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This server (technically the Chapel @ HL2DM) was my alternative to not owning Half-Life 2 (and thus, not being able to play Garry"s Mod at the time back when it was still a Source mod for free). Pleasant times with a whole lot of people on this server.

Went by xenophunk when I played. Was mainly annoying and marvelling at the fact I could do building stuff in a game that was largely built for deathmatching. Holds a good place in my heart.

i was badass riddance on the old tfc server. as the name implies, i was 13. yaypit was some of the most fun i ever had playing video games and it"s been difficult trying to recapture that same spirit of goofy fun on experimental maps with other games. there really will not be another yaypit.

btw this is Kirby Thunderstrike

Lots of familiar names in here! Hope you"re all doing well.

This server (HL2DM) was the height of my childhood and the root of my drive to understand how things work and how I can modify them to make them work for me. In other words, this server sparked my passion for coding and game development which to this day still exists. I have a strong memory of idolizing shyotl and relentlessly asking him how 2 code haha. My username at one point was even "Shoytg" which was indeed a rip-off of Shyotl. I was an annoying little ♥♥♥♥ who got on everyone"s nerve more often than not and often paid the price, but regardless this server holds a special place in my heart and it"s crazy to think how much of an impact this server and community really had on my growth. I wouldn"t change a thing.

Anyway that"s enough nostalgia for today.

- Stugger A.K.A Bambam A.K.A Shoytg

I barely understood how to communicate with people online when I first started playing online games, HL2DM was one of my first experiences playing an online game and really understanding what a community is like. I ended up ditching it for a long time when I finally got TF2, but I"m glad that I was able to make The Yaypit and The Monastery as part of that experience. As a 6 - 10 year old when this server was originally up, which, I really shouldn"t have been on here in hindsight... These blurry memories of build server madness are some of my most fond.