recipes for craftables, or are given enough time to search and experiment. I've played a few games where crafting was one of the primary game mechanics, and those games give you no instructions nor items that reveal recipes to you. They're basically hardcore survival games, but the lack of recipes is the point: developers want you to explore, and you are given the ability to do so in a simulated environment that makes sense for that mechanic. Zombie Survival can't work like that. When players are busy navigating the map, or trying to bring props to the cade, with only 2-3 minutes on the clock, that's not enough time to experiment crafting using every weapon and every prop. On top of that, once the round starts, that exploration ends; it can't continue in other games where "survival" and "exploration" can both happen simultaneously; humans will remain in their cades. In later waves, this problem gets worse as zombies get stronger, and ultimately, crafting doesn't serve any real purpose anymore because humans are stuck in their cades. Maybe this is an oversight in development that I'm noticing as more and more craftable items are being added; I don't know. Zombie Survival is not your usual survival game where you have the time to experiment. Having a list of craftable items for humans will save them a lot of time and give them something cool to work with. The "Stealing" Problem If we don't want people accusing others of stealing their craftable items, making said crafting items into SWEPs and adding them to the Arsenal Crate menu will definitely avoid this problem. Making an actual crafting menu, where items can be added to slots to craft, will definitely make the process of crafting easier and help satisfy the "inventory" aspect already available in the game mode, which right now is accessible through hotkeys. If players have to drop things to craft something, people are likely going to steal what's highlighted in cyan and has a floating name over it. This is another oversight in development. Crafting should be specific to the player, and by specific, I mean they don't have to drop things in the real world to carry it out. They should be able to draw items from their "inventory" and insert them into slots for crafting, similar to how crafting selection works in very well-polished survival games like The Forest, The Long Dark, and Subnautica. If we can get a leveling system going, I think it's very possible to get a more polished crafting system going. I designed a crafting system before, so I can help design one if needed, specific for the Zombie Survival game mode. No Forum for Crafting Items I started a ZS wiki a while back with Old Bill to create a guide of sorts for new players, and then we would link it as the Help Guide for our version of the Zombie Survival game mode. Unfortunately, it's been touted against and objected. He's left his defunct, but I started up a new one on my own, and have graphic assets. I also did custom CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) coding specific to FandomWiki and Wikia mark-up language to satisfy the HG theme and the game mode for ZS. My wiki can be found here. I left my wiki defunct ever since I got off Winter Break, since that's when I started it, but if we want to start it up again, share it to the ZS Discord, and I'll start looking for collaborators, even people better at CSS programming than me because it took me hours to figure out how CSS is done for FandomWiki.

whats up man! Hope you're enjoying it here

Why hello there.

Congratulations on HG Recruit!

Map Name: Starrylit Moon Haven Current Version on Server: Gone New Version: zs_starrylit_moon_haven_v4 Link to Map Download or Thread Containing the Download: http://www.mediafire.com/file/u4ylruom5j71z3q/starrylithavenv4.rar/file After a long hiatus, here is what has changed from my previous version: -The map has been shortened significantly, it was just a bit to big, now its just the forest area -Spruced up a few places for visual pleasure -Added a few quality of life changes -Couldn't figure out the whole info node ai thing so I replaced it with nav generation, hopefully should make bots actually move, maybe not. -Made the map a bit more difficult for humans Yup thats all the changes I can remember from my last version.

-hg- Clan Application Game Division Garry's Mod In-Game Name Silent. Location Hawaii How old are you? 18 Which games (servers) do you play on? the Hells Gamers Twenty Four Seven Zombie Survival How long have you been playing on our servers? I dont know What is your Steam ID / GUID? (This is NOT your Steam name!) STEAM_0:0:60281143 Why do you want to join HG? I wish to join HG (again) to be more involved with the community and do what I can do improve the Gmod server All members are required to be on our TeamSpeak3 Server whenever playing on our servers. Will you agree with this rule? Yes Do you have any current VAC bans? No Who (if anyone) referred you to apply? none Any other information you want to include? I was a past recruit then HG member