Happy Birthday, HLDM.ORG! We're 1 year old!


On November 9, 2012, our project turns exactly one year old: on that day the HLDM.ORG site was launched, and our first server was launched a little earlier, on October 25, 2011. Thanks to everyone who took part, actively or passively, in the development of the site.

A bit of history

It all started with playing on the rsun servers, where I created the [UMI7EPATOP] clan. Back then the clan had 3 people - me, JIeXa and Dantist. We played there quite often, and the clan was in the top three in the stats, although at the time the clan was created there weren't many teams around.

At the end of October we decided to set up a clan server where we would play, practice, hold duels and so on. The server was given an unoriginal name - UMI7EPATOP CEPBEP (the emperors' server). The effects, the voting system and some of the maps on the servers were taken from the rsun servers. Later on, the server got its own unique features. Initially the plan was to run the server for a month or two, and then decide depending on its popularity. Just two weeks after the server was launched, we decided to launch a website. The site's launch date is considered the project's birthday.

On December 17, 2011, two more game servers were launched - a team server and a frag-fest (fun) server.
The project kept developing, and among the steps toward further growth were moving to a more powerful server and organizing an HLDM tournament together with other projects (rsun, lambda-force, sotp). The required number of teams was gathered for the tournament. But because some participants were busy, the time zone differences, too few admins available to referee, and other reasons, it was decided to put the tournament on hold. To this day the tournament has never been held.

On March 18, 2012, a new server, unheard of in the HLDM world, was launched: a GunGame server, developed by me together with GordonFreeman. The server and the game mode also turned out to be in high demand.
Over the following six months quite a few changes happened, and a wiki section appeared.

Work on the hldm.org project hasn't stopped, and we plan to develop it further.

Thanks

All these players have contributed to the HLDM.ORG project in some way - some a little, some enormously. Without some of them our project would look different, or wouldn't exist at all.

JIeXa - for the initial motivation and help with promotion
kissbb - for keeping the project going while I was away and for exemplary administration
root - the rsun admin
Devastator
Pontiy
DetectorDetected
(Dogs) Kavardak
GordonFreeman
QuietBullet
Safety1st
Rain
KabaL
LOKOMOTIV SILA
Babka v Kedax