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That title though... First things first, no I'm not going to kill off Raid anytime soon (quite the opposite, actually). As everyone is well aware, our servers, forums and Discord haven't exactly been the most active. As a result, I've been wanting to diversify our community a bit, introduce new games and generalise it a bit more rather than just "we host servers". In this post I'm going to be laying out my current plans. Anyone is free to give feedback and introduce new ideas (any help is welcome, I want to see this community shine like it used to). Game/Community Hubs Hubs will act as a place of discussion for a game. They'll be run by Community Managers (more on these further down the post) who will moderate, organise events etc. Since we can't just create a hub for every game in existence, I want people to actually come forward and request to add a new hub when they have a group of people interested in said game. We'll have a dedicated section on the forums for hub requests with clear instructions on how the process is handled. Community Managers If these changes are effective and bring in more people, we're going to need some people to manage each hub. This is where Community Managers come in. These individuals would be community-elected (we into politics now bois) and serve as the primary administrators of their respective hub. They can run their hub as they wish, so long as they listen to the community of said hub. Basically, they're like moderators of a subreddit, for those familiar with Reddit. Discord The Discord server will get a serious overhaul to be more in line with the whole hub thing. We don't want to make it too crowded though (not have 100 different text channels for a singular game) so we'll have to impose limits on hubs based on popularity and the type of game. You'll be able to assign yourself groups through a bot based on what hubs you want to be in. Once you're in a hub's group you'll be able to see the channels related to the hub and partake in discussions and events. What of the servers? Our CoD4 servers will continue to be run as normal, nothing really changes here. However, once the overhaul of the leaderboards, servers page and Echelon are done, we might start putting up servers for popular hubs. More details once we're actually ready for it. So yeah, let me know what you think. If you have any ideas worth sharing, don't hesitate. All of your opinions matter to us, we want to provide you with the best possible community experience we can. I've attached a poll to the post so we can get a bit of an overview on the amount of people that like/dislike the idea. If you vote (especially if you vote no), we'd really appreciate if you also explained your choice. As a final note, I'd like to thank everyone that's been there with us up to this point. You've all been wonderful and it means a lot to me that there's people who genuinely care a lot about our community.

Submit your votes for you favourite map(s) from the contest. Entries: You can vote by leaving a comment with scores out of 5 and a short explanation for the following criteria: Theme Level of detail Uniqueness and variation of traps Map flow You're allowed to submit scores for as many maps as you'd like (just not your own). Final scores are calculated as averages based on community feedback (+ the bonus points I said you could earn from optimisation and submitting a script error free map). Template for ratings:

We'll be replacing the end round songs sometime soon and want your input. Post suggestions below in the following format: YouTube link: Time (from-to): End round songs should be ~10 seconds (no longer), endmap can be longer.

Hi there! We'll be doubling all XP gained on the Deathrun server this weekend starting NOW until Sunday 9PM GMT. Hope to see you all on the server! Regards, atrX.

We've just relaunched and with this came a new theme. If you find any issues with it, please report them here. Regards, atrX.

Changelog New: New and improved lag detection (should detect all kinds of lag and not throw false-positives) Fixes: Going back into the map on mp_dr_skypower after finishing no longer kills you. If there's any problems found with the new anti lag, please message me about it on Discord or reply to this topic!

Hi there! Thank you for your kind donation! I've gone ahead and modified the donation to link to your account after verifying it was indeed yours.

Hi there and welcome to 2019! We've got lots of exciting things planned but for now we're kicking off the new year with a deathrun mapping competition! Deadline and submission All maps must be submitted by 11:59PM GMT on February 17th. Submitting a map is done by creating a topic in https://raid-gaming.net/forum/31-community-content/ with screenshots/info/whatever of your map and a download link. Your topic title should start with "[Mapping Contest]" to differentiate between contest submissions and regular content. Prizes Right now the prizes are as follows: 1st place: 3 months of VIP 2nd place: 2 months of VIP 3rd place: 1 month of VIP I'll probably throw in a 15-20 EUR Steam gift card for first place if enough people show interest. If anyone else wants to contribute to the prize pool, hit me up. Rules You must be able to finish on 190 speed with a speed scale of 1.0 (why else would you be entering this competition?) Your map must have a working endmap trigger Your map must make use of the trigger list method for trap activation XP (if anyone doesn't know how to do this, hit me up and I'll write up a quick tutorial) Broken lightgrid or failure to compile reflections = disqualified (no one likes a broken map) No custom weapons (for the love of god, can people please stop doing this?) Do not force viewhands/playermodels/weapons/... on players upon spawning You can add secrets, but they are NOT to be taken into account when judging a map You must not have started mapping before the time at which this was posted You must be able to run your map using 1.7 Criteria We will have the community vote on each map with a set of criteria, each with a rating out of 5: Theme Level of detail Uniqueness and variation of traps Map flow You can gain additional points with the following criteria (2.5 for each): Optimisation (proper use of caulk etc. will gain you points, portalling for big and detailed maps is appreciated but won't be taken into account) Submitting a map without script errors FAQ If you have any more questions, feel free to ask below. Edit: If you're planning on entering, please comment down below so I can get an idea of the amount of contestants.

Sorry for taking this long to get the results out, I've been incredibly busy lately. ^.^ Anyway, here are the results (category scores are averages based on user votes, total is all categories added up). 4th Place: mp_dr_building_escape by @ImJustBad Theme: 1.7/5 Level of detail: 1.3/5 Uniqueness and variation of traps: 2/5 Map flow: 3.7/5 Optimisation: 0/2.5 (No caulk) No script errors: 0/2.5 (One of the traps throws an "undefined is not an entity" error + entering an endroom on free run throws an error) Total: 8.7/25 3rd Place: mp_dr_metal_factory by @Cloudy Theme: 3/5 Level of detail: 3.5/5 Uniqueness and variation of traps: 4/5 Map flow: 4/5 Optimisation: 0/2.5 (No caulk) No script errors: 0/2.5 (Entering an endroom on free run throws an error) Total: 14.5/25 2nd Place: mp_dr_petrichor by @jwofles Theme: 4.5/5 Level of detail: 4.5/5 Uniqueness and variation of traps: 3.5/5 Map flow: 2/5 Optimisation: 2.5/2.5 (Congratulations on being the only person in the contest to know what caulking is) No script errors: 0/2.5 (Entering an endroom on free run throws an error) Total: 17/25 1st Place: mp_dr_industrial by @TheHumble_J Theme: 4/5 Level of detail: 5/5 Uniqueness and variation of traps: 4.7/5 Map flow: 3.7/5 Optimisation: 0/2.5 (No caulk) No script errors: 0/2.5 (Entering an endroom on free run throws an error) Total: 17.4/25 Congratulations on the win @TheHumble_J! I'll DM you about your prize. And thank you everyone else who entered.

I'm a pretty shit editor. Tbh, there's not much editing going on anyway, just some slight VFX here and there, some collor correction and lots of cutting. I just do this stuff for fun from time to time.

We were asked if we wanted to participate in a friendly promod tournament that would take place sometime after the holidays. From what I've gathered: Just for fun, anyone's free to sign up regardless of skill level Multi-day event Match times are chosen by the participating teams to accomodate players The tournament will be live streamed EU servers Details: https://www.toornament.com/tournaments/2055102736212590592/information Anyone wanting to participate and form a Raid team?

Shut up nerd.

I'll be the first. I just cleaned up the mess that was my taskbar and decided to change some other stuff around, like install Winstep Nexus Dock. It's so much nicer now.

If you're referring to the spam bots, we clear them out a few times a day.

Uh, this is not the place to apply for admin...

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It's not a bug, this is indeed the reason. You share a cd key with someone who cheated and got banned (pretty common, especially if you're using the nosteam crack). You'll have to either buy the game or get a different cracked key.

Why is this in Dutch...?

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This really doesn't belong here. I see you've made a ticket, any further communication about your ban will happen through there. Locked.

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You created an admin application for retakes in the cod4: unleashed category? Moved. Edit: Had an actual read through that mess... Clearly a troll. Declined & locked. Try this again and you're getting banned.

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